southpark-seinfeld

The New York Times interviewed “South Park” creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone about their show’s continued success. It’s a pretty good read, but I was a little baffled by their response to what they have planned for the 200th episode.

PARKER: We were looking at what a lot of other shows do when they have a 100th or 200th episode, and we were like, Oh, they do flashback episodes.
STONE: Clip shows.
PARKER: And we’re like, well, we’re not going to be that lazy. We’re not going to do that. But what if we bring back the biggest moments and revisit them – basically, we bring back everyone who’s [ticked off]  at us. All the people that are [ticked off] at South Park the town are going to file a class-action lawsuit against the town. So basically it’s going to be an all-star, who’s who. Tom Cruise and everyone’s going to be back.

Is it just me? Is there any way to hear that premise and NOT think “Oh, the ‘Seinfeld’ finale”? I mean, not that I really care one way or the other, but Parker and Stone are usually pushing the envelope in new directions. I was expecting, you know, something unpredictable… and in the end it’s right. I hope you had the tiiiime of your liiiife.