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New ‘South Park’ Episode Mocks Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ad, Depicts Town ‘Infested’ By Billionaires Obsessed With Joe Rogan’s Podcast

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The episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media.

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  1. ‘South Park’ Season 29 Episode 2 Start Time, Preview And How To Watch

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  2. Watch ‘South Park’ season 29, episode 2 for free: Butters takes on AI billionaires

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    New ‘South Park’ Episode Mocks Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ad, Depicts Town ‘Infested’ By Billionaires Obsessed With Joe Rogan’s Podcast

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  1. Forbes

    ‘South Park’ Will Target ‘Stupid Billionaires’ And Data Centers In New Episode (opens Forbes)

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    A new episode of “South Park,” which renamed itself to “South America” as an apparent dig at President Donald Trump, will skewer “stupid billionaires” and the AI data centers they want to build.

  2. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘South Park’ and Butters Take on AI Data Centers in Latest Episode (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The logline for this week's episode of the Comedy Central series, now renamed 'South America' for its 29th season, points to a tech-world takedown.

  3. Deadline

    New ‘South Park’ Takes On Data Centers And The Billionaires Who Build Them (opens Deadline)

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    While President Trump was holding a press conference at the White House this morning and extolling the AI-related work of Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, a promo for tomorrow night’s South Park episode dropped. It was less salutary.

  4. Forbes

    ‘South Park’ Season 29 Episode 2 Start Time, Preview And How To Watch (opens Forbes)

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    Season 29 of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s "South Park," aka "South America," returns this week with its second episode after pulling in big numbers in its season premiere.

  5. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Watch ‘South Park’ season 29, episode 2 for free: Butters takes on AI billionaires (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Butters returns in tonight's "South Park" (aka "South America") season 29, episode 2 with a major dig at AI data centers. Find out how you can watch free using these streaming deals.

  6. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    You can watch 'South Park' season 29 'Billionaire Weenietown' for free tonight. Here's how (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    South Park is back, and it's just as offensive and shocking as ever. Here's how to watch to watch the second episode of season 29.

  7. Deadline

    ‘South Park’: Trump’s Animated Penis Flies Away In Deepfake Clip Roasting “Billionaire Of Weenietown” Amid Data Center Infestation (opens Deadline)

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    As the human race braces for possible extinction amid the AI age, South Park resurrected its deepfake Trump to roast the “billionaire of Weenietown.” On Wednesday’s episode, Butters discovers Billionaire Weenietown in his literal backyard, a tiny kingdom of anthropomorphic disembodied penises who ar…

  8. Variety

    ‘South Park’ Goes After Billionaires, Data Centers, Anti-Vaxxers and Trump in Phallic-Filled New Episode (opens Variety)

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    In the second episode of “South Park” (or, rather, “South America”) Season 29, an impassioned Butters sets out to rid South Park of “billionaire weenies” — which, as it turns out, are literal penises — when their data centers start getting in the way of him and his favorite thing: Dr. Pimple Popper.

  9. Forbes

    New ‘South Park’ Episode Depicts Town ‘Infested’ By Billionaires Obssessed With Joe Rogan’s Podcast (opens Forbes)

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    The episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media.

  10. The Guardian

    South Park has ​​AI datacentres​, sentient penises ​and a billionaire problem – in more ways than one (opens The Guardian)

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    ​M​att Parker and Trey Stone t​ake aim at the obscenely wealthy ​in the latest episode – but it feels harder now to forget how wealthy they are A little over a year ago, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone renewed their deal with Paramount after a contentious negotiation that held up prod…

  11. Forbes

    New ‘South Park’ Episode Mocks Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ad, Depicts Town ‘Infested’ By Billionaires Obsessed With Joe Rogan’s Podcast (opens Forbes)

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    The episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media.

  12. Rolling Stone

    ‘South Park’ Skewers ‘Weenie’ Billionaires and Data Centers on Latest Episode (opens Rolling Stone)

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    AI Donald Trump and his "teeny tiny" weenie also return to " South America "

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