South Park (1997–…): Season 11, Episode 1 - With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - full transcript

Stan's dad becomes a social outcast for saying "the N-Word" on national television, but Michael Richards and Mark Furhman come to his rescue. And Cartman has a run-in with a little-person teaching sensitivity training at the elementary school.

"With Apologies to Jesse Jackson"

I'm going out to South Park,
gonna have myself a time,

Friendly faces everywhere,
humble folks without temptation,

I'm going down to South Park,
gonna leave my woes behind

Ample parking day or night,
people spouting howdy neighbor,

I'm heading out to South Park,
gonna see if I can't unwind

I like fucking silly bitches
and I know my penis likes it.

So come on down to South Park
and meet some friends of mine

And now back to,
Wheel of Fortune.

All right, Randy.

Congratulations on making it
all the way to the bonus round.



Thanks, Pat.

You got some family
here watching tonight.

Yeah, they're all
rooting for me.

And I'm sure you have lots of friends
watching back home?

Yeah. Hi, everybody
watching in South Park.

- That's us.
- Hey, hey!

- Get me sauce. Hey, Randy!
- Good luck!

Well let see if you can
make everyone proud.

The category is:
"People who annoy you."

Okay.

As always we give you the letters,
"R", "T", "S", "L" and "E".

We just need
three more consonants

and a vowel.

Okay, I'd like a "B".



An "N" and a "G".

- And the vowel?
- An "O", please.

Okay well, looks like

you're gonna
get a lot of help here.

The category is:
"People who annoy you."

Audience keep quiet,
please.

Uh...

Well, uhm...

Ten seconds, Mr. Marsh.

I know it, but I don't think
I should say it.

Five seconds, Mr. Marsh.

Allright, I'd like to solve the puzzle.

Niggers.

Oh, naggers, of course.
Naggers. Right.

Uh, can we cut to a...

Could we cut to a-

Well, I gave it my best shot.

At least we had
a fun trip, huh, gang?

I can't believe you said the "N" word
on national television.

What?

Well, what I was
supposed to do, Sharon?

I thought I was
gonna make $30,000!

Stanley, the only reason
Daddy used that word,

is that he thought
he would win money!

Dude, did your dad know that
the show was being broadcast live?

Dude, that's the funniest thing
I've ever seen.

I watched it on YouTube
about 60 times.

Can we just drop this, please?
I don't wanna talk about it.

Yeah, well, it's not us
you have to worry about.

It's Token.

He is gonna wanna kick
your cracker teeth in.

No, he's not. Is he?

- I don't know.
- I just need to explain things.

Hey, Token.

Look, I don't know if you saw
Wheel of Fortune last night, but...

Yeah, I was watching
with my whole family.

And then we saw all the replays
this morning on the news.

Listen, Token,
my dad isn't an racist.

He's just stupid,
all right?

He just blurted out the "N" word,
and it's no big deal, okay?

Uh, well, actually,
it is kinda a big deal, Stan.

It may be a mistake,
but you don't understand

how it feels
when that word comes up.

So don't say
it isn't a big deal.

Oh, shit, here we go.
It's on! Race war!

Race war! Race war!

Race war is on, everybody!
It's going down! Shit is going down!

Token, my dad wasn't trying to be
offensive, just forget about it.

That's easy for you
to say, Stan.

Yeah, come on.
Here we go!

Yeah, but he didn't say it in anger
or anything like that.

That doesn't mean
I can just be fine.

Race war, come on.
Race war!

If you really think
it's not a big deal,

then you really are ignorant.

That's all.
I'm not fighting anybody!

Token forfiets!

Whites win!
Whites win!

Race war is over, everybody!
Whites won again!

I want to apologize
deeply and sincerely

for using the "N" word
on Wheel of Fortune.

And I want to assure you

that I am not a racist,
Reverend Jackson.

The puzzle you were solving was:
"People who annoy you?"

Well, like anybody else
thought it was naggers,

I mean, right?

Mr. Marsh, you need to take time to
understand African-American culture.

Visit black museums, see black
performers and artists.

Oh, I will.

I'm really down
with African-Americans.

Do you really want to apologize?
Are you sure?

Yes, absolutely.

Very well. If you want to apologize.
I will accept.

Oh, thank you, Mr. Jackson.
Thank you.

Brian, get a picture of
Mr. Marsh apologizing.

Ready to go, sir.

- Kiss it.
- Huh?

Apologize. Kiss it.

- You want me to kiss your--
- That's right, apologize.

Ah, okay.
I'll uh...

Let's hear, uh...

Apologize.

Hey, Token, I just wanted
to let you know

that everything is cool now.

My dad apologized
to Jesse Jackson.

Oh, I see. So I'm supposed
to feel all better now?

- Well, yeah.
- You just don't get it, Stan.

Dude, Jesse Jackson said
it's okay.

Jesse Jackson is not
the emporer of black people!

He told my dad
he was.

Today we are going to have
a jest speaker

talk to us about sensitivity
and the power of words.

In a moment,
you will meet Dr. David Nelson.

Who has firsthand experience
in overcoming slander,

because David is himself
a little person.

