Jesus Vs. Santa Went Viral

Before South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone created the 1992 student short "Jesus vs. Frosty" at the University of Colorado. After Fox executive Brian Graden saw it, he paid them $1,000 to make "Jesus vs. Santa" as a video Christmas card for 80 friends in 1995. The pair spent about $750 and kept the remaining money, while bootleg copies turned the short into an early viral hit. Comedy Central noticed it and hired Parker and Stone to develop South Park, which premiered in August 1997.

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