Matt Stone interviewed in "Bowling for Columbine"

[o0BLOODYKING0o]

Where can i watch the whole thing?

[ayeromeypt2]

in-n-out in westwood california. go bruins!



[Nerdfighter7814]

I'm gonna be honest with the Youtube community, and give it to y'all straight. My inner fangirl just took over, and now I don't remember a fucking bit of whatever the hell Matt just said. I was too busy watching him.

[ShortFingeredShreder]

And then a year later, Matt and Trey ripped Michael Moore apart on an episode of South Park.

[MrROTD]

Gun control is useless, criminals and people that wish to do harm will get a gun anyway, that's why I don't support any gun control, it's a waste of life to try enforcing it. What the USA needs to stop the violence is a more just society. In the case of Columbine I'm sorry these things will happen with or without gun control because those kids were mentally ill and bad kids. I know for sure you don't want the gov regulating guns drugs or sex, they will fuck things up way worse than need be

[iLoveJackingOn]

conformist

[THECAPSLOCKISOFF]

the irony of him saying why would you upset a lot of people love south park one of the few cartoons with an intelligent story line

[kermicheo]

dylan and eric were really out of their gordes to begin with. they were two troubled kids from the start and someone just pulled their trigger. it's really really fucked up.

[berkjohnson]

i love in-n-out

[PissObamachrist]

Jesus man, isn't that fat fuck Michael Moore dead yet?

[indyman1223]

michael moore is a sack of shit for doing the cartoon right afterwards and implying that they are anti gun

[FuttBucker667]

I think this is a bit naive on Matt's part. These 2 guys slaughtered 13 people for next to no reason, simply telling them high school isnt the end of the world probably wouldnt have stopped them from doing anything. They were fucked up. And from what I've heard, Eric and Dillon werent even bullied that severely, but they still went on a massacre. Simply put, if they didnt do what they did during high school they would have snapped later on in life. They were ticking time bombs.

[Boccia55]

and in team america

[Boccia55]

and team america

[Boccia55]

didnt they make fun of him on south park?

[antman43862]

In-n-out FTW

[ryno123321]

Where was Matt's second half?

[wickedlester97]

I'm really not looking forward to the four years of high school that I still have to go through.

[kermicheo]

@wickedlester97 trust me dude. all it is is four years. what happens in vegas stays in vegas.

[n3gr4rn]

"But turn it into a cartoon" What bullshit, they're making a fucking comedy for christs sakes. Mr. Over-Dramatization >.<

[adrianedawndawn]

Oh man, the editing of "Mountain Town" makes me jump. Try to keep in the rhythm at least.

[Roguemember]

And now you produce a crappy cartoon. Good for you.

[chadunn13]

@Roguemember it's won 4 emmys, and nominated for 7, and that's just from individual episodes, not counting the show as a whole and the movie itself. and their play has won like 9 tonys

[TheCosmicDaddy]

@Kubrick1989 I'm more of a left libertarian, so i kinda agree with them both is many issues, but i not all of them. I can laugh at some most of the right wing bashing jokes in South Park but also some liberal bashing jokes. I guess South Park is meant to offend people who take themselves too seriously, they are not just promoting some ideology, even though you can find some hint of libertarianism in few episodes..

[chadunn13]

@TheCosmicDaddy ya, but its like they created their own political ideology. look up "south park republican". it has its own wikipedia page

[rambodude19]

That's weird as hell. I was recently having this conversation with a bunch of close friends about the high school I went to in Layton, Utah. I've never seen this interview in my life. That is just so weird. I said the exact words. "They scare you into conforming."

[Jasandia]

all matt's said is fucking right. i recommend summerhill school story

[Mw1Am]

MY SCHOOLS NOT LIKE THAT IN CATONSVILLE

[WheresPoochie]

@Mw1Am Great to hear, dude.

[AngryAtTechnology75]

Matt Stone is bad ass.. Micheal Moore is a fat left wing bullshit artist fuck hole..

[Stillillgal]

i didnt knew hes related O:

[brandonlamchops]

IN AND OUT!

[ac1dchr15t]

truth.

