I always find it interesting to see how South Park kinda went from Cartman to being the main "funny" character to Randy. Cartman definitely has his episodes still, but you can tell the writers are having more fun with Randy now.
Trey said this on one of the dvd commentaries at the start it was more a parody of his dad and as trey got older he basically morphed randy into basically himself.
This seasons finale titled bloody mary literally helped change my life. I had seen that episode many times but one day i had it on in the background and Stan just told randy "Dad, You like to drink. So have a drink once in a while. Have two. If you devote your whole life to completely avoiding something you like, then that thing still controls your life and you've never learned any discipline at all. Randy says "But, maybe... I'm just the kind of person who needs to have it all or nothing." Stan says "Naw. All or nothing is easy. But learning to drink a little bit, responsibly, that's disciprine. Disciprine... come from within. I am not an alcoholic but I had a pretty bad food addiction and was 130 lbs overweight. Idk why that episode clicked with me when it did, but I seriously feel like I owe all the comedians and musicians who through their art have helped me feel less alone and helped me understand myself a little better.
I also liked that message and what it means for finding some control in life. Alot of people find South Park to just be a gratuitous debasing show. (Especially older boomer types). But there is really a lot of thought provoking and intelligent stuff going on in most episodes. I also like how each episode is made the week of in order to use current events to keep the series up to date and fresh.
I can relate. I am really bad at moderation, and generally prefer on/off rather than moderation. I don’t drink or gamble as I know I have enough trouble moderating my food intake. The best eating approach that’s worked for me so far has been the slow carb ‘diet’ as presented by Tim Ferris. 6 days a week you eat a fairly limited menu without a lot of ‘treats’. One day a week, you eat what ever you like. I find that, for me, will-power and decision-making are a limited resource. The more I use at the beginning of the day, the less I have by the end. Having certain choices on auto-pilot (on/off vs moderation) works well for me especially when I have to devote those attentions to other elements of my day (ex: staying focused and decisive at work). However, I do believe that moderation is a better way to go if you can handle it. I think it can develop more discipline and will-power - as long as you can handle it. As for me, I find that if I’m going off-track, I need to fall back on a more regulated approach. But to each their own. Really happy you are finding ways to approach your challenges that work for you. 🙌
Randy is the best and worst thing to happen to the show imo. He's been the basis of some of the best episodes and jokes but they also focus on him so much in the later seasons that the joke stops being funny and gets annoying. I tend to skip Tegridy Farms episodes on rewatches now. Tbh the funniest thing about those storylines is that apparently Trey keeps writing them bc people are sick of it.
Are you high? The Tegrity Farms episodes are some of the funniest they've written. Band ln China where Randy kills Pooh Bear literally makes me tear up with laughter. Or when Randy and Towelie kill the cows after getting baked? l busted a gut on that episode. Or when Randy gets right to the line of being racist when Tolkien's dad buys a weed farm, competing directly with Randy? That is some funny shit. l would say the episodes on the weed farm are some of the funniest they've ever written. lf you don't like them, maybe you've lost your sense of humor cuz that is some funny shit.
It’s funny because when Matt and Trey started out they were out of college, and the crude humor and the kids being foul mouthed and everything was funniest to them. As they grew to be the age of Randy in the show, you can tell they began to relate to him more. The stories they’ve done with him have been my absolute favorite, and I’m so glad he’s a main character now. Him and Stan have always been my favorites and I really love the focus on their relationship more as the show ages. The ending of the Return of COVID special and the note Stan left him was a very touching moment for me. This show gets even better as time goes on, and Randy is a big reason for that
the bat dad episode has always been my #1 favorite episode of south park...not only due to the reasons this story lays out, but also the dread of how much these kids hate playing baseball and how funny it is these other teams are better at losing early so they don't have to play anymore. jokes aren't meant to be taken personal, but they're funny because they are so personal
What they did with Tolkien's (Token) name was absolutely genius. It has been a pleasure to see these guys' storytelling and talent evolve over the years
I love the Tolkien twist to his name. Because let’s be honest, we all thought it was Token and they even halfway broke the fourth wall to rip us all for it!
dude, I thought I was losing my mind. I had just finished your video and I was getting the worst dejavu when I saw this vid pop up and throughout watching it.
@@Bloomseryour takes on South Park suck because you don’t have life experience to understand the jokes fully. When you get older you’re going to cringe very hard at your current takes.
