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“We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
They must have some serious fuck you money.
Most people refer to “fuck you money” as enough money to be able to say “fuck you” to anyone. They’re a little bit different in that they started off by saying “fuck you” to anyone, and then got obscenely rich by doing that.
At this point they could absolutely live off the residuals from Baseketball or Orgasmo and still be just fine with what they’ve got in the bank.
Don’t forget about The Book of Mormon rights as well.
Both Matt & Trey are only one Oscar away from pulling off an EGOT.
Heh well that was relatively popular. The other two are kind of reviled or unknown? Which was intended as a tongue in cheek way of stating that if they didn’t make any more money from this day forward they’d still be just fine lol.
They made Book of Mormon with Robert Lopez who has two EGOTs
I like to think they’d be able to get an Oscar, if they really wanted to. Their style just doesn’t mesh with the Academy’s taste, and I don’t think they want to produce something that’s ‘not them’.
Maybe they could pull off a world war 2 drama with Mr. Hanky. I don’t think he’d have that high-pitched voice in the movie. He could play some scruffy veteran who learns about the darkness of himself and humankind, with ‘Feeling Good on a Wednesday’ levels of frisson. The funniest parts of the movie shouldn’t be any more edgier than the sharpest parts of Benigni’s Life is Beautiful. The poop will be drawn by the AI engine they created. Every character would be someone from South Park (real people though, so casting might get tough), and they would more or less be their own character in that situation, but not played out for laughs.
I guess the AI Mr Hanky might be a bit too much, but I think they could pull something off that is a stand-alone movie that pays fan service all the way. I’m not saying it’s easy to win an Oscar, but Ricky Gervais made Kate Winslet predict she is getting one herself.
Live off? The residuals?
Last report I saw, they were each worth like $600m.
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This has been their thing for decades now!
I don’t really like South Park but I have always respected their level of “fuck you.” As an example, they went to the Oscars on acid in 2000.
You don’t have to have money to say fuck you, just an appropriate level of contempt.
I think they’d be doing this anyway.
No, but having enough money to avoid consequences certainly helps.
As an example, they went to the Oscars on acid in 2000.
They also made fun of Phil Collins in several episodes after that (Trey lost the Oscar to him).
Yeah, they signed a deal for $2b guaranteed (as in, even if the show got cancelled tomorrow, they’d still get paid in full) and probably with some great if not total protections against censorship.
It’s the kind of deal that no sane TV exec would agree to (especially with the likes of Parker & Stone), but I guess the execs just wanted the show THAT much.
And they’re taking great advantage of those loose if even existent reins! ✊🏻😄
Trey and Matt each have at least a billion in wealth, so yes.
Good place to put a reminder that anyone who approaches a billion in wealth without having given 99% of it to charity is a sociopath.
about 1.5bn worth of it.
“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of ‘South Park’ to ‘South America,'” the pair shared in a statement. “We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
If they changed the name to “Donald Trump is a child rapist”, would paramount be obligated to display the full name on their platform?
only if the show is running for office. given the current supreme court don’t be surprised if a television show is soon allowed to do that. corporations are people after all, why wouldn’t a television show be?
I had to triple check it’s not the onion. Absolutely based.
The other day, I commented that I couldn’t tell if the headline that Trump wanted to change New Mexico to New America was real or satire. And reading this headline, I also couldn’t tell if it was real or satire.
Although, South Park is satire, so I guess them doing it is… both real and satire?
