Stan’s parents start fighting, he’s depressed all the time, he accidentally burns Shelly alive, his mother kills herself - the whole nine yards. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Dark Winds’ Zahn McClarnon: After That Chilling Season 2 Premiere Twist, Joe ‘Struggles With What Revenge Means’ Show officials have attributed the problem to the lengthy process of creating animation. One of “South Park’s” biggest problems, critics say, is that there usually are no new episodes for long periods of time. This season “South Park” has been averaging 3.5 million viewers a week - enough to keep it one of the most-watched shows on cable. During the same six weeks last year, the show averaged 2.8 million viewers. Last July, during the release of the well-received movie, “Bigger, Longer and Uncut,” an average of 1.8 million viewers were tuning in to the cable show.
Her voice work has also been heard in “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” and animated Disney movies including “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast.”īergman’s sudden death is a major blow to “South Park,” which had started recovering from a ratings snag. Cartman, Wendy Testaburger, Stan’s mom, Kenny’s mom, Mayor McDaniels, Ms. Parker and Stone have not started looking for a replacement, said a network source.īergman’s work on “South Park” included the voices of Ms. It was not known if Bergman had been receiving treatment for any psychological conditions.Ĭomedy Central officials said production on “South Park” will continue without Bergman and that soundtracks for at least three future episodes featuring Bergman’s voice have already been taped. An official report noted that she had been dead about three hours before her husband made the discovery. The Los Angeles county coroner has ruled the death a suicide. In a prepared statement, the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker - who also provide the voices for the bulk of “South Park’s” characters - said they were “deeply saddened and have chosen to mourn privately.”īergman - who is survived by her husband - left behind two farewell notes. That episode of “South Park” shattered prime-time ratings records at Comedy Central in April 1998, when 6.2 million viewers tuned in to watch it. īergman was the star of the “South Park’s” most watched episode, in which Eric Cartman’s mother (Bergman) was revealed to be a hermaphrodite.
She died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head. The body of Mary Kay Bergman, 38 - who voiced at least seven characters on the raunchy Comedy Central cartoon - was found by her husband, Dino Andrade, last Thursday at about 10 p.m. THE actress who provided the eccentric female voices for “South Park” committed suicide last week.
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