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Cartman’s Most Crushing Defeat on ‘South Park’ Was A Win for Breast Cancer Awareness

Cartman talks more trash than any other character on South Park, but every now and then, someone has an answer to the question, “Wassup?”

When Trey Parker and Matt Stone first crafted the characters that would carry their hit series South Park for 26 seasons and counting, they described the huskiest among the four main friends as “a little Archie Bunker.” Much like the All in the Family patriarch, Eric Cartman is an outlet for all the most narrow-minded, bigoted and selfish sentiments that Parker and Stone want to satirize in their animated masterpiece — even though, as was the case when All in the Family was on the air, many fans who share Cartman’s beliefs often don’t realize that they’re the ones being mocked. As the personification of every unique problem with American pop culture, Cartman’s success or failure in his many outrageous schemes, plots and scams reflects the outlook South Park writers have on the issues they tackle.

Judd Apatow’s Biden/Trump Joke at the DGA Awards Was A Rare Win for ‘Both Sides Are Bad’ Comedy

In all of political comedy, nothing is more annoying than a fence-sitter who acts like they’re above the left vs. right, Biden vs. Trump debate while still taking part in it. Judd Apatow just showed the “enlightened centrists” what it means to ridicule both sides without giving his audience an excuse to stay home on election day.

The legendary comedy filmmaker behind beloved classics like Superbad and The 40-Year-Old Virgin has spent the better part of the last decade re-honing his stand-up skills after many years of neglect. Apatow, a New York native, started performing stand-up while he was still in high school and spent seven years trying to break through, peaking with an appearance on HBO’s Young Comedians Special. Sadly, Apatow had to settle for a critically and commercially successful career as a film and TV writer, director and producer that rivals the body of works of any artist in comedy history instead of spending the next three decades touring college campuses and cranking out the occasional Netflix special. That is, until Apatow released his debut hour Judd Apatow: The Return on Netflix in 2017.

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