South Park
Genre	Animation Sitcom
Created by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Voices of	Trey Parker Matt Stone Isaac Hayes (1997-2006) Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999) Eliza Schneider (2000-2003) Mona Marshall April Stewart John Hansen Jennifer Howell Adrien Beard
Opening theme	"South Park Theme" by Primus/Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
Country of origin	United States
No. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Isaac Lee Hayes Jr (August 20 1942 – August 10 2008 was an American Academy Award winning soul and Funk singer-songwriter Musician Mary Kay Bergman ( June 5, 1961 &ndash November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts Eliza Jane Schneider (born February 3, 1978) is an American actress songstress oral historian playwright and Voice-over artist Mona Marshall (born Mona M Ianotti on August 31, 1947) is an American Voice actress. April Stewart (aka Gracie Lazar) is an American voiceover artist John "Nancy" Hansen is an American voice actor and producer Jennifer Howell is a Canadian - American Voice actor. She can currently be heard on the Animated cartoon TV series South Adrien Beard is an American Voice actor. He can currently be heard on the Animated cartoon TV series South Park as the Primus is an American rock band currently composed of singer and bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is one of many musical projects involving Primus Bassist The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons	12
No.  of episodes	174 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Running time	22 min approx. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The following is an episode list Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator
Broadcast
Original channel	Comedy Central
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Original run	August 13, 1997 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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Since its debut on August 13, 1997, the show has aired 174 episodes over 12 seasons. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The following is an episode list The twelfth season began airing on March 12, 2008. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[1] The second half of season 12 premiers October 1, 2008. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The show is contracted to produce new episodes through a fifteenth season, until late 2011. ^[2] In 1999, South Park was made into a feature-length film titled South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award -nominated Animated satirical Comedy

Origins

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South Park began in 1992 when Trey Parker and Matt Stone, at the time students at the University of Colorado, met in a film class and created an animated short called Jesus vs. Frosty. This article is about the animated shorts by Trey Parker and Matt Stone The University of Colorado at Boulder ( CU-Boulder, UCB officially Colorado and CU colloquially is the Flagship University Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. This article is about the animated shorts by Trey Parker and Matt Stone The low-budget crudely made film featured prototypes of the main characters of South Park, including a character resembling Cartman but named "Kenny", an unnamed character resembling what is today Kenny, and two near-identical unnamed characters who would resemble Stan and Kyle. A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category Eric Theodore Cartman,commonly referred to by his Family name, Cartman, is one of the four main Fictional characters in the animated series Kenny McCormick, voiced by Matt Stone, is one of the four central Fictional characters of the Animated series South Park, the Stanley "Stan" Marsh is a Fictional character in the Animated television series South Park. Kyle Broflovski (portrayed as 'Brovlofski' on a sign at his dad's office in the season 4 episode Chef Goes Nanners) is a Fictional character in the Emmy ^[3]

In 1995, FOX executive Brian Graden saw the film, and commissioned Parker and Stone to create a second short film that he could send to his friends as a video Christmas card. Brian Graden (born 1963 is an American Television executive Graden grew up in Illinois and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1981 A Christmas card is a Greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to Titled Jesus vs. Santa, it resembled the style of the later series more closely, and featured a martial arts duel and subsequent truce between Jesus and Santa Claus over the true meaning of Christmas. This article is about the animated shorts by Trey Parker and Matt Stone Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. A ceasefire (or truce) is a temporary stoppage of a War or any Armed conflict, where each side of the conflict agrees Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply " Santa " is the This video was later featured in the episode "A Very Crappy Christmas" in which Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and Mr. " A Very Crappy Christmas " is episode 65 of the Comedy Central series South Park. Hankey "save" Christmas for the town. The video was popular and was widely shared, both by duplication and over the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks This led to talks to create a series, first with FOX, then with Comedy Central, where the series debuted on August 13, 1997. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar During the first four seasons of South Park, clips of the shorts can be seen in the opening sequence within an old television and a billboard.

