South Park
The Problem with a Poo
TV Flash files “The Problem with a Poo” as hour 290 of 335 in the TV Flash guide — South Park (1997–present) on Comedy Central, season 22, episode 3, aired 2018-10-10, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E03: listed hour 290 of 335 in the South Park guide, hour 3 of 10 in season 22. It aired 2018-10-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Boy and a Priest” (S22E02). Next is “Tegridy Farms” (S22E04).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mr. Hankey's offensive behavior puts him in jeopardy of being fired as the Director of the Annual Christmas Pageant.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Problem with a Poo sit in the South Park guide?
S22E03 is listed hour 290 of 335 — hour 3 of 10 in season 22, season 22 episode 3.
When did South Park S22E03 air?
The Problem with a Poo aired 2018-10-10 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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