Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
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| "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" | |
 Stan and Sparky at Big Gay Al's techno club. |
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| Episode no. | 104 |
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| Airdate | September 3, 1997 |
| South Park - Season 1 August 13, 1997 – February 25, 1998 |
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"Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" is the fourth episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on September 3, 1997. This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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[edit] Plot
Stan's dog Sparky follows the boys to the bus stop one morning, prompting Stan and Cartman to begin arguing over which is the toughest dog in South Park, Sparky or local street mutt Sylvester, who also shows up at the bus stop. The dogs circle each other and prepare to fight, with the boys egging them on, when Sparky suddenly leaps on top of Sylvester and begins humping him energetically. Sylvester runs away yelping, and Cartman declares that Sparky is apparently a "gay homosexual".
At football practice, Stan's Uncle Jimbo and his buddy Ned show up (representing the South Park alumni) asking (Coach) Chef if the boys can beat the spread of 70 points. Impressed by a catch, Jimbo and Ned run off to the bookie where Jimbo puts $500 on the South Park Cows, to cover. Unsure of wanting to rely on Stan, Jimbo and Ned seek a backup plan and learn that John Stamos' brother Richard will be singing "Lovin' You" at halftime.
After practice, Sparky shows up and mounts another dog, Rex, who also runs away yelping with his tail between his legs. The next day, after class, Stan asks Mr. Garrison to tell him what a homosexual is. Mr. Garrison's response is that "Gay people are evil. Evil right down to their cold, black hearts, which pump not blood, like yours and mine, but rather a thick, black vomitous oil." Stan sets on a quest to make his dog more masculine, hopefully to prevent him from being gay. His first attempt, presenting Sparky with Fifi, a female poodle, fails miserably when Sparky steals Fifi's pearl collar. Thinking that homosexuality might not be bad, Stan calls up Jesus on his show Jesus and Pals to ask him what He thinks of homosexuality. but before he can answer, the show cuts to a commercial. Frustrated, he rants about wanting a butch dog, a Rin Tin Tin. Sparky overhears this and runs away, ending up at Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary.
As they talk to Carl, a bomb and explosive expert, Jimbo and Ned's plan is revealed: to blow up the opposing team using a sonic triggering device as Richard Stamos hits the high F note in the song. They attach the bomb to Middle Park's mascot. At halftime, Richard Stamos fails to hit the note, upsetting Jimbo and Ned, who shout that he isn't as talented as his brother.
Worried about his dog, Stan looks for him and finds him at the Big Gay Animal Sanctuary. Here, Stan learns from Big Gay Al that homosexuality has been around for a long time, and Stan eventually accepts his dog's homosexuality. Returning to the game in progress, Stan steps in as the quarterback, passing the ball to Kyle for a touchdown that beats the spread as time runs out, with a final score of 73-6. In his interview after the game, Stan tries to tell the people of South Park about the Big Gay Animal Sanctuary and that "it's okay to be gay."
He attempts to lead the people to the site of the Big Gay Animal Sanctuary, but it is mysteriously missing; people's runaway pets, however, return. As everyone dissipates Big Gay Al appears to Stan, thanking him for bringing everyone, before he disappears as well.
Although the Cows beat the spread, Richard Stamos shows up to prove he can hit the high note that he missed earlier, which triggers the bomb and blows up the Cowboys' mascot.
[edit] Kenny's death
- Kenny's arms and head are ripped off when he is tackled by three of the Middle Park players during the football game. His corpse is then gnawed on by rats (a running gag in the show).
[edit] Trivia
- The disappearance of Big Gay Al at the end of the episode is a spoof of Dr. Lao's disappearance at the end of the movie 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
- George Clooney provides the voice of Sparky the dog.
- In the Hungarian dub of the show, the singer at the match is Ricky Martin's brother.
- One of the Middle Park players number is -3.
[edit] Goofs
- When Kenny receives the punt the announcer say that he is number 23, but the number on his jersey is 13.
- Token can be seen playing on the football field, however, a boy sitting in front of Mr. Garrison is seen wearing Token's shirt. He can be seen again in Damien.
- In the classroom, bogus math equations are written on the blackboard such as "pi radius squared equals two pi radius" which is not correct.
- Richard Stamos actually hit the high F on his first try. The last note of the episode was actually a high F-sharp.
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| Preceded by: "Volcano" |
South Park episodes | Followed by: "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" |