History

South Park's early episodes tended to be shock value-oriented and featured more slapstick-style humor than later episodes. Shock value is the potential of an image text or other form of communication to provoke a reaction of Disgust, shock, Anger, Fear, Although satire had been used on the show occasionally earlier on, it became more prevalent in later episodes. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Episodes have parodied Michael Jackson ("The Jeffersons"), Paris Hilton ("Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset"), and The Passion of the Christ ("The Passion of the Jew"), as well as addressed serious political issues such as terrorism ("Cartoon Wars"), American immigration policy ("Goobacks"), Gay Marriage ("Follow that Egg"), and the Terri Schiavo case ("Best Friends Forever"). Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman "The Jeffersons" is episode 117 of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. " Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset " is episode 123 of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 film co-written co-produced and directed by Mel Gibson. "The Passion of the Jew" is episode 114 of the Comedy Central series South Park and was originally broadcast on March 31, 2004 Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term "Goobacks" is episode 118 of Comedy Central's South Park. Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same "Follow That Egg!" is episode 135 of the Comedy Central series South Park. Theresa Marie Schindler "Terri" Schiavo ( December 3 1963 – March 31 2005 was an American woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a Feeding tube "Best Friends Forever" is episode 129 of the Comedy Central series South Park paralleling the Terri Schiavo controversy

The pilot episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" (nearly identical to the first official episode, which has the same name), required three months to produce using construction paper and traditional cut-out animation techniques. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe " the first Episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park, originally aired on Construction paper or sugar paper is a type of coarse colored Paper typically available in large sheets However, the version that aired was different from the original version. Current episodes duplicate the original, amateurish look using modern computer animation tools—first PowerAnimator and then Maya, which Parker and Stone described as "building a sandcastle with a bulldozer". Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of Computers It is a subfield of Computer graphics PowerAnimator and Animator, also referred to simply as "Alias" the precursor to what is now Maya and StudioTools, was an expensive complex Maya is a high-end 3D computer graphics and 3D modeling software package originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation, but now owned by This allows for a shorter production schedule, enabling the creators to respond quickly to current events. The December 17, 2003 episode "It's Christmas in Canada" depicted the capture of Saddam Hussein a mere three days after the actual event, even referring to the "spider hole" in which he was found. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "It's Christmas in Canada" (sometimes called "Christmas in Canada?" or simply "Christmas in Canada") is episode 715 of Comedy Central's Operation Red Dawn is the US Military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq near Tikrit, that captured Iraq President Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 In this instance—as with the Elián González episode ("Quintuplets 2000") — the creators changed the production of an episode at the last minute to focus on the new world event. The custody and Immigration status of a young Cuban boy Elián González (born December 6, 1993) was at the center of a heated controversy " Quintuplets 2000 " (" Contorting Quintuplets 2000 " in some syndicated markets is episode 52 in the fourth season of the Comedy Central series

The disclaimer that begins every episode.

In 2002, the episode "Free Hat" aired. "Free Hat" is episode 88 of South Park. It originally aired on July 10, 2002. In this episode—inspired by Kyle's comment on Ted Koppel's Nightline that changing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial would be like changing Raiders of the Lost Ark—a fictional George Lucas and Steven Spielberg decide to alter the first Indiana Jones film. Edward James "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American journalist, best known as the former anchor for the This article is about the 1982 film For the term "ET" which redirects here see ET. Raiders of the Lost Ark (also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 Adventure film directed by Steven George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Dr (also Col Henry Walton Jones Jr, better known as Indiana Jones or Indy after his pet dog is a fictional Adventurer, Soldier Soon after the episode aired, Lucas and Spielberg announced that contrary to rumors they would not be altering Raiders of the Lost Ark for DVD release. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is

On August 26, 2007, Parker and Stone committed to three more seasons of South Park, so the show will run until at least 2011. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[2] They will continue to write, direct, and edit every episode of the show. ^[4]

