Mr. Garrison's Journey of Self- Discovery (South Park Video Essay) (75K Subscriber Special)

[@RanterInShades]

This is why I've always seen Garrison as the most interesting character on South Park. Going from a straight man, to a closeted gay, to a gay man, to a trans woman, to a trans lesbian, and back. I don't think there's ever been a character like this before and I don't think there ever will be again.

[@liannababy4030]

To a homophobic gay man😂

[@DianaGohan]

Don't forget about president and then back as a teacher and.... I kind of hope one of the specials actually uses the trial of Trump but with Garrison as one of the plotlines honestly

[@Deafting]

Straight -> Closeted gay -> Gay -> Trans woman -> Homophobic trans woman -> Trans lesbian -> Homophobic possibly gay man

[@viziroth]

to answer the pink triangle thing. The pink triangle was originally used to identify lgbt folks in the camps, but the gay rights movement in the 70's reclaimed the pink triangle as a memorial symbol for queer folks, and eventually evolving into a pride symbol, though it's generally fallen out of favor for the various rainbow flags and specific pride flags.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Yes, and those same gay people who claimed the pink triangle still think the word queer is a slur and would take umbridge with you calling them that.

[@shinerstheseagull]

⁠@@lainiwakura1776 I’d like to clear something up, as someone who identifies with the word “queer”: It began being used to describe homosexual men in the late 1800s, most commonly as a slur. However, even then, it also had positive and neutral connotations, especially when used by members of said community. During the gay liberation movement (especially after Stonewall), it was reclaimed from the prevailing negative use to describe a rejection of heteronormativity. It went the against gay assimilationist views of “we’re the same as straight people, we want to get married, buy a house with a white picket fence…” and proudly stated “we’re different, we’re queer, but that doesn’t make us less than.” I don’t want to digress too much, so I suggest reading up on it. Stonewall, what led to the gay rights movement, was not assimilationist. I don’t think that those hurt by the word should “get over it”. It was (and can still be) used to hurt many people. There’s nothing wrong with being uncomfortable with it’s use, and I support people letting others know when it makes them uncomfortable. I just don’t want people to act like all the gay people from the Stonewall era would be horrified some have reclaimed it. “Lesbian” doesn’t fully describe me. My romantic attraction and sexual attraction are not the same. I am queer. Please don’t forget about us Source for its historical use: “What does the word ‘queer’ even mean?” by Anna Iovine (Mashable . com), especially the source in the article from Timothy Jones

[@seekerofnothingness]

I think Mr. Garrison shows that no matter your sexuality you can still be an a-hole. I mean, seriously, sometimes people act like having a sexuality that isn't straight makes that person good no matter what they says or do

[@jairusjackson7799]

So true. Like having beef with a gay person means you hate gay people, like no. It means you hate this one individual for being an asshole that just so happens to be gay

[@unviewerrandom4792]

Couldtn' have say it better my dude

[@MotiMota15]

Nobody but 14 year olds on twitter think that way tbh

[@unviewerrandom4792]

cry more @@MotiMota15

[@jaybay5538]

@@MotiMota15 Im bisexual and ex-supporter of the LGBT. Hang out at more at gay bars and youll see there are quite a few people whose entire personality revolves around their sexuality.

[@Official_RetroMania]

I love Mr Garrison. My favorite joke with him it's when he wants to confront his father for the "abuse" 😂

[@StephanieJackson-lt4oe]

Never laid a finger on him, the MONSTER

[@cardboardcutout]

WE DO NOT SPEAK OF THAT EPISODE….

[@The3Virus]

"Am I the only sane person left on Earth?"

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

His book was also the best homoerotic book cents Huckleberry Finn

[@IsiahTomas]

​@@The3Virus That was one of the best lines from that episode.

[@immolation4390]

Always weird hearing someone a decade younger than me calling themselves "old"

[@katlicks]

38:30 In my high school we had to carry around a sack of flour and pretend it was a baby. One of the students stood at the top of the stairs and tore his flour baby open and threw it yelling "Anthrax, anthrax, my baby is full of anthrax!" Also Garrison is absolutely wild, the show strikes a humorous balance between being utterly despicable, and then whips it around by making that the punchline, that it's despicable. It also makes a fun journey for Garrison.

