You’re right. Current event episodes are fun but I like the boys being boys more. Give me an Awesome-O or Little Crime Stoppers over Make Love Not Warcraft(still a good episode) or 90% of the last several seasons any day. For instance the Super Fun Time episode was such a great episode but the rest of the season was filled with episodes about current events or trends.

I think the problem is they’ve done so many storylines and as they’ve admitted they stand in the huge shadow of the Simpsons. And they’ve reached the point in their careers they really don’t NEED to dig deep to make money. Back when they were first starting they were trying to prove themselves and eat. They even said it wasn’t until season 10 or so when then realized they had “made it.” That seems to be the kiss of death for original content.

As much as I hate to say it good South Park is over. We’ll still get a good episode here and there. But the show has lost so much steam.

Seasons 6-8, in my opinion, were South Park at its best. Could even extend that to 5-9.