South Park (TV Series) Quest for Ratings (2004) User Reviews

"We All Respect What You're Doing, Guys. It's Just That It's . . . Kinda Gay."

[Dan1863Sickles · 9/10 · 13 November 2009]

Explosive episode from the "golden age" of South Park -- the boys learn about journalism, ethics, and recreational drug use, in a story so tight and so dramatic that it makes NETWORK look like GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.

First five minutes are priceless -- very realistic "closed circuit" TV news, just like what real kids do all over America in elementary and middle school.

Watch Stan keep it clean, reporting from the lunch room . . . "today we're serving a . . . breast of chicken, if you will."

Watch Butters as the entertainment reporter, looking for movie stars in South Park. "I thought I saw Sigourney Weaver, but uh . . . up close I saw it was just a dead horse."

But when pressure to get higher ratings leads the boys to heat things up, renaming their broadcast as "Sexy Action School News" things really get out of hand. Butters, taking notes on how to make his entertainment segment more interesting: "Lie . . . about . . . celebrities."

It's interesting that in this episode it's Jimmy Volmer, not Kyle, who serves as the voice of integrity . . . with a stammer. "This is not news. This is a tr - tr - travesty."

Also interesting that in this episode all the boys get along. No fighting between Cartman and Butters, or Cartman and Kyle. Even Token is cool with what's going on when EC tells him he should "talk more . . . how shall I say . . . white." Satire this deadly almost HAS to come from little kids!

Oh, and the "drug trip" is the best thing since EASY RIDER. Best line goes to Butters . . . "whoa . . . feeling kind of . . . bowling ballish, fellers."

Classic satire. Classic brotherhood. Classic SOUTH PARK!

Pretty funny

[gangstahippie · 8/10 · 25 January 2009]

Quest For Ratings had some funny moments, but was just an average episode of SP, nothing special.There is a fairly cool hallucination scene though.The boys have a kids news show, however they have a fear of getting canceled due to Craig's new show which is "Animals close up with a wide angle lens", the boys have to revamp their news show to compete with the ratings, so they make up a bunch of fake news stories and change their image, however, Craig makes another show which is the same as his old one, only the animals have hats now.The boys need to come up with another idea yet again, so they go buy cough syrup, take it and then start hallucinating.They watch Craig's show while high and think it's the best thing ever.They then realize that most of the school is high on cough syrup and make a big news story about it.The episode has funny moments and is pretty good, just nothing special.It is interesting how the episode is an accurate portrayal of a news team.