Obsessively blogging about pop music, pop videos, pop stars, and pop culture from inside the MTV headquarters in Times Square. We also have a slight Jonas Brothers problem. And a little fixation with Tokio Hotel.
Kanye West REALLY REALLY wants you to know that he was SERIOUSLY working on getting his ego in check BEFORE South Park portrayed him as a gay fish, swimming around in the deep blue gay sea, humping other gay fish like gay fish do.
Apparently Kanye, like Spencer Pratt (BTW, holy KING JAMES BIBLE, have you been reading Spencer's Twitter? He REALLY wants you to know that he's "Sorry" a la Madonna circa 2006), he's been doing some soul-searching... Just how deep the well of Kanye West's soul goes is unclear, but he REALLY wants the world to know that it WASN'T South Park or the gay fish sticks that made him realize that SOME people might think he's a douche. Kanye's realization just SO HAPPENED to coincide with the South Park episode. (Timing is weird!) Not that Kanye watched the whole episode or anything.
Really? Was it THAT bad? I'd say Satan and Saddam Hussein screwing in H-E-double hockey sticks was a bit worse. And the "kid hipsters" line in the Jonas Brothers-themed episode of last night's season premiere of South Park WAS hilarious. As was the Grey's Anatomy gag.
The South Park writers actually appeared to sympathize, if not side with, with the Jonas Brothers and seemed to poke fun of themselves, especially toward the end when everyone got hit in the face with the "f" bomb. Well, speaking of getting hit in the face, there was the foam bit too. Eeps! But in the end, Disney and Christianity ended up getting a far more severe skewering than the Jonas Brothers. (Does that mean everyone went home happier or way more pissed off?)
Watch the South Park Jonas Brothers purity ring video and the "Bay-Bay" video below, and, DISCUSS: Did you think the South Park Jonas Brothers episode was especially cruel and unusual, and, while we're on the topic of the Jonas Brothers South Park ep, did you follow my advice and ask yourself WWJBD? (What Would The Jonas Brothers Do?)
As you probably already know, the Jonas Brothers will be parodied on tonight's new episode of South Park. I have not seen the Jonas Brothers South Park episode, nor have I talked to anyone at Comedy Central (which, like MTV, is an MTV Networks company, which owns the very keyboard upon which I’m now typing!) or the Jonas Brothers about it. I just know that the episode involves Kenny taking his girlfriend to a Jonas Brothers concert where the Jonas Brothers give his girlfriend their purity rings. (Watch a clip below. Warning -- it contains some NSFW/School/ Church terminology.) I imagine there will be virginity jokes. At the very least.
Will tonight's South Park make fun of the Jonas Brothers? Um, probably. Hasn't South Park made fun of any celebrity they've bothered taking the time to animate? Will some of you be offended? I'm sure. But the key word here is "parody." It's in jest. It's just little CARTOONS making jokes. Cartoons with names like "Butters." It's nothing to write a letter over. Or, if you're really super angry, go ahead and write a letter! It's healthy! It's the American way. Sometimes it even works!
But if you do tune in to tonight's episode of South Park, and you don't find the humor in its treatment of the Jonas Brothers, take a deep breath, and ask yourself one question: WWJBD? What Would (The) Jonas Brothers Do? They'd probably just smile, wave, show up to their next appearance/ obligation, and, when asked about it, come up with something super diplomatic to say that just makes them look better than ever.