Edited versions of South Park episodes, with the TV-14 rating, began broadcasting in syndication on September 19, 2005 on various local channels around the U.S.^[5] The series is co-distributed by Debmar-Mercury and 20th Television; the latter replaced Tribune Entertainment as co-distributor in early-2008, after Tribune ceased business. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Debmar-Mercury is a Television syndication company that is currently a Wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which acquired the company in Twentieth Television Inc (also referred to as 20th Television) is an American television distribution company that was formed in 1992 by 20th Century Tribune Entertainment was a television production and syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting in the mid-1980s

In March 2008, Comedy Central made all South Park episodes available for legal streaming on the South Park Studios website. However, legal issues prevent the episodes from being accessible in the UK, Australia and a few other territories outside US for now. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. ^[6]

Characters

Main article: South Park characters

The boys dressed for Halloween in the episode "Pinkeye". Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. " Pinkeye " is the seventh episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park. From left to right: Eric Cartman (as Adolf Hitler), Kyle Broflovski (as Chewbacca), Stan Marsh (as Raggedy Andy) and Kenny McCormick (literally a zombie). Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Chewbacca (or Chewie) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. Raggedy Ann is a Fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880&ndash1938 in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled

Prior to season four, the main characters of the show were four third grade students (often called "the boys" when as a group for easier reference): Stanley "Stan" Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Theodore Cartman, and Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick. In the United States third grade (called grade 3 in some regions is a year of Primary education. Stanley "Stan" Marsh is a Fictional character in the Animated television series South Park. Kyle Broflovski (portrayed as 'Brovlofski' on a sign at his dad's office in the season 4 episode Chef Goes Nanners) is a Fictional character in the Emmy Eric Theodore Cartman,commonly referred to by his Family name, Cartman, is one of the four main Fictional characters in the animated series Kenny McCormick, voiced by Matt Stone, is one of the four central Fictional characters of the Animated series South Park, the There are many recurring characters on the show, including the boys' families, school staff, and other students. This page is a list of family members in South Park. This does also include the main characters who are situated with their family here This page is a list of staff at South Park Elementary from the characters on the Animated television show South Park. This is a list of students that attend the fictional school South Park Elementary, in the American television show South Park. These include Leopold "Butters" Stotch, Chef, Mr. Hankey, Towelie, Jesus, and Satan. Jerome "Chef" McElroy was a recurring character on the Comedy Central series South Park. This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. Jesus is a Fictional character in South Park based on the biblical Jesus. Satan is a Fictional character in the animated series South Park voiced by Trey Parker and based on the Judeo-Christian There are also many other minor characters. The following is a list of minor characters on South Park. This does not include the school children, family members, townsfolk, or

Matt Stone and Trey Parker voice most of the male South Park characters, while April Stewart and Mona Marshall (formerly Mary Kay Bergman and Eliza Schneider) voice most of the female characters such as Wendy Testaburger and Sheila Broflovski. April Stewart (aka Gracie Lazar) is an American voiceover artist Mona Marshall (born Mona M Ianotti on August 31, 1947) is an American Voice actress. Mary Kay Bergman ( June 5, 1961 &ndash November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts Eliza Jane Schneider (born February 3, 1978) is an American actress songstress oral historian playwright and Voice-over artist This is a list of students that attend the fictional school South Park Elementary, in the American television show South Park. Gerald and Sheila Broflovski ( Polish:Browlowski are fictional characters in the animated series South Park. Other voices are currently provided by Adrien Beard (Token Black), Vernon Chatman (Towelie), and Jennifer Howell (Bebe Stevens). Adrien Beard is an American Voice actor. He can currently be heard on the Animated cartoon TV series South Park as the This is a list of students that attend the fictional school South Park Elementary, in the American television show South Park. Vernon Chatman (born circa 1972 is a Television producer, Writer, Voice actor, Stand-up comedian, Musician and a member of PFFR This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. Jennifer Howell is a Canadian - American Voice actor. She can currently be heard on the Animated cartoon TV series South This is a list of students that attend the fictional school South Park Elementary, in the American television show South Park. Former members of the voice cast include Isaac Hayes (Chef) and John Hansen (Mr. Slave). Isaac Lee Hayes Jr (August 20 1942 – August 10 2008 was an American Academy Award winning soul and Funk singer-songwriter Musician Jerome "Chef" McElroy was a recurring character on the Comedy Central series South Park. John "Nancy" Hansen is an American voice actor and producer This page is a list of staff at South Park Elementary from the characters on the Animated television show South Park. Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski were initially designed to represent creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone respectively; however, both have admitted to ultimately identifying far more with Cartman. ^[7]

