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From laughing it off to threatening lawsuits, celebrities respond in wildly different ways when "South Park" takes aim at them! Join us as we explore how famous figures have reacted to being lampooned by Trey Parker and Matt Stone's iconic animated series. Some embrace the parody, while others... not so much.
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00:00All right, then I'm going to sue your whole town. You got that $5 billion?
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo. And today, we're looking at celebrities who responded to being parodied
00:10and possibly roasted on South Park.
00:13Well, I went to pay a visit to the youngsters at their school in South Park to talk to them
00:17about Thanksgiving.
00:20Number 50. Elon Musk. In Season 18, Elon Musk's new Tesla struggles to compete with Timmy's
00:27handy car service. Musk ultimately acquires Timmy's business for $2.3 billion, only a fraction
00:35of what he'd later pay for Twitter.
00:37After selling the handy car rights to Elon Musk, Timmy has raised $2.3 billion for summer camp.
00:44Speaking of which, Musk wrote on the app that he'd later rebrand,
00:48Kinda trippy seeing myself on at South Park. I've watched the show ever since the J vs.
00:53Essie Short, Brian Boitano. Musk returned to South Park in Season 20, telling Cartman and
01:00Heidi about SpaceX. Instead of being portrayed by Matt Stone again, Musk lent his own voice
01:05this time.
01:06Hello, everyone, and welcome to the tour. I'm Elon Musk. Are we going to have some fun today?
01:11Oh, great. A stupid tour guide.
01:13The South Park creators have bonded with Musk in real life. Trey Parker played Dungeons and
01:18Dragons with Musk, while Stone attended his SNL after-party. That doesn't mean Musk is
01:24off-limits now, however.
01:26Number 49. Tina Yothers
01:28Early South Park seasons often referenced actors from classic sitcoms who hadn't been in the
01:34limelight for a while. Tina Yothers of Family Ties is one example. In the show's first Halloween
01:39episode, the actress who played Jennifer Keaton is enlisted to judge a costume contest.
01:45Children, this year we have a celebrity judge, the star of Family Ties, Miss Tina Yothers.
01:51She picks Wendy's Chewbacca costume, much to the dismay of Kyle, who assumed that Yothers
01:57was dead. Stone later encountered Yothers at one of her shows, although he initially didn't
02:03recognize her. It was the first time he met a celebrity that South Park had made fun of.
02:07What? But she looks just like everybody else. Up yours, Tina Yothers!
02:11This naturally made Stone anxious, although Yothers turned out to be a South Park fan.
02:17She even played a soundbite from the episode before performing with her band.
02:21Number 48. Leonard Moulton
02:23Season 1's Mecca Streisand parodies several celebrities, some more positive than others.
02:30Film critic and historian Leonard Moulton got off easy. In fact, he's portrayed as one of the episode's
02:36heroes. He tracks down Chef to help him stop possibly the greatest threat that South Park
02:49would ever face, the director and star of Yentl. Moulton told the South Park creators that his kids
02:55appreciated the send-up. Years later, on the Tuned In With Jim Cummings podcast, Moulton recalled how
03:01someone once asked if he gave permission to be featured in South Park. His answer?
03:06Same permission Barbra Streisand gave.
03:07Cummings felt that being caricatured was when Moulton had made it. Indeed, it's not every day.
03:13You transform into Ultraman and fight Funny Girl.
03:17Number 47. Stevie Nicks
03:19In an episode dedicated to ridiculing Osama bin Laden, South Park also found room for Stevie Nicks,
03:26a singer whom Stone can't stand. I'm sorry, Ms. Nicks. Hey, guys, it's Stevie Nicks. Oh, wow!
03:33Nah!
03:33Can I get a picture?
03:34On an accidental trip to Afghanistan, the boys get stuck with the goats, which everyone else
03:40mistakes for Nicks. It wouldn't be the last time that South Park referenced the Fleetwood Mac
03:45member. A decade later in You're Getting Old, Nicks is referenced multiple times with their song
03:51landslide, closing out the episode. Nicks approved the song's usage, despite previously being portrayed
04:02as a farm animal. Nicks took the goat jab in good humor, calling it hysterical. She considers herself
04:08a South Park fan, adding,
04:10You have to roll with the punches here, and those guys are so clever.
04:13Number 46. PewDiePie
04:15A handful of celebrities have portrayed themselves on South Park. YouTuber PewDiePie is a unique
04:21case, popping up in live action.
04:24We're playing Call of Duty Advanced Warfare. Here we go.
04:27Ah! People are shooting at me, Bruce!
04:29Kyle finds it baffling that Ike would rather watch PewDiePie commentate on video games rather
04:34than play one. This mirrors how the South Park creators feel about Let's Play. Although Parker
04:40wrote of PewDiePie, I choose to see it as the birth of a new art form, and I don't think
04:46anyone should underestimate its most powerful artist. Parker and Stone used PewDiePie's Stick
04:52of Truth videos as feedback while making the fractured but whole. In a YouTube video, PewDiePie
04:58talked about how South Park reached out to him. PewDiePie naturally accepted the invitation
05:03to appear in two episodes, shooting his footage while visiting Japan.
05:07They needed me to do the lines while I was in Japan, so I had to bring my set-up to Japan,
05:14and it looked pretty ridiculous.
05:16Number 45. Billy Mays III
05:20In 2009, the deaths of numerous celebrities made headlines. Among them was famed pitchman
05:26Billy Mays. In South Park, Mays doesn't just haunt Ike like some of the other celebrity ghosts.
05:33He continues to sell products from beyond the grave.
05:36Hi, Billy Mays here for Mega Scrub Cleanser!
05:39Ahh!
05:40Are you tired of your kitchen counters getting those nasty stains? Don't just rub them,
05:45Mega Scrub them!
05:46Billy Mays, no!
05:48While it's hard to say how Mays would've responded to the parody, his son found it tasteful.
