Oh. Two old farmers, who previously watched Randy perform, overhear the argument and break into the Marshes' home to steal Randy's underwear, believing that they are acting humanely on its behalf. South Park: "You're Getting Old" Sean O'Neal. Can it be allowed to grow? ", "Please let Wednesday's 'South Park' tackle Odd Future", "Stan's 10th Birthday Changes Everything in an All-New "South Park" Premiering on Wednesday, June 8 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL®", "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'South Park' On Top + 'Stanley Cup Game 4,' 'CMT Music Awards,' 'Franklin & Bash' & More", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_Getting_Old&oldid=979245849, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 September 2020, at 17:18. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. They call it the Tweens. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 2.29 million viewers the week it was broadcast.

21:59. You're Getting Old Season s15 Episode e07 Written By Trey Parker Production Code 1507 Original Air Date 2011-06-08 Episode Chronology The Official South Park Studios Wiki "You're Getting Old" was released on DVD and Blu-ray along with the rest of the fifteenth season on March 27, 2012. Oh cool, is this the new Gersploosh album? "You're Getting Old" was the final episode of the spring run, which contained the first seven episodes of South Park's fifteenth season. I'm still cool. Unlike most shows about children, the one thing South Park rarely addresses is the one thing that childhood is all about: growing up. I think it's awesome! 1. Yes I do, if it's that stupid Tween Wave garbage! Well, do you really think we should be telling our son what music he can and can't listen to? It aired on June 8, 2011. It's very normal. 115. I'm unhappy too. Stan walks all alone in South Park and passes a duck in a tux.

During a duet with a woman billing herself as "Steamy Nicks", Sharon catches Randy at the bowling alley, resulting in an argument. Stanley I want you to understand that even though I won't let you listen to certain kinds of music, I still love you. Please, Kyle, I can change my attitude, I promise.\"-\"Oh, God.\"\"How can you say that looks good?\"\"Uhhh.\"\"Stan, knock it off!\"\"But it's just crap!\"\"Oh, come on, people!\"\"That's it, Stan.\"\"Dude, we don't want to hang out with you anymore; get it through your head!\"\"Kyle?\"\"You've changed.\"\"I haven't changed, the world has. Can it be the kind of show where genuinely serious moments coexist with people literally spewing diarrhea out of their mouths? South Park Archives is a FANDOM TV Community. Its inclusion in the episode was actually based on the film's trailer.

[4] They decided to make a two-part episode, with the second half airing at the beginning of the fall run, set to begin in October 2011.

At Stan's tenth birthday party, his present from Kyle is the latest CD from a "tween wave" band, but Sharon Marsh forbids Stan to listen to the CD and promptly takes it away, enraging him. The President of the United States... is a duck?? "You're Getting Old" is the seventh episode of Season Fifteen, and the 216th overall episode of South Park. This took some time and alot of effort, so yeah, rate, comment, favorite, and maybe even subscribe! Yes. The conclusion was inspired by modern television dramas, which are often serialized and are less likely to have the standard "happy ending." You see Stan, as you get older, things that you used to like start looking and sounding like shit. Later, Randy and Sharon argue over the CD. The first element of the episode's plot line to be crafted was Stan's tenth birthday and his feeling of getting old, as a reference to Parker and Stone's own aging (at the time of the episode's broadcast, Stone had just turned 40 and Parker was 41). Stan, now completely alienated from his friends, shows no signs of his cynicism ending. Do you really think so? The first element of the episode's plot line to be crafted was Stan's tenth birthday and his feeling of getting old, as a reference to Parker and Stone's own aging (at the time of the episode's broadcast, Stone had just turned 40 and Parker was 41). Randy claims to enjoy the CD, but Sharon does not believe him. :DIt's me again, except this time, I come bearing a South Park video! [8] In addition, the episodes contains what Parker describes in the commentary as "our favorite thing of any South Park ever": the Duck President, who communicates by spraying feces from his mouth. It's pathetic! It's a nightmare. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on June 8, 2011. [15] In this sense, Parker related it to the plot line of the Hans Christian Andersen short story "The Emperor's New Clothes". Hi, guys! To the boys and the viewer, however, it literally sounds like people defecating on the soundtrack, just as the "tween wave" music is presented as sounding to the adults. Face it Sharon, our son turned 10 and you feel old! Recommends. They “get their wires crossed” and come down with a condition known as “cynicism” that causes them to broadcast their distaste for everything from processed foods to stupid movies to rampant consumerism at every available opportunity. Yeah. Them britches don't stand a chance. Critics pointed to the self-referencing aim of the episode in growing older and redefining senses of humor as well as cynicism. I'm not dead yet Sharon, but you might be! Ah I was um... uh I felt better and then the guys called and said that they felt better and uh-. The last scene is Stan lying in his new bed, in his new bedroom, looking up at the ceiling. BTW, watch in HQ (1080p preferably). Another stupid dream of yours?! Prev Next View All .

