It’s hard to imagine pop culture without South Park , the landmark animated series that has been on the air for nearly 30 years. But back in the ’90s, when it was still making the rounds on the underground animation festival circuit, it was considered too edgy and extreme for television.

At one point, however, Fox was willing to give it a shot, possibly planning to air it alongside its beloved first family of animation (and future rival), The Simpsons . One single character, though, stopped that from happening.

In 1995, Trey Parker and Matt Stone were students at the University of Colorado Boulder film school, where they often entertained themselves by creating raunchy kid characters to make each other laugh. At the end of the winter semester, when the department showcased studen

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