Posted on 02/01/2006 5:01:55 PM PST by wallace144
Now that they’ve taken down everyone from the Scientologists to Paris Hilton, have South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker run out of targets? (Hey, Rob Reiner: Watch your back!) Interview by Mickey Rapkin
You did an episode about Paris Hilton, in which she opens up a retail store called Stupid Spoiled Whore. Why pick on Paris?
Trey Parker: Okay, for me, she’s a whore. Whatever. She’s a dumb, ugly whore. But then I walked into a Guess? store, and she was all over the place. I’m like, Wait a minute, they’re treating her like a glamorous model now? Does anyone notice how dangerous this could be to little girls?
On-screen she eventually competes with Mr. Slave in a “whore-off.” How do you come up with an idea like that?
TP: I think she came up with that idea, actually. We just made a cartoon out of it.
How does the show manage to be so topical? Do you really write and produce every episode in six days?
TP: Yes. The hours are absolutely brutal, and they have been for nine years now. We show up on Thursday morning at nine o’clock, and usually we don’t have even an idea for what the show is gonna be about. And we go into the writers room and we’re in there freaking out, and every week I’m like, Why do we do this? Why do we do this? There are a lot of ways we come at show ideas. But we’ll look at things happening in the news. Maybe we say, Let’s do a Paris Hilton episode. Let’s rip on her for being such a whore. And let’s rip on America for embracing her for being such a whore. Now we think, What could be one funny scene? An example is, We should have the Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset, and do a little commercial. Immediately, I have to go out of the room and go write just that scene because we’ve gotta get animators going on something. Then I’ll run back to the writers room and go, Okay, now what could come after that scene? Why does that scene exist? We really get to sculpt the show.
I became a conservative when I realized that this is where the true counterculture now resides.
glad you found your way here. I always enjoy having the younger crowd post here.
I remember the Cartman's dad fiasco. Comedy Central ran all the complaint calls to promo the actual episode. It was hillarious. You've gotta give TP and MS credit for being the most topically funny guys around. From the Janet Reno Easter Bunny episode to Chris Reeves on Stem Cell Research, it's always funny.
It's tough to rate the best episode, but for falling over laughing, "Tom's Rhinoplasty" takes the cake for Cartman's explanation of how to be a lesbian. I fell out of my chair when I heard that one.
I don't know if they do or not. You might be able to find out by going to the official site. There is an FAQ there. You can search and ask questions. You can also sign up to the forum and ask questions there. There may also be contact info there.
You can bank on it.
That was awesome, "It's like when we got our money back for BASEketball"
You may see a Bill Donohue / Catholic League episode too.
Actually, they made a reference to him in the "Underpants Gnomes" episode as well. Mrs. Tweek mentioned that being anti-corporate makes "them as bad as Rob Reiner."
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