[@jinmori694]

This comment had me laughing my ass off. That anthrax baby kid is an absolute legend!

[@buildtherobots]

I'm actually a little disappointed that my high school didn't shoulder us with fake babies/flour sacks as part of a bigger lesson in health class. I even remember reading a catalog for schools that sold animatronic babies for this very purpose except the catalog I was looking at had an option to buy an animatronic crack baby, which cried more often and required more effort to soothe/silence than the regular robot baby. It was a strange experience being in high school and seeing this catalog of "teaching aides" and just being horrified at the options available and being grateful that my public highschool didn't feel the need to purchase robot babies or flour sacks to teach us responsibility...

[@madcat789]

We did something like that. My friend baked his child into a bread, having sacrificed her to "The Bread Gods".

[@takkycat]

As an educator in the arts (but not music) I actually discovered why schools teach the recorder. It supposedly helps with lung development!

[@alexvaughan1013]

Too bad kids are more interested in playing the vape nowadays.

[@RoastedToastedPoops]

​@@alexvaughan1013you mean the douche flute

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I refused to play the recorder and even convinced the teacher I had a learning disorder that made me unable to understand music. I learned piano just fine when I was 24-25 though.

[@HotelMari0Maker]

Mr. Garrison is my favorite South Park character. I love how nonchalant he is about being an unapologetic asshole 😂

[@korie4198]

I studied to be a teacher and they absolutely do teach you how to deal with students and we do tons of internships and work under supervision with students. We take classes on how to work with culturally diverse students, students with disabilities, educational psychology etc. These classes were all required for the degree.

[@vaynehowlett3091]

I friggin cried from laughing so hard over the Garison's father episode.

[@matthewdrummond1340]

12:20 I agree 💯 He had no way to know it was Cartman

[@crystalgemgirl731]

Yep. And I like how Cartman was genuinely willing to befriend him.

[@cardboardcutout]

Honestly I’d LOVE to see a remake of Follow That Egg where it focuses on Wendy and Bebe.

[@silyknow]

I love how you made a reference to Mr Cellophane and then Joel Grey consecutively when Joel Grey played Amos Hart in the 96 broadway revival of Chicago

[@cubah1]

Big gay Al in the scouts episode was despicable. He doesn’t want to force tolerance, he wants people to want to be tolerant. It’s pretty humble

[@wesleythomas7125]

I was way too young to realize the "It" was a vehicularized sex toy when I watched that episode...

[@buruzn09]

Mr. Garrison is a tough character in the “representation” conversation because before he was out as LGBTQIA+, he was an over the top deranged and terrible person. That instability was the original dominant character trait, and his progression to coming out was folded into what was clearly a disturbed mind at that point. The fact that the way he chose to come out and / or transition is in keeping with his personality as developed. It fit with his character, and I think part of representation is accounting for the whole character, not just the part of their identity that is “representation.”

[@alexvaughan1013]

Garrison is to LGBTQ+ representation what Rick is to autism representation. An intentionally offensive character who shouldn't be taken seriously as representation.

[@charliecomer6001]

Ah, just like butters said. You gotta take the good with the bad

[@bsanchez3563]

​@@charliecomer6001 makes sense

[@brandonlam3756]

Wait there’s an I and A now?

[@buruzn09]

@@brandonlam3756 yup, and a “+”. I honestly don’t know what they all represent, but if it’s that easy to show someone I don’t mean them any disrespect then I’ll include it all.

[@cubah1]

Woah woah woah. Mr. Hat is alive, he isn’t a split personality with Mr. Garrison. Mr. Garrison is more of a vessel.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

I see it kinda like Mitch/Cartman

[@boo-la-la_666]

Mr Hat and Mitch Connor episode??

[@tished]

excited, mr garrison is one of the best characters

[@raven3067]

President Garrison was probably his lowest point. 🇺🇸

[@the1magageneral323]

Not really

[@novabell24]

President Garrison was the ‘BEST’ version of the character. Because he was based off the real life person, won’t say their name, they know who they are. He was some of the funniest parts of season 20.

