Season 2 Episode 1 – Not Without My Anus

Terrance and Phillip need to save Canada from… Saddam Hussein?

Original Airdate

1^st April 1998

Featured Music

• O Canada (national anthem of Canada)

Character Debuts

• Saddam Hussein
• Ugly Bob
• Scott The Dick

Synopsis

We go to Canada for the first episode of Season 2, where all is not well, and it’s up to Canada’s two gassiest residents to save their nation.

Kenny's Death

• None, as he isn't in this episode.

My Thoughts Back Then

Obviously watching this on a video tape, rented in late 2004 at age 13, I knew it was originally an April Fool’s joke, so I wasn’t upset about being screwed over. I knew who Saddam Hussein was at the time, and was NOT a fan of him, I was a supporter of the Iraq War at the time as well (at least as much as a 13-year old boy can make sense of politics and world events) I also said “Iran, Iraq, same thing” as a joke for a few months afterwards.

My Thoughts Now

Our show beings with a (home video only) car park chat with Trey and Matt, Trey looking a bit chavvy, and Matt looking like he’s ready to hit the seaside, and the cameraman being a loony.

I’m sure if I was a. American, and b. old enough to watch South Park in 1998, I’d have been LIVID. Especially as I love 2 parters, and believe they are almost always worth waiting for the second half. I *think* it was aired at the start of Season 2 when we got it in Australia (later in 1998?), but in the UK, this was aired as the Season 2 finale, as I’m sure they didn’t want a backlash from British viewers.

Terrance and Phillip are in court, and Terrance is being accused of murder, but they treat the courtroom like it’s a primary school classroom. All the jury representatives have lower cases Js on their shirts, and the judge has a capital J (also noted as Southern Canadian) – the judge is black, so a possible reference to the Southern US? I know a large percentage of non-white Canadians live in Toronto or Montreal (and that region of Canada in general)

Terrance is saved by Phillip, and of course, a joke about gas chambers… I don’t find fart jokes as funny as I did in my early teens. Scott the Dick tells Terrance and Phillip that fart jokes are funny, and wishes cancer on Phillip after he farted. Phillip is unsure if he’s gay or not (maybe he is and Terrance isn’t?)

Treasure? On public transport? Please! I take the train every day I go to the office for work, and there is NO treasure there, the closest I’d find would be someone’s half drunken fizzy pop.

Scott gets a call from a Terrance and Phillip hater… SADDAM HUSSEIN! Hussein wants to do something to Canada, but Scott has his doubts. Ugly Bob meets Terrance and Phillip at their house, I didn’t really get jokes like that back then, but it’s hilarious looking at “Ugly” Bob now, as he looks exactly the same as all the other Canadians! Phillip gives Bob a paper bag! BRUTAL! Like a bird would want a lad with a bag on his head.

According to Terrance and Phillip, all Canadians eat is Kraft Dinner (mac and cheese), and Terrance takes 44 HOURS to tell the story of his daughter? What’s even more shocking to me now is that Phillip doesn’t get bored…

Terrance had a daughter with Celine Dion?! And Celine Dion lives in a normal house? Nice to see she likes her ex’s fart jokes still. Phillip wants to be buried with Kraft Dinner? Sure, I might want to be buried in say my favourite T-shirt, but NOT any food! That’s just weird if you ask me.

Terrance and Phillip are off to Iran! A heart-warming rendition of O Canada, which goes straight to my patriotic Commonwealth heart (I’m a supporter of CANZUK and have strong ties to the UK, Canada, New Zealand and the US) follows, Scott and Saddam’s plan is going to plan so far…

Notice the flight path from what appears to be British Columbia to Iran, and the Iranians look like Canadians too, Terrance and Phillip find Sally, Terrance’s daughter, almost immediately, and then fly back to the one airport in Canada (there’s another Canadian episode where they delve into the eccentricity of South Park Canada later)… to find Saddam Hussein has taken over and desecrated the flag!

Celine Dion is a little busy… UGLY BOB?! Celine Dion calls him Handsome Bob, but almost has a heart attack when the paper bag is removed! Scott is regretting his pact with Saddam… Scott is surprised to see Terrance and Phillip, thinks he can give cancer mentally, and Saddam thinks Newfoundland is a different country to Canada (a possible reference to it being the last province to join in 1949?)

Terrance and Phillip watch American TV, including South Park! They see Saddam on CNN, and are now worried, and call him Turkish. And I didn’t know Celine Dion smoked in bed – Saddam of course bursts in, and tells them not to freak out about his takeover.

I’m with Scott – you’re NOT going to find treasure out the front of a cheap restaurant. Scott tells Terrance and Phillip they need to become suicide bombers to save Canada (Scott sees this as a way to save Canada and get rid of Terrance and Phillip)

Both teams are called the Rough Riders… and I’ve noticed more Canadians smoke on South Park than Americans, and all the fans have F on their shirts – why is everyone so chill about Saddam Hussein being there? If that happened in Australia, I’d be boiling with anger!  While I’m a big believer in respecting national anthems and always stand for them, and never speak to anyone whilst I’m singing it, I’d never go as far as threatening to shoot or injure someone. Everyone puts on a gas mask and farts, knocking out Saddam and saving Canada! And now, the REAL national anthem of Canada!

The end credits roll like it’s a film, complete with fake credits, and a detail as to who voiced what character. An announcement mentions the conclusion of the Season 1 finale will air in a few weeks.