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135-441: The show starred Mandy Patinkin as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, a hot-shot surgeon with emotional issues stemming from the psychiatric condition of his wife (played by Kim Greist ), who drowned their infant son. Adam Arkin plays Dr. Aaron Shutt, a world-renowned neurosurgeon and Geiger's best friend. Thomas Gibson played Dr. Daniel Nyland, a promiscuous ER doctor and trauma surgeon who was later suspended due to his having an affair with

270-537: A Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series , among other honors. Explaining what he learned from the character, he stated, "The line between good and evil runs through each one of us." Patinkin was announced as playing the role of Pierre Bezukhov in the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 starting August 15, 2017. He

405-443: A Tony Award , a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for seven Drama Desk Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , and a Screen Actors Guild Award . Patinkin made his theatre debut in 1975 starring opposite Meryl Streep in the revival of the comic play Trelawny of the "Wells" at The Public Theatre 's Shakespeare Festival . He played Che in the first Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Evita (1979) earning

540-811: A Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as well as the roles of Georges Seurat /George in Stephen Sondheim 's Sunday in the Park with George (1984) for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . He portrayed Lord Archibald Craven in the original Broadway cast of Lucy Simon 's The Secret Garden (1991). Patinkin replaced Michael Rupert as Marvin in William Finn ’s Falsettos (1993) on Broadway. He starred as Burrs in The Wild Party (2000) and earned

675-417: A creative consultant and co-producer. After exchanging ideas, Parker will write a script, and from there the entire team of animators, editors, technicians, and sound engineers will each typically work 100–120 hours in the ensuing week. Since the show's fourth season (2000), Parker has assumed most of the show's directorial duties, while Stone relinquished his share of the directing to focus on handling

810-399: A large range of subject matter . Parker and Stone developed South Park from two animated short films, both titled The Spirit of Christmas , released in 1992 and 1995. The second short became one of the first Internet viral videos , leading to the series' production. The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation ; the remainder of the series uses computer animation recalling

945-624: A " JewBu " because of this mix of beliefs and " spiritual but not religious ". Patinkin has been involved in a variety of Jewish causes and cultural activities. He sings in Yiddish , often in concert, and on his album Mamaloshen . He also wrote introductions for two books on Jewish culture, The Jewish American Family Album , by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, and Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Holiday Cookbook: A Jewish Family's Celebrations , by his mother, Doralee Patinkin Rubin. In May 2012, Patinkin delivered

1080-914: A Drama Series for Chicago Hope in 1995. He had recurring roles in Dead Like Me (2003–2004) and The Good Fight (2021). He also had film roles portraying Inigo Montoya in Rob Reiner 's family adventure film The Princess Bride (1987) and Avigdor in Barbra Streisand 's musical epic Yentl (1983) for which he earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Other film credits include Ragtime (1981), Maxie (1985), Dick Tracy (1990), True Colors (1991), Impromptu (1991), Wonder (2017), and Life Itself (2018). Patinkin also voiced roles in Hayao Miyazaki 's Castle in

1215-554: A bid for higher ratings, while ER remained in its time slot. Chicago Hope remained in the Monday slot and performed well, with ratings peaking at 11.9, with a 20 share. In the second season, however, Kelley and Patinkin decided to leave the show. The show was moved to Wednesdays at 10   p.m. in 1997 to make room for the Steven Bochco drama, Brooklyn South , on Mondays. In 1999, both Kelley and Patinkin returned, with

1350-496: A brain aneurysm. In Season 6, Shutt returns to Neurosurgery and works alongside Carla Gugino 's character, Dr. Gina Simon. Chicago Hope ran six seasons, airing a total of 141 episodes. Fyvush Finkel and Kathy Baker appeared as their Picket Fences characters in the first season. Likewise, Mandy Patinkin and Héctor Elizondo brought their Chicago Hope characters to Picket Fences that year. Both Adam Arkin and Lauren Holly had previously appeared on Picket Fences as

1485-470: A digital audio tape while a director gave directions over the phone, after which the tape would be shipped to the show's production studio in California. After Hayes left the show in early 2006, the character of Chef was killed off in the season 10 (2006) premiere " The Return of Chef ". Celebrities who are depicted on the show are usually impersonated, though some celebrities do their own voices for

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1620-435: A face reminiscent of the show's traditional style. Canadians on the show are often portrayed in an even more minimalist fashion; they have simple beady eyes, and the top halves of their heads simply flap up and down when the characters speak. When the show began using computers, the cardboard cutouts were scanned and re-drawn with CorelDRAW , then imported into PowerAnimator , which was used with SGI workstations to animate

1755-540: A few days' time. Each episode used to cost $ 250,000. Scripts are not written before a season begins. Production of an episode begins on a Thursday, with the show's writing consultants brainstorming with Parker and Stone. Former staff writers include Pam Brady , who has since written scripts for the films Hot Rod , Hamlet 2 and Team America: World Police (with Parker and Stone), and Nancy Pimental , who served as co-host of Win Ben Stein's Money and wrote

1890-455: A few staff members voice recurring characters. Supervising producer Jennifer Howell voices student Bebe Stevens ; co-producer and storyboard artist Adrien Beard voices Tolkien Black , who was the school's only African-American student until the introduction of Nichole in " Cartman Finds Love "; writing consultant Vernon Chatman voices an anthropomorphic towel named Towelie ; and production supervisor John Hansen voices Mr. Slave ,

2025-512: A fictional Colorado town in the real-life South Park basin. Fox eagerly agreed to meet with the duo about the show's premise, having prided itself on edgier products such as Cops , The Simpsons , and The X-Files . However, during the meeting at the Fox office in Century City , disagreements between the two creators and the network began to arise, mainly over the latter's refusal to air

2160-490: A founder of The Second City ; Bonnie Miller Rubin, a Chicago Tribune reporter; Laura Patinkin, a New York–based actress; Louis Rosen, a New York–based composer; and Stacy Oliver née Patinkin, a writer and performer. Patinkin grew up in an upper-middle-class family, descended from Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland , and was raised in Conservative Judaism , attending religious school daily from

2295-562: A funnier show. The schedule also allows South Park to both stay more topical and respond more quickly to specific current events than other satiric animated shows. One of the earliest examples of this was in the season four (2000) episode " Quintuplets 2000 ", which references the United States Border Patrol 's raid of a house during the Elián González affair , an event which occurred only four days before