The character development in South park is why I've stayed interested in it for so many years. When I first started watching my favourite character was Cartman, then it was Randy and now it's butters. The show always feels fresh and everyone is fleshed out really well
Trey and Matt have talked about how they used to see themselves in the four boys because they started the show when they were out of college but now they see themselves in randy cuz they’re older. It becomes more apparent upon rewatch
I feel so lucky to be a teen in the late 90's. I was from a small town and the only way to see South park was if you had a satellite dish. Luckily my aunt did, and I've been a fan since episode 1.
Crazy that you posted this as I just finished a S1-S25 binge Never knew Randy's trajectory was so wacky! My favorite character is Kenny because I didn't expect them to actually flesh his "power" out with a story-based reason and he seems like a cool dude in general (as further evidenced by his future in the Post-Covid special)
I love the episodes where Randy gets into something the boys are into, such as watching T&P or playing WoW. Sometimes he almost feels like the 5th member of the group. At the same time, if any character could have a spinoff, it's him.
I love South Park but I really miss when every episode was it's own adventure start to finish. Now it's just a continuation. Like a multipart episode that never stops.
Actually, Randy was established as Stan's father prior to An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig. It wasn't quite as explicit when he appears in Volcano, but if I recall correctly, he does have a line referring to Jimbo as his brother-in-law while stating that he took his son camping on the erupting volcano (and given how Stan was the only kid referring to Jimbo as his uncle throughout the episode, you could probably put two and two together).
The first true Randy episode was "Something You Can Do with Your Finger" from the fourth season, in which randy talks about his time as a boy band member, that was the first time we got to see new layers of Randy's personality, from his past, we realized in that episode that randy always wanted to be more than just a geologist, the way he wants his past story of being a boy band member to be compared with Stan's opportunity to be one too is an invitation for us to think that randy is a complex character too and has a story to tell. However this randy VS bat daddy episode sets one of the main elements of Randy's personality for the rest of the show : the fact that he has his own moral compass, although the fact that he seems to be driven by the need to be loved and respected by his son and wife, we know that with each fight his family gets more embarrassed of him and that detachment between what happens and what randy thinks is happening gives randy his own agenda, he is now free.
Great video. The development of Randy is well documented. One of my favorite episodes and one of the funniest characters in one of the best TV shows of all time.
You can separate South Park history into the Cartman years snd the Randy years. And despite Randy literally causing Covid, he’s still better than Cartman.
I feel like I can relate to Randy because every time the kids are doing something new or stupid, I feel like I have to be involved, and that is what I loved about his character.
This has always been one of my top 5 favorite episodes, and yet, it wasn’t until now, thanks to you, that I noticed this episode was the shift to Randy becoming one of the shows most integral characters.
I know it can't but I wish this show could go on forever. I hope 30 years from now, the show focus moves to the senior citizens and the Old Country Buffet. 🤞🏼
I do love Randy's character and dumb antics, but I'm personally hoping the Tegridy Farms arc of his ends soon. It really only appeals to teenaged potheads at this point, and a lot of his skits fall flat nowadays.
I mean half of the joke is how blatantly Kyle, Sharon and Shelly hate Randy’s weed business. He’s just comedically oblivious to how much they find it aggravating.
They probably won't, they made a joke about it an episode. Randy representing Matt and Trey and his family representing the viewers who are tired of tegridy farms. if they're gonna keep making south park, they're doing it their way.
The authors themselves explained in interviews that as they grew older themselves, they started to relate to Randy more (and to the kids less), which largely explains the development of Randy in the show.
My dads been dead seven years; he and I watched this episode in a hotel when it was new airing on television. We loved it and laughed pretty hard together over it. It does hold a lot of nostalgia for me. Thanks for covering the impact it had on the series as a whole.🤙🏻
I like the compare-and-contrast with old and new South Park. While they're both awesome, I prefer old-school South Park better: less focus on commentary, more on the sentient plush dolls going on adventures. That's the sort of mindset that inspires me to write Short Bus.
@@oddzar7674 A series I was writing, inspired by South Park. I have bits and pieces of it floating around various sites. Can't go far on a zero-dollar budget.
This transition was really really smart. As south parks audience grew up and had families of their own they started transitioning the main character from kids to Randy because all of us that watched this show as kids are now parents. I was in the 6th grade when South Park came out. Now I’m 38.
Wait… Isn’t this just a point by point Cliff Notes version of Johnny 2 Cellos video No Tegridy: The Evolution of Randy Marsh from a year ago? This is the exact same video! Who rips off someone’s concept like that? I’ll tell ya who… someone with no tegridy.