[SoJustCool]

he didnt go to columbine

[tiesthijsthejs]

the US is too late with a gun prohibition; it would lead to black markets indeed. The culturally grown perception leaves a demand. But, too late, doesn't mean impossible. Other countries went from a control to a ban. It can only happen if an entire people shares a changing set of values and desire. There might be a way. Wouldn't hurt to turn things upside down, parallel to north-western european countries: no guns and no religion. Result: functioning and safe societies. But these are tiny small.

[whyamimrpink78]

@tiesthijsthejs No guns mean more violence and more government control. We have a second admendment to prepare for a time to have another 1776 if the federal government became to controlling. How different would N. Korea or Cuba be if their citizens were allowed to have guns? They would have more freedom. Plus, guns don't create violence, a gun is only as dangerous as the person holding it. Cars, baseball bats, knives, alcohol, etc. are all the same, dangerous in the wrong hands.

[tiesthijsthejs]

@whyamimrpink78 @whyamimrpink78 "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." Look, you're all the way over there, and I'm here. Figuratively and literally. I stand by my words, you did not respond to any of the content. You just expressed your far end of the room. Sure, there's your cultural connection to guns, the culturally constructed sentiment of democratic freedom based on personal gun-related autonomy. But bats and knives need more than one itchy trigger finger to take a life.

[tiesthijsthejs]

@whyamimrpink78 If you ask me, a car driver could need more moral and ethical responsibility, by law. It's a speed game in a metal cage on wheels. Comparing guns to alcohol changes the discussion: a different theoretical level, uncomparable. You do it to argumentionally confuse me while fixating your 'waterproof' logic: without guns your society would be less democratic, alike N. Korea/Cuba? You honestly say that Europe is less democratic than the US because we have no guns to defend ourselves?

[tiesthijsthejs]

@whyamimrpink78 Guns are everywhere, there as well, in Europe as well. Regulation is never gets rid of something. Regulation ought to be a relation. A relation for a community to have with each other. As symbols of how we as a people deal with each other. Sure, on 'a' relative level, all objects and sensuous additives (like booze) need regulation, in the meaning of guidance, for it has consequences. And in an open society you draw these lines according to different contexts.

[tiesthijsthejs]

@whyamimrpink78 If you worry about protecting yourself from unequal power positions of controlling governments, guns are merely the last resort, when all has gone to hell, and only then as a temporary solution. While you make guns available for every person for such a reason, this has critical consequences.

[tiesthijsthejs]

@whyamimrpink78 What will keep your democratic freedom from such regimes? Knowledge, togetherness, reflection, constructive organisation. And when certain dreadful situations ask for it: aggressive force. Funny enough, your free society is already ruled by corporations, power politics and media bubbles. No guns can change that. You're shooting in air, and in your frustration, you hit your neighbour. You're longing for a tool, but you take the blinding weapon your enemy offers you to stay put.

[MrTreantHugger]

@tiesthijsthejs Guns and legal in Finland and France. As far as religion, England, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Greece have state religions. The thing is that European society and more homogeneous and smaller in size than American society.

[tiesthijsthejs]

@MrTreantHugger Very true. My apologies for generalizing. Yet, I'd like you to apply your critique to my arguments, so I know where you stand, and what you expect of me. For instance, there's a lot of other European countries with gun bans. And there's a lot of countries with a secular state. Most importantly, the only countries in the world where you'll find large majorities of peoples who, apart from their religious 'culture', exclaim themselves as religious non-believers.

[Garrus1995]

Matt is so right on. All these high school kids either wind up killing themselves or going on shooting sprees because they get picked on and the people around them try to put the idea in their heads that things won't change for them. People need to stop al this bullshit, because it's gonna put all of us in an early grave.

[USERC18]

He is so right! Im glad that even if they are few, there are still people who like to "swim against the tide"...

[93cian]

@Kubrick1989 I never understood why legit gun owners want less gun control. You have nothing to fear, why not say pile on loads of tracking and regulation and eliminate the people who are causing the problems?

[cannedgravy]

That's the IN-N-OUT in Westwood. I live there! and goto to the cheveron reflected in the windows.

[lateralusman87]

So fucking true Matt. So fucking true.

