 " Pinkeye " is the seventh episode in the first season of the American animated television series South Park . It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 29 , 1997 . In " Pinkeye " , Kenny is killed and , through a freak accident , he is brought back to life as a zombie and starts terrorizing South Park residents , who believe the rise of the living dead is an epidemic of " pinkeye " . 
