South Park “Smug Alert”
I loved last night’s new Southpark “Smug Alert!.” It was a perfect spin of the whole “why the hell do Americans do this shit” and in general a social commentary.
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The general idea was that people who buy Hybrid Cars tend to be very “smug” about it, in that they consider themselves better for it. It is an obvious play on “Smog alert.” The creators have two different ideas behind this show: note that a lot of hybrid users are too proud of their hybrids, and also that hybrid cars damage the environment. At the end it goes through the obvious that what the students really learned (and the parents ignored) is how Hybrid Cars are great things that may save our planet someday, but driving them smugly is almost worse.
There is a funny George Clooney bit in there too.
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