A few years back, GSN tried to introduce American audiences to the hit Canadian comedy series Kenny vs. Spenny. But while knockoffs in England and Germany proved popular, nobody stateside tuned in for the real deal. Now Comedy Central is giving the outrageous reality show another shot thanks to an endorsement by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (they've also signed on as executive producers). The network airs the first episode of the new season of extreme competitions undertaken by "best friends" Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice tonight (12:30 am/ET), before rolling out regular airings Sundays (11:30 pm/ET). TVGuide.com caught
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Pay attention, kids — filthy mouths can make you filthy rich. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have inked a deal worth $75 million that renews the Comedy Central staple for a 13th, 14th and 15th season. The deal will also create the animation arm South Park Studios (which will feed content to the like-named website), and hand the fellas a rather unprecedented 50 percent share in any online ad revenue. "Three more years of South Park will give us the opportunity to offend that many more people," Stone quips to the Reporter. "And since Trey and I are in charge of the digital side of South Park, we can offend people on their cell phones, game consoles and computers, too."
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Comedy Central's decision to replace a Wednesday repeat of the Scientology- and Tom Cruise-prodding South Park episode with a “Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls” encore has fueled talk that Cruise threatened not to promote Viacom-owned Paramount's Mission: Impossible III if the switch was not made. A rep for Cruise denies the strong-arming and the semiofficial "spin" is that the Chef-centric substitute was chosen as a tribute to Isaac Hayes, who recently quit the series... due to its Scientology riff. But South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone still cry foul, saying in a statement to Variety, "Scientology, you may have won this battle, but the million-year war for Earth has just begun!... You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail!" You gotta love those guys.
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Question: What did you think of the season premiere of South Park? I loved it. This show is better than any other in truly depicting what is going on in this country and how many people are missing what is really important. It is amazing how it's able to mix great/crude comedy with superior insights into what is going on in the world today. I always miss this show when it is in reruns, because now that it is back, I can't wait for Trey Parker to create more great story lines that coincide with today's news.
Answer: South Park is brilliant, savage satire. Along with the essential The Daily Show and the enjoyable (if more limited) parody of The Colbert Report, Comedy Central is really delivering the goods these days when it comes to smart, topical, take-no-prisoners humor. The fact that South Park manages to do this with animation is little short of miraculous ...
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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have inked a new deal that will keep the duo — as well as Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny — at Comedy Central through the end of 2008. The agreement promises three more 14-episode seasons of South Park, with Parker and Stone continuing to write, direct, voice and edit every @%#$ing one of 'em. The new season premieres Oct. 19.
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