# Cartoons with a director **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [February 16, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-with-a-director/933044 "2021-02-16T14:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-with-a-director/933044/21 "2021-02-18T00:31:32Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Or the early days of South Park, where it was basically just construction paper cutouts. [Only the first episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_(season_1)#Development): > [@](#): > > “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe” was the only episode animated almost completely with traditional [cut paper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutout_animation), [stop-motion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-motion) animation techniques.[[29]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_(season_1)#cite_note-29) All subsequent episodes would be fully computer-animated using [Power Animator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Animator) or [Maya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(software)).[[30]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_(season_1)#cite_note-30) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-with-a-director/933044/22 "2021-02-18T05:37:46Z")
I actually thought all the actual episodes were done more professionally. I was talking _early days_, Jesus vs Frosty and Jesus vs Santa. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-with-a-director/933044.md?page=1)