October 7 - Posted by alex/poolie on several SP message boards. Hot New Press Release from Comedy Central:
"SOUTH PARK" RETURNS WITH EIGHT NEW EPISODES BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 10:00 P.M.* ON COMEDY CENTRAL NEW YORK, October 7, 2003 – "South Park" is back and, in a blatant attempt to ride the coattails of all the new hit shows with a fashionable queer sensibility, "South Park" is gay! Black culture is out and so are the fab four! Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny continue to wreak havoc in their small mountain town when all-new episodes begin airing on Wednesday, October 22 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL. Now, they’ll be doing it with style! In the first episode, entitled “South Park Is Gay,” (#708) the whole town celebrates the new, hip metrosexual craze1. Everyone is suddenly hot to be gay! Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny are in fierce competition to see who can be the gayest, while Mr. Garrison responds with, “If straight people are gonna steal our culture, then us REAL gays are just gonna have to step it up a notch!” Smack in the middle of its 7th season, "South Park" continues to satirize American life. In the new line-up, the boys take on Rob Reiner and the anti-smoking hysteria2 and explore the issue of the elderly and their apparent vendetta against farmer’s markets3. Launched in 1997, "South Park" remains the highest-rated series on COMEDY CENTRAL. The landmark 100th episode aired Wednesday, April 7, 2003. "South Park" repeats Fridays at 12:00 a.m., Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., and Sundays at 11:00 p.m. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are co-creators and executive producers of the Emmy-nominated “South Park,” with Anne Garefino also serving as executive producer.
1 Metrosexual refers to heterosexuals who don't mind dabbling in the homosexual lifestyle, now that it's acceptable and stuff. 2 You've no doubt seen those "truth" ads against smoking. 3 Last July, an elderly driver lost control of his vehicle and rammed through the Santa Monica Farmer's Market during a busy weekday, killing two or three and injuring over a dozen others.