Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Filthy Puppet Movie | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

(Original Air Date: 10/13/04) Matt Stone and Trey Parker explain puppet sex vs. love, their feud with Michael Moore, and their struggles with the MPAA while making "Team America: World Police".
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[@BAGAKOOS]

Me and 3 of my friends went go see this in theatres. We were in 7th grade at the time, and my friends dad bought us all tickets and then he left us there to watch it. There was only 3 other people in the theatre who left after about 15 mins. It was the funniest thing in the world to us. We pretty much laughed / cried the entire time. After that we went back home and played Diablo 2 all night. Good times!

[@jackiechan6460]

Sounds like a dream.

[@Occel0t575]

Damn those are good memories

[@erikgiles4171]

Ah diablo 2. Those were the days

[@Hodgy14]

The symmetry between this story and bigger longer uncut with asses of fire is unreal 😂 the absolute dream

[@rustyyoung7980]

Sounds like the perfect childhood! Awesome dad, too! Diablo 2 was amazing, so was LOD!

[@73685]

This is a great interview from two notoriously sarcastic and comedically combative figures; Conan had them laughing and acting like writers in a writing room, all while asking interesting and engaging questions. Pure gold.

[@DickMotorman69]

What? I've never seen them give anything even close to a 'combative' interview 🤨

[@crystaltristani5403]

What is this

[@crystaltristani5403]

What the fuck

[@ifalone]

@@crystaltristani5403 its a comment, just like mine :)

[@TheHippyProductions]

Ikr theyll bailout talentless hacks like kimmel or fallon forever but god forbid conan gets to do his own thing until retirement

[@spartan2451]

“But co-nan, you watched our movie, we laughed together.” 😂😂

[@simono.954]

"WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!" - Conan

[@pony3284]

*proceeds to jump out the window*

[@MetalMeltdown210]

*Conan lands on car, then some guy locks car

[@gilpinsteven]

I watched Team America on the 4th of July this year (2023) and I swear it gets funnier every time. One of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen.

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

We always watch it on 4th of July AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!

[@DamTheKid]

Damnit Gary!

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Every 4th of July! With steaks, hot dogs, whiskey, and explosions! I promise, I will never die.

[@patches8291]

I PROMISE I WILL NEVER DIE!

[@callmeshaggy5166]

My favorite story about this film was how it started as originally wanting it to be a shot-for-shot copy of The Day After Tomorrow with puppets and released the day before. The heavy score, everything. They didn't find a studio to go along so they changed it to the Team America/Thunderbirds story.

[@rockerseven]

I heard that they wanted to do a shot for shot remake of Armageddon. Of course, Trey and Matt aren't always serious lol

[@callmeshaggy5166]

@@rockerseven that was just a joke for this segment. The DAT script got leaked and they thought there's no way they actually go through with such a campy setting for a serious movie. Like imagine DAT with puppets. It's right up their alley.

[@patrickmanion9646]

True story: My brother Greg (who passed away this year) was one of the main puppeteers on this film. (I think he did Hans Brix, IIRC). He told me about how they came up with the puppet fight scenes where the marionettes would just flail absurdly. Also he confirmed that Stone and Parker hated how long it took to film the puppet scenes, as they were used to doing the quickly edited South Park animation, whereas filming marionette work took ages.

[@FreejackVesa]

Sorry to hear about your brother, my condolences. The funniest thing to me about the "Hans Brix" is that they are clearly mocking Hans Blix, a real person who in decades past was well known for being the guy who would go investigate nuclear disasters and weapons at the highest level. I know it's a cheap joke but he's called Hans Brix because Kim Jong-Il couldn't pronounce Blix.

[@JonOfTheDead23]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I hope your brother knew how much joy he brought to people with those characters. I've seen the movie a hundred times and I still laugh my ass off every time.

[@Uno-mv7wz]

Sorry to hear your loss :( This movie is the funniest puppet movies ever. But the filtiest goes to Peter Jackson´s Meet the Feebles :D :)

[@thelostone6981]

Matt Berry reading Stone’s memo to the mpaa is a must in my opinion.

[@mkultra2456]

Who the hell is Matt Berry?

[@1035pm]

@@mkultra2456you are missing out. Look him up.

