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  2. Love_To_Spooge Beef cake! BEEF CAKE! Cartman's voice in earlier episodes is so funny. It has changed quite a bit since then. Still has that country tone since The Red Badge of Gayness (see commentary mini on season three dvd). Reply
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    South Park: Weight Gain 4000 Episode Air Date: 08.20.1997 When Cartman's environmental essay wins a national contest, America's sweetheart, Kathie Lee Gifford, comes to South Park to present this award on national television. While Cartman is busy bulking up for his TV debut, Mr. Garrison suffers flashbacks of childhood humiliation at the hands of Mrs. Gifford. Mr. Hat convinces Garrison to even the score once and for all, and together they hatch a malevolent plot to kill Kathie Lee! Stan, Kyle and Wendy must stop the deranged Mr. Garrison before it's too late.
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    Essay Contest Winner

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    The boys discuss the pros and cons of rainbows before learning that Cartman won the "Save Our Fragile Planet" essay contest.
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    Kathie Lee is Coming

    Season 1
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    The Mayor and her aides discuss how best to ready South Park for Kathie Lee Gifford's arrival.
    3441 views 00:45 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Chef's Excited

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Chef is excited to perform at the ceremony for Kathie Lee Gifford. He believes she's "a beautiful, sultry queen of sexual fantasy."
    2548 views 00:45 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Painful Memories

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Mr. Hat talks Garrison into killing Kathie Lee Gifford after they relive the painful memory of when she beat him at a children's talent show.
    2156 views 01:32 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    The Mayor's Announcement

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    The Mayor stops by to tell the class that they'll be putting on a play for Kathie Lee about the history of South Park, directed by Mr. Garrison.
    1536 views 00:58 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Dolphins, Eskimos, Who Cares?

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Cartman and Stan argue about Dolphins, Eskimos, and whether Cartman deserves to have won the essay contest.
    3716 views 00:39 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Beefcake! BEEFCAKE!

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Cartman sees a commercial for Weight Gain 4000. Wanting to become a Beefcake as soon as possible, he sends his mom to the store to buy some.
    52243 views 01:01 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    94 Pound Beefcake

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    While waiting for the school bus, Cartman brags to the boys about his overnight jump from 90 to 94 pounds.
    8048 views 01:09 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Garrison is Dismissed

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    The class shows off its "Story of South Park" play to the Mayor, but she finds it too violent. Garrison is dismissed as director.
    2162 views 01:50 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Wendy Wants the Truth

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    Mr. Garrison decides to let Mr. Hat kill Kathie Lee. As Cartman gets fatter, Wendy plans to find the truth about his winning paper.
    2963 views 00:53 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Buying a Gun

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    Mr. Garrison buys a gun from Jimbo so he and Mr. Hat can kill Kathie Lee Gifford.
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    Finding the Truth

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Wendy breaks into the classroom to find Cartman's essay. She hides when Mr. Garrison shows up talking about killing Kathie Lee.
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    Must Stop Garrison

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Kathie Lee is late, giving Mr. Garrison time to find the perfect place to shoot her. Wendy tells the boys of Garrison's plans for murder.
    3365 views 01:31 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Serenading Kathie Lee

    Season 1
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    As Mr. Garrison is frustrated by Kathie Lee's protective bubble, Chef sings about all the things he'd like to do to her.
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    Missed Shots

    Season 1
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    Mr. Garrison takes a shot, but hits Kenny. With Kathie Lee gone, no one cares about Cartman plagiarizing his essay.
    37463 views 03:25 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist
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    Follow Your Dreams

    Season 1
    Weight Gain 4000
    Mr. Garrison is stuck in a mental ward because of Mr. Hat's psychosis. Chef and Kathie Lee lay in bed watching a grossly obese Cartman tell Geraldo's audience to follow their dreams.
    5719 views 01:01 Tags Add to or Remove from Playlist