10 Hilarious Economic Lessons From South Park
3. Handicar
In this episode Timmy runs a ride service which is clearly meant to represent the ride-share company Uber. Like Uber, Timmy soon comes under attack for his ride service by a compact of special interests seeking to stifle competition by putting him out of business. To drive the point home, Mimsi, a mentally handicapped henchman, is constantly pointing the obvious facts about competition serving the market and increasing quality of the product or service, or how the bad guys could concentrate on how to make their businesses more attractive to consumers rather than trying to squash Timmy’s company.
The episode also features great homage to Wacky Races, a Saturday morning cartoon show which was popular in the 1960’s.
