Speaking of Isaac Hayes... The other day I was talking about South Park with a friend and he didn't know the humble beginings of the cartoon. Basically it started with Trey Parks and Matt Stone were given $2000 to make an animated Christmas greeting for an executive at Fox. They made a short called the Spirit of Christmas.

The Spirit of Christams was so hysterical it quickly because the hottest boot leg around. I know where I worked, everyone had a copy... and in those days we had to download it over phone lines and it could take as long as 1/2 hour or more.

I watched today, for the first time in years... and I forgot just how amazingly funny it is. So, if you have never seen it, or haven't seen it in a long time... Get ready to laugh and check it out today!

Note: I edited this to fix the links... the first link should take you to a txt file / posting of an email that explains the history of The Spirit of Christmas. The second link should take you to the main Spirit of Christmas page where you can access the history, link to a transcript of the script and view the actual cartoon. Hey, if you haven't done it yet... what are waiting for?