2430-516: A good-looking leading man with a rare light touch for romantic comedy." In 1987, Patinkin played Inigo Montoya in Rob Reiner 's The Princess Bride , playing the role of the best swordsman in the country, looking to avenge his father's death. Patinkin acted opposite Cary Elwes , Robin Wright , Andre the Giant , and Billy Crystal . Variety praised his performance writing, "Patinkin especially

2565-877: A kind of homage, as does Mr. Patinkin's performance, to the Laughton film ." Mamaloshen , Patinkin's musical production of songs sung entirely in Yiddish , premiered in 1998. He has performed the show on Broadway and in venues around the United States. The recorded version won a Deutscher Schallplattenpreis award in Germany. In 1999, Patinkin co-starred in the second Sesame Street film, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland , as Huxley, an abusive, childish, sadistic, and greedy man with abnormally large eyebrows, who steals whatever he can grab and then claims it as his own. Patinkin returned to Broadway in 2000 in

2700-523: A lawyer and as a deputy sheriff, respectively. Mandy Patinkin appears in an uncredited role as Geiger in a 1995 episode of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street . Chicago Hope producer John Tinker shot this footage as a favor to his St. Elsewhere colleague Tom Fontana . Chicago Hope characters crossed over to Early Edition early in that show's run. Rocky Carroll , Jayne Brook , and Héctor Elizondo all guest-starred in scenes taking place in

2835-680: A limited 63-performance run starting November 21, 2011, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre , and ending on January 13, 2012. The concert marked the first time the pair had performed together on Broadway since appearing in Evita . He costarred with Claire Danes on the Showtime series Homeland , which aired from 2011 until 2020. He portrays counterterrorism operative Saul Berenson , protagonist Carrie Mathison 's (Danes) mentor. For his performance, Patinkin has been nominated for

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2970-412: A mere three days prior to the episode airing. The season 12 (2008) episode " About Last Night... " revolves around Barack Obama 's victory in the 2008 presidential election , and aired less than 24 hours after Obama was declared the winner, using segments of dialogue from Obama's real victory speech. On October 16, 2013, the show failed to meet their production deadline for the first time ever, after

3105-552: A nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . Richard Corliss of Time praised his performance but criticized Streisand's choice to not have him sing in the film. Corliss wrote, "For her male co-star she hired Mandy Patinkin, who has wrapped his crystalline Broadway tenor voice around Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber , then gave him no songs to sing". Veron Scott of United Press International wrote, "When Patinkin

3240-676: A nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series . He also acted in numerous films such as the drama The Doctor (1991), The Music of Chance (1993), the comedy Life with Mikey (1993), the action adventure Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994), and the romantic mystery Lulu on the Bridge (1998). After turning down the role in the Walt Disney Animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), he portrayed Quasimodo in

3375-478: A part of American Playhouse . The following year he took the role of Buddy Plummer in Follies: In Concert at Lincoln Center . In 1985 Patinkin took a leading role in the romantic fantasy comedy Maxie opposite Glenn Close . Variety gave the film a mixed review but praised Patinkin, writing, "Much of the credit for keeping [ Maxie ] alive must go to Mandy Patinkin, who shows himself to be

3510-410: A patient's family member and later was injured in a car crash. Dr. Keith Wilkes played by Rocky Carroll , often clashed with Nyland and was known for his back-to-basics and rough demeanor. He was good friends with Peter Berg 's character, Dr. Billy Kronk. Kronk was known for his cowboyish demeanor and known to be very cocky, as showed in an episode where he cuts off a man's injured leg with a chainsaw in

3645-401: A poor family, tightly wears his parka hood to the point where it obscures most of his face and muffles his speech. During the first five seasons, Kenny died in almost every episode before reappearing in the next with no definite explanation. He was killed off in the fifth season episode " Kenny Dies ", before being reintroduced in the sixth season finale, " Red Sleigh Down ". Since then, Kenny

3780-561: A power outage on October 15 at the production studio prevented the episode, season 17's " Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers ", from being finished in time. The episode was rescheduled to air a week later on October 23, 2013. The show's style of animation is inspired by the paper cut-out cartoons made by Terry Gilliam for Monty Python's Flying Circus , of which Parker and Stone have been lifelong fans. Construction paper and traditional stop motion cutout animation techniques were used in

3915-607: A renowned former detective, now heading private security for a business family, in ABC Studios' TV Series Death and Other Details . Patinkin married actress and writer Kathryn Grody on April 15, 1980. They have two sons, Isaac and Gideon. Gideon joined his father onstage in Dress Casual in 2011. Patinkin suffered from keratoconus , a progressive eye condition, in the mid-1990s. This led to two corneal transplants , his right cornea in 1997 and his left in 1998. He

4050-515: A revamped cast now including Barbara Hershey and Lauren Holly , but excluding Lahti, Peter Berg , Jayne Brook , Vondie Curtis-Hall , and Stacy Edwards . CBS also moved the show back to Thursday nights, against NBC's Frasier and ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire . The show was canceled in May 2000. In 2008, former co-stars Rocky Carroll (Dr. Keith Wilkes); Mark Harmon (Dr. Jack McNeil) and Lauren Holly (Dr. Jeremy Hanlon) worked together on

4185-591: A scene where Kronk helps out at an accident site. Peter MacNicol , Alan Rosenberg , and Héctor Elizondo feature as the hospital's in-house attorneys and chief of staff, respectively. Christine Lahti joined in the second season as Dr. Kate Austin, a talented heart surgeon with a chip on her shoulder, vying with Geiger for the chief of surgery position. She was known fighting in a custody battle with her malicious ex-husband and businessman, Tommy Wilmette, played by Ron Silver . Mr. Wilmette did everything he could to get Austin to lose custody of their daughter. He purchased

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4320-700: A second nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . Patinkin had leading roles in television shows, playing Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in Chicago Hope (1994–2000), SSA Jason Gideon in the CBS crime-drama series Criminal Minds (2005–2007), Saul Berenson in the Showtime drama series Homeland (2011–2020), and Rufus Cotesworth in the Hulu mystery series Death and Other Details (2024). For his work in television he has earned seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Leading Actor in

4455-434: A show that included a supporting talking stool character named Mr. Hankey . Some executives at 20th Century Fox Television (which was to produce the series) agreed with its then-sister network's stance on Mr. Hankey and repeatedly requested Parker and Stone to remove the character in order for the show to proceed. Refusing to meet their demands, the duo cut ties with Fox and its sister companies all together and began shopping