It's no surprise whenever South Park drops a Randy Marsh storyline you know its going to be great. It makes so much sense that as the creators got older they related and made more Randy themes episodes but for me the Cartman storylines are the best. PURE chaos especially season 10-16 for me where South Park's best years
I absolutely think that episode is one of the greatest episodes ever. How it made Randy the one wanting to be a champion and the kids could not care any less. The baseball episode as they move up in the playoffs to the better teams they also move up to the better drunken obnoxious fathers and he is scared he is not good enough, pure Genius. I think the Gay Boy Scot episode early in was a Randy Marsh breakout. Silly Goose Randy slams on the breaks and Timmy unsecured in his wheel chair in back of a pick up slams into the cab. Stanley you call your friends an ass hole like normal kids, I still laugh out loud 20 years later thinking of that
This happened waaaaaay before season 9, more like with the Finger Bang episode in my opinion, because Randy represents “extreme” situations with little room, for Randy, for nuance. Still one of the best episodes in televisions history with Randy versus the Bat Dad.
I still remember watching this one right when it aired... it was some of the hardest I laughed in my life, up until that point.. I think I was about 15. In my head, it's still a new-ish episode
wow to this day i've always said this was my favorite episode and i never even realized that this was randys sort of breakthrough episode. thanks for the video
I liked but never loved South Park growing up but in recent years I began watching it and Randy absolutely makes the show. Unlike the Simpsons or family guy I feel south park has only gotten better over time.
All my favorite SP episodes are centered around Randy. The Losing Edge, Creme Fraiche, Bloody Mary, Overlogging, More Crap, Medicinal Fried Chicken, Broadway Bro-Down, I could go on forever. He's by far the funniest character.
I haven't been active on youtube for the past few years but seeing the sub count on this channel as opposed to your gaming channel blows my mind. I remember back when this was just a side project. Congrats man much deserved for the video essays.
Randy's the underrated animated sitcom dad. I'd say he's the reason why South Park rarely falls in the "zombie" status compared to the 2 other longest-running ones.
Randy is awesome. I’ve been watching through the seasons, and I noticed the episode in season 3 where he saves them from farting, you really start to see what drives him. It’s strange to see the development of characters that never get older lol
i think because of the chaos around him he decided to be the craziest lmao...he gave into what was happening and i'm still waiting for his next album as Lorde...ya yuh yuh yuh ya ya!
This episode is definitely my favourite out of all of South Park! The kids being completely bored out of their minds when forced to play baseball and trying, yet failing to lose just so they don't have to play anymore is so hilarious and something you won't really see anywhere else; re-emphasing the uniqueness of South Park's comedy through subversion of expectations and norms through mapping. It's of course even more prevalent with Randy's eagerness to get into fights with other dads at baseball games and the episode treating it with major seriousness and gravity, and it pays off as his willingness to make a name for himself in not only his pride and desire to achieve, but also to become a star of the show itself. This was where Randy gained the significance that he deserves and made him stand out as the absolute best and most promising of all the adults, allowing for Trey and Matt to be able to focus more on adults and have a truly iconic character that isn't a kid and can rival even Homer Simpson in terms of recognisability. If it wasn't this episode, chances are we wouldn't have seen him develop and almost become the new face of the show like he has today. While it was his first truly Randy moment, it will IMO remain his best.
I have to say I don't see the current situation with Randy as a progression, more of a stagnation. I really loved how he could take on a different roll and traits each episode but now he only has tegridy..
It reminds me of the evolution of Homer Simpson as the series grew, along with its writers & fans. Many of us 80s-90s kids grew up loving Bart Simpson, but as we aged, we began to relate more with Homer. And all of that was made possible by the writers themselves, who were also growing.
Hey man I'm kinda curious what your take on Billions, on Chuck Rhodes, one of the protagonists of the show because I feel like he actually deserves an episode debating on whether he is or he isn't one of the best antagonists/bad guys in TV shows history, and this can be seen, in my opinion, in the sixth season where he took on a fight on the billionaires of New York with so much passion...I'm looking forward to watch an episode in which you make a deconstruction of this character
The end when Randy is pummeling Bat Dad, while singing "I'm the best, around, na na na bring me down," in that falsetto voice is what seals the episode.
Randy has always been a favourite to me since Scuzzlebutt. He acknowledges a volcano in South Park, a dramatic sting then he sips his coffee and goes “ahh”.
Randy really broke through in this episode, but it had been coming for a long time. In a lot of the parent-centric episodes he really stood out a lot, my favourite episode is when the kids are with the Mongrolirans and he's trying to communicate "STAAAAAANNNN... STAAAAAANNNN... Your name is STAAAAAANNNN..." "REMEMBER... REMEMBERRRRR..."
