It’s been 20 years since TV was changed forever by four boys and their Ma-tv language in a quiiiiiet mounnnntain townnnn. While indulging in a few member berries, Et is looking back at South Park and the day creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone started satirizing everything we hold dear on August 13, 1997.
Immediately following the animated series’ Comedy Central debut, Et sat down with Parker and Stone to discuss the real South Park, the Colorado town in which the show takes place, what made their TV debut nerve-wracking and how they ended up at the premiere of Batman & Robin.
“[South Park] is actually an area right in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and it's strange, because it's almost a perfectly circular valley,” Parker said, with Stone adding: “South Park is like if you were flying a UFO over Colorado, you would want to land in South Park. It looks like a nice place to land.”
Growing up in a...
Immediately following the animated series’ Comedy Central debut, Et sat down with Parker and Stone to discuss the real South Park, the Colorado town in which the show takes place, what made their TV debut nerve-wracking and how they ended up at the premiere of Batman & Robin.
“[South Park] is actually an area right in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and it's strange, because it's almost a perfectly circular valley,” Parker said, with Stone adding: “South Park is like if you were flying a UFO over Colorado, you would want to land in South Park. It looks like a nice place to land.”
Growing up in a...
- 8/11/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Next month, Netflix has a wide variety of films — modern to classic, animated to live action, Oscar winners to romantic comedies — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch once they’re made available on the streaming service. Enjoy.
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1. “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (available December 1)
John Landis’ 1978 classic college comedy follows the rowdy Delta Tau Chi fraternity’s battle to remain on campus after they provoked the ire of the conniving Dean of the college. Features John Belushi in his most anarchic performance, toga parties, and sing-a-longs to “Louie Louie” and “Shout!”
2. “Waking Life” (available December 1)
Richard Linklater’s 2001 film “Waking Life” examines a bevy of philosophical issues — the nature of dreams, the limitations of consciousness and the meaning of life — in a surreal, rotoscoped dreamscape that demands the viewer’s mind to take flight.
Read More: 7 Films New to Netflix to Watch In November 2016, Including ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Jungle Book’
1. “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (available December 1)
John Landis’ 1978 classic college comedy follows the rowdy Delta Tau Chi fraternity’s battle to remain on campus after they provoked the ire of the conniving Dean of the college. Features John Belushi in his most anarchic performance, toga parties, and sing-a-longs to “Louie Louie” and “Shout!”
2. “Waking Life” (available December 1)
Richard Linklater’s 2001 film “Waking Life” examines a bevy of philosophical issues — the nature of dreams, the limitations of consciousness and the meaning of life — in a surreal, rotoscoped dreamscape that demands the viewer’s mind to take flight.
- 11/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
“I wanna wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow!”
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 19th at 10:30am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 19th at 10:30am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
- 12/15/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“I wanna wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow!”
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 20th at 10:30am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 20th at 10:30am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
- 12/16/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael W. Smith had a wish list when he was putting together the lineup on his latest Christmas album, and toward the top was Carrie Underwood. Though the Grammy-winning Christian singer was already a fan, he was still blown away when Underwood actually stepped into the studio to record her part. "What a moment - it made my hair stand up a little bit," Smith tells People of the star's powerful performance on "All is Well," an original Christmas song he wrote. "In my entire life, I've never felt that way in the studio. When she sang it the first time,...
- 12/10/2014
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
As Vulture notes, starting today all 17 seasons of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's often brilliant and always envelope-pushing "South Park" are available, for free, on Hulu. This will be the case until season 18 premieres on September 24th. So get cracking. (After the new premiere, all episodes will be available the following day on Hulu Plus, the pay version of Hulu.)
"South Park," of course, is the critically acclaimed animated series that began life as an animated Christmas card back in 1992 called "The Spirit of Christmas" (created, crudely but effectively, in a stop motion paper cutout style). A few years later the short was refined and looks a lot more like the eventual series. The pilot episode of the series aired in 1997, and jumped to the big screen in 1999 with the deeply wonderful "South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut." Always a lightning rod for controversy, the series had touched...
"South Park," of course, is the critically acclaimed animated series that began life as an animated Christmas card back in 1992 called "The Spirit of Christmas" (created, crudely but effectively, in a stop motion paper cutout style). A few years later the short was refined and looks a lot more like the eventual series. The pilot episode of the series aired in 1997, and jumped to the big screen in 1999 with the deeply wonderful "South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut." Always a lightning rod for controversy, the series had touched...
- 7/14/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
“I wanna wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow!”
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 21st at 10:30am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 21st at 10:30am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
- 12/17/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kylie Jenner, the youngest member of the Kardashian brood, doesn't remember a life before fame. What else in pop culture does she not remember?
Jenner pointed out that she had no clear memory of the time before her family became synonymous with reality television when talking to Us Weekly on Wednesday (Nov. 13). "It's kind of like I grew up into it. It's kind of like I don't know any different," Jenner said.
That makes sense. But what else does the young Miss Jenner not remember? Here are 16 pop-culture things that pre-date 16-year-old Kylie.
Warning: You are going to feel old reading this.
1. "Clueless"
The movie that may best describe the lifestyle Kylie was born and raised in was released in 1995, two years before the girl's birth.
