Only in Tennessee

[diabolical_Tanya]

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Tennessee Fox station thinks it would be funny to put South Park's &quot;Towlie&quot; on a desk behind the anchors. Bonus: a Klan hood under the desk. Fark: both clearly visible in wide shot

[Blackstar*]

Re: Only in Tennessee

What's a &quot;towlie&quot;? That's an ugly backdrop for the news with or without the two &quot;jokes&quot;. Are you sure that's not been photoshopped?

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What's a &quot;towlie&quot;? That's an ugly backdrop for the news with or without the two &quot;jokes&quot;. Are you sure that's not been photoshopped? </div></div>

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said that the origin for Towelie began on a boat trip they took with several writers and friends, where people were constantly telling each other &quot;don’t forget to bring a towel&quot; with the phrase having eventually morphed into &quot;Towelie says to bring a towel.&quot;[1]

Parker and Stone have asserted that they were becoming increasingly aware as to how heavily merchandised and exploited their creations were becoming. Towelie was their way of poking fun at themselves. They designed Towelie as a shallow, two-dimensional (both literally and figuratively) character who has no real purpose except to &quot;spout catch phrases and merchandise the hell out of&quot;. This is why they threw in the fake commercial during the show, and also why, in the episode Cartman calls him the &quot;worst character ever.&quot; This is mentioned in the DVD commentary for the episode, as well as in the 2003 VH1 special[2].

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[Blackstar*]

Re: Only in Tennessee

Thanks, Tanya.

The subtext being that the two news readers are 'shallow, two-dimensional (both literally and figuratively) character[s and have] no real purpose except to &quot;spout catch phrases&quot;' I guess.

[mountaingal]

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better than having Mr. Hanky in the bg.

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks, Tanya.

The subtext being that the two news readers are 'shallow, two-dimensional (both literally and figuratively) character[s and have] no real purpose except to &quot;spout catch phrases&quot;' I guess. </div></div>

Well I dunno about all that, but the klan hood under the desk is pretty interesting