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‘South Park’ creators double down on episode skewering Trump
The Hill ^ | 07/25/25 3:27 PM ET | Miriam Waldvogel

Posted on 07/25/2025 1:49:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had a simple response to the furor the often-controversial show stoked this week with an episode showing President Trump in bed with Satan and making fun of what they depicted as the president’s small genitals.

“We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said Thursday, holding a deadpan stare as the crowd laughed during a panel at Comedy Central’s Comic-Con.

The “South Park” season premiere drew a response from the White House, which said in a statement to The Guardian that the show “hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.”

“President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history — and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak,” spokesperson Taylor Rogers told the paper.

The premiere of the show’s 27th season also skewered Paramount over its recent decision to settle a lawsuit brought by Trump for $16 million. Paramount received approval Thursday from Trump’s Federal Communications Commission for an $8 billion merger agreement with Skydance.

The “South Park” episode that provoked the White House’s ire aired just days after Parker and Stone reached their own deal with Paramount for the rights to “South Park,” reported by Variety as valued more than $1 billion.

Parker and Stone said they were asked by their producers to blur...

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: dogbitesman; southpark
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To: God luvs America

Yawn 2007 called it your comebacks are weak kinda like Eric Swalwell bench pressing


121 posted on 08/01/2025 12:48:43 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: Lod881019

LOL- meanwhile Swalwell’s BP, as pathetic as it is, is still twice the amount fragile liberal snowflakes like you can lift...you lose- again...


122 posted on 08/01/2025 2:14:12 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: Lod881019

Of course my dating life isn’t sitting in front of the computer for a night of gay porn- much like yours...


123 posted on 08/01/2025 2:15:10 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOL. Who cares? Are these guys still around? Their schtick was old 20 years ago.


124 posted on 08/01/2025 2:17:22 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Antoninus
LOL. Who cares? Are these guys still around? Their schtick was old 20 years ago.

Well, they did just get a contract worth $1.5 billion, but I guess that's chump change to you. Must be nice.


125 posted on 08/01/2025 2:22:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Well, they did just get a contract worth $1.5 billion, but I guess that's chump change to you. Must be nice.

I never said that the idiot market wasn't large and profitable, only that the South Park routine is boring, played-out and unfunny. Both things can be true at the same time.
126 posted on 08/01/2025 2:27:57 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Antoninus
I never said that the idiot market wasn't large and profitable, only that the South Park routine is boring, played-out and unfunny.

So anybody who likes things that you don't is an idiot?

Check.

127 posted on 08/01/2025 2:29:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
So anybody who likes things that you don't is an idiot?

No, not always. But in this case, yes.
128 posted on 08/01/2025 8:54:29 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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