Randy in the Rocky sweatsuit cooking an egg and drinking a beer is on my phone home screen. South Park brilliantly combined two of my favorite characters with that one!
I always find it interesting to see how South Park kinda went from Cartman to being the main "funny" character to Randy. Cartman definitely has his episodes still, but you can tell the writers are having more fun with Randy now.
They grew up and started to resonate more with a dad than with a kid.
Trey said this on one of the dvd commentaries at the start it was more a parody of his dad and as trey got older he basically morphed randy into basically himself.
Future Rabbi Cartman was a great idea though
@@adamhbrennan i started losing it when i saw him in the episode
To be fair he has a few good new episodes about him in season 25
This seasons finale titled bloody mary literally helped change my life. I had seen that episode many times but one day i had it on in the background and Stan just told randy "Dad, You like to drink. So have a drink once in a while. Have two. If you devote your whole life to completely avoiding something you like, then that thing still controls your life and you've never learned any discipline at all.
Randy says "But, maybe... I'm just the kind of person who needs to have it all or nothing."
Stan says "Naw. All or nothing is easy. But learning to drink a little bit, responsibly, that's disciprine. Disciprine... come from within.
I am not an alcoholic but I had a pretty bad food addiction and was 130 lbs overweight. Idk why that episode clicked with me when it did, but I seriously feel like I owe all the comedians and musicians who through their art have helped me feel less alone and helped me understand myself a little better.
I also liked that message and what it means for finding some control in life.
Alot of people find South Park to just be a gratuitous debasing show. (Especially older boomer types).
But there is really a lot of thought provoking and intelligent stuff going on in most episodes.
I also like how each episode is made the week of in order to use current events to keep the series up to date and fresh.
I'm proud of you yo. Don't know if you get to hear it or not, but I'm proud. Life is crazy like that
I can relate. I am really bad at moderation, and generally prefer on/off rather than moderation. I don’t drink or gamble as I know I have enough trouble moderating my food intake. The best eating approach that’s worked for me so far has been the slow carb ‘diet’ as presented by Tim Ferris. 6 days a week you eat a fairly limited menu without a lot of ‘treats’. One day a week, you eat what ever you like. I find that, for me, will-power and decision-making are a limited resource. The more I use at the beginning of the day, the less I have by the end. Having certain choices on auto-pilot (on/off vs moderation) works well for me especially when I have to devote those attentions to other elements of my day (ex: staying focused and decisive at work). However, I do believe that moderation is a better way to go if you can handle it. I think it can develop more discipline and will-power - as long as you can handle it. As for me, I find that if I’m going off-track, I need to fall back on a more regulated approach. But to each their own. Really happy you are finding ways to approach your challenges that work for you. 🙌
thanks for typin that out man, reading that made my day alot better
@@dylanwood2287 you're not left out of this. Peace and blessings to you yo... hope all is well with you and yours
I feel like as Matt and Trey grew up, they stopped relating to the kids and started relating more to Randy
you didn't feel that stop lying
didn’t they explicitly state that
Don't you mean the comment you saw in a doff video felt that?
It’s almost is if they said that exact thing….
I literally heard them say that shutup
Randy is the best and worst thing to happen to the show imo. He's been the basis of some of the best episodes and jokes but they also focus on him so much in the later seasons that the joke stops being funny and gets annoying.
I tend to skip Tegridy Farms episodes on rewatches now. Tbh the funniest thing about those storylines is that apparently Trey keeps writing them bc people are sick of it.
yes, Tegridy Farms sucks
The show also became less smart as well, contrary to what nerdstalgic says.
Tegridy farms competition with Tokens dad is comic gold imo.
Are you high? The Tegrity Farms episodes are some of the funniest they've written. Band ln China where Randy kills Pooh Bear literally makes me tear up with laughter. Or when Randy and Towelie kill the cows after getting baked? l busted a gut on that episode. Or when Randy gets right to the line of being racist when Tolkien's dad buys a weed farm, competing directly with Randy? That is some funny shit. l would say the episodes on the weed farm are some of the funniest they've ever written. lf you don't like them, maybe you've lost your sense of humor cuz that is some funny shit.
@@johncooper7663 Tolkien ;)
I would posit that Randy WANTED to remain normal, but the absurdity of the things that constantly happen in South Park broke him.
Yes
South Park?
Or the WORLD
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Probably both lol. Randy is basically an extension of Trey Parker and his dad.
good theory.
Randy's overeager fascination with every type of hopeless fads probably translates as a desire to conform, yes.
