With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: Driving home from the game show, the road behind Randy's car doesn't have white lines as shown in a previous shot. (00:02:20)
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)
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 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: 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)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Factual error: In the bonus round, the automatic letters R, S, T, L, E came up and Randy chose "B, N, G, O" as his 4 letters to add. In the real Wheel of Fortune game, the automatic letters that come up are R, S, T, N, L, E. "N" is always included automatically so it would never be picked by the contestant. This was obviously done for the plot of the episode.
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)
Other mistake: When the kids are playing "Carry On Wayward Son," there are no notes on the TV in the one area. However the boys play the notes there and get it right.
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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