You do realise that people lie? I doubt very much anyone knew George Clooney to send it to him, he is not really a comedy guy is he. You then have he sent it to 700 people, and they sent it to 700 people.
@@marknorville9611 The creators know George and have talked about it before in other interviews. Also you don’t know shit about combinatorics or the multinomial expansion that would be required when tracking that math. So just stfu.
@@alxsend8045 But the fact that he didn't leave when his portion was over was hilarious. Like what if Matt and Trey were sitting there during Foreman's interview lol?
@@speranzayaya this used to happen more often on chat shows. Somewhere between Johnny Carson and now it started to fall out of favor. These days the only one that adopts the couch of guests format (most often) is Corden (ew).
The way Leno treats them here is interesting. These two are a pair of the greatest satirists in television history however their class-clown armor helped them so much.
Actually it had already hit y this time. Part one of the Episode where they were trying to find out who Cartman's Dad was. Had aired by this point & it was very well talked about.
@@majinvegeta7777 No season 2 was already approved. But the last episode of season 1. Was the show that got people talking about the show. A few months later. They did the Terrance & Phillip episode that got everyone made. I thought it was hilarious.
@@sdd619 It was well talked about. I remember it well but the first 3 seasons of South Park were really different from the clever satire it became. It was huge when it came out - can't emphasise that more - but the first few seasons were "not really different from 'Yo Gaba Gaba'" as Matt said.
The amount of work they have to do on the show, plus all the side projects like Book Of Mormon and Team America, is pretty intense. It was even worse in the early days when they didn't have computers and were still working with construction paper. I feel like their work grind would destroy most people.
@@silversnail1413 they only had to animate the pilot in stop-motion, but yeah I agree the amount of time they put into their creations is astronomical. Time well spent that’s for sure
@@roddydykes7053 They did the original Spirit Of Christmas shorts in stop-motion as well but those were before the show so I suppose they don't really count. I love how they satirized that whole experience on the show by having the boys do their own stop-motion Christmas cartoon, showing just how painfully slow and agonizing the process was for them.
It was still new to them back then. I don't think they didn't want to be there, they just didn't know _how_ to be there. Everything just exploded for them so quickly. More recent interviews show how much more they've matured with it all.
I've always kinda felt like their earlier interviews they always seemed blowed out at least a little bit lmao. Like the Oliver stone interview everyone in the room looks like they're sniffling
I fell in love with south park when I was 7 or 8 in 1998/9 Still love it From South park to team america, from cannibal the musical to the book of Mormon These 2 are so funny
Man, the Book of Mormon episode fucking killed me😂😂 it was amazing cause I grew up in Utah and I’ve always thought the mormon religion was bullshit, it was nice to see ngl
Well basically yeah. Although, The Spirit of Christmas was actually ordered by someone else (I don't remember who) who started the sharing process of it but I guess Clooney is the one that really started spreading it around.
Man I was 12 when this aired. Little did I know I was watching my heroes develop in real time. People talk about a comedy mount-rushmore all you need is Dave Chappelle (Def Jam, early 90s face) Trey and Matt then Dave's face again, as we all know it today. In retrospective, they really propelled Comedy Central into the cultural impact machine its been for 20 years. - Coolest thing is among that, those 3 guys (Keeping Dave in the discussion) still remain incredible critical thinkers with so much depth and perspective in their social commentary. Cant say it enough. Glad to be alive at the same time as my heros. I feel so lucky for that
it was. people said "retard" and "fag" and no one got butthurt about it. people didnt take shit so serious. the internet/porn/smart phones/atheist-egotism fucked us up. 9/11 was the beginning of the end
@@carljones2964 Do you realize how ironic it is for you to blame this on “atheism” when religion has always sought to control how people behave and speak? It’s just that the current religion is identity politics, which deems these particular words immoral to use.