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

I'd say mr. Garrison's lowest point when he realized he was gay but hated other gay people

[@electricangel4488]

I think his high point is there 2. Telling people to vote for his opponent

[@Jzombi301]

he had some of his best moments as president but i agree that it was one of the lowest, if not _the_ lowest point in his life

[@ryanmcwilliams8784]

I got a nose job and it was the best thing I ever did. I used to not be able to breathe out of my nose and constantly had allergies and stuffy nose. Since my surgery I haven’t had a problem breathing since. But it did change me, my face now looks like the guy who plays aqua man that buff hot guy.

[@charlieputhstan]

So your nose looks like Jason Momoa?

[@naomiwolf1]

The Heather's quotes are fabulous ❤️

[@woodengladiator5264]

Especially since the song is my dead gay son which makes it feel even more fitting

[@ZoanBlade90]

7:20 Yeah, we tend to go to either Jasper or Orange Beach for vacations. It's nice to go somewhere that *doesn't have mosquitos!* Sorry, just dealing with bites on my left foot at the moment.

[@ravenwaves6785]

This is simultaneously the weirdest and greatest analysis channel on YT.

[@Bowl-0f-Soup]

Ngl Mr. Garrison has had the weirdest rise and fall ever, because he keeps getting good then sucking then getting good then sucking

[@oliviafelty253]

When you said "the dove that sings outside my window" my mind went directly to Heather Chandler

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Congratulations on the milestone. Garrison has been staple of SP since season 1 and his evolution has definitely been noticed

[@princessmarlena1359]

Stay indoors while in Connecticut, don’t get sick from the smokey air!

[@cubah1]

The recorder episode is one of my favorites. So many laugh. From the Mr. Hat fight, every Garrison scene.

[@alexvaughan1013]

And when everyone in the world shits themselves!

[@Someguyhere111]

Mr. Garrison is my favourite straight man turned gay man turned straight woman turned gay woman turned straight man turned gay man in television history.

[@samsnellman3789]

Hi kitty i just want to say i love your content i have been watching you for a year and seeing your content always makes my day better keep up the good work

[@eljahajutin7]

29:45 this device looks like a Motorcycle in 5D's

[@kattheghost3836]

I love all the musical references, i just saw Chicago last night! Great video yet again!

[@Scoutbutball]

You deserve more subs ❤ This vid is fun :D

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

Mr.Garrison is one of the funniest Adult characters in South Park

[@tonythetiger1600]

Randy n cartman are my favourites

[@DrTranReincarnated]

For a show about 4 boys it’s Randy and Mr. Garrison who have the biggest arcs in the entire series

[@rileyanthony]

He’s actually a pretty interesting character in general and know it’s going to be a long video to and I also wonder if this video will be to Kitty monk brakes her no politics rule I guess we will wait and see.

[@phoenixofgrandeur2387]

I hope.

[@bsanchez3563]

​@@phoenixofgrandeur2387 ooh if it is and that is a rule although not a suprise, and altough it is not as pretty much regardless there needs to be some level of rules in many if not most situations or concepts... lest it be feelimg too open ended ig if that made sense... and cause yk yt has stringent requirements that incessantly change...if it was that is a juicy funfact/trivia if it is an exception because that would be the thing many do not notice or realize later on is when a specific circumstance has occurred in time etc... like it is I guess a what if scenario for an alter timeline etc ykwis?

[@rileyanthony]

@@bsanchez3563 totally makes sense but the thing is in one of kitty monks other videos she said in her own words “I’m going to have to break my no politics rule” witch doesn’t happen often even though form watching her videos over time it pretty easy to figure out witch side of the political lane is in.

[@bsanchez3563]

@@rileyanthony ooh this is exciting... but also what is a political "lane" mean?

[@rileyanthony]

@@bsanchez3563 I mean such as i’ll as of they left leaning or right leaning that’s what I mean 🙂.

[@Raywasheresoyeah]

While watching this I got an advertisement talking about a comedian, and he was saying something about a walk in closet,and inside the closet was a hamster. 😂

[@carolinecheney]

I love your vids and Heathers refs! That’s why I subbed now!