05:54Billy Mays III later said on social media. He heard his late father would be featured on
06:00South Park shortly before the episode aired. Knowing how South Park often bashes celebrities,
06:05he feared the worst. When Mays III watched the episode, though, he not only laughed, but
06:10also got surprisingly emotional.
06:12I'm proud that it exists, and shout out to South Park.
06:15Plus, his dad got to yell at Patrick Swayze. That's pretty cool.
06:20Number 44. Paul Watson
06:22Looking to save the whales and dolphins, Stan teams up with Paul Watson's crew. Stan finds that
06:28the Whale Wars team isn't as badass as they appear on TV, writing Watson off as a giant fraud.
06:34I thought you guys were pirates in a war! I'm a pirate in a war! Pirates don't worry
06:40about the law! You guys said you were badasses!
06:42When Watson gets harpooned, Stan replaces him as Sea Shepherd's captain. Even after Watson
06:47is taken out of the picture, the episode relentlessly mocks him. Although it's about as savage as South Park
06:53gets, the real Watson considered it a win for the whales.
06:57The crab-fishing reality show is doing just fine. Yeah! Woohoo!
07:01But for the Whale Wars crew, it appears the show is over.
07:05Watson wrote,
07:06Being ridiculed, lampooned, and insulted on South Park is a declaration to the world that
07:11Sea Shepherd and Whale Wars are effective. NF cracked through to the other side of the media
07:17culture curtain. Like Kenny, Watson brushed off, being killed off.
07:22Number 43. Andrew Tate. Wanting to show Stan and Tolkien how real men spend spring break,
07:29Randy throws a rager that attracts a sex trafficker.
07:32Look, I'm just trying to combat the messages that the liberal left is putting out to young
07:36men about their male instincts being toxic.
07:39Although the character is named Alonzo Fineski, he's clearly modeled after Andrew Tate. From his
07:45bald head to his toxic masculinity. The episode aired a few months after Romanian authorities
07:50raided the influencer's property and arrested him. While under house arrest, Tate wrote online,
07:56When I will be proven innocent, I look forward to help create the greatest South Park episode
08:01of all time. Although Tate seemed to take the episode as a compliment, Fineski isn't depicted
08:06in the most flattering light. His presence brings Randy nothing but trouble, which is often
08:12the case for those who get mixed up with Tate.
08:15It's okay, Randy. We're back.
08:17I'm sorry. I cut your trip short.
08:21It's okay, Randy. You made it longer than last spring break.
08:25Number 42. Lizzo. Obesity may be at a turning point thanks to semi-glutine, although the American
08:33healthcare system continues to burden people in need. Insurance denies Cartman is breakthrough
08:38drug, but the doctor offers an alternative. Lizzo.
08:42Please. There has to be something you can do.
08:46Alright. I'm gonna write you a prescription for Lizzo.
08:50Lizzo?
08:51She's a really good singer who talks about body positivity and just being happy with the
08:55way you look.
08:56He suggests that Cartman listen to the singer's songs, which promote body positivity. Sharon
09:01also goes on Lizzo, despite some side effects like pooping out your ears. When Lizzo heard
09:07about the episode, she described it as her worst fear. Filming a reaction video, Lizzo's
09:13mouth dropped, but in a good way. Lizzo felt the parody captured what she preaches, not giving
09:19a crap about what others think.
09:21Oh, oh, oh, Lizzo, bitch.
09:25So, even if the parody had leaned more negatively, Lizzo probably wouldn't have let it get under
09:31her skin.
09:32Number 41. David Blaine. Super Best Friends would be removed from circulation due to its
09:38depiction of Muhammad, although the episode focuses more on magician David Blaine.
09:43I've been traveling from town to town for quite a while. I've started quite a following
09:48mostly because of my levitation trick. Watch. Watch.
09:54Famous for his death-defying stunts, Blaine is depicted as a cult leader. Regarding South
09:59Park and other parodies of himself, Blaine said,
10:01"...I love all of it." The one thing about the South Park episode he didn't get was why
10:07they always had him say,
10:08"...twa!" at the end of sentences. Matt Stone later explained to Blaine that he had a high
10:13school friend who possessed this weird quirk.
10:15"...your magic is old and outdated, Jesus 12, just like you are."
10:19So, he worked it into the episode. According to the South Park creators, people seriously
10:24started asking Blaine for his Blaine-tology book, although they made that religion up.
10:30Number 40. George Clooney.
10:33George Clooney was among the first high-profile stars to champion South Park, sharing the Spirit
10:38of Christmas short. Not only did this spark a friendship, but Clooney voiced Sparky the Dog
10:43in Season 1, and the doctor in South Park, bigger, longer, and uncut.
10:47"...son, I have some bad news. We accidentally replaced your heart with a baked potato. You
10:52have about three seconds to live."
10:53In Season 10's Smug Alerts, Clooney's Oscar acceptance speech is depicted as so self-congratulatory
11:00that it contributes to a perfect storm. The episode aired only a few years after Clooney
11:06got the puppet treatment in Team America.
11:08"...we've all done action films. If anyone tries to get in our way, we'll show them just
11:12how tough us actors really are."
11:14Nevertheless, Clooney considers Stone and Parker friends, not taking offense to the South Park
11:18episode. As for Team America, Clooney said,
11:21"...I would've been offended if I wasn't in it."
11:24Number 39. Conan O'Brien.
11:27In the South Park movie, Terrence and Phillip drop by late night with Conan O'Brien, where they
11:32get arrested. "...make you nervous to be in America? There are a lot of organizations here
11:36that want you arrested for destroying children."
11:38"...oh, they'd have to find us first."
11:40"...you're right. Now!"
11:41"...terrence and Phillip, Mothers Against Canada is placing you under citizens' arrest!"
