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 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 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 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 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)
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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