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Blame Canada

Greenpeace enlists help of South Park characters

by Julia Ward, posted Nov 23rd 2006 10:02AM
South Park GreenpeaceStan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny are lending their cartoon cred to Greenpeace. In an internet video campaign aimed at shaming Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper into addressing a desired moratorium on deep-sea bottom trawling, the boys appear as different species of fish. Kenny gets offed by a wayward net to Stan's cry of "You killed Squiddy." Cue Oscar-nominated tune - "Blame Canada" - with altered lyrics.

The video was made without the participation of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, which is all too obvious once you watch the thing. It's kinda lousy in the "trying to hard to be funny" kinda way. Bruce Cox, the executive director of Greenpeace Canada, hopes that the campaign will make an impression on a younger audience of potential environmental advocates. Best of luck, Mr. Cox, but I'm not sure this is gonna do it.

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