Why are they so funny?

I remember when I was in 7th grade and some 8th graders came in one Thursday morning talking about this "really funny show" they had seen the night before called South Park. There I was, trying to figure out what this show was, I did not know that the show was a cartoon.

I began to pretend to watch the show, ya know, so I could fit in with the 8th graders. Everyone wanted to be an 8th grader when they were in 7th grade. So I would watch the show and it would be over my head to say the least. It was comical to me that Kenny got killed every episode, but that was about it!

Obviously, the older I've gotten, the more I understand. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are brilliant. They are able to weave together ridiculous thoughts that we have all experienced at one point or another and portray it in a way that pokes fun of popular culture.

We have all taken "the biggest crap ever" like in the episode last week. They had this idea and used it to poke fun at Katie Couric, Bono and European awards. The timing is great. In a week when the Noble Prize winners were announced, and Al Gore wins the peace prize for his work on global warming. It is only appropriate to mock European Awards.

People have to consider what is worthy of a prestigious award. It is quite evident that Al Gore is not one of those people, yet he won something . So to, Matt Stone and Trey Parker decided to award someone with a similar award for the same thing - crap!