[adamk4747]

THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY SHOOTINGS IN THIS COUNTRY IS BECAUSE OF GANGS!!!!!!!! THIS AVENUE WAS NOT EVEN DISCUSSED IN THIS MOVIE BUT GUN VILOENCE WAS BLAMED ON THE MEDIA AND NRA. HOW ABOUT PARENTS TAKE SO FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY!!!

[BitchesCallMeTFree]

I'm in high school and this is EXACTLY how I feel. I've always thought that parents, teachers, whoever were drilling this shit into kids' head and that it was having a negative effect on people. I've never seen anyone else agree with it, so this is great/reassuring to hear.

[Nautical1994]

@BitchesCallMeTFree I'm with you man, a lot of people are. I'm just focused on getting the hell out of HS so I can get on with my life and prove all those bastards, that said I would never amount to anything, wrong. I'll have a much more enjoyable life than any teacher could ever have. They give me a reason to want to succeed because they are the reason I've felt like a piece of shit through most of school. They are supposedly the same people that are against bullying, ha.

[BitchesCallMeTFree]

@Nautical1994 You bring up the best point! They're quick to preach about bullying, when the very same teachers have really made me feel like a failure at life, AT 17! Keep in mind that I have straight As, am on NHS, take mostly honors, and get NO sleep or physical exercise. My mother is a TYRANT about grades and our relationship is ruined because of it. And thanks! That's really inspiring actually. I know college will be tough, but at least all the pressure will be removed. Good luck to you!

[thesimpsons2345]

Love South Park, love Matt, and love this interview. Every teenager should watch this interview.

[antisadism]

Must get those sunglasses

[IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY]

@K4inan Yeah america is a retarded country but its not every americans fault and yes it is fucking stupid to be allowed to have such a wide range of guns at ur disposal but the problem is america is so awash with guns you will never be able to take them back. yeah it is great being in a country where the vast majority of guns are owned by the police force, even though in Ireland our police force "An Garda Siochana" dont have guns except for detectives.

[MaskedMarvyl]

Matt Stone makes probably the best point in this movie.

[crunchyphetus]

@K4inan America is a great country to live in but yes we have issues but if we want to live in such a kick ass country thats what we gotta deal with

[K4inan]

@crunchyphetus You sound very intelligent, like the rest of the people in your country... *cough* *cough*

[crunchyphetus]

@K4inan by issues i mean right wingers, But you dont have to be an asshole , dont call america stupid until youve lived here long enough to even have a say ,USA!

[tickedoffnow]

Love you Matt :)

[panetero]

@Kubrick1989 So you think it's okay to have guns without criminal records? What are the guns for again? Having a gun is the best way to get criminal records. That's why I'll never go to the USA, because of ignorants like you.

So if I go to the street with a machete in my right hand, and a watermelon on my left hand, and I get stopped by the cops, without any criminal records, I shouldn't get arrested, right? I'm just about to eat a watermelon. But actually...I just killed my wife.

[IwishIcouldvethought]

I had no idea South Park was supposed to be Littleton

[kc86er]

@IwishIcouldvethought It's part of the inspiration for "South Park", as is Conifer, CO (where Trey grew up).

[bronsoninnit]

Love Matt Stone and South Park. But come on Matt, you're really gonna say it was "too soon" for Charlton Heston to do a rally after Columbine? Im pretty sure you put an episode of South Park up showing Steve Irwin with a sting ray hanging out of his chest somethin' like a week after he died

[ArseLoad0fMetal666]

@bronsoninnit but tht was comedy, Charlton Heston was showing disrepect to the people who died by almost pretending that the columbine murders never happened. It is also safe to say tht Charton Heston and NRA are partially to blame for the murders in columbine where as i thnk u wud be hard pushed to blame SouthPark for the death of Steve Irwin

[bronsoninnit]

@ArseLoad0fMetal666 I think Heston would be just as much to blame for Columbine as the founding fathers, thats a really vague connection in my opinion. But I agree with regaurds to the NRA. It's going further and further away from an exercise of rights to another agressive right wing movement. As for the Steve Irwin thing, to say "but that was comedy" in my opinion is a bit of a cop out, i mean come on the joke was basically nothing more than to highlight the guy died a week ago.

