The White House said an episode ridiculing Donald Trump was "a desperate attempt for attention".

South Park co-creator Trey Parker has made a short joke apology to President Donald Trump for ridiculing him in the opening show of their 27th season.

The episode, broadcast on Wednesday, made several jokes at the US president’s expense, including depicting him naked in bed with Satan.

After it aired, the White House described South Park as a “fourth-rate” show that was “hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention”.

Asked about the reaction during a panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Parker said, with a mock-serious face: “We’re terribly sorry.”

  • ccunning
    112·
    2 months ago

    After it aired, the White House described South Park as a “fourth-rate” show that was “hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention”.

    Fourth-rate, but Paramount gave them $1.5 billion and only gave you $15 million, so what does that make you?

  • hOrni
    73·
    2 months ago

    Just watched the episode. Remember, every time somebody makes a joke about Trump having a tiny penis, he gets one step closer to showing it. And they made fun of it a lot.

    • Zephorah@discuss.online
      452·
      2 months ago

      You know, some of us read this to slow down and fall asleep. The nightmare fuel fomented by whatever orange toadstool exists between that man’s legs is not what I want to think about right now.

      Lemmy really is the new Reddit.

      • Ech@lemmy.ca
        25·
        2 months ago

        You read the article title, knew the topic, (assumedly) know the show, and still dug further. That’s on you, mate. Also, it’s much more reddit-y to doom scroll the politics community to “relax”.

        • Zephorah@discuss.online
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’m here for the high quality content of tenforward, and some comics, but I was distracted by politics.

      • ebolapie
        9·
        2 months ago

        you’re supposed to stay away from the screens before bed

  • givesomefucksEnglish
    292·
    2 months ago

    Still think they should have just reused the BP oil joke:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1seyAkxO1s

    Already have the video done and queued up because they knew people would ask at comic con. And just Matt and Trey doing the stereotypical billionaire “we’re sorry” while everyone and their mother know none of their actions will ever change

      • givesomefucksEnglish
        43·
        2 months ago

        He just said it once, and it was funny.

        But a bespoke compilation would have been fucking hilarious.

        Like, it wasn’t like a reporter stopped them on the street, they did a comic con panel right after release. It was obviously going to get asked

  • galoisghost@aussie.zone
    1117·
    2 months ago

    The episode wasn’t really that funny imho. Sure it made fun of Trump, and said fuck you to Paramount, but the plot was pretty pointless. Haven’t watched South Park for ages so maybe that’s just how it is these days

    • theunknownmuncher
      25·
      2 months ago

      I think it was just introducing and setting up the state of the town and tone for the season.

      • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        13·
        2 months ago

        It was. No one noticed the picture above Satan’s bed that they never panned up on but I’m pretty sure it’s Epstein.

        • frunch
          5·
          2 months ago

          Oh well, there’s plenty else for you to watch 👍

        • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’d say almost certainly. That’s been the model for their recent seasons, and all those plot threads left open pretty much confirm it. This is gonna be the focus for the whole season.

    • cubism_pitta
      10·
      2 months ago

      I agree mostly but whats really funny about this episode is the meta around it.

      They actually attacked a lot of things in the episode and every joke is actually pretty good

      spoiler

      Cartman’s whole B-Plot is outlining exactly where they are creatively. If it’s not controversial to say mean things, then whats the point of Cartman? Making fun of and pissing off Trump is their best chance at comedy right now.

      Saddam voice is a great attack because they didn’t waste time trying to parody a wannabe middle eastern dictator

      Likewise, because South Park Trump IS just Saddam. It is unlikely he will become a liked character like Mr Garrison’s Trump parody was

      They haven’t used the F slur I think since season 13. They took two slurs that you can see people trying to mainstream again and directed them at Trump specifically numerous times.

      For the record, I credit SouthPark for removing that word from the Zeitgeist for my friends and me. For a couple of months in 2009 thats what we called Harley riders, and then the joke got stale and with that the word just quit being said by us.

      The main punchline of AI Trump naked in the desert is a direct challenge to use the “Take it Down Act”

      I like to think that the episode wasn’t for fans as much as it was for Trump and team

      I think the pay off (whether in real life or in the show itself) will be amusing in the end