'South Park' Weighs In On The Brett Favre Sexting Scandal (VIDEO)

Last night's episode of "South Park" brought back a character from a few seasons ago, Eric Cartman's caped crusader "The Coon," but also introduced a new superhero with a hilarious premise: Captain Hindsight. His super power? He can only tell you what you should have done if you find yourself in peril.

For instance, when BP has another oil spill and calls Capt. Hindsight for backup, they thank him profusely for telling them what emergency precautions they should have taken, instead of actually stopping the spill.

Captain Hindsight's power of reflection does end up coming in handy, however, for letting "South Park" writers give their two cents on the Brett Favre sexting scandal.

In the clip below, Cartman, who created a union of kid superheroes called "The Coon & Friends," approaches Captain hindsight to join his group. Hindsight explains that he only works alone, and meanwhile uses his powers to offer some valuable advice to Brett Favre.

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Comments

[czs5056]

08:57 AM on 11/02/2010

who is mysterion?

[44jupiter]

02:35 AM on 11/01/2010

I loved the homage to A Clockwork Orange.

[Cbrown90]

04:13 PM on 10/30/2010

Yes, let's talk about the Brett Favre jokes on South Park while completely ignoring that the Hindsight charactor is right out of the pages of progressives- always with an answer AFTER the fact!

[Miss Ann Thrope]

10:46 AM on 11/01/2010

Really?! Do we have to turn a story about a South Park episode that deals with Brett Favre into a jab at progressives?

[johnmorgan]

07:52 PM on 11/01/2010

Bush didn't show much hindsight when he repeated Vietnam.

[GrownupStewie]

05:37 AM on 10/29/2010

they should have used captain hindsight to tell them what they could have done to make this episode funny

[Cbrown90]

04:14 PM on 10/30/2010

The episode got a little too close to home for the progressive crowd?

[GrownupStewie]

01:26 PM on 11/01/2010

no it just wasn't that good, the only thing funny was butters in the cage for 6 days lmao...oh butters...."what am i going to eat?"......cartman: "well you got poop don't you?"

[LMPE]

10:27 PM on 10/28/2010

There's no shortage of topics to give these guys material.

[jcarterla]

08:07 PM on 10/28/2010

I must be getting old. I didn't get the whole DP and new logo joke until they decided to drill the moon.

[CPAwADD]

06:39 PM on 10/28/2010

Captain Hindsight may seem a little stressed out but his investments have done really well.

[Cbrown90]

04:15 PM on 10/30/2010

Captain Hindsight was a joke on the progressives and the environmental crowd!

Clearly, you missed that!

[CPAwADD]

07:54 AM on 10/31/2010

Wow, you got all that from my teeny comment. I guess that's the difference between conservatives and liberals. Liberals learn from hindsight and conservatives don't.

[BobSacomano]

03:54 PM on 10/28/2010

Just silly, and not very funny. Learning from your mistakes is vitally important.

What they SHOULD have done was.............oops.

[pagansmom]

10:21 PM on 10/28/2010

:)

[Cbrown90]

04:16 PM on 10/30/2010

Not funny because it struck to close to the progressive way of reacting AFTER the fact?

[Max Shaw]

03:04 PM on 10/28/2010

Enjoyed seeing Tom Cruise hanging out with Willzyak. They looked so natural.

[Monk2001]

02:14 PM on 10/28/2010

willzyax cameo was the best part of the episode.

"It wasn't that funny." "Don't say that ... it was funny... it was d@mn funny"

[Monk2001]

02:12 PM on 10/28/2010

It weighed in more on BP. That's cool though.

[GraphicMatt]

12:54 PM on 10/28/2010

There are sooo many Captain Hindsights right here on HufPo......

[oceanofconsciousness]

02:50 PM on 10/28/2010

I know. I should have never voted for Bush... oh wait, I didn't.

[ChelleAgain]

06:11 PM on 10/28/2010

Don't we all have a little Captain Hindsight and his cousin, Captain Obvious, in us?

[thereisonlyoneparty]

06:24 PM on 10/28/2010

I think that where it becomes a problem though is heroizing people that are saying things that are obvious later on or at that point.

Especially in politics now people want that nice easy sound byte that is so obvious that it needs to be true. People love it. They yell and cheer for the easy obvious answer, even if it does not do anything at all.

[AdamKidabra]

12:42 PM on 10/28/2010

Perhaps the throwaway joke about Brett Favre is the only joke HP wanted to put in its headline since the rest of the episode highlighted how useless talking head punditry is.

[GabrielGrey]

12:30 PM on 10/28/2010

Seriously, why is the title of this article not, 'Southpark kicks BP in the nutts'? They barely mentioned Brett Favre. Nobody even gives a shiit about Brett Favre.

[benji85]

12:05 PM on 10/28/2010

They rip BP the whole episode and Huff Post only points out the 10 sec bit on Brett Favre, shows what they really care about.

[GabrielGrey]

12:38 PM on 10/28/2010

HuffPo must be on BP's payroll. Seems like the only logical answer.

[ctekin]

01:52 PM on 10/28/2010

Actually, "Brett Favre Sexting" is trending way higher than "BP Oill Spill" right now. The headline is intended to get people to click on the article - nothing more, and nothing less. Besdies, Huffpost has been brutally critical of BP.

[GeorgeBurnsWasRight]

07:05 PM on 10/28/2010

No, it shows what the public really cares about.