"Guitar Queer-O!" | |
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South Park episode | |
Episode no. | Season 11 Episode 13 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
Featured music |
"Carry On Wayward Son" by Warrant |
Production code | 1113 |
Original air date | November 7, 2007 |
Episode chronology | |
"Carry On Wayward Son"
by Kansas
"Surrender"
by Cheap Trick
"John the Fisherman"
by Primus
"Pretty Vacant"
by Sex Pistols
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
by Poison
"Video Prick"
by Deep Wound
"Woman"
by Wolfmother
"I Remember You"
by Skid Row
"Jordan"
by Buckethead
"I Wanna Be Sedated"
by The Ramones
"Guitar Queer-O" is the thirteenth episode of the eleventh season and the 166th overall episode of American animated television series South Park, which first aired on Comedy Central on November 7, 2007. The episode parodies the Guitar Hero video games, and aired ten days after the release of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
Stan and Kyle are obsessed with the video game Guitar Hero, and attempt to break the game's scoring record in front of their friends. As soon as they break the 100,000 points record on "Carry on Wayward Son", they are contacted by Charles Kincaid, a talent agent, who wants to offer them recording contracts. They become Guitar Hero rock star celebrities overnight, enjoying the hedonistic "sex and drugs" lifestyle. The record company organizes a future event where Stan and Kyle will attempt to break a 1 million point record in front of a live audience. Stan is taken aside by his manager and told that Kyle is holding him back, and encourages Stan to dump Kyle in favor of another kid, Thad Jarvis, who can play many Guitar Hero songs "acoustically", having memorized what buttons to press instead of relying on the on-screen cues.