Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow
"Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" | |
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South Park episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
Production code | 505 |
Original air date | July 18, 2001 |
"Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 70th episode of the series overall. "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" originally aired on July 18, 2001 on Comedy Central. In the episode, the four boys learn that their idols, Terrance and Phillip, have split over credit issues. They try to get them back together in time for an upcoming festival, or else face death at the hands of a trio of unhinged environmental activists. The show Behind the Blow is a parody of the VH1 TV Show Behind the Music. The show also parodies Earth Day, portraying it as a "brainwashing festival."[1]
Plot synopsis
The day of the performance comes, and everyone who attends is shocked to find out that not only has Terrance become
The boys try to explain the problem to the environmentalists, but they do not care, as they are incredibly committed to their job. They instead threaten to kill them and chop off Kenny’s left arm with a butcher knife. Reluctantly, Terrance and Phillip agree to work together. During their rehearsal, they begrudgingly do a routine, which eventually boils down into an argument until they both leave in a huff. After the environmentalists chop Kenny's right arm off, the boys work together and present the audience with a documentary of Terrance and Phillip's rise and fall, featuring, among other clips, the duo appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show when they were children. While they are fascinated, the overreactive environmentalists become largely convinced that the boys "ruined" the festival once again, and they chase them, eventually chopping off Kenny's left leg. Terrance and Phillip watch the video from different viewpoints, and before they could leave the festival, they come across each other and reconcile.
The environmentalists corner the boys, chop off Kenny's right leg (rendering him completely limbless), and they almost kill the rest, but seeing Terrance and Phillip perform together finally convinces them to stop. This thrills everyone, including Kenny, who, despite mutilations, is nevertheless still alive and happy to see the duo reunited.
Production
Parker and Stone came up with the idea for this episode, "Cartmanland," and "Towelie" at a restaurant in Hawaii right after finishing production on their other series That's My Bush! According to Parker, this was one of their first episodes clearly parodying liberals. The environmentalist with the butcher knife is based on Earth Day co-founder Ira Einhorn.[2]
Home media
"Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow," along with the thirteen other episodes from South Park: the Complete Fifth Season, was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on February 22, 2005. The sets include brief audio commentaries by Parker and Stone for each episode.[3]
References
- ^ Earth Day Brainwashing Festival – South Park Studios
- ^ Parker, Trey (November 2002). South Park: The Complete Fifth Season: "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
- ^ Codding, Jamey (February 26, 2009). "South Park: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review". Bullz-Eye. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
External links
- "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" Full episode at South Park Studios
- "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" at IMDb