"South Park" (1997)TV series 1997-????

Creators:

Trey Parker
Matt Stone

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Release Date:

13 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Four boys. One f**ked up town.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Elementary School | Social Commentary | South Park Colorado | Scatological Humor | Young Boy

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. May 13	9:30 PM	COMEDY	Casa Bonita	#7.11
Wed. May 14	3:00 AM	CW	Kenny Dies	#5.13

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Eric Cartman / ... (166 episodes, 1997-2008)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski / ... (164 episodes, 1997-2008)
Isaac Hayes	...	Chef (137 episodes, 1997-2006)
Mona Marshall	...	Sheila Broflovski / ... (79 episodes, 2000-2008)

Runtime:

30 min | Finland:22 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (2006) (TV rating) (self applied) | South Korea:15 | Canada:18+ (tv rating) | Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:18A (DVD rating) (season 3) | Japan:R | Portugal:M/12 | USA:TV-14 (syndicated episodes) | Canada:14A (DVD rating) (seasons 1, 2, 4 - 10) | UK:18 (one episode) | Chile:18 | Philippines:R-13 | Finland:K-3 (1999) (DVD) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M | Brazil:18 (some episodes) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:MG6 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-MA | Brazil:14 | Malaysia:(Banned) | UK:15

Company:

Comedy Central

Trivia:

Most of Cartman's lines are ad-libbed by Trey Parker, who has stated that Cartman is his favorite character on the show.

Goofs:

Continuity: Clyde's last name was Goodman in early seasons, but the more recent seasons changed it to Harris.

Quotes:

Fat Abbott: Hey, hey, what's shakin' Rudy?
Rudy: Man, Fat Abbott. You need to lose weight.
Fat Abbott: I lose weight when I feel like it bitch. Shut your bitch ass mouth, ho.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Paranoid Park (2007)

Soundtrack:

Scarface (Push It To The Limit)

I Laughed Till' I Cried

This is the show about the four foul mouthed little kids in Colorado. Well, three now, with different kids rotating in and out to fill the spot that Kenny left.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker are comedic geniuses. I think that people who simply brush this off as uninspired pandering to foul mouthed kids like the ones in this show aren't looking deep enough. There is actually a lot of intelligent social commentary here - it's just masked under anything they could possibly offend someone with.