South Park

We all know and love the popular cartoon series on Comedy Central, South Park. I feel as though South Park is a genius program, filled with perfect examples of things that we have talked about in our Pop Culture class. By taking the time each season to make each episode one-by-one between episodes, they are able to keep up-to-date on various facets of pop culture, and then make it comical. A couple of seasons ago, South Park was able to make an episode about several youtube sensations, and have them interact with the main characters of the show. Movie stars, television actors, and even Facebook have all been mocked in the series. I think that the show is important because they are able to make fun of normal situations that we deal with everyday. Also, the creators make the show so ironic, that it's easy to tell what they are making fun of, and exactly why they are making fun of it. I know that I have been known to watch and episode, and then look up a news report on what happened in real life, and am able to compare the two and understand why and how South Park mocks them.