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We Are the Women of ‘South Park’

When you think of the voices behind South Park, you probably picture creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. After all, they voice all the main boys, many of their classmates and just about every adult male in town, too. But since the very beginning, Parker and Stone have always outsourced the voices they couldn’t — and shouldn’t — do on their own, like Chef, Tolkien, Towelie, Mr. Slave and pretty much all the female voices on the show.

The ‘Meanest’ Cameo ‘The Simpsons’ Ever Wrote for a Celebrity Guest Star

The Simpsons has featured some pretty harsh celebrity burns over the years — from poking fun at John Travolta’s struggling career (less than two weeks before the release of Pulp Fiction), to lampooning Robert Downey Jr.’s legal troubles, to McBain’s brutal stand-up comedy routine about Woody Allen.

On the other hand, the celebrity guest stars who offer to voice cartoon versions of themselves on the show seem to get treated pretty well. Although Mark Hamill wasn’t crazy about the show’s suggestion that he makes personal appearances in his Star Wars costume for money. 

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