In a nod and head butt to Donald Trump and masked ICE abductions of undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens, South Park was very relevant tonight.
Just ask Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
âA few years ago I had to put my puppy down by shooting it in the face, because sometimes doing whatâs important means doing whatâs hard,â the second episode of the 27th season of Trey Parker and Matt Stoneâs animated satire had a well styled and bulletproof vest wearing Noem tell ICE agent recruits, including laid off South Park teacher Mr. Mackey. After having real life self-admitted dog killer Noem shooting multiple puppies on the streets and while having a bath, the seeming perpetually camera-ready former Governor of South Dakota ends her video to the newbies by promising that âtogether we will make sure everyone is in this country legally.â
Kristi Noem parodied on âSouth Parkâ (Credit: Paramount/Comedy Central)
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Then ICE goes after Dora the Explorer, and, with Noem declaring âif itâs Brown, it goes down,â they raid Heaven too.
Seriously.
Between that, there was also Cartman as right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk doing his podcast on the toilet while getting busy.
Oh yeah, VP Vance made his South Park debut Wednesday as a sycophantic Tattoo from the original run of Fantasy Island to Trumpâs white suited Mr. Roarke. It was both the best and worst HervĂŠ Villechaize impersonation youâll ever get in up-to-the-minute primetime. In that, there was more on POTUSâ love affair with an increasing red-faced Satan â with the chubby cheeked Veep offering a small tribute to Sean âDiddyâ Combs with a promise of a massage of sorts to the fallen angel. âWould you like me to apply the baby oil to Satanâs asshole, boss?â inquires Vance with the allure of a MAGA mĂŠnage Ă trois.
After that, the best efforts of big screen Supermanâs best four-legged friend  Krypto to save newly appointed DHS boss Mackey from getting pulled in bed with Trump and Satan at Mar-A-Lago ends badly. Eager to keep her job and her cred, ICE Barbie Noem shoots another dog dead â and promptly loses her allegedly surgically enhanced face.
So, letâs just say, two weeks after the delayed (and ratings surging) Season 27 premiere offered the most mocking and effective kick to Trumpâs âtiny teenyâ since the increasingly authoritarian former Celebrity Apprentice host returned to the White House, tonightâs âGot a Nutâ episode on the Paramount and now David Ellison-owned Comedy Central went for the jugular as well as the groin.
After the delayed July 23 âSermon on the Mountâ episode depicted a less than well-endowed Trump in bed with a less than satisfied Lord of Hell and naked in the desert in a piercing pseudo-PSA (which was one of many stabs at Paramount and their recent $16 million knee bend to POTUS, Trump was reportedly âseethingâ and the Executive Branch went ballistic.
This show hasnât been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention,â the White House Taylor Rogers exclaimed. âPresident Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our countryâs history â and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trumpâs hot streak.â
This week, after ICE tried to be witty and lift an advance image from tonightâs episode for its X feed, South Park hit back: âWait, so we ARE relevant?â On Tuesday they also added a certain hashtag as a kicker
Tonightâs episode confirmed more than ever: yes, indeed you are!