It’s funny because when Matt and Trey started out they were out of college, and the crude humor and the kids being foul mouthed and everything was funniest to them. As they grew to be the age of Randy in the show, you can tell they began to relate to him more. The stories they’ve done with him have been my absolute favorite, and I’m so glad he’s a main character now. Him and Stan have always been my favorites and I really love the focus on their relationship more as the show ages. The ending of the Return of COVID special and the note Stan left him was a very touching moment for me. This show gets even better as time goes on, and Randy is a big reason for that
Holy shit didn't expect to see you here
damn, this makes so much sense! thats why i also now relate to him!
hi Specktive
Randy's become far more insipdly stupid than the juveniles were. He's just low hanging fruit.
the bat dad episode has always been my #1 favorite episode of south park...not only due to the reasons this story lays out, but also the dread of how much these kids hate playing baseball and how funny it is these other teams are better at losing early so they don't have to play anymore. jokes aren't meant to be taken personal, but they're funny because they are so personal
Member berries is underrayed
Creme fraische.
That pitcher making the batters bunt intentionally was the greatest plot twist I ever saw
@@LuchadorMasque I memba
Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was america
I do love how Randy has grown. My fave by far is the Lorde ("ya ya ya") story because it had so many great layers.
Randy's always been my favorite. idk if it was the nostalgia or growing up myself but this episode brought me tears.
my name is randy
@@jetbum ok
Ew
Randy is the worst South Park character ever created. They need to k!|| him off
"I'm sorry I thought this was America!" Always makes me laugh
What they did with Tolkien's (Token) name was absolutely genius. It has been a pleasure to see these guys' storytelling and talent evolve over the years
Wait, I thought tokens name came from the token black guy concept in movies and TV shows
@@hereticalpaintjobs No dude, it's Tolkien /s
I love the Tolkien twist to his name. Because let’s be honest, we all thought it was Token and they even halfway broke the fourth wall to rip us all for it!
@@kenneykost8126 there I an episode where he signs his name "token" but that was waaaay before the "tolkien" episode lol
the fact that they went back and changed his name to Tolkien any time it was mentioned in the captions is just amazing.
Wow this video feels super familiar
must be the member berries
dude, I thought I was losing my mind. I had just finished your video and I was getting the worst dejavu when I saw this vid pop up and throughout watching it.
Wdym ? This is a completely unique and fresh perspective that has never been discussed before, especially not by a UA-camr with beautiful hair.
@@Bloomseryour takes on South Park suck because you don’t have life experience to understand the jokes fully. When you get older you’re going to cringe very hard at your current takes.
The character development in South park is why I've stayed interested in it for so many years. When I first started watching my favourite character was Cartman, then it was Randy and now it's butters. The show always feels fresh and everyone is fleshed out really well
you are slow, like a snail :)
I fucking love Butters.🥰
*Victor Chaos
Was gonna like the comment but ... nice
It's butters.. that's me!!!
Trey and Matt have talked about how they used to see themselves in the four boys because they started the show when they were out of college but now they see themselves in randy cuz they’re older. It becomes more apparent upon rewatch
He became my favorite character. My wife and I still quote the, "I'm just so startled" line after all these years.
Lmao, same.
I quote that with my best friend lol
I feel so lucky to be a teen in the late 90's. I was from a small town and the only way to see South park was if you had a satellite dish. Luckily my aunt did, and I've been a fan since episode 1.
Our town didn’t have it until 2002. I didn’t start to appreciate the show until around then.
"I'm sorry, I thought this was Amurica" is one of the best lines ever made.
That and the trousers round the ankles. :)
Crazy that you posted this as I just finished a S1-S25 binge
Never knew Randy's trajectory was so wacky! My favorite character is Kenny because I didn't expect them to actually flesh his "power" out with a story-based reason and he seems like a cool dude in general (as further evidenced by his future in the Post-Covid special)
I love every Randy centric episodes...that one where he's on the phone with the entire world's governments because of aliens is god-tier Randy
One of the best episodes. Randy stealing the superconducting magnet disguised as Princess Leia is one of the best things that happened to humanity.
That is one of the best eps, so good!
Lol babyfart McGeezacks!
I love the episodes where Randy gets into something the boys are into, such as watching T&P or playing WoW. Sometimes he almost feels like the 5th member of the group. At the same time, if any character could have a spinoff, it's him.
Isn't Tegridy Farms that spinoff?
Butters definitely the 5th member
YOU DID A WHOLE EPISODE ON RANDY AND NEVER MENTIONED HIS HIS MUSICAL PROWESS!?!?!?!?!? THE AUDACITY
I am lorde, yayeaya
Why would we be discussing Lorde in an episode about Randy Marsh?
