South Park

One of my favorite shows of all time is South Park. What started as an immature middle schooler laughing at little kids cursing and doing other stupid stuff developed into a deep rooted love and appreciation for the genius production that this show has become. They are now half way through there 16th season, a mile stone that most shows don't make it to these days but they have made it this far because they have been able to adapt into a brilliantly written show that stays extremely current with the current state of affairs in the world.

In South Parks earlier seasons, they were more focused on shock humour and poop jokes. Most of there episodes were centered around the four main characters cursing there way through weird school days and crazy situations that not only didn't make sense but would never actually happen. It was a show considered to be a horrible show for kids to watch and was on the brink of being canceled in its early days. As the show went on however the writing starts to evolve into a more clever style. They start to lampoon current events and modern day celebrities.

This is where the show really starts to shine. The way that they go about making fun of current events is hilarious. They also always found a way of making fun of these current events in a very ridiculous but very cleverly written way. One of the other wonderful things about the way this show is written is that they use very common logos and color schemes of very popular products but then they slightly change the name so as to dodge having to pay for the product placement costs. They do this with everything from Dr.Pepper to the made up snack food cheesy poofs. From top to bottom, I think that there are few shows out today that are as cleverly written as South Park is nowadays and that is why it is one of my favorite shows.