At first Germany, then Luxembourg and France...
And now – on day five of our huge urban exploration road trip...
...we finally arrived in Belgium.
Hidden very well in the woods this amazing car graveyard awaited us.
Crazy, engine's still there.
And what's over here?
You can still open the hood smoothly.
So this is the trunk? Engine was at the other end of the car.
Here's barely any space.
Maybe it is only intended for small bags like they used to have back then.
The car isn't that big too.
The car battery is in the back.
It's over here under the back seat.
Right under this marvelous window.
Over here...
...we've got a jeep.
There are several levers.
This is the parking brake but what's this?
Maybe it's for adjusting the seat? - Yeah, that might be possible.
But what's with the other levers?
In the front...
...there's a rope winch.
And a big hook.
So this jeep towed some cars probably.
Looks like a sick racing car to me.
But I think someone started to dismantle the car and that's why it looks that way.
Someone even cut the back part open.
And now it looks like a rally car.
Though... Look at these dampers.
There are a lot of rally cars on this graveyard.
That's true. And what's on the roof?
These are seats. Looked like cases at first.
I just noticed that this is probably a car of the German armed forces because there's German text.
"Caution! Remove antennas before driving. Danger when touching overhead wires."
So that's a German car for sure.
A jeep of the German armed forces.
Looks like the tank is in the front.
And this looks like a dune buggy. - I thought the same.
It's probably a rally car again. And here's another one.
Looks like the engine was in the back too.
But it is already stripped.
I just noticed that this is the whole frame but totally overgrown.
We don't know how, we don't know...
...but in the middle of these woods rally vehicles and cars with a military look were stored a long time ago.
Especially cars of the brand Volkswagen can be found here.
Mostly beetles...
...but Volkswagen buses of the first generations as well.
All these vehicles probably belonged to a deceased car collector.
Have you seen this?
What do you mean?
"Hugo Boss"
...says the text on this car at least. Dunno why.
Maybe...
...someone took part in races with this car and Hugo Boss was sponsor.
How does it look in the inside?
Everything was removed but it looks like a rally car.
Look! You can still see the ventilation of the car.
At the sides air for the engine was sucked in.
I just discovered this vintage car radio.
If it were up to me radios would still look that way today. It's way cooler.
Have you checked the milage?
What does it say?
Ninety-six thousand...
Wait!
"968.092"
No, that's wrong.
"96.809"
The sun is dazzling in Belgium...
"Fasten your seatbelts!"
"attachez" means something like to fasten.
"vos" means your.
"ceintures" means belt probably.
"Prière de ne pas fumer!"
"fumer" means to smoke. So the signs says: Please don't smoke in the car.
Pretty cool...
I'm joining you.
Where are we going? - We're going to...
My butt is getting soaked.
Don't drive that fast!
I don't drive yet. - I see.
At first I have to turn on the lights.
Is it working? - I don't see any lights at all.
Shit. Seems like the car is broken. - You think so? - Dunno...
What a cable clutter...
It's so cold here...
Is it possible that we don't have any windows? - Oh, I see!
This abandoned site is something you don't see every day.
It's a lovely mix of great cars and beautiful decay.
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Mahashunya given a talk on OSHO : महाशुन्य का ओशो पर व्याख्यान" before Osho Sanyasins in a camp at Bharuch (Guj)-India on 30.05.2016. Watch his videos at http://www.youtube.com/sadgurumahashunya
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『Kekkai Sensen Ending』 AMV - Duration: 1:47.
Accustomed to the cataclysmic madness,
I mistake my daily life for peace
As this rambling coaster jolts me back and forth
what is it that I mustn't lose sight of?
Drunk the concept of fundamental equalism,
feels like even my soul is kind of et cetera
Love it or hate it, you gotta say it clearly
or you're not all that different from a dummy
Ah, crowds of people walking the streets at night,
some seem to be happy, some seem to be lonely
The contrast jumps around the lines of the music score
creating the song and rhythm
Marmalade and sugar song, peanuts and bitter step
So sweet and then so acrid, it makes my head spin
Let's head south-southwest and keep this party going
to make it the night that will astonish the world
I feel fantastic, reflect that around in a chain
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Gospel of the day Sunday, April 30, 2017 - Duration: 21:03.
