While trying to get a free promotional digital sports watch, the boys end up contacting an organization that helps starving children in africa. While marvin and the boys travel around the world on their mission, they are pursued by various government agencies. When the charity comes to pick up starvin marvin at cartmans house, they take cartman instead. With trey parker, matt stone, mary kay bergman, michael ann young. November 19, 1997 after the boys contact an agency that helps starving children, government authorities send cartman to ethiopia. In south park, mephesto creates a species of mutant the boys see a commercial with sally struthers about adopting ethiopian children, and getting a sports watch. Here are previous posts on episode 1, episode 2, episode 3, episode 4, episode 5. They decide to but instead of the sports watch, they get an ethiopian. Television journalists described the rating as astonishing by comedy central standards. Its thanksgiving in south park and the main boys attempt to sponsor an. It first aired on comedy central in the united states on november 19, 1997. Now that were on episode 8 theres not as much meat on this bone, not. Starvin marvin is the ninth episode of the first season of the american animated television. Instead of getting the watch, an actual ethiopian child is sent to south park.
In the episode, cartman, kenny, kyle and stan send money to an african charity hoping to get a sports watch, but are instead sent an ethiopian child whom they dub starvin marvin. Adding chaos to confusion, a flock of wild turkeys revolt after their treatment at the hands of the local genetic engineer. Watch south park season 1 episode 8 online tv fanatic. We found an ethernopian video clip south park studios. South park starvin marvin in space tv episode 1999 imdb. I remember seeing this episode for the first time and thinking starvin marvins ethiopian.
The boys see a commercial with sally struthers about adopting ethiopian children. Episode 5 of the fantracks podcast from fanboys anonymous audio commentary track for starvin marvin episode 8 of season 1 from south. In this one, the boys want a sports watch advertised on tv, you get it when you sponsor an ethiopian child. After the boys contact an agency that helps starving children, government authorities send. They call him starvin marvin, cartman is sort of mean to him and will not give him any food. So when some men come and ask to take him back, they take cartman instead. Watch south park season 1, episode 8 starvin marvin. Starvin marvin is a very funny episode of south park. Sally struthers was reportedly saddened and offended by her portrayal in this episode. The government tries to hunt down starvin marvin after he steals an alien spaceship. Government authorities mistake cartman for a starving african child and send him to ethiopia.