August 3, 2025 • 17 mins
Hey, relax guys! This week we give our thoughts on that new South Park episode, featuring Donald Trump and his tiny wiener. Just how important was this episode? What does it mean for South Park's future? How will Donald Trump respond? Let's discuss.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Nobody makes fun of me and gets away with it. Hey, Sat,
I don't want to right now, right I've been nice,
dat I see, And I've been working hard all day.
You haven't been working. You've been doing your stupid memes
and just fucking round dancing.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Where you telling me this?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I can't haven't see anything. It's so small. Ill fucking
sell you. God, fuck you, Hi d'aunty, you'll be like that.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Kick ass South Park's back, mister Davis, did you know
what season twenty seven is premiere Sermon on the Mount
and what episode it was?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
We're here to talk about it. I'm Dando, I'm guy.
I've watched this episode. I don't even know what you're
talking about. Of course, see guys, bye, no, no, no,
of course it's all that everyone's talking about. Well, it's
all that we're talking about, Todavid. Yeah, it's been in
the news, it's been in it's been everywhere. And JUSTI
bildly so try and Matt being again feelers, brave, bold
(01:06):
and outrageous.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
This is the first time in a long time I've
watched something and gone I have to show somebody immediately,
ha ha ha.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
And I mentioned on our mail.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Bank episode that I immediately showed my wife, Nikola, who isn't
a south Park fan, and having her watcher who's not
a south Park fan maybe realize I love this episode
because I know the ins and outs of what's going
on with south Park and the Paramount deal and Trump
blah blah blah. Nikola's not up with US politics, so
tell you that the US, most of the US would
be aware of the Trump stuff, but the Paramount stuff,
(01:35):
she had no idea what was going on. So she's
when he's doing his sermon on the man, he's gone
just shut the fuck up and will be Paramount, will
cancels blah blah blah.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
She's like, I don't get what's going on.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I'm like, ah, yeah, is this as relevant to a
casual viewer as I thought? I loved it as a
south Park fan. I thought this was fantastic. If you
know the ins and outs, it's incredible. But to a
casual viewer they might be a little bit lost by
the overall story of it, besides the Trump stuff just
being haha. He sounds like I'm just saying he's got
his stick out.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah, look at this little wiener. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.
I think it does require a bit of prior knowledge
of stuff that's been going on. It does. Yeah, But yeah,
I think they walk that fine line of year. There's
enough here for the casual view, enough here for the
part time. But if you know, you know, which has
long been a south Park kind of thing as well.
I mean they I think they pride themselves on talking
about issues and addressing topics that are in the public eye.
(02:25):
That's the whole charm of the show, isn't not. Yeah,
and look, the fact that they are willing to quote
unquote go there is also part of the south Park brand.
I think diehards would kind of be a little disappointed
if they didn't, as I like to say, go for
the throat.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Watching this, this felt like the most rebellious, which is
what South Park built their brand on Trey Parker Matstone
in particular, with not just south part with everything they
do being rebellious, right when they went to the Academy Awards,
high and whatnot in dresses. I think this is the
most rebellious South Park for me has felt in forever
because they took the meek out of the current sitting
(03:01):
president of Donald of the United states Donald Trump. It's
not just we're making jokes about Trump.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
They took him down.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Oh yeah, this isn't just you know, you get your
talk shows that make jokes about Trump, and you have
your parodies and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
This wasn't just a parody. This was a complete and
utter takedown, absolute of this oration. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, and no one, I don't think anyone has been
willing to go to this level. No one's had the
balls to do what parkering Stone did with this episode.
I give them full kudos to that. Oh yeah, but
it seems like they also put themselves in a position
contract wise where they had the freedom to do this as.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Well as Yeah, we have talked many times about the
position of f you, I'm having a bit of few
money in.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Your pockets at one point five, so just let's just
go back a bit. So I think it was like
the day before, a couple of days before, they just
signed the one point five billion dollar deal for the
streaming rights with Paramount, and that is ten new episodes
per season four to five, since it's fifty episodes, which
is why we get the PSA number one, because it's
going to be fifty, because there's going to be fifty
of them or so we think maybe there's going to
be in that could be another one.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Who knows, who knows what's going to happen. Yeah, let's
just give.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
A brief over oversight of what what the episode is.
