Trump fumes over ‘South Park’ roasting him, depicting him in bed with Satan

Trump fumes over ‘South Park’ roasting him, depicting him in bed with Satan

>> AMONG THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY PARAMOUNT IS THE CABLE CHANNEL COMEDY CENTRAL, AND ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS OF THAT CHANNEL IS THE SHOW SOUTH PARK. IN FACT, JUST YESTERDAY, PARAMOUNT LOCKED IN A $1.5 BILLION DEAL WITH THE CREATORS OF SOUTH PARK TO BE THE SHOW’S EXCLUSIVE STREAMING HOME. LAST NIGHT, THE FIRST EPISODE OF SOUTH PARK’S 27TH SEASON AIRED. AND THE THING ABOUT SOUTH PARK IS THAT THEIR EPISODES ARE PRODUCED IN ADVANCE, BUT ONLY LIKE A WEEK IN ADVANCE, SO THIS ONE INCORPORATED A LOT OF CURRENT EVENTS. >> I’M NOT IN THE MOOD RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER RANDOM COMMENTED ON MY INSTAGRAM THAT YOU’RE ON THE EPSTEIN LIST. >> THE EPSTEIN LIST? ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT? >> WHO? ARE YOU ON THE LIST OR NOT? IT’S WEIRD THAT WHENEVER IT COMES UP, YOU JUST TELL EVERYONE TO RELAX. >> I’M NOT TELLING EVERYONE TO RELAX. RELAX? YEAH. >> IT GETS WORSE. THE PLOT OF THE EPISODE SHORT VERSION IS THAT TRUMP HAS SUED THE TOWN AND A SETTLEMENT IS REACHED, AND PART OF THAT SETTLEMENT IS THE TOWN HAS TO PRODUCE PRO-TRUMP TV ADS. AND WELL, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. >> WHO WALKED THROUGH THE DESERT FOR YOU? >> WHO SURVIVED THE WILDERNESS AND GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE? >> WHEN THINGS. >> HEAT UP, WHO WILL DELIVER. >> US. >> FROM TEMPTATION? >> DONALD J. TRUMP. NO MATTER. >> HOW HOT IT GETS. >> HE’S NOT. >> AFRAID TO FIGHT. FOR AMERICAN. >> YEAH, IT KEEPS GOING LIKE THAT. THE CLOTHES KEEP COMING OFF. SO WE’VE DECIDED TO TASTEFULLY PIXELATE FROM HERE ON. THE WHITE HOUSE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE EPISODE. THEY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE SHOW PARAMOUNT JUST DISHED OUT A HALF A BILLION, A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS FOR QUOTE, HASN’T BEEN RELEVANT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD WITH UNINSPIRED IDEAS IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT FOR ATTENTION. SAM SEDER IS A HOST OF THE MAJORITY REPORT, AND HE JOINS ME NOW. I GOT TO SAY, SAM, WHEN IT GETS BLEAK OUT THERE AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING COWARDS, IT JUST IT IS A REAL SHOT IN THE ARM TO SEE THE SOUTH PARK PEOPLE BEING LIKE, ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> TOTALLY. AND I’LL TELL YOU, YOU REALLY IT’S A REAL SHAME YOU DIDN’T KEEP PLAYING THAT VIDEO. THE I MEAN, I THINK THE BIG THING ABOUT THIS IS AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S THE CASE THAT THEY GOT WHAT IS CLASSICALLY KNOWN IN SHOWBIZ AS F-YOU MONEY. JUST YESTERDAY. BUT THE THEY’RE STANDING UP TO TRUMP AND THEY’RE RISKING, YOU KNOW, IN MANY RESPECTS WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE CONTEXT OF THEIR THEIR AGREEMENT IS WITH PARAMOUNT. WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, COULD BE SOMEWHAT RISKY. AND IT’S SHOWING A LOT MORE COURAGE THAN WE’VE SEEN FROM PLACES LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, LIKE COLUMBIA OR LAW FIRMS OR FRANKLY, PARAMOUNT ITSELF IN TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY APPEASE TRUMP SO THAT THEY GET THIS FCC GREEN LIGHT FOR THIS DEAL. >> YEAH. THE THING ABOUT THIS WHOLE CROOKED DEAL IS JUST HOW TRANSPARENT THE WHOLE THING WAS. LIKE, THEY THEY NEED THE MERGER. THEY NEED THE FCC MERGER. IT’S DANGLED LIKE, AGAIN, THERE IS THIS THERE’S BOTH THE COWARDICE, THERE’S THE BULLYING, BUT THERE’S THIS KIND OF LIKE GASLIGHTING ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, THIS WINK WINK, NUDGE NUDGE, LIKE WITH COLUMBIA, LIKE IT’S ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM