South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone ink $900 MILLION deal to extend contract, one of largest in TV history

Harry! Bring me the axe!

Whatever happened to his stripper wife Boogie?

People still watch this shit?

R2 they got divorced. It's widely speculated that the storyline with Butters and the mummy from Tegridy Farms Halloween Special was based on the divorce.

R3 It's still good.

I wonder if whoever owns the network makes that much?

They'll pay whatever amount is necessary to continue pushing the right wing agenda.

[quote]They'll pay whatever amount is necessary to continue pushing the right wing agenda.

True dat! Ditto for Joe Rogan.

R7 They don't push a right wing agenda. If you actually watched the show, you would know that. To me it's clear that they're disinterested in politics.

Rich people all need to DIE.

I hope they make an episode where two talentless, racist, bigoted hacks make a lame cartoon tv show, and become billionaires from it.

But they wouldn't dare make fun of themselves.

They're much too sensitive.

R11 they do make fun of themselves. When they made fun of family guy, they had a character say, “at least it’s not all up its own ass and preachy”, shading themselves.

When was the last time anyone watched South Park?

R13, its rabid fanboys are aging [terribly] along with it.

I only watch re-runs of about four or five of my favorite episodes.

The rain forest episode, chicken fucker, brown noise, trapper keeper, and Cartman joins NAMBLA.

Besides those, I migiht occasionally watch PC Principal.

The rest all sucks.

[quote] To me it's clear that they're disinterested in politics.

To be people like R7, that's considered "right wing agenda". You have to burn down buildings.

I watched their pandemic special yesterday expecting to hate it. It was funny. The pot thing is not funny to me, but I did chuckle when they hired cops to replace teachers in the school, and then when the cops killed Token and called his death "covid-related."

[quote] To me it's clear that they're disinterested in politics.

I agree. It means sometimes their take on things is lame and wrong, but at other times it's funny. I was surprised that the show could still make me laugh. It hasn't been consistently funny since season 8. And now they are on 24.

When are they going to build their rocket to space?

Isn't it obligatory for billionaire douche cunts?

I don't get how it could be successful in syndication. I guess it's a good time capsule for x-ers but damn, those jokes were dated a month after the episode appeared.

R18 see, I thought season 19 (2015) was their most consistently funny season ever.

OP this is where you draw the line?

Shut the fuck up.

r21 I will have to check it out. I am stuck in bed with covid so I might as well!

Disney, Viacom, NBCUniversal, WB etc are hoovering up old, established ips because they are too fucking lazy and conservative to invest in anything new and consumers are stoopider than ever. Who the fuck want to see a new Star Wars movie every 2 years? A lot of people apparently.

They are self proclaimed Libertarians.

Who cares what they "self-proclaim."

They're conservatard douchebros who trash everything liberal/progressive, but are completely SILENT on all the shit the GOP has done for the past 20 years.

From Bush, to Boehner, to McConnell, to Miss Lindsey, to Paul Ryan, to Matt Gaetz, to Marjorie CuntFace, to Trump.

COMPLETELY. FUCKING. SILENT.

They only make fun of liberals and progressives. But NEVER conservatives.

I cancelled these two losers a very long time ago. They can go fuck themselves.

Everything is out of balance

I love SOUTH PARK and always turn it on when I need a laugh. And if someone is willing to pay the price, why not take it?

What else are they gonna do? Make serious movies about about causes and stuff?

I'm glad for Try and Matt!

OP, at least they're not making that money by paying people slave wages.

R26 yeah, they’re completely silent on the GOP. You obviously don’t watch it and have no idea what you’re talking about.

Mostly I abhor this, and don’t support it. The pay scale is tone-deaf in context, and even outside of global crises mode does not fairly reflect the cultural heft and value of the work they’re doing now.

However, if there is a Butters-centric movie to come (one of the 14 in the pipeline), then I apologise in advance for the woman I will become. That sweet little cutie-pie deserves everything.

[quote]To me it's clear that they're disinterested in politics.

Either Matt or Trey wrote that.

