South Park redefines scorched earth
Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park last night let loose a fusillade of poisoned barbs against the country’s would-be dicktator as well as skewering Paramount just after signing a $1.5 billion deal for additional episodes.
“South Park delivered the biggest beat down to Trump in history,” Adam Kinsinger responded on Threads.
Less than a day after the creators of Comedy Central’s South Park reached a reportedly $1.5 billion deal with Paramount Plus, Matt Stone and Trey Parker dropped a bombshell episode to kick off Season 27 that depicts Donald Trump with a minuscule penis and in bed with Satan.
The premiere episode arrives the week after CBS‘ abrupt decision to end The Late Show, which Stephen Colbert has hosted for a decade, in 2026. While the network claimed the cancellation was financial, it drew backlash, since the announcement came days after Colbert criticized Paramount, which owns both CBS and Comedy Central, over its decision to agree to a settlement with Trump.
In the 30-minute episode, titled “Sermon on the ‘Mount,” that likely has Paramount and Skydance Media banging their heads against a wall, Stone and Parker jab at Trump’s obsession with using lawsuits to silence media and political opponents, ChatGPT, the injection of religion into America’s public schools, government censorship, and corporations caving to pressure. (“Who the hell does the president think he is?” Eric Cartman says upon learning NPR was canceled. “The government can’t cancel a show. I mean, what show are they going to cancel next?”)
In the premiere episode, Trump sues the town of South Park for criticizing him. Their settlement includes the town producing a pro-Trump PSA. Someone’s head will explode.
Nicholas Kristoff looked at three ways to undermine an autocrat back in May: “The first is mockery and humor — preferably salacious.” Last night’s South Park gets an “A.”
Truth Social should be lit today.
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