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His recommended changes make the town resemble first-century Galilee. Eric Cartman blames the Jews, claiming they hid the money in a 'Jew Cave', but Randy convinces everyone to reduce their spending to only the 'bare essentials' in order to propitiate the economy, justifying his own frivolous purchase by adding that the essentials include margaritas. People in South Park are struggling with the recent economic downturn, and many people on the street are castigating those whom they would blame. He continues his hypocritical tirade while making himself a margarita in a Margaritaville-brand mixer, the noise of which drowns out his voice for part of the tirade. A recession then hits the nation and South Park.Īt dinner, Randy explains to Stan that the economy is failing due to people spending their money on luxuries. When Randy complains to the manager, his money is transferred from his account into a portfolio with Stan and the manager repeats 'Aaaand it's gone!'. After Stan is kicked out of line because it is only for bank members who have money, the same thing happens to an elderly woman. Randy Marsh is trying to teach his son Stan to save money, so he has him deposit $100 into the bank, only for it to 'disappear' moments later when the bank manager invests the money in a money market mutual fund. 'Margaritaville' was released on DVD and Blu-ray along with the rest of the thirteenth season on March 16, 2010. 'Margaritaville' won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for Programming Less Than One Hour. Parker and Stone themselves were not entirely pleased with the final episode, although it received generally positive reviews from television critics.Īccording to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 2.77 million households in its original airing, making it the most-watched Comedy Central production of the week.

The script proved challenging for Parker and Stone, and they did not finish writing it until the night before the episode first aired. The Margaritaville blender featured in the episode serves as a metaphor for American consumerism, as well as the housing bubble. 'Margaritaville' reflected Parker and Stone's belief that most Americans view the economy in the same way as religion, in that it is seldom understood but seen as an important, elusive entity. That idea was ultimately scrapped, and elements were transferred to the season's second episode, ' The Coon'. In their original idea for an economy episode, Parker and Stone considered having Cartman dress as a superhero who fights the economy. Parker and Stone long planned to create an episode about the economy and considered making it the season premiere, but decided they needed more time to craft the script, and instead opened the season with ' The Ring', a spoof of the Jonas Brothers boy band.

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The episode was written and directed by series co-founder Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA L in the United States. Kyle Broflovski is portrayed as a Jesus-like savior working to save the economy, and Stan Marsh spends much of the episode trying to return a personal Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville machine. The episode is a satire and commentary on the global recession affecting much of the industrialized world at the time of the episode's broadcast. The 184th overall episode of the series, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 25, 2009, as an Easter special. ' Margaritaville' is the third episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park. 3rd episode of the 13th season of South Park ' Margaritaville'