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

Started watching you a few weeks ago. Man youre really awesome. Keepz itz upz

[@steve9044]

Congratulations on this milestone

[@peterversionone]

Fun fact: the voice for Mr. Slave first appeared on the episode Ass-pen singing the end credit song Take On Me

[@dylan4142]

I love all your musical references!!!!

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

75k you deserve it kitty monk by this time next year I personally will see it get to 1 million I stake My Honor on it

[@caleb1413]

Good video! I was expecting you to include his interactions with Chef in "Summer Sucks" as well though. "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" also has some relevant stuff about him.

[@dambrony810]

Garrisons journey was longer than Tolkiens walk simulator

[@lhd1008]

77,000 now, Happy Birthday to the figurative channel child

[@LoneWolf20213]

I kinda want you to see if the emperor had a text to speech device by Bruva Alfabusa to make a review on the collective insanity that is the mental state of each notable character then again, Warhammer itself is inannity and chaos incarnate, but they play a fun twist on it

[@alexvaughan1013]

Garrison has had more changes than both Prince Zuko and Thorfinn Karlsefni!

[@d11j09l92]

Wow, a post dissing Rosie O’Donnell popped up on my KZbin feed right as you mentioned her in this video. I love it when things line up like that. 😂

[@buildtherobots]

Fun fact, Frank N'Furter in RHPS has a number tattooed on him as well, also linking him to the Holocaust

[@Sly88Frye]

6:34 When I was in sixth grade our music teacher taught us to play the recorder and I actually became so good at it that me and two other students were told to play the recorder in front of the entire class. I really wish I took more of an interest in playing that instrument or maybe that complete to playing an actual flute because of the fact I was that good at it Maybe I could have actually gone pro. Unfortunately I guess just because I really wasn't interested in continuing to play it whenever I wasn't in school that I just didn't bother.

[@mathieuleader8601]

It was a golden missed opportunity for Garrison's president arc not to have his parents react or interact with him as president or be introduced to his extended family.

[@coltonhau693]

Never had the egg, I got a cool high tech doll that had sensors in the diaper and the bottle and neck and back it cryed and had a little wrist strap to ensure that only you did anything for it. Had it for 3 days got a 93

[@FairyPrincessNia]

Okay, thank you, I've always hated the "moral" of "Cr*pple Fight."

[@deusmediaworks515]

I feel like this needs a part 2

[@edsova5089]

Could you do an episode on Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons and how he's softened up from being the school bully to the neglected kid with emotional problems?

[@lordfarquad4385]

GREAT JOB ON 75,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@crimsonmoonrise9785]

Dear Kitty Monk,please do a video on Dil Pickles during his All Grown Up time. His parents really should have put their foot down with his "imagination".

[@the1magageneral323]

Gravely left out the Mr.Hat/Mr.Twig thing as a part of Garrison's side.

[@Krill_Phil]

0:35 Don’t think I didn’t catch that In The Heights reference! 🫵

[@endane]

I love the contrast between Mr Garrison and the other gay characters, Big Gay Al and Mr Slave both are happy living their lives but at no point attempt to shove it down anyone’s throats, in fact they draw the line, basically “you do you and what makes you you”, while Mr Garrison is the pushy annoying side going “how do YOU know you’re not into it if you haven’t tried it! You won’t try it? Triggered!”

[@-humanbeing-8733]

YO WAIT WAS THAT A HEATHERS REFERENCE I SEE YOU

[@Sly88Frye]

13:45 Actually what's really sad is even nowadays there's people who think that bisexuals are pedophiles and rumors. I mean that's a really stupid thing to think that they would be. Bisexuals are normal people and so are homosexuals. My wife is in fact bisexual and she's proud of it. And even though she's bisexual she's completely loyal to me so it's not like there's anything wrong with her for being bisexual at all. But sadly there still are a lot of people out there who see that as a problem. She worries that even some members of my own family might have a problem although we have not found out for sure if they would because as far as we know they do not know about it yet

[@cubah1]

Damn I feel old, I was a senior in high school when this episode came out

[@themonster4815]

36:51 Yes, they were. In fact, that triangle that shows up on Frank-N-Furter was how the Germans identified gay prisoners. Fun fact that the same pink triangle appears on Mr. Twig, which is Garrison's temporary replacement for Mr. Hat after he came out as gay

[@jtilton5]

Some comments: The reason schools give kids recorders is because they are cheap and easy to replace and teach the beginings of how to play wind instruments. Here in Thailand they have something similar, it's a little plastic keyboard that you have to blow on a tube to get to play different notes. Also, the 2000 election was the first election I was eligible to vote in.... So now I feel really old!

