Trey Parker and Matt Stone avoided Trump jokes since 2017, saying satire had become reality and planning to skip the 2024 election. Season 27 premiered with "Sermon on the 'Mount," featuring vivid jokes about Trump's corruption and penis-size, and attacking Paramount, Comedy Central's parent company. A clash with then-incoming Paramount/Skydance CEO David Ellison over streaming distribution rights and perceived coziness with the Trump Administration prompted the response. The creators' public statement about the postponement reflected that anger and became the episode's foundation, including a micro-penis subplot about Trump. The episode earned record-breaking ratings and provoked a White House reaction.
Wren Graves (Managing Editor): Way back in 2017, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said they planned to "back off" jokes about Donald Trump. "It's really tricky now as satire has become reality," Parker explained at the time. As recently as last year they seemed intent on sticking to that plan, announcing that they would skip the 2024 election "on purpose," with Parker adding, "I don't know what more we could possibly say about Trump."
Alex Young (Publisher): I'm not going to try to mind-read Matt and Trey, but the simplest explanation is that they clashed with then-incoming Paramount/Skydance CEO David Ellison over streaming distribution rights this past summer - all while the company was cozying up to the Trump Administration. That clearly ticked them off, as evidenced by the statement they released when announcing the show's postponement, and it essentially became the foundation for the season premiere episode (alongside Trump's infamous micro-penis subplot).
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