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Animation, ComedyStarring :
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Jennifer Howell, April Stewart, Eliza Schneider, Mona Marshall, Isaac Hayes, Adrien Beard
Video: 'South Park' Makes Fun of Penn State Abuse Scandal
November 18, 2011 03:11:07"South Park" has once again tried to bring laughter by making jokes on a sensitive issue. The November 16 episode of the animated show took a jab at Penn State sex abuse scandal by featuring a social worker character making fun of the case, much to his own delight.
The social worker, Mr. Adams, appears in "The Soft Room" scene as he tries to talk to Kenny and his siblings who are taken out of their parents custody when they get in trouble with the law. "I've been looking over my file and see you kids have all been horribly physically and emotionally abused. Oh, whoops! That isn't your case file. It's the Penn State University Gazette," he jokes.
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'South Park' Renewed Up to 2016
November 17, 2011 01:11:17There are three more years in "South Park" life because Comedy Central has renewed it for broadcast up to 2016. Trey Parker and Matt Stone will continue their role as writers, directors and editors of every episode.
"The collective genius of Matt and Trey knows no bounds," said Michele Ganeless, president of Comedy Central. "Week after week and season after season they continue to surprise and delight South Park fans, and that includes all of us here at Comedy Central. We're thrilled that the adventures of Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman will continue through 2016."
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Sneak Peek: 'South Park' Takes on Occupy Wall Street Protests
November 02, 2011 04:11:44Having been known for its interest in today's popular events, "South Park" will include a reference to Occupy Wall Street protests in its upcoming episode. Titled "1%", the Wednesday, November 2 outing will center on Cartman who fails to pass Physical Fitness exam at his school.
Cartman's classmates are not happy when they have to endure extra work out time because of this. As the 99% of fourth grade kids blame him, Cartman responds, "I know how this works. You're the 99% ganging up on the one percent." Sobbing in his room, he says, "Now the 99% is saying everything is my fault."
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Report: Scientologists Sent in Mole to Dig Out Dirt From 'South Park' Team
October 25, 2011 01:10:32Scientologist leaders reportedly did not take it lightly when "South Park" spoofed its teachings in an episode that aired in 2005. A former high ranking official at the church, Marty Rathbun, has leaked a document which detail Scientology's Office of Special Affairs' (OSA) efforts to silence the show's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
According to the document, the leaders of L. Ron Hubbard's religion ordered a private investigation to find weakness in the "South Park" team. It was said that the organization was identifying Parker and Stone's close friends, including John Stamos and his then-wife, Rebecca Romijn, to find a direct line into the writer duo.
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Video: 'South Park' Takes on Arnold Schwarzenegger's Love Child Scandal
May 20, 2011 10:05:43Arnold Schwarzenegger's marital woe has been spoofed on "South Park". The former California governor's love child scandal, which has just been made public earlier this week, is mentioned in an episode aired Wednesday, May 18 as Butters confuses Schwarzenegger's real life with his character's in "Terminator 5".
In a scene set at lunchroom, Butters describes a trailer for the not-yet-released movie, telling his friends that Terminator has an illegitimate child and that Skeletor wants to fight him over it. "No, dude. That's not the trailer for 'Terminator 5' that really happened," another boy responds to Butters' story.
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Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp's 'South Park' Prank
May 10, 2011 06:05:00Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp are both big fans of the comedy series "South Park" and after losing a bet with Depp, Penelope had to perform an odd forfeit which involved her donning a crass costume in front of their co-workers - and she fears his pictures will one day surface online.
She explains to Britain's Daily Mirror, "Johnny and I are both fans of 'South Park' and the character Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo. It's absurd but very funny. Johnny made this outfit for me and we had a bet which I lost. And I had to wear the Poo outfit on the set."
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Sneak Peek to Royal Wedding Spoof on 'South Park'
May 10, 2011 03:05:59The Royal Wedding fever apparently is not over yet. More than a week after the big event took place on April 29, "South Park" will air an episode which spoofs the official union of Prince William and Kate Middleton who are now titled the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
In the "South Park" version, the prince of Canada is about to take a princess and thousands have gathered outside a building resembling London's Westminster Abbey. However, the woman who is "aboot to be princess of Canada" gets kidnapped right before she walks down the aisle. Coming to rescue her is Ike Broflovski.