11:47Regretful for selling out his fellow comedians, O'Brien jumps out the window. Naturally, this was
11:53the clip that Stone and Parker brought when they appeared on O'Brien's show in 1999. According to Parker,
12:00the MPAA didn't sign off on them sharing this clip, although they managed to get a bootleg.
12:06O'Brien wasn't blindsided, as some of his interns saw the film before him.
12:10While O'Brien laughed, he noted that his studio was on the sixth floor, not the first.
12:16He also questioned his caricature's voice, which Brett Spiner, aka Data from Star Trek, provided.
12:22Apparently, Spiner's initial impression was meaner than what ended up in the movie.
12:27"...I like that better!"
12:29Number 38. Steven Spielberg
12:31In season 6's Free Hat, the boys take aim at Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for making
12:37unnecessary changes to their classic films.
12:40"...all we're doing is trying to reach a new audience with our movies.
12:43As the makers of dreams, we like to speak for the children."
12:46While Stone and Parker aren't sure how Lucas reacted, they did receive a letter from Spielberg.
12:52According to Stone, Spielberg wrote that he felt as if he had finally arrived now,
12:57that he was a villain on South Park.
12:59Although Spielberg complimented their sharp, witty sense of humor, the guys found the letter
13:04backhanded, sensing that he might have been at least a little pissed off.
13:08Parker also can't help but wonder if Spielberg never drastically altered Raiders of the Lost
13:14Ark because of this episode.
13:15What we want to know is how Spielberg feels about the other episode with Indiana Jones.
13:21Why would Spielberg and Lucas do this?
13:24Come on, let's go!
13:25Number 37. Jared Fogel
13:28South Park totally called society turning on Jared Fogel, albeit not for the reasons this season 6
13:35episode implied, the reason I was able to lose so much weight so quickly was that I got AIDS.
13:41The former Subway spokesman's reputation is ruined over a misunderstanding that, in retrospect,
13:48feels more like a red flag. Not long after it aired, Fogel said that he usually associated South
13:54Park with tasteless humor, yet he found it very flattering that they dedicated an entire episode
14:00to him saying, you know you've made it when shows like South Park start parodying you.
14:05It wouldn't be the last time that South Park made fun of Jared. Once Fogel's sex tourism scandal
14:11hit the fan, he returned to South Park with a far more devious demeanor.
14:15Send in Jared!
14:16Let's just say this parody was the least of his worries.
14:21Number 36. Seth MacFarlane
14:24While Seth MacFarlane has never appeared on South Park, the Griffins have.
14:29Stone and Parker made it clear that they aren't fans of MacFarlane's creation,
14:33arguing that the jokes don't connect to the story.
14:36When I make jokes, they are inherent to a story.
14:38Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point,
14:42not just one random interchangeable joke after another.
14:45What are you talking about? You don't understand?
14:48In the Family Guy episode, McStroke, there was almost a scene where a character named Trey
14:54assaults someone named Matt in a car.
14:57McFarlane revealed that they decided to cut the joke, feeling it was a low blow.
15:01Supposedly, Britney Spears asked to be on Family Guy in retaliation for her South Park episode,
15:07although McFarlane felt that would do more harm than good.
15:10I can't take it anymore!
15:12While McFarlane has mostly taken the high road, he did tell Howard Stern that South Park
15:17can go to hell. We think he was… joking?
15:20Number 35. John Edward
15:23South Park has roasted numerous celebrities over the decades. So-called psychic John Edward stands
15:29out as what Parker and Stone consider the biggest douche in the universe.
15:34I'm not a douche!
15:35In the episode, Edward continually denies this accusation. The real Edward has come to embrace
15:41the title, even bringing South Park up at his events. In Edward's eyes, having a whole episode
15:47about him is a sign that he's made a difference. It was free advertising. Edward argued that the
15:53episode has brought more attention to his gifts, introducing him to a new generation. There's no
15:59denying that a lot of people heard about Edward for the first time through South Park.
16:03What that does is that brings more people to me who would never know who I am,
16:07then they learn about the subject matter.
16:10The show has forever memorialized him, for better or worse.
16:15Number 34. Bill Donahue
16:17Season 11's Easter special depicts the Catholic League president as a megalomaniac who imprisons
16:23the pope, declares himself the church's new leader, and orders Jesus' execution before being killed
16:29himself. Based on how Donahue reacted, the parody might not have been too far off. Donahue has a
16:44still from the episode of his caricature dressed in the pope's attire. Recounting the episode,
16:49Donahue described the pope as a wimp, so he took over the church to give it some guts. Donahue
16:56was more offended by a Season 22 episode that depicted priests as predators.
17:01That's not what's going on. Your local priest was never here, actually.
17:05Yeah, he was. I played with him. Oh, you did.
17:09He gave a bizarre and homophobic response, arguing that most of the predators were gay.
17:15Donahue thus concluded, the cartoon victim characters should have been depicted as adolescents,
17:21not kids. Number 33. Kim Kardashian
17:25Kim Kardashian has been parodied multiple times on South Park, although her reactions have differed.
17:32In Season 14, Kim dies along with the rest of the Kardashian clan.
17:36Our nation is still reeling from the tragic deaths of the Kardashians.
17:40Kim K wrote,
17:41We were all dying when we saw this clip from South Park. Literally. LOL.
17:46Kourtney and Khloe also had a good sense of humor about it. While Kim was honored to be
17:51featured in this episode, Season 17's The Hobbits was another story. Wendy argues that without
17:58Photoshop, Kardashian looks like a hobbit. A source who spoke to Hollywood Life claimed that Kim was
18:04livid with what the guys from South Park did. All the Hobbit ever wanted was to be beautiful. And even
18:11though she was short and fat and hairy, this little hobbit dreamed that one day she could be pretty like
18:17Beyoncé.
18:18So a bloody death is fine, but a Bilbo Baggins comparison was too far? That is a very Kardashian
18:26mindset.