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Easy origami. Origami napkins, envelopes, red cap, benches, fish, bunnies - Duration: 2:30.
Good afternoon! You are on the channel "Origami cat".
These cute shops can be done to decorate the doll room.
This is the cheapest and beautiful furniture.
Only need two sheets of colored paper to get 2 colored benches.
They look impressive and fun.
I love this origami.
You are sure to do exactly the bench, if you do it together with me.
Link to the video in the description of origami.
When the holidays come, we think, how to decorate the table.
Cute look on the table cloth "Lily".
This flower is made easy.
Make these flowers can be any color of the napkins.
Picking up napkins to match the dishes or tablecloths.
It's easy origami is especially suitable for romantic dinners.
No exception, Valentine's Day, when to arrange a romantic table.
This origami guests especially like my channel.
I recommend to learn to do it right now.
These wipes are suitable for any occasion.
They are neutral, for any event, perfectly decorated table.
Folded very easily.
Watch this origami, and repeat step by step.
This envelope can be used for internal communications in the home.
Put the letter inside the envelope her mother or sister, and "send to email".
The recipient will receive the message and write a letter of reply.
Is a fun game of "mail" at home.
Also in that envelope, you can keep the money.
Typically, these envelopes do to give them or put them in a valentine.
Link to the video in the description of origami.
This envelope I love for bright colors.
Inside it, a large spacious office for messages or notes.
Do it with me.
I detailed, step-by-step show how to do it.
Link to the video in the description of origami.
It's easy origami.
Paper bunny done very quickly.
Difficulty - 1 - for the kids.
This bunny can decorate the Easter table or just play.
Children can give the mother crafts, and adults - to their children.
Make this origami hare with me.
I promise: you must succeed.
This paper cute Koi fish.
They are not made very easy level of difficulty crafts - 2.
But rest assured, if you have patience, be sure to make them.
I really shows in detail how to make these beautiful fish.
Everyone watched the fairy tale Sharlya Perro "Little Red Riding Hood"?
I love this story, and came up with a hat for Little Red Riding Hood.
It's like a real and very similar to the cap of a fairy tale.
Do it with me!
You must succeed.
Finished hat is the size of a Barbie doll heads.
Link to the video in the description of origami.
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Популярные РУССКИЕ в КОРЕЕ С Корейские парни 한국에서 유명한 러시아인은?|минкюнха|Minkyungha|경하 - Duration: 10:17.
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Встреча с Dendi на Мажоре @ The Kiev Major 2017 [RU/EN] - Duration: 4:44.
How are you, Danil?
Good.
What are you doing? How was it at the analysts' panel?
I live. The panel was cool.
How do you live?
I'm having a break from Dota.
I'm having a break by watching Dota.
Okay, how is your break? Tell me your impressions on the meta, on the tournament, on everything here.
Interesting, entertaining, cool. I love that it's in Kiev, it's a pity we didn't make it to the event, it upsets me.
You know, the level of Dota wasn't always great, but I like that VP are already in the finals,
because it means we weren't that bad during qualifiers, we could put up a fight.
Do you cheer for Vanya? Whom do you support in VP?
Vanya? Vanya doesn't play there.
But he is a coach.
Do you know that he is a coach?
Yes, of course I heard that.
Okay, how do you think he does his job as a coach? Does he have some Artstyle confidence?
I think Vanya is a professional in that field, he can cheer people up, unite them, and so on.
Could I be a coach?
Well...
What do you mean?
Of course! Of course!
Well, I cheer people up, everyone likes it...
Yes, everyone likes it... Imagine you lost the game, and then Yana comes to boost your morale.
Okay, what do you think about the current meta? They farm a lot, active Dota is rare, they mostly farm their Midases...
Of course I don't like the average game time of 50+ minutes, it's disappointing, those games lack action, low amount of kills.
Well, there are exceptions, of course.
I'm waiting for some insignificant changes that will make things better,
althought I'm already tired of reading patch notes every week, because you just don't have time to remember all the changes.
Have you watched our coverage of the Major with Kyivstoner?
Yes, I watched all the episodes and I really liked it.
Did you see his Invoker cosplay? Your signature hero.
Nope, I didn't.
I'm telling you, it's so cool, make sure you check it out.
