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• MolochAlter@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The best thing is he apparently actually didn’t get the fish sticks joke which, if true, makes Parker and Stone the best satirists of all time on merits.

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  • Vilian@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    what was the joke meaning, i don’t watch south park

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    • TheDoozer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Say it out loud.

      “Do you like fish sticks?”

      'Yeah

      “Then you’re a gay fish.”

      Kanye in the show didn’t get it and thought people were calling him a gay fish. So if real Kanye didn’t get the joke, and got mad because he thought South Park was calling him a gay fish… that’s just incredible.

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      • Knuschberkeks@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I still don’t get it

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      • Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You obviously didn’t get the joke.

        They were calling Kanye gay because he was the first rapper to wear a pink jumper.

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    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The kids came up with the joke:

      “Do you like fish sticks?” (Pronounced like “fish dicks”)

      Then, when the person said yes, they’d call them a gay fish.

      The joke becomes a meme on the show, but Kanye West doesn’t get it, despite having it explained to him. He thinks the joke is directed at him personally, and does actual scientific research to find out why people think he is a gay fish. At the end of the episode, he accepts his fate, and decides to live as a gay fish (complete with a catchy autotuned song.)

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    • elxeno@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      you wouldnt get it

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• Tolstoshev@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nirvana famously said they knew they had made it when Weird Al did a parody of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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  • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If I recall, Weird Al tries to get permission for all his parodies too, just further adding to the point that people mostly are good with that kind of attention.

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    • Tolstoshev@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That he does. The only snafu he had was with Coolio for Gangster’s Paradise. Apparently the label said yes but didn’t actually check with Coolio and he wasn’t happy about it. Weird Al apologized for the mixup and they made peace with it later. Weird Al said the only star that has consistently turned him down was Prince, who didn’t find the whole parody thing funny.

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      • Got_Bent@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Many years later, Coolio said that he regrets his reaction and that he realizes it’s an honor to get a Weird Al parody.

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      • fluckx@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Didn’t Paul McCartney refuse as well with the live and let die cover: “chicken pot pie”.

        Or is that just a joke I took too serious?

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    • CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure Prince wouldn’t give him permission.

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• MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  George Clooney liked the show so much he wanted to be on the show but they rejected his request initially since they don’t do famous voices. They in turn offered him the non-speaking role of Stan’s gay dog. Clooney showed up and gave a full performance of barks.

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  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    George Clooney was instrumental in getting the show made in the first place. He liked their second Christmas short so much that he made hundreds of copies and gave them to all his friends, which helped them pitch the show.

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  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He also got a speaking role later as the doctor in the movie.

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• Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And most of the ones who arent ok with it are aware of the “Streisand effect” and know that their best course of action is to either ignore it or pretend they are ok with it and wait for everyone to move on.

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  • Pacmanlives@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Mormon church did this when the play Book of Mormon came out! Also amazing play if you have not seen it please do!!! There is a reason it won a Tony!

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• Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ah yes, the gay fish

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  • Pacmanlives@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And Kathleen “The Force Is Female” Kennedy.

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  • zyratoxx@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And Prince Harry & Meghan

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• jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have to doubt a lot of people love being parodied on that show. They are pretty harsh.

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  • Pacmanlives@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I take it you don’t have a brother or any close guy friends. It’s kind of what we do. We rip on each other and buy each other a beer. Same with competitive sports. At the end of the day we respect each other but can make fun of each other and live laugh and love

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is not like ripping on each other with your guy friends.

      And this is not like Weird Al doing a parody of one of your songs, which most musicians do see as a badge of honor.

      These are pretty damning (and accurate) personal attacks. Pretty sure j-lo, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears were not happy with their portrayal.

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