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Two University of Colorado film students named Matt Stone and Trey Parker made a short cartoon called "Jesus vs Frosty" (also known as The ORIGINAL Spirit of Christmas)  in which some kids make a snowman that comes to life and starts killing everyone. Eventually Jesus comes along and chops off Frosty's head by throwing his halo at him.
Executives from the American Fox Network somehow caught sight of this cartoon and commissioned Matt and Trey to make another short to be sent out to celebrities as a Christmas card, this was the called "The Spirit of Christmas"  The film was an instant hit. Everyone wanted to see it. Rumor has it that George Clooney made 300 copies of the video to give to his friends.
Eventually the video made it to the Internet where everyone got to see it.  It was then inevitable that the cartoon would be made into a TV Series, and Comedy Central who had previously shown King of the Hill commissioned Matt and Trey to produce a series. The rest is history....
The Success of South Park is testament to the fact that if you put your mind to it you can achieve anything.
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