WEBVTT 1 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.559 So it's January eighth, twenty twenty six, allegedly according to 2 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.039 that thing we call a calendar. And I've gone live 3 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:25.280 here on a Thursday Thursday, about sixteen minutes after the 4 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:29.000 hour of eight pm Eastern, and I meant to go 5 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:31.839 live a little earlier, but it took a few minutes 6 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:34.679 to do this or that, and nobody's really keeping me 7 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.359 to a clock. And lately, I haven't done that many episodes, 8 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:41.079 so you're getting extra this week, and finally this will 9 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:43.159 make it four if we get through the Friday show 10 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:45.960 and one piece, but you know, one piece is an 11 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:50.439 assumption lately with me. Anyway, I got somebody with me 12 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.880 that has been requested that I've been looking forward to 13 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.960 and in fact was asking to join me before I 14 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.600 went to Dallas and all that, you know, nightmare ensued. 15 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.679 But quite frankly, it's better that we waited until now, 16 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.920 cause instantaneously we're gonna be able to cover two seasons 17 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:13.480 of South Park, which rapidly emerged, you know, from the 18 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.439 multi billion dollar deal over at Comedy Central. And I'm 19 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.560 really happy to have a guy who hasn't been all 20 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:22.640 that busy lately in the content world because he's been 21 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:27.640 busy personally. Pierce redmin Porkins back with me, and I'm 22 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:30.879 so glad, of course, go to Porkins Policy review dot com. 23 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.120 I think the website's still up right, Pier. 24 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:42.640 Theoretically, theoretically, everything is theoretical at this point. Yeah, so 25 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.120 I'm happy to have you with me. We haven't heard 26 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.560 from you in a while. So let's start off with 27 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:50.599 the most obvious question before we get into a deep 28 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:54.840 dive on South Park season twenty seven and twenty eight. 29 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.799 Yeah, we're going to skip over the politics of the 30 00:01:57.920 --> 00:01:58.560 day today. 31 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.920 We're gonna gep over the news because you know what, 32 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.400 let's just take a quick look at the headlines from 33 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.480 my AP email that I get, which usually gives me 34 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.599 a concise snapshot of the day's news, so to speak, 35 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.919 AP headlines for the same day we're recording this, and I'll, 36 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:15.240 you know what, I'll include them in. 37 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.800 The show notes live updates. 38 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.479 State investigators say they can't access Ice shooting evidence after 39 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:25.840 the FBI takes over the case. Minneapolis protesters vent their 40 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:30.000 outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman. Yep, that happened, 41 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.800 and it's still happening, and I reported on it last night. 42 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.000 But anyway, I want to know about the rules for 43 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.759 officers firing a at a moving vehicle. Now, AP is 44 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:40.800 going to write an article telling you how that's really 45 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:43.719 supposed to work, despite what you saw in the videotape, right, 46 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:51.000 videotape talking about an outmoded sort of way of describing something. Okay, Grandpa, 47 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.840 we will get off your lawn anyway. Judge blocks Trump 48 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:59.039 administration from purging DEI related terms from the head start 49 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:04.280 grant applicatations. Yeah, I paused for applause there. I know 50 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.400 we don't get any but that's okay. The judge disqualifies 51 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.919 the federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General 52 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:12.280 Letitia James. 53 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.159 You know, I thought that was already done. I guess not. 54 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:19.759 Anyhow, Hochel and Madamie unveil the free childcare plan in 55 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:23.520 New York City. White House is presenting Trump's balloon Project 56 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:27.680 for a review months after construction began. Oh, excuse me, 57 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:32.240 balloon project. I misspoke ballroom. But either way, does it 58 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.560 matter clowns and their balloon animals? It is what it is. 59 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:41.520 Keep watching Justice departments sues Connecticut and Arizona as part 60 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:45.120 of an effort to get voter data from the states. 61 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:48.400 So the state of the state is as usual and 62 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:49.919 we're not covering none of it today. 