R16 is Matthew McConaughey

These two assholes defended using fag and faggot claiming it isn't an anti-gay slur and backing up their absurd proclamation with "proof" that the word has meant other things in the past. Nothing I love more than straight assholes telling me what I should think is or isn't offensive. Only hets think they're progressive and libertarian. They are right wing trash just like their viewers.

R34 why do you love people who ride Harleys so much? Weird flex, but OK…

[quote] These two assholes defended using fag and faggot claiming it isn't an anti-gay slur and backing up their absurd proclamation with "proof" that the word has meant other things in the past.

They always do that.

The "Museum of Tolerance" was just a way for them to get away with using every disgusting and hateful slur that they could get away with on television, and disguising it as "humor."

I swear, this show should have been cancelled over a decade ago.

It's like Fox News, but on Comedy Central.

I'm assuming the SP movies will eventually be available on Comedy Central or HBO Max because I'm not paying extra for another streaming service (Paramount +).

He's back with Boogie and still obsessed with his high school girlfriend Liane.

they did make fun of Trump, they just turned Mr Garrison into a Trump-like character

ViacomCBS generates over $25 billion a year in revenue. $150 million is chicken feed to that company; why shouldn't it generously compensate "content providers"? It's unlikely that it's paying much by way of taxes.

This show is only popular with douchebros like R35.

[quote]they did make fun of Trump, they just turned Mr Garrison into a Trump-like character

But they didn't actually make fun of Trump like they have with Democratic politicians. Republicans are always off limits with these two assholes.

Big deal. We got $1.5 billion to produce podcasts.

[quote]They don't push a right wing agenda. If you actually watched the show, you would know that. To me it's clear that they're disinterested in politics

disinterested in politics = pushing a right-wing agenda

[quote]The rest all sucks.

You never saw Taco Flavored Kisses?

Cartman in the Special Olympics?

Cartman as a NASCAR driver?

R42 must have a snuke up her snizz.

For me the show peaked at ‘Butters’ Bottom Bitch’. Nothing they’ve done before or since is funnier.

Was a fan long ago, but they lost me when they backed down to the islamists.

[quote]The fucking rich have TOO much money and maybe it really is time to put a stop to it. $900 million... to draw a silly cartoon show every few months.

If only there was some way to stop watching their programs!

The $900 million really isn't that much. Remember, they have to divide it by two, which can be very, very painful.

Don't forget about the TAXES!!!!

[quote] Don't forget about the TAXES!!!!

Thank you!!!

By the time everyone gets their cut, we'll only have a few hundred million left.

Oh, the humanity!!

Scott Rubin produced their movie and The Book of Mormon. Enablers.

Butters, however, is one of the most delightful characters ever created.

[quote]These two assholes defended using fag and faggot claiming it isn't an anti-gay slur and backing up their absurd proclamation with "proof" that the word has meant other things in the past. Nothing I love more than straight assholes telling me what I should think is or isn't offensive. Only hets think they're progressive and libertarian. They are right wing trash just like their viewers.

I remember being disappointed when I found out why they did that whole parody of Barbra Streisand, the mecha-Streisand thing. I thought they were just making fun of her being a diva, and I found that episode really funny. Turns out they were really angry with her because she stood up against an anti-gay law that was being proposed in Colorado. Her statement on it was basically just that she wanted to point out this proposed law as many celebrities had winter homes in Colorado, and she suggested maybe a boycott or something. She was respectful in what she said.

They claimed she "called us all ignorant hicks!" (she didn't), and I'll never forget one of them saying: "The law wasn't even that anti-gay, anyway". I went off them after that, though I do have some fun memories of the show back in the day. I kinda thought it ended in the 00s though, really surprised it's still going.

Trashy women and kids aside, there's no way those two are straight

[quote] But they didn't actually make fun of Trump like they have with Democratic politicians. Republicans are always off limits with these two assholes.

I saw or read an interview with them a few years ago, and they said that they agonized over this. Trump is so awful there was no easy way to lampoon him. They were right. The truth of the Trump administration was stranger and more absurd than anything they could come up with.