So the episode Cartman, and he is sad because he
feels like woke culture is gone and just trying to
capitalize on the vibe I guess of the world right
now where it feels like, oh, everyone just feels like
they can say what they want again and get away
with it.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
It's feeling like anything goes Yeah, you can say the
R word, you can say the F word and then
and there's not going to be ramifications the way they
used to be even five years ago.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Exactly right. Yeah, So Cartman's sad. He's looking for he's
trying to find his identity again because his whole identity
was built around annoying people. Yeah, and the people who
he would normally be annoying have just given up kyles
giving No one's everyone's just broken.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Everyone's just like they're not trying anymore or has been dismantled. Yeah,
by say government decree, I mean they talk about Yeah,
the fact that National Public Radio has been defunded. Yeah,
which is a great gag in itself. Well yeah, yeah, yeah,
because I mean he used to listen to these lefties
sort of whining about the state of planets, like, oh
my god, it's hilarious at least so that they're so
button hurt. Yeah, and the show is alluded to this
(05:02):
in the past. I mean, yeah, Cartman needs someone to yeah,
to prick. Essentially, it's like we were say about bullies.
You know, if you don't give them any ammunition, then
just going to sort of fade away. They're going to
deflate or whatever. Just don't look, just don't Yeah. So yeah,
I find that very very funny that Cartman's just without purpose. Yeah,
if he's got no reason to exist, if he's not
(05:23):
there to annoy, because the whole the whole society has
become just willing to do Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, but the power Christian principle no longer PC principles.
He has introduced Jesus back to the school, which outrages
are Randy, and Randy goes on a crusee with other
fellow members of South Park.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
We'll vote for Trump, and they're like, we voted for him,
but now we don't like him.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Well yeah, now, which is they're talking about a lot
about this on Twitter, like I'm voted for him, but
he's fucking up the country perastly. They're talking about it
in a different way here, but yeah, you've got a
lot of rusted on Trump voters who are like, well,
we wanted this and now we're not getting this all. Well,
you know, he said he was going to go he
said he was going to drain the swamps, refilling the swamp.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Or yeah, that's just what they're saying. That's not that
ye no, no, no, no, no no. Yeah. So yeah, they're
being Yeah, parker'signer very much tuned into the you know,
the current mood of the world. Various current moods. Yeah,
because a lot everyone is sort of dissatisfied, everyone is disenchanted,
or everyone is just confused.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, and that's why I think the world, the world
like almost needed this episode. It just needed this bit
of going, ah, we were allowed to say this stuff.
We can fight back, we can't. We can point out
the fact that this is all crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, I mean, it's it's different when someone like say
Stephen Colbert does it. Yeah, but he does it in
his very kind of tongue in cheek. Yeah, lofty kind
of way. That's not necessarily going to appeal to everyone.
South Buck's not going to appeal to everyone either, But
I mean the way he was sort of going about
his disdain for the current state of the American guvernment
(07:00):
or the current state of play or whatever, for him
to be kneecapped him, for him to be taken off,
for his show to be removed, all that kind of stuff,
and for the powers that be running his running his
game to sort of just like bend the knee and say, ok, yes,
we'll take this person that you don't like off the air. Yeah.
(07:21):
For someone to then stand up and just go about it,
and in a very blunt way. They're not sugarcoating this
at all. It's like a lot of people think this
guy sucks, you know, and we kind of do too,
And yeah, we're going to poke fun of him in
the most again blunt, we're making him the modern said arm. Yeah.
And also he's a fat man walking around the desert
(07:44):
with a little dick. Yeah. I mean, it's it's fairly straightforward,
isn't it. Yeah, it's we're not being sort of sophisticated
with our satire here, it's like this guy's corrupt, he's vulgar,
and he's not well in doubt, No, not at all.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
What was the what was the the website at the
end was like trumped us. Also they trumped us or
he trumped us. He trumped us, he trumped us dot com.
You actually typed that At the end of the PSA,
It actually takes you to the YouTube link to the
video of that message he trumped us dot com. This
video is agri strict and only availble on YouTube. Yeah,
the psay contains synthetic media. Yeah, so basically at the
(08:22):
end of the episode, if you've watched, if you listen
to this review, you've obviously watched the episode. What are
you doing, Go and watch the episode first. We're going
to be spoiling stuff. So at the end of the PSA,
one of number one of fifty, because the deal was
we could only do this if we have a positive
message about Trump in every episode, and by doing so,
they made this AI video that he just signed the order,
which basically it's likeness in AI.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
It's hilarious. Yeah, that he's uh, basically have turned it
around on him. His AI policy is offering very sort
of lackluster protection against what you want with So for
them to do use that jiu jitsu.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Wow, Yeah, it all just happens so quick to we
talked about how they do things in real time. They
just signed that deal, the II order was signed to
like that day the episode aired. Craziness that they can
be so on the button with that, that's what makes
South Park so great. In saying that, though, will this
episode mean anything in twenty years from now? Who's to say.
