South Park (1997)
South Park is a 1997 animation series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It stars Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Mona Marshall.
Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny are third-graders in a dysfunctional Colorado mountain town, and almost nothing that happens to them stays small. Trey Parker and Matt Stone built the show for Comedy Central out of construction-paper animation and a willingness to aim at any target: politics, celebrity, religion, whatever dominated the week's headlines. The humor runs crude, profane and surreal, but the satire underneath moves fast and hits hard, often written and animated in the days right before broadcast. A huge cast of recurring townsfolk orbits the four boys, each carrying their own running gags.
Quick answers
What is South Park about?
Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny are third-graders in a dysfunctional Colorado mountain town, and almost nothing that happens to them stays small. Trey Parker and Matt Stone built the show for Comedy Central out of construction-paper animation and a willingness to aim at any target: politics, celebrity, religion, whatever dominated the week's headlines. The humor runs crude, profane and surreal, but the satire underneath moves fast and hits hard, often written and animated in the days right before broadcast. A huge cast of recurring townsfolk orbits the four boys, each carrying their own running gags.
When was South Park released?
South Park was released on 13 August 1997.
How many episodes does South Park have?
South Park has 337 episodes across 29 seasons.
Who made South Park?
South Park was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Where can I watch South Park?
South Park is available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Paramount+ (Via Apple TV), Philo, South Park Studios and Google Play.
Where to watch South Park
Stream: Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Paramount+ (Via Apple TV), Philo
Watch free: South Park Studios
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Trey Parker as Eric Cartman / Stan Marsh (voice)
- Matt Stone as Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick (voice)
- Mona Marshall as Sheila Broflovski (voice)
- Jennifer Howell as Bebe Stevens (voice)
- April Stewart as Sharon Marsh / Ms. Cartman (voice)
- Isaac Hayes as Chef (voice)
- Eliza Schneider as Ms. Cartman (voice)
- Mary Kay Bergman as Ms. Cartman (voice)
- Adrien Beard as Token Black (voice)
- Kyle McCulloch as Excalibur Hotel Employee (voice)
- Milan Agnone as Ike Broflovski (voice)
- Sebastian Yu as Ike Broflovski (voice)
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A few thoughts on South Park
Fans of its gleeful button-pushing have plenty to cross into. Grand Theft Auto V skewers American culture with the same merciless eye, South Park: The Stick of Truth turns the town into a playable RPG, and Tenacious D matches the crude, joke-serious energy in music form. Frank Zappa's Sheik Yerbouti scratches the same satirical itch.
Crude adult cartoons that aim at any target
South Park turns construction-paper crudeness into fast, savage satire, four foul-mouthed boys in a town where nothing stays small. These adult cartoons share that anything-goes appetite, from the cutaway anarchy of Family Guy and American Dad to the stop-motion carnage of Robot Chicken and the couch-bound idiocy of Beavis and Butt-Head.
Satirical games where the humor runs just as crude
South Park's willingness to aim at any target carries straight into these games, where the comedy runs just as crude and the satire just as pointed. Join the boys' backyard fantasy in The Stick of Truth, then loose yourself on the merciless pop-culture parody of Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands.
Gag manga about badly behaved kids running rings around adults
Underneath the profanity, South Park is really about badly behaved kids running circles around their town. These Japanese comics chase the same mischief, from the potty-mouthed toddler of Crayon Shin-chan and Toriyama's gag-strip Dr. Slump to a whole classroom plotting against its own impossible teacher.
Streaming-era animation that skewers institutions week to week
South Park writes and animates in the days before broadcast, chasing whatever dominated the week. These newer animated comedies keep the institution-skewering streak, sending up shadow government in Inside Job, suburban family dysfunction in Duncanville and every clueless workplace in between.