63 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:55.400 Like I said, south Park season twenty seven and twenty eight, 64 00:03:55.479 --> 00:04:00.879 that's the most recent ones, awfully controversial, and they decided 65 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.560 to actually hit Trump, which they hadn't done for years 66 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:10.280 since they introduced the disastrous characters switch and compilation character 67 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:15.639 or composite of a Garrison becoming Trump temporarily, which they 68 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:18.720 did not at During one of the episodes where you know, 69 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:22.079 the town spoke decided to break down Garrison's door to 70 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.000 be like, what the hell are you doing to our country? 71 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.720 And he goes, hey, I'm sitting here watching White Lotus 72 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:27.600 with my boyfriend. 73 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.160 Go away. 74 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:30.839 So that's how they wrote that out of the show. 75 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.319 But anyhow, you know, first of all, Pierce, how you doing? 76 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:37.920 But second, I mean, you know, how you doing with this? 77 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:42.000 How you doing with everything? But I'll let you start 78 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:44.920 off the South Park discussion for twenty seven and twenty 79 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:46.800 eight because I got a lot to say and I've 80 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.160 been holding it all back to do this with you, 81 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:50.439 So go ahead. 82 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:55.120 Well I'm good, Chuck, I'm glad to finally be doing 83 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.560 this has been a long time in the making, many 84 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.399 emails back and forth. I was just trying to I 85 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:03.639 feel like we had must have had eight or nine 86 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:07.560 emails just just setting this up, not even just talking 87 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:11.600 about what wanting to do this. But good, I am. 88 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:15.800 I enjoyed this season. I was, you know, I just 89 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:21.120 had to kind of like remind myself of all the episodes. 90 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.560 I think it was good. I didn't just from a 91 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.240 like I don't know, a technical programming standpoint, I did 92 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:34.600 not understand why it was two short seasons of five 93 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:39.560 episodes that just seemed really bizarre. I don't understand, you know, 94 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:43.639 how they've they went from doing I don't know, thirteen 95 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.279 or more episodes in a season. I mean I think 96 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:51.319 in the past they must have put out many more, right, 97 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.079 and you know, still on the same kind of crazy schedule. 98 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:57.480 So I didn't understand that. I didn't love that. 99 00:05:57.720 --> 00:05:59.759 But well, here's the wild thing. 100 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:00.879 I enjoyed it. 101 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.680 Wait, let's pause right there, because this is a serious consideration. 102 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:10.120 You have two five episode seasons, which is completely bizarre 103 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.040 and seems like it's the minimum and most minimum of 104 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.639 work because it used to be twenty some odd and 105 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:21.199 then when things went to the streaming platforms. It became 106 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.920 the ten episode package, which a lot of television shows 107 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.000 have now gone to, right, because it's just it's the 108 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:28.959 new medium, it's. 109 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:30.120 The way it is now. 110 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.639 South Park still runs on Comedy Central, but is also 111 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:37.680 part of streaming deals. And indeed, before this season even 112 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.000 kicked off and the premiere episode happened, we got to 113 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:45.759 hear that these guys are getting two billion dollars okay 114 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:49.680 to deliver a certain amount of episodes. So let's rewind 115 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.199 it back to there. They're getting multiple billions of dollars 116 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.519 and some people thought they would get nothing. Because this 117 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:59.759 is exactly at the same time that CBS and Paramount 118 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:03.839 are struggling with guess what the whole you know what, 119 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.240 they're canceling Cobert, they're giving into pressure from Trump, you know, 120 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:13.920 so they're deciding to placate the administration, give in pay 121 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.920 a fine or pay you know, their bribe money so 122 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:19.160 that they can get a deal done to sell it 123 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.720 to some of Trump's friends. That's you know, the big 124 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:26.720 Paramount uh you know, chunk of the multimedia pie. And 125 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:33.920 now there's this massive you know again, conglomeration happening where 126 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:37.439 a whole bunch of different media assets are coming together 127 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.399 to form the you know, the various borg entities, if 128 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.199 you will, of just sort of media in general. Right, 129 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.639 So you got the news corporations combining with the streaming platforms, 130 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:53.240 combining with the old school television assets combining, combining, combining 131 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:56.360 with a movie company, et cetera. And now it's like 132 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:59.560 a one stop shop for all sorts of entertainment. Plus 133 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.079 we're gonna offer you various packages a la carte. Just 134 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.319 keep paying us ten bucks ten bucks and you'll not 135 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.240 even recognize yourself cutting the cord from a few years 136 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:09.639 ago and. 137 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:10.920 Get rid of your cable. Right. 