@@PetterNe atheists' only moral backbone is derived from a false sense of moral superiority ie pretending to be offended by words and "virtue signaling". religious people seek a higher power because they recognize themselves to be imperfect thus not judging lest he be judged. I completely agree about identity politics being the new religion
Leno seemed pretty cool about it. This is actually a pretty good interview by him. He sticks to questions, rarely makes it about himself, and a few good quips. I think he was really interested in them.
I mean he appeared as himself in that clip they showed, also he appeared as Mr. Kitty in one of the first season episodes, so I’m pretty sure he was in on the jokes.
I could imagine the conversation between Matt and Trey... Matt: "Oh dude, we just gotta get that chick from Spieces...!" Trey: "Yeah dude, you mean Natasha Henstridge!?" Matt: "Dude, that's her!" Trey: "Oh dude!" Matt: "Dude!" Trey: Dude!" Matt: "DUDE!" _Trey Shocked_ Trey: "Okay dude, I'm on it."
It’s a inside joke, they all know each other. Never take anything you see on tv for what they want you to see. What? Man he was abducted by “them” and you call yourself A Real Human. What’s about that? Who would call them self’s that? The ones who are no? ... By the way I’m a real hooman too. 👽👍
I still don't understand how you can show a talk show, show the guests, but heaven forbid show the actual TV show that they make or movie that they are in!
Trey Parker and Matt Stone SHOULD have made a show about how rich they are and how many cars they have. That's art. Guess they'll have to live with their Emmy's, Tony's and sitch.
@@anom3778 the little head shake and him losing his smile for a second there. i dont think it really bothered him but like that guy said hes probably heard it millions of times
@@lemfandango sure but the main thing for me was how it cuts back and he looks very unnamused and then does the head shake after he realizes the cameras back on
Somehow some VHS tapes were given away at my school my senior year in 1998. I was like man this shit looks lame. Then during summer break me and some friends were drink and high and decided to watch it. Havent missed a season yet [except for the last 4 lol] I remember that tape with ol' Scratch but wasnt there one with an ad for cigarettes and they said its like 2 heaping lungs of satisfaction dipped in sunshine? I used to say that after hacking after a huge bong rip. thats the only thing i remember abt it.
The friend who sent the video to the friend of George Clooney is the real hero.
lmao, for real, i cant imagine if he never did that and we had a world without south park
You do realise that people lie? I doubt very much anyone knew George Clooney to send it to him, he is not really a comedy guy is he. You then have he sent it to 700 people, and they sent it to 700 people.
But, they know George. Hell he was on south park a couple times.
The most important thing George Clooney has ever done!!
@@marknorville9611 The creators know George and have talked about it before in other interviews. Also you don’t know shit about combinatorics or the multinomial expansion that would be required when tracking that math. So just stfu.
Matt and Trey trolling everyone with those outfits. This was one of the first tv shows they went on.
worst things is i dont think they were trolling, its the 90s everyone dressed like that
@@jamesjjj3193 Yeah, just look at what the Spice Girls wore in 1997. No different.
@@jamesjjj3193 No we didnt....
@@UffUffsen sorry bro i take back my comment i didnt realise you represented everyone in the 90's :/
@@jamesjjj3193 ok, youre excused.
These guys are the coolest guys I’ve ever seen
Yeah they are so kewwll
Agree
Michael Caine would agree.
You have got to be the most pathetic guy I've ever seen... Are you 12? Already idolizing stupid people? You're bound for great things...
@@mister_mysterium_tremendum how bout you idolize getting some bitches
George Foreman just sitting there next to them for no reason is highly underrated
Lol his smiling babyface
Lmao I watched the whole interview without noticing until I read this comment
Well, there is a reason why he sits there. He was the guest before them.
@@alxsend8045 But the fact that he didn't leave when his portion was over was hilarious. Like what if Matt and Trey were sitting there during Foreman's interview lol?
@@speranzayaya this used to happen more often on chat shows. Somewhere between Johnny Carson and now it started to fall out of favor.
These days the only one that adopts the couch of guests format (most often) is Corden (ew).