[@robertodonnell8693]

@@mkultra2456 Mr. & Mrs. Berry's son

[@mkultra2456]

@ Is he a pdf?

[@harveyquinn7961]

Would love to see both of them on the podcast they had a good chemistry

[@vrtexxradiation]

*have

[@simonfea2]

These guys work so hard and are so smart. Every South Park episode is great. Just everything they do is great.

[@DreamConundrum]

I saw the preview for this movie when it came out and I was never more motivated in my life to see something in the theater.

[@DigiRangerScott]

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!

[@Ashley_Rayn]

One of my favorite matt and trey interviews!

[@masterofallgoons]

Get Matt and Trey on the podcast!

[@jkap34]

They can make a puppet version of Hanz und Franz the girlyman dilemma!

[@skyluke9476]

They would hit it off so well! They are all geniuses who play the dumb man pretending to be a smart man. You know they would fit together because having a different dog in each cut of a camera would be the most Conan thing to do. I just hear him going “you know these are different dogs right?”

[@trikkerman1]

Me and this woman I was seeing both went and watched this movie at the theater while on shrooms. I laughed so hard that snot came out of my nose.

[@merkabah2]

lmao nice

[@Trav1982]

I have had this on VHS and DVD back before I joined the Army in 2005. I watched in Iraq all the time. All-time great comedy

[@brandobjj]

both of their shoes are dirty af. I love it.

[@tvviewer4500]

They need to do a team America prequel: Iran Contra - the 80s would be great

[@KelleneHubbard-dz4gt]

Matt and Trey are Genius 😍 Congratulations 😊

[@agent481989]

Saw this at 14 or 15 in theaters with my 3 older brothers. Loudest laughter I've ever heard in a theater!

[@dreamstever]

One of the funniest movies ever made

[@RicardoZambrana]

"But you loved our movie, Conan. We watched it together, don't you remember?"

[@DaveyLightStorm]

Hard to believe that this interview is 20 years old

[@NecrosisXIII]

Conan throwing some black metal vocals 6:12

[@jeebleswatch3785]

Finally this clip in HD!

[@jackiechan6460]

My dad hated this movie, and that was a point in our relationship I realized I'll never be close to the man 😂.

[@missk159]

My dad owns it on DVD and we quote it regularly 😂

[@IzzySoDope]

Thx for uploading this 😂💯

[@da3855]

I have a very vague memory of watching this movie years ago. I thought it was a fever dream.

[@kristianwilley7289]

THESE GUYS ARE SO TALENTED

[@rockerseven]

I can't believe this film is almost 20 years old lol

[@Czechbound]

There are 2 movies that I have laughed hard from the beginning to the end. And Team America World Police is one of them. It's GENIUS !

[@vovahimself]

What’s the other one?

[@Czechbound]

@@vovahimself The first Borat movie. I was crying with laughter from beginning to end.

[@vovahimself]

@@Czechbound that makes total sense

[@Czechbound]

@@vovahimself What movies make you laugh from beginning to end ?

[@vovahimself]

@@Czechbound these two are among them lol. Frankly now that I’m 38 I can’t remember a film I watched in the last decade that did.

[@erikgiles4171]

Two geniuses

[@straydawg2035]

Conan has obviously never seen "Meet the Feebles" if he thinks "Team America World Police" is the filthiest puppet movie ever.

[@marcen12]

I was going to say this. Props.

[@dreamquesttv]

I saw Meet the Feebles and I don't remember a puppet shitting in another puppet's face.

[@shonuff4323]

God I love these two. Living American legends.

[@Gabriel_J33]

Creative people are so strange, almost always have a child like demeanor

[@cactusfat]

It's because they're mentally ill, they mire themselves in silliness to dull the edges

[@janhoggart]

Those were fun times on those old writer's desks at Clarksdale, for sure.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Also the first guest Matt & Trey didn't get bumped for was Seth Meyers 🤣

[@joeybellavance9844]

I laughed so hard at the movies at that scene lol

[@Ben-Downlow.]

Please please please please make a sequel..... please 🙏

[@Oldmangamess]

I bet the Chiodo Brothers would happily come back to do all the puppet stuff again.

[@nak3dxsnake]

If you go long enough without watching the opening will still fool you sometimes. This is one of those movies that was cult classic the day hit theatres. As an American this is peak comedy.

