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Listen to the South Park Creators' The Book of Mormon

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have hit The Great White Way with their Broadway debut, The Book of Mormon. The show has been nominated for several Tony awards in the top categories, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre....  read more

South Park Detractor Sent to Prison

The man who threatened violent action against the creators of South Park for their depiction of Muhammad last year has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The 21-year-old Virginia man, Zachary Chesser, posted a photo of slain Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh to the radical webiste RevolutionMuslim.com, and suggested that South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker might soon suffer the same fate. A few months later, the FBI arrested Chesser after he openly informed federal agents of his plans to fly overseas and join an Islamic militant group....  read more

South Park's Censored 200th Episode Prompts "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day"

Comedy Central’s controversial decision to censor South Park 200th episode, which features the Prophet Mohammed dressed in a school mascot costume, has drawn much commentary in recent weeks. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have stated that they don’t support the network’s decision to censor the episode after it drew thinly-veiled death threats from Muslim extremist website RevolutionMuslim.com. However, they seem to be alone in their conviction, at least among their peers. Take The Simpsons’ recent nod to the controversy (pictured) and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s recent comment, “I think any combination of angry plus deity equals danger… If...  read more

South Park Creators Bring Book of Mormon to Broadway

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have used their comedic talents to branch out of television before, but never like this. According to Entertainment Weekly, Parker and Stone are working on transforming the popular “All About the Mormons” episode of South Park—in which we see an interesting take on the story Joseph Smith and the origins of Mormonism backed by a chorus of “dum dum dum dum”—into a Broadway musical....  read more

Authoritah Respected: South Park's 10 Best Celebrity Takedowns

It’s odd to think of South Park as “venerable,” but that’s a pretty good descriptor for a show in its 14th season. It’s been 200 episodes and nearly a decade-and-a-half since we were first introduced to the perpetually snow-blanketed town of South Park, Colorado and its way-past-depraved residents. No cow is too sacred for the show’s creators, especially celebrities; on tonight’s episode, “200,” every single person of fame who’s been maligned and mocked will return for a class-action lawsuit that “could be the thing that destroys South Park forever.” So on the eve of this historic event, a career retrospective...  read more

Marines give South Park creators unlikely gift

When all is said and done, when Kenny breathes his last breath and when the last religious/political sect cries foul, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will have a long list of moments they can put in their treasure trove of infamy. After all, how many people can say they are equal-opportunity offenders? ...  read more

20 Best TV Characters of the Past 20 Years (#16-#13)

Today, we present the next four characters...  read more