Who knows
what a little person is?

- Yes, over here?
- A midget?

Not exactly. That term is actually
considered offensive.

And that's why Dr. Nelson goes
from school to school

getting us all to think
about what we say.

He has two PhD's
and has published six books.

Please welcome David Nelson!

Good morning, students.
How are we all feeling today?

I would like to share
with you all my--

No, dude!
No fucking way!

Dude.

That words are like bullets
and if you give--

Just stop, stop, stop!

- Eric, be quiet.
- No, no, it's okay.

He will run out of steam here
pretty soon.

Look, look, look!
They put a little suit on him!

An African-American performer
at the Comedy Club.

So I said to my wife:

"You told me to kill
the damn cockroach,

don't yell at me
for making a mess!"

We got a great crowd
here tonight.

Now, how many people here
are actually from Colorado?

Got nothing better
to do on a Friday night

than to go
to a comedy club, huh?

Hey, don't I know you
from somewhere?

Yeah, I know you.

You're the guy that said
nigger on Wheel of Fortune!

Look, everybody,
it's the nigger guy.

Hey, it is him.

Oh, we got a star
in the club.

Everyone wave to the nigger guy,
say "Hi, nigger guy."

Hi, nigger guy!

That's all right, nigger guy.
You know we just playing.

Yeah.
No problem.

Have y'all seen
these navigation systems

in these cars,
these days?

Damn things look like
they're right out of space nuts.

Maybe nigger guy has one.
You got one, nigger guy?

Hey, look, Patty.
It's that nigger guy.

- Nigger guy, nigger guy.
- Nigger guy, nigger guy.

Hey, what do you think
you're doing?

I just need some aspirin.

You aren't welcome
in this store, nigger guy.

Fine.

Principal Victoria,
I'm very concerned

about the behavior of
one of your students.

Yes, we apologize for
Eric Cartman's behavior, Mr. Nelson.

We feel terrible.

Why? I don't feel terrible.
It doesn't bother me at all.

Words are like bullets

and I let them
pass right through me.

I just know that with
some one-on-one time

together with
this Eric Cartman,

I have a chance to change
the way he thinks.

It might be best
if you just let it go, m'kay?

You don't understand.
You see, words are like bullets.

And if you take away
the gun powder--

Yeah, yeah,
we get it, Mr. Nelson.

Very well, Mr. Nelson.

Stacy, go ahead and
send in Eric Cartman.

Eric, Mr. Nelson is concerned about
how you respond to little people.

Did I hurt
his little feelings?

You know, you think you have
the power to make me insecure.

But your words are actually
completely powerless.

We should get
like eight of these.

We can dress them all up
like little beavers, right?

And then put them in a pond
and see if they build a dam!

You see,
no matter what you say,

I'm still standing.

Barely!

No matter how you act,
I can rise above it.

Rise above it.
Get it?

- Shut your fucking mouth!
- Mr. Nelson!

He didn't get to me.
I was just joking.

Look, look how
it's face gets all red.

He's like a little strawberry.

Words with venom,
words that bind.

Words used like weapons
to cloud my mind.

I'm a person,
I'm a man

but no matter how I try

people just say:
"Hey, there's that nigger guy."

Everywhere I go,
it's always the same,

Everyone just thinks of me
as that one single name.

"Hey, nigger guy, nigger guy.
Hey, nigger guy, stop!"

Now go.

Call me nigger guy,
fill me with your hate,

try to bring me down,
oh, you're too late.

When will it end,
will there ever be a time?

When I can be thought of as more,
than just nigger guy.

Respect.

Token, hey, wait up.

I just wanted to say,
I get it now.

You know, after that little person
talked at that assembly the other day.

I understand how you feel about
somebody saying the "N" word.

So... black people
are midgets?

Goddammit!

Excuse me.
Over here, please.

I need all students
to join me over here.

I've called you here because
it is time that we taught

Eric Cartman a lesson,
once and for all.

And in a few seconds
Eric will be sent in,

and when he walks
through that door,

I want you all
at the same time to yell,

"Hello, fatso."

I don't think
that's a very good idea, sir.

He has to learn his lesson.
You see, words are like bullets.

All right, all right,
here he comes.

- Hello, fatso!
- Hello, fatso!

Hey, what the hell
is that?

You think
that's fucking funny?

Kyle, did you put
everybody up to this?

I bet you did.
What the hell is going on?!

Now you know
how it feels.

You better shut up
or I'm gonna kick your ass.

All right, all right,
who is the freaking genius

who dressed up it
in little suspenders.

Clyde, was that you?

And so it is my honor...

to announce today the Randy Marsh
African-American scholarship foundation.

It is my hope that
this foundation will prove...

my commitment to the education
of African-American students.

And erase, once and for all,
my identity as the nigger guy.

You really...

You really don't know
how hard it is

to be constantly reminded
of something

lame that happened
in your past.

I mean, I... just wanna move on
from what happened

on Wheel of Fortune,
you know.

When people call me
nigger guy...

they're bringing up a painful
chapter of my history

and all the negativity
that went along with it.

You just, you can't
imagine how that feels.

Is this nigger guy serious?

