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| Grampa Marvin Marsh gives Stan a bejeweled ], saying that J&G Shopping Network, from which he bought it, claimed that its ] and diamonds makes it worth $6,000. After being teased by his friends for wearing such a tacky and unfashionable item, Stan takes it to a Cash For Gold store where he is offered $15 for it. Other merchants that Stan patronizes similarly offer him little or nothing for the item. | |||
| ] visit Grampa Marvin Marsh, who gives Stan a hideously tacky bejeweled ]. Stan and his friends know it is ugly and decide to sell the Bolo Tie to a ] store, in order to regain the 6,000 dollars that his grandfather spent on it. The clerks there tell him the necklace is worth next to nothing. He goes from store to store and even a ], but with every store he visits the price drops even lower. Cartman invites the boys to his house, where he reveals a formula for making money out of gold, similar in intent to one of the main goals of ]. Stan overhears his Grandpa planning to buy an item on the Shopping Network, but intervenes by calling the network and furiously telling the host what he is doing is wrong and that he should kill himself. Around this time Grampa Marvin revealed he had a dog but due to ] he cannot remember anything about her. | |||
| Cartman subsequently reveals to the boys that he has discovered the formula for making money out of gold, similar in intent to one of the main goals of ]. When Stan learns that his senile Grandpa is about to buy him another worthless item from J & G Shopping Network, Stan intervenes, telling Marvin not to, but Marvin, who suffers from ], is unable to remember that Stan's sister, Shelly, is now 13, and not an infant, and wistfully relates to Stan an oft-repeated anecdote of a ] named Patches he had in his youth but finds his memories of her fading. | |||
| Stan and Cartman find the origin of the Cash 4 Gold business in India. Both confront each other at a jewelry factory where the entire scheme is revealed. The factory makes the items, which are shipped to the Shopping Network, where the elderly buy them and give them as a gifts. The recipients sell them to a Cash 4 Gold store, which sends the gold back to India after it is smelted to start all over again. A worker in the factory gives Stan a ] as a gift. Stan uses this frame to put a picture of Grandpa and his dog and gives it to him as a gift. Marvin does not remember giving Stan the tie and now tells him it is "fucking gay as fuck." The episode ends with the Shopping Network being deluged with calls from the elderly now telling the host to kill himself, which he eventually does. | |||
| While Cartman begins his own venture, the People's Shopping Network, which similarly exploits elderly customers, Stan calls J&G, and tells them that its exploitation of senior citizens is unjustifiable, and that their only recourse for penance is to kill themselves. He also excoriates cash-for-gold merchants for being part of this system, but the merchants attempt to shift blame to others in the system. Stan goes to one such factory in India, which he learns makes the items, which are shipped to J&G, which sells them to the elderly as gifts. The recipients then sell them to cash-for-gold stores, which sell them back to India after it is smelted to start all over again. | |||
| A worker in the factory gives Stan a ] as a gift. Stan uses this frame to put a picture of Marvin and his dog and gives it to him as a gift. Marvin, who no longer remembers giving Stan the bolo tie, now remarks that it is "fucking gay as fuck." | |||
| J&G is eventually deluged with calls from the elderly now telling the host to kill himself, which he eventually does. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 23 March 2012
Television episode| "Cash for Gold (South Park)" |
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"Cash For Gold" is the second episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 225th episode of the series overall. It originally premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on March 21, 2012 and is rated TV-MA L.
Cartman launches a gemstones network show and creates a very lucrative business. Stan searches for the real value of a piece of jewelry that was a gift from his Grandpa. Meanwhile, Cartman's lucrative new business preys upon an extremely vulnerable clientele.
Plot
Grampa Marvin Marsh gives Stan a bejeweled Bolo Tie, saying that J&G Shopping Network, from which he bought it, claimed that its 14K gold and diamonds makes it worth $6,000. After being teased by his friends for wearing such a tacky and unfashionable item, Stan takes it to a Cash For Gold store where he is offered $15 for it. Other merchants that Stan patronizes similarly offer him little or nothing for the item.
Cartman subsequently reveals to the boys that he has discovered the formula for making money out of gold, similar in intent to one of the main goals of alchemy. When Stan learns that his senile Grandpa is about to buy him another worthless item from J & G Shopping Network, Stan intervenes, telling Marvin not to, but Marvin, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, is unable to remember that Stan's sister, Shelly, is now 13, and not an infant, and wistfully relates to Stan an oft-repeated anecdote of a Border Collie named Patches he had in his youth but finds his memories of her fading.
While Cartman begins his own venture, the People's Shopping Network, which similarly exploits elderly customers, Stan calls J&G, and tells them that its exploitation of senior citizens is unjustifiable, and that their only recourse for penance is to kill themselves. He also excoriates cash-for-gold merchants for being part of this system, but the merchants attempt to shift blame to others in the system. Stan goes to one such factory in India, which he learns makes the items, which are shipped to J&G, which sells them to the elderly as gifts. The recipients then sell them to cash-for-gold stores, which sell them back to India after it is smelted to start all over again.
A worker in the factory gives Stan a picture frame as a gift. Stan uses this frame to put a picture of Marvin and his dog and gives it to him as a gift. Marvin, who no longer remembers giving Stan the bolo tie, now remarks that it is "fucking gay as fuck."
J&G is eventually deluged with calls from the elderly now telling the host to kill himself, which he eventually does.
References
- "Episode 1602 'Cash For Gold' Press Release". South Park Studios. March 19, 2012
External links
- "Cash For Gold" at South Park Studios.
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