[ArseLoad0fMetal666]

@bronsoninnit the point still stands that there were pretty strong links between the NRA and the columbine murders simply for the fact that weaponry in the US wouldnt be so readily available if it wasnt for the NRA. South Park and Steve Irwin aren't linked in any way, as much as i remember thy didnt directly depict him in a negative light

[bronsoninnit]

@ArseLoad0fMetal666 Thats cool

[bronsoninnit]

@ArseLoad0fMetal666 As Matt alludes to in this interview, its just too soon and you're just upsetting people

[Hiphop618]

They turned their anger of being different into creating South Park? From the countless of interviews I've seen of Matt and Trey, never have I heard such a thing. They themselves said that they write the show with the goal to make people laugh, and that their constant slamming of celebrities and politicians never derives from hatred. Though this is Michael Moore's work we're watching here, I shouldn't be too surprised at the exagerration.

[larryclone]

Neither one said they were angry about being different, let alone in Littleton. Trey lived 40 miles away.

[JamalDubstep]

INN N OUT

[yankeessuck1138]

0:27-0:37 uhhhhh, idk bout u, but im quiiiite sure that's not why they made south park.

[2SixGraders]

@yankeessuck1138

That IS the reason they still do South Park. What are you, 10 years old? How can you not understand that.

[yankeessuck1138]

@2SixGraders so they were bullied for being different constantly yet instead of killing people they became successful? how cliche is that? that doesnt sound like them

[larryclone]

@yankeessuck1138 I don't think they ever said they were bullied. I grew up in Littleton and WAS bullied. I'm not a killer, though.

[yankeessuck1138]

@larryclone .......nevermind...

[TheWackadooFuckhead]

Michael Moore is a prick.

[PrivateAckbar]

I forgot how much I hate Michael Moore.

[drinkNjewz]

I adore Matt.

[finkeLpro]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone does not agree with Michael Moore politically. No intelligent person does. Matt Stone participated because they were gonna talk about littleton.

[TheCapitalistdog]

@finkeLpro

True. Matt and Trey are libertarians. :-)

[KennyBare]

@TheCapitalistdog libertarians? no, they just make fun of whatever is popular. sometimes democrats, sometimes republicans

[TheCapitalistdog]

@KennyBare

In one of their Charlie Rose interviews, they were asked the question if they were libertarians or not and they both said they were.

[Nnoitra5Zaraki11]

@TheCapitalistdog

but then there was this question: Q: Are you two guys liberal or conservative? Me and my friends have had debates about this. TREY: We avoid extremes but we hate liberals more than conservatives and we hate them [conservatives]. MATT: I hate conservatives but I really fucking hate liberals

[TheCapitalistdog]

@Nnoitra5Zaraki11

haha, yea... that sounds like them. :-D

[KennyBare]

i fully support the 2nd amendment but dont have an NRA rally in the same month of a tragedy. thats like building a mosque by ground zero. yea i know its your religious right but its still wrong. just because somethings legal doesnt mean its right

[cars812]

@KennyBare dude that was kinda stereotyping by saying building a mosque by ground zero is such a horrible thing.not all muslims are terriosts

[KennyBare]

@cars812 not all nra members are sister fucking rednecks too, that doesnt justify holding a gun rally after a tragedy involving guns! same thing with the mosque. i support their right to build it there but lets be honest, 3000 people were killed by muslims. they shouldve built it somewhere else. if your family member was killed by lets say lunge cancer, wouldnt you be pissed their was a cigarettes store next to his/her grave?

[cars812]

@KennyBare it didnt have anythinng to do with them being muslim.they just hated america.

and not every case of lung cancer is caused by smoking.

for instance,i had lung cancer when i was 15.and i didnt smoke ever in my life or anybody around me.it just happens due.shit happens

[KennyBare]

@cars812 well i consider it the same.

[cars812]

@cars812 dont judge man

[candlewhiskey]

in-n-out represent!

[trusttruth1985]

Hey look it's a fat fuck who doesn't know what he's talking about XD

[EA0825]

Go Matt!

[AmericanBadass44]

Michael Moore you fucking apologize to both of them right the fuck now.

