“South Park” has one joke-Hand in America for more than a quarter of a century, and writer Pam Brady was responsible for many during the The formative years of Hit Show.
In the past 26 seasons, countless lists from BuzzFeed to IMDB and everywhere between each other have been compiled, so that the most offensive jokes of the show have been arranged that exceed the border. Wikipedia even dedicated a page to ‘South Park-Controverses’ and notes that the satirical show with equal open, non-holds tones often a wide range of subjects and both sides of controversial issues’ Lampt.
Controvers of comment vary from when Eric Cartman’s character killed the parents of a high school student and fed their remains to him in Chile, until when the character of Randy Marsh goes on “Wheel of Fortune” (Iykyk).
For writer Pam Brady, however, who joined co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone For the first few seasons of the show and helped to set the tone for what would be considered one of the largest television shows of all time, she rose the line herself.
During 2025’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, Brady revealed what she believes is the worst joke she has ever written from her term of office about the series to Fox News Digital.
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Hollywood writer and producer, Pam Brady, best known for her work at South Park, spoke with Fox News Digital on SXSW ’25. (Laura Carrione)
“It was based on an old Frat joke … One character said:” I don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and does not die. “I remember that it was just like the most misogynistic frat boy joke that I had heard of at the time … but we are getting it back.”
The joke is said by the character of Mr. Garrison – The Quad Squad of Cartoon Kids’ 4th Grade Teacher – In the 1999 film, “South Park: Bigger, Langer and Uncut”, “ It was nominated for one Academy Award The following year.
And although Brady may have some regret of the joke, it is that by some To be one of the funniest of the series.
1998 “Kenny”, “Cartman”, “Kyle” and “Stan” are the characters in the hit series “South Park”. (Getty Images/Handout)
Brady has recovered it on the heels of International Women’s DaySharing her thoughts about Hollywood’s recent treatment of women with Fox.
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“I think there is always improvement to be applied. I mean, women are 51% of the population, so it must always be 50% (women in writers’ rooms). But I have been really lucky, you know, ‘South Park’s writers’ writer’s room has always been 50-50, male-feminine … but it Best part about Hollywood Is that nobody keeps women out. So I never feel that … (it is) the Old Boys network. “
The industrial veteran, who co-created the upcoming animation series “#1 Happy Family USA” for Amazon Prime Video, also weighed today on writing jokes and whether the Changing culture Has meant a change in comedy since she first started:
“I think you should be more careful now, what you say. ‘South Park’ had an episode where they represented… I am I’m not going to say what it was, but it was just someone you wouldn’t want to represent in a show … and you could do it 20 years ago, but you can’t do it now, “said Brady.
“I am a bit of two spirits about it, because I think the idea to cancel culture And things you can’t say … I think times change and I think it’s sometimes good that you go: “Oh, you shouldn’t do something that is, a racist sentence that your grandparents would use.” And that is just evolving. “
Brady added that she does not believe that comedy is necessarily “suffocated”, only that “you have to be smarter to make a joke” today.
The co-maker of the “Lady Dynamite” explained that further Comedy is about building trust with your audience.
“(It’s about it) Knowing that someone doesn’t attack you. And to earn that trust, it has changed. But I think that’s fun. How can you make a joke, where everyone has the joke? I think that’s the trick. Nobody wants to feel bad and, you know, we don’t want to do things that just feel bad.”
During the interview, Brady also took the opportunity to praise Greg Gutfeld from Fox News As a comedian, she likes to look today.
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Fox News’ Kayla Bailey has contributed to this report.