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'South Park' Creators Facing Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
November 16, 2010 01:11:41"South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are facing legal action over allegations they copied a hit online music video for an episode of the popular cartoon. The song "What What (In the Butt)" by Samwell became a viral phenomenon in 2007 when it racked up over 33 million views on YouTube and became one of the most watched music videos of all time.
The track was mimicked on "South Park" in 2008, when it featured on an episode entitled "Canada on Strike" - but the parody has landed producers in trouble, and they were hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by Brownmark Films bosses on Friday, November 12.
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'South Park' Apology for Similarity in 'Inception' Episode Accepted
October 23, 2010 11:10:43"South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker admitted to similarity between their recent "Inception" spoof and an episode done by web comedy video CollegeHumor. "It's just because we do the show in six days, and we're stupid and we just threw it together," Stone said in the confession. "But in the end, there are some lines that we had to call and apologize for."
On October 20, "South Park" aired an episode called "Insheeption" where many dialogues are noticably too similar to the web video called "Inception Characters Don't Understand Inception" which was written by Dan Gurewitch and David Young, and posted on CollegeHumor on August 2. While CollegeHumor said, "Shared unconstructed dream space" to explain what Limbo is, the Comedy Central cartoon said "Empty scary dream space."
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'South Park' Takes on 'Jersey Shore', 'Real Housewives' and Osama bin Laden
October 14, 2010 04:10:21Only possible to happen in "South Park", America is saved by Al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden. In the October 13 episode called "New Jersey", the Comedy Central show took a jab at three phenomenons, "Jersey Shore", Osama bin Laden and "The Real Housewives of New Jersey", at the same time.
Teresa Giudice from the "Housewives" franchise is animated as the woman who likes to flip out when it comes to her family. Snooki from "Shore" also gets the cartoon treatment but instead of being petite, the animated version is big and monster-like. "All they do is hump and punch each other," Stan complained about the Jersey people.
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Preview: 'Jersey Shore' Spoofed on 'South Park'
October 08, 2010 01:10:11"Bones" has gone down the road, even Jimmy Kimmel made a "Sesame Street" version of it. Now, "Jersey Shore" is the subject of spoof on Comedy Central's "South Park" which will return next Wednesday, October 13 with the episode called "New Jersey".
Cartman, Stan, Kenny and assorted other South Parkians attempt to hold the line against the Jerseyfication of the world. Everything east of the Rockies is now part of New Jersey. South Park is in danger of becoming West Jersey within the week and Jerseyites comprising of people like Snooki and The Situation spill into Colorado, approaching South Park.
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Man Who Threatened 'South Park' Arrested and Questioned
July 22, 2010 10:07:23Earlier this year "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker received death threats from a guy who resided in Virginia for writing an episode which features Prophet Muhammad in a bear costume. Stone and Park can now at least take a breath of relief for Zachary Chesser has been arrested in charges which actually are not related to the threat.
The 20-year-old who graduated from Oakton High School was detained on Wednesday, July 21 for confessing his links to a terror group believed to have affiliation with al-Qaeda. He publicly told the FBI agents that he tried to travel to Kenya and Somalia to join Al-Shabaab, bringing along his infant son so that he would not be suspected. According to the affidavit, Chesser was barred from the July 10 flight and told by the Transportation Security Administration that he was on the no-fly list.
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Matt and Trey Respond to Censored 'South Park'
April 23, 2010 09:04:01Comedy Central is not taking a risk of them getting killed by a radical Muslim group so they censored the "South Park" bit which was deemed an insult to the religion's Prophet Muhammad. Two recent episodes of the satirical animation featured the holy figure in bear costume which Revolution Muslim took as an insult. The group quickly responded with a message on their official website.
