American Greetings Launches South Park Greeting Cards
Posted on September 18, 2007
American Greetings has signed a licensing deal with Comedy Central that will result in greeting cards using characters from popular Comedy Central shows. The first products to launch include a line of seven South Park cards available now at Target. The partnership also includes licenses for RENO 911!, The Sarah Silverman Program, Mind of Mencia and Lil' Bush. Cards featuring signature South Park soundbytes will debut in January 2008.
In a statement American Greetings said they take their funny cards line very seriously and spent six months conduction research to find out what makes people laugh. Michael Brown, Vice President of Licensing for American Greetings, says in a statement, "Comedy Central is a destination for laughs for millions of people every day, and we're proud to be bringing the humor from some of the network's most recognizable shows to life in a new way."
Greeting card manufacturers want to keep today's young adults buying paper cards. South Park is absolutely a show that is very familiar to this demographic.
Eric Cartman is pictured on one of the cards. He seems pretty excited about cake, ice cream and presents. This may remind you of one of Cartman's birthday moments.