Setting

The show is set in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The town is located in South Park, a geographical area of approximately 1000 square miles which is a high-altitude intermontane grassland basin. See also South Park (disambiguation South Park is a high intermontane grassland basin, approximately 10000 ft (3000 m in elevation In Geography, an intermontane is a feature that lies between Mountains. ^[8] South Park is in Park County about 80 miles southwest of Denver and four miles from Fairplay. Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The historic Town of Fairplay is a Statutory Town that is the County seat and the most populous town of Park County, Colorado, An unexplained peculiarity is that it is almost always winter in South Park, and there is (almost) always snow on the ground. This could be because the appearance of the characters, which were first introduced in a Christmas short, were dressed for winter. Cartman mentions in Jakovasaurs that there are only two seasons in South Park, winter and July (as seen in such episodes as Summer Sucks). " Jackovasaurus " is the 35th episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied " Summer Sucks " is the 21st episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park.

South Park is inspired by both real-life towns in the South Park basin such as Fairplay and the Denver suburbs such as Littleton, the sites of the upbringing of South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The City of Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality in Arapahoe County, Jefferson Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director ^[9]

The town is served by South Park Elementary and Hell's Pass Hospital. Town police consists almost entirely of Officer Barbrady (not counting county sheriff's deputies Yates and Murphy) and the only discernible politician is Mayor McDaniels. This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. County police are the Police of a County in the United States, Sweden and England (formerly in Scotland and Wales SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system originally developed by BT and MCI. This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. The town flag was changed in Chef Goes Nanners because the image of white people lynching a black man was thought racist. " Chef Goes Nanners " is episode 55 of the Comedy Central series South Park. Lynching is an Extrajudicial punishment meted out by a mob Lynching an enumerated Felony in some states in the United States, is defined by some List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that The new flag features a black man being lynched by people of all races and nationalities, including another black man. South Park was home to Jesus until his death in Red Sleigh Down. Jesus is a Fictional character in South Park based on the biblical Jesus. "Red Sleigh Down" (aka " Christmas in Iraq " is episode 96 of the Comedy Central series South Park.

Episodes

Main article: List of South Park episodes

Animation

Construction paper cutouts were used in the original pilot animation and in the first episode made for Comedy Central. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The following is an episode list This article is about the animated shorts by Trey Parker and Matt Stone " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe " the first Episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park, originally aired on Subsequent episodes have been produced by computer animation providing a similar look to the originals. The appearance of characters and scenes has become less crude over time, largely in order to enhance the comedic effect. Special effects, such as prepackaged explosions, have replaced cardboard-style fires. Light shading has been used to highlight "sappy," movie-like moments as well as some of Cartman's dramatic poses. Some episodes, such as Tweek vs. Craig and Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina, have even incorporated sections of live action video. " Tweek vs Craig " is the 36th episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park. " Mr Garrison's Fancy New Vagina " is episode 126 of South Park, which first aired on March 9, 2005. CorelDRAW is used to create the characters, which are animated using Maya, or in early episodes, PowerAnimator. CorelDRAW is a Vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. Maya is a high-end 3D computer graphics and 3D modeling software package originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation, but now owned by The style of animation used for South Park was inspired by the paper cut-out cartoons made by Terry Gilliam for Monty Python's Flying Circus, of which Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been lifelong fans. Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC Sketch comedy ^[10] Thanks to this efficient method, episodes of South Park are usually completed in six days (although some, such as AWESOM-O or Woodland Critter Christmas have taken only three or four). " AWESOM-O " is episode 116 of the Comedy Central series South Park. " Woodland Critter Christmas " is episode number 14 (the season 8 finale and the 125th episode overall of the Comedy Central series South Park ^[11]

