40 Questions Answered by Matt and Trey 1.Terrance and Phillip remind me a lot of Matt and Trey themselves. Their names are also Trey's initials, is this coincidence? Or was it made to look like that? Matt: I really don't know how to respond to being compared to a farting, flappy-headed, loudmouth Canadian, but thank you. They are kind of like us in that they love fart jokes. Terrance and Phillip is our answer to the critics who said that South Park was nothing but fart jokes. Oh Yeah?! Well HERE is a show that is really all fart jokes! Trey doesn't remember naming them Terrance and Phillip to signify his name, but maybe he did it subliminally. It was always going to be Terrance and something. But neither of us even noticed it was TP until about year later. 2. Would there ever be a chance of the fans getting the deleted scenes from the movie or the show on VHS or DVD? Matt: The deleted scenes from the movie were deleted for a very good reason, they SUCKED. That's why they were deleted. Also, parts of many scenes that were deleted ended up in other scenes in other locations. Believe me, if it was good, we figured out a way to get it in the movie. Trey: Except the infamous turbo-beaver-mobile! 3. How did you come up with Timmy? Was he from “How’s your news?” or someone you knew personally? Trey: Timmy was simply a prop to help pull Kenny's tooth out in the Tooth Fairy episode. We liked him so much we called Comedy Central and said we wanted to do a whole show with him to which they promptly said "No." They were afraid of doing a whole show about a handicapped kid. Well, we fought for it and won and the rest is history. Timmy is a real gem. He is not directly inspired by "How's Your News". Matt: Although he's not based on anyone we know, there is a hint of Marshall Mathers in his smile... 4. Is there some sort of debate with Comedy Central about bleeping out the word shit? I don’t understand how you can say it 162 times in one show and not censor it, but a few weeks later censor it out when it’s said only once… what’s the deal? Trey: Personally, we don't understand how or why Comedy Central let us say "shit" 162 times either. Matt: We Just asked. They were excited about the idea and checked with advertisers who were psyched and that was it. Trey: It was kind of weird. But cable can honestly do whatever it wants as long as its advertisers say okay. Its not controlled by FCC guidelines like the networks are. Part of the reason they were hip to it was because the entire storyline of the episode relied on it. The reason we bleeped "shit" the next week is just because we thought that was funny, to say it 162 times the week before and then bleep its singular occurrence the next. 5. How did you research for Orgazmo? Did you actually get Mormans to come into your house and tell you about their religion? Don’t you think it’s mean to fake interest in someone’s faith just for the purposes of a film? Trey: I wrote Orgazmo when we were still in Colorado. There are a lot of Mormons there, and both Matt and I knew some growing up. Matt: I had a best friend that was one and Trey actually dated one. Trey: Yes, we would actually invite missionaries in and grill them about the religion. I don't think this was mean-spirited because the interest in their religion was genuine. We both have read a lot about the Mormon religion, which is really fascinating. If you ever find yourself in Salt Lake City go do the free tour of Temple Square. Good times. 6. All the other boys have hooked up with chicks before. Will Cartman ever get a love interest besides money? Trey: Cartman is too selfish, and I remember that he did have a thing with Wendy the Flag episode I think. Matt: Yeah, they kiss. 7. What was it like making the Original Spirit of Christmas? Does it look strange to you know that it’s all done on computers? Do you miss the crappy cut out animation or do you like the sharper streamlined version better? Matt: The Original Spirit of Xmas was made in Trey's Basement when one thanksgiving weekend. It is amazing how far the show has come since sitting around cutting out construction paper. But then again, it still looks like shit. We (and obviously our animators, chiefly Eric Stough) worked very hard to duplicate that distinctive "shitty" look that is so key to South Park. I personally wish we could do the whole show on construction paper but then we could probably only do about 2 episodes a year. It just takes forever. 8. Do you plan on renewing your contract with Comedy Central after these next three years expire? Matt: We don't know what the hell we're going to do when our contract is up in two years. Who knows if we'll even be alive. I'm want Carson Daly's job. 9. Did they fight scene in “Cripple Fight” get inspired by “They Live” with Rowdy Rodney Piper? Why did you choose such a long and painful drawn out fight scene? Matt: "Cripple Fight" itself was just a funny concept, but when it came down to storyboarding it, Trey remembered that fight from "They Live" as being long, drawn-out, and really funny if it were redone with cripples. Trey: So the answer is yes. 10. What the hell is that thing in Barbrady’s ear? Matt: Officer Barbrady wears a hearing aid. That's why he always talks so fucking loud all the time. His voice was based on our impression of radio talk-show host Dennis Prager, who we actually worked with years ago. Both Trey and I actually think pretty highly of Dennis Prager, but he does have a HUGE voice and in person it’s almost overwhelming. I don't think Dennis Prager has a hearing aid, but it would explain why he talks so big. 11. Who was the black superman dude and where did you find him? Trey: Our editor received his picture in an e-mail and put it in the show. He calls himself Superion, a black superman. We actually tracked him down to take his picture. He lives in L.A. 12. When Ned and Jimbo spot Mrs. Tenorman “letting the twins out” and Ned starts jerkin’ it, how does he answer Jimbo’s questions? Since his good hand is uh… occupied, did he get an implant or something? Trey: I think he is supposed to be going back and forth between jacking it and talking. If not, you caught a mistake, happy? 13. At the end of the South Park “Dead Friend” skit, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and some other guy were sitting at a table… I didn’t recognize the guy on the right who was he? Matt: I don't remember. Honestly have no idea. But "re-inventing" the Dead Parrot Sketch was quite an honor. 14. Why do Matt and Trey change little scenes after it gets aired Wednesday? I notice small changes from Wednesday to Saturday like a line gets cut or a scene is different… why? Trey: We finish a show and satellite it to the East Coast on Wednesday afternoon the day it airs. But the satellite copy is not the greatest quality so then we Fed-Ex a NEW copy of the show on Friday for the Saturday showing. Matt: And then sometimes, because we have a couple of extra days, we fix some shots and redo some sound. That's it, we're just the worst procrastinators ever in the whole world ever that have ever lived ever. 15. What’s with the whole “Fighting the Frizzies” thing from Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics? Is there some obscure reference that I’m just not getting? Trey: "The Star Wars Christmas Special" starring Chewbacca, his wife and his kid is one of the worst pieces of television ever made. Everything about it is bad. I think it only aired once it 1977, but some smart person taped it off of TV way back then and we got a hold of a copy. You can get it at Comic conventions I think. The tape is complete with commercials from the time and all. They turn out to be the best part. The local station that it was taped off of teases a story about "fighting the frizzies" for the evening news that night. Remember it was 1977, people really cared about their hair back then. It was a hair story. That joke is really a half-percenter, because only one in two hundred will actually get it. 16. When will the second half of the 5th season start? Matt: Six new episodes start November 7th. 17. Why has South Park gotten so preachy all of the sudden? I know they’ve always had a moral lesson but they’ve never had to tell us as much as they do now. Matt: Both Trey and I converted to Catholicism and decided the repent for all our past sins by preaching to our audience.