South Park: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo

"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" is the ninth episode of season one of the animated comedy series South Park. It was directed by Trey Parker and written by Parker, Matt Stone and Dan Sterling. It first aired on Comedy Central on December 17th, 1997. In this episode, Stan's grandfather, Marvin Marsh, turns 102-years-old and decides that he no longer wishes to continue living. However, he is too old and feeble to take his own life, so he entreats Stan to kill him, but Stan refuses. Meanwhile, Sheila Broflovski finds that the Canadian television series Terrance and Phillip is poisoning the minds of the nation's children with it's foul language and scatological humor, so she embarks upon a crusade to get the show taken off the air. Kenny McCormick has a severe case of explosive diarrhea, which seems to be contagious.