"Volcano" is the second episode of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States in August 1997. In the episode, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny go on a hunting trip with Stan's uncle Jimbo and his war buddy Ned, unaware that a nearby volcano is about to erupt. Written by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (pictured), the episode was inspired by the 1997 disaster films Volcano and Dante's Peak, both of which Parker and Stone strongly disliked. "Volcano" received generally positive reviews and was nominated for a 1997 Environmental Media Award. Over one million viewers watched the original broadcast. The episode marked the first of two appearances for Scuzzlebutt, who became a popular minor character and appeared in the video games South Park 10: The Game and South Park Rally. The episode parodied the Duck and Cover films from the 1950s and 1960s that advised people to hide under tables in the event of a nuclear attack.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1810:

Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Mauritius. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Port

1928:

The first three of over sixty nations signed the Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg%E2%80%93Briand_Pact

1990:

American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Stevie_Ray_Vaughan

2003:

Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years passing within approximately 55,758,000 kilometres (34,650,000 mi). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

change the game: (transitive, idiomatic) To revolutionize a field of endeavor. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/change_the_game

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I’d like to see our politics begin to return to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations. I would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different. We are citizens of a republic made of shared ideals forged in a new world to replace the tribal enmities that tormented the old one. Even in times of political turmoil such as these, we share that awesome heritage and the responsibility to embrace it. Whether we think each other right or wrong in our views on the issues of the day, we owe each other our respect, as long as our character merits respect, and as long as we share, for all our differences, for all the rancorous debates that enliven and sometimes demean our politics, a mutual devotion to the ideals our nation was conceived to uphold, that all are created equal, and liberty and equal justice are the natural rights of all. Those rights inhabit the human heart, and from there, though they may be assailed, they can never be wrenched. I want to urge Americans, for as long as I can, to remember that this shared devotion to human rights is our truest heritage and our most important loyalty.   --John McCain https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_McCain