A hollow bar

Episode of the South Park series
title	A hollow bar
Original title	Raising the bar
Country of production	United States
original language	English
length	22 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
classification	Season 16, episode 9 232nd episode overall ( list )
First broadcast	October 3, 2012 on Comedy Central
German-language first broadcast	May 19, 2013 on Comedy Central Germany
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Director	Trey Parker
script	Trey Parker, Kenny Hotz
production	Eric Stough, Bruce Howell , Adrien Beard , Frank C. Agnone II (Supervisor)
music	Jamie Dunlap
cut	David List
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Eric Cartman: Jörg Stuttmann (German) Kenny McCormick: Sabine Bohlmann (German) Kyle Broflovski: Jan Makino (Ger.) Stan Marsh: Benedikt Weber (German) Main article: Dubbing South Park

A hollow bar (original title: Raising the Bar ) is the ninth episode of the 16th season and thus the 232nd episode of the South Park series . Directed by Trey Parker , who wrote the script with Kenny Hotz . In 2012 it won the Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Best Animated Program (Less than an Hour)". It is the tenth episode of South Park to be nominated for an Emmy and the fifth to be awarded an Emmy.

action

After shopping at Walmart , Eric Cartman accepts his obesity . To the surprise of his classmates, Cartman procures an electric vehicle at the expense of health insurance because of being overweight and demands barrier-free, handicapped-accessible toilets at school, in the supermarket and in Kyle Broflovski's house .

Cartman explains to the boys that an electric vehicle doesn't turn him into “ white trash ” like Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson. Kyle sees parts of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo for the first time and is shocked. He explains to Stan that at some point "the bar" for socially acceptable behavior must have dropped. Cartman shamelessly takes advantage of his alleged disability. Kyle and Token make a documentary about Cartman. While Kyle wants to warn of the dangers of obesity, Token's goal is to produce a commercial docu-soap in the style of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo .

Meanwhile, director and deep-sea researcher James Cameron searches a submarine for the lower bar.

When Cartman learns that the first episode of the series with him as a reality star had a slightly lower audience than the episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo , which was broadcast at the same time , he challenges Honey Boo Boo to a spaghetti mud fight. The battle will take place on the South Lawn of the White House during an obesity fundraiser sponsored by Michelle Obama .

When at the same time James Cameron finds "the bar" and can recover it after a fight with the musical composer Randy Newman , the audience loses interest in mud wrestling. Michelle Obama slaps Cartman and destroys his electric car.

Web links

• A hollow bar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official German website of South Park
• Watch a hollow bar on stream

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Creative Arts Emmys: HBO's 'Behind the Candelabra' wins the night" Los Angeles Times . September 16, 2013.
2. ^ " South Park : Awards & Nominations" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website, accessed October 26, 2014