As many followers feared, it seems that we’re not getting a brand new episode of South Park this week.
After the present raised suspicions by failing to ship a promotional teaser yesterday, it was simply introduced that South Park might be taking yet one more week off. Why? In accordance with an announcement issued by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the duo merely “didn’t get it completed in time,” owing to their observe of churning out episodes on the “final minute.”
This delay is especially noteworthy contemplating that the subsequent episode might be the primary to air because the loss of life of Charlie Kirk, who was not too long ago parodied on the present in an episode that has now been yanked from Comedy Central. However, to be clear, Parker and Stone aren’t saying that this delay was attributable to something apart from manufacturing points.
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The announcement is genuinely stunning contemplating that Parker and Stone have traditionally been in a position to make even the tightest of tight deadlines. Maybe most famously, they have been compelled to fully re-write the episode “Oh, Jeez,” which aired the day after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton within the 2016 presidential election, a improvement that fully ruined their “First Gentleman” Invoice Clinton storyline.
South Park not making a deadline isn’t wholly unprecedented, though it’s solely occurred as soon as earlier than.
Again in 2013, the episode “Goth Youngsters 3: Daybreak of the Posers” was delayed by every week – not as a result of Parker and Stone couldn’t deal with their wacky schedule, it was on account of a blackout. “On Tuesday night time, South Park Studios misplaced energy,” Comedy Central introduced on the time. “From animation to rendering to modifying and sound, all of their computer systems have been down for hours they usually have been unable to complete episode 1704 ‘Goth Youngsters 3: Daybreak of the Posers’ in time for air tonight.”
The incident marked the primary time that the South Park group had ever “missed a deadline for a present,” Selection famous. “It sucks to overlook an air date,” Parker instructed the outlet. “However in any case these years of tempting destiny by delivering the present final minute, I suppose it was certain to occur.”
And in lieu of a brand new episode, Comedy Central aired a rerun of “Scott Tenorman Should Die” however with “live-tweets from the creatives.” And these posts additionally included some Blair Witch Undertaking-esque behind the scenes photographs of the crew of their pitch black workplaces.
It doesn’t appear as if Comedy Central is planning an X-along for no matter rerun finally ends up airing tonight.
