south park fifth episode thirteenth season american animated television series south_park overall episode series originally broadcast united_states april episode jimmy writes joke national sensation tries steal credit person country fails joke admit believes genius episode written directed series creator rated united_states episode conceived joke parker fellow creator fish dressed motorcycle eventually turned joke kanye_west understanding joke liking gay fish way tries steal credit joke inspired real people parker stone worked television business parker provided voice west episode song gay fish parody west song received largely positive reviews generated great deal media attention west wrote blog episode hurt feelings said funny admitted needed work ego problem episode comedian praised episode broadcast according nielsen_media_research seen million households original broadcast making watched comedy central production week episode received attention west famously interrupted acceptance speech september mtv_video_music_awards comedy central episode times released dvd blu ray rest thirteenth season march plot jimmy works writing jokes comedy routine sits couch eating potato chips jimmy comes joke assistance helped jimmy originate joke telling jimmy hungry substantial fruit jimmy suggested jimmy like yeah jimmy like putting mouth yeah jimmy gay fish joke plays similarity phrases fish spoken hit south_park begins taking half credit joke kyle tells jimmy stand jimmy tells feels wrote joke fears jimmy try credit asks kyle advice deal jimmy kyle instead says believes jimmy wrote entire joke suggests ego big remembers things incorrectly feel important supplemented flashbacks creation joke ridiculous episode goes showing truly believe deserves credit joke national sensation goes claiming credit joke joke played rapper kanye_west understand west grows angry allow explain claims genius voice generation admits stole joke compensate funny claiming dick don work parody character way doesn believe beats death help hired jimmy ellen degeneres claim invented joke prompting jimmy confronts asking live taking credit joke write interrupted threatens kill convinced wrote joke jimmy help believes saved life black widow dragon defeated army jew robots powers similar thinks realizes kyle trying tell gets completely backwards believes jimmy ego twisted jimmy ego trying convince wrote joke accepting wrote thing jimmy believes massive ego believes finally understands joke incorrectly thinks means fact gay fish episode ends diving ocean embrace new identity gay fish form music video happily sea kissing random fish deleted scene west body picked discovered coast guards production written directed series creator concept began parker fellow creator actor attended writers retreat seattle washington visited body water watch salmon jump started salmon wearing outfit like motorcycle eventually reminded music video rapper kanye_west song touch sky west dresses like led scene west news program angrily denying reports fish shouting salmon hour ride car stone parker discussed joke eventually thought joke featured prominently final episode duo said found hilarious told variations joke forth rest ride stone said van driver hired kept talking gay fish thought funny fact didn joke originally stemmed kanye_west parker stone said realized west probably extremely joke understand decided episode revolve coming idea parker stone waited long time finally wrote script stone said dumb going episode stone said jokes complete came writing process scene steals credit jimmy joke write inspired people parker stone worked television business present discussions duo later claimed credit idea stone said truly believe sinister trying steal glory actually fully believe came parker provided voice episode gay fish length song featured end episode west realization actually gay fish parker large pitch audio processing parker said eventually discovered sing key purpose order desired effect parker said bad singer order thing actually sound way day broadcast half minute version kanye_west spoof gay fish available download official south_park website site featured shirts based episode featured jimmy asking like features text kanye_west episode cultural references kanye_west song episode fact gay fish parody west song recording rapper usage pitch audio processing west confronts jimmy mistakes daddy rapper record producer host mind portrayed stealing credit joke write reference accusations jokes people death scene episode claims uses relieve reference character uses wheelchair crime film way talk hosts david_letterman jay_leno featured episode voiced real life brother previously served writer voice actor south_park fantasy sequence says flame turns fiery flying superhero reference superhero member fantastic reception original american broadcast watched million overall households according nielsen_media_research making watched comedy central production week million household viewers second watched comedy central week april episode daily june announced watched south_park episode official south_park website episodes south_park date available viewing kanye_west responded day episode original broadcast said enjoyed parodies kanye_west said blog feelings hurt episode broadcast wrote twitter feed fun south_park thought catch arts reporter new_york_times complimented response west wrote blog south_park murdered night pretty damn funny hurts feelings expect south_park west thanked south_park writers blog entry acknowledged problem ego said trying change parker stone said extremely surprised west reaction felt treated far harshly episode west parker said like said gay fish talking dumb said post fascinating look head days complimented west honesty rolling_stone said tried failed end took animated children colorado kanye_west ego day look day thank south_park historic moment life entertainment_weekly suggested west modest response actually marketing stunt help sell upcoming personal energy drink mitchell wrote laugh south_park conspiracy response media coverage west wrote blog entry april claiming seen episode found funny working arrogance problem time south_park lead ego day said blog entry visiting factory restaurant manager brought plate joke episode received positive slightly mixed reviews ign declared best episode season calling beautiful kanye_west spoof timed hilarious spot phenomenon new_york_post said episode best south_park particularly praised west song parody fact simple running joke hold episode brilliant magazine said episode south_park classic takes advantage monumental ego gave episode grade described west parody awesome final scene gay fish west song spell binding guide listed episode number television moments week said episode included good laughs kicks high gear said themes worked better episode episodes typically occur south_park season great bad amusing forgettable sean said disappointed episode thought message celebrity self better focused west liked west song episode final scene said west mixed funny fantasy sequences felt time limits imposed cutting forth respective start feel little note legacy september mtv_video_music_awards kanye_west interrupted acceptance speech walking stage grabbing microphone praising fellow nominee incident received considerable press attention drew attention comedy central broadcast straight hours september kanye_west referenced episode song gorgeous album beautiful dark twisted fantasy says choke south_park writer similarly referenced episode album watch throne song america says south_park designing following controversial performance music festival sprayed graffiti festival grounds making signs rapper gay fish called created january legal pressure developers change logo resembling west resembling half man half fish hybrid instead home release thirteen episodes south_park thirteenth season released disc dvd set disc blu ray set united_states march sets included brief audio commentaries parker stone episode collection deleted scenes special mini feature inside xbox scenes tour south park studios discussed process host major nelson
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