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Originally Posted by bothedmbfan
1. South Park progressivley gets better with every season, while after season 7, the Simpsons started regressing.
2. South Park can capitalize quickly on current events, due to how easy it is to make the episodes.
3. South Park can go farther than the Simpsons, mainly due to being on cable.
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only 1 of those is an Opinion, the other two dont mean anything when it comes to quality TV shows. sure its nice, but being non-timely and being able to be funny without rude/crude/vulgure comedy is more difficult and a lot funnier.
South Park is a decent second because of its social comentary, however even though i enjoy the writing the Simpsons have done a better job of social comentary than South Park, although it may seem otherwise becuase they are not Timely the simpsons dont focus on single events but genearl social problems and fealings.
The characters are also so much more involved and interesting on the simpsons, while i believe that south park has its moments i dont find myself connecting to these characters. Homer simpson is such an amazing character, put him up against any southpark figure and the complexity of homer simpson and his life and what he stands for is considerable and no southpark character comes close.
While southpark uses its plots and themes to get across the points the simpsons uses deep characters and clever symbolism.
Personally, i think the simpsons is almost as good as it was in its prime right now. The reason people even compare south park (dont even mention Family Guy to me, that show doesnt hold crap) and why people think the simpsons has fallen is becuase they really havent changed to become more obsured like the other shows. they are still very subtle, while other shows dont make you think as much and you "understand" them more easily and therefore think they are being more progressive and socially active.
I enjoy all 3 shows, but the best is easily the simpsons, they are the first and by far the most clever, there is not a single simpsons episode i do not enjoy. i cant say that for the other two.