From the official site:
It started when a Fox executive they'd met through
contacts made at Sundance gave them $2,000 to make a
video he could send as a Christmas card. "I did the
animation using construction paper cutouts," Parker
says, "and we both improvised the dialogue, screaming
obscenities at each other in my basement while my
mom was baking fudge upstairs. It cost $750 and we
pocketed the rest."
The exec sent the video out at Christmas 1995 to 80
people, who promptly made it their card as well. And
so on. "By February, we were hearing about it from
every state, friends of friends in New York were telling
us 'Metallica saw your video and they loved it.' We'd
never bothered to put our name on it, so the whole thing
came full circle when a friend from Ohio sent us a copy
and said, 'You've got to see this.' "
Though their career as live-action filmmakers had
already started (their "Cannibal the Musical" was a
Sundance midnight show that was picked up by Troma),
this short put them into orbit. "First everyone was
trying to figure out who we were, and then there was
like a little bidding war going on, studios offering
three-picture deals." The team sold Comedy Central a
series called "South Park," based on the shopping mall
world "Christmas" takes place in, and they're about to
go into production with a full-length animated feature.
The budget: $1.5 million. "Pretty amazing," Parker
says, and who's going to argue?
Thank you so much Fair. You are such a "Bewitching" HUSSY! -(DAME 12/2)
Updated On: 12/2/04 at 10:38 AM
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