Mr. Garrison assigns his class to read The Catcher in the Rye. He explains to the class that this book has been banned in many schools due to its vulgarity and risqué dialogue. Of course, this makes the boys want to read the book even more.
However, once they finish the book they find nothing controversial about it. In fact, Kyle sums up the book by saying it is just about “Some whiny annoying teenager talking about how lame he is.” This inspires the boys to write their own book, which they promise will be way more controversial than The Catcher in the Rye.
The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs
The boys write their book entitled The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs, and Stan’s mom finds it in Stan’s room. She starts reading it and vomits every 10 seconds due to its graphic nature. Eventually, all of the boys’ parents read it. However, thinking they will get in trouble for writing it, the boys convince Butters that he wrote it.
Butters is convinced he wrote the story and receives praise from all of the parents. His book turns into one of the best-selling books ever. The boys are furious with Butters when he takes all of the credit for a book he didn’t write. However, Butters tells them he’s tired of them taking advantage of him and they are nothing but “phonies.”
Scrotie’s Underlying Themes
The Today Show interviews Butters about his book and asks him questions about the hidden messages in his book. Of course, since Butters never actually wrote the book, he plays along with everybody’s opinion of what he meant when he wrote the book.
Meanwhile, Kyle, Kenny, Stan and Cartman argue that the book has no underlying theme and it was just meant to be gross and vulgar. Nobody believes them stating the book is showing how “liberals are hurting this country” among other wild theories.
While many books tend to have underlying themes to them, the writers are making a great point that many people come up with themes that are not there at all. People insist that the author was trying to make a statement, but more often than not, the theory is wrong.
Butters Writes a Second Book
Butters decides to write a second book entitled “The Poop that Took a Pee.” Everyone loves this book even more than the first one. The boys can’t stand it and insist people not look for themes that aren’t there. Instead, they suggest everyone stay away from books and just watch television instead.
This is classic South Park, being vulgar for the sake of being vulgar. However, the old South Park wouldn’t have tried to turn it into a message, the new South Park does. Season 14 is off to a great start. It seemed impossible to be able to upstate the Tiger Woods episode, but South Park managed to do it.
- Original air date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Season #14 Episode #2
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