Fowler Fatigue
Hey Y'all,
I am getting a bit of Fowler Fatigue and I thought I post this to bring a little joy to my readers after all that foul stress:
This is a South Park episode called "Smug Alert" which aired a while ago (2006). It depicts San Franciscans as people who are so smug that they all love to smell their own farts. And of course everyone drives a "Pious".
Official description:
The Broflovski's arrive in San Francisco, where the weather is cloudy, the people have too many names, and people smell their own farts.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103216
Look for the link "Watch this full episode"
Southpark commentary, even better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5rQM_HAcfA
One of the readers found this Cheetos commercial and he predicts that Fowler references like this one will appear more often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgoDcCQZzIg
Enjoy!
PS: all San Franciscans who are offended by this episode should refrain from venting their anger on this blog and instead go to the south park message board, if they have one.
I am getting a bit of Fowler Fatigue and I thought I post this to bring a little joy to my readers after all that foul stress:
This is a South Park episode called "Smug Alert" which aired a while ago (2006). It depicts San Franciscans as people who are so smug that they all love to smell their own farts. And of course everyone drives a "Pious".
Official description:
The Broflovski's arrive in San Francisco, where the weather is cloudy, the people have too many names, and people smell their own farts.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103216
Look for the link "Watch this full episode"
Southpark commentary, even better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5rQM_HAcfA
One of the readers found this Cheetos commercial and he predicts that Fowler references like this one will appear more often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgoDcCQZzIg
Enjoy!
PS: all San Franciscans who are offended by this episode should refrain from venting their anger on this blog and instead go to the south park message board, if they have one.
Has anyone else noticed that Fowler wears a "Members Only" jacket??
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Tell me you are kidding? Like that joke in that "Shallow Hal" when Gwenith Paltrow says, "What you are the last member?"
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I was watching the Fowler episode begging my teenager to watch it with me and she came in the room amazed and said, Amazing! This is just like that South Park episode where they like lean over and smell their own farts." When I finally got my husband in the room he said almost the same thing, "Wow just like on South Park." I am glad you linked it with the episode. My apologies to San Franciscans who don't drive electric cars and lean over to smell their own farts. It is a caricature not a stereotype. And you have to admit it was pretty funny.
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now if south park did a stephen fowler episode, the ratings will be huge!
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There's another reference in pop culture too.
There's a Cheetos commercial where a regular soccer mom is standing by a field watching the kids play and eatin a bag of cheetos. Another mother totters over on heels with her hair done up and wearing a perfect frilly white top. The snobby mother babbles about how well her kid is doing in foreign languages school.. "He's so fluent at Mandarin that I'd swear he's a native!"
The normal mother rolls her eyes and has an idea. She hugs the snobby mother saying "Good to see you! I'll see you later!" while she rubs that orange Cheetos gunk all on her hands all over the back of that perfect white frilly top.
The Cheetos cheetah says "Cheeto Daddy's proud of you."
I think there are going to be a lot more references to the Fowlers in pop culture before it's all over with.
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Too funny...there are so many phrases to parody from Stephen Fowler...the definition of "world citzenship" by Fowler must be the first to laughed at...people who brag about all the places they've been but do not have a clue about the country's culture should be told that they are becoming "world citizens".
I took many Spanish classes but my skills are pretty limited. My kids learned when they were young and speak very well. People are surprised when hearing them converse "en Espanol" because I don't advertise their skills. My kids understand hispanic culture through school, friends and traveling. My son LOVES early Mexican art and knows historical events which contributed to the work. Sometimes they fall into stereotyping but as a parent we have to remind our kids everyone is different. The true world citizens have contributed to making a difference in the lives of others locally and maybe globally as that influence grows.
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I've not been receiving email notifications since Monday. I thought there was no activity (posted about it), then noticed I was wrong. I'm subscribed to the blog and individual entries also. Could this be because replies are now moderated?
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Our family lives only six miles away from Noe Valley and the Fowlers, in the neighbhorhood of Ocean Beach (yes, we're a block from the beach and we can see the Pacific Ocean from our window) and we LOVE that South Park episode! Trey and Matt, you rock!