4590-547: A significant social media following. Later that year, Grody and Patinkin partnered with Swing Left , creating viral videos with their sons to encourage people to vote for Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election . Patinkin also stumped for Biden in an ad for the Jewish Democratic Council of America encouraging Jews to vote for Biden. The ad featured Patinkin channeling his Princess Bride character to encourage people to vote. Patinkin

4725-401: A stand-in for Mr. Sondheim, who brings the same fierce, methodical intellectual precision to musical and verbal composition that the artist brought to his pictorial realm." Patinkin left the show on September 17 and was replaced by Robert Westenberg . He returned to the show on August 5, 1985, until the show closed two months later. His performance was captured on film and shown on television as

4860-561: Is a model railroader . Theatre awards Film and television awards South Park South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone , and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central . The series revolves around four boys— Stan Marsh , Kyle Broflovski , Eric Cartman , and Kenny McCormick —and their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. South Park also features many recurring characters. The series became infamous for its profanity and dark , surreal humor that satirizes

4995-403: Is a joy to watch and the film comes to life when his longhaired, scruffy cavalier is on screen." His character has earned a cult following and his memorable line "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," was ranked as one of IGN ' s best movie moments. The following year in 1988 he acted in the science fiction action film Alien Nation directed by Graham Baker and

5130-458: Is depicted as dying sporadically. During the first 58 episodes, the children were in the third grade . During the fourth season , they entered the fourth grade , where they have remained ever since. Plots are often set in motion by events, ranging from the fairly typical to the supernatural and extraordinary, which frequently happen in the town. The boys often act as the voice of reason when these events cause panic or incongruous behavior among

5265-414: Is fast in the opening and leisurely in the closing credits. It is in the minor key and it features a tritone or a diminished fifth, creating a melodic dissonance , which captures the show's surrealistic nature. In the latter parts of seasons 4 and 5, the opening tune has an electro funk arrangement with pop qualities. Seasons 6–9 have a sprightly bluegrass instrumentation with a usage of banjo and

5400-624: Is in a scene it is difficult to focus on anyone else, including Streisand who is at her very best in Yentl . He plays profound, passionate men of action." Patinkin noted that both Ragtime (1981) and Daniel (1983) weren't as successful as he had hoped commercially and critically saying, "When you care about the content of a film, you want people to see it". He stated he had a positive experience working with Streisand saying, "'She tried to overcome her superstardom to make me feel comfortable. She worked hard to get to know me for what I am." Patinkin also

5535-606: Is included in various publications' lists of the greatest television shows. It has received numerous accolades, including five Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award . A theatrical film, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut , was released in June 1999 to commercial and critical success, garnering an Academy Award nomination. In 2013, TV Guide ranked South Park the tenth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time. South Park centers around four boys: Stan Marsh , Kyle Broflovski , Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick . The boys live in

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5670-439: Is modeled after Parker, while Kyle is modeled after Stone. They are best friends, and their friendship, symbolically intended to reflect Parker and Stone's friendship, is a common topic throughout the series. Cartman (as he is commonly referred to) is amoral and increasingly psychopathic , and is commonly portrayed as an antagonist . His staunch antisemitism has resulted in a progressive rivalry with Kyle. Kenny, who comes from

5805-451: Is set in the major key . For the later seasons, the arrangement is electro rock with a breakbeat influence, which feature electric guitars backed up by synthesized , groovy drumbeats. The opening theme song has been remixed three times during the course of the series, including a remix performed by Paul Robb . In 2006, the theme music was remixed with the song "Whamola" by Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade , from

5940-409: Is today Kenny, and two near-identical unnamed characters who resemble Stan and Kyle. Fox Broadcasting Company executive and mutual friend Brian Graden commissioned Parker and Stone to create a second short film as a video Christmas card. Created in 1995, the second The Spirit of Christmas short resembled the style of the later series more closely. To differentiate between the two homonymous shorts,

6075-529: The Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo that he loathed violence on television and was uncomfortable with certain scenes in Criminal Minds . He later called his choice to do Criminal Minds his "biggest public mistake" and stated that he "thought it was something very different. I never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night, every day, week after week, year after year. It

6210-598: The New York Shakespeare Festival production of Michael John LaChiusa 's The Wild Party , portraying Burrs acting opposite Toni Collette as Queenie. The vaudeville like production is based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March narrative poem of the same name . For his performance he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . In 2003, he dubbed a voice in the Walt Disney re-release of Hayao Miyazaki 's Castle in

6345-452: The TNT television film The Hunchback (1997) acting opposite Salma Hayek , and Richard Harris . John O'Connor from The New York Times praised his performance writing, "[Patinkin] is surprisingly restrained...His Quasimodo is a gentle and quite moving creature, shyly hiding his facial disfigurations in the shadows". Connor praised the production writing that its "oddly old-fashioned, paying

6480-508: The Thanksgiving episode " Starvin' Marvin ", but declined to appear when he was only offered a role as "Turkey #2". Parker says that the varying uses of music are of utmost importance to South Park . Several characters often play or sing songs in order to change or influence a group's behavior, or to educate, motivate, or indoctrinate others. The show also frequently features scenes in which its characters have disapproving reactions to

6615-612: The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance. He also received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical . Patinkin took film roles in Milos Forman 's historical drama Ragtime (1980) playing Tateh and Sidney Lumet 's drama Daniel (1983) portraying Paul Isaacson. Patinkin won acclaim for his role as an Orthodox Jewish man Avigdor in Barbra Streisand 's romantic drama epic Yentl (1983), which earned him

6750-519: The University of Colorado in 1992 and discovered a shared love of Monty Python , which they often cite as one of their primary inspirations. They created an animated short entitled The Spirit of Christmas . The film was created by animating construction paper cutouts with stop motion , and features prototypes of the main characters of South Park , including a character resembling Cartman but named "Kenny", an unnamed character resembling what

6885-478: The fictional small town of South Park, located within the real-life South Park basin in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado , approximately a one-hour drive from Denver . The town is also home to an assortment of other characters, including students , families , elementary school staff , and other various residents . Prominent settings include South Park Elementary, various neighborhoods and