How did you miss it? Quas, wex, exort spheres flying around.
He was juggling them?
No... They were attached with a stapler.
Will we see you bringing new heroes into meta?
New heroes? Well, there are a couple of heroes that I'd like to play, but the team is not confident about them yet.
Will it be a Razor?
No, I'm not gonna tell you.
Was it close?
Far from close.
Death Prophet?
I'd say Death Prophet is a meta hero now, she's really strong.
People are just not used to picking her yet, but that the hero is very strong, in my opinion.
Speaking of Monkey King, do you think he's... Oh, what it's called...
He is imba.
Yes, imbalanced.
Yes.
Can you put MK in mid?
I think you can, but it doesn't make much sense.
Because 1-2 items is enough for him in order to make a big impact,
and you can easily get them as a support and have the same impact as mid MK.
Guys, I've got some news for you, in a few days our Dota squad will start their bootcamp and I'll come over to film some videos, so stay tuned.
We'll tear enemies apart.
And I'll also tear... paper into small pieces.
We'll cut it out, it's not interesting.
Give me high five and we're fine.
Thank you.
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Trump's Tax Plan Will Only Benefit People Like Donald Trump - Duration: 3:36.
This week, Donald Trump released his new I guess you'll call it a tax plan.
What it really reads as is a giveaway to people like Donald Trump.
According to analyses, the only people who will benefit from Donald Trump's new tax plan
that he wants to put in place are the top 1%, including Donald Trump himself.
In fact, the treasury secretary even said, "I don't think this plan is going to help
anyone in the middle class or below."
He's not even trying to hide it anymore.
The treasury secretary admits it like, "Yeah, this isn't going to help anybody but the wealthy
elite, but we're still going to do it."
Anyone in this country that voted for Donald Trump under the guise of some sort of ... like
he was some sort of Republican populist has been fooled, and I hope you understand that
now.
I hope you're not still sitting at home thinking that Donald Trump is some kind of GOP populist,
that yeah, he wants tax breaks for the wealthy, but he also cares about the little guy, those
in middle America, you know those Rust Belt states that swung the election electorally
in his favor, the ones that Hillary Clinton ignored.
I mean, god that's all it would've taken is for her to make two, three trips out there,
talk to these people.
Instead, she ignored them, allowed them to be conned by one of the greatest con artists
of our time, who's now our president, and now he's making no secret, no apology, no
smoke and mirrors on this about a tax plan that is only meant to benefit himself, because
that is what the presidency is to him.
It's how can I make money off this?
How can I personally benefit from this position?
He is taking full advantage of that.
We've seen that with the taxpayer-funded trips to Mar-a-Lago and other Trump properties.
We're seeing it with this tax plan.
We're seeing it with everything he is doing.
Nobody should be fooled anymore at this point.
The evidence is clear.
Donald Trump is not an economic populist.
He is the worst of the worst of what the Republican Party, and to be honest, the United States
has to offer.
He is a thermonuclear disaster waiting to happen.
He is a tax break for the wealthy.
He is a racist, misogynistic jackass.
Everything bad about this country can be rolled up and formed into a Donald Trump.
All of the traits that we look out and see in this country in certain people, the traits
we despise, the traits we want to move past, Donald Trump has every one of them.
Somehow, he conned enough people in this country into thinking that he was going to be a good
president and was going to take care of them.
This tax plan lays all of that stupid talk to rest.
There is no more "Well maybe he's going to be a populist."
That's done.
We have seen from his policies, we have seen from this tax proposal exactly what he wants
to do, and what he wants to do is put more money in his own pocket.
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Music & The Spoken Word - Live Stream April 30, 2017 - Duration: 1:27:43.
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Winning Fidget Spinners From The Claw Machine!! Arcade Crane Game Filled With Fidget Spinner Toys!
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Top 10 SECRET WAYS Companies Are RIPPING YOU OFF! - Duration: 9:05.
Hey YouTube, Jim here … welcome to Top10Archive!
It's all about the money.
For you, the consumer, it's all about saving as much as you can on every purchase.
For the company you're handing your hard earned cash over to, it's all about emptying
your wallet, so why should you trust there aren't underlying and hidden truths that
make them more money?
