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The 21st season of 'South Park' premiered on Wednesday and, as the show usually does, touched on multiple current topics.

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00:00The 21st season of South Park premiered on Wednesday, and as the show usually does, it touched

00:05on multiple current topics. The episode, titled White People Renovating Houses, mostly skewered

00:10the white nationalist movement. But it was another aspect of the storyline that triggered some

00:14viewers' smart speakers and had them tweeting about it. Both Alexa and Google Home were featured

00:19in the episode. As the cartoon characters were shown yelling at their cartoon speakers for 30

00:24minutes, the commands wreaked havoc on some actual Alexa and Google Home models. As one

00:29Twitter user put it,

00:30One viewer even had to resort to unplugging Alexa. This South Park episode has set my

00:40Amazon Alexa off about 15 times so far. And unfortunately for some viewers, the after effects

00:45may be felt for some time. South Park nailed it tonight. In other news, I have an erroneous

00:50alarm set for 7 a.m. and a set of hairy balls on my shopping list. So, was this all done

00:55on purpose? Well, it is South Park. It's also worth noting that the episode appeared

00:59to be a one-off, which is what creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker told The Hollywood Reporter

01:03they were thinking of going back to, after last season struggled with an overarching storyline

01:08involving a Trump-like character. Plus, Cartman's girlfriend was back, which Parker mentioned

01:12to THR as a possibility. For more on the new season of South Park, check out THR.com. And

01:18let me know what you thought of the premiere in the comments. For The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:21I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:22I'm Tiffany Taylor.