2. Ellen DeGeneres not being gay
While obviously Ellen DeGeneres was gay before 1997, she didn't make that entirely public knowledge before coming out on her...
Jenner pointed out that she had no clear memory of the time before her family became synonymous with reality television when talking to Us Weekly on Wednesday (Nov. 13). "It's kind of like I grew up into it. It's kind of like I don't know any different," Jenner said.
That makes sense. But what else does the young Miss Jenner not remember? Here are 16 pop-culture things that pre-date 16-year-old Kylie.
Warning: You are going to feel old reading this.
1. "Clueless"
The movie that may best describe the lifestyle Kylie was born and raised in was released in 1995, two years before the girl's birth.
2. Ellen DeGeneres not being gay
While obviously Ellen DeGeneres was gay before 1997, she didn't make that entirely public knowledge before coming out on her...
- 11/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
“I wanna wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow!”
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It.S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that.s a big theater! They just showed Black Christmas there a couple of weeks ago and now they.re showing White Christmas which actually has more in common with Top Hat which played as part of The Hi-Pointe.s 90th birthday celebration recently as they both have songs by Irving Berlin.
Black Christmas had no songs by Irving Berlin!
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas...
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It.S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that.s a big theater! They just showed Black Christmas there a couple of weeks ago and now they.re showing White Christmas which actually has more in common with Top Hat which played as part of The Hi-Pointe.s 90th birthday celebration recently as they both have songs by Irving Berlin.
Black Christmas had no songs by Irving Berlin!
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas...
- 12/18/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
'South Park' creators joined by Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as network's Woman of the Year.
By Gil Kaufman
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Photo: Maury Phillips/ WireImage
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably used to their share of high-fives, fist bumps and sweaty hugs from rabid fans of their long-running claim-to-fame cartoon, "South Park." Now, on top of all the Tonys they took home for Broadway's "The Book of Mormon," they can add one more honor — one that puts them in the company of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
mtvU has named the pair their 2011 Men of the Year, alongside Burmese opposition leader and former government detainee Aung San Suu Kyi, who was dubbed Woman of the Year. The college network praised Parker and Stone for continuing to "push the envelope by targeting hypocrisy with a comedic sensibility that satirizes zealotry and inserts reason into the global debate.
By Gil Kaufman
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Photo: Maury Phillips/ WireImage
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably used to their share of high-fives, fist bumps and sweaty hugs from rabid fans of their long-running claim-to-fame cartoon, "South Park." Now, on top of all the Tonys they took home for Broadway's "The Book of Mormon," they can add one more honor — one that puts them in the company of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
mtvU has named the pair their 2011 Men of the Year, alongside Burmese opposition leader and former government detainee Aung San Suu Kyi, who was dubbed Woman of the Year. The college network praised Parker and Stone for continuing to "push the envelope by targeting hypocrisy with a comedic sensibility that satirizes zealotry and inserts reason into the global debate.
- 11/30/2011
- MTV Music News
'South Park' creators joined by Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as network's Woman of the Year.
By Gil Kaufman
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably used to their share of high-fives, fist bumps and sweaty hugs from rabid fans of their long-running claim-to-fame cartoon, "South Park." Now, on top of all the Tonys they took home for Broadway's "The Book of Mormon," they can add one more honor — one that puts them in the company of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
mtvU has named the pair their 2011 Men of the Year, alongside Burmese opposition leader and former government detainee Aung San Suu Kyi, who was dubbed Woman of the Year. The college network praised Parker and Stone for continuing to "push the envelope by targeting hypocrisy with a comedic sensibility that satirizes zealotry and inserts reason into the global debate." MTV President Stephen Friedman explained in a statement that,...
By Gil Kaufman
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably used to their share of high-fives, fist bumps and sweaty hugs from rabid fans of their long-running claim-to-fame cartoon, "South Park." Now, on top of all the Tonys they took home for Broadway's "The Book of Mormon," they can add one more honor — one that puts them in the company of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
mtvU has named the pair their 2011 Men of the Year, alongside Burmese opposition leader and former government detainee Aung San Suu Kyi, who was dubbed Woman of the Year. The college network praised Parker and Stone for continuing to "push the envelope by targeting hypocrisy with a comedic sensibility that satirizes zealotry and inserts reason into the global debate." MTV President Stephen Friedman explained in a statement that,...
- 11/30/2011
- MTV Music News
'South Park' is on TV tonight, but I'll watch online tomorrow. What TV do you only watch on the Web?
South Park has a brilliant history of capitalizing on the news of the day for its story lines, which is why the show’s fans will be eagerly flipping on their TVs tonight to see if Trey Parker and Matt Stone will address the death of Osama bin Laden on this week’s episode.
Well, at least some of those fans. Me? I’ll be “tuning in” tomorrow on my computer, watching the episode via South Park’s official website. For one thing, Wednesday nights just have too much other television for me to take in (thanks, American Idol, for...
Well, at least some of those fans. Me? I’ll be “tuning in” tomorrow on my computer, watching the episode via South Park’s official website. For one thing, Wednesday nights just have too much other television for me to take in (thanks, American Idol, for...
- 5/4/2011
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
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