Have you seen this? Have you heard about this?
It's cool that they bring the same level of satire to their interviews as they do in their shows.
It’s amazing how little it took to shock people back then
apparently three people cried during the test screening of the pilot because they found it so offensive
The way Leno treats them here is interesting. These two are a pair of the greatest satirists in television history however their class-clown armor helped them so much.
When Trey looks at the camera after he says " L.A. where everything is normal " like he's breaking the 4th wall and being facetious. Brilliant. 5:43
Lol if he hadn't gave that look, I would totally think he was pompous ass. L.a. is terrible
5:53 is giving me life
I think these guys have a bright future ahead of them
I think so too 😊
Little did they know this would become 1 of the greatest animated shows ever :)
South park 🐐🐐🐐
Actually it had already hit y this time. Part one of the Episode where they were trying to find out who Cartman's Dad was. Had aired by this point & it was very well talked about.
@@sdd619 whatchu mean bro they thought they were only gonna do 2 seasons & then get cancelled 🤔
@@majinvegeta7777 No season 2 was already approved. But the last episode of season 1. Was the show that got people talking about the show. A few months later. They did the Terrance & Phillip episode that got everyone made. I thought it was hilarious.
@@sdd619 It was well talked about. I remember it well but the first 3 seasons of South Park were really different from the clever satire it became. It was huge when it came out - can't emphasise that more - but the first
few seasons were "not really different from 'Yo Gaba Gaba'" as Matt said.
I don't envy that many people but work wise I envy these two more then I can explain
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The amount of work they have to do on the show, plus all the side projects like Book Of Mormon and Team America, is pretty intense. It was even worse in the early days when they didn't have computers and were still working with construction paper. I feel like their work grind would destroy most people.
@@silversnail1413 they only had to animate the pilot in stop-motion, but yeah I agree the amount of time they put into their creations is astronomical. Time well spent that’s for sure
@@roddydykes7053 They did the original Spirit Of Christmas shorts in stop-motion as well but those were before the show so I suppose they don't really count. I love how they satirized that whole experience on the show by having the boys do their own stop-motion Christmas cartoon, showing just how painfully slow and agonizing the process was for them.
Lol they were so cool then , I remember watching South Park for the first time around 98’ I was about 7.
Same! I was 10 and it changed my life. Long live M & T
Would love to meet them, they look like they’d be chill. I hope one day to meet them.
Lol they’re old men now
25 years ago damn. I remember watching South Park on flash animation websites before it was on TV
It's so crazy to see them so young
I remember watching this in like ‘99, back when I was 8 or so.
Matt looks so good here
I miss when they used to look like this 😂 especially Matt's goofy faces you can just tell they don't want to be there
It was still new to them back then. I don't think they didn't want to be there, they just didn't know _how_ to be there. Everything just exploded for them so quickly. More recent interviews show how much more they've matured with it all.
I've always kinda felt like their earlier interviews they always seemed blowed out at least a little bit lmao. Like the Oliver stone interview everyone in the room looks like they're sniffling
If only everyone looked that awesome forever :(
This was 24 years ago holy sh1t....
This would have been around the time of filming for BASEketball.
Does anybody know where I can get those platform shoes that Trey is wearing? They are iconic!
I fell in love with south park when I was 7 or 8 in 1998/9
Still love it
From South park to team america, from cannibal the musical to the book of Mormon
These 2 are so funny
Don’t forget Orgazmo!
Baseketball is my favourite
Team America was so epic when it came out. Funniest shyt I had seen for years. I still say "ohh, herro!" In Kim IL Sung voice
I'm so ronereeeeee
Man, the Book of Mormon episode fucking killed me😂😂 it was amazing cause I grew up in Utah and I’ve always thought the mormon religion was bullshit, it was nice to see ngl
I love Matt's sneakers and how their hair looked back then..
Am I hearing this right? There'd be no South Park without George Clooney?
