Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Respect My Authority xi

1 What's So Special About Christmas? South Park's Festive Beginnings 1

2 South Park: It's Just a Typical, Normal, American Town, Right? 12

3 And Now for Something Completely Vaguely Similar: What Is This Python of Which They Speak? 21

4 You Can't Do That in Front of the Children… Can You? 37

5 One Hundred Celebrities: Poorly Impersonated, of Course 55

6 Humble Folks Without Temptation: Who's Who (and, Occasionally, What's What) in South Park? 64

7 Who's Who? An A-F of South Park Celebrities, Nonentities, and Random Stuff That Fits the Difficult Letters 83

8 Is Juvenile Delinquency a Problem in South Park? Crime and a General Absence of Punishment 92

9 What Came from Outer Space? Lots of Stuff 104

10 Do Blow-Up Dolls Dream of Inflatable Sheep? Sex in South Park 111

11 Who's Who? (Continued): A G-P of South Park Celebrities, Nonentities, and Random Stuff That Fits the Difficult Letters 120

12 How Many Deaths Can One Man Take? The Manifold Demises of Kenny 134

13 That Chef Guy: What's His Story? 153

14 Sport and South Park: What's This Load of Balls About? 165

15 The South Park Songbook: For Little Kids and Grown-Ups Too 172

16 Is This the Greatest Show on Earth? The Terrance and Philip Story 180

17 Seventy-Five Further Celebrities: Just as Poorly Impersonated 187

18 Was It Really Bigger? Longer? Uncut? South Park-the Movie 192

19 South Park and the Struggle for Civil Rights: Seven Episodes That Changed the World (or Not) 206

20 School's Out… Or Is It? 218

21 Who's Who (Concluded): A Q-Z of South Park Celebrities, Nonentities, and Random Stuff That Fits the Difficult Letters 233

Appendix 1 South Park Episode Guide 261

Appendix 2 South Park Songs 281

Bibliography 293

Index 295