An acclaimed season and a movie thatStephen Sondheimthought should win an Oscarleft theSouth Parkboys drained.

Unfortunately,they had one more episode to produce… but no ideas.

They went home again on Friday, knowing Saturday would be hell.

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s latest project goes far off their beaten path.

Saturday brought out desperation, however, andthe staff was told to begin animating Christmas Critters in the woods.

But Parker, Stone, and their writers kept digging, and the story began to unlock.

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Sunday, three days out from airing, the episode is still coming together.

It doesn’t make any sense."

The writing became easier for Parker, but the catharsis wasn’t released until later that evening.

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“Upon this realization, Parker let out a guttural lion-esque roar in his car.

“Woodland Critter Christmas” is an all-time episode ofSouth Park.

The intensity of an upcoming deadline truly brings out their most creative ideas.

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Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

And now, six days must seem like a breeze.

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