Well basically yeah. Although, The Spirit of Christmas was actually ordered by someone else (I don't remember who) who started the sharing process of it but I guess Clooney is the one that really started spreading it around.
Not really but It helped a lot, they would prob found others ways
4:51 Priceless how genuinely sad they look that people from their hometown didn't know about the show
1997......Dang. Think how much has changed since then?
Matt doesn't have an afro and Trey's lost some hair
Man I was 12 when this aired. Little did I know I was watching my heroes develop in real time. People talk about a comedy mount-rushmore all you need is Dave Chappelle (Def Jam, early 90s face) Trey and Matt then Dave's face again, as we all know it today.
In retrospective, they really propelled Comedy Central into the cultural impact machine its been for 20 years. - Coolest thing is among that, those 3 guys (Keeping Dave in the discussion) still remain incredible critical thinkers with so much depth and perspective in their social commentary.
Cant say it enough. Glad to be alive at the same time as my heros. I feel so lucky for that
Dave is a joke thief
They look and talk straight up like their characters from BASEketball🤣
Legend has it Bongo still hasn't waved bye-bye.
God, I often forget that Orgazmo came out before South Park... seeing Orgazmo in the theaters was a memorable experience.
I like how Jay started it with a joke about his chin. lol.
ngl matt's looking *fine*
Matt's Jew Fro was awesome.
Imagine being someone that is loved for reveling in being themselves
i love their outfits
I think Matt's acid kicks in at 4:46 lol
I think you’re right lol
man life was way cooler back when this aired, and i wasnt even born
it was. people said "retard" and "fag" and no one got butthurt about it. people didnt take shit so serious. the internet/porn/smart phones/atheist-egotism fucked us up. 9/11 was the beginning of the end
@@carljones2964 based
@@carljones2964 Do you realize how ironic it is for you to blame this on “atheism” when religion has always sought to control how people behave and speak? It’s just that the current religion is identity politics, which deems these particular words immoral to use.
@@PetterNe atheists' only moral backbone is derived from a false sense of moral superiority ie pretending to be offended by words and "virtue signaling". religious people seek a higher power because they recognize themselves to be imperfect thus not judging lest he be judged. I completely agree about identity politics being the new religion
@@carljones2964 do you hear yourself?
Ok but what about Bongo though?
20 years later "We're sick of doing South Park"
Comedy Central "Would $1 billion change your minds?"
I don’t remember that clip and I’ve seen every episode
It was bugging me too. Here's the answer: ua-cam.com/video/df18BxZfSAE/v-deo.html
They made it just for this interview I’m pretty sure
When I saw that commercial I was kind of hoping you left it in
many years later they are only getting better
I love how obvious it is Leno is really salty about the chin stuff and trying really hard to seem like he isn't.
ehhh, doubtful dude. Leno voice "The Crimson Chin" after all.
Leno seemed pretty cool about it. This is actually a pretty good interview by him. He sticks to questions, rarely makes it about himself, and a few good quips. I think he was really interested in them.
I mean he appeared as himself in that clip they showed, also he appeared as Mr. Kitty in one of the first season episodes, so I’m pretty sure he was in on the jokes.
Leno and Stephen Colbert are from the same school of petty
South Park are far from the first people to point out his chin
just by there wardrobe these guys are ahead of there time
i never realized how quick matt is at getting shit across succinctly
@@andyk192 Did you
They look fresh as fuck tho
"Did you start doing Cocaine.... cartoons!!! I mean in college"
I could imagine the conversation between Matt and Trey...
Matt: "Oh dude, we just gotta get that chick from Spieces...!"
Trey: "Yeah dude, you mean Natasha Henstridge!?"
Matt: "Dude, that's her!"
Trey: "Oh dude!"
Matt: "Dude!"
Trey: Dude!"
Matt: "DUDE!"
_Trey Shocked_
Trey: "Okay dude, I'm on it."
They were the first to go viral :O
How this was on cable tv
Love these two!