[ezfla]

Butters for president 2012

[FUCKYOUIAMOVER18]

Pause the video and drag to the very beginning to see a very sad looking charlton heston.

[WheresPoochie]

@kenfo0 and @dragoran: take your childish nonsense elsewhere, please. You can flame all you want in this comment-section but at least have the decency to stay on topic and not summon disgusting ad hominems. Thx.

[kenfo0]

@WheresPoochie you dumb loser. If you are going to comment to someone, then comment TO them. All you accomplished was whining in secret. Grow up.

[aronmustang69]

@kenfo0 Lol calm down dude. You look as stupid as he does right now.

[kenfo0]

@aronmustang69 This IS me calm. You should see when I get pissed off. I don't "look stupid". People who are duped by a-holes like m.moore ARE stupid.  I can't remember now who was interviewing him...might have been letterman...guy said "but you're rich" and moore mumbled and stumbled "uh...well...no...uh...i have a house...uh". The interviewer wouldn't let it go and moore just rambled incoherently. He made BIG money by being a liar and exploiting others. What a scumbag.

[aronmustang69]

@kenfo0 Everyone's a hypocrite at times. Some more than others.

[kenfo0]

@aronmustang69 there is a vast difference, by degree.  For example, it is clearly a lie to tell a kid there is a santa claus. It is also a lie for bill clinton to state "that woman (lewinsky) is a LIAR.". Yes, they are both lies. One adds some fun to a kid's life, the other attempts to destroy a person. They are not the same. In the same way, one can be somewhat hypocritical as compared to Moore's massive, purposeful, lying hypocrisy.

[aronmustang69]

@kenfo0 When I said that "Everyone's a hypocrite at times" I was talking about how Moore is rich himself, and still complains about rich people. However that was only because you said "He made BIG money by being a liar and exploiting others". Personally, I don't know much about Moore's personal life.

[kenfo0]

@aronmustang69 Since I'm the one who called Moore a big hypocrite, I don't know why you'd say it back to me. My post is correct: there is a huge difference by degree from someone making a mistake/being sorry for doing something hypocritical, and being someone who is a huge, unapologetic liar over and over. He made his fortune by purposefully misleading simple-minded dolts, now continues to rail against "fat, rich white guys who ought to pay a lot more taxes". Just not him.

[aronmustang69]

@kenfo0 Meh, not going to fight over this. Just read the posts over again and see if you can find the error you just made. One hint: Read my second comment.

[kenfo0]

@aronmustang69 I didn't make an error. That was easy.

[aronmustang69]

@kenfo0 Wrong again: You didn't call him a hypocrite until I mentioned the word, you just said he was a rich "scumbag" for not admitting he was rich to Letterman or "who(ever) was interwieving him". And why did you say that " there is a huge difference by degree from someone making a mistake/being sorry for doing something hypocritical, and being someone who is a huge, unapologetic liar over and over"? What does being sorry have to do with anything we discussed?

[kenfo0]

I am amazed at two things: 1. that someone so rich is so stupid. 2. with all his money and time he can't research something before running his mouth. The NRA had it's annual mtg scheduled there a year in advance, and it cannot be "canceled" because a month ago kids were shot by losers. When are you people going to grow up, shut up, and learn about the world you live in? no, that is not "tha innernet".

[dragoran]

@kenfo0 if you think rich people are all geniuses you should fucking reivaluate your fucking life. fuck you and all like you.

[kenfo0]

@dragoran let's review your pointless, loser of a post: "fucking shitz awl fucked up an fuckin shit an fuck and fuckin you". What a stupid, talentless loser you are.

[dragoran]

@kenfo0 you worthless piece of shit, Matt and Trey made a movie in the same time this Moore documentary was shot. They made Moore look like a socialist america hating terrorist and he is seeing it as it is. A JOKE. Moore is more intelligent than you and not as rich as you think. Your quick response shows your a discusting loss of skin. Please die as soon as possible, thanks

[atikker]

@Kubrick1989 I agree with you that we need some type of reform. And I'm sorry, but I don't agree that it's the right of every citizen to own a gun, especially because people in America are so fucking careless with them! I always laugh when people say that they have them for protection. Not that the excuse isn't valid, but that the statistics of accidental deaths by GSW/intentional murder with guns VS. the number of people who justifiably use them for home protection. It is STAGGERING.