Music

The show's original theme song was a musical score performed by the band Primus. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. Primus is an American rock band currently composed of singer and bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and The song has been remixed three times during the course of the series (as of season ten), and certain lines have been altered (see below). Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The following is an episode list In the beginning of season 10 the title music was changed to the song "Whamola", performed by The Les Claypool Frog Brigade, from the album Purple Onion. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The following is an episode list Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is one of many musical projects involving Primus Bassist The Purple Onion is also a nightclub in San Francisco Purple Onion is the first studio album by The Les Claypool Frog Brigade (Les Claypool is the singer and bassist in both Primus and the Frog Brigade. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U )

Kenny's lines in the song, like the rest of his speech in the show, are muffled by his parka hood, which covers his entire face except for his eyes; however, Kenny's lines have been revealed by South Park Studios. An anorak or parka is a type of heavy Jacket with a hood, often lined with Fur or Fake fur, so as to protect the face from a In seasons 1–2, he says "I love girls with big fat titties, I love girls with deep vaginas. " ^[12] From seasons 3-5 he says "I have got a 10 inch penis, use your mouth if you want to clean it. The penis (plural penises, penes " ^[12] In season 6, Kenny had been written out of the show, having supposedly permanently died; in his absence, Timmy, who has a cognitive disability (early in the show Timmy was originally described as being "mentally retarded"^[13]), takes his place, singing "Timmy Timmy, Timmy Timmy, Timmy Timmy, Livin'a lie Timmy!" After returning to the show just before season 7, Kenny also returned to the theme song: From season 7 to the first half of season 10, Kenny says "Some day I'll be old enough to stick my dick in Britney's butt. This is a list of students that attend the fictional school South Park Elementary, in the American television show South Park. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer " ^[14] Starting with the second half of Season 10, Kenny's lines changed again to "I like fucking silly bitches because I know my penis likes it. "^[15] In the original unaired pilot episode of Cartman Gets An Anal Probe, in the rather different version of the opening, Kenny's lines are the same as they were in the first 2 seasons.

Popular songs such as "Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch" originated on the show, but the creators' musical abilities were not frequently used until the release of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award -nominated Animated satirical Comedy The film's soundtrack (co-written and produced by Grammy Award-winning composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman) featured songs like "Blame Canada" (nominated for an Oscar; see below), "I'm Super," "La Resistance Medley," "Hell Isn't Good," "Mountain Town," "Uncle Fucka" (won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Musical Performance"), "Up There," and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Marc Shaiman (born October 22, 1959) is a multiple-award-winning American Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, and Performer " Blame Canada " is an Academy Award nominated song from the film South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut (by Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award -nominated Animated satirical Comedy The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV ( Music Television) " What Would Brian Boitano Do? " is a song from the film South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut written by DVDA ( Trey Parker and Matt " Several of the songs from the movie are satires of tunes from Disney cartoons. For instance, "Mountain Town" is highly similar to the song "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast. BATB redirects here If you were looking for Back at the Barnyard which is abbreviated as BATB see here. "Up There" is a take-off of two different Disney songs, "Out There" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 Animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and "La Resistance Medley" spoofs both "One Day More" from the stage musical Les Miserables and "Tonight" from West Side Story. Les Misérables ( in French, le mize'ʁaːbl colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a musical composed " Tonight " is the title track from the album Tonight by David Bowie. West Side Story is a musical by Arthur Laurents (book Leonard Bernstein (music and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics

Parker and Stone have, on occasion, performed these songs (and others) under the band name DVDA. DVDA ( D ouble V aginal D ouble A nal is a Punk rock band featuring South Park crew members Trey Parker

