With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: When Randy is walking down the street after leaving the comedy club, there are no lines on the pavement from the side shot, However when we see him front on, there is. Snow also appears. (00:09:20)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: When Randy is in the comedy club the position of the beer bottles change between rear and front shots of him. (00:08:15)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: When Eric first starts laughing at the guest speaker we see him in a long shot and the boy behind Stan is only behind Stan's right (viewer left) side. Camera cuts and now the boy has moved to the other side. (00:06:50)
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: 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)
Summer Sucks - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When the boys stop to talk to Pip at the start they are stood on the tarmac. Camera cuts to the front and now they are stood on the grass. (00:03:00)
Chickenpox - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When the boys are walking to Kenny's house they don't have any sleeping bags in their hands. When they arrive they have sleeping bags. (00:03:45)
Summer Sucks - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Mr. Garrison knocks his apple of the desk at the start. It reappears in the next shot. (00:02:00)
Continuity mistake: When opening presents, the blue mega man disappears instantly. (00:18:20)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When at Stark's pond, the vomit by Stan's feet disappears. (00:16:00)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The rock Kyle throws at the alien ship appears from nowhere. (00:14:00)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: On the bus, we see there is a shot of the bus with 4 kids visible on the left hand side. However, when Ms. Crabtree swerves, a 5th kid with black hair appears out of thin air. (00:06:50)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Cartman is saying how the others are trying to scare him, you can see Kyle is not stood next to him. Camera cuts and now Kyle is there. (00:04:20)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: We see all the cows in a single line waiting for the train. When the camera changes they are all now in a herd. (00:09:30)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When the bus pulls up, a stop sign is visible on the bus. When Ike goes through the second bus window, the sign has gone. (00:05:10)
Continuity mistake: In the opening the boys get on the school bus. Stan is on the fifth row, Cartman is on the sixth row, Kyle is on the seventh row and Kenny is on the eighth row and there are another two rows behind them. But in the shot after Cartman says "Ample parking day and night! People shouting howdy neighbor!", Kenny is now on the back row. (00:00:10)
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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