18:28Number 32. Isaac Hayes III
18:31Chef was more than a character. He was an extension of Isaac Hayes, who stopped voicing his animated
18:37alter ego after the show targeted Scientology. Despite ending on salty terms, Kyle concludes that
18:44Chef isn't to blame.
18:45We shouldn't be mad at Chef for leaving us. We should be mad at that fruity little club
18:50for scrambling his brains.
18:52The club that brainwashed him is. According to Hayes' son, Kyle was right. In recent years,
18:59Isaac Hayes III revealed that his father was recovering from a stroke when the episode re-aired.
19:04Hayes lost the ability to speak, so the church spoke for him. Hayes' son stated,
19:10My dad loved Matt and Trey. He loved that character. He loved the show.
19:15The legendary singer died in 2008, two years after his stroke. If Hayes were alive today,
19:21though, his son believes that he'd still be voicing Chef.
19:25Hello there, children.
19:26Hey, Chef.
19:26Number 31. James Cameron
19:29In season 16, South Park decided to tackle the perceived dwindling of human decency. Much of
19:36the episode poked fun at Mama June and Honey Boo Boo, but also included a humorous bit featuring
19:41Titanic director James Cameron.
19:43Mr. Cameron, you don't have to do this. Why don't you just go back to your house in Malibu? Go work on
19:48another movie. I have to do this. I have to try and raise it. The bar isn't something that actually
19:53lowers Mr. Cameron. Cameron's real-life interest in deep-sea exploration was depicted as a means to
20:00literally raise the bar on human morality. Between his obsession with his mission and the sea shanty
20:07his crew belted out, it's an entertaining poke at the Terminator director's oceanic hobby.
20:20During a Reddit AMA, he was asked about the episode and responded only with,
20:25it's funny. It's like they were actually on the expedition. Except I didn't actually make the crew
20:31sing a song about me.
20:32Number 30. Ed Sheeran
20:35Although not a direct parody of Sheeran himself, he certainly had a reaction to its release.
20:41During Season 9's Ginger Kids episode, Cartman does a presentation about red-haired children.
20:46We've all seen them, on the playground, at the store, walking on the streets.
20:50They creep us out and make us feel sick to our stomachs. I'm talking, of course, about Ginger
20:54Kids. Eric proceeds to describe them as disgusting creatures who have no souls and cannot survive in
21:01sunlight. While asleep, Kyle and Stan turn Cartman into a ginger, hoping for him to see the realities
21:07of his hate speech. Wow, Cartman, you look different. Yes, well, it's interesting you should point that out,
21:13Cab. According to Sheeran, despite having been mocked for his red locks back in England,
21:18no one in the United States ever said a word. That is, until Ginger Kids came along. In an interview,
21:25he implied the episode had ruined his life in America after it aired.
21:29Number 29. Richard Dawkins
21:33This two-part story arc of South Park took an extreme look at how the evolutionary process works.
21:39All right, kids. It is now my job to teach you the theory of evolution.
21:43Oh, boy.
21:44Now, I, for one, think that evolution is a bunch of bull crap, but I've been told I have to teach it
21:52anyway. Garrison is heavily opposed to teaching evolution until convinced otherwise by notable
21:58evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Their new romance spawns an alternate future where religion
22:04doesn't exist. You lived in the time when a great event happened, a glorious event that finally made
22:10all religion obsolete. Now, the entire world is atheist. The real-life Dawkins' reaction to his South
22:18Park counterpart was a mixed bag. He loved the satirical take on a future founded on evolutionary facts,
22:24but took issue with the relationship between his fictional self and Garrison, saying he found it to be
22:29not satire. Number 28. Rob Schneider
22:34Once a staple of Saturday Night Live, Rob Schneider left the comedy show to pursue a career in film
22:39acting. For a while, it seemed like Schneider's choices for roles all shared a common theme. From an
22:45animal to a gigolo and even a woman, he seemed to steer towards characters that fell into the fish-out-of-water
22:51trope. Rob Schneider was an animal. Then he was a woman. And now Rob Schneider is a stapler.
23:01South Park extended this even further by turning him into a stapler and a carrot. While appearing on
23:07the Club Random podcast with Bill Maher, Schneider discussed the episode and how he thought it was
23:12very funny. And knowing how brutal the show can be on celebrities, his depiction could have been far
23:17worse. 27. Ghost Hunters
23:31Seeing notable acts lose their cool over a parody can be entertaining, but often it's steering into
23:37the satire that endears them even more to us fans. During one episode, Kyle's brother Ike keeps seeing
23:44dead celebrities. This leads the folks over at Ghost Hunters to the Broflowski residence to see
24:02if they can solve this supernatural mystery. What follows is a brutal takedown on how the most mild
24:09sounds and smells can be spun to be the acts of the dead. During a Ghost Hunters live session in
24:14Milwaukee, the real Ghost Hunters played the clips from the show and jokingly called it a very accurate
24:20depiction of them, even going as far as to say…
24:2226. Danica Patrick
24:28Cartman has a dream of becoming a NASCAR driver, but is convinced he's not poor and stupid enough to do so.
24:34With the help of his gullible buddy Butters, Eric eventually finds his way into the world of NASCAR,
24:40alongside the likes of drivers like Danica Patrick.
24:43Bring it on, Eric Hart! You scared of the competition? I'm just as poor and stupid as you!
24:48I'm gonna drive, and I'm gonna go fast, and I'm gonna turn to the left sometimes!
24:53Can we just get back to the subject of racing, please?
24:55Oh, bring it on, Danica!
24:57Patrick, by far and large, comes off a lot easier in this episode than
25:01many others on this list. Shown to be more irritated by Cartman's behavior than anything,
25:06the real Danica Patrick took her portrayal in stride.
25:09Oh, son of a b----!
25:11During a press conference, she chuckled at the depiction of racers in general,
25:15and took it as a compliment to be featured in such an episode.