You mean Stevie Ray Vaughn?
@@Zelkiiro Or when he used to be in a boy band
@@Zelkiiro nope, Stevie ray Vaughn died in an airplane crash, Steamy ray Vaughn just shits his britches
I love South Park but I really miss when every episode was it's own adventure start to finish. Now it's just a continuation. Like a multipart episode that never stops.
I can agree with this.
Actually, Randy was established as Stan's father prior to An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig. It wasn't quite as explicit when he appears in Volcano, but if I recall correctly, he does have a line referring to Jimbo as his brother-in-law while stating that he took his son camping on the erupting volcano (and given how Stan was the only kid referring to Jimbo as his uncle throughout the episode, you could probably put two and two together).
"Actually!"
I dont even need to read the rest to know you're a douche
All these commenters here trying to out nerd the uploader, but you actually nailed it. Nice.
Yeah, that sounded wrong to me.
When it was announced that someone else would do VO for some videos, I was skeptical. Now, IMO you're arguably the best on the channel.
The first true Randy episode was "Something You Can Do with Your Finger" from the fourth season, in which randy talks about his time as a boy band member, that was the first time we got to see new layers of Randy's personality, from his past, we realized in that episode that randy always wanted to be more than just a geologist, the way he wants his past story of being a boy band member to be compared with Stan's opportunity to be one too is an invitation for us to think that randy is a complex character too and has a story to tell.
However this randy VS bat daddy episode sets one of the main elements of Randy's personality for the rest of the show : the fact that he has his own moral compass, although the fact that he seems to be driven by the need to be loved and respected by his son and wife, we know that with each fight his family gets more embarrassed of him and that detachment between what happens and what randy thinks is happening gives randy his own agenda, he is now free.
Went from saving the town from a volcanic eruption to microwaving his balls for free weed. If that ain't character development, I don't know what is
I loved how serious and badass Randy became in The Black Friday Trilogy after Old Cap died and he took his post at the mall.
That trilogy was Absolutely hilarious to me.
I was 12 when south park started. I grew up with it, but yeah. We relate more to the parents than the kids. Same goes with proud family. Lol.
Great video. The development of Randy is well documented. One of my favorite episodes and one of the funniest characters in one of the best TV shows of all time.
You can separate South Park history into the Cartman years snd the Randy years. And despite Randy literally causing Covid, he’s still better than Cartman.
I love Randy. he goes all-in on absolutely everything and it's amazing.
Wish I had as much passion for anything as Randy has for literally everything.
I feel like I can relate to Randy because every time the kids are doing something new or stupid, I feel like I have to be involved, and that is what I loved about his character.
This is one of the greatest cartoon critiques/analyses I have ever seen, well done. Just information and opinions, no pretensions or personal gripes
This has always been one of my top 5 favorite episodes, and yet, it wasn’t until now, thanks to you, that I noticed this episode was the shift to Randy becoming one of the shows most integral characters.
I know it can't but I wish this show could go on forever. I hope 30 years from now, the show focus moves to the senior citizens and the Old Country Buffet. 🤞🏼
I do love Randy's character and dumb antics, but I'm personally hoping the Tegridy Farms arc of his ends soon. It really only appeals to teenaged potheads at this point, and a lot of his skits fall flat nowadays.
I miss the old Randy :/
I think it appeals to a lot more then just teens. I’ve definitely met way more adult potheads than teens
I mean half of the joke is how blatantly Kyle, Sharon and Shelly hate Randy’s weed business. He’s just comedically oblivious to how much they find it aggravating.
The more fans seem to push back on Tegridy, the more it gets pushed forward in the show.
They probably won't, they made a joke about it an episode. Randy representing Matt and Trey and his family representing the viewers who are tired of tegridy farms. if they're gonna keep making south park, they're doing it their way.
I work security for an MLB team, and the way Randy talks is EXACTLY how people sound when we are tossing them out.
Feel like Johnny2Cellos already made this exact point, but more thoroughly.
Randy is by far the best character. It’s nuts it took so long for them to find all of him.
The authors themselves explained in interviews that as they grew older themselves, they started to relate to Randy more (and to the kids less), which largely explains the development of Randy in the show.
My dads been dead seven years; he and I watched this episode in a hotel when it was new airing on television. We loved it and laughed pretty hard together over it. It does hold a lot of nostalgia for me. Thanks for covering the impact it had on the series as a whole.🤙🏻
These episode couldn’t have come at a more perfect time I had just started getting back into the show !
