South Park (1997– )

Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

Creators:

Trey Parker, Matt Stone

Stars:

Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Trey Parker	...	Stan Marsh (230 episodes, 1997-2012)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski (230 episodes, 1997-2012)
Mona Marshall	...	Sheila Broflovski (148 episodes, 2000-2012)
Isaac Hayes	...	Chef (134 episodes, 1997-2005)
April Stewart	...	Sharon Marsh (113 episodes, 2004-2012)

Storyline

South Park is an animated series featuring four foul-mouthed 4th graders, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman. The show is set in the Colorado town of South Park where weird things keep happening, whether its being abducted by aliens or avoiding Kyle's little brother Ike. The show is based on the short film by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "The Spirit of Christmas".

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Plot Keywords:

parent | colorado | south park colorado | boy | social commentary | 

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Taglines:

Four boys. One f**ked up town.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

HBO (Hungary) Official South Park Webpage

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 August 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Miasteczko South Park

Company Credits

Production Co:

Comedy Central, Braniff, Comedy Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The famous South Park Holiday Special episode features live-action footage after every commercial break of Trey Parker as a newsreader saying "Fight the frizzies. Film at 11." This references a widely-circulated bootleg video of the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special which included "pause button delay" sound bites of a real newscaster saying just that.

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Goofs

Exactly who is related to who in the Marsh family is never consistent. Early episodes imply that Jimbo and Marvin (Stan's grandfather) are on Sharon's side of the family, whereas more recent ones imply they are on Randy's side. Being on Sharon's side makes sense for Jimbo, as he has a different last name. However, Marvin's last name is, indeed, confirmed to be Marsh. Matt Stone revealed in an interview that Jimbo Kerns is Randy's half-brother.

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Quotes

Stan: [with a sigh, calmly] Oh, my God, we killed Kenny.
Kyle: [shouts] We killed Kenny?
Stan: Yup. We're bastards.

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Crazy Credits

This warning appears at the beginning of every episode: ALL CHARACTERS AND EVENTS IN THIS SHOW--EVEN THOSE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE--ARE ENTIRELY FICTIONAL. ALL CELEBRITY VOICES ARE IMPERSONATED.....POORLY. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CONTAINS COARSE LANGUAGE AND DUE TO ITS CONTENT IT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED BY ANYONE

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Connections

Featured in Uncensored Comedy: That's Not Funny! (2003)

User Reviews

Sadly Misunderstood

South Park is one of the most misunderstood, and also the most intelligent shows on television.

South Park is a satirical look on most anything from Western society - politics, the media, today's youth, celebrities, violence in our society, and much much more. However, instead of presenting these issues as they are, they alternately project them through the exploits of four young boys in South Park, Colorado.

Unfortunately, many people take the show solely at face value, refusing to see the intelligence in it - South Park is admittedly filled with racist and sexist jokes, along with other offensive material. The problem lies within the fact that most people don't seem to understand the concept of satire and self parody.

I admit that I, myself, was one of these people - for years I refused to watch that "garbage," until finally a friend forced me to actually watch a whole episode, and I realized that the show was actually making a point.

So, if you haven't done so, go - watch an episode. You'll feel smarter when you're done.