World Wide Recorder Concert

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“The Brown Noise”
South Park episode
The children practicing for the concert.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 48
Written by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Directed by	Eric Stough
Production no.	317
Original airdate	January 12, 2000
Season 3 episodes
South Park - Season 3 April 7, 1999 – January 12, 2000
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The Brown Noise is episode 48 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It was originally broadcast on January 12, 2000.

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Four million children, including those from Mr. Garrison's class, are to play "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at the televised Worldwide Recorder Concert in Oklahoma City led by Yoko Ono, but a flood caused the concert to be relocated in Little Rock, Mr. Garrison's hometown. This causes him considerable anxiety (as he confesses to Mr. Mackey) for he had "sexual molestation issues" with his father in the past.

Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison has confronted his father about the issues of sexual molestation, however, the issue was not that his dad had molested him, but rather that he felt neglected because his father had not touched him. When Mr. Mackey finds out about this, he fears Mr. Garrison Jr. is so distraught about the issue that he could actually die if Mr. Garrison Sr. doesn't molest him. Mr. Garrison Sr. goes to a bar to ask for help from his friends as to whether he should have sex with his son to save his life. His friends think it is a hypothetical question and respond with other questions such as "Would you have sex with your father to save you mother's life" and other similar ideas. After getting no help, he leaves. During the night, Mr. Garrison is assaulted in the middle of the night by a mysterious stranger he believes is his dad; however it is actually Kenny G, and thus his life was saved without any incest on his father's part.

In Arkansas, the boys encounter a hostile group of kids from New York, also there for the concert, who call them "queefs". The boys want to find a way to get back at them, and when Cartman discovers the legendary "brown noise", a sound made with the recorder that causes the listener to lose control of their bowels and "crap their pants"; the boys plan to trick the New York kids into playing it. However, by accident, the altered sheet music for the concert is photocopied and redistributed to everyone.

In the middle of the concert, the boys discover that everyone is playing the altered sheet music containing the brown note they race to stop the concert. Alas, they are too late and the note is played. Watching a worldwide broadcast, the boys discovered that everyone in the world ended up defecating in their pants. The New York kids are very impressed by this and take back the negative things directed at them. Mr. Mackey ends up telling the boys what a queef is.

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In the end, when Mr. Garrison is asked where the bus should drive to, he answers "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning", a reference to Peter Pan, or Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, when William Shatner quotes that same line at the end of that film.
This episode was given an 18 certificate by the BBFC and an 18A certificate by the CMPDA because of the subplot about Garrison wanting his father to molest him (although this episode has been re-rated 15 when Paramount UK released Season 3 on DVD).
According to Matt Stone and Trey Parker in their commentary, this episode was Danny DeVito's favorite, mainly because of the relationship between Garrison and his father. He claimed, "It was so fucked up, it was good."
The Garrison's complaints about not being sexually molested as a child could be a reference to a Santa Cruz serial killer Herbert Mullin. He stated that he had not received any "oral stimulation like most other people get" and that's why he started killing.
When Mr. Mackey and Mr. Garrison notice the boys running up to the stage, Stan can be seen standing right next to Mr. Garrison (unless somebody else was wearing a red poof-ball hat).