[atikker]

@Kubrick1989 Okay, so I YouTubed "Trey Parker American History" and pulled up the actual video from 1992, and I have to eat my words and say that it's pretty freaking similar. Wow. Whatever Michael Moore's intention, however, Matt Stone's interview for this film has stayed with me for years, because I find it to be a very touching insight into what these kids may have been thinking. So irregardless of the intent of the cartoon, I am still glad Matt Stone gave his two cents for this film.

[atkm2891]

@Kubrick1989 And maybe you should read a bit about gun violence, I recommend "More Guns, Less Crime", which outlines that ever since more legal guns were purchased, crime has gone down. The thing is, guns are only dangerous in the hands of dangerous people. In the hands of law-abiding citizens, they are just another tool to fight crime. Criminals HATE armed citizens, but they love guys like you. So keep on fighting for them.....

[atkm2891]

@Kubrick1989 So what if they bought ammo from K-mart? These kids had bigger problems than access to guns and ammo. You think columbine or the Arizona attacks would have been prevented if they couldn't buy ammo at K-mart? They would've just purchased ammo illegally. And if they didn't have guns, then maybe bombs? Bombs can be made out of household materials, and Danny and Eric made two bombs that fortunately didn't explode when planned. My point is, guns aren't the problem, fucked up kids are.

[atkm2891]

@Kubrick1989 And I don't see anything wrong with the NRA marching through there anyways. The NRA doesn't condone gun violence. They help prevent gun violence. You think these people like school shootings? Or that they believe that less gun control means more crime and killings? NO, they are all for more safety, but are aware that gun control is not the solution. Actually, if students were allowed to conceal carry on more campuses, then maybe the headlines would be: "V tech shooting, 2 dead..."

[SoJustCool]

matt stone didn't go to columbine

[ultamatefrogmaster]

I love Matt Stone :)

[BradleySherwoodFan]

@Kubrick1989 Obviously their opinions on gun control aren't polar opposites, that's not what I was trying to say. I just meant to say that Matt & Trey disagreed with the way Moore presented the cartoon, to make it look like they did it.

[CalebMTurberville]

@Kubrick1989 I'll just refer you to the interview Matt and Trey did for Charlie Rose. It can be found on YouTube; in fact, I think you should be able to see it in the suggested videos on the side of this video. By anyway, just search for it and listen to their own words. I was just trying to relay what they said in that interview.

[BradleySherwoodFan]

@Kubrick1989 On the Charlie Rose Show, Trey said he didn't want to do it because he didn't agree with Moore's message. Maybe he said something different somewhere else, but I haven't seen that. Do you remember where you saw or read it?

[WheresPoochie]

Not to sound like a puss but while I totally support provocative discussion, let's keep the comments somewhat constructive and tasteful - regardless of whatever your political leniencies may be.

[kenfo0]

@WheresPoochie they are "tendencies" not "leniencies".

[WheresPoochie]

@kenfo0 Oopsy-daisy

Though "tendencies" wouldn't really convey what I'm trying to say. Perhaps "dispositions"?

[kenfo0]

@WheresPoochie disposition is better than leniencies, which is clearly misused. Ideology might also be used. Best wishes.

[atkm2891]

hmm michael moore talks alot of shit about an nra meeting held in the same town as that little girl that was killed...yet, when someone wants to build a mosque right next to ground zero he's all for it. What a cunt Michael Moore is.

[masamune28954]

@atkm2891

Thats completely different... being against the mosque is pure bigotry and racism. You cant blame a whole religion on a terrible act.

[atkm2891]

@masamune28954 It's bigotry and racism...according to you and liberals. I don't think it's bigotry at all. It's called fucking respect. Respect for the 3000 that died that day. And yes, it was committed by people from the same religion as the mosque put up. It doesn't matter if those who attend the mosque had nothing to do with 9/11. Just like it doesn't matter that the NRA members had NOTHING to do with the shooting. It has nothing to do with race, or ideology.