25:1925. Carlos Mencia
25:22Any fan of this show knows how much the writers love to poke fun at Kanye West,
25:27but during the infamous Fish Sticks episode, Carlos Mencia takes both a literal and figurative beating.
25:33It wasn't me! I didn't really start the fish stick thing, all right?
25:37You're just saying that now because you're scared.
25:40No, man, it's true! I stole it, man! I took credit for it because I'm not actually funny!
25:45While Wes takes his frustrations out physically on the comedian,
25:49the show also takes a swipe at the accusations of Mencia having stolen jokes from other comics.
25:55When asked about this appearance on the episode, Mencia took it all in stride and seemed to enjoy
26:01being mocked. He did, however, comment on how he was more surprised at the emotional blowback
26:06from the people in general regarding his joke-theft fiasco.
26:10What I didn't realize was the emotional, visceral reaction to all this from people. I didn't see that coming.
26:2024. Slash
26:23If you're old enough to be watching this, then The Secret of Santa Claus is probably out of the bag by
26:29now. But according to South Park, it's not as clear cut when it comes to the Guns N' Roses guitar player,
26:35Slash.
26:35Come on! Kids write to Slash every day, but it all just goes into this big pile over here.
26:42The reason I can't tell you where Slash lives is because he don't live nowhere. Don't you ever wonder
26:47how Slash can be all those places at the same time? It's because he's made up!
26:51One season 15 episode puts a spin on the Santa Claus narrative by portraying Slash as a magical figure
26:58who every kid thought was fake, but might actually be real.
27:01Kyle! Kyle! Look!
27:09You don't think that... but he isn't real!
27:12Maybe. Or maybe we haven't been told such a big fib after all.
27:16In our world, Saul Hudson, aka Slash, is indeed a real guitar player. But when asked by a fan in
27:24a Reddit AMA if he was real or made up by their parents, Slash said he was real but couldn't be
27:30100% positive of it.
27:3223. Chris Hansen
27:35Chris Hansen came into the public eye through his To Catch a Predator TV series. At the height of his
27:41popularity, South Park ran an episode where Hansen's signature style was used to help shine a light
27:47on Tourette's syndrome. It all started when I received this touching letter from a brave little
27:51boy in Colorado. Dear Mr. Hansen, I have Tourette's and I want the world to understand what it's like.
27:57Won't you do a special report on me so that the world can learn to accept us instead of just laugh?
28:02Cartman has been faking the condition to justify spouting hate speech without any consequences.
28:08Hoping to do his worst, Cartman gets Hansen to showcase him in a television special,
28:12which takes Hansen's real-life work and inflates it to a preposterous extent. When asked about it
28:18on the Law & Crime Network, the real Hansen praised the show's portrayal of him, even commenting on
28:24how his kids thought he was cool for being on that show. When Chris Hansen was parodied on South Park,
28:30that was a big deal. Suddenly I was cool.
28:3222. Meghan and Harry
28:35The marriage of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry brought an enormous amount of attention to the
28:40royal family, particularly when the duo chose to step away from their official duties to pursue
28:45a seemingly more normal life. However, it seems their contradicting reasons for their departure
28:51is what South Park took aim at.
28:53We want privacy! We want privacy!
28:57The episode eviscerated the duo's seeming frustration with a constant bombardment from the media
29:03and a lack of privacy, all while finding any way they can to draw attention to themselves.
29:08After the episode aired, Markle was allegedly very upset and overwhelmed with how they were portrayed.
29:14There were even reports of a possible lawsuit against the show and that insiders claimed future
29:19episodes would be monitored for further mockery.
29:21He's right. Trying to make ourselves into a brand just turned us into products.
29:26We don't need to be a brand, do we? If it's truly what we want, then we really can get away from it
29:32all. No more magazines and Netflix shows! We really can live a normal life!
29:3621. Nicole Snooki Laval
29:40When Jersey Shore first hit the airwaves, fans couldn't get enough of the antics, the catfights,
29:46and promiscuous behavior of the show's star, Nicole Snooki Palizzi.
29:50They're like so rude sometimes, like the way they say things. I'm not used to people being so rude
29:56like that. It's kind of offensive.
29:57It didn't take long before South Park dedicated an entire episode to poking fun at the ever-expanding
30:03world that was the Jersey Shore. One notable gag was their portrayal of Snooki as some type of
30:09carnal animal that attacked anyone who came near her.
30:12What is it? It's called a Snooki. It's very famous.
30:19The day after the episode aired, the real Snooki took to Twitter and quoted her South Park
30:24counterpart in saying,
30:25Snooki wants smush smush. We've officially made it. Clearly laughing at herself,
30:30it's a far better reaction than some of the others on this list.
30:34Why are you people doing this? But I told you it's just a Jersey thing.
30:3820. Robert Smith
30:40So this one is less parody, as it's just a rare appearance. But come on, it's Robert
30:47Smith of the Cure. Going all the way back to the first season of the show, Smith appeared
30:52as himself to help the boys fight Barbra Streisand. We'll get to her later.
30:57Am I too late? Who are you? Dude, it's Robert Smith of the Cure.
31:01Here, you boys, hold this walkie. You can help me fight her.
31:04Transforming into a Mothra-like creature, he defeats her and even as Jesus, call him their savior.
31:12Wow, Robert Smith is the greatest person that ever lived. Our savior.
31:16When asked about his appearance and portrayal years later, Smith was surprised by what he saw,
31:21but loved how Kyle gave huge props to the Cure's Disintegration album.
31:25Disintegration is the best album ever!
31:2819. Brian Boitano
31:31In the second Spirit of Christmas shorts, the boys can't decide whether to help Jesus or Santa.
31:37So when Stan asks, audiences are wondering why they'd ask for help from a figure skater.
31:43Now we've got to think here. Now let's see, what would Brian Boitano do?
31:48Yeah, what would Brian Boitano do?