138 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:15.040 So there's that happening. And in the midst of this, 139 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.399 South Park gets a two billion dollar deal. The creators 140 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.600 of now in the past, they were renowned for having 141 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.120 a one week let's get this straight, a one week 142 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:32.000 turnaround from no episode to fully completed, arable episode, which is, 143 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.120 you know, twenty eight minutes for a thirty eight or 144 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.440 twenty four minutes or twenty six minutes depending on format 145 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.440 for a half hour alleged TV show. And they would 146 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.759 turn these around fast in a week. And they were quick. 147 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:47.960 They were the best at it. They only missed one 148 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.440 deadline because the power went out, and like the whole 149 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.360 state where they did the damn show. But other than that, 150 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.759 they were always fast. They came up with stuff. Now 151 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:00.200 here's the other thing. The quality of this program. It 152 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.679 changed because you and I even sort of lost interest. 153 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.600 We were starting to examine the seasons by season, right, 154 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.799 and then the season sucked so bad that you and 155 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.080 I were kind of like, there's nothing here to even discuss. 156 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:19.279 This is like a shell of its former self. And 157 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:22.320 the South Park creators even went on a social media 158 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.320 campaign to get the show canceled, where they were, you know, 159 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:27.879 it's one of those are they serious or not, which 160 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.279 you're always asking with these two guys, Matt and Trey, 161 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:34.519 where they were like hashtag cancel south Park. They wanted out, 162 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:38.200 it seemed like. But then they dangled two billion dollars. 163 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:41.720 And they've been through a couple of machinations regarding this 164 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:46.639 with HBO and you know, the MTV networks and again 165 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.519 the multimedia companies that are you know, trying to dip 166 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.120 their fingers in it. And they made a deal to 167 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.639 make you know, so many episodes with the streaming platform 168 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:59.840 and simultaneously made a deal with what would ostensibly be 169 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:04.519 separate company and did weird breakups of their seasons before this, 170 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.159 and they still had a quick turnaround. And mind you, 171 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:11.120 when you look at a show like Family Guy. I'm 172 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:12.960 sure you know this, Pierce, but when you look at 173 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.159 a show like Family Guy, this is you know, real 174 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.679 media information. When you're breaking it down, it takes them 175 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:25.639 eighteen months to create that same half hour show. Okay, 176 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:30.679 so you know they were rapid, They were fast, and 177 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.440 their jokes were fast paced up until a couple of 178 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.000 years ago when some people argued that their writing got lazy, 179 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.120 they were overpaid, and now they were being paid, you know, 180 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:43.240 huge hundreds of millions of dollars from two different media 181 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:48.720 companies to create one product. And people were like, ah, 182 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:50.679 that's it, it's over with. You know, it's going to 183 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:52.879 be crap. It's going to turn into the Simpsons where 184 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:54.679 they just let it stay on the air but it's 185 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:59.639 not really that interesting anymore, you know, et cetera. And 186 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:01.759 then we come out of it and they go with 187 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:04.919 the biggest deal ever two billion. I mean, who gets 188 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.720 two billion dollars for a cartoon? 189 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.480 So I want to say that it's it's two billion 190 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.519 it's like it's a deal beyond just the their current 191 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:20.120 TV show. I think there's movies or other other media projects. 192 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.960 But yeah, it is still like it's an insane amount 193 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.120 of mind. I mean that's probably you know, the GDP 194 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.639 of some small countries. 195 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:32.000 Yeah, definitely. And it's billionaires. 196 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.879 So these guys are billionaires off of the new contract. 