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5 Reasons Why Trey Parker And Matt Stone Are Awesome

The South Park creators are an interesting pair.

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5 Reasons Why Trey Parker And Matt Stone Are Awesome
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Anyone who knows me will tell you that I really, really love 'South Park'. To a somewhat unhealthy extent.

But in my defense, the duo that created it, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are super cool. Here are a few of their shining moments.

1. They Wore Dresses to The Oscars

(left, Parker, right Stone)

In 2000, the song 'Blame Canada' from the South Park movie was nominated for an Oscar. At the time, Parker didn't have a girlfriend, so he brought Stone as his plus-one. Stone joked that he should shave his legs and wear a dress and pretend to be an Eastern European model. This resulted in him and Parker dressing up like J-Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow, respectively, as a middle finger to the Academy.

If that wasn't irreverent enough, they also went high on LSD, which somehow makes the whole event even more hilarious.

2. The Book of Mormon

Before there was Hamilton, there was 'The Book of Mormon'. Irreverent and hilarious, Parker and Stone's musical definitely contributes to their cool factor.

3. The South Park episode Britney's New Look

When Britney Spears went through her crisis in the mid 2000s, everyone and their mother was jumping on the opportunity to mock her. Except, oddly enough, Parker and Stone: deeming Spears herself too easy a target, the episode 'Britney's New Look' mocks society, pointing out that they're just as bad for wanting this girl to be a train-wreck, while simultaneously saying 'um, why the hell do you care?'

4. They're Still Really Involved in the Production of 'South Park'

In 2011, Comedy Central aired a documentary about the making of South Park. Unlike most other shows, the episodes are produced on a weekly basis-that is, they're made in the week leading up to their release. Not much has changed, and unlike other creators who lead their shows in the hands of new writing staffs when they hit the big time, Parker and Stone are still the head honchos of South Park.

5. They Don't Care What You Think

From SJWs to conservative moral guardians, Mormons to Scientologists, Michael Jackson to Barbra Streisand, Parker and Stone have mocked everyone. And they have no plans of stopping, so long as Comedy Central will allow them. Because the point of satire is to make people uncomfortable and to get them to think, and no one understands that better than them.

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