Prominent settings include South Park Elementary, various neighborhoods and the surrounding mountain range, actual Colorado landmarks, and the businesses along the town's main street, all of which are based on the appearance of similar locations in Fairplay, Colorado.

Answer: We actually haven't used real construction paper since the pilot episode “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe.” After that, South Park made the big switch to big 'ol fancy computers. We use a number of programs to make the finished product, but most of the animation is done in Maya (a powerful 3D animation program).

South Park is still a top program, but the cable series' viewership has been declining as of late. This is an unfortunate, but inevitable outcome for any show that lasts over 25 years. A study of TV ratings has found that South Park's most recent seasons average out at just 0.65 million viewers per episode.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater on June 23, 1999, and was released theatrically in the US and Canada the following week by Paramount Pictures, with Warner Bros. handling international distribution.