15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About South Park

Oh my god! They almost killed Kyle!
15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About South Park

Since 1997, Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny from South Park have been on our televisions to entertain and gross us out with a mix of crude animation, poignant lessons, satire about current events, and lots of poop jokes, sex jokes, and poopy sex jokes. It's almost unthinkable that Kyle was almost killed off the show.

Hmm? Oh, you didn't know? Yeah, Kyle was almost kaput in the season five finale. In fact, there are a lot of interesting facts about South Park that many people don't know about. Did you know the actual makers of Warcraft helped them with their Warcraft episode? Or that there was a chance of South Park airing alongside The Simpsons and Family Guy on network TV? 

You don't stay on the air for over 20 years without gathering up some insane behind-the-scenes factoids along the way. Here are just a few little known or remembered facts about South Park.

Trey Parker didn't want "Make Love, Not Warcraft" to air

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS TREY PARKER DIDN'T WANT MAKE LOVE NOT WARCRAFT TO AIR. SOUTH PARK Parker says he thought they lost their touch during season ten and begged the network to not air the now fan-favorite episode. He thought the episode was terrible and that it would ruin their legacy. CRACKED COM

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Kyle was almost killed off the show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS KYLE WAS ALMOST KILLED OFF THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK The creators felt Kyle and Stan were too similar and planned on killing the character in the season five finale. They eventually gave up on the idea and decided to temporarily kill off Kenny instead. CRACKED.COM

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Fox turned down the show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS FOX TURNED DOWN THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK Before landing on Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone pitched the show to Fox. Executives at Fox turned them down because they didn't think a show about kids could work and wanted it to be more family-centric.

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Jerry Seinfeld wanted to be on the show

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JERRY SEINFELD WANTED TO BE ON THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK All the way back during season one, Seinfeld and several other celebrities offered to provide voice work for the show. Seinfeld ended up retracting his offer after getting offered the role of Turkey No. 2' in the episode

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The art style was inspired by Terry Gilliam

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS THE ART STYLE WAS INSPIRED BY TERRY GILLIAM. SOUTH PARK The art style of the earlier seasons was inspired by Gilliam's Monty Python animation. Both Trey Parker and Matt Stone were huge Python fans since childhood.

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Animation on animation hate

Eric Cartman isn't the only one who hates Family Guy. Turms out, his hatred of the show comes straight from Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The duo says they genuinely hate the show and its type of gag comedy.

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George Clooney was a fan from the beginning

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS GEORGE CLOONEY WAS A FAN FROM THE BEGINNING. SOUTH PARK Clooney was such a huge fan of The Spirit of Christmas, the 1995 short that preceded the show, that he made VHS tapes of the short and sent them to his Hollywood friends. He went on to voice

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