With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: Randy is told he is no longer welcome in the shop when he picks up the aspirin. He then puts the box down on the counter but as the shot shows him walking out the box as aspirin is back on the display. (00:09:55)
Continuity mistake: When Stan Kyle and Kenny are playing a board game, Kenny has one hand on his face and one on the floor. Camera cuts and now he has both hands on his face. (00:06:10)
Continuity mistake: When Eric comes in to speak to Stan, Kyle and Kenny who are playing a board game there are 2 blue and one red card face up on the floor next to Eric. Camera cuts and now there is just one blue card. (00:06:10)
Continuity mistake: Butters can be seen in the classroom when Mr. Mackey shows up to deliver the message from Cartman's mom. Butters is still supposed to be at the conversion camp.
Continuity mistake: When the perv runs into the studio (thinking it's a house), he runs into the Dateline show and runs half way down the stairs. However, when he shoots himself in the head, he falls down two stairs. But in the wide shot, he's at the bottom of the stairs. If it was in the middle of the stairs he should be one step higher. (00:19:30)
Continuity mistake: When Sharon is washing the dishes her right hand is on the top of a plate, camera cuts and now her hand is much lower. (00:01:05)
Continuity mistake: When Stan is at the arcade and stops playing, the score on screen goes back to zero without the game resetting. (00:12:00)
Continuity mistake: When the teachers and doctors are saying to Stan, Kyle and Butters that Eric has AIDS, Kyle holds his hands up and says "hang on." Camera cuts and his hands are at his side. (00:04:15)
Continuity mistake: The way Kyle holds the Xbox 360 changes between shots. In one shot the green circle is in his left hand, but from the side, the green circle is in his right hand. (00:13:20)
Continuity mistake: When Mr Mackey is talking to the class, the sign above the blackboard starts at B in the close up shots, but A in the long shots. (00:01:30)
Continuity mistake: When the Broflovski doorbell rings Gerald opens the front door and there's only a door knob on the exterior side of the door, but when Randy steps inside the house a backplate has suddenly appeared behind the door knob. (00:02:10)
Continuity mistake: When Randy is talking to Gerald at the start, Sheila walks over and is stood in front of Gerald. Camera cuts and now they are side by side, before Randy walks in. (00:02:20)
Continuity mistake: When the Marsh family show up at the Broflovskis in a panic, the front door's exterior door knob is at the left side of the door, but when both families decide to go to Starbucks the front door of the house opens the opposite way. (00:02:55)
Continuity mistake: When Sharon gives Shelley, Stan and Marvin a ticket, Shelley's ticket has the number 975, but in the next shot, the ticket now has the number 923. (00:13:45)
Continuity mistake: When Randy breaks into the trailer that has access to internet, the locked front door has a large "Red Cross Only" sign attached to the exterior side of the door, but when the guards unlock that door the large sign vanishes between shots. (00:18:20)
Continuity mistake: When Cartman puts the bag down when outside the Chinese place, the bag moves closer to the grass between shots. (00:06:00)
Continuity mistake: When Cartman is freaking out in P.F. Chengs, we see him from Butters' view across the table, and the red bottle with a label on is facing the camera/Butters. When the camera changes to the side, the bottle also changes with no-one touching it as the bottle is now facing the side. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistake: S12, E14 'Ungroundable': When Butters enters the computer room at the start, he approaches from the screen right. Camera cuts to the doorway and now he appears from screen left. (00:01:25)
Continuity mistake: When Randy is giving his second speech in public about the economy, he has his one fist raised, then instantly it is by his side as he turns to walk off. (00:07:30)
Answer: Essentially Stan was trying to return the blender that his dad, Randy, had bought because he knew his parents couldn't afford the extra debt. The blender, which represented mortgage-backed securities, had been bought on payment plan, meaning Randy had to make monthly payments, with interest, on something that wasn't essential. The episode represented the recession that was occurring at the time, including the housing bubble and mortgage crisis going on, so there's a lot going on. However, the payment plan (which is to say the debt) had been sold to another company by the store that sold Randy the blender. (To explain why, because of the recession, the store needed cash on hand, and they would only be getting a little money each month, if Randy paid his bill. So the store sells the debt to a company who gives the store the money upfront. Think of the J.G. Wentworth commercials, "I have a structured settlement, but I need cash now".) Because the store sold the debt, in ridiculous fashion, Stan had to return the blender to the company that bought the debt, although they too sold the debt to another company. Finally he gets to the U.S. treasury who tells him his blender is worth $90 trillion (again a ridiculous exaggeration) meaning that the debt owed is greater than the product is worth and to deride the way government agencies set up their budgets (which requires much more complex economic lessons). Kyle's whole point was people shouldn't fear the economy or see it as a vengeful being, but continue to spend and live as they normally do. Economically speaking, not spending money during a recession creates a longer lasting recession, and to solve a recession, people should spend money, although people and businesses shouldn't acquire debt during a recession because interest rates are higher. But on a personal level, individuals are fearful of losing their jobs during a recession, so they save money in case that should happen. But again, this is complex economics lesson.
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