Aristophanes, the fifth century B.C.E Athenian comic playwright, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the Comedy Central animated television satire South Park, lived and worked over two millennia apart. Nevertheless, South Park is deeply entrenched within the lineage of Aristophanic comedy, in terms of educating and challenging, as well as entertaining, fans and spectators. In Flying To A Quiet Mountain Town Upon A Dung Beetle: Aristophanic Elements in South Park, Dirk Gibb utilises a close viewing of individual South Park episodes, together with a studious analysis of...