Honestly the first 15 seasons or so.

There are more non-political episodes than there are political ones. Especially in those seasons

If I had to pick a peak season though I would pick either season 12 or season 13.

They’re both hilarious from first episode to last but I would recommend 13 over 12 because that’s the first introduction to Coon and friends(which is about is as apolitical as you’re going to get), the WTF wrestling episode, the queef sisters, Dead Celebrities, Fat-Beard (Somali pirates) and Butters bottom bitch.

It’s one of my favorite seasons and I think everything up through season 15 is more silly than political but after you get into the more recent seasons you start to see more involvement because of the political nature of the world.

One of the great things about South Park and the six Days to air method of how they produce and come up with these episodes makes them first in line to get on top of current events, and with everything they’ve got to choose from in the past few years their cups runneth over.

So they’ve got to fine-tune what they think will be more receptive to the audience and I think that’s really difficult to do right now because of the way the world is and that’s why you see specials like the Panderverse, The COVID-19 specials etc. I mean they’re touching on all the big issues that are going on in the country and the world to a lesser extent. So it’s kind of hard for them not to be more political as the show ages. People are becoming more divided by politics and are more involved in politics than ever, whether it’s in good faith or ignorance, they’re there.

So they’re giving the audience what they want, if you will.

I agree. I’ve actually found myself laughing harder and playing the games then with the actual episodes.

One too much

I got to see the iMessage revolution first hand. I was in mobile sales for 7 years and the first year I joined was when the iPhone 4s launched. I sold iPhones from the 4S all the way up to the iPhone X. I was working for Sprint, and they were the first ones to start the “iPhone forever” program with the iPhone 6, people were switching their entire families over from Android to iPhone because the kids wanted the iPhones and yearly upgrades. Most parents would say they wouldn’t take advantage of the annual upgrade themselves, but they would always be back in a year and would typically get new phones for everybody at the same time.

Then I would start seeing people come in every year and I would notice more people wanting to trade their Androids in early to get an iPhone because their kids told them to.

One or more kids would switch to an iPhone, then parents would usually switch as well so they could tell when their kids were reading their messages. I remember that being a big thing for quite a few parents we’re really into when they first released that feature in an update.

It was the yearly iPhone upgrade that cemented most people with apples ecosystem of products. The kids eventually convince the parents because not only was Apple’s product easier to use for most people and was consistent when Android phones were still somewhat complicated and new for first or second generation smartphone users.

It only took like 2 years before people were getting everything Apple. Replacing their computers and their tablets with iOS and Mac devices. Once people committed for a year or two they typically stayed and don’t want to switch back.

We had a butt ton of returns within the 14-day exchange window because people would be Apple people and want to try an Android with maybe three out of ten people actually switching OS. And five to six people switching from Android to iOS and staying.

TLDR, I sold phones for years and when Sprint started doing annual upgrades with iPhones, kids would get their parents to switch over everybody wanted the annual upgrade, parents really liked the delivered and read function in iOS and in about 2 years everybody had picked an operating system and stuck with it

It’s like the flavor of Dr pepper.

It’s neither root beer, nor cola. Nobody knows what it is, those who say they do, don’t. Because it’s both, and more.

This isn’t a black and white issue, it’s difficult to approach this in a way that doesn’t immediately throw you into one side or the other. Pandering is literally indulging someone, often to get what you want. They were able to execute that in excellent fashion. If you took anything away from the episode as being one-sided, you need to rewatch the episode.