197 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:37.360 Plus you know, the other twenty five years they've been 198 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:41.559 doing this because well almost thirty, right, because they started 199 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.480 in ninety seven, you know, and this is thirty years 200 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:48.799 of work. These guys have made a lot of money. 201 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:51.840 And like I said, some people were saying, maybe they 202 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.279 made too much money because there's no motivation left. 203 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.120 Now. 204 00:11:55.240 --> 00:12:00.919 It's strange because it's almost bipricaded here the motivation that 205 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.039 we see happen because now it's like we're going to 206 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.519 do the bare minimum. We're going to call this two 207 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:10.279 seasons of South Park, even though it's ten episodes total, right, 208 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.240 And like I said, at the same time, when the 209 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.159 whole rest of the media company and the corporations that 210 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:19.679 are paying them and promoting them, et cetera, et cetera, 211 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:23.279 or giving in to the Trump administration and literally being 212 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:27.639 bought by Ellipson and Friends, okay, which is now going 213 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:32.240 to include TikTok and Netflix and everything. It's weird that 214 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.919 they even keep these guys on because they're bashing the 215 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:39.879 people that are, you know, getting bribed to not bash people. 216 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:42.799 So that seemed to be a contradiction. 217 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.480 And then, like I said, they start to pump these 218 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:48.639 things out and it gets weird right away because remember 219 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.639 the premiere was delayed, right, It was supposed to premiere 220 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:54.720 on a certain date and they said, oh, sorry, we 221 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:57.759 can't do it, and then people were speculating what was happening. 222 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.240 So you remember all this too in the beginning of 223 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:07.080 season twenty seven. M okay, So I'm just trying to 224 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.919 recap everything. 225 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.120 But what do you think I'm trying to remember? 226 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:17.080 Yeah, I mean, I well, I guess, I mean, what 227 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:20.600 did you think did you think it was? I thought 228 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.399 it was okay, I thought it was probably I don't 229 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:27.039 know that some of the previous Sea like, I can't 230 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:33.600 even remember season twenty six really right, or twenty five. 231 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.799 I didn't really remember either of those except for just 232 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:36.759 sort of hating them. 233 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.720 I thought this one was slightly better. 234 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.639 It was a little bit it was certainly more focused Yeah, 235 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:49.759 we were finally out of Randy's weed farm, which I 236 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:51.480 was a welcome change. 237 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:56.320 And I liked that they I mean, I liked that 238 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:59.879 they went after Trump and particularly JD. Vance. 239 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.679 I thought, you know, it's like I know that they 240 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:05.279 had stayed away from it and they did the Garrison 241 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.039 stuff which in the early, the early days, I liked that. 242 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:12.039 I liked that whatever the first term of Trump deficted 243 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.840 on South Park. I thought some of those were really funny. 244 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:16.720 With the member barriers, I thought that was really clever. 245 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.039 Uh and you know they were really kind. 246 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:24.200 Of like hitting something. But I you know, I. 247 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:29.720 Mean, he's become him and his adenustration and becomes so outrageous. 248 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:35.759 I mean, I'm sure you noticed today that RFK Junior 249 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.360 and others have literally done something from South Park and 250 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:42.840 they flipped the food pyramid, which is the South Park. 251 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.200 There's a whole episode of I think it's the Gluten 252 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.960 Free Ebola where you know, they they they flip the 253 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.720 food pyramid and they want everyone to be eating butter. 254 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.840 And you know what I mean, that's what. 255 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:59.200 The uh you know, the White House and others have 256 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:03.000 done is flip the food pyramids. So I mean it's 257 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.919 it is outrageous. 258 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:05.440 I don't know. 259 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.720 I thought this one was like funny. I liked it. 260 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.919 I didn't think it was there were times where I 261 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.559 wish they went they went a little bit further with 262 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:22.519 some of the critiques and and they were I didn't 263 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:27.639 care so much about some of. 264 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:27.879 The d. 265 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.840 I don't know. 266 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.519 I feel like they could have really they couldn't have 267 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.840 found of Pete has that more than they did. Like 268 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.440 it was it was okay, but it wasn't. I don't know, 269 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:40.440 so I was. I have mixed feelings about it. 270 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.279 But overall, you looked that they they did take on 271 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.519 a lot of. 272 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:48.159 These these topics, although I don't think they quite succeeded. 