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7020-462: The pilot episode " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe ". South Park was in danger of being canceled before it even aired when the show fared poorly with test audiences, particularly with women. However, the shorts were still gaining more popularity over the Internet, and Comedy Central ordered a run of six episodes. South Park debuted with "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" on August 13, 1997. Except for

7155-529: The 1981 animated film Heavy Metal , implements scenes accomplished with rotoscoping . Parker and Stone voice most of the male South Park characters. Mary Kay Bergman voiced the majority of the female characters until her death in November 1999. Mona Marshall and Eliza Schneider succeeded Bergman, with Schneider leaving the show after its seventh season (2003). She was replaced by April Stewart , who, along with Marshall, continues to voice most of

7290-510: The Park with George , in which he played the pointillist artist Georges Seurat and his fictional great-grandson George. Performances began in April 1984 and he starred opposite Bernadette Peters . Patinkin earned nominations for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical . Frank Rich of The New York Times wrote, "Seurat, here embodied commandingly by Mandy Patinkin, could well be

7425-873: The Sky (2003) and The Wind Rises (2013). Mandel Bruce Patinkin, known as Mandy, was born in Chicago , Illinois , on November 30, 1952, to Doris Lee "Doralee" (née Sinton) (1925–2014), a homemaker , and Lester Don Patinkin (1919–1972), who operated two large Chicago-area metal factories, the People's Iron & Metal Company and the Scrap Corporation of America. His mother wrote Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Jewish Family Cookbook . Patinkin's cousins include Mark Patinkin , an author and nationally syndicated columnist for The Providence Journal ; Sheldon Patinkin of Columbia College Chicago 's Theater Department,

7560-506: The Sky . From 2003 to 2004, he appeared in the Showtime comedy drama Dead Like Me as Rube Sofer . In 2004, he played a six-week engagement of his one-man concert at the Off-Broadway complex Dodger Stages . In September 2005, he debuted in the role of Jason Gideon , an experienced profiler just coming back to work after a series of nervous breakdowns , in the CBS crime-drama television series Criminal Minds . Patinkin

7695-526: The TV Guide Network) from 2010 to 2012. OWN also aired reruns of Chicago Hope on a semi-regular basis. In the UK, seasons 1 and 2 originally aired on BBC One . More recently, all seasons of the show have been shown on ITV3 . Starting on September 3, 2007, it began airing on Zone Romantica in the UK and Ireland. It was also shown on Sky One in the UK and Ireland in its prime time slots. In Australia,

7830-502: The United States with the TV-14 rating. 20th Television replaced Tribune as co-distributor in early 2008. By the time its run in syndication ended in 2015, it aired in 90 percent of the television markets across the United States and Canada, where it generated an estimated US$ 25 million a year in advertising revenue. In 2019, CBS Television Distribution (the syndication arm of ViacomCBS, now known as Paramount Global ), took over

7965-485: The United States, so local servers have been set up in other countries. In September 2009, a South Park Studios website with streaming episodes was launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In Canada, episodes were available for streaming from The Comedy Network's website, though due to digital rights restrictions, they are no longer available. In April 2010, the season five episode " Super Best Friends " and

8100-556: The White House to talk about Healthcare Reform. In Season 2, Geiger resigns from Chicago Hope after trying to save Alan Birch from a deadly gunshot wound to his heart. Geiger adopted Birch's baby daughter. Geiger later rejoins the doctors at the end of Season 5 when he becomes Chairman of the Board and fires half of the doctors. In Season 4, Dr. Shutt became a psychiatrist and temporarily loses his ability to operate after suffering from

8235-588: The Winds , and many other regionally specific characteristics. Stan is portrayed as an average American boy; however, he has many mishaps throughout the series. In the first 22 seasons, Stan lived in South Park, but in the episodes during and after season 22 , Stan resided in Tegridy Farms. Kyle is Jewish , and his portrayal as one of the few such people in South Park is often dealt with satirically. Stan

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8370-641: The adult populace, who are customarily depicted as irrational, gullible, and prone to overreaction. They are frequently confused by the contradictory and hypocritical behavior of their parents and other adults, and often perceive them as having distorted views on morality and society. Each episode opens with a tongue-in-cheek all persons fictitious disclaimer : "All characters and events in this show—even those based on real people—are entirely fictional. All celebrity voices are impersonated.....poorly. The following program contains coarse language and due to its content it should not be viewed by anyone." South Park

8505-654: The age of seven to 13 or 14 and singing in synagogue choirs, as well as attending the Camp Sura in Michigan . His father died of pancreatic cancer in 1972. He attended South Shore High School, Harvard St. George School, and Kenwood High School (later renamed Kenwood Academy , where his teachers included Lena McLin ), and graduated in 1970. He attended the University of Kansas and the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 5 : 1972–1976). At Juilliard, he

8640-457: The album Purple Onion . South Park is broadcast internationally in several countries and territories, including India, New Zealand, and several countries throughout Europe and Latin America on channels that are subsidiaries of Comedy Central and Paramount Media Networks , both subsidiaries of Paramount. In distribution deals with Comedy Central, other independent networks also broadcast

8775-537: The announcement every episode remained available for free on the South Park Studios website, using the Hulu player . As of September 2014, following the premiere of the eighteenth season, only 30 select episodes would be featured for free viewing at a time on a rotating basis on the website, with new episodes being available for an entire month starting the day following their original airings. The entire series

8910-454: The barks for Stan's dog Sparky in the season one (1997) episode " Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride ", Leno provided the meows for Cartman's cat in the season one finale " Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut ", and Henry Winkler voiced the various growls and grunts of a kid-eating monster in the season two (1998) episode " City on the Edge of Forever ". Jerry Seinfeld offered to lend his voice for

9045-453: The character's death on the show, were listed as "Chef's Band" in the closing credits. Rick James , Elton John , Meat Loaf , Joe Strummer , Ozzy Osbourne , Primus , Rancid , and Ween all guest starred and briefly performed in the season two (1998) episode " Chef Aid ". Korn debuted their single " Falling Away from Me " as guest stars on the season three (1999) episode " Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery ". The show's theme song

9180-486: The characters. The workstations were linked to a 54-processor render farm that could render 10 to 15 shots an hour. Beginning with season five , the animators began using Maya instead of PowerAnimator. As of 2012, the studio ran a 120-processor render farm that can produce 30 or more shots an hour. PowerAnimator and Maya are high-end programs mainly used for 3D computer graphics , while co-producer and former animation director Eric Stough notes that PowerAnimator

