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| "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" | ||||
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 6 |
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| Written by | Trey Parker Matt Stone |
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| Directed by | Trey Parker | |||
| Production no. | 206 | |||
| Original airdate | June 10, 1998 | |||
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"The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" is the 19th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on June 10, 1998.
Plot synopsis
The boys are assigned to interview Vietnam War veterans, and interview Stan's Uncle Jimbo and his friend Ned, at the set of their own TV show called Huntin' and Killin'. The two claim that they single-handedly defeated the entire Viet Cong army in an absurd fashion, returning to base just in time to ride the log ride at the Amusement Park section of the camp. Mr. Garrison thinks they made the whole report up the night before and gives them an F- and detention for the week. The boys plot revenge on Jimbo and Ned by making bogus videos of the legendary "Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka", which Jimbo and Ned then air on Huntin' and Killin.
The show becomes successful, leading to a decline in ratings for their competitors, including the talk show Jesus and Pals, starring Jesus. Its producer decides to change the show's format to resemble the "trash TV" format, despite Jesus' lack of enthusiasm for the idea. Meanwhile, Jimbo and Ned go searching for the Staring Frog, which according to legend can kill with a glance. Ned sees the fake frog the boys set up and becomes comatose from pure fear. While visiting him in the hospital, the boys confess their misdeed. This leads to Jimbo, Ned (though still comatose), and the boys all appearing on Jesus and Pals, arranged by the show's producer.
Without Jesus' knowledge, the producer arranges for them to lie on the air to improve ratings, having Jimbo claim that Stan is a drug-addicted Satan-worshiper, and having Stan claim that Jimbo molested him, etc. The entire audience is drawn into the brawl and Kenny is ripped in half. When chaos breaks out on the show, Jesus screams "Shut the fuck up!". It is revealed that the producers of Jesus and Pals had convinced their guests to lie so they could improve their ratings. Stan and Jimbo realize their mistakes about lying. Stan apologizes for making up the stories about the Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka and Jimbo apologizes for telling Stan that he defeated the entire Viet Cong Army (it turns out that the amusement parks and rides at the Military bases were all real). Jesus decides that he will put his old show back, and as punishment to his producer, sends her to Hell. There, she meets Satan and with him, Saddam Hussein.
Controversy
While South Park was satirising various talk shows such as Oprah, Montel, Dr. Phil, etc., the script mocked a real-life occurrence in which a man suffered a diminished I.Q. due to a car crash.
External links
- The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka at South Park Studios Episode Guide
| Preceded by “Conjoined Fetus Lady” |
South Park episodes | Followed by “City on the Edge of Forever” |
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