“South Park” kicked off its 27th season on Wednesday night, and in the debut episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone literally put Donald Trump in the White House and in bed with the Devil.
The Season 27 premiere sees the quiet mountain town of South Park aflame. Cartman is depressed over the end of his favorite radio program, NPR, Randy is trying to stop Jesus from taking over South Park Elementary and the President is too busy arresting and suing his enemies to care. An angry mob breaks down Mr. Garrison’s door to confront him about his lack of accountability during these troubling times, but when they get there, Garrison reveals he hasn’t been in office for years.
Cut to the White House, where a talking head of Trump is running amok. We see him in the Oval Office arguing with the Canadian Prime Minister, who asks him, “Why are you placing these new tariffs on Canada? What are you, some kind of dictator from the Middle East?” Trump quips back, “You don’t want me to bomb you like I did Iraq!” The Prime Minister responds, “I thought you just bombed Iran?” Trump replies, “Iran, Iraq, what the hells the difference? Relax guy!”
A few moments later, we see Trump undress and cozy up in bed with Satan, insinuating that he wants to have sex. Satan turns him down, but Trump persists, “Come on Satan, I’ve been working hard all day.” Satan snaps back, “You haven’t been working! You’ve been doing your stupid memes and just fucking around.” Trump pushes further, “Come on Satan, you know you can’t resist this!” Trump then pulls down his blanket, revealing a comically small penis. Satan then says, “I can’t even see anything, it’s so small.”
While the new season of “South Park” is now underway, the show hit a few roadblocks in the rollout of its 27th edition. On July 2, Paramount pushed the Season 27 premiere by two weeks, from July 9 to July 27. Days after the announcement, the official “South Park” X account released an expletive-laden statement blaming the Paramount-Skydance merger for the delay.
The statement read, “In response to the press release from Comedy Central about the change in premiere date for ‘South Park’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone said – ‘This merger is a shit show and it’s fucking up “South Park.” We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.’”
Parker and Stone also accused Paramount president, Jeff Shell, of meddling with their contract negotiations with Netflix and Warner Bros.. At the same time, according to a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount, Parker and Stone had set out a $3 billion deal that spanned over a decade. However, Skydance, which is currently merging with Paramount, reportedly backed out of the agreement.
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On Wednesday, however, Paramount and the “South Park” camp came to terms. Under a new pact, Paramount ordered 50 new episodes and secured streaming rights for all 26 previous seasons for Paramount+. Season 27 will air on Comedy Central, and then come to Paramount+ the day after.
“We are grateful for this opportunity and deeply honored by the trust placed in us,” Parker said of the deal. “This is about more than a contract — it’s about our commitment to this organization, our teammates, and our fans. We’re focused on building something special and doing whatever it takes to bring championships to this city.”
From Variety US