Going Down to South Park…

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Let’s all go and have ourselves a time with Cartman, Kyle, Stan, Kenny and
the gang in glorious South Park. In honor of the show’s 100th episode, we
thought we’d give you an up close and personal look at the world’s wildest,
crassest, most wonderfully obnoxious third graders around.

Did you know
that South Park all started with a short cartoon called Jesus Vs. Frosty,
from University of Colorado film students Matt Stone and Trey Parker? Somehow,
the cartoon made its way to Fox executives, who then commissioned the duo for
another short to be sent to a list of celebrities for the Holidays. The
resulting short was a hit, and was soon developed into a cartoon series for
Comedy Central.

The very first episode of this new show, which aired
on August 13, 1997, set the bar for the utterly bizarre, completely irreverent
and at times controversial standard to which the show would adhere. Clearly,
it’s a system that has worked – and 1 movie, several Christmas specials and
plenty of belly laughs later, South Park is still one of the
highest rated cartoon shows around. So, let’s take a closer look at a few of the
denizens of this small Colorado town…

First, there’s Eric Cartman, or
simply “Cartman.” He’s on the portly side, he’s not the brightest kid on the
block, and his mother/father is a hermaphrodite. Next, there’s Kyle Broflovski,
who is constantly being made fun of because he is Jewish. He has a little
adopted brother Ike, who is Canadian. We know this, because the top half of
Ike’s head just sort of floats above the lower half – as is the case with all
Canadians on South Park. Next, there’s Stan Marsh, football star, who
lives with a cantankerous old grandfather who is always demanding that Stan kill
him. Finally, there’s the heartbreaking Kenny, who dies in a different hideous
way in each episode. He speaks in little, practically inaudible mumbles, and
lives (when he’s alive, that is) in a shack with a family of belligerent
drunkards.

But while these are the stars, there are also plenty of weird
and wacky supporting characters. They include the large, Barry White-esque Chef,
the psychotic teacher Mr. Garrison, Canadian TV stars Terrance and Philip (who
have heads not unlike Ike’s), the Ethiopian import Starvin’ Marvin, the
way-too-jazzed-up-on-coffee Tweek, the very Dickensian Pip, Big Gay Al – owner
of the Big Gay Animal Sanctuary, the Acrobatic Romanian Quints, Phil Collins
(yes, Phil Collins), Sexual Harassment Panda, Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo,
Death, Underpants Gnomes…the list really just goes on and on, with each
character more outlandish than the next.

But why take our word for it?
If you’re not easily offended, and your sense of humor walks the boundaries of
good taste, then you simply must check out South Park on Comedy Central.
Howdy ho!


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