I assumed that they were stealth Republicans too, until I watched the show. I do not agree with everything they do or say, and sometimes they miss the mark. But they are far more sophisticated than Family Guy, SNL or virtually any other American satire out there. Ultimately they are at there funniest when they skewer middle class American childhood. I don't really care for their attempts to mock politics.

[quote] I saw or read an interview with them a few years ago, and they said that they agonized over this. Trump is so awful there was no easy way to lampoon him.

That is SUCH fucking bullshit.

They're scared of Trump and his MAGAT followers.

They know exactly what would happen if they went after Trump.

Matt and Trey are fucking cowards and pussies.

PERIOD.

R57 what would happen to them? Vague disclaimers are nobody’s Friend.

If you're too stupid to figure it out R58, then that's your problem.

[quote]I cancelled these two losers a very long time ago. They can go fuck themselves.

I didn't even know it was still on the air. I stopped watching anything of theirs the second I walked out of their completely laugh free Liberal bashing puppet movie. That deservedly crashed and burned

wonder if South Park will go back there now that J Lo & Ben Affleck are back together? or is J Lo still working at that taco restaurant?

R59 not everyone follows American politics more closely than the politics of other nations...

R48 they didn’t, Comedy Central did.

R56 gets it.

R61 I havent watched it years but I would love to see a Miss Lopez sequel ep

Whatever season they had Randy run the pot farm was when I gave up. I got to the season finale and realized I hadn't laughed once.

They're both fools. They are rapidly approaching old age and they want to spend another 6 years churning out bullshit. Why? Even more money? So stupid.

[quote] They're both fools. They are rapidly approaching old age and they want to spend another 6 years churning out bullshit.

And they're being bankrolled by even older fools, who keep throwing money at them.

South Park SUCKS!

South Park and the Simpsons were hilarious in their prime, but their best days are LONG gone. I don't know how either show still has a big enough audience to justify the costs.

[quote] They're both fools. They are rapidly approaching old age and they want to spend another 6 years churning out bullshit. Why? Even more money?

They're healing the world with comedy.

I like Tweek and Craig.

r45 unfortunately just reading the name Cartman produces a big smile.

That kid is a hilarious piece of shit.

Thanks R54. I never understood that episode as it seemed so random to go after Barbara Streisand.

They love going after soft targets. They will never go after anyone who could make their lives miserable.

R71 the Creek relationship is sweet and was a nice surprise on such a show, but honestly the fan-pandering and baiting to it got old very fast. It was never all that funny, and the cute appeal didn’t last. DGMW, obviously I’m all for more LGB characters in anything, but given the plot and the history and the way it’s been handled I don’t think there’s any need for those two SP characters in particular to stay as a couple. It’s boring, pointless fanwank that doesn’t make sense. I’d rather see a gay S/l between another pair of established kids, or an established one and a new one (even say, Tweek with a different bf).

Imo they should have made Kenny a voracious bi. Actually, there should be way more Kenny content period. He’s not only been demoted to tertiary character status, but he barely even appears at all. If they weren’t going to keep him killed off after the dystrophy thing, then they should have had a clearer and more 3D vision for what they wanted to do with him.

Ding ding ding R73!

You nailed it.

I remember an interview they did when the fag episode came out and they claimed they talked with all their gay friends, (the way Matt and Trey talked they have more gay friends than Larry Kramer) and ALL their gay friends including Brian Grazer their producer were perfectly fine with the episode and agreed that fag/faggot wasn't a gay slur anymore.

And that's their mentality and straight guys mentality in general--if someone we know is a minority then nothing we do is gross or offensive.

South Park's mocking ‘apology’ to China

Why didn't they make more movies? That one with the dolls was fun. "Baseketball"? Not so much.

R77 OT but I really like the stirring and dramatic piece of orchestral music that was scoring that infornographic clip. Anyone know what it is?

[quote]Why didn't they make more movies? That one with the dolls was fun. "Baseketball"? Not so much.

Goggle the word FLOP R78

R71 Tweak and Craig stayed together after that episode and are still a couple. I never “shipped” them before that episode but amazingly it works.