31:52Did someone say my name?
31:53The same rang true in the South Park movie, but with a fantastic musical number that followed.
31:59What would Brian Boitano do if he was here right now? He'd make a plan and he'd follow through.
32:04That's what Brian Boitano do.
32:06Boitano himself saw the movie and worried about his portrayal, but came out loving what they had done.
32:11He's since worked with the creators to design t-shirts with a slogan and sell them for charity.
32:16On top of that, it introduced him to the likes of younger fans who now only know him through the show.
32:23Hi guys, Brian Boitano here. I just wanted to wish you a huge congratulations. I think your story is so incredible.
32:3018. Paris Hilton
32:33Near the end of Season 8, South Park took aim at Paris Hilton and her status as a role model for the young girls in town.
32:41I'm pleased to be here in Gouthdark to announce the opening of my brand new store,
32:45a store where girls can buy everything they need to be just like me.
32:49It's hard to tell which part is more brutal, the video playset at the mall or her competition with
32:54Mr. Slave that ends the episode. Either way, there's no mistaking how savage the show's takedown is.
33:02Oh no, she didn't.
33:03When asked what she thought, she responded by saying she had never seen the episode,
33:08but thought anytime someone makes fun of you, it should be taken as a compliment. Given how she's
33:13tweeted about watching the show at home, we're guessing she's still a fan.
33:17It's adorable!
33:1917. Terry Irwin
33:22How long after someone passes away are you allowed to tell jokes about them?
33:26Boy, there's a king croc right there. He must be 4 meters, 12, 13 feet long at least. This croc has
33:33enough power in his jaws to rip my head right off.
33:35In the case of South Park, it's seven weeks.
33:38You know, the whole crocodile hunter thing, it's just a little soon, you know? I mean,
33:42he just died a few weeks ago and it's just not super cool. You gotta leave.
33:47Famed crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had been fatally injured in September of 2006.
33:53In late October of the same year, South Park aired an episode that featured him with a stingray
33:58sticking out of his chest. Terry Irwin, Steve's wife, was incredibly offended by the portrayal,
34:03citing concerns about how her children would feel if they saw it. She found support in her friend,
34:08Mark Aimee, who suggested Irwin fans sick their dangerous pets on the creators of the show in protest.
34:15Hey, Satan, you got a little problem.
34:17What?
34:18Somebody showed up in a crocodile hunter costume. It's really offending some of the other guests.
34:22Oh, jeez.
34:24Number 16. Sarah Jessica Parker
34:27One thing the creators of South Park have always stood by is their idea that anything and everything
34:33is fair game when it comes to comedy. No writer would take the time to make fun of Sarah Jessica Parker
34:39just because they think she's ugly. Yes, they would.
34:42So when female writers called them out for being mean about tearing into Sarah Jessica Parker over
34:47her looks, the two, once again, didn't hold back. The book is full of disgusting words and acts,
34:53including Sarah Jessica Parker, who is mentioned 465 times.
34:58Despite what anyone else thought, Parker herself never addressed the episode directly. Instead,
35:04in an interview with Stylist magazine, she commented on how people seem to think being mean is funny.
35:10She went on to add that personal versus professional criticism was uncivilized and vulgar.
35:17Well, obviously, I just think it's wrong to make fun of anybody's physical appearance.
35:21My wife is a beautiful woman, and I know that most people agree with me.
35:25Number 15. Mama June Shannon
35:28Shows like Toddlers and Tiaras and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo have received all kinds of criticisms
35:34regarding the depictions of their stars. Her favorite foods are skeddy and butter,
35:39and she likes drinking Red Bull and Mountain Dew. The latter has been the subject of countless
35:44commentary about the family's diet and lifestyle choices over the course of its four seasons.
35:49Come on, come on now, boo-boo. Now get up and wave to them judges. Given the type of language often used to
35:57describe the popular TLC program, there's a lot of irony in June Shannon's reaction to being satirized
36:03on South Park. During a TMZ appearance, she was asked what she thought of the parodies of her show.
36:09Taking some in stride, she wasn't a fan of how South Park took her on, saying,
36:13"...but just the way they portrayed the show, it was just… it was kind of trashy."
36:18Number 14. Bob Saget
36:21As the original host of America's Funniest Videos, Bob Saget's quips were subtle,
36:26and often bordered on some of the worst dad jokes out there.
36:30Now these next clips are all about coincidence. Now suppose at the moment that I opened my mouth,
36:34from somewhere in the background you heard, like, a rooster crow. That would be coincidence.
36:38Unless I worked on a poultry farm.
36:40Yet week after week, people would tune in to see what videos were coming next.
36:44Back in season one of South Park, Bob's gig as a host was parodied as Stan's grandfather watched
36:50America's Stupidest Home Videos. Grandpa Marsh loved the jokes,
36:54but the boys found them incredibly lame.
36:57Knock, knock. Bob. Bob Saget.
37:06This guy sucks!
37:07During a Reddit AMA, Bob Saget was asked about his portrayal on South Park.
37:11He responded by saying he loved how Grandpa laughed at his jokes.
37:15Comparing it to relationships, he said the parody felt good and hurt all at the same time.
37:20I come out and I look like, you know, Beavis and Butthead meets Frankenstein.
37:24Number 13. Martha Stewart
37:27Martha Stewart and her various shows have been depicted several times over the years on South Park.
37:33Back now with more on Martha Stewart Living.
37:35Her first appearance saw us learn about an unusual way to consume a Thanksgiving Day turkey,
37:40whereas a season 13 episode gave us one of the most creative ways to make use of paper and
37:45glitter crafts. Either way, much like Bob Saget, she also addressed her appearances on South Park
37:51during a Reddit AMA.
37:53Mrs. Stewart, we have some questions.
37:54Not right now. I just want to focus on my turkey.