(09:22):
I don't think it'll appeal to an audience twenty years
from now. This you're aware of the Trump situation, but
I think this is going to set a precedent of
what you can get away with the television.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
And it's important to have it as sort of a
moment in time, as like a time.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Capsule ast years. It felt like it felt Landmark TV. Yeah, yeah,
the first time in a long time.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Yeah, because yeah, twenty years from now, who knows what
how we're going to be receiving our out and entertainment
if it even exists. But for them to sort of
put their their plant, their flag. So this is how
we feel about this, is this is where we stand
on this, and we're willing to go public with it.
Pretty bold, pretty ballsy.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
I don't know if this is true, but I did
read somewhere that if they get anseled, they still get
paid at one point five billion.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Sure what a clause? Oh yeah, what a clause. Yeah.
They've been apparently very very savvy from very early on
in terms of what they get remunerated for.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
It's just also having creative control over their product as well.
Sure it never really feels like South Park is making
a show to appease the executives.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Oh no, it never feels bottom line, does it.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
But everything they do obviously has to be approved, Like
there's no way Paramount are putting this out there with
before they improve it. And apparently all different executives went
over it and they're.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Like, yeah, okay, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Apparently they wanted to censor out Trump's dick at the end,
so I get a work around that was to put
eyes on it and have a talk.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Yeah, so that was their little work around. They called
it a character as opposed to Trump's penis. But I
don't know what were your thoughts when you first watched it,
How did you feel coming out of it? I was
like excited. I just it just created this feeling me
where I went. This feels like something that you shouldn't
be able to get away with. But they've done it.
The sons of bitches have done it.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
It does feel like, Yeah, a lot of people have
been a lot of artists, and you know, traditionally we
sort of look to art and entertainment to yah as
we say, speak truth to power and whatever. Often it's
a little bit toothless. Yeah, this felt like it actually
had sort of had some clause to it, and it's funny.
It's like they're fighting fire with fire because we don't
(11:19):
want to get too political or anything of that. But
I think a lot of people generally regard Trump and
the whole Trumpian vibe as kind of vulgar. You know,
I'm kind of low brow and kind of devaluing a
lot of things. The fact that he's actually, like the
president of the United States feels like does that role
actually mean anything in him? And it's like, yeah, I
used to be able to say work hard, Jimmy, and
(11:40):
one day you can grab to be President's like remember
this guy. Yeah, I think I'd rather be I'd rather
be big Daddy Elon or I think I'd rather be
mister Beast or some shit like that. Yeah, I wondered
i'd take it, take down mister beasts in an episode.
That would be good. That would be so great. What's
the really interesting about video about it and the other
But we'll talk about that another time. Yeah, but they
(12:02):
fought fire with fire, parkerstone By just like, yeah, you're
a dumbar's bulgarian. We can't sort of come at you. Go, well,
let me tell you. The thing about Donald Trump is that,
you know, he's kind of I find him under pillar.
You can't do it like that. You're gonna say he's
a fat man walking around naked in the desert and
his dick's tiny. Fuck that guy. Yeah, that's great. It works,
(12:23):
hits hits him where it hurts.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
I mean it's almost like, do you feel like watching
this that you felt they were challenging him to sue them.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Probably. There's a lot of talk about Yeah, I love
how the White House actually said something like this is
White House spokesperson Taylor Rodgers seems like a very trumpy
and white House person name. The show hasn't been relevant
for twenty years. No further, each show can derail President
Trump's hot streak? What hot streak? By the way, it
feels like he's a desert he actually has. He's having
a legitimate hot streak because he's naked in the desert.
(12:50):
You're right, well wait, but yeah, that feels kind of
like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. No. No, djt's
on a roll at the moment. Yeah, things going great.