It's almost as if there's an algorithm lmao
this is just like the Johnny2Cellos video on Randy Marsh
I know its a small thing but I love the way he says Shelly
Randy is the best character for every reason you stated and so much more.
Randy Marsh is one of my favorite characters in any media.
Anything with randy is comedy gold.
Sarcastiball is one of the best episodes.
Always one of my favorite episodes especially how the kids and adults stories interweave
I like the compare-and-contrast with old and new South Park. While they're both awesome, I prefer old-school South Park better: less focus on commentary, more on the sentient plush dolls going on adventures. That's the sort of mindset that inspires me to write Short Bus.
Whats short bus?
@@oddzar7674 A series I was writing, inspired by South Park. I have bits and pieces of it floating around various sites. Can't go far on a zero-dollar budget.
This is one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen. Well done, man.
'Mom said to stop trying to get cancer'
'Just a little bit of cancer Stan, tell mom it's okay'
CONGRATS ON 1MILLION🥳🥳🥳
Randy is so great, whenever I hear Mother by Danzig I can't help but imagine Randy singing it
This transition was really really smart. As south parks audience grew up and had families of their own they started transitioning the main character from kids to Randy because all of us that watched this show as kids are now parents. I was in the 6th grade when South Park came out. Now I’m 38.
Wait… Isn’t this just a point by point Cliff Notes version of Johnny 2 Cellos video No Tegridy: The Evolution of Randy Marsh from a year ago? This is the exact same video! Who rips off someone’s concept like that? I’ll tell ya who… someone with no tegridy.
I thought I was having a major episode of Deja Vu. Seems like Nerdstalgic is losing some of its tegridy
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It's no surprise whenever South Park drops a Randy Marsh storyline you know its going to be great. It makes so much sense that as the creators got older they related and made more Randy themes episodes but for me the Cartman storylines are the best. PURE chaos especially season 10-16 for me where South Park's best years
Matt and Trey are geniuses and will never miss
I absolutely think that episode is one of the greatest episodes ever. How it made Randy the one wanting to be a champion and the kids could not care any less. The baseball episode as they move up in the playoffs to the better teams they also move up to the better drunken obnoxious fathers and he is scared he is not good enough, pure Genius. I think the Gay Boy Scot episode early in was a Randy Marsh breakout. Silly Goose Randy slams on the breaks and Timmy unsecured in his wheel chair in back of a pick up slams into the cab. Stanley you call your friends an ass hole like normal kids, I still laugh out loud 20 years later thinking of that
This happened waaaaaay before season 9, more like with the Finger Bang episode in my opinion, because Randy represents “extreme” situations with little room, for Randy, for nuance.
Still one of the best episodes in televisions history with Randy versus the Bat Dad.
This. I think Randys rise to a main character started with the boyband episode. Since then he always was kind of weirdo.
Great episode. Randy centered episodes are some of my favorites.
I still remember watching this one right when it aired... it was some of the hardest I laughed in my life, up until that point.. I think I was about 15. In my head, it's still a new-ish episode
wow to this day i've always said this was my favorite episode and i never even realized that this was randys sort of breakthrough episode. thanks for the video
I remember quoting this episode throughout highschool.. always saying "I'm sorry I thought this was America" 😩 This episode is perfect
Yikes dawg
I liked but never loved South Park growing up but in recent years I began watching it and Randy absolutely makes the show. Unlike the Simpsons or family guy I feel south park has only gotten better over time.
Season 9 of South Park is a mega comedy game changer. It was comedic genius at the highest level
Fantastic and insightful video; I loved the commentary; all the best,
Randy really is the best character on this show, hands down. I’m so glad they’ve made him more prominent.
I was 17 when the show first came out and its been one of my favorite shows and I still watch it religiously to this day.
Randy when to just being the father of the one of show main character, to the Homer Simpson/Peter Griffin of South Park.
All my favorite SP episodes are centered around Randy. The Losing Edge, Creme Fraiche, Bloody Mary, Overlogging, More Crap, Medicinal Fried Chicken, Broadway Bro-Down, I could go on forever. He's by far the funniest character.
I hope we see a special set in the past with Randy Marsh as a kid
I haven't been active on youtube for the past few years but seeing the sub count on this channel as opposed to your gaming channel blows my mind. I remember back when this was just a side project. Congrats man much deserved for the video essays.
Randy's the underrated animated sitcom dad. I'd say he's the reason why South Park rarely falls in the "zombie" status compared to the 2 other longest-running ones.
im smiling this entire video, thank you thank you
Randy is awesome. I’ve been watching through the seasons, and I noticed the episode in season 3 where he saves them from farting, you really start to see what drives him. It’s strange to see the development of characters that never get older lol
This is spot on. Great job.