273 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.039 I don't know. 274 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.960 What do you think, job, Well, here's what I see 275 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:57.559 is that, uh, they finally returned to stacking things together, 276 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:01.759 which they hadn't done for years, where there were multi 277 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:05.600 layer jokes and there are multi layer jokes where I 278 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:08.919 think it was a lot faster paced, The writing was thicker, 279 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.279 and I don't think it's because they turned to the 280 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:16.960 two week turnaround, which was another weird development that seemed 281 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:19.720 to happen in real time. It was sort of like, oh, sorry, 282 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.960 we're now going to two weeks because we just couldn't 283 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.240 get an episode done for the first time, not on 284 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.639 time in a while, again even bringing up themselves the 285 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:32.559 power outage. But then it became the way these things 286 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:34.840 were going to be released is every two weeks, and 287 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:38.799 you finally figure out that the reason for that is, well, 288 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:42.080 they only got five episodes, so they got to spread 289 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.799 them out. You know, how do you spread five episodes 290 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.399 across ten weeks, Well, you release one every other week 291 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.000 and you get people used to that, and they did 292 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:53.399 that without being honest about it. But at the same time, 293 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:57.240 the writing got thicker. So I'm not sure if the 294 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.240 change in pace for every two weeks was to give 295 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.720 them more time to flesh things out or not, because 296 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.880 it seemed like they were very much on time for 297 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.079 what was topical, But at the same time they were 298 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:13.559 planting other tropes so that these things won't just you know, 299 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:19.440 become irrelevant when you stream them later. Although the callbacks 300 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:23.559 to certain things like now basically transposing the Saddam Hussein 301 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:29.839 character into Donald Trump is hilarious, you know, because that's 302 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.079 the only character they ever turned around and used the 303 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.920 guy's real head right that I remember, at least, I mean, 304 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:39.640 they did it to what he called the guy from 305 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:45.160 night Rider. What's his name again, remember the guy who 306 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.799 was like, oh Hasselhoff, Right, they did that to him 307 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.519 in the first season, right, they put him on Garrison's 308 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:55.720 body after he had the nose job. But outside of that, 309 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.440 they never had a running character that acted and did 310 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:01.279 the whole weird facial shift thing. 311 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.880 They're doing the. 312 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:08.319 Trump except Saddam Hussein, right, who again was Satan's lover, 313 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.960 which yeah, and they're using the same voice, the same 314 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:15.200 flappy headed thing, and he behaves the same with the 315 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:21.319 whole relax guy, which you know is too funny. So 316 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.400 but but they didn't let off on anything. It was 317 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:27.839 sort of like they definitely kept their foot on the 318 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:32.240 gas the way I see it, even you know, hitting on. 319 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.119 And I'll play a quick sound clip here where they 320 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:37.480 hit on. We'll both mute up and just take a 321 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.599 listen to this because in the first episode I think 322 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:44.720 it is, or no, maybe it's a second episode, because okay, 323 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:48.720 first episode is Sermon on the Mount and then second episode, Yeah, 324 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:50.680 this has got to be from the second episode. 