[masamune28954]

@atkm2891

I'm not a liberal, just not a racist. And it does matter. You cant condemn an entire religion. There are so many differences in the situations its plainly obvious. But you will only point out the similarities to fulfill your racist agenda. Dont bother responding, I'm not responding back with anything after this. I should no better then to argue with blind muslim haters. And btw, I'm white.

[atkm2891]

@masamune28954 Well, ill respond anyways. I don't see how I'm a racist or a muslim hater, just for thinking that putting a mosque so close to ground zero is insensitive. Also, not allowing a mosque to be built is hardly condemning them. And anyways, I don't expect you to respond, because you really have nothing to say. You're other responses were unfounded and you mistook me for a "racist" the whole time. I never mentioned race, your white guilty self did.

[zammylot]

It's funny because two years after this, Matt and Trey made Michael Moore blow up in Team America.

[gdub6933]

Trey isn't from Littleton, Moore, get your shit right dumbass.

[Smartuur]

Even though Matt and Trey are probably one of the most hated people in the world, they are still so much smarter than most people. Some watch their South Park episodes, and thinks that it's just retarded and foul-language. But there's a message in almost every episode, but people who hate them don't see that. Matt and Trey are geniuses, they really are.

[colorofsuffering]

Is this the original "It Gets Better" video?

[flamesgal21]

He has many fond memories of Columbine..."Its just a crappy school in the middle of some crappy town."

hahahaha!! XD

[marc2008ln]

i love how the interview is at an in and out burger...ummm so delicious.

[notme222]

If you can find it, Conan O'Brien interviewed Matt & Trey years ago and he said first-hand that he believed they'd done the cartoon. For an example.

So much of Moore's style is about making people think something without actually saying it so he can claim truthfulness, and this was a fine example. Of course Michael Moore is hardly the only one who does this, but juxtaposing comments, reformatting letters to look like Newspaper headlines, doing a voiceover that doesn't match the video...

[PaperbackWizard]

It's interesting to hear him say they shouldn't have a convention there, even though they have "the right to" because it will anger people. Sort of like how people in New York don't want the Islamic Center near Ground Zero, "even though they have the right to".

[0zziefan]

seemed a bit over the top by Stone. The cartoon wasn't in the exact same style as South Park and it was shown about 20 minutes after his interview in the movie. If some people made the connection its hardly Moore's fault - unless he blatantly lied and said Matt made the cartoon.

Still maybe something else went on that pissed him off. This interview seemed to go pretty smoothly though.

[WheresPoochie]

@0zziefan There is a really great interview on Youtube entitled "matt and trey in amsterdam!" and Stone does explain his position behind the BFC issue.

Although I agree with your comment, his problem with Moore WAS about that goofy cartoon that was shown later in the film.

[Gajoobles]

@WheresPoochie Also in another interview he states that they ripped of an earlier animation made by trey. It is called American History you can find it on youtube was made in 1992.

[BradleySherwoodFan]

@0zziefan I think he's pissed off because some people have actually come up to them and congratulated them on having "their animation" on 'Bowling'. It does seem Matt is annoyed more on Trey's behalf than his own though, because Trey outright refused to be in the documentary and disagrees with the messages in the animation, so he gets frustrated when people think he had any part of it.

It's also similar to an animation Trey did in college called 'American History' (hmm...).

[pixargod]

As a result matt stone portrayed michael moore in team america as an idiotic, gibbering, hot dog eating puppet who commits a suicide bombing.

[WheresPoochie]

@pixargod Actually, they mocked the infamous documentarian because Moore showed a South Park-esque cartoon later on in the film that gave many the impression that it was Stone's creation, which it was not. Stone was otherwise satisfied with his portrayal in BFC.

And is it just me or is your comment pulled almost directly from Wikipedia?

[pixargod]

@WheresPoochie

I actually wrote it myself. I didn't copy and paste it from wikipedia.

[CalebMTurberville]

@WheresPoochie Matt and Trey (who didn't want anything to do with Moore's film whatsoever) felt that the editing of Matt's interview with the cartoon gave the false idea that they were the creators of the cartoon and, by extension, held the same beliefs as Moore. According to the Charlie Rose (which is on Youtube) interview, all Stone wanted to do was express what it felt like for him to grow up in Littleton, and at least Parker is a gun-owner. But as states before, they got their revenge.