[@asmrbuddha9033]

They saved the shit out of Paris

[@RomyAndMichelle]

4:03 I’m still surprised by the “we strongly believe in guns” comment. Didn’t think they were gun people.

[@patreekotime4578]

I think they were just trolling Moore.

[@PRdeSO]

We need a goddamn sequel to Team America: World Police

[@taracarroll4218]

I think they contemplated it, but the first movie was too hard to make. I mean, we only saw the finished product while they experienced the long process of multiple retakes when things didn't work.

[@morgana_vr]

Matt and Trey are just an iconic duo. like Mario and Luigi, or Scooby and Shaggy

[@DraculaTepes420]

Imagine a sequel 🇺🇸 I think we should still get one that'd be..... amazing.

[@johng6565]

I know, it's too bad they've pretty much sworn they never will because making TeamAmerica almost killed them. I also wish Matt and Trey didn't hate BASEketball because I love that movie and would love to see a sequel

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Never forget guys: there are THREE types of people!

[@cody3335]

Would love to see these three write something together.

[@Tian.S]

Not old enough to consider anything before 1990. Having established that: this and hangover 1/funniest movies I've seen.

[@antcosentino27]

i love how they just can't resist any opportunity to dig at people they don't like in the industry

[@African.empress]

All I heard was the voice of the owner of City Wok.

[@MrSlanderer]

Matt and Trey are notorious for recycling voices. They probably have less than a dozen different voices between them.

[@mz6504]

It’s genius……and so are they……love the boys…..can I get a reservation to casa Bonita..? well done guys…..

[@iconoclast137]

When Trey Parker says they sent kim jung il a print of the movie you can tell he's a million percent seriously. I love all three of these guys.

[@JonOfTheDead23]

These guys are still the best creators in Hollywood. I don't necessarily love everything they do, but I very much enjoy their work and they are geniuses. I mostly don't like the musical stuff. I read an article the other day saying that they've basically had a contingency plan for years when they finally get "canceled". Trey said he had his bug out bag ready to go into hiding.

[@NathanTalbertWoodworking]

Just watched Team America about 3 weeks ago, lol.

[@jamesmellish3874]

Conan must not have seen the groundbreaking 1976 smash hit Let My Puppets Come

[@iconoclast137]

there's also "meet the feebles"

[@robstimson4234]

So, if you are a connoisseur of cinematic vomit scenes, there's the Exorcist and then there is everything else. The vomiting puppet scene in Team America is really, the gift that keeps on barfing.

[@mysteryniggadel491]

they made team america ??? lmao legends

[@jenniferbradley8470]

Never make a puppet movie…. Lol 😂

[@spookynoble4391]

OMG OMG OMG! I have watched this video on KZbin with G SMOKE 🐐🚬0⃣3⃣😜🖕 and Black Peter Griffin and it was awesome! I love Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Conan O'Brien! My favorite parts are Kimg Jong-il, the Secret America World Police scene and the mention of Secret America World Police! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@jcty87]

I watched this while training in the army

[@ParadiXe311]

They also produce a Canadian show, 'Kenny vs Spenny'

[@pubearoo]

Gotta get Trey and Matt on the podcast!

[@Arcturuseyes]

I laughed my balls off during Team America

[@SamLanena]

Cannibal the Musical was inspired.

[@LowerLevels]

I totally thought they did that animation. lol

[@rogue-like4life]

Meet the Feebles directed by Peter Jackson was a filthy puppet movie and considering the time it was made, the raw and disturbing content seems more over the top.

[@BadBrother22]

19 YEARS AGO...

[@GenFalcon]

Team America WORLD POLICE!

[@asmrbuddha9033]

Meet the Feebles is perhaps filthier, but certainly this was the filthiest marionette puppet movie

[@alwynyn]

what about let my puppets come

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

Team America: World Police 2004 Matt Stone / Trey Parker

[@BAGAKOOS]

Runtime?

[@theSonicguy001]

They say to never make another puppet movie, yet years later, some mad fools create new Thunderbirds Episodes using puppets

[@DjZephy]

At the end when he said "matt stone and tray parker, thank you for being here..." I was really confused. I thought for sure at least one of them was daniel radcliff

[@eclectica1]

Really? Are you that thick?