It's like I don't think they are.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
I think the best response Trump could have had to
this episode was just say nothing. Yeah, probably just just
don't acknowledge it.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Just let let.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Let's let's train and park let's park let him have that,
let them have their fun. Because if you feel if you.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Come across as gotten to, then they've won. Of course. Yeah,
the whole point of them is that they wanted a
reaction that's as much noise as the White House has made. Though.
I mean, I don't think you've heard. I don't think
dj T has been on Trump on truth social.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
But Trump is a very savvy businessman, and he is
of course not going to sue them, because that's exactly
what that's the reaction that Parkers don't want ended this.
That would be the best cred they could possibly get
to be sued right now, after all, because that's the
whole point of it. The whole point is Trump is
suing everybody. Our president is suing everybody. You watch him
sue us. If he doesn't, he won't. He's not stupid.
He's not going to do that. And I don't think
(13:50):
because a lot of the a lot of the reviews
I've read was, I can't believe they may Paramount air
this episode on their own stage when they're taking down Paramount.
Paramount would love this. Oh yeah, as much as they
take nam Paramount. Do you know how much hype this
is creating for an entity that they co own.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, let's see, we're in the intention economy and this
is creating a lot of attension.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, yeah, So I think I thought this episode was incredible,
A really pivotal episode, not just South just television general,
just the episode of TV that just felt the world,
the world just needed something to go. I know this
is childish, I know this is outrageous, but I'm just
I'm gonad to laugh at this. Oh sure, it gave
everyone had twenty two minutes of US laugh and Trump
(14:29):
supporters out. They probably weren't laughing but I don't see
how we're not looking at this and see eh right,
the Tadam voice. Even when they first cut to that
White House and it cued the music, I was like,
oh shit, they're not going to surely not. And yeah,
they basically just made him the new Saddami saying, which
I thought was was a choice, absolutely and a good one.
(14:52):
We'd love to hear your thoughts on Sermon on the Mount.
Comment blow, tell us what you think. We'd love to
read all of your comments. We're going to be doing
brief reviews on every epis of the new season of
South Park, and I've read that the new one is
going to be taking the mickey out of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
I hope they take the mickey also.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Out of the the young blonde guy who's done a
lot of debates during the presidency presidency campaign as well.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
You may have seen him, the young blonde guy. He's
obviously he's a Democrat. He's not, okay, that's fine, not
a Republican. By the way, before, while we're talking about
as well, there were not all his episode was about
Trump or not all the jokes were at least one
that I found just hilarious was the skewering of chat GPT,
particularly when Randy's sort of asking questions to it all
(15:36):
the time, and it really nails the friendly voice that
chat GPT has. That guy Dean Withers, I've seen his face,
but yeah, so.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
He annoys me as well. He's just a really smart
he interrupts all the time. So I'd love to see
them take because that's what South Park do well. Is
they usually this episode not so much, but they usually
show things from both sides. Yeah, I think taking the
mickey out of Dean as well as Charlie would be
a fun a fun video to watch. Oh yeah, but yeah,
what else do you think South Park would tackle? I mean,
(16:05):
mister beat would be a great idea. I think people
would love it.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
It feels like everything everywhere all at once at the moment,
doesn't We're not talking about the movie. I'm just talking
about life. Yeah, yeah, what There's there's Trump, there's Epstein,
there's AI, there's the algorithm, there's everything online. We'll live
in the parkers Stone. Yeah, they are probably seeing it, idea. Yeah,
they're sitting at their desk at the moment, probably asking
himself the exactly the same question. Yeah, but admittedly doing
(16:31):
it with a nice fat wallet. And then, but I
think you guys are checking out a review.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I've seven on the mount, the next one we're gonna
be doing whenever it comes out August sixth, I believe
it's the next End's have a look. Here's you on
the wiki page your next air date. Yes, it comes
out August sixth, twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Is TBO.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
No one knows what it's called yet. I like that
because Simpsons, for example, they tell you what's coming out,
who's going to be guest starring. Not knowing exactly what
South Plak's going to do makes it almost destination TV.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
It's a little bit unpredictable. Yeah, you don't know. You're
not exactly sure what you're going to get, so you'd
better tune in.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
And because because of the hype of this episode, it
now feel feels like if you want to feel like
you're on top of things, you have to watch this
episode when it airs. Yes, otherwise you're just going to
be behind the times.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Sure. Yeah, anyway, so thanks again guys to check it
out review.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Don't check out all the previous episodes that have gone
down to South like you find those on Spotify, Apple podcasts,
wherever you find your shows. If Noama dabs and you
find words for all those incredible you were slash listeners
out there, Hey, relax Gares
Nobody makes fun of me and gets away with it. Hey, Sat,
I don't want to right now, right I've been nice,
dat I see, And I've been working hard all day.
