![]() The documentary 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park sheds light on this lightning-fast production schedule.įor its first sixteen seasons, individual seasons were split between two different "halves" (usually comprised of seven to eight episodes). While different seasons, episodes and movies have different timetables, they have proven capable of regularly completing episodes in less than a week's time before being submitted to Comedy Central the show has only missed its deadline once, due to a power outage. An episode on the capture of Saddam Hussein aired just a few days after it happened, and excerpts from both Barack Obama and John McCain's post-election speeches were featured in the episode that aired less than 24 hours after the election results came in. ![]() In some cases, an episode can be produced a matter of days before it airs, allowing for current events to be parodied almost as soon as they happen. The show is produced using the same graphics engine that helped create the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, which fostered comparisons to building a sandcastle with a bulldozer only the early shorts and the pilot episode were done by hand via cut-outs and physical backdrops. They've lampooned subjects near and dear to the hearts of social conservatives, social activists, socialists, liberals, religious fundamentalists, actively hostile atheists, corporations and business interests, anarchists, dictators, hippies, trendy people, geeks, teenagers, the elderly, themselves and sometimes even their own audience - seriously, you could name just about any kind of group and the show's probably done something to piss that group off.Īn astonishingly short turn-around time helps keep the show topical with current events. While the Author Tract is very evident, Matt and Trey make a point of targeting everyone.
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