Okay I may be the only person who realizes this, because I look at things differently than other people, but I know why South Park is so POPULAR! The creators (Trey Parker + Matt Stone) simply take issues and run with the idea which isn't as hard as it seems once you've found it. Examples: Death, Do people have the right to die if they want and Volcano, do people have the right to hunt. On the first show Cartman Get's An Anal Probe the show was on the issue of aliens and the other half was introducing the charcaters. Now that the characters are developed and everyone loves them. Most of the shows now have half of it is an issue the other half just a situation with the characters. Such as Flashback's and Mexican Staring Frog of Sri Lanka. See the reasons people love this show is for these reasons. It takes issues which people all feel differently about, we love Cartman's voice, and the creators just have a good sense of humor! So their I had to get the whole issue idea out of my head!