South Park
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by americanTV in South Park
From a video Christmas card to one of the most outrageous and irreverent shows on cable- this is one of the best ways to describe the origins of South Park. This is an animated sitcom as broadcast on Comedy Central and created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone geared towards the more mature audience. Up until this time, the duo still writes and creates the contents and the stories for the South Park.
The show is known for many things, but perhaps most will agree that the show is known for its rejection of political correctness, the use of crude humor and known as well for lampooning many topics. The series takes place in the tiny village of South Park, and the focus of the series is around the four children. There is the sensible but nervous Stan Marsh; the neurotic Kyle Broflovski; the fat one and the obnoxious Eric Cartman; and there is also the parka-wearing Kenny McCormick. There is an ongoing narrative and story line that involves the four children. The show was actually developed from two animated shorts also created by the duo in 1992 and 1995. The latter show gained prominence thru the internet file sharing site.
When the show was made available on Comedy Central, the comedy show generated good ratings and the availability of Comedy Central also increased as well. Since its start in 1997, South Park already has 188 episodes and considered to be the network’s highest rated program. Now on its 13th season, the writing duo of Matt Stone and Trey Parker are tied under contract to produce 14 more episodes and these episodes are expected to run until 2011. The episodes of South Park are known to thread on sensitive and risky issues yet it manages to get humor from it. The show is known as an “equal opportunity offender” which means that it manages to take both sides and even no sides on many issues.
Oh my god they killed Kenny! old school but a classic!