Nothing is sacred in South Park

Proving once again that there is no such thing as TOO politically incorrect in the minds of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, this week's episode of South Park finds young Kenny in a persistent vegetative state, while friends Stan and Kyle fight against Cartman to determine whether or not to pull his feeding tube.

I'm sure the uber-conservatives of the world would be shocked if they had seen it. But then, how many uber-conservatives watch South Park?

I'm astonished at how quickly they're able to put these episodes together. Hey, I know this isn't sophisticated animation or anything, but to get the scripts written and get the entire episode produced and on the air THAT quickly is simply amazing. And this isn't the first time they've done this. I remember being completely shocked when, four days after Elian Gonzales being seized by the government, they were running an episode of South Park with two little Romanian girls in a situation that was CLEARLY a parallel to Elian, complete with Janet Reno.

I don't watch South Park religiously like I did 6 or 7 years ago (holy crap, its been on THAT long?). But every time I do watch, its STILL funny. I'm not quite sure how they still manage to keep me laughing, but they do. I guess there's just something about a bunch of animated, politically incorrect third graders that I find hysterical.

What can I say? I'm easily amused.

Posted by geekchik at April 2, 2005 06:39 PM