Arizona gets slammed again....

[Jester]

No, this has nothing to do with the current spate of negative media reports about Arizona and its new controversial immigration law. This is about something far more important. This...is about cartoons.

Several years ago, there was a Simpson episode where Home was became a performance artist. For a huge stunt, he flooded the entire town of Springfield. In the morning, Ned Flanders opens his window and sees the flooding, and starts rejoicing with his family, celebrating the apparent Rapture, and how God has finally flooded the world and called the chosen ones home to heaven. At that point, Homer paddles by on a raft. Flanders, crestfallen, mutters that "Heaven must be as easy to get into as Arizona State."

Being an Arizona State alum, this did two things. It stunned me, and made me laugh my ass off. Fucking Matt Groenig. That rat bastard.

Tonight I was watching one of the more recent South Park episodes via On Demand. Goth kids have kidnapped the head vampire kid, and have him stuffed in a car trunk. Trying to decide what to do with him, they figure they can Fed Ex him somewhere. One goth kid says, "If we're gonna send him somewhere, it should be the most horrible, most miserable place on the planet." After a momentary pause, the goth kids say in unison "Scottsdale!"

Yet another iconic cartoon show taking a swipe at my beloved home state. I mean, how would Colorado goth kids even KNOW about Scottsdale? Besides that, why are those rat bastards Trey Parker and Matt Stone slamming it? I mean, sure, it's Arizona's answer to Beverly Hills, filled with trendy clubs, bars, and shops, and populated by yuppies and their yuppy wannabe offspring, who go to said clubs to show off their charge accounts, compare their status symbol cars at work and school, and look down their noses at anyone with lesser income tax returns than them......

Wait a minute......

Hold on.....

On second thought....

WELL DONE, MATT AND TREY!



Yeah, I'm a Tempe boy. Sue me.

[draggar]

It's not just Arizona that gets slapped around:

Fry: Very impressive. Back in the Twentieth Century we had no idea there was a university on Mars.
Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Well, in those days Mars was a dreary, uninhabitable wasteland, much like Utah. But unlike Utah, Mars was eventually made liveable when the university was founded in 2636.

I'm sure most states have had jokes aimed at them, most people laugh (even those in those states) while a few other over-sensitive types complain.

[AdminAssistant]

There's a MASH episode where they're all worried about getting arrested for....something. Major Winchester then says, "We're all about to change our addresses to Leavenworth. Dear God....that's in Kansas."

Of course, my home state of Arkansas is pretty much a permanent punchline. I've heard there's a Family Guy episode where they go to Arkansas, but I haven't seen it. Then, of course, there's the unofficial state motto: "Arkansas: At Least We Aren't Mississippi!"*

*Or Alabama, West Virginia, or Northern Louisiana

[smileyeagle1021]

Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Well, in those days Mars was a dreary, uninhabitable wasteland, much like Utah.

That is giving Utah too much credit
I think it would be better off being uninhabited rather than inhabited by a disproportionate number of douchebags.

[dalesys]

But Utah is #1 for students/dollars!

/end sarcasm

Proud parent of middle school science teacher.

[Antisocial_Worker]

There was an episode of Garfield and Friends where Roy Rooster won a mansion "built on a little plot of land formerly known as North Carolina!"

[smileyeagle1021]

But Utah is #1 for students/dollars!

/end sarcasm

Proud parent of middle school science teacher.

I love how when you say students per dollar is the highest makes it sound so much nicer than dollars per student is the least

[Sheldonrs]

I like the joke. :-) And I'm a resident of Scottsdale, AZ.
But for the record:

No charge cards
No car
The only club i go to is a near-by gay bar where I get a VERY large tequila shot and a diet coke for $4.75!
And while my apartment is nice, it's also $550.00 per month and that INCLUDES all utilities. :-)

[Jester]

I like the joke. :-) And I'm a resident of Scottsdale, AZ.

Oh, I liked the joke too. It just stunned me. Not quite as much as The Simpsons' slam on ASU, of course.

But for the record:

No charge cards
No car
The only club i go to is a near-by gay bar where I get a VERY large tequila shot and a diet coke for $4.75!
And while my apartment is nice, it's also $550.00 per month and that INCLUDES all utilities. :-)

Hey, not everyone who lives in Scottsdale is like that. Hell, for a few years, I myself resided in Scottsdale. South Scottsdale, near north Tempe. The whole place isn't snooty. Just....much of it.

And is that gay bar the one in downtown, by the Galleria? If so, I've been there.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

If it's any consolation, here in Wisconsin we have a Milwaukee City Councilwoman who doesn't understand that Arizona shares a border with Mexico.

Wisconsin: Fat, drunk and stupid, that's how we go through life.

[Jester]

If it's any consolation, here in Wisconsin we have a Milwaukee City Councilwoman who doesn't understand that Arizona shares a border with Mexico.

Oh, please, share the details of that story!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Here you go.

WARNING: Political in nature

[Cat]

Hmmm.....I remember a show called "Hey Dude," that mocked a guest....saying something like "Go back to your condo in Connecticut!" (implying the guest was a yuppie for can't handle a dude ranch) Ha, I live in a condo in CT, and its crap

[Magpie]

I'm sure most states have had jokes aimed at them, most people laugh (even those in those states) while a few other over-sensitive types complain.

It was a HUGE deal when the episode of The Simpsons where they went to Canada was about to air. Everyone knew it was coming, finally they're going to make Canada jokes on The Simpsons. It was a little bit at the end, but we were still thrilled. They go to Brazil? The show gets in hot water for defamation.