325 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:53.319 Got a nut is the name of that one? 326 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:55.680 Because what do you call it? Mister mackiw You know, 327 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:00.839 that guy is now fired as school counts, but he 328 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.319 can go get another job with Ice. So he goes 329 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:06.480 and gets a job with Ice. And I find it 330 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:11.720 hilarious because it's like every loser character possible from past 331 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:15.039 season shows up in the waiting room at ICE and 332 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.440 Mackie's waiting to go in to go interview for the job. 333 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:20.720 And that's the clip I'm about to play. So let's 334 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:24.079 take a listen to that, just real fast. As Mackie 335 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:26.880 gets introduced and inducted into Ice. 336 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.440 Let's come up, yes, right right here. 337 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:37.680 Now, Remember this episode is got a nut because it's 338 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.680 all about he's got to pay his monthly expenses and 339 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.480 he's trying to figure that out. And again the guy 340 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:45.480 at the bank even says go to Ice and get 341 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.880 a job. So even the lady doing the inductions comes 342 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:51.799 out with a mask over her face, which is a 343 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:55.279 continuous running joke every time Ice shows up. Everybody's masked, 344 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:58.960 you know. And again it's all these loser characters from 345 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:01.240 the past. The guy was and you know, make Love 346 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:05.000 not Warcraft or whatever, Make Warcraft not Love or whatever. 347 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:09.839 That guy they brought in, you know, the loser kid 348 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.839 from the fast food restaurant, you know, one of the 349 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.759 Karens from one of. 350 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.680 The earlier episodes. 351 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.720 They brought all these people back and inducted all of 352 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:21.000 them into ICE along with Mackie. So the ladies bringing 353 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.839 him into the you know, in for the job interview, 354 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.839 and here it goes. 355 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:31.519 Have a say, so what makes you want to work 356 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:36.039 for immigration enforcement? Will you see? I got a nut? 357 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.480 All right, you'll hire it? 358 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:39.359 Takes this to the next station for your physical and 359 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.359 orientation video. 360 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.799 Was that that's it? 361 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:51.759 You will now watch an orientation video featuring the director 362 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:53.000 of Homeland Security. 363 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:57.000 Okay, so Mackie now has taken in. That's it, you 364 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.599 got a job. And there's the joke about they're hiring 365 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:01.559 anybody and everybody to be part of the. 366 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:03.240 ICE raids, right uh. 367 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:06.279 And here we get they don't mention her by this name, 368 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.279 but I love the name that's out there on the 369 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:12.240 internet where they call her Ice Barbie Christy Nome. Oh 370 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:16.000 is you know doing the introduction video? So the orientation 371 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:20.000 video is now on. Everybody's got like their their little 372 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:22.559 uh you know, uniforms and stuff already in their hands, 373 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.640 all folded up, and now they're sitting down for the 374 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:34.279 UH for the induction video, Welcome to the team recruits. 375 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.240 I'm Christy Noans. 376 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:40.160 I'm head of Homeland Security. 377 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:42.279 A few years ago, I had to put my pupsy 378 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.000 down by shooting it in the face, because sometimes doing 379 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:47.240 what's important means doing what's hard. 380 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:56.240 Now, this is this is one of my favorite continuous 381 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:59.519 running jokes from the first couple of episodes, which is 382 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:02.839 christ Gnome shows up Iceman's you know, pull up screech 383 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:06.200 to a halt. She jumps out and immediately starts shooting 384 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:10.200 any small dog she finds around because very famously she 385 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:14.799 shot her dog in the face because she couldn't train it. 386 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:16.440 And you know, one of those things where it's like, 387 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.079 that's a great character trait. 388 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:22.000 Let's make her, you know, Department of Homeland Security official 389 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:24.599 and put her in charge of ICE. And people have 390 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:27.079 talked about how she's going on social media with the 391 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:30.160 you know, with the body armor on and you know, 392 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:33.319 like as if she's some sort of stormtrooper, like I'm 393 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:37.839 here leading ICE and so this character is pretty pretty 394 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.759 close to real life. 395 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.759 But I love this because Mackie's like, oh my good, 396 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:51.240 they're shooting dogs anyway, because detaining and questioning. 397 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.400 People never. 398 00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:03.039 Just keep shooting the dog and ain'ven better is after 399 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:05.039 she's on the street. Now they put her in a 400 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:07.920 bathtub where she's got like wine and candles around in 401 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:10.119