This is why I love seasons 7-onwards more than the first 6, there’s a lot more added to the characters and lore and is generally more fun imo.
I agree. For me it’s season four. The first three seasons are impossible to rewatch.
i think because of the chaos around him he decided to be the craziest lmao...he gave into what was happening and i'm still waiting for his next album as Lorde...ya yuh yuh yuh ya ya!
This episode is definitely my favourite out of all of South Park! The kids being completely bored out of their minds when forced to play baseball and trying, yet failing to lose just so they don't have to play anymore is so hilarious and something you won't really see anywhere else; re-emphasing the uniqueness of South Park's comedy through subversion of expectations and norms through mapping. It's of course even more prevalent with Randy's eagerness to get into fights with other dads at baseball games and the episode treating it with major seriousness and gravity, and it pays off as his willingness to make a name for himself in not only his pride and desire to achieve, but also to become a star of the show itself. This was where Randy gained the significance that he deserves and made him stand out as the absolute best and most promising of all the adults, allowing for Trey and Matt to be able to focus more on adults and have a truly iconic character that isn't a kid and can rival even Homer Simpson in terms of recognisability. If it wasn't this episode, chances are we wouldn't have seen him develop and almost become the new face of the show like he has today. While it was his first truly Randy moment, it will IMO remain his best.
I originally didn't like the changes they made to Randy's character but after watching this I've found some new appreciation for it
I have to say I don't see the current situation with Randy as a progression, more of a stagnation. I really loved how he could take on a different roll and traits each episode but now he only has tegridy..
I stopped liking Randy around the time of Creme Fraiche. He's so unlikable but so boring & predictable at the same time.
Cool, you used a scene from my South Park Documentary at 1:45 !!! SWEEEEET
It reminds me of the evolution of Homer Simpson as the series grew, along with its writers & fans. Many of us 80s-90s kids grew up loving Bart Simpson, but as we aged, we began to relate more with Homer. And all of that was made possible by the writers themselves, who were also growing.
You mean Captain Wacky?
(later renamed Homer)
He had a pretty good momment in the seniors' driving episode.
Hey man I'm kinda curious what your take on Billions, on Chuck Rhodes, one of the protagonists of the show because I feel like he actually deserves an episode debating on whether he is or he isn't one of the best antagonists/bad guys in TV shows history, and this can be seen, in my opinion, in the sixth season where he took on a fight on the billionaires of New York with so much passion...I'm looking forward to watch an episode in which you make a deconstruction of this character
I agree but is he the antagonist? I know he is but there could be a debate he isn’t
I love this analysis. It Pays Justice to the topic.
Randy found Tegridy
The losing edge is one of my favorite episodes of the entire series, I was born in 96 and I practically grew up watching this show
The end when Randy is pummeling Bat Dad, while singing "I'm the best, around, na na na bring me down," in that falsetto voice is what seals the episode.
Stan: Hey dad.
Randy: ?
Stan: You're the best.
Randy: 😃
🕺*I'm the best, Arouuund!*
Dude the losing edge is one of my favorite episodes i find my self going back to randomly watch this specific episode several times a year
Randy has always been a favourite to me since Scuzzlebutt.
He acknowledges a volcano in South Park, a dramatic sting then he sips his coffee and goes “ahh”.
I really love the new Stan.. Where he's well aware of the show's absurdity and usually wants nothing to do with but is dragged along anyway
Literally just watched this episode last night. It’s one of South Park’s defining episodes.
Let's not forget he's also lord
I cant fuckin believe he skimmed over that. This new guy sucks compared to the OG Nerdstalgic
I never saw the first season and really enjoyed all these details
Great video, subjectively and objectively
Appreciate this!
I like how Randy just does whatever he wants and to hell with the consequences and nothing's his fault and he banged that pangolin in every universe
You forgot to mention that he is also Lorde. Just pure genius.
"Just gonna get a little bit of cancer Stan"
I love the way that episode is a Rocky III parody. The bedroom meltdown scene is almost word for word.
Randy really broke through in this episode, but it had been coming for a long time. In a lot of the parent-centric episodes he really stood out a lot, my favourite episode is when the kids are with the Mongrolirans and he's trying to communicate "STAAAAAANNNN... STAAAAAANNNN... Your name is STAAAAAANNNN..."
"REMEMBER... REMEMBERRRRR..."
Randy in the Rocky sweatsuit cooking an egg and drinking a beer is on my phone home screen. South Park brilliantly combined two of my favorite characters with that one!