9315-400: The cheap cutout animation look. A few episodes feature sections of live-action footage, while others have incorporated other styles of animation. Portions of the season eight (2004) premiere " Good Times with Weapons " are done in anime style, while the season 10 episode " Make Love, Not Warcraft " is done partly in machinima . The season 12 episode " Major Boobage ", a homage to

9450-432: The child characters, and Time described the boys as "sometimes cruel but with a core of innocence". Usually, the boys or other characters pondered over what transpired during an episode and conveyed the important lesson taken from it with a short monologue. During earlier seasons, this speech commonly began with a variation of the phrase "You know, I've learned something today...". Parker and Stone met in film class at

9585-436: The children, Chef would also sing about things relevant to what had transpired in the plot. These songs were original compositions written by Parker, and they were performed by Hayes in the same sexually suggestive R&B style he had used during his own music career. The band DVDA, which consists of Parker and Stone, along with show staff members Bruce Howell and D.A. Young, performed the music for these compositions and, until

9720-539: The coming of age romantic comedy French Postcards and the neo-noir Last Embrace . Patinkin had his first success in musical theater when he starred as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Evita , opposite Patti LuPone , on Broadway in 1979. Walter Kerr of The New York Times described his performance as "vigorous". James Lardner of The Washington Post wrote, "Patinkin gives a sympathetic, consistent and rather sweet performance". Patinkin won

9855-405: The coordination and business aspects of the production. On Wednesday, a completed episode is sent to Comedy Central's headquarters via satellite uplink, sometimes just a few hours before its air time of 10 PM Eastern Time . Parker and Stone state that subjecting themselves to a one-week deadline creates more spontaneity amongst themselves in the creative process, which they feel results in

9990-528: The episode originally aired. The season nine (2005) episode " Best Friends Forever " references the Terri Schiavo case , and originally aired in the midst of the controversy and less than 12 hours before she died. A scene in the season seven (2003) finale " It's Christmas in Canada " references the discovery of dictator Saddam Hussein in a "spider hole" and his subsequent capture , which happened

10125-479: The female characters. Bergman was originally listed in the credits under the alias Shannen Cassidy to protect her reputation as the voice of several Disney and other kid-friendly characters. Stewart was originally credited under the name Gracie Lazar, while Schneider was sometimes credited under her rock opera performance pseudonym Blue Girl. Other voice actors and members of South Park 's production staff have voiced minor characters for various episodes, while

10260-401: The film The Sweetest Thing after her tenure with the show during its first three seasons. Television producer and writer Norman Lear , an idol of both Parker and Stone, served as a guest writing consultant for the season seven (2003) episodes " Cancelled " and " I'm a Little Bit Country ". During the 12th and 13th seasons, Saturday Night Live actor and writer Bill Hader served as

10395-439: The first short is often referred to as Jesus vs. Frosty , and the second short as Jesus vs. Santa . Graden sent copies of the video to several of his friends, and from there it was copied and distributed, including on the internet, where it became one of the first viral videos . As Jesus vs. Santa became more popular, Parker and Stone began talks of developing the short into a television series about four children residing in

10530-478: The first time. The pilot episode of Chicago Hope aired the day before NBC 's ER in a special Sunday, 8   p.m. time slot. After the first week, however, the two Chicago-based hospital dramas went "head to head" in their primetime 10   p.m. Thursday night slot. ER was the victor: its first season proved a ratings winner. Despite receiving critical acclaim, Chicago Hope was shifted to 9   p.m. Thursdays, and ultimately to Monday nights in 1995 in

10665-406: The former gay lover of Mr. Garrison . Throughout the show's run, the voices for toddler and kindergarten characters have been provided by various small children of the show's production staff. When voicing child characters, the voice actors speak within their normal vocal range while adding a childlike inflection. The recorded audio is then edited with Pro Tools , and the pitch is altered to make

10800-438: The full distribution rights following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox (parent of 20th Television) by The Walt Disney Company (who had employed Debmar-Mercury founder Mort Marcus as the head of their syndication division ), distributing the show in syndication. In 2021, South Park Studios struck a deal with ViacomCBS , which allows the show to be renewed all the way up to season 30 and 14 additional films, enough to carry

10935-458: The highly successful Criminal Minds , as well as Shemar Moore who was a guest star on Chicago Hope during Season 4. Patinkin later left the show early in its third season. Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Chicago Hope . Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May Nielsen ratings . Over its six seasons, Chicago Hope

11070-475: The hospital at the end of Season 2. Dr. Austin is suspended because she and her daughter go AWOL on a trip to New Zealand . Mr. Wilmette was upset because it took him three months to find his ex-wife and daughter. In Season 3, the doctors want Mr. Wilmette to sell the hospital and the doctors would run it. The doctors viewed that Wilmette didn't know how to run a hospital and cut too many costs that involved patient care. Mr. Wilmette later met with Senator Kennedy at

11205-526: The hospital. With the exception of some infrequent on-location scenes, the vast majority of Chicago Hope was filmed on sound stages at the studios of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles . Three of the cast (Harmon, Carroll and Holly) would later go on to star together in NCIS . The series broke a network television taboo by showing a teenager's breast after her character underwent reconstructive surgery. This

11340-577: The legal drama series The Good Fight on CBS . The following year he voiced Benjamin Franklin in the Ken Burns documentary series Benjamin Franklin on PBS . Also in 2022, Patinkin was the narrator of the miniseries Indivisible: Healing Hate , a Paramount+ show documenting the events that led to the January 6 United States Capitol attack . In 2024, Patinkin starred as Rufus Cotesworth,

11475-412: The live-action comedy film Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) opposite Demi Lovato , Rainn Wilson , and Julia Roberts . During this time he also took roles in the animated film The Wind Rises (2013), the comedy-drama Wish I Was Here (2014), the family film Wonder (2017), the drama Life Itself (2018), and the comedy Before You Know It (2019). In 2021 he was part of the main cast of

11610-483: The most musical of Shakespeare's late plays." On October 14, 2009, it was announced that Patinkin would be a guest star on an episode of Three Rivers , which aired on November 15, 2009. He played a patient with Lou Gehrig's disease injured in a car accident who asks the doctors at Three Rivers Hospital to take him off life support so his organs can be donated. He filmed an appearance on The Whole Truth that had been scheduled to air December 15, 2010, but ABC pulled

