South Park Zen - with Alan Watts!! - Democratic Underground

PSPS

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Mon Aug-20-07 10:12 PM
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South Park Zen - with Alan Watts!!

This is great, especially if you're familiar with who Alan Watts was and listened to any of his talks.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, have made a series of sincere online animation shorts, done in South Park style, based on pieces of the late philosopher Alan Watts. These are amazing!

http://souljerky.com/articles/south_park_zen_alan_watts_trey.html

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slackmaster

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Mon Aug-20-07 10:16 PM
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1. Looking forward to checking this out

In 1968 and 1969 I used to listen to Alan Watts' lectures on my little transistor radio when I couldn't sleep at night. That was my first taste of modern philosophical thought.

Thanks for th elink, PSPS.

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MannyGoldstein

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Mon Aug-20-07 10:20 PM
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2. Fantastic!

Thank you!

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HughMoran

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Mon Aug-20-07 10:20 PM
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3. Wow, a voice from the past

I used to listen to his lectures with my dad when I was much younger. I think he will enjoy these shorts - page bookmarked.

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Octafish

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Mon Aug-20-07 10:32 PM
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4. Just changed my opinion of South Park.

Alan Watts was profound.
One of the joys of my life was hearing him speak
albeit taped on the radio and from the pages of his books.
We are very fortunate to have met him.

South Park? Wow.
Now an entirely new public can learn.

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