OR THE FCC IS ACTUALLY, LIKE LOOKING INTO REAL ISSUES WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT’S NONSENSE. IT’S LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING KIND OF SANITY FRAYING ABOUT THAT, I FIND. WELL. >> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE YOU START TO REALIZE, LIKE, THIS IS WE’RE LIVING IN A NASCENT AUTHORITARIAN STATE. YOU’RE SEEING PEOPLE BEING INTIMIDATED. YOU’RE SEEING THE, THE, THE LEVEL OF CORRUPTION JUST PLAY OUT NAKEDLY. I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, DONALD TRUMP’S FORMER DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS GOING TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL WITH GHISLAINE MAXWELL. I MEAN, IT’S JUST ABSURD, BUT IT IS WHA, AN AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRY AND SOCIETY IS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IT’S NOT HARD TO FIND PEOPLE WHO SAY, LIKE, I’M FLYING OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I’M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD STRIP MY PHONE OF CRITIQUES OF, OF DONALD TRUMP. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE JOKED ABOUT AND THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT IT’S NOT HARD TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE AROUND WHO ARE LEGITIMATELY STARTING TO EDIT AND CENSOR THEMSELVES ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS REGIME. >> AND IT’S SO INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT THE LIKE IT’S SUCH A CLASSIC THING ABOUT COMEDY AND LIKE MAKING FUN OF THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT BEING A FREE SOCIETY IS LIKE. IF YOU’RE NOT IN A FREE SOCIETY, THEN YOU CAN’T HAVE PEOPLE MAKING FUN OF THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY ON PRIME TIME SHOWS. AND IF YOU’RE IN A FREE SOCIETY, LIKE, THAT’S THE THING THAT WE HAVE AND WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND LIKE, AGAIN, GOD BLESS THE FOLKS IN SOUTH PARK FOR LIKE REAFFIRMING THAT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT 100%. >> AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I MEAN, THIS HAPPENED TO THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS BACK DURING THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION. NIXON HAD THEIR SHOW CANCELED ON CBS. BUT THE NATURE OF THE CAPITULATION AND THE SORT OF GREED ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH COLBERT, I THINK THAT’S WHAT I APPRECIATE. YOU KNOW, WITH THE SOUTH PARK GUYS ARE DOING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, THERE, THERE COULD BE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AT RISK. THEY, THEY AT THE END OF THE SHOW, SORT OF LIKE THE BEE LINE STORY WAS CARTMAN, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE. AND IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE SAYING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE WE COULD BE. SERIOUSLY BITING THE HAND THAT’S BEEN FEEDING US IN A WAY THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET FED ANYMORE. >> YEAH. >> AND I THINK. >> THAT’S I THINK. >> THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. >> YES. THAT THERE’S RISK THERE. I WANT TO READ THIS IN THE LONE DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER OF THE FCC, ANNA GOMEZ, WHO SAYS THE PARAMOUNT WHO VOTED AGAINST IT, THE PARAMOUNT PAY OUT IN THIS RECKLESS APPROVAL OF EMBOLDENED THOSE WHO BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT CAN AND SHOULD ABUSE ITS POWER TO EXTRACT FINANCIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL CONCESSIONS,

After signing a $1.5 billion deal with Paramount, “South Park” used its premiere episode to roast the president—and to make fun of their own network’s settlement with Trump. Sam Seder joins to discuss.   

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