So I'm sitting here thinking what to write for my blog entry and i have complete writers block. i have no idea what to write about. Then i just got this image in my head of Trey Parker and Matt Stone sitting in the writers room at their office brainstorming ideas for the new south park episode airing in 6 days. That's how the South Park creators/writers feel every week, to a much higher extent. The amount of stress is much less for my blog compared to preparing a 30 minute television show in a week. Parker and Stone do most episodes in a week, sometimes even more. For the Obama vs McCain election Parker and Stone created two episodes to air right after, one with Obama as president, and the other with McCain as president.
It is amazing how the writers can make episodes so quickly. from brainstorming ideas at the drawing board to animation to recording the characters voices and putting it all together is done every week for a season. The writers normally don't write their episodes ahead of time, which is completely different then most other shows on television. I have seen every episode of this show and it is crazy how much stuff gets packed into each show with such a short time.
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