You shouldn't, and after this Archive of the Top 10 Secret Ways Companies Are Ripping
You Off, you'll never look at your favorite companies the same way again.
10.
Wasting Electricity Unless you unplug your cable box at night,
there's a good chance your cable company is draining you while you sleep.
Though they're not directly profiting from your loss, according to former United States
Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, the "always on" set-top boxes needlessly consume approximately
$12 billion of electricity every year, a figure contested by National Cable & Telecommunications
Association vice president Brian Dietz.
In 2014, for a California household, the estimation was about $8 a month, and while that may not
sound like much, a penny saved is a penny that can buy you a few lattes.
9.
Paying for Air It's funny to hear people complaining about
the air in their potato chip bags when there's a far worse offender out there.
You know that gallon of ice cream you've been nursing?
Would you believe that a rather large portion of that creamy goodness is actually what's
called "overrun," or air added to the product to achieve maximum creaminess?
Ice cream requires some air to be creamy and light, but just how much of your dairy treat
is air?
Well, the Food and Drug Administration regulates the amount of overrun a manufacturer can use
in their ice cream to 100%, which would allow them to package two gallons of ice cream from
one gallon of mix.
While name-brands allegedly stray from higher overrun, it's the cheaper store brands that
are said to hover close to 100%, allowing them the chance to offer much lower pricing.
8.
Hidden and Unnecessary Charges When you sign up for something, are you confident
that you know exactly what you're getting into?
Hidden fees are a common business practice, one that's pretty difficult to get away
from.
Cell phone companies are one of the worst proponents with what's been called "Cramming."
Essentially, third-party companies approved by the company tack on additional costs to
customer bills, which is why it's imperative to check your bill each month and the terms
of any contract you sign.
Cable companies are just as guilty of unnecessary charges.
How many channels in your 140-channel lineup do you actually watch?
Even if it's only half, you're stuck paying for channels you don't watch as cable companies
are not often inclined to offer an "a la carte" menu.
A third offender is banks who aren't always upfront about overdraft charges and increase
in ATM surcharges.
7.
Brand Name vs. Generic They're plastered all over our televisions
and scattered throughout the magazines some of us still read.
It's impossible to avoid name brand marketing, which conditions us to look for that specific
brand as we shop, but do we really need that specific brand?
In most cases, absolutely not.
Generic versions of many name brand products, from cereals to medication, offer a cheaper
variety without a decrease in quality or effectiveness.
In fact, if you compare the ingredients of many name brand and generic products, you'll
find very few – if any – differences.
In regards to generic drugs, the biggest difference will be in the inactive ingredients, or the
dyes and flavorings that alter color and taste.
The point?
You can easily save if you don't let name brand marketing get the best of you.
6.
Thicker Glasses Unless you're extremely anal and untrusting,
you likely haven't required a bartender to measure out your 16 oz pint in front of
you.
You just take their word for it, but after hearing this, you may think otherwise.
When you order a pint at a restaurant or bar, the likelihood that you're getting a full
16 oz is pretty slim.
One method to avoid giving you what you paid for, many locations turn to thicker 14-ounce
glasses, or "cheater pints."
It may look like a pint but the thicker glass takes up about 2 oz of space where your beer
should be.
In 2007, beer blogger Jeff Alworth started the Honest Pint Project to praise establishments
for giving an exact 16 oz. 5.
Sell-by / Use by Dates You wake up on March 3rd, craving a nice cold
glass of milk.
Low and behold, you grab the milk and are faced with a March 1st expiration date.
Clearly, it's time to get rid of the remaining half gallon and go buy another, right?
Sure, if you hate money.
Truth of the matter is those dates aren't even for you as the consumer, not that they'd
tell you.
The "Sell-by" date is meant for grocer management while the "Use by" date is
just the last day the food manufacturer will guarantee the freshness and quality of their
product.
More often than not, the food is still good days, sometimes weeks, after those dates.
If you're ever concerned about your foods freshness, don't go by the date.
Signs like rotten smells, slimy coatings, and change in consistency are better indicators
of when it's time to go shopping again.
4.
Convenience Shopping We're all about the convenient things in
life.
You walk through a grocery store, see a package of pre-chopped pineapple, and you buy it.
Find that same pineapple in its solid form, all you can think about is having to cut it
down and the urge for pineapple passes.