[@Eevee-sz7xe]

11:50 you're right sorry about that 😭

[@Waffle-house]

How does it make sense that filmore went through so much work to get class president just to concede IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE

[@Vanessinha91Pucca]

I was 14 in 2000, the fact is that celebrities didn't influence as now days politics. Most steer away and none had social media accounts.

[@peterversionone]

When Kitty mentioned the casino episode, I laughed like the native americans on it. A Native American punched me. My eye hurts now

[@kylegarner6753]

Don't worry about flying to Hartford. Bradley is a delight

[@nubiangoddess2376]

Hey kitty, love the videos! Light suggestion 😅 .. when you reference an episode, can you say the season and episode numbers? That would be super helpful for people like me that like to go back and watch episodes you discuss in your videos 😇

[@cardboardcutout]

Purple shirt Randy episode 😭😭😭

[@cardboardcutout]

42:22 In this shot you can see Randy’s Metrosexual outfit from that one episode

[@astrilume]

chef put it best when talking about garrison

[@nathanhudson-young2460]

As someone who lives in Arkansas, I can comfer about what you said about there being nothing to do here.

[@buildtherobots]

I love the mention of Bulldog from Frasier as an example of a woman-hating Playboy

[@celcelcelll]

The Heathers reference was awesome 😭

[@rileyanthony]

@KittyMonk I hope there’s can be other characters I think would be pretty interesting to talk about.

[@nidohime6233]

The only thing everyone can agree on is Mr. Garrison is crazy as fuck.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Chef: Children there's a big difference between Gay and Mr Garrison.

[@P-man_XD]

17:10 XD "I'm not gonna comment ;)" XD

[@Jakec46]

That episode about class president was released on my birthday lol

[@BennSimonn]

Don't forget Mr. Twig's pink triangle

[@Neckbeardlevel]

How is a 41 year old meeting a person in their 30s the least bit icky?

[@ryanhau1073]

Bloom also did a pretty good Video about Garrison

[@LoneWolf20213]

hold on, we're the same age then, I commend your efforts in your channel

[@ryansaunders9901]

Lol its funny and insightful i love your videos

[@LordShonji]

Didnt use an egg but a sock baby we made in Home Ec

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

My God Kitty monk I didn't think I was older than you I thought that we were the same age but I've got you beat by 8 years

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

"maybe Tom Cruise is in there" 👀 aha

[@foxymi3288]

about the nambla episode i kinda think garrison might’ve liked the idea of being with a boy or it was some part of trauma but when he really tried to meet with a child he freaked out and yeah you can say it’s bc it’s fucking eric of all kids but was he really planning on having sex with a child and bc he has thoughts of sex with boys he dropped that “i’m in the wrong place” line

[@loneronin6813]

Congrats on the subscriber count, Kitty! You earned it and more!

[@googamp32]

31:10 To non-South Park fans, you must sound like SUCH a nutter!

[@alexkumaratunga2834]

Mr. Garrison is the one person I debatably think is worse than Cartman.

[@jasburger]

Perfect for 6/9

[@Cosmicmolecules]

😂

[@fidomf7922]

420

[@u1hpme]

You forgot the episode about garrison transforming. WE DEMAND YOU TO MAKE ONE 😊

[@unviewerrandom4792]

Kitty South park indicate on the chat he was 8 ... so Garrison knew yes ? and like Chief once said " its not about gay people , it s just Garrison is a dangerous deviant"

[@tomcurl8034]

Arkansas is awesome there’s so much quarts near Hot Springs

[@cardboardcutout]

can we not talk about that… BROWN NOTE EPISODE NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOO But the sub-plot was good. If the ep was only that id watch it again