South Park Episodes

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: South Park, Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride, Damien, Weight Gain 4000, Starvin' Marvin, Volcano, Pinkeye, Cartman Gets an Anal Probe, Tom's Rhinoplasty, An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig, Mecha-Streisand, Death, Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut. Excerpt: The first season of the American animated television series South Park initially ran for 13 episodes on the US network Comedy Central, from August 13, 1997 to February 25, 1998. The creators of the series, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, wrote and directed most of the season's episodes, while Dan Sterling, Philip Stark, Pam Brady, and David A. Goodman served as writers for some episodes as well. The narrative of the show revolves around four children-Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick-and their bizarre experiences in the titular mountain town. South Park originated from Parker and Stone's 1992 animated short, Jesus vs. Frosty. The low-budget, crudely-made film featured prototypes of South Park's main characters. Fox executive Brian Graden saw the film and in 1995 commissioned Parker and Stone to create a second short film, which became Jesus vs. Santa. This short more closely resembled what would become the style of South Park. It became popular and was widely shared over the Internet. This led to talks to create a series, first with Fox, then with Comedy Central, where the series debuted on August 13, 1997. Comedy Central originally ordered only six episodes of South Park for the first season's initial run. However, when the show proved to be a success, it requested an additional seven, which Parker and Stone had to produce quickly. The show was released on DVD in November 2002 in region 1, and in October 2007 in region 2 and 4. The first season was a ratings success for Comedy Central. Its Nielsen ratings rose from 1...