The second season of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on April 1, 1998.

The episode scheduled for April 1, 1998 promised to resolve the mystery,[2][3] but was in fact an April Fools' Day joke on the creators' part: "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus", an entire episode revolving around the two title characters.

[7][4][8][9][10] The show went on a summer break for a month and a half, and returned for another six-episode run on August 19, with the episode "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls".

The final episode of the season, "Prehistoric Ice Man" aired after five weeks of hiatus, on January 20, 1999.

Multiple musicians and bands made guest appearances in the episode "Chef Aid".