[@nintendojoe2958]

I'm so ronry!

[@Czechbound]

Ha ha

[@andy1181-l3m]

….MAAAAAAATT DAAAAAAAAMON

[@HankAaronJoseph19]

I thought it would be like King Pin but it wasn't it was something... else.

[@bunsonbaker4156]

Tried showing this movie to my friends but I guess they didn’t “get it”. Didn’t wanna finish it. Bummed me out.

[@ConleySmooge]

In 20 years, Matt's hair has changed a lot. Trey's hairline has remained the same. Somehow.

[@davel4708]

The filthiest puppet movie is "Meet The Feebles" by Peter Jackson.

[@michaelparks6120]

Trey is really smart , though that was not on display here.

[@petermessenger501]

the r instead of l.... they do it so much

[@opaljk4835]

It can not be filthier then the cinematic masterpiece that is Let My Puppets Cum, which features Al Goldstein of Screw infamy.

[@ajlynch5235]

matt stone and trey parker please get me a job and casa bonita

[@Kenny-z3v]

I gyatt something in my eye

[@lancedavis9710]

Very bad, I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E.

[@CLuvTV]

You ARE dedicated

[@basicoptimalmouse]

I love how petty Matt and Trey are. Any celebrity slights them in the smallest way, they will absolute destroy them in response.

[@KelleneHubbard-dz4gt]

❤😂 LOVE South Park 😅🎉❤😊 Well Done 👍 Guys 💯😊

[@JarvisVO-Foley]

they real af look at their shoes ( i know you already noticed). real af dead giveaway

[@chuckselvage3157]

Funniest movie ever.

[@saulteanuts-vg8iu]

Gary?

[@corey-bird3489]

Can Paramount pay ME a billion dollars for being a jerk too?

[@soran27]

As if this was 20 years ago.

[@denim_ak]

wtf, the crowd didn’t laugh at shit until the fat joke

[@turkeysamwich00]

HOW U RIKE DAT, HANS BRIX?

[@joelgonzalez2695]

Are they gonna be on the podcast?😢

[@Joramee]

way too many sideburns in this clip

[@Trav1982]

Derka derka derka Muhammad Jihad derka derka

[@Coccyx69]

Yeah velma is crap its quite literally a copy paste of things that came out 20 years before. Crazy how this interview reminds me of how crap Steven universe/adventure time and velma are

[@EskenRock]

They. Are. Tweeking. 😂

[@bgg5090]

Love seeing these two shit all over Michael Moore and try to expose what he does 20 years ago.

[@patreekotime4578]

This WAS 20 years ago....

[@IsmailofeRegime]

It does suck that Moore decided to make his documentaries more "impactful" by making stuff up (e.g. that South-Park-esque animation in Bowling for Columbine wrongly implies the NRA was founded by the KKK.) But the irony is that so many voices condemning Moore back then were simultaneously cheerleading for the Iraq War based on manipulations of the truth far more devastating than anything Moore could accomplish.

[@opertinicy]

LOL this is from 20 yrs ago..is Conan tanking this bad?

[@IsmailofeRegime]

Has nothing to do with tanking, it's just a way to gain viewers (and revenue) by having people look up old interviews.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

I'm sure George W. Bush and Doick Cheney loved the film, it defended their "war on terror".

[@masterofallgoons]

I mean... It didn't..

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@masterofallgoons Yes, it did.

[@masterofallgoons]

@@saidtoshimaru1832 - no. It did not.

[@dreamstever]

@@saidtoshimaru1832haha what? It satirized it.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@dreamsteverReally? Pretty much made fun of everyone who opposed it and team america was right in the end.

[@JMBvideo]

Yeah. Guns are pretty cool. I’m glad we listen to the makers of South Park and not Michael Moore on this topic! It’s really worked out well I think for everyone

[@masterofallgoons]

That's not the topic they had an issue with him about though.

[@mr.e.t.2701]

The next time there is a war, let's send only guns and no people and see how that works out for us.

[@slowfuse]

i think they were just pissy about the misrepresentation and trickery, that does more harm than good

[@SchmergDergen]

Not us, since you’re still here to whine about it.

[@poika22]

I'd rather listen to the makers of South Park instead of Michael Moore on any topic