▁told ▁variations ▁of ▁the ▁jo ke ▁back ▁and ▁forth ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁ride . ▁Stone ▁said , ▁" The ▁van ▁driver ▁we ▁h ired ▁was ▁just ▁so ▁b um med ▁because ▁we ▁just ▁kept ▁talking ▁about ▁fish st icks , ▁' You ' re ▁a ▁gay ▁fish ', ▁over ▁and ▁over . ▁We ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁so ▁fun ny , ▁and ▁just ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁get ▁it ." ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁jo ke ▁originally ▁stem med ▁from ▁E vel ▁K nie vel ▁and ▁not ▁K any e ▁West , ▁Parker ▁and ▁Stone ▁said ▁they ▁realized ▁West ▁would ▁probably ▁be ▁extremely ▁humor less ▁about ▁the ▁jo ke ▁and ▁not ▁understand ▁it , ▁so ▁they ▁decided ▁the ▁episode ▁should ▁revol ve ▁mostly ▁around ▁him . ▁After ▁coming ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁idea , ▁Parker ▁and ▁Stone ▁waited ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁before ▁they ▁finally ▁wrote ▁the ▁script ▁because , ▁Stone ▁said , ▁" It ▁just ▁seemed ▁too ▁d umb . ▁Are ▁we ▁really ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁a ▁whole ▁episode ▁about ▁this ?" ▁Stone ▁said ▁the ▁j okes ▁about ▁Carlos ▁M encia ▁were ▁" just ▁a ▁complete ▁after th ought " ▁that ▁came ▁about ▁during ▁the ▁writing ▁process . ▁During ▁one ▁scene ▁in ▁" F ish st icks ", ▁Cart man ▁ste als ▁credit ▁from ▁Jimmy ▁for ▁a ▁jo ke ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁write . ▁This ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁people ▁Parker ▁and ▁Stone ▁have ▁worked ▁with ▁in ▁the ▁television ▁business ▁who ▁were ▁present ▁for ▁discuss ions ▁the ▁du o