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Was it really necessary to tell us how you can see the ocean from your house in ocean beach? "Yes, we are privileged enough to have an ocean view from our window here in ocean beach where were a block from the beach...and the ocean" Ha ha! Whats funny is you don't even realize you're doing it! Then, you go on to say how MUCH you LOVE the episode to show how tolerant/hip/progressive you are. Sounds like someone saying "Im not racist cause I have black friends!" Quit trying to distance yourself from Fowler by having intellectual discussions about which English author could have created him and why this discussion makes you better than him because he might not be able to keep up and maybe you'll sound a little more convincing. It makes you come across like a smug jerk, i.e., like Fowler.
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You don't understand our circumstances, Zila. My partner and I are writers and editors, which means that we're constantly on the lowest rung of the social ladder, economically vulnerable, and that our fortunes are constantly uncertain. We don't own a car, we don't own property, we're not young. There's an excellent chance that by the summer we'll be ending up in a small town in Arkansas or Missouri trying to eke out a very very simple living. As writers and observers of our culture, we must remain fluid and adaptable and open to all types--but because we are so vulnerable we must necessarily gravitate to where the warm people are, the genuine people. The Longs are warm people. The Fowlers are not--worse, they're liars and poseurs. You can trust people like the Longs; I wouldn't trust Stephen Fowler as far as I could throw him.
As for the Ocean Beach reference, it is because of our rollercoaster circumstances I just wanted to dwell a little on how neat it was that at this particular moment in time there's actually a little apartment in Ocean Beach where the waves could be seen. Like Virginia Woolf, when you write you learn to appreciate the moment you're in.
And the English lit playfulness: We don't kid ourselves. My partner and I realize that in this society a love and knowledge of British literature has very little value, it's not easily shared. Britophilia among English lit majors is an ever-present risk, and the certainty that Fowler, for all his vaunted Cambridge education, would just be too obtuse or even too contemptuous to join in on one of our conversations is another strike against him. And yes, it does make me feel a little smugly superior to him.
We're not that distant from the Fowlers, certainly not geographically. Like I said in one of my blog postings, it's tempting to want to jump on a J train just to go up to Noe Valley and try to get a glimpse of them. There are a number of circumstances where we might have ended up breaking bread with the Fowlers. My partner and I have shared french fries with street people, dinner with movie stars (that young couple doing Uncle Vanya in NYC, for instance), and drinks with accused war criminals. You take people as they come.
The "black friends" analogy--I don't see it. Could you please clarify?
And lastly, yes, Trey Parker and Matt Stone DO rock. They're rude, they're right on and they're FUNNY. If they could find a way to accurately lampoon me and my family we'd be flattered.
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Thanks for the links to this. It's too funny!
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Too bad this discussion board has turned into an opportunity to bash other posters and make assumptions about their attitudes. No wonder it's only getting a couple of posts a day. I am sure someone will find a way to try to insult what I've written.
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No, I think you're right. We've got people coming on here and shredding each other for sh*ts and giggles instead of keeping the focus on why we're here. Stephen Fowler, folks. More to the point, those poor children. It's easy enough for us to say we're outraged at what an ass he is, but let's try to imagine what it must be like for them having to suffer that sociopathic sh*thead's overbearing criticism every single day (and night) of their lives. And Renee just stands back and allows it. What kind of mother is she, anyway? Oh, that's right. One who gets grumpy if she's around her kids too much.
Boo.
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You're right about the kids. Unfortunately they also will feel the backlash of the outcry against this abominable man. Some might argue the backlash thus hurts the children. What they forget is that Fowler is the problem and completely to blame for any fallout. Maybe the pain of the backlash will have the positive outcome of freeing the children from his abusive behavior.
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I hope so. That the kids are freed from his abusive behavior. That would be the best possible outcome from all of this.
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Is this post about how much Stephen Fowler sucks or how much San Franciscans suck?
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