Parker claimed during a meeting, he said, "One thing we have to know before we really go any further: how do you feel about talking poo?" I'm … "[12] Doug Pratt, a DVD reviewer and Rolling Stone contributor, said, "Technically, the Christmas episode might well be the show's best effort, artistically, because it tackles the PC-ification of Christmas head-on, and also has an interesting psychological subtext: does the hero actually see Mr. Hankey, or does he have some serious psychological problems? They totally stole your story!' [1] Parker said he refused to flush the toilet as a child, so his father told him if he did not flush down his stool, which he called "Mr. Hankey", it would come to life and kill him. Kyle decides he will bring Mr. Hankey to school to prove he is real, but this only causes more problems as Mr. Hankey disguises himself as an unadorned, dried-out piece of feces when he is around people who do not believe in him, leading Cartman to ask if carrying around boxes with feces in them is some kind of Jewish tradition. 16–Kenny McCormick & Mr. Hankey Poo “The Most Offensive Song Ever” 17–Mr. The episode received generally positive reviews and has been described as one of the classic South Park episodes. Hankey. Halsall said the use of fecal matter as a character, and especially its tendency to smear parts of itself around as it moved, directly confronts the viewer with "the inherent dirtiness of the human body, no matter how much we try to aestheticize it, Mr. Hankey's stains systematically mess up the cleanliness of the social order. "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" is the ninth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo Season 1 E 9 • 12/17/1997 While South Park Elementary is attempting to stage a non-denominational holiday play that won't offend (or entertain) anyone, Kyle … [43] In October 2004, the Comedy Central website held a poll to determine the top 27 South Park episodes for a television marathon; "Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo" came third, just behind "Good Times with Weapons" at #2 and "Fat Butt and Pancake Head" at #1. Mr hankey the christmas poo XD. ", "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics", "A Very Crappy Christmas", "Red Sleigh Down", "It's Christmas in Canada" and "Woodland Critter Christmas". Although they had long planned to feature Mr. Hankey in the show, they did not decide to make him a Christmas character until halfway through the filming of "Damien". "[22], Some writers consider Mr. Hankey one of the most easily recognizable and popular of the non-regular South Park characters. It was a satire of political correctness and religious sensitivity. Comedy Central officials would not allow the scene in the episode and it was changed to portray the idea that the baby had already eaten the stool off-camera, which Parker said he felt was actually funnier. [42] Virginia Rohan of The Record said he liked Kyle's song and some of Kenny's antics, but said the episode was not as funny as The Spirit of Christmas shorts. Eric, Stan, and Kenny believe Kyle is insane, diagnosed as an Acute Fecalphilliac on Prozac, and take him into a mental institution where Kyle is hastily committed. Kyle gets caught with poo in his hands. [32] In its original American broadcast, the episode received a Nielsen Rating of 5.4, meaning the episode was seen by about 4.5 million households. For the scenes in which Mr. Hankey smears feces wherever he walks, the animators scanned images of spread out chocolate and fudge and inserted those images into the episode. Parker said of it, "This was the episode that just vaulted everything. Like the whole town, the school Christmas pageant is stripped of all symbols of Christmas, and the children instead present a minimalist song and dance created by composer Philip Glass. "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American animated television series South Park. Mr. Mackey was inspired by Parker's real-life school guidance counselor; Parker, who provides the voice for Mackey, said the real-life counselor was similarly thin and wiry and that Parker's voice for Mr. Mackey is an exact, unexaggerated version of how his counselor spoke. [28] In January 1998, Entertainment Weekly reported that Comedy Central executives had plans to produce a Mr. Hankey chocolate bar. Parker said this decision was made because, "Garrison at that point had already shown himself to be the most messed up person in the entire town, and there's obviously so much wrong with him mentally. 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