Back in the pre-streaming era of television, big ticket events were often available via pay-per-view, the service that allowed cable customers to pay an extra fee in order to access premium content, while also allowing teenagers to watch adult films that looked like RoboCop\u2019s acid flashbacks.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2002, Trey Parker and Matt Stone decided to get in on this trend with the\u00a0South Park 5th Anniversary Special<\/i>. For just $6.95, fans could celebrate five years of\u00a0South Park<\/i> by virtually attending a crazy party hosted by its creators, one which featured clips from the series and special celebrity guests.<\/span><\/p>\n But those who shelled out the seven bucks may have been surprised to find that the gathering wasn\u2019t quite the rager that the commercial promised.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Presented as a fake episode of a Wild On!<\/i>-like show called\u00a0Wild Parties<\/i>, the special begins with the host welcoming viewers to the \u201chottest, wildest party in all of Hollywood.\u201d But once inside the venue, it turns out that Parker and Stone are the only ones who actually showed up.<\/span><\/p>\n Matt and Trey are still super-pumped and continue drinking, dancing and doing whippits \u2013 and by that, we mean inhaling air from balloons \u2013 all while the bartender and TV presenter sit around looking bored and depressed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are a few celebrity guests, including Jay Leno and Hugh Hefner, but they appear live via satellite. At one point,\u00a0American Pie\u00a0<\/i>star Chris Klein pops by the empty club and then promptly bolts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The highlight of the show is when Danny DeVito shows up\u2026 sort of. In a clip that recently resurfaced online following DeVito\u2019s 81st birthday, Parker and Stone conspicuously green-screen the\u00a0Twins<\/i> star into the event as if he were one of the\u00a0Space Jam\u00a0<\/i>toons.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis has certainly been a memorable party,\u201d the host concludes. \u201cI\u2019ll remember it in my dreams for many nights to come. And wake up screaming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Of course, Parker and Stone did eventually attend some genuine commemorative shindigs for\u00a0South Park<\/i>, like the 15th anniversary party in 2011, which included non-green-screened guests like Duran Duran.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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