For you young folk: "The Spirit of Christmas" was an animated short that led to "South Park". Was commissioned by an advertising executive as a holiday gift to

For you young folk: "The Spirit of Christmas" was an animated short that led to "South Park". Was commissioned by an advertising executive as a holiday gift to industry pals, distributed on video tape. Friend of mine transcoded it to QuickTime MOV format -- a technical challenge at the time -- and once digital, it spread like wildfire. QuickTime was a Mac-only video format at the time.