Anyway, here is to a new start
for us all, thank you!

Hey, look, Skeeter.
That's that guy from the TV.

Well, well, well. Looks like
we got ourselves a nigger guy.

Whoa!

Where you going,
nigger guy?

Please, I don't want
any trouble.

Well, you got trouble!

When you first decided
to slander

an entire race of people
on Wheel of Fortune.

Yeah, you like making
fun of minorities, nigger guy?

We don't take kindly
to social ignorance.

You tell him, Skeeter,
you tell him!

- What do you want?
- What do we want?

We want to live in a world
without people like you

who are intolerant
of African-Americans.

Leave him alone.

Hey, that's
that other nigger guy.

That's the guy from Seinfeld used
the "N" word a whole bunch of times.

Michael Richards.
Well, son of a bitch.

Looks like
it's our lucky day.

We done got us
two nigger guys.

Make that three.

- Mark Fuhrman.
- Who?

He done said the "N" word
in the O.J. case.

What is this,
a nigger guy convention?

We aren't being
pushed around anymore.

Leave!

Come on, Skeeter,

these nigger guys
ain't worth our trouble.

Damn nigger guys,
we'll be back!

You better come with us.

Come on in, Mr. Marsh.
We'll make you some coffee.

What's going on here?

We've been following your story
since we first saw it on the news.

Don't worry,
you're with friends now.

Dale here used the "N" word
in a racial joke at work.

Scott used
the plural "N" word

to refer to a group of gardeners
who broke his fence.

They were Mexicans.
I was being ironic.

We're all just like you.

No, no, no, I'm sorry,
but I'm not like you.

I just said the "N" word
by mistake to win money.

I made a mistake to,
I was trying to be funny!

I got frustrated and thought
I would get some shock laughs.

I'm just... not that good
of a comedian

if you wanna know
the real truth.

You said the "N" word
to a black man's face.

That's way worse
than what I did.

You really think
that matters?

You really think all those people
out there see a difference?

Oh, they might see your racial slur
was more accidental.

They might even
laugh about it.

But at the end of the day,

all you are to them is just
another damn nigger guy.

Oh, you don't like that,
do you?

- No.
- Randy, we want you to join us.

We have a plan
to make this all go away,

once and for all.

Now, look, Token.

I've done everything I can
to make this right.

You have no reason
to still be mad.

I have every reason to be mad.
You just don't get it.

I'm not responsible
for what my dad did.

No, but you can't just pretend
it never happened either.

What the hell
do you want from me?

Nothing.

- Then stop being mad.
- No!

Fellas, fellas, come quick!
Cartman's gonna fight the midget!

Hey, come on now!

Dude, you sure
you wanna do this?

Apparently, this guy has
a black belt in karate.

It's a midget, dude.

Students, I am going
to beat the crap

out of this kid
to prove a point.

No, no, dude, it can't talk.
That isn't fair, I'll laugh too much.

[ SONG: Down With The Sickness
BAND: Disturbed ]

Senators, I know it is not normally
considered "American" to ban words.

But there is one slur that has
caused so much damage...

that we believe it should
finally be made illegal.

I'm talking of course
about the term nigger guy.

"Nigger guy?"

Two words which by themselves can
be harmless, but which together...

- Form a verbal missile of hate.
- Yeah, that's right.

Oh, sure, some people
just use the term in guest.

Tell a nigger guy joke or two,
thinking it's no big deal.

But they don't realise
it can lead to people

using the term
as an excuse for violence.

Goddamn nigger guy is trying
to be all political right now.

Senators,
I've learned to admit

that I'm capable of having slightly
racist thoughts once in a while.

Can anybody say
they never do?

How long will it be before
you are all called nigger guys?

Hold on a second.

Are you suggesting that
nigger guy could become

a slur that refers
to all white people?

I'm certainly not a nigger guy,
I've never thought a racist thought.

Oh, come on, you're the biggest
nigger guy in Washington.

Mr. Marsh, we see now
the importance of your bill.

All those in favor to ban
the term nigger guy.

- Aye.
- Opposed?

Nay?

The motion is passed!

- All right!
- All right!

We did it!

For the first time
in American history,

a word has been
officially banned from use.

From now on,
if a person uses the word nigger

it must be at least seven words
away from the word guy.

Tom, it appears that the
nigger guy epidemic is over.

Oh, dammit,
I said it, didn't I?

Let's go, midget!

Okay, okay, you win!

- Say Uncle!
- Uncle!

Now say, Carol Anne
don't go into the light.

Carol Anne,
don't go into the light.

There, now you all see...

that I am not limited
by my size!

I have proven my point.
My work here is done.

- What was his point?
- I have no idea.

- Dude, I don't get it.
- I don't get it either.

Wait a minute. That's it.
I don't get it.

Don't you see, Kyle?
I don't get it!

Token, I get it now.
I don't get it.

I've been trying to say that
I understand how you feel,

but I'll never understand.

I'll never really get
how it feels

for a black person to have
somebody use the "N" word.

I don't get it.

- Now you get it, Stan.
- Yeah, I totally don't get it.

Thanks, dude.