South Park
Here Comes the Neighborhood
TV Flash files “Here Comes the Neighborhood” as hour 77 of 335 in the TV Flash guide — South Park (1997–present) on Comedy Central, season 5, episode 12, aired 2001-11-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E12: listed hour 77 of 335 in the South Park guide, hour 12 of 14 in season 5. It aired 2001-11-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Entity (a.k.a. The Ginger Device)” (S05E11). Next is “Kenny Dies” (S05E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman have a run-in with Token, the town's only rich kid. In retaliation, Token encourages other wealthy people to move into the neighborhood.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Here Comes the Neighborhood sit in the South Park guide?
S05E12 is listed hour 77 of 335 — hour 12 of 14 in season 5, season 5 episode 12.
When did South Park S05E12 air?
Here Comes the Neighborhood aired 2001-11-28 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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