The good old days
Love Matt curly fro
Ok bongo wave bye bye!
Lol the 90’s had some strange commercials
They literally went viral before viral was even a thing.
First viral creators to go mainstream.
I wish they could have shown that alternate Jay Leno chin. not sure if it was a later episode, but you know the one I'm talking about.
This was the very first viral video. Number two was Pam Anderson & Tommy Lee.
this is gold!
I want to see the Christmas Show!
It's crazy that they used to call season one of South Park "a sign of the apocalypse". The show was pretty tame back then.
Who TF called South Park peanuts on acid
It’s a inside joke, they all know each other. Never take anything you see on tv for what they want you to see. What? Man he was abducted by “them” and you call yourself A Real Human. What’s about that? Who would call them self’s that? The ones who are no? ... By the way I’m a real hooman too. 👽👍
It’s crazy how South Park is a meme that got out of hand
Matt and trey are so hot omfg
fucking love these guys. pure genius . and brings attention to how fucked we all are!
Little did Jay know that these guys would rule the comedy world and avoid the cancel culture! They are phenoms!
Oooh the 90s
Orgazmo is fuc king hilarious.
I normally hate Clooney, but I may have to change my tune after hearing how he helped these guys.
damn young
Why did we shoot Harambe??
I still don't understand how you can show a talk show, show the guests, but heaven forbid show the actual TV show that they make or movie that they are in!
1 million shirts sold how cute lol
My how they’ve grown
Let bongo finish
Trey Parker and Matt Stone SHOULD have made a show about how rich they are and how many cars they have. That's art. Guess they'll have to live with their Emmy's, Tony's and sitch.
“That’s art” :(
Wow they're so in sync
Acid
great combover on that blond guy!
Silliest people ALIVE
Jesus they look like they just did on baseketball
Why was George Foreman there?
Mark my words, someday these guys are gonna buy Casa Bonita!
you can tell leno didnt find that chin jab funny lmao
Cause he's heard them all lmao
Why would you think that?
@@anom3778 the little head shake and him losing his smile for a second there. i dont think it really bothered him but like that guy said hes probably heard it millions of times
@@antichrist7608 he does the heads hake all the time. Have you ever seen a Jay Leno impression?
@@lemfandango sure but the main thing for me was how it cuts back and he looks very unnamused and then does the head shake after he realizes the cameras back on
4 people didn't wave bye-bye to Bongo
So George Clooney is to South Park; what Dr. Dre is to Eminem.
Alma and Fairplay. Where my Colorado peeps at?
Bark bark!!!
Omg this ridiculous 90s dyed blonde hair 😂 can I plz have trey be my best friend I would lit have him around 24/7
@burteriksson really? I knew never that.
@burteriksson makes sense. I just thought many men did that because it was supposed to be "cool" or "hip" or something. Rebellious.
Then they went on to make fun of Clooney's over-the-top Oscar speech. Haha
They're dressed like The Migos
correction - the Migos are dressed like Trey Parker & Matt Stone in 1997
NO KITTY THIS IS MY TALK SHOW
Jay Leno got a chin for days
"Peanuts on acid"
And now they are both worth close to a billion each
poor bongo.
the chick from species
My favorite part was Bongo. Bye bye!
Somehow some VHS tapes were given away at my school my senior year in 1998. I was like man this shit looks lame. Then during summer break me and some friends were drink and high and decided to watch it. Havent missed a season yet [except for the last 4 lol] I remember that tape with ol' Scratch but wasnt there one with an ad for cigarettes and they said its like 2 heaping lungs of satisfaction dipped in sunshine? I used to say that after hacking after a huge bong rip. thats the only thing i remember abt it.
Don't want to undermine how talented these guys are but u can't lie and say a lot of their success is luck and George Clooney
They probably would have been discovered eventually without Clooney because they’re awesome but yeah that was totally a lucky break for them.
So George Clooney started South Park, and then almost destroyed it with his smugness 10 years later?
Were they on acid for this one too