In the show, Eric Cartman will often burst into song to convey a false altruism or optimism that belies his baser motivations. Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others It is a traditional Virtue in many cultures and central to many religious traditions In "Red Sleigh Down", he sings "Poo-Choo Train", an unnervingly cheery Christmas carol, in an obvious attempt to convince Mr. "Red Sleigh Down" (aka " Christmas in Iraq " is episode 96 of the Comedy Central series South Park. A Christmas carol (also called a Noël) is a carol ( Song or Hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter Hankey and Santa Claus that he is worthy of Christmas presents. In "I'm a Little Bit Country", Cartman sings Paula Cole's song "I Don't Want to Wait" while beating someone to death (Cartman also sings the song as an homage to his Dawson's Creek Trapper Keeper in the episode "Trapper Keeper"). "I'm a Little Bit Country" is an episode of the Comedy Central series South Park. Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts) is an American Singer / Songwriter. " I Don't Want to Wait " is a song written performed and produced by Paula Cole. Dawson's Creek was an American Primetime Television Drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998 Trapper Keeper is a Brand of loose-leaf binder created by Mead. " Trapper Keeper " is episode 60 of the Comedy Central series South Park. In "The Death of Eric Cartman", Cartman sings "Make It Right" with Butters in a weak attempt to reconcile his sins. " The Death of Eric Cartman " is episode number 906 of the Comedy Central series South Park. In "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods", Cartman sings the Donna Summer song "She Works Hard For The Money" during an audition for Cheesy Poofs. " Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods " is the 24th episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park. Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained In the episode "Ginger Kids", he sings a song about tolerance once he realizes he's not one of the "Gingers" and that he just convinced every Ginger in town to exterminate non-Ginger people. " Ginger Kids " is episode #911 (season 9 of the Comedy Central series South Park. Cartman also uses the song "Heat of the Moment" in episode 513 ("Kenny Dies") to convince the U.S. Senate to approve stem cell research. " Heat of the Moment " is the first single released by Progressive rock band Asia from their 1982 eponymous debut. "Kenny Dies" is episode 78 of the Comedy Central series South Park. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Stem cells are cells found in most if not all multi-cellular Organisms. Stem cell controversy is the ethical debate centered on research involving the creation usage and destruction of Human embryonic stem cells Some opponents of the research argue Cartman has a mental quirk that forces him to finish singing Styx's Come Sail Away whenever someone sings a few bars of the song. Styx ( pronounced: /stɪks/ is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included " Come Sail Away " " Babe " " " Come Sail Away " is a song by Styx from their album The Grand Illusion. As soon as he learns this, Kyle, who has a strong and explicit hatred for Cartman, takes advantage of this and forces Cartman to finish the song so many times that Cartman becomes literally unintelligible. In episode 409, "Something You Can Do with Your Finger", the boys made their boy band, "Fingerbang". " Something You Can Do with Your Finger " is episode 56 of the Comedy Central series South Park.

Cartman was also the lead singer for "Faith + 1", a Christian band he formed with Butters and Token in the episode "Christian Rock Hard". " Christian Rock Hard " is episode 709 of Comedy Central's South Park. He creates several "Christian" songs by taking sexually suggestive love songs and substituting romantic words such as "baby" and "darling" with "Jesus"; instead of the traditional "Christian Rock" lyrics singing about spiritual love for Jesus, Cartman sings about his desire to have actual, physical sex with Jesus. A few titles of these songs include "Body of Christ" and "Get Down on my Knees and Start Pleasing Jesus"

The band Korn appears in one of the Halloween episodes, where South Park is plagued by ghost pirates. Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing It is the band's job to "solve the mystery" (this of course is a spoof of Scooby Doo). Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the In the episodes climax, Korn plays "Falling Away from Me" in celebration of the solved mystery. " Falling Away from Me " is a song written and recorded by American rock band Korn for their fourth studio album Issues

In "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", Cartman's hand puppet "Jennifer Lopez" (who pronounces her name as "Hennifer Lopez") recorded a hit single entitled "Taco Flavored Kisses", inciting the wrath of the "real" Jennifer Lopez character. "Fat Butt and Pancake Head" is episode 705 of the Comedy Central series South Park. Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July