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I don't know if I've changed or you have. You mean that gal who played for Fleetwood Mac and wrote that song "Landslide"? I want to enjoy it. No, ah I didn't lie to you. Please, Kyle, I can change my attitude. When Trey and Matt started this journey, they were young men challenging the world. No. Well, that makes sense. It doesn't sound like crap at all! The police confiscated all their britches, but they were just trying to look after them is all. Ugh, bunch of people trying to sell us a bunch of shit.

And that's supposed to be my fault?! It doesn't even matter what choices you make. It aired on June 8, 2011.[1]. Alright guys, do you think he's lying or telling the truth? He tells Kyle this the next morning. I'm listening to my music! Things get worse when his friendship with Kyle crumbles and his parents divorce again (see "Clubhouses" for the first time they divorced).

I think it's my new favorite. From ice cream to movie trailers, Stan can now only see the bad in things, and this negative outlook alienates him from Kyle, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman, who begin avoiding him. It's the red one! He claims to enjoy the CD, but the other parents of the boys forbid them from listening to "tween wave" after playing The Police's album Synchronicity as an example of what they consider to be good music. Looks like somebody's on the rag, huh Mom? It’s been touched on before (“4th Grade” comes to mind), but mostly South Park’s kids, like the show itself, exist in the sort of stasis required of cartoons, ostensibly learning but never really evolving. [25], In its original American broadcast on June 8, 2011, "You're Getting Old" was watched by 2.295 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. It's terrible! Nnooh.

[1], South Park generally ends on a positive note and "resets" upon the next episode, in which way it is connected to traditional television sitcoms, as it does not serialize or employ story arcs with frequency. Wanna thank you all for coming tonight. A "You're Getting Old" Episode.

And as the revelations of last season’s “Mysterion” trilogy showed us, it seems as though South Park is getting a bit reflective about that sort of thing in its old age, turning inward and examining its formula in a way that my colleague Todd VanDerWerff would probably identify as “meta.” Much as that explanation of Kenny’s many rebirths dissected one of the show’s oldest conventions, tonight tackled a relatively newer, but no less formulaic pattern, with Sharon finally calling out Randy on his insatiable need to fill his life with short-lived fads that lead to him making the same stupid mistakes again and again with only minor variations. Can't wait to get my sorry ass whooped in season 17. A new friendship appears to develop between Kyle and Cartman, who share a smile while playing video games together (a bonding activity Stan and Kyle once shared). Now they are middle-aged industry veterans with new interests and new perspectives. Cynicism • Ah, cynicism. I'm gonna play some Tween Wave music and you tell me what you hear. Refusing to admit that he just doesn’t “get it,” Randy goes so far as to form his own Tween Wave act, Steamy Ray Vaughan, and eventually duet with the equally defiant Steamy Nicks on a series of britches-shitting ballads. Alright dude, we were going to the movies. I'm not cynical. And sometimes, if they hone that cynicism into a mode of creative expression, they can get hired by a pop culture website to channel those knee-jerk opinions into snarky blog entries. Sharon accuses Randy of merely feigning interest in modern music in order to hold onto his childhood dreams of being a musician, and deny that he is getting older. As tonight’s britches-hoarding hillbillies pointed out, humanity is currently in the midst of the ‘tween era of 2009 to 2012—and that goes for the show as well, which seemed to hit a difficult patch right around ’09. Oh dear. You're Getting Old: 'South Park''s Stan Turns 10, Catches Cynicism (VIDEO) By Katla McGlynn.

You do this all the time! Do you have anything on the menu that doesn't taste like shit? "[16], Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Stop pretending to like the kids' music, Randy! My name's Steamy Ray Vaughn and here's a little bit of Rattlesnake. Two old farmers hear about the act and break into the Marshes' home to steal Randy's underwear, believing that they are acting humanely on its behalf.