All episodes Season 1 S01E11 1998-02-11 30 min 1990s Comedy Central

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Tom's Rhinoplasty

TV Flash files “Tom's Rhinoplasty” as hour 11 of 335 in the TV Flash guide — South Park (1997–present) on Comedy Central, season 1, episode 11, aired 1998-02-11, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 335 in the South Park guide, hour 11 of 13 in season 1. It aired 1998-02-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Damien” (S01E10). Next is “Mecha-Streisand” (S01E12).

South Park — Tom's Rhinoplasty (S01E11)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Mr. Garrison takes a leave of absence to have a nose job and is replaced by Miss Ellen, a substitute who threatens Stan and Wendy's relationship.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Tom's Rhinoplasty sit in the South Park guide?

S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 335 — hour 11 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.

When did South Park S01E11 air?

Tom's Rhinoplasty aired 1998-02-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Why can it react so quickly to current events?

Episodes are often produced in roughly a week, trading polish for immediacy so a Monday scandal can air as Wednesday farce.

In the series

Why this series still plays

Construction-paper kids roasting the news cycle before the week is over. Trey Parker and Matt Stone built Comedy Central's meanest appointment ritual: Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny as a Greek chorus of American outrage, plus a pipeline that trades polish for currency. Celebrity lawsuits, bleep battles, and the perpetual too-soon dare — satire that refuses to age into nostalgia.

The drop window is the week itself. Comedy Central puts four construction-paper Colorado kids on the air August 13, 1997, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone do not wait for a prestige season to mellow. Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny roast celebrity feuds and sacred cows as crude farce before Friday. The pipeline is the product: episodes often produced in **roughly a week**, a Monday scandal already a Wednesday cut. Rex will tell you satire used to need a living-room appointment and a laugh track with manners. Fine.…

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