37:57Her answer was quick and simple. I thought it was really cute. We're not sure if she saw
38:01both of these episodes, but we're guessing she thought they were a good thing.
38:05So now we're ready to go. Looks delicious. Let's try it out.
38:07Number 12. Sally Struthers
38:10Sally Struthers may have got her start on All in the Family, but she went on to become a spokesperson
38:16for ChildFund, a charity focused on helping children in third world countries. Her commercials
38:22would often air on television showing her amongst the kids. Hunger is an enemy that we all must fight.
38:28These children desperately need your support. South Park did their own story about children in Africa
38:34and featured an oversized Struthers who had been hoarding all of the donated food.
38:38Yes! Sally Struthers is holding food from us!
38:44Uh-oh.
38:46According to the season 1 DVD commentary, Struthers was a big fan of the show until this episode aired.
38:53It continues by saying she was so bothered by what she saw in the episode that she was emotionally
38:58distressed for days. People thought it was really mean to Sally Struthers and apparently Sally Struthers
39:03was a fan of South Park up until she saw this episode,
39:07and it really bummed her out and what we heard is that she cried for like days.
39:10Number 11. Nick Jonas
39:12To kick off season 13 of South Park, Kenny and his new girlfriend go off to see the Jonas Brothers in concert.
39:19Oh my god! It's that tingling again!
39:21Until then I have to diss you!
39:25The episode takes shots at the brothers by mentioning how they wear purity rings and are
39:30essentially servants to a maniacal Mickey Mouse.
39:33Well, well, maybe we'll just refuse to go on stage!
39:38During a 2016 Reddit Ask Me Anything, Nick Jonas admitted he wasn't a big fan of the episode when
39:44it originally came out. He said that he had so much going on when he was parodied that it was hard to
39:49find the humor in it. However, the episode has since grown on it.
39:58He finds it funny and has watched it several times since then. It's nice to see Nick Jonas
40:03being able to laugh at his younger self.
40:05Number 10. Cesar Millan
40:08In season 10's Tssst episode, Cartman's mom hires Cesar Millan as a trainer to try and get Cartman in line.
40:15Mom, this is degrading! Ah, god damn it!
40:18By treating him much like a dog, it doesn't take long for the celeb to make Cartman listen and behave.
40:24Oh, Eric, I'm very proud of you.
40:28Thank you?
40:29I love you, sweetie.
40:31Okay, mom, you're embarrassing me. Jeez.
40:33This entry is unique and that it's the only one on the list where the person being featured made their
40:38own YouTube reaction video for their episode. For the better part of almost 20 minutes, Cesar breaks
40:43down the different things the show did and said. The clothes that I'm wearing is exactly what I used to wear.
40:50He's more than complimentary to the creators and shows a genuine love for what they do.
40:55They did an incredible job of representing exactly, exactly what I do.
41:04Now, that is how you react to being on South Park.
41:07Number 9. Al Gore
41:10When Season 10's Man-Bear-Pig episode aired, it was intended to poke fun at how frequently Al Gore
41:16wanted to talk about climate change.
41:19Man-Bear-Pig?
41:20It is the creature which roams the Earth alone. It is half man, half bear, and half pig.
41:28The creators had no problem roasting how intense the politician got about his beliefs. Yet more than 10
41:34years later, they'd changed their minds and made an in-episode apology to Gore.
41:39Not real at all.
41:43During an appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Gore was asked about what he thought of his
41:48portrayal. Not only did he think his original episode was funny, but he praised the show for
41:53later acknowledging how real Man-Bear-Pig turned out to be. It was great to see Gore take everything
41:58in stride and appreciate what the show had done.
42:01I thought it was a hell of a statement by South Park, and I appreciated it a lot.
42:06Number 8. Russell Crowe
42:08You walked right through my shot, mate! Do you know who I am?
42:12Oh, excuse me, I was just…
42:14Never afraid to go after whomever was causing a stir in the real world,
42:18the folks at South Park took aim at gladiator star Russell Crowe.
42:22He loves to act, but he loves one thing more, fighting around the world.
42:26He'd been in the news several times due to his aggressive behavior. The writers took this to
42:31the nth degree and devoted an entire storyline, where they showed him as a person who just picks
42:36fights around the world.
42:37Oh, you wanna fight, huh? Think you can take me, you little buggers?
42:41When Crowe appeared on 60 Minutes, he was asked about his portrayal on the show. He was quick to
42:46compliment Parker and Stone for their work. Crowe also admitted that seeing himself in such an
42:51exaggerated manner actually got him to reflect on his own life.
42:55For me, a lot of it, you know, if there was something for me to learn from it,
42:59is the analogous thing, you know? Because I did think the whole thing was a fight. I did think
43:04my whole career was a struggle, you know? Judging from his statements, it seems as though seeing
43:10his depiction on South Park may have actually been therapeutic for the actor.
43:14Number seven, George R. R. Martin.
43:17It's the Red Wedding, isn't it? You hate how I killed everyone off!
43:20South Park once opted to do a three-part episode devoted to HBO's Game of Thrones. The epic comedy
43:27is set in and around Black Friday. During the story, the boys fight each other over access to
43:32the two new game consoles coming out that weekend. Part way, though, George R. R. Martin, the author of
43:38the books which inspired Game of Thrones, appears. He tries to help the boys with dragon knowledge,
43:43but keeps talking about one particular part of human anatomy.
43:47Stop, please! I can't take any more!
43:50But this is the best part!
43:51The real Martin is a fan of the show and largely likes his South Park portrayal,
43:56but he did have a hilarious and not exactly safe-for-work response indicating that he's
44:00actually obsessed with another physical feature of human beings.
44:04No matter how many times we talk about Randy Marsh as Lord, it still makes us laugh.
44:12Lord, we're all big fans of your music and we thank the world of you for staying and working
44:17here even after your music career took off.
44:19Well, my music and fluvial geomorphology are intertwined.
