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The web just got a whole lot funnier as the guys behind South Park have made every episode of their hit show available for free online. That’s right — every.1
What began as a construction-paper film short evolved into a veritable pop-culture phenomenon for Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s outrageous animated comedy series SOUTH PARK. Centered around the hilarious misadventures of four potty-mouthed grade-schoolers in the perpetually wintry environs of South Park, Colorado, the series skewers the vagaries of the modern American cultural landscape with politically-incorrect humor and satirical plotlines ranging from homophobia and terrorism to boy bands and talking poo.2
I?m not sure what Plato would have made of South Park, but his Silenus image fits the show quite well. South Park is at one and the same time the most vulgar and the most philosophical show ever to appear on television.3
There’s a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants feel to South Park that would have doomed any other show very early. These guys are often up late on Tuesday night finishing their show for a Wednesday airing.4
The series continued to evolve and change over the years, culminating in the production of a South Park feature film entitled South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut as well as technological advancements which allowed production of episodes be sped up to taking less than a week to build an episode. The use of the Maya animation system allows South Park to be as topical as a news show.5