Comedy Central's American adult animated sitcom "South Park" planned to focus on Bill Clinton becoming the first First Gentleman for the episode on Nov. 9, Wednesday. However, just hours after real-life Hillary Clinton conceded defeat to poll-defying Donald Trump win, the show experienced the best single-day rewrite ever and came up with "Oh, Jeez."
The show operates on a six-day production schedule to basically keep the satire as fresh as possible with series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone who are equal-opportunity satirists, according to the Los Angeles Times. Stone and Parker scrambled at the 11th hour, changed the episode to "Oh, Jeez" to depict the country's blindsided surprise and mourning, The Washington Post reported.
Mouths were agape all over "South Park" as the Marsh family and neighbors were silent like witnessing a national car crash. Randy Marsh declared: "A woman can be anything - except for president."
The show's current season is openly political, and with the victory of Trump, it puts a reluctant Mr. Garrison as the new President-Elect of the United States. The episode was supposedly "The Very First Gentleman" which promo released on Nov. 7, Monday, showed Bill Clinton making himself ready to visit South Park Elementary.
Mr. Garrison aka "Giant Douche" represents Trump's character. He was a former elementary school teacher who became a foul-mouthed presidential candidate.
When Garrison realized that his chances to the White House were becoming real, he started to destroy his own campaign for fear of destroying the country. In a presidential debate, he tried to ruin his bid for the presidency by telling the people to vote for Clinton.
"I am a sick, angry little man," Garrison said. "Please, if you care at all about the future of our country, vote for her."
"South Park" was not as assuming eight years ago. Following the day Barack Obama won the presidential race, it released "About Last Night." The episode was obviously adaptable to either Obama or John McCain win.
This time, the show sincerely expected Clinton to win. When it was not the case, the production was forced to adjust plans quickly. Comedy Central was able to meet the deadline, and released a second teaser that addressed Trump's victory on Nov. 9, Wednesday, prior to the show's airing.
Here is a scoop of Comedy Central's reworking the animated sitcom:
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