You haven't been working. You've been doing your stupid memes
and just fucking round dancing.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Where you telling me this?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I can't haven't see anything. It's so small. Ill fucking
sell you. God, fuck you, Hi d'aunty, you'll be like that.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Kick ass South Park's back, mister Davis, did you know
what season twenty seven is premiere Sermon on the Mount
and what episode it was?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
We're here to talk about it. I'm Dando, I'm guy.
I've watched this episode. I don't even know what you're
talking about. Of course, see guys, bye, no, no, no,
of course it's all that everyone's talking about. Well, it's
all that we're talking about, Todavid. Yeah, it's been in
the news, it's been in it's been everywhere. And JUSTI
bildly so try and Matt being again feelers, brave, bold
(01:06):
and outrageous.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
This is the first time in a long time I've
watched something and gone I have to show somebody immediately,
ha ha ha.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
And I mentioned on our mail.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Bank episode that I immediately showed my wife, Nikola, who isn't
a south Park fan, and having her watcher who's not
a south Park fan maybe realize I love this episode
because I know the ins and outs of what's going
on with south Park and the Paramount deal and Trump
blah blah blah. Nikola's not up with US politics, so
tell you that the US, most of the US would
be aware of the Trump stuff, but the Paramount stuff,
(01:35):
she had no idea what was going on. So she's
when he's doing his sermon on the man, he's gone
just shut the fuck up and will be Paramount, will
cancels blah blah blah.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
She's like, I don't get what's going on.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I'm like, ah, yeah, is this as relevant to a
casual viewer as I thought? I loved it as a
south Park fan. I thought this was fantastic. If you
know the ins and outs, it's incredible. But to a
casual viewer they might be a little bit lost by
the overall story of it, besides the Trump stuff just
being haha. He sounds like I'm just saying he's got
his stick out.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah, look at this little wiener. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.
I think it does require a bit of prior knowledge
of stuff that's been going on. It does. Yeah, But yeah,
I think they walk that fine line of year. There's
enough here for the casual view, enough here for the
part time. But if you know, you know, which has
long been a south Park kind of thing as well.
I mean they I think they pride themselves on talking
about issues and addressing topics that are in the public eye.
(02:25):
That's the whole charm of the show, isn't not. Yeah,
and look, the fact that they are willing to quote
unquote go there is also part of the south Park brand.
I think diehards would kind of be a little disappointed
if they didn't, as I like to say, go for
the throat.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Watching this, this felt like the most rebellious, which is
what South Park built their brand on Trey Parker Matstone
in particular, with not just south part with everything they
do being rebellious, right when they went to the Academy Awards,
high and whatnot in dresses. I think this is the
most rebellious South Park for me has felt in forever
because they took the meek out of the current sitting
(03:01):
president of Donald of the United states Donald Trump. It's
not just we're making jokes about Trump.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
They took him down.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Oh yeah, this isn't just you know, you get your
talk shows that make jokes about Trump, and you have
your parodies and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
This wasn't just a parody. This was a complete and
utter takedown, absolute of this oration. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, and no one, I don't think anyone has been
willing to go to this level. No one's had the
balls to do what parkering Stone did with this episode.
I give them full kudos to that. Oh yeah, but
it seems like they also put themselves in a position
contract wise where they had the freedom to do this as.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Well as Yeah, we have talked many times about the
position of f you, I'm having a bit of few
money in.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Your pockets at one point five, so just let's just
go back a bit. So I think it was like
the day before, a couple of days before, they just
signed the one point five billion dollar deal for the
streaming rights with Paramount, and that is ten new episodes
per season four to five, since it's fifty episodes, which
is why we get the PSA number one, because it's
going to be fifty, because there's going to be fifty
of them or so we think maybe there's going to
be in that could be another one.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Who knows, who knows what's going to happen. Yeah, let's
just give.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
A brief over oversight of what what the episode is.
