South Park shows the couple in Paris where bemused locals look on as they chant: 'We want our privacy!' Tom Cruise MailOnline looks back on some of the most high-profile characters the show has satirized over the years. Roping everybody from Bill Gates to the Pope into their outlandish adventures, the show has received its fair share of criticism as well as praise, banned in China for their CCP-critical episode 'Band in China', and targeted by fanatics for their portrayal of religious figures.ĭespite lawsuits, the show has managed mostly to bat off resistance thanks to rights protected by the First Amendment, guaranteeing free speech in the United States, and 26 years on the creators are still going strong despite the backlash. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now the latest targets of the show's no-holds-barred brand of comedy, and join a long list of celebrities and off-limits talking points that have come into the show's focus over the last 26 years.Ĭolorado schoolchildren Eric Cartman, Kyle Broflovski, Stan Marsh, Kenny McCormick and Butters Stotch have shocked audiences with their vulgarity since the inflammatory first episode, 'Cartman Gets an Anal Probe'.īut the characters have also provided show creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone with a sandbox environment in which to mock, ridicule and scrutinize famous figures and elements of popular culture. The animated satire South Park has been a television mainstay world over since its debut in 1997.
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