The simple answer is that Timmy is downright hilarious, but for disabled “South Park” fans, closer examination of the character’s popularity (like that of “Stevie” on Fox’s “Malcolm ...

Parker and Stone have no desire to end South Park anytime soon ... Viewers have often misinterpreted Timmy as a one-dimensional joke at the expense of people with intellectual disabilities.

The irony is that the character Timmy is presented with warmth in South Park and given character depth by co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. An equal in the show’s unflinching satire ...

Here’s how it works. South Park fans have loved Timmy ever since he first appeared in the long, long ago of the year 2000. In the 17 years since his introduction, his vocabulary has been ...