Word: parkers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only take a punk for so long. Eventually he's going to chew on your roll of tinfoil, and your love affair will end. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, TV's only true punks, have done something to irk almost everyone. After their blistering success with South Park two years ago, the duo did the following: concluded a heavily promoted South Park cliffhanger with farting stick figures in place of the regular characters; directed a short movie starring Stone's dancing penis; produced a news show staffed by people with Down syndrome; released Orgazmo, a movie about...
...first season's cliffhanger episode, which foreshadowed the second's sagging ratings, shocked them both. "We thought what everyone loved is that the show was a middle finger to convention. We were in a daze wondering how we could be so wrong about our own audience," says Parker. Adds Stone: "Basically, you can play jokes whenever you want, but you can't play one on your audience. TV is a vicarious experience and not an interactive...
...ratings board and Paramount executives, with whom they have fought over the upcoming film, they admit they refuse to compromise. "It's not that we don't care about our careers. We're just not insane about our careers like some people here are," says Parker. "We know this is going to end. I don't want to be 55 and doing South Park...
...like the Sex Pistols," says Doug Herzog, the president of Fox, who used to run Comedy Central. "They're the closest thing to rock stars I've encountered in the television business." Perhaps their ultimate punk statement is their next project: the prequel to Dumb and Dumber. "That," says Parker, "was pretty much just for the money...
...That win--the Crimson's final home game--saw Harvard post its second victory in the Ivy, with all three seniors scoring. Senior Lauren Dahmen netted one while senior Clare Parker and Asano each turned in two goals. Freshman Heather Hussey added to the action with her 13th goal of the season in second half...