11745-569: The musical The Secret Garden in 1991 and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He left the show in September of that same year and Howard McGillin took over his role. He also released two solo albums, titled Mandy Patinkin (1989) and Dress Casual (1990). In January 1993, he took over the role of Marvin from Michael Rupert in the Broadway musical Falsettos and starred opposite Barbara Walsh , Stephen Bogardus , and Chip Zien . In 1995, Patinkin sang

11880-459: The narrator of the season four episode " Pip ". Jennifer Aniston , Richard Belzer , Natasha Henstridge , Norman Lear , and Peter Serafinowicz have guest starred as other speaking characters. During South Park 's earliest seasons, several high-profile celebrities inquired about guest-starring on the show. As a joke, Parker and Stone responded by offering low-profile, non-speaking roles, most of which were accepted; George Clooney provided

12015-732: The neo-noir film The House on Carroll Street directed by Peter Yates . Over the next decade, he continued to appear in movies, including Warren Beatty 's action crime comedy Dick Tracy (1990) and Herbert Ross 's political comedy True Colors (1991). He also portrayed Alfred de Musset in James Lapine 's period drama Impromptu (1991) starring Hugh Grant , Judy Davis , Emma Thompson , and reunited with Bernadette Peters. Dessen Howe of The Washington Post described his performance writing "he makes an effective comic catalyst". On Broadway, Patinkin appeared as Lord Archibald Craven opposite Rebecca Luker and Robert Westenberg in

12150-424: The next day after their Comedy Central airing. Once that deal expires in 2025, Paramount+ will become the exclusive streaming home. In addition, the season 27 episodes would stream first on Paramount+ before hitting HBO Max. Though season 27 would have originally aired in 2024, the season was delayed due to what Parker and Stone claimed to be uncertainties about the 2024 United States presidential election (mainly

12285-852: The opening speech at the Annual Convention of the Israeli Left, where he recounted his experiences during a visit to the West Bank with members of the Breaking the Silence organization. On December 21, 2015, on Charlie Rose on PBS , Patinkin spoke about his recent trip to Greece to help refugees from war-torn Syria and his acting role in the television series Homeland . He stated that he wanted to help "create opportunity and better systems of living and existing, to give freedom, justice and dignity, quality of life to humanity all over

12420-446: The opportunity for the show to spoof both extreme sides of contentious issues, while lampooning both liberal and conservative points of view. Rebecca Raphael described the show as "an equal opportunity offender", while Parker and Stone describe their main purpose as to "be funny" and "make people laugh", while stating that no particular topic or group of people be exempt from mockery and satire. Parker and Stone insist that

12555-548: The original animated shorts and in the pilot episode. Subsequent episodes have been produced by computer animation , providing a similar look to the originals while requiring a fraction of the time to produce. Before computer artists begin animating an episode, a series of animatics drawn in Toon Boom are provided by the show's storyboard artists. The characters and objects are composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary and secondary colors . Most child characters are

12690-550: The performances of certain popular musicians. Adam Berry , the show's original score composer, used sound synthesis to simulate a small orchestra, and frequently alluded to existing famous pieces of music. Berry also used signature acoustic guitar and mandolin cues as leitmotifs for the show's establishing shots. After Berry left in 2001, Jamie Dunlap and Scott Nickoley of the Los Angeles-based Mad City Production Studios provided

12825-548: The pilot episode, which was produced using cutout animation , all episodes of South Park are created with the use of software, primarily Autodesk Maya . As opposed to the pilot, which took three months to complete, and other animated sitcoms, which are traditionally hand-drawn by companies in South Korea in a process that takes roughly eight to nine months, individual episodes of South Park take significantly less time to produce. Using computers as an animation method,

12960-498: The prior technique. Since the fourth season, episodes are generally written and produced during the week preceding its broadcast, with Parker serving as the lead writer and director. Since its debut on August 13, 1997, 328 episodes of South Park have been broadcast. It debuted with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. Subsequent ratings have varied, but it remains one of Comedy Central's longest-running programs. In August 2021, South Park

13095-582: The production writing, "The production looks beautiful and, indeed, still charms". From 1975 through 1976, Patinkin played the Player King and Fortinbras, Prince of Norway in a Broadway revival of Hamlet , with Sam Waterston in the leading role. In 1977 he starred in the play The Shadow Box written by Michael Cristofer . He had his first film role as a Pool Man in the political comedy The Big Fix (1978) starring Richard Dreyfus , John Lithgow , and F. Murray Abraham . The following year he acted in

13230-510: The release of season twelve . Subsequent seasons have been released in this format alongside the longer-running DVD releases. The first eleven seasons were released on Blu-ray for the first time in December 2017. In March 2008, Comedy Central made every episode of South Park available for free full-length on-demand legal streaming on the official South Park Studios website. From March 2008 until December 2013, new episodes were added to

13365-488: The role of Billy Bigelow in a concert performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein ’s Carousel at the BBC Radio Theatre . In 1994, Patinkin took the role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on CBS 's Chicago Hope for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series . However, despite the award and the ratings success of the show, Patinkin left the show during the second season because he

13500-471: The same size and shape, and are distinguished by their clothing, hair and skin colors, and headwear. Characters are mostly presented two-dimensionally and from only one angle. Their movements are animated in an intentionally jerky fashion, as they are purposely not offered the same free range of motion associated with hand-drawn characters. Occasionally, some non-fictional characters are depicted with photographic cutouts of their actual head and face in lieu of

13635-495: The season fourteen episodes " 200 " and " 201 " were removed from the site; additionally, these episodes no longer air in reruns and are only available exclusively on DVD and Blu-ray. These episodes remain unavailable following the 2014 purchase by Hulu. In July 2014, it was announced that Hulu had signed a three-year deal purchasing exclusive online streaming rights to the South Park for a reported $ 80 million. Following

13770-419: The series NCIS . Holly left the show after three seasons, while Carroll remains with the cast today. Harmon would depart in 2021. In addition, Carroll has a recurring role as his NCIS character, Director Leon Vance, on that series's spin off, NCIS: Los Angeles . Jayne Brook (Dr. Diane Grad) and Stacy Edwards have also guest starred on NCIS as well. Thomas Gibson would later star alongside Patinkin in