44:22But knowing what the singer herself thinks about it makes the plotline even better. At the start of
44:27season 18, we get a glimpse of Randy Marsh dressed up as Lorde singing.
44:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I am Lorde, yeah, yeah, yeah. Lorde, come in, Lorde, yeah, yeah, yeah.
44:37This turns into a story later on where we find out he's the real singer and is struggling to maintain
44:43his dual identities. My girls are big fans of your music, Lorde, but the women here aren't
44:48comfortable sharing a bathroom with… With what?
44:52During an interview and on her own social media outlets, Lorde gave praise for the show's
44:57portrayal of her. She even went as far as to do an impression of Randy doing his impression of her.
45:02Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm Lorde, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
45:04Lorde's meta compliment is a huge sign of her approval.
45:08Number 5. Barbara Streisand
45:11Way back, during the first season of South Park, the show decided to take aim at Barbara Streisand.
45:16I'm going where there's lucky clovers in the…
45:23Yeah, that sucks, dude.
45:24The show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, chose her mainly out of her distaste for their
45:29home state of Colorado, whom she had swore to never return to. After being portrayed in the episode
45:35Mecca Streisand, the singer responded with a fairly serious answer.
45:46Instead of simply taking the jab with a grain of salt, she called out their particular brand of satire.
45:51Streisand claimed shows like South Park add cynicism and negativity in our culture,
45:56especially in children. Stone and Parker clearly didn't take her comments too much to heart,
46:01because they continued to make fun of her. There she is, Tom. Barbara Streisand.
46:16My god, she's even more terrifying than I remembered.
46:18Number 4. Jennifer Lopez
46:20When 2003 rolled around and JLo made her first appearance on South Park, the singer-actress
46:27wasn't exactly a fan. But you don't have to ask me. You can ask my special guest,
46:32Ms. Jennifer Lopez. No way. Ms. Lopez, come on out here. Hello. Oh, Jesus Christ.
46:41My name is Jennifer Lopez. I eat tacos and burritos.
46:45Even prior to the episode's airing, it appeared that South Park co-creator Trey Parker had already
46:50gotten on her bad side after infamously wearing her dress to the 2000 Oscars. After season 7's
46:57Fat Butt and Pancake Head came along, the bad blood she had for the show and its creators seemed to
47:02intensify. That? That's what replaced me? I'm sure it was just a mistake. Only mistake was when this
47:07ghetto trash got signed in the first place. Shut your goddamn mouth. Parker and Stone had even heard that
47:12people were allegedly fired from the set of a JLo movie after repeating lines from the episode
47:18around her. We wouldn't recommend mentioning the show at all if you're ever around the pop star.
47:23Do you remember what I want to order? Three tacos, two tostadas, and a soda pop.
47:27Number 3. Kanye West
47:29Do you like fish sticks? Love them. You're a gay fish.
47:34Do you like fish sticks? Well, apparently Kanye West doesn't. You really don't get it.
47:44Hey man, I'm a genius, alright? I'm the most talented musician in the world.
47:48During a season 13 episode, Cartman and Jimmy come up with a silly joke about fish sticks that
47:54serves as a double entendre. Although everyone on earth is laughing at the joke, the only one who
48:00doesn't get it is Kanye West. Things went slightly differently in the real world when West responded
48:17to his portrayal with an all caps POST. During the post, he claimed he was working on some of
48:23the negative aspects of his personality and talked about the nature of celebrity. But West also
48:28complimented the show's creators and admitted to finding the show funny. It was weirdly inspiring
48:34to see the musician rolling with the punches. However, a lyric from his song, Gorgeous, may have
48:39indicated that he was still feeling bitter about the whole ordeal. We make him say, oh, cause the game's
48:45so pimpish. Choke a South Park writer with a fish stick. Number 2. Tom Cruise
48:51Elrond! It really is you. Oh, this is the greatest day of my life.
48:57South Park has made itself known as being willing to go after anyone, regardless of who they are.
49:03One of the most well-known reactions to an episode of the show came after season 9's
49:08Trapped in the Closet episode. The story poked fun at both Scientology and Tom Cruise.
49:13Tom, don't you think this has gone on long enough? It's time for you to come out of the closet.
49:19I'm not in the closet. Rumor has it that the actor was so offended by the episode that he threatened
49:24to pull his Mission Impossible 3 press tour unless the network agreed to not rerun the episode in
49:30question. Whether or not Cruise actually made this threat was irrelevant, because the original
49:37re-airing was pulled. It did make the air again, eventually, without issue, long after the heat of
49:43the actor controversy cooled down.
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50:071. Donald Trump South Park has gone after Trump before, but
50:15they went harder than ever in the season 27 opener with a Saddam Hussein twist.
50:20Hey, come on, you don't want me to bomb you like I did Iraq.
50:24I thought you just bombed Iran. Iran, Iraq, what the hell's the difference? Relax, guy!
50:28The White House wasn't amused responding, this show hasn't been relevant for over 20 years,
50:34and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.
50:40Well, this episode wound up being one of the most watched in years, so South Park is far from
50:47irrelevant. Trump returned in the following episode with a puppy-shooting Kristi Noem and pint-sized
50:53JD Vance. Noem fired back, it's so lazy, it constantly makes fun of women for how they look.
50:59Only the liberals and extremists do that. Vance avoided kicking the hornet's nest, simply posting,
51:09well, I've finally made it. Which parodied South Park celebrity do you want a response from?
51:15Let us know in the comments.
51:17What's this? It's a prescription for Lizzo. Rich people get olympic, poor people get body positivity.
51:29I can set up when I start get a tattoo, who feels She's chiffonetully's nest, and she
51:40does not give him any notion of how to approach it. In each a moment because she doesn't
51:46have a place to be worshipped so she doesn't have to come. Now that I 구 a place to go,
51:51so that it will never be the same thing that represents that she didn't!
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