American animated sitcom South Park is one of the longest-running television series of all time.
The animated comedy series has been airing for more than twenty years since 1997 and has brought 24 seasons to this date altogether. The 24th season of South Park was released on the 31st of March 2020.
South Park tells the story of four young schoolboys, namely, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick, who live in South Park and take off for their journey with several adventures.
In a sense, it is often called misadventures carried out by the school-graders in the dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
The comedy series South Park is created by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Brian Graden (who is in the development team for the Comedy Central Television Network) as well.
On the South Park characters side, Trey Parker does voice-over for Stan Marsh, Matt Stone for Kyle Broflovski, Mona Marshall for Sheila Broflovski, April Stewart for Sharon Marsh, Eliza Schneider for Liane Cartman.
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South Park has already aired more than three hundred episodes till its first premiere. And, recently, the duo of creator Trey Parker and Matt Stone came forward with the list of their best and worst episodes among them.
As talking of the legit information, the creators put down the list of 15 to their favorite basket. They left 53 episodes to the least favorite citing 'they would preferably erase from the archives.'
Trey Parker mentioned that he would erase every event before season 4, stating that they were embarrassing to watch (for him).
What Are The Best Episodes Of South Park For Trey Parker And Matt Stone?
Trey Parker believes that he has made some mesmerizing episodes of South Park amid he likes to delete all the events before season 4. Among them, Imaginationland Trilogy, Make Love, Not Warcraft, and Trapped In The Closet come in the (most) best list.
Some of the best episodes of South Park for Trey Parker and Matt Stone are listed below:
• Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus (Season 2, Episode 1)
• Good Times with Weapons (Season 8, Episode 1)
• AWESOME-O (Season 8, Episode 2)
• Woodland Critter Christmas (Season 8, Episode 14)
• The Death of Eric Cartman (Season 9, Episode 6)
• Trapped in the Closet (Season 9, Episode 12)
• Make Love, Not Warcraft (Season 10, Episode 8)
• With Apologies to Jesse Jackson (Season 11, Episode 1)
• Imaginationland Trilogy (Season 11, Episode 10-12)
• Major Boobage (Season 12, Episode 3)
• Eat, Pray, Queef (Season 13, Episode 4)
• Dances with Smurfs (Season 13, Episode 13)
• You're Getting Old (Season 15, Episode 17)
What Are The Worst Episodes Of South Park For Trey Parker And Matt Stone?
Only one episode, Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus (Season 2, Episode 1) from season 1-4, has made its way to the best event of South Park for the creators. Besides that, almost all early episodes lied in the trash.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have analyzed some of the worst episodes that they have created so far throughout twenty-three years of airing the animated comedy sitcom, South Park. Some of them are as follows:
• Season 1, Episode 1 to 48
• Pip (Season 4, Episode 5)
• Chef Goes Nanners (Season 4, Episode 8)
• South Park Is Gay (Season 7, Episode 8)
• A Million Little Fibers (Season 10, Episode 5)
• Stanley's Cup (Season 10, Episode 14)
Interesting South Park Facts You Must Know
Here are some of the facts about the animated comedy sitcom South Park you never knew from the first. Let's see them.
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•Kenny Biting The Dust
Kenny is a character that the creator's Trey Parker and Matt Stone have survived the most. However, The Dust, orange coat-wearing character, has been the target of death numerous times. You can't believe it, but he has met his demise for 126 times through the sitcom.
•Secret Of The Episode 'It Hits The Fan'
The episode named 'It Hits The Fan,' the 'S' word, is used for 162 times. As per the script, the word count of 'S' (SHIT) was more than 200.
The episode also has several other prominences. It was played at the Comedy Central's 2006 marathon of '10 South Parks That Changed the World' and became 93 of TV Land's "Top 100 Most Unexpected Moments in TV History.
•South Park Movie Nearly Received NC-17 Rating
Believe it or not, but the South Park movie, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, got issued an 'NC-17' rating for its original submission to the MPAA initially. Later, Trey Parker and Matt Stone resubmitted the script with the inclusion of lewd and over-the-top-materials, which eventually got approved by the board and slapped with an 'R' rating.
•Original Script Suggests The Death Of Kyle Instead Of Kenny
Kenny used to die in almost every episode of the sitcom, which later changed. As already mentioned, Kenny is the most-survived character of South Park, and he is also the most liked one.
Although Kenny's death was seen in every episode back in the day, it was not the original plan of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The actual procedure was to kill Kyle in the long run of the sitcom; however, as Kenny and Stan had many likely personalities, Kenny became the victim.
•Jennifer Lopez Did Not Like Trey And Matt
The South Park movie, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut had made its way to the nomination for a Best Music, Original Song Oscar in 2000, for its song entitled Blame Canada. The song was written and composed by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman.
When they attended the Oscars, Trey wore Jennifer Lopez's low cut green printed Grammy Awards dress while Matt donned himself in Gwenyth Paltrow's pink Oscar dress.
However, Trey's act was not likable to Jennifer Lopez, and she did push him at a party later. But Trey still does not know he teased Jennifer Lopez by wearing the outfit.