1. Cable Television South Park “Teacher Bangs a Student”

2. Cable TV Statistics Total US Television (Sept. 2008) Households 113.3 million Cable subscribers 64.7 million (57.1%) Top 25 providers (June 2011) #1 Comcast 22.5 million subscribers #4 Time Warner 12.2 million subscribers Top 25 Channels (basic cable—2010) #17 Comedy Central

3. A TV show about “people” South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics and has inspired controversy for nearly an entire generation. Emphasis on parody. The ongoing narrative revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick—and their bizarre adventures in and around the titular Colorado town. In the 2004 documentary The 100 Greatest Cartoons, South Park was placed at #3, just behind The Simpsons and Tom and Jerry. South Park is currently contracted to continue until 2013, taking the show to 17 seasons.

4. Expected Narrative Relationship montage Report to the police

5. Main Plot Narrative influenced by character South Park brand based on parodies of famous people and current events Story—forbidden love (lovers are breaking a social rule) Parody of Deborah LaFave and her young lover Thought—Student-teacher relationships are okay if the teacher is female and hot

6. Unexpected Narrative Cartman as “Dog the Bounty Hunter” “Go with Christ” for a video

7. Subplot Narrative influenced by character Iconography—process of creating a “star” Cartman is a fat, manipulative, bigoted, intolerant sociopath—note opening rantCartman Story—pursuit (focus on “the chase”) Normally about pursuit, but this about reclaiming the public persona Note—Dog the Bounty Hunter use of N wordDog the Bounty Hunter use of N word Thought—Bad guys can’t pursue justice.