The post, written by Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, said, "We have to warn [creators] Matt [Stone] and Trey [Parker] that what they are doing is stupid, and they will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them." van Gogh is a Dutch film maker who was killed by an Islamic extremist in 2004.
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Sneak Peek: 'South Park' Takes on Tiger Wood's Scandal
March 13, 2010 10:03:11"South Park" would not miss the chance to mock on Tiger Woods and his press conference to confirm that he had performed infidelity in the past. The married golfer is animated in the Comedy Central series and the character said he's entitled to enjoy the temptation that comes with being a successful celebrity. Cartman is seen behind him throughout.
The Tiger Woods episode will be the opening of the 14th season which begins Wednesday, March 17. "It's such an important issue in America right now - the sex addiction outbreak," creator Matt Stone told the AP on Friday, March 12. "We're all really concerned about him and hope he gets better."
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Alternate 'South Park' Pilot Available to Watch
August 14, 2009 11:08:51The never-before-seen 1997 pilot of "South Park" is now available for viewing pleasure. It's basically the same to the aired pilot "Cartman Gets and Anal Probe" that was broadcast 12 years ago but it includes additional four minutes by creators of the twisted animated series, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
The way they did it back then was to create it entirely by hand on construction paper. Both Parker and Stone handled the animation and voice work. There is also an option to watch it with commentary from animation director Eric Stough and creative director Chris Brion.
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Video: Cut Putin Scene on 'South Park'
July 11, 2009 01:07:06In an effort to spare their leader a shame, a Russian TV channel cuts a segment of "South Park" that mocks Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin. The channel, which is called "2x2", said through a spokesman on Friday, July 10 that "the given scene in this version was absent."
Originally airing in U.S. back in 2005, the episode called "Free Willzyx" portrays Putin as a leader who is desperate for money. When Kyle calls him about sending a killer whale to space, he demands 12 million dollars. But realizing that it is just a non-serious call from America, Putin curses on the phone and says "Kiss my a** George Bush, this isn't funny".
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Video: Susan Boyle Mocked in 'South Park' Episode
April 24, 2009 09:04:29YouTube phenomenon Susan Boyle makes the list on "South Park" and makes one of them sick. On Wednesday, April 22 episode, Ike who was leaving for Somalia, writes a note to his parents saying that he wants to venture out to the 'tropical paradise of waterfalls and skull islands' because he will puke if hearing the name of Boyle once again.
"Dear Mommy and Daddy," big bro Kyle read the note, "I am running away. I am sorry, but I can no longer handle the monotony of middle-class life. Everyone at school is a f--king idiot, and if one more person talked to me about that Susan Boyle performance of Les Miserables, I was going to puke my balls up through my mouth."
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Video: Jonas Brothers Spoofed on 'South Park'
March 12, 2009 01:03:42The starter kick of Comedy Central's "South Park" received the help from the phenomenon of Jonas Brothers. As previously reported, the band are spoofed on the March 11 episode of the 13th season, called "The Ring" in which they give their fans purity rings.
Kenny is taking interest in a fifth grader Tammy Warner who, rumor has it, has given a blow job to another boy. Hoping that he too, will get to the second base with her, Kenny brought Tammy to a Jonas Brothers' concert where girls can get their "giney" tickling. When the concert was over, Tammy, a Miley Cyrus look-alike, was on the verge of taking Kenny down when she was called to the backstage to meet the band.
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Jonas Brothers Spoofed on 'South Park' Season 13 Premiere
March 10, 2009 02:03:37Comedy Central is back with its 13th season of "South Park" and the show has decided to take on Jonas Brothers in the first episode. The animated satire will have the three brothers as its object of ridicule in the episode called "The Ring" which is aired on Wednesday, March 11.
In a bid to get lucky, Kenny McCormick takes his new girlfriend, which is allegedly a Miley Cyrus lookalike, to a Jonas Brothers concert. His plan is quickly squashed when he and his girlfriend are given purity rings by the brothers. The real life Jonas Brothers have been the center of the town's talk when they were known to wear a promise ring to keep themselves virgins until married.
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