So the episode Cartman, and he is sad because he
feels like woke culture is gone and just trying to
capitalize on the vibe I guess of the world right
now where it feels like, oh, everyone just feels like
they can say what they want again and get away
with it.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
It's feeling like anything goes Yeah, you can say the
R word, you can say the F word and then
and there's not going to be ramifications the way they
used to be even five years ago.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Exactly right. Yeah, So Cartman's sad. He's looking for he's
trying to find his identity again because his whole identity
was built around annoying people. Yeah, and the people who
he would normally be annoying have just given up kyles
giving No one's everyone's just broken.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Everyone's just like they're not trying anymore or has been dismantled. Yeah,
by say government decree, I mean they talk about Yeah,
the fact that National Public Radio has been defunded. Yeah,
which is a great gag in itself. Well yeah, yeah, yeah,
because I mean he used to listen to these lefties
sort of whining about the state of planets, like, oh
my god, it's hilarious at least so that they're so
button hurt. Yeah, and the show is alluded to this
(05:02):
in the past. I mean, yeah, Cartman needs someone to yeah,
to prick. Essentially, it's like we were say about bullies.
You know, if you don't give them any ammunition, then
just going to sort of fade away. They're going to
deflate or whatever. Just don't look, just don't Yeah. So yeah,
I find that very very funny that Cartman's just without purpose. Yeah,
if he's got no reason to exist, if he's not
(05:23):
there to annoy, because the whole the whole society has
become just willing to do Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, but the power Christian principle no longer PC principles.
He has introduced Jesus back to the school, which outrages
are Randy, and Randy goes on a crusee with other
fellow members of South Park.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
We'll vote for Trump, and they're like, we voted for him,
but now we don't like him.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Well yeah, now, which is they're talking about a lot
about this on Twitter, like I'm voted for him, but
he's fucking up the country perastly. They're talking about it
in a different way here, but yeah, you've got a
lot of rusted on Trump voters who are like, well,
we wanted this and now we're not getting this all. Well,
you know, he said he was going to go he
said he was going to drain the swamps, refilling the swamp.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Or yeah, that's just what they're saying. That's not that
ye no, no, no, no, no no. Yeah. So yeah, they're
being Yeah, parker'signer very much tuned into the you know,
the current mood of the world. Various current moods. Yeah,
because a lot everyone is sort of dissatisfied, everyone is disenchanted,
or everyone is just confused.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, and that's why I think the world, the world
like almost needed this episode. It just needed this bit
of going, ah, we were allowed to say this stuff.
We can fight back, we can't. We can point out
the fact that this is all crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, I mean, it's it's different when someone like say
Stephen Colbert does it. Yeah, but he does it in
his very kind of tongue in cheek. Yeah, lofty kind
of way. That's not necessarily going to appeal to everyone.
South Buck's not going to appeal to everyone either, But
I mean the way he was sort of going about
his disdain for the current state of the American guvernment
(07:00):
or the current state of play or whatever, for him
to be kneecapped him, for him to be taken off,
for his show to be removed, all that kind of stuff,
and for the powers that be running his running his
game to sort of just like bend the knee and say, ok, yes,
we'll take this person that you don't like off the air. Yeah.
(07:21):
For someone to then stand up and just go about it,
and in a very blunt way. They're not sugarcoating this
at all. It's like a lot of people think this
guy sucks, you know, and we kind of do too,
And yeah, we're going to poke fun of him in
the most again blunt, we're making him the modern said arm. Yeah.
And also he's a fat man walking around the desert
(07:44):
with a little dick. Yeah. I mean, it's it's fairly straightforward,
isn't it. Yeah, it's we're not being sort of sophisticated
with our satire here, it's like this guy's corrupt, he's vulgar,
and he's not well in doubt, No, not at all.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
What was the what was the the website at the
end was like trumped us. Also they trumped us or
he trumped us. He trumped us, he trumped us dot com.
You actually typed that At the end of the PSA,
It actually takes you to the YouTube link to the
video of that message he trumped us dot com. This
video is agri strict and only availble on YouTube. Yeah,
the psay contains synthetic media. Yeah, so basically at the
(08:22):
end of the episode, if you've watched, if you listen
to this review, you've obviously watched the episode. What are
you doing, Go and watch the episode first. We're going
to be spoiling stuff. So at the end of the PSA,
one of number one of fifty, because the deal was
we could only do this if we have a positive
message about Trump in every episode, and by doing so,
they made this AI video that he just signed the order,
which basically it's likeness in AI.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
It's hilarious. Yeah, that he's uh, basically have turned it
around on him. His AI policy is offering very sort
of lackluster protection against what you want with So for
them to do use that jiu jitsu.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Wow, Yeah, it all just happens so quick to we
talked about how they do things in real time. They
just signed that deal, the II order was signed to
like that day the episode aired. Craziness that they can
be so on the button with that, that's what makes
South Park so great. In saying that, though, will this
episode mean anything in twenty years from now? Who's to say.