Additional musical contributions to the show come from the band Primus, which performed the original opening and ending themes for the show, and formerly from Isaac Hayes, who voiced Chef's singing of usually-sexual songs to explain certain adult themes to the boys. The Chef song "Chocolate Salty Balls" was released as a single in the UK in 1998 to support the Chef Aid album and became a number one hit[1]. " Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You " is a 1998 single based on the eponymous confectionary from South Park, a television comedy series Chef Aid The South Park Album is an album based on the Chef Aid episode of South Park. Many episodes also feature highly melodramatic musical scores to comically exaggerate the emotional content of the scene. Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of Musical notation; like its analogs -- books pamphlets etc For example, melancholy music plays in the background when Timmy sends away his beloved pet turkey, Gobbles, in the episode "Helen Keller! The Musical". This is a list of students that attend the fictional school South Park Elementary, in the American television show South Park. " Helen Keller! The Musical " is episode 61 of South Park.

Controversies

Main article: South Park controversies

Themes

Main article: South Park themes

Apart from the continuously "vulgar" presentation of issues, South Park implements several recurring themes that it frequently uses, including current events, disabilities, political issues, racism, gay rights, death, environment, censorship, political correctness, abortion, sex, atheism, and religion, many of which are widely viewed as controversial. South Park s frequent depiction of Taboo subject matter have repeatedly encouraged controversy and debate South Park frequently tackles Controversial Political issues Racism, Gay rights, the environment, Disability Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Environmental policy is any (course of action deliberately taken (or not taken to manage human activities with a view to prevent reduce or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to Language, ideas policies or behavior An An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual Atheism A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos

Awards

• South Park has been nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program seven times (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007). The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour is a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually to an animated series which The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California on Sunday August 27, 2006 on The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California on September 16, 2007 and were televised The show has now won twice, for the 2005 episode "Best Friends Forever"^[16] and the 2006 episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft". "Best Friends Forever" is episode 129 of the Comedy Central series South Park paralleling the Terri Schiavo controversy " Make Love Not Warcraft " is episode 147 of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park which first aired on October 4 2006 ^[17]
• On April 5, 2006, it was announced that the show had won a Peabody Award. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting ^[16]
• In 2007, Time magazine included the show on their list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and " ^[18]
• South Park was nominated for important awards such as the 1998 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program. It was also nominated for the 1998 GLAAD Award for Outstanding TV - Individual Episode for "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride". The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor the mainstream media for their fair accurate and " Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride " is the fourth episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park. It also received an Image Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Isaac Hayes) in 1999. The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding People of color ^[19]
• South Park was nominated for a 2006 Teen Choice Award for "Best Animated Show", but lost to Family Guy. The Teen Choice Awards is an awards show presented annually by FOX. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other ^[20]
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Music, Original Song" for "Blame Canada". South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award -nominated Animated satirical Comedy They lost to Phil Collins and made fun of him in two consecutive episodes in season 4 ("Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" & "Timmy 2000"). Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" (sometimes shortened to "Cartman's Hate Crime " is episode 50 of the Comedy Central series South Park " Timmy 2000" is the 51st episode of the Comedy Central Animated series South Park. Creator Trey Parker explained the reasoning for these barbs in the season 4 DVD commentary, saying "we were fully expecting to lose, just not to Phil Collins". "Blame Canada" was performed by Robin Williams during the televised award show, which was the first to carry a TV-14 parental advisory, in part because of the performance of that song, which contains some adult language. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (also known as Oscars 2000) took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's
• Another track from the movie, "Uncle Fucka", won an MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance; Trey Parker and Matt Stone accepted the award, and thanked the audience for "not nominating Phil Collins".
• South Park is the one of the very few actively-running television series that has won a CableACE Award. It won the award for Best Animated Series in 1997, the last year the awards were given out. ^[21]

Notes

References

• Johnson-Woods, Toni (2007). Blame Canada!: South Park and Contemporary Culture. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0826417302.

External links

• South Park Studios
• South Park at Comedy Central
• South Park at the Internet Movie Database
• South Park Episodes is a resource for South Park downloads. In operation since Season 1, it has been featured on the official South Park website.