While convenient, pre-chopped food also comes at a cost – more money from your pocket.
The average difference between, say, a whole pineapple and a prepared package is around
$3.
Consider that it takes approximately 5 minutes to chop a head of lettuce, the grocer is essentially
getting $36 an hour to chop your fruit and vegetables, even more considering what they
deliver is likely not a full pineapple.
Chances are, if there's a more convenient form of something, you're paying more for
it.
A lot more.
Another example would be at Wal-Mart, where you can buy a warm 2-liter of soda for $1
in the back of the store, and a cold 20oz soda for nearly $2.
3.
Plumping When you buy $8 worth of chicken breast, you
want $8 worth of edible poultry.
You can bet, unless you go directly to the source, you're not getting that.
It's common practice for chicken producers to inject your packaged chicken with liquid
and, if the wording on the package is any indication, most aren't ashamed to show
it.
Your poultry could be injected with enough liquid to account for 15 to 30% of the weight
you're paying for and seeing as how that liquid will evaporate, you're essentially
throwing money to the wind.
The practice has been labeled as "plumping" and is usually done with salt water, chicken
broth, or seaweed extract.
In the Chinese market, shrimp gets the plumping treatment with a gel-like substance.
2.
Pre-Sale Price Hike When it comes to shopping, it's all about
the sale.
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, President's Day – you name it, there's a sale for
it, but what if we told you those price drops you're anxiously awaiting aren't really
anything special?
Back in 2013, department stores like JCPenney and Kohl's were found engaging in a rather
uncouth practice of raising the prices of products before putting them on sale.
Independent investigations into the matter performed by multiple newsgroups found that
many of the "sale" price tags were hiding a gross secret: underneath the sale sticker
was the progression of pricing that showed the item started out at a lower price than
what it was on sale for.
While some increases may have been the result of a rising cost of materials, most are likely
a ploy to place an item "on sale" without the same loss.
1.
Prepayment Penalties Are you in a mortgage with a high-interest
rate?
Did you find another company that will offer you a lower rate?
Sure, you can refinance, but don't expect the process to be as simple as that.
You see, if you try to pay off your debt with your current mortgage company early, you may
incur a "prepayment penalty," or a penalty for paying off your loan early.
They're not present on every mortgage, but the typical penalty can be as much as 80%
on six months of interest as homeowners are typically allowed to pay off up to 20% of
the loan balance each year.
The point of the penalty is for the lender to recoup a portion of the interest they're
losing with the loan being extinguished earlier than anticipated.
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The True Story Behind The Creation Of South Park - Duration: 7:29.
Four foul-mouthed kids, a ton of oblivious townspeople, and a whole lot of hidden aliens:
During its two decades on TV, South Park has become a cultural institution.
But how did the unlikely, raunchy, irreverent cartoon make it to air in the first place?
Born of boredom
Music major Trey Parker and math major Matt Stone met in film class at the University
of Colorado in 1992.
They found themselves stuck on other classmates' film sets, working the lighting and sound,
and generally feeling pretty bored.
Parker and Stone started doing silly voices to amuse each other and found they had the
same sense of humor.
Parker told Entertainment Weekly,
"We would always talk like these little kids and make each other laugh."
They messed around with their characters for a full year before they ever thought to commit
anything to film.
A school presentation
Before Parker and Stone decided to turn their characters into pop culture icons, Parker
made his own cartoon debut with a satirical school presentation called "American History,"
which used the same construction paper animation style that the duo eventually adapted for
South Park.
It was the amatuer effort that would launch a thousand f-bombs.
The cartoon won a student prize at the University of Colorado in 1992, inspiring parker and
Stone to take it further.
Knowing that the film department had a short film showcase at the end of the year, they
decided to do something holiday-appropriate for their December debut.
So, they made The Spirit of Christmas, also known as Jesus vs. Frosty.
Which is exactly what it sounds like.
Though they didn't all have names, kids that looked and sounded pretty similar to Kyle,
Kenny, Stan, and Cartman are all there.
It even has some pretty familiar lines.
"Oh my God, Frosty killed Kenny!"
At the first screening, the audience went nuts.
People were shocked at seeing cute cartoon kids swear up a blue streak and having Christmas
icons try to murder one another, but since it was a college crowd, most of the people
loved it.