13905-772: The series from its schedule two weeks prior. That same year he acted in the British crime drama 4.3.2.1. (2010) acting opposite Emma Roberts , Tamsin Egerton , and Helen McCrory . He starred in the new musical Paradise Found , co-directed by Harold Prince and Susan Stroman , at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. The musical played a limited engagement from May 2010 through June 26, 2010. Patinkin and Patti LuPone performed their concert An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin on Broadway for

14040-552: The series in other international markets. In Australia, the show is broadcast on The Comedy Channel , Comedy Central and free-to-air channel SBS Viceland (before 2009), while new episodes aired on SBS . The program also airs free-to-air in Australia on 10 Shake , a sister network to Comedy Central through Paramount. The series is broadcast uncensored in Canada in English on The Comedy Network and, later, Much . The series

14175-532: The series originally aired on The Seven Network . In Germany the first seasons were shown in the 1990s. In Hungary, the series aired on Viasat3. In Indonesia, the series originally aired on RCTI , starting from October 1998 ended from July 2002. As of November 2013 it was airing on UK channel True Entertainment . In New Zealand, the series originally aired on TV2, now TVNZ 2. Revelation Films has released all 6 seasons of Chicago Hope on DVD in Region 2 (UK) for

14310-402: The series somewhere else. The two then entered negotiations with both MTV and Comedy Central . Parker preferred the show be produced by Comedy Central, fearing that MTV would turn it into a kids show. When Comedy Central executive Doug Herzog watched the short, he commissioned for it to be developed into a series. Parker and Stone assembled a small staff and spent three months creating

14445-494: The show is still more about "kids being kids" and "what it's like to be in [elementary school] in America ", stating that the introduction of a more satirical element to the series was the result of the two adding more of a "moral center" to the show so that it would rely less on simply being crude and shocking in an attempt to maintain an audience. While profane, Parker notes that there is still an "underlying sweetness" aspect to

14580-476: The show occasionally earlier on, it became more prevalent as the series progressed, with the show retaining some of its focus on the boys' fondness of scatological humor in an attempt to remind adult viewers "what it was like to be eight years old". Parker and Stone also began further developing other characters by giving them larger roles in certain storylines, and began writing plots as parables based on religion, politics, and numerous other topics. This provided

14715-455: The show to at least 2027. Complete seasons of South Park have been regularly released in their entirety on DVD since 2002, with season twenty-six being the most recently released. Several other themed DVD compilations have been released by Rhino Entertainment and Comedy Central, while the three-episode Imaginationland story arc was reissued straight-to-DVD as a full-length feature in 2008. Blu-ray releases started in 2008 with

14850-573: The show's executive producers throughout its entire history. Debbie Liebling , who was Senior Vice President of original programming and development for Comedy Central, also served as an executive producer during the show's first five seasons, coordinating the show's production efforts between South Park Studios and Comedy Central's headquarters in New York City. During its early stages, finished episodes of South Park were hastily recorded to D-2 to be sent to Comedy Central for airing in just

14985-482: The show's original music for the next seven seasons. Since 2008, Dunlap has been credited as the show's sole score composer. Dunlap's contributions to the show are one of the few that are not achieved at the show's own production offices. Dunlap reads a script, creates a score using digital audio software, and then e-mails the audio file to South Park Studios, where it is edited to fit with the completed episode. In addition to singing in an effort to explain something to

15120-616: The show's production staff were able to generate an episode in about three weeks during the first seasons. Now, with a staff of about 70 people, episodes are typically completed in one week, with some in as little as three to four days. Nearly the entire production of an episode is accomplished within one set of offices, which were originally at a complex in Westwood, Los Angeles, California and are now part of South Park Studios in Culver City, California . Parker and Stone have been

15255-427: The show. Celebrities who have voiced themselves include Michael Buffer , Brent Musburger , Jay Leno , Robert Smith , and the bands Radiohead and Korn . Comedy team Cheech & Chong voiced characters representing their likenesses for the season four (2000) episode " Cherokee Hair Tampons ", which was the duo's first collaborative effort in 20 years. Malcolm McDowell appears in live-action sequences as

15390-406: The site the day following their debut, and an uncensored version was posted the following day. The episode stayed up for the remainder of the week, then taken down, and added to the site three weeks later. Within a week, the site served more than a million streams of full episodes, and the number grew to 55 million by October 2008. Legal issues prevent the U.S. content from being accessible outside

15525-659: The surrounding mountain range, actual Colorado landmarks, and the businesses along the town's main street, all of which are based on the appearance of similar locations in Fairplay, Colorado . As one of the few television programs set in the Mountain West region that takes place outside the urban core of Denver, South Park frequently features the unique culture of the region, including cattle ranchers, Old West theme parks, snowy climates, mountaineering, Mormons , real-life Colorado locations such as Casa Bonita and Cave of

15660-531: The voice sound more like that of a fourth grader. Isaac Hayes voiced the character of Chef , an African-American, soul-singing cafeteria worker who was one of the few adults the boys consistently trusted. Hayes agreed to voice the character after being among Parker and Stone's ideal candidates, which also included Lou Rawls and Barry White . Hayes, who lived and hosted a radio show in New York during his tenure with South Park , recorded his dialogue on

15795-627: The world." Patinkin contributed to the children's book Dewey Doo-it Helps Owlie Fly Again: A Musical Storybook , inspired by Christopher Reeve . The award-winning book, published in 2005, benefits the Christopher Reeve Foundation and includes an audio CD with Patinkin singing and reading the story as well as Dana Reeve and Bernadette Peters singing. In 2020, Patinkin's and Grody's son, Gideon, began filming and photographing their daily lives, posting images and clips to multiple social media outlets. The couple soon developed

15930-623: Was a classmate of Kelsey Grammer . When the producers of the sitcom Cheers were holding auditions for the role of Dr. Frasier Crane , Patinkin put Grammer's name forward. After some television-commercial and radio appearances (including on CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974); Patinkin started his career on the New York stage in 1975, starring in Trelawny of the 'Wells' as Arthur Gower. Patinkin starred alongside Meryl Streep , who played Imogen Parrott, and John Lithgow , who played Ferdinand Gadd. Clive Barnes of The New York Times praised

16065-454: Was a musical score performed by the band Primus , with the lyrics alternately sung by the band's lead singer, Les Claypool , and the show's four central characters during the opening title sequence. Kenny's muffled lines are altered after every few seasons. His lines are usually sexually explicit in nature, such as his original lines, "I like girls with big fat titties, I like girls with deep vaginas". The original unaired opening composition

