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Old 12-25-2011, 05:30 AM
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Not a book, but something for the Holidays.

Team New America: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
A satirical radio programme broadcast from Colorado in the early 2000s. The series featured the misadventures of a bunch of redneck New American Fascists as they tried to rid the US of the deadly trinity as their leader "Respect Ma Authority" Cartman referred to as "Kay,Dubbau and Ens". The show featured the running gag of one of the team being killed messily every episode. This was always Kenny, the point man.
The show achieved cult status when the New American authorities issued death warrants for the two writers and producers.
The last of the series took place just after a major defeat of the NA in real life and features General Cummings telling Cartman to "Suck on my salty chocolate balls" before emptying an M16 into him.
The show is often credited with helping to marginalise New America during the dark days when America was facing a three way civil war. Stone said "We never took ourselves seriously until Colonel White put a hit out on us. Then we knew we were making a difference. There's nothing like having a redneck firing at you out of a rusty pickup to say that your art's having an impact."

In 2015, the radio series was remade as an animated cartoon series that achieved cult status in its own right.
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