(09:22):
I don't think it'll appeal to an audience twenty years
from now. This you're aware of the Trump situation, but
I think this is going to set a precedent of
what you can get away with the television.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
And it's important to have it as sort of a
moment in time, as like a time.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Capsule ast years. It felt like it felt Landmark TV. Yeah, yeah,
the first time in a long time.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Yeah, because yeah, twenty years from now, who knows what
how we're going to be receiving our out and entertainment
if it even exists. But for them to sort of
put their their plant, their flag. So this is how
we feel about this, is this is where we stand
on this, and we're willing to go public with it.
Pretty bold, pretty ballsy.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
I don't know if this is true, but I did
read somewhere that if they get anseled, they still get
paid at one point five billion.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Sure what a clause? Oh yeah, what a clause. Yeah.
They've been apparently very very savvy from very early on
in terms of what they get remunerated for.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
It's just also having creative control over their product as well.
Sure it never really feels like South Park is making
a show to appease the executives.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Oh no, it never feels bottom line, does it.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
But everything they do obviously has to be approved, Like
there's no way Paramount are putting this out there with
before they improve it. And apparently all different executives went
over it and they're.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Like, yeah, okay, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Apparently they wanted to censor out Trump's dick at the end,
so I get a work around that was to put
eyes on it and have a talk.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Yeah, so that was their little work around. They called
it a character as opposed to Trump's penis. But I
don't know what were your thoughts when you first watched it,
How did you feel coming out of it? I was
like excited. I just it just created this feeling me
where I went. This feels like something that you shouldn't
be able to get away with. But they've done it.
The sons of bitches have done it.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
It does feel like, Yeah, a lot of people have
been a lot of artists, and you know, traditionally we
sort of look to art and entertainment to yah as
we say, speak truth to power and whatever. Often it's
a little bit toothless. Yeah, this felt like it actually
had sort of had some clause to it, and it's funny.
It's like they're fighting fire with fire because we don't
(11:19):
want to get too political or anything of that. But
I think a lot of people generally regard Trump and
the whole Trumpian vibe as kind of vulgar. You know,
I'm kind of low brow and kind of devaluing a
lot of things. The fact that he's actually, like the
president of the United States feels like does that role
actually mean anything in him? And it's like, yeah, I
used to be able to say work hard, Jimmy, and
(11:40):
one day you can grab to be President's like remember
this guy. Yeah, I think I'd rather be I'd rather
be big Daddy Elon or I think I'd rather be
mister Beast or some shit like that. Yeah, I wondered
i'd take it, take down mister beasts in an episode.
That would be good. That would be so great. What's
the really interesting about video about it and the other
But we'll talk about that another time. Yeah, but they
(12:02):
fought fire with fire, parkerstone By just like, yeah, you're
a dumbar's bulgarian. We can't sort of come at you. Go, well,
let me tell you. The thing about Donald Trump is that,
you know, he's kind of I find him under pillar.
You can't do it like that. You're gonna say he's
a fat man walking around naked in the desert and
his dick's tiny. Fuck that guy. Yeah, that's great. It works,
(12:23):
hits hits him where it hurts.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
I mean it's almost like, do you feel like watching
this that you felt they were challenging him to sue them.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Probably. There's a lot of talk about Yeah, I love
how the White House actually said something like this is
White House spokesperson Taylor Rodgers seems like a very trumpy
and white House person name. The show hasn't been relevant
for twenty years. No further, each show can derail President
Trump's hot streak? What hot streak? By the way, it
feels like he's a desert he actually has. He's having
a legitimate hot streak because he's naked in the desert.
(12:50):
You're right, well wait, but yeah, that feels kind of
like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. No. No, djt's
on a roll at the moment. Yeah, things going great.
It's like I don't think they are.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
I think the best response Trump could have had to
this episode was just say nothing. Yeah, probably just just
don't acknowledge it.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Just let let.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Let's let's train and park let's park let him have that,
let them have their fun. Because if you feel if you.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Come across as gotten to, then they've won. Of course. Yeah,
the whole point of them is that they wanted a
reaction that's as much noise as the White House has made. Though.
