Jewbilee

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"Jewbilee"
South Park episode
Moses as depicted in South Park, a large glowing floating dreidel being worshipped by the Jewish Boy Scouts
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 9
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Production code309
Original air dateJuly 28, 1999 (1999-07-28)
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"Jewbilee" is the ninth-aired and produced episode of the

stereotypes about Jews,[1]
originally aired on July 28, 1999.

Plot

As

Mr. Mackey's meteor shower party, Kyle and his brother Ike are preparing to go to Jewbilee, a Boy Scout-esque camp for Jewish boys. Kyle invites Kenny to attend, even though Gerald and Sheila warn Kyle that Kenny may not be accepted because he is not Jewish. Kyle persuades them to let Kenny come along, and they explain the basic tenets of Judaism
during the car ride to the camp. After dropping the boys off, Gerald and Sheila drive to Mr. Mackey's party.

The camp attendees are divided into two age groups, Jew Scouts (older boys) and Squirts (younger, similar to

Haman
and force Jews into servitude.

Meanwhile, the Squirts' leader, Shlomo, mobilizes the troop to help catch a bear in the surrounding woods so he can earn his "Chutzpah" merit badge. The bear captures one Squirt after another, and Shlomo continues to devise plans that ultimately fail. After all the Squirts have been captured, Shlomo seeks out the chief elder but stumbles across Garth's plan to summon Haman; he tries to free Moses, but Garth shoots and wounds him. Kenny is captured by the bear as well, but finds that instead of harming the Squirts, it has brought them to celebrate the birthday of its cub. Kenny leads the Squirts back to camp, finding the summoning ritual nearly completed. As the Squirts form a human ladder to reach the cabin keys and free the captives, Kenny disrupts the ritual and smashes the conch with his own head, freeing Moses but fatally injuring himself. Moses destroys Haman, kills Garth, and declares a new annual holiday in which the Jew Scouts will gather at the camp and honor Kenny's sacrifice by making arts-and-crafts projects.

Production

The writing process of "Jewbilee" helped South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone realize the approach to writing most suited for the show. The episode had to be aired about a month after the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was released, at which time Parker and Stone could take a break from their intensive work. They were pleased with their work on both the show and the film and decided not to care about how good the episode was, and "just make it dumb and weird." Eventually, they came to believe that "Jewbilee" was then one of the best episodes of the show, which helped them realize that they should not try to think of the plots for too long, but "just be stupid and have fun."[2]

Cultural and religious references

The

Moses character is Parker's favorite aspect of the episode.[2] His appearance is patterned after the Master Control Program from the film Tron.[3]

Reception

John Sinnott of DVD Talk stated that the episode is one of the third season's "strange shows that worked very well."[4] In an article about Isaac Hayes' departure controversy, The Seattle Times referred to "Jewbilee" as one of the show's most outrageous episodes.[5]

References

  1. doi:10.1353/jfv.0.0025
    . Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b ""Jewbilee" episode mini-commentary". South Park Stuff. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  3. ^ "FAQ: February 2008". South Park Studios. 2008-02-05. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  4. ^ "South Park:Complete Third Season". DVD Talk. 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  5. ^ "On "South Park," nothing is sacred". The Seattle Times. 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2022-02-22.

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