Why though? South Park isn’t relevant anymore. What else have them produced for the screen in recent memory? What a waste.

R76, you know damn well they didn’t talk to anyone and if they did it was with LCR.

People still watch this show?

Buckle up buckaroos, cause I ain't going away!

No, the majority of comments I read about this story boiled down to "I had no idea that was still on"

I don't know much about Matt Stone, but I'm pretty sure that Trey Parker is bisexual.

[quote] pretty sure that Trey Parker is bisexual.

R87 round these parts, that’s considered even worse than straight (if there is anything worse).

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South Park doesn’t bring in much. No one knows it’s even on anymore. Paramount will regret this. Every new company pulls this shit and ends up regretting it. Spread the money around. Make sure people actually produce a hit for you first before giving them long term contracts. Boneheads.

You guys are such bitter old queens.

It's a $900 million dollar "deal".

They revealed last night that the character Stan didn’t realize that Tolkien was named after JRR Tolkien. It was classic South Park.

[quote] They revealed last night that the character Stan didn’t realize that Tolkien was named after JRR Tolkien. It was classic South Park.

Token?

R94 you thought his name was Token?! You’re part of the problem.

Tol-keen not Toh-ken.

South Park was great, back in the 1990s. It is now narcolepticly tired and I don't know anyone who would watch it today.

They haven’t been relevant in years. Who’s dick are they sucking to get that kind of money?

South Park is what passes for scandalous satire in our disposable culture.

It’s always been shit.

They haven’t been relevant in years. Whose dick are they sucking to get that kind of money? This reminds me of James Corden. These companies make such boneheaded decisions.

I will give them this. They were right about Walmart taking over. And now, Amazon. I wish for space junk to take out their communications sattelites.

R101 their Amazon two-parter was really good too. And a relatively recent one at that.

I thought the Post-COVID special had some funny moments. I liked the shout out to Blade Runner and that every conceivable thing had been bought out by big corporations.

[quote]I remember an interview they did when the fag episode came out

There was no "fag" episode. WTF are you talking about?

R104 there was

Matt Stone is friends with Milky Loads

Milky Loads officiated at Matt Stone's wedding ceremony

"SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE UNCLE FUCKER."

So glad my cousin is getting Paramount Plus

They are seriously subversive, expert at picking at society’s sores and very funny. Worth every penny.

The kids who grew up watching this are my voters!

I recently watched the episodes with Mr. Garrison as the trump -like president. Some of the episodes were pretty funny and the ‘member berries cracked me up, but I wish they had gone after trump harder.

Yes r112 and fox which was then owned by murdoch

$900 million seems like a lot of money for two guys who only work six weeks a year. Must be the highest payout for the least amount of effort anyone has ever made.

What does Matt Stone do on the show, besides voices? Trey writes and directs all, or most, of the episodes according to the credits.

I think Matt does the money stuff and Trey does the creative side. Matt does many of the voices, as well.

South Park is still hilarious. Mr. Garrison is such a loathsome piece of shit. Can't believe people here saying they never go after republicans. Garrison as Trump was disgusting and funny.

The only thing that bugs the fuck out of me about "South Park" is that they do not hire union (SAG-AFTRA) voice actors.

Inexcusable!

R117, trey and Matt do MOST of the voices. With only a week turnaround, they can't be hampered by strikes for the other voices. It's pretty well known they look after their workers

I’m pretty sure that Trey has more or less said that Matt does nothing except some voices. I remember reading that despite that Trey felt he was an important part of the engine that made South Park work.

I think Trey has gotten a tad more empathetic as he has gotten older. I always thought Matt was the bigger asshole of the two.

There is an entire episode called "The F Word," fucking moron r104.

I love them both but kinda love trey more

OP: "The fucking rich have TOO much money and maybe it really is time to put a stop to it."

And how do you plan to go about accomplishing THAT?

R79 the music is a track called Rising Son (progressive mix) by the 7th DJ

Is the stripper really back with Trey? He went through with the divorce and I heard they were co-parenting their daughter