Cannibal!
The Musical
After Jesus vs. Frosty, Parker and Stone didn't go right to work on more animated shorts.
Instead, they made a trailer for a musical comedy about Alferd Packer, a man famous for
survival cannibalism in Colorado.
The University of Colorado, which hilariously named its own cafeteria after Packer, liked
the trailer so much, that it gave the duo $125,000 to shoot a full length feature.
They weren't completely ready to leave snowmen behind, though.
"Let's build a snowman."
The resulting Cannibal!
The Musical was a glimpse into Parker and Stone's future, with hints of the demented
comedy and budding musical genius that would find its way into their professional projects
years later.
And believe it or not, they even hid a few aliens throughout the film, like they would
later would in South Park.
Troma Productions picked up the film for distribution three years after it was made.
Brian Graden at the Fox Broadcasting company happened to see it, and he immediately wanted
to work with Parker and Stone.
Though he couldn't get any major studio to take a liking to Cannibal!, Graden was determined
to make something happen with the pair.
The Christmas card and Clooney
As Graden, Parker, and Stone were trying to get something off the ground, including a
failed children's TV show pilot called Time Warped, Parker and Stone were hurting for
cash.
Graden gave them $1,200 to make a video Christmas card based on the original Jesus vs. Frosty
short, thinking it would only be seen by a few of his friends.
Parker and Stone were excited to get money to do anything, so they made a new five-minute
short and figured it would be the last time they'd visit the quiet little mountain town.
The Spirit of Christmas, also known as Jesus vs. Santa, was even more similar to the soon-to-be
South Park than the original.
Though the short had many future South Park staples, Parker and Stone didn't even put
their names on the film because they figured it was just a little project for fun.
Graden ended up sending the tape around to about 35 friends, but he purposely didn't
send it to any studio heads, assuming the material would offend them.
But the people who actually saw Jesus vs. Santa loved the short so much, they copied
it, sent it to friends, and showed it at parties.
One of the biggest fans of the short was George Clooney.
South Park executive producer Anne Garefino told Hollywood Reporter,
"Before we even began working on the series, the fact that George Clooney had made hundreds
of VHS copies of The Spirit of Christmas and sent them out to all his friends was already
the stuff of Hollywood history."
Without Clooney sharing hundreds of bootleg VHS tapes, South Park might never have happened.
Rejection
Despite other people claiming to have created the popular, but anonymous, short, Parker
and Stone eventually got the credit they deserved, and offers began coming their way…
including the chance to direct Barney's Great Adventure.
Which, obviously, they did not take.
Graden, Parker, and Stone got meetings everywhere, but nearly all the studios were afraid of
putting something so edgy on the air.
And there was also the assumption that every show needed to go the Simpsons route and depict
a family — not a bunch of nasty kids.
They were turned down by MTV, and Graden was even turned down by his own network, Fox.
So, Graden left the company to go wherever South Park landed.
Comedy Central they messed afraid of the potty-mouthed tots and signed them on to make a pilot.
The crashed pilot
When Parker and Stone got to bring South Park to life, they didn't pull any punches.
The first episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe," was shown to focus groups, where people would
rate the show on a scale of 1 to 10.
The show hardly got anything over a three.
And there were lots of ones.
Three people actually cried because they were so disturbed over the things the children
said or did.
Comedy Central didn't pull the plug on the series altogether, though.
They were a struggling network at the time, and aired a slightly modified pilot mostly
because they knew it would get them attention.
South Park debuted in August 1997 after minimal promotion.
Graden thought they'd be lucky to get 200,000 people to tune in, but the premiere got 889,000
viewers, and the show was pulling in over 5 million by the end of the season.
It was an instant, insane hit.
Before long, the show was on the cover of Rolling Stone and Newsweek.
Cartman eternal
Despite the remarkable success, Parker and Stone didn't think they'd be working on it
for very long at all.
Parker recalled to The Hollywood Reporter,
"We thought: 'It's not going to last.
Take it while you can.'
We really had the attitude of, 'Let's do this as long as we can, then we will go back to
Colorado.'"
He went on to say that it wasn't until around season 15 of the show that he realized they'd
probably never need to go back home.
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