16200-582: Was able to explore his Jewish roots while making the film saying, "I also spent a couple of weeks in Ohr Semach in Jerusalem at a yeshiva , studying the Talmud and attending lectures. The experience awakened many thoughts and feelings that had been sleeping in me for some time." Patinkin returned to Broadway to star in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 's Pulitzer Prize -winning musical Sunday in

16335-429: Was absent from a table read for Criminal Minds and did not return for a third season. The departure from the show was not due to contractual or salary matters, but over creative differences. He left apologetic letters for his fellow cast members explaining his reasons and wishing them luck. Many weeks before his departure, in a videotaped interview carried in the online magazine Monaco Revue , Patinkin told journalists at

16470-592: Was also diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer in 2004. He celebrated his first year of recovery in 2005 by doing a 265-mile (426 km) charity bike ride with his son, Isaac – the Arava Institute Hazon Israel Ride: Cycling for Peace, Partnership & Environmental Protection. Patinkin has described himself as "Jewish with a dash of Buddhist " belief. On the Canadian radio program Q , Patinkin called himself

16605-413: Was available on Hulu by this point. As of July 2015, all episodes of South Park are available for streaming in Canada on the service CraveTV , which first consisted of seasons 1–18. Subsequent seasons were released the following July. In early October 2019, industry rumors suggested that the streaming rights for South Park were being offered to various services, creating an intense bidding war that

16740-426: Was estimated to be as high as US$ 500 million . HBO and South Park Digital Studios announced that HBO had secured a multi-year deal for the exclusive streaming rights for South Park on their HBO Max service starting June 24, 2020. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Variety reported the deal fell between US$ 500 million and US$ 550 million . Beginning with season 25 in 2022, HBO Max posts new episodes

16875-950: Was formerly broadcast on Global . South Park also airs in Irish on TG4 in Ireland, STV in Scotland, Comedy Central and MTV in the UK (previously on Sky One , Channel 4 , VIVA and 5Star ), B92 in Serbia , and on Game One and NRJ 12 in France . In September 2020, SBS, which aired South Park in Australia since 1997, removed South Park from its television line-up, though reruns could air on SBS Viceland. Broadcast syndication rights to South Park were acquired by Debmar-Mercury and Tribune Entertainment in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Episodes further edited for content began running in syndication on September 19, 2005, and were aired in

17010-605: Was generally seen as relevant to the subject matter and went relatively uncriticized. On November 18, 1998, Chicago Hope became the first regular series episode to be broadcast in HDTV. The episode was entitled "The Other Cheek". Mark Harmon's character uttered the word "shit" during a trauma. Little criticism was made, although it did inspire the South Park episode It Hits the Fan . Reruns of Chicago Hope aired on Pop (then

17145-425: Was initially chosen because its features helped animators retain the show's "homemade" look. PowerAnimator was also used for making some of the show's visual effects, which are now created using Motion , a newer graphics program created by Apple, Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system . The show's visual quality has improved in recent seasons, though several other techniques are used to intentionally preserve

17280-419: Was later officially killed off , ending all chances of a guest appearance by Patinkin on the show. In 2008, Patinkin portrayed Prospero in a off-Broadway musical production of The Tempest opposite Elisabeth Waterston and Michael Potts . Marilyn Stasio of Variety wrote, "Patinkin has a beautiful voice, as warm and golden as honey spooned from a jar -- the perfect voice to sing us through "The Tempest,"

17415-579: Was nominated for many accolades and won several, including seven Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Awards . Mandy Patinkin Mandel "Mandy" Bruce Patinkin ( / p ə ˈ t ɪ ŋ k ɪ n / ; born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer, known for his work in musical theatre, television, and film. As a critically acclaimed Broadway performer he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber . Patinkin's leading roles on stage and screen have received numerous accolades including

17550-486: Was originally slower and had a length of 40 seconds. It was deemed too long for the opening sequence. So Parker and Stone sped it up for the show's opening, having Claypool re-record his vocals. The instrumental version of the original composition is often played during the show's closing credits. The opening song played in the first four seasons (and the end credits in all seasons) has a folk rock instrumentation with bass guitar , trumpets and rhythmic drums. Its beat

17685-406: Was renewed through 2027, and a series of television specials was announced for Paramount+ , the first two of which were released later that year. In October 2019, it was announced that WarnerMedia acquired exclusive streaming rights to South Park starting in June 2020 for HBO Max . The series' twenty-sixth season premiered on February 8, 2023. South Park has received critical acclaim, and

17820-694: Was the first weekly program to be rated TV-MA , and is generally intended for adult audiences. The boys and most other child characters use strong profanity, with only the most taboo words being bleeped during a typical broadcast. Parker and Stone perceive this as the manner in which real-life small boys speak when they are alone. South Park commonly makes use of carnivalesque and absurdist techniques, numerous running gags , violence , sexual content , offhand pop-cultural references, and satirical portrayal of celebrities. Early episodes tended to be shock value -oriented and featured more slapstick-style humor. While social satire had been used on

17955-439: Was to have a limited run through September 3, replacing former Hamilton star Okieriete Onaodowan , but Patinkin dropped out of the role before performing. His stint was filled in for by the show's Pierre standby Scott Stangland and creator of the musical Dave Malloy . In 2018, Patinkin returned to recorded music with the album Diary: January 27, 2018 which was produced by pianist Thomas Bartlett. He voiced Papa Smurf in

18090-648: Was unhappy spending so much time away from his wife and children. He returned to the show in 1999 at the beginning of the sixth season, but it was canceled in 2000. Since Chicago Hope , Patinkin has appeared in a number of films. However, he has mostly performed as a singer, releasing three more albums. During this time he guest-starred in The Simpsons in the episode " Lisa's Wedding " (1995) as Hugh Parkfield, Lisa 's future English groom and in The Larry Sanders Show (1996) for which he received

18225-445: Was very destructive to my soul and my personality. After that, I didn't think I would get to work in television again." Patinkin spoke of having planned to tour the world with a musical and wanting to inject more comedy into the entertainment business. In later episodes of Criminal Minds , during the 2007–08 season, Jason Gideon was written out of the series and replaced by Special Agent David Rossi (played by Joe Mantegna ). Gideon

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