<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Pinkeye" </Td> <Td> Next → "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> South Park (season 1) List of South Park episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Starvin' Marvin" is the eighth episode in the first season of the American animated television series South Park . It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 19, 1997 . In the episode, Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan send money to an African charity hoping to get a sports watch, but are instead sent an Ethiopian child whom they dub "Starvin' Marvin". Later, Cartman is accidentally sent to Ethiopia, where he learns activist Sally Struthers is hoarding the charity's food for herself . In an accompanying subplot, after genetically engineered turkeys attack South Park residents, Chef rallies the residents to fight back, in a parody of the film Braveheart . </P> <P> The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker . "Starvin' Marvin" was the first South Park Thanksgiving - themed episode . The episode simultaneously served as a satire on American indifference toward impoverished countries and the humanitarianism industry . </P>

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