HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY , SOUTH PARK !
BY PAT
JUST THREE YEARS AGO , A LITTLE SHOW CALLED SOUTH PARK RAN IT'S FIRST EVER EPISODE "CARTMAN GETS AN ANAL PROBE" . I REMEMBER READING CRITICS GOING CRAZY OVER THIS SHOW AND PARENTS EVEN MORE MAD . EVEN THE TEACHERS WHO AIN'T THE BOSSES AT HOME WERE MAD . BUT IT SEEMS THE KIDS LOVED AND SO DID ALOT OF ADULTS . MERCHANDISE WAS EVERYWHERE : CLOTHING , PLUSHES , VIDEOS , ETC. HOWEVER IT WAS IT WAS GREAT . THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO LOVED IT AND PEOPLE WHO HATED IT BUT NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS , I NEVA KNEW ANYONE WHO DIDN'T LAUGH AT AT LEAST ONE THING FROM AN EPISODE ! WHETHER IT WAS SCUZZLEBUTT WITH PATRICK DUFFY [FROM "STEP BY STEP"] FOR A LEG , MR . GARRISON PLOTTING TO MURDER KATHIE LEE , A GAY DOG , OR AN ELEPHANT MAKING LOVE TO A PIG , THE FIRST FIVE EPISODES WERE HILARIOUS , THERE WERE HATERS AND LOVERS , BUT IT MEANT SOMETHING : COMEDY !
NEARLY 60 EPISODES , 36 MONTHS , AND 3 YEARS OF SOUTH PARK , IT'S STILL A HIT AND A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH COMEDY . LET'S HOPE THE NEXT THREE SEASONS OF SOUTH PARK ARE AS FANTASTIC AS THE FIRST THREE SEASONS , GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY !
- PAT |