I mean, I don't think you've heard. I don't think
dj T has been on Trump on truth social.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
But Trump is a very savvy businessman, and he is
of course not going to sue them, because that's exactly
what that's the reaction that Parkers don't want ended this.
That would be the best cred they could possibly get
to be sued right now, after all, because that's the
whole point of it. The whole point is Trump is
suing everybody. Our president is suing everybody. You watch him
sue us. If he doesn't, he won't. He's not stupid.
He's not going to do that. And I don't think
(13:50):
because a lot of the a lot of the reviews
I've read was, I can't believe they may Paramount air
this episode on their own stage when they're taking down Paramount.
Paramount would love this. Oh yeah, as much as they
take nam Paramount. Do you know how much hype this
is creating for an entity that they co own.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, let's see, we're in the intention economy and this
is creating a lot of attension.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, yeah, So I think I thought this episode was incredible,
A really pivotal episode, not just South just television general,
just the episode of TV that just felt the world,
the world just needed something to go. I know this
is childish, I know this is outrageous, but I'm just
I'm gonad to laugh at this. Oh sure, it gave
everyone had twenty two minutes of US laugh and Trump
(14:29):
supporters out. They probably weren't laughing but I don't see
how we're not looking at this and see eh right,
the Tadam voice. Even when they first cut to that
White House and it cued the music, I was like,
oh shit, they're not going to surely not. And yeah,
they basically just made him the new Saddami saying, which
I thought was was a choice, absolutely and a good one.
(14:52):
We'd love to hear your thoughts on Sermon on the Mount.
Comment blow, tell us what you think. We'd love to
read all of your comments. We're going to be doing
brief reviews on every epis of the new season of
South Park, and I've read that the new one is
going to be taking the mickey out of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
I hope they take the mickey also.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Out of the the young blonde guy who's done a
lot of debates during the presidency presidency campaign as well.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
You may have seen him, the young blonde guy. He's
obviously he's a Democrat. He's not, okay, that's fine, not
a Republican. By the way, before, while we're talking about
as well, there were not all his episode was about
Trump or not all the jokes were at least one
that I found just hilarious was the skewering of chat GPT,
particularly when Randy's sort of asking questions to it all
(15:36):
the time, and it really nails the friendly voice that
chat GPT has. That guy Dean Withers, I've seen his face,
but yeah, so.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
He annoys me as well. He's just a really smart
he interrupts all the time. So I'd love to see
them take because that's what South Park do well. Is
they usually this episode not so much, but they usually
show things from both sides. Yeah, I think taking the
mickey out of Dean as well as Charlie would be
a fun a fun video to watch. Oh yeah, but yeah,
what else do you think South Park would tackle? I mean,
(16:05):
mister beat would be a great idea. I think people
would love it.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
It feels like everything everywhere all at once at the moment,
doesn't We're not talking about the movie. I'm just talking
about life. Yeah, yeah, what There's there's Trump, there's Epstein,
there's AI, there's the algorithm, there's everything online. We'll live
in the parkers Stone. Yeah, they are probably seeing it, idea. Yeah,
they're sitting at their desk at the moment, probably asking
himself the exactly the same question. Yeah, but admittedly doing
(16:31):
it with a nice fat wallet. And then, but I
think you guys are checking out a review.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I've seven on the mount, the next one we're gonna
be doing whenever it comes out August sixth, I believe
it's the next End's have a look. Here's you on
the wiki page your next air date. Yes, it comes
out August sixth, twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Is TBO.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
No one knows what it's called yet. I like that
because Simpsons, for example, they tell you what's coming out,
who's going to be guest starring. Not knowing exactly what
South Plak's going to do makes it almost destination TV.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
It's a little bit unpredictable. Yeah, you don't know. You're
not exactly sure what you're going to get, so you'd
better tune in.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
And because because of the hype of this episode, it
now feel feels like if you want to feel like
you're on top of things, you have to watch this
episode when it airs. Yes, otherwise you're just going to
be behind the times.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Sure. Yeah, anyway, so thanks again guys to check it
out review.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Don't check out all the previous episodes that have gone
down to South like you find those on Spotify, Apple podcasts,
wherever you find your shows. If Noama dabs and you
find words for all those incredible you were slash listeners
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