Shorts, Sketches, and Other Appearances
| Title | Date | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| The Spirit of Christmas: "Jesus vs. Frosty" | November 25, 1992 | |
| The idea for South Park originated in 1992 when Trey Parker and Matt Stone, students at the University of Colorado, met in a film class. The two created a low-budget, crudely made, Christmas-related animated short, often called "Jesus vs. Frosty". The film featured prototypes of the main characters of South Park, including Cartman, Stan, and Kenny. | ||
| The Spirit of Christmas: "Jesus vs. Santa" | March 11, 1995 | The Hits: Volume 1 |
| After Fox Broadcasting Company executive Brian Graden saw "Jesus vs. Frosty", he commissioned Parker and Stone to create a second short film that he could send to his friends as a video Christmas card in 1995. This was titled The Spirit of Christmas, also known as "Jesus vs. Santa", and it resembled the style of the later series more closely. The video was popular and widely shared, both by duplication and over the internet, and eventually led to the series. | ||
| "The Original Unaired Pilot" | January 3, 1996 | The Original Unaired Pilot |
| The original version of the show's pilot episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe". The pilot was created entirely by construction paper cutout animation by Parker, Stone, and animation director Eric Stough in the summer of 1996. The unaired version of the pilot was 28 minutes long, which was too long to air. The creators had to cut about 10 minutes of material, and add back another three minutes of computer animation, in order to tie up the changed storyline. | ||
| "Magic: The Gathering"promotional bumper | February 5, 1997 | |
| A message shown on Comedy Central, promoting the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. | ||
| "A South Park Thanksgiving" | November 20, 1997 (1997-11-20) | The Complete First Season |
| A Thanksgiving-themed short, featuring talk show host Jay Leno, produced for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. | ||
| "Chef Aid: Behind the Menu" | April 29, 1998 | The Chef Experience |
| A Behind the Music-style promotional video for Chef Aid: The South Park Album, featuring interviews with Flea, Elton John, Meat Loaf, Ozzy Osbourne and others. Also contains the music video for Master P's single "Kenny's Dead", from the same album. | ||
| "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)"music video | 1998 | The Complete Second Season The Chef Experience |
| Music video for the song "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)" from Chef Aid: The South Park Album, performed by Isaac Hayes as Chef. | ||
| "Kenny's Dead"music video | 1998 | The Chef Experience |
| Music video for the Master P single "Kenny's Dead", which is featured on Chef Aid: The South Park Album. Animation, mixed with live action. | ||
| "The Dead Friend Sketch" | October 5, 1999 (1999-10-05) | The Life of Python |
| A comedic remake of the "Dead Parrot sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus. It was featured on the television special Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python. | ||
| "The Gauntlet" | June 8, 2000 (2000-06-08) | |
| A sketch spoofing the movies Gladiator and Battlefield Earth, as well as Scientology, which was produced for the 2000 MTV Movie Awards. | ||
| Cartman NHL videos for the Los Angeles Kings | 2002 | |
| "A series of promotional videos for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL at live matches during the 2001–02 NHL season, where Cartman ridicules the mascots of rival teams and reacts to various aspects of the game. | ||
| "The Aristocrats"sketch | 2005 | The Aristocrats |
| Cartman tells the famous dirty joke called "The Aristocrats" to the boys. Featured in the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats. | ||
| "Lil' Rush" | 2007 | Rush: Snakes & Arrows Live |
| The boys form a music group called "Lil' Rush". Shown as an intro at the concerts of the Canadian rock band Rush on their Snakes & Arrows tour, before their song "Tom Sawyer". | ||
| Cartman introduces Colorado football lineup | November 23, 2007 (2007-11-23) | |
| Cartman introduces the starting offense and defense lineups of the University of Colorado Boulder's Buffaloes, during ABC's coverage of the 2007 match-up between the University of Colorado and the University of Nebraska. | ||
| Imaginationland: The Movie | March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11) | South Park – Imaginationland SouthParkStudios.com |
| The eleventh season three-part "Imaginationland" story arc released as a combined direct-to-video film in 2008. Director's cut, including previously unseen scenes. | ||
| "The Proust Questionnaire" | April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05) | NPR website |
| Trey Parker, in character as Cartman, gives answers to the Proust Questionnaire conducted by Julie Rovner of NPR. | ||
| "Cartman's life lessons" | October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07) | The Cult of Cartman |
| Cartman shares a "life lesson" before every episode on The Cult of Cartman compilation DVD. |
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