Margaritaville Of South Park To Compete For Emmy
Tighten your belts, all you Simpsons, American Dads and Robot Chickens as now you will have to compete with the king of all comedies, South Park, to win Emmy Award. The category they will be competing in is Outstanding Animated Program. The episode that has been picked happens to the third episode of season 13, entitled Margaritaville.
Being an ardent fan of comedies, I watch the other shows on the nomination list also. The Simpsons is also one of my hot favorites But the topic of the nominated episode Margaritaville of South Park was such that it would attract the attention of any American.
Margaritaville shows residents of South Park under pressure of recent economic meltdown. Randy takes Stan to a local bank where he invest $100 given to him by his grandmother in mutual funds only to lose it a moment later. Other residents also come and lose their money so Randy suggests austerity to fight this recession. This suggestion is snubbed by Kyle, who has the opinion that people must have faith in the economy for it to revive. This suggestion is enough for Randy and the council to decide that they need to kill Kyle off.
Kyle is portrayed as Jesus like savior, ready to sacrifice everything he has to save the economy, the pizza he has with his friends is the parody of The Last Supper. Cartman dons the mantle of Judas and agrees to betray Kyle in exchange of a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. In the end Kyle pays off the debts of all South Park inhabitants with his American Express Platinum Card while his mother begs him not to do so as it will land him in a debt for life.
The episode winds up with news report recognizing Barack Obama as the knight in shining armor who saved South Park’s economy and Kyle responding indignantly (”Aw, come on!”) to the news.
Here’s the complete list of nominations for the Outstanding Animated Program award:
- American Dad - 1600 Candles (Fox)
- Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (Cartoon Network)
- South Park - Margaritaville (Comedy Central)
- The Simpsons - Gone Maggie Gone (Fox)
The awards will be announced on September 20th, 2009 at the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards Ceremony.
