Posted on 11/07/2007 8:31:07 AM PST by EveningStar
New South Park episode tonight on Comedy Central - Guitar Queer-O - live thread!
Stan's superior skills on Guitar Hero damage his friendship with Kyle. An all-new episode of "South Park" titled, "Guitar Queer-O," premieres, TONIGHT, Wednesday, November 7 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.
Obsessed with the Guitar Hero video game, Stan and Kyle make a great team and score record points when they play. Stan realizes he has the potential for enormous success if he plays with another partner. He and Kyle break up but, without his friend, Stan quickly folds under the pressure of being a rockstar.
This thread will go LIVE just before 10 Eastern / 9 Central / 8 Mountain / 7 Pacific! Join us then! :)
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But just as "yada yada yada" has always been with us, it only became extremely popular after they started saying it on Seinfeld.
I don't believe you KNOW the genesis of this expression in contemporary pop culture, but thanks for playing. And to you: BWAAAHAAHAA
Could it be just bwaaahaa? That would be Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons tag, every time something bad happens to somebody when Nelson is around (usually it’s caused by him) he points and expels a big “bwaahaa”.
Here’s his wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Muntz
That sounds reasonable...thanks. (I always enjoyed the Simpsons but rarely see it anymore.)
Any time I see someone do that, I hear Homer Simpson in my mind. I remember episodes where he would just bust out in laughter, and it sounded just like that.
Well, I doubt the South Park guys got it from here, but I’m familiar with “Bwha-ha-ha” as Keith Giffen and JM DeMattis used to use that particular laugh during their run on “Justice League” during the late 80s/early 90s. It was written in the books exactly like that, but they were trying to imply the type of ominous chuckle that the bad guy in old movies would use.
Does that make any sense? Probably not. Anyway, just imagine Vincent Price laughing when you see it, and you’ll be pretty close.
Aw geez.
I do that same damn “sticking out your tongue” thing that Stan is doing when I play. Stupid South Park making fun of me...
Bart and Homer are "innocent" bad boys...who seem like they might be soothed with a hug. Some of the other shows and movies that were inspired by the Simpsons took a darker turn.
When someone bwaahaas on FR, I general interpret it as kind of a verbal "mooning" (and am not much charmed).
(I am giving up on my idea that there is one, universally known source.)
Wikipedia’s unsourced response was that it’s just a rendering of an evil laugh with various spellings. Think of the villain from the early silent movies and probably even earlier on stage - any victorious evil laugh, generally somewhat camp in tenor.
I specifically Googled for a Wiki article but could not find anything that made sense to me. Could you share your URL...thanks.
Right here.
Pinging an expert...
He rachs, doesn't he!
I’ve been slinging rock guitar since the late ‘60’s and REFUSE to play that game.
It’ll f**k up my real playing something awful, I fear. Besides.....I’d keep reaching for strings, frets, etc......
My boys, on the other hand...........addicted (again, except the one who is a REAL bass player; hmmmmmm.......)
I think you went too low on that last note. I think it’s I-mag-I-NATION.
Lol you’d probably be good at it if you just did it.
Oh, I agree. If I could actually play a guitar, I’d never touch it. But now I can pretend... you actually get quite a rush...
I have heard that most real guitarists are not very good at it.
Although I guess Slash, Tom Morello and Dave Grohl are all fans since they appear in the newest game. In an article about it Tom Morello did say he hoped they made him better in the game than he really was.
On in 7 minutes.
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