Worldwide Recorder Concert

Season 3, Episode 17, Aired
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The third grade class of South Park elementary is invited to play "My Country 'Tis of Thee" at the "4 Million Child Blow 2000" event. When he hears that it's in Arkansas, Mr. Garrison tries to get out of the trip, to avoid contact with his estranged family. After Mr. Mackey forces him to confront his problems, Mr. Garrison reunites with his parents. He tells his father that he has emotional problems because he didn't molest him as a child, giving him a poor self-image. Meanwhile, Cartman is in search of a note on the recorder that causes people to lose control of their bowels.moreless
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  • Trey Parker

    Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma

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    Matt Stone

    Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others

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    Mary Kay Bergman

    Voice of Wendy Testaburger; Liane Cartman; Sheila Broflovski; Sharon Marsh; Mrs. McKormick; Mayor McDaniels; Ms. Crabtree; Princ

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  • Worldwide Recorder Concert

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    By djjoe60, Feb 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode is memorable because it reveals more about Mr. Garrison's parents and the fact that Mr. Garrison's father will never rape him. This is kind of a weird episode but it is also kind of hilarious.
    Mr. Garrison (what ever hsi first name actually is) is upset because of his father that never raped him when he was a young boy (that maked his son feel upset and furious because he grew up thinking he was ugly) and Mr. Garrison has to face him again.
    I will not tell you what happens at the end but (it is good).
    ;D Great slice of South Parkmoreless

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  • By far one of the best episodes!

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    By frelon1, Aug 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    This one show caused me to laugh the hardest of all the episodes. While Mr Garrison going through his feelings of rejection by NOT being molested by his dad were rather odd, the boys trying to one up the New york kids was classic. You could see the ending coming from a mile away but when it hit it was no less hilarious. To have the whole world fall victim to the boys unintentional prank was priceless. Well worth watching again and again. I do and still get a gut wrencher when the note hits. This one needs to be on a best of DVD if it isn't already.moreless

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  • This episode made me laugh, a lot.

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    By s1bbald, Jun 19, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was funny in many ways, there were the obvious ones, and then the more subtle ones. The recorder part of the show really hit home because I played recorder in Grade 3 and I also thoguht it was pretty damn ridiculous. This episode had really funny parts, e.g. The whole bar scene including "If a guy had a knife on me and said' "Have sex with your mother or I'll kill your father," I'd have sex with myself." or Mr Garrison being tormented by the fact that his father never molested him, but without a doubt, ,the Mackey/Hat fight scene was the best part of the episode.moreless

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  • It is time for the 4 million child recorder blow!

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    By Tweekfan323, Feb 02, 2007 Report Abuse
    This is a perfect example of a South Park classic. It is just the epitome of what South Park is all about. The boys and the rest of the class have to practice for the big concert (they all suck). They go to Arkansas but Mr. Garrison has mixed feelings about seeing his father who NEVER sexually molested him! In the end, the concert is a fiasco, because Cartman causes everyone in he world to crap their pants in unison. Mr. Garrison is now happy because hsi demons have been faced beaten. By far the best of the 3rd season. Possibly the best episode up until this point.moreless

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  • This episode is about child abuse, and the mental problems that arise therewith.

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    By henrynhenry, Dec 28, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode is about child abuse, and the mental problems that arise therewith.

    Just kidding. This episode is about the day when everyone in the entire world crapped themselves, and the process by which these events were able to take place.

    The episode definitely has its moments (for example, the South Park version of Yoko Ono is hilarious). But overall, I thought that this episode was weak. The storyline was a little too much for me. However, some of the episode's other elements were very successful.

    For example, seeing Kenny G on South Park was hilarious. And what else would Kenny G do on South Park besides molest someone?

    Nicely done.moreless

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    • Despite the boys running up to the stage, Stan's hat can be seen right next to Mr. Garrison. Edit
    • When the bus is leaving for South Park, if you look closely, you'll see Kenny in the top-right corner, but Kenny died earlier in the episode by "Crapping himself to Death" Edit
    • When the South Park kids first arrive in Arkansas, and are told by the lady with the headset to 'go over there by the New York kids', as they're approaching them, you can see the ground is smeared with poop stains, as it will be later in the episode, when everyone 'craps their pants'. Edit

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    • FYI: A mung is a small round green bean that is actually the source of bean sprouts rather than "the stuff that comes out when you push on a pregnant lady's stomach" as referred to by the kids from NYC in this episode. [ Editor's note: According to Wikipedia this episode was the source of an urban legend, more info in the Derivative and Alternate Meanings section of their entry on mung. ] Edit
    • This was the only episode (so far) to receive an 18 rating in the UK during it's original home video release in 2000. (Due to the molestation subplot). However, it was later re-rated 15 when re-released on DVD in 2008. Edit
    • An alternate title to this episode is "The Brown Noise." Edit

  • Quotes

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    • Mrs. Garrison: That's not true! Your father loved you…often. Edit
    • Stan: What's Arkansas? Is that a state? Edit
    • Mr. Garrison Sr.: What? I never sexually abused you! Mr. Garrison: I know! I want to know why not! Mr. Garrison Sr.: WHAT!? Mr. Garrison: Was it because I was ugly? Mr. Garrison Sr.: Oh my God! Mr. Garrison: It was because I wasn't good enough wasn't it? Mr. Garrison Sr.: I...no! Edit

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    • Cartman: "They should bring Chicago Hope back?" Chicago Hope was a medical procedure drama that focused on the personal and professional trials of the staff at the hospital "Chicago Hope" the series ended on May 2000. Cartman's reference comes 4 months before the airing of the final episode. Edit
    • FOX: In the very beginning of the episode it says "POX presents…" This is obviously an allusion of the FOX network. Edit
    • Peter Pan: Mr. Garrison: Second star to the right, then straight on 'till morning. Mr. Garrison says this at the end of this episode when he's asked where to go by the bus driver. This is the same line spoken in J.M. Barrie's 1904 play "Peter Pan." This line, or variations of it, have been spoken in a number of subsequent productions, such as by Captain Kirk in 1991's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country a film bounding with literary references. In fact, Mr. Garrison's use of the line most closely resembles Captain Kirk's; Kirk said it when he was asked where to navigate the Enterprise, much like how Garrison was asked where to take the bus. It even has the bus disappearing into the horizon leaving only a shining "star" light thing just like in Star Trek VI, though in Star Trek VI the Enterprise was covered in the light of a nearby star. Edit

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