When South Park Predicted the Election

[@Johnny2Cellos]

HEY YOU! The one about to confidently comment “they made 2 versions” before you’ve even watched the video! STOP, give the video a watch, and consider the literal clips of Trey Parker and interview of Matt Stone where they admit that they, in fact, did not do this!

[@DustinBruce-sc3nh]

I can't wait to see how many people both didn't watch the video, and didn't read this comment.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

@@DustinBruce-sc3nhit’s too many already

[@DustinBruce-sc3nh]

@@Johnny2Cellos I’m not surprised in the slightest 😂

[@kfizz]

They made both and edited to be the winner.

[@wademarshall2364]

Sneakily they actually made 3 versions

[@slayparty]

in one of the seasons' commentaries one of them says they make their election episodes based on nevada's polls, hence why they were so confident about hillary

[@thepeoplescouncil2619]

Is Nevada a bell-weather?

[@Rootiga]

People who try to predict the future are morons, anyone with a brain knows polls mean literally nothing

[@mrdeadpool2849]

More specifically, they go with Vegas odds

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@@mrdeadpool2849 They've only been wrong twice, Trump '16 & Truman '48

[@Dinkbass]

I peft vegas for this reason. My family pretty much disowned me for voting trump​@@mrdeadpool2849

[@thecatadors911]

“OH BAMA UR SO FINE, UR SO FINE U BLOW MY MIND HEY OBAMA! Yea, HEY OBAMA!”- Randy Marsh

[@LucyLioness100]

Randy singing the victory to various pop tunes of the ‘80s is so hilarious. Plus him getting in trouble by the end and trying to blame Obama’s win for it is a good comeuppance

[@ellicel]

This is easily one of the best episodes. The Ike reveal at the end especially really elevates the story

[@spaceace4387]

The only kind of funny part about this episode was the very end when Stan tells Randy “Dad, your boss called you’re fired”. And then Randy is like “what? I thought there was going to be change, change…..”

[@BQuanchi]

I'm realizing even if they did do episodes about the election, it would be so much harder to pull off. Feels like it recent election cycles, it takes days to confirm the results of the election. It feels weird to think we used to be able confirm the elected U.S. President on Election Day.

[@Thekoodie]

The blame is at the feet of those who believe election corruption is rampant and a conspiracy is in place to deny their candidates a win, when in reality elections have always been remarkably accurate and fair, with the issue now that the policies being used to "stop" the "corruption" only hurts legitimate voters, particularly those of minority parties.

[@johnleriger8730]

We still can

[@zombieblaster5754]

its because its rigged now. countless videos of workers throwing away votes or even changing them.

[@dragostego]

​@@johnleriger8730 Mail in ballots (and specifically the laws preventing them from being counted before election day) are the major delay now.

[@deletedTestimony]

God I hope we do that.

[@vee1267]

God I miss how relatively sane US politics were in 2008. Back then 14-year old me could watch such an episode of South Park and laugh. Now in 2024 it feels like we’re ACTUALLY LIVING IN an episode of South Park, and not in a fun way

[@Shapoufiiie]

Bro, I know. 😞

[@amayzinrayzin8783]

So true things have gone down hill so fast it really does feel like a episode of south park, but unfortunately a bad episode

[@ffc1a28c7]

that's what happens when there has been 8 years of fascist buildup in half the country's population lol

[@palwatcher6903]

the only political joke I remember was "thanks Obama" from that era because of Obamacare and drones strikes. now it's like a ton for both sides.

[@exDivinityFPS]

@@palwatcher6903 We went from "Thanks, Obama" to "THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS!" Like, did they drop the bar when they were lowering it? Did James Cameron hire Oceangate to lift the bar?

[@elwen8525]

They literally bet everything on black

[@matthewp2794]

Lol

[@jackstraw262]

They bet it all on the hard 08

[@matthewtarpey8587]

They made two episodes, one for both candidate winning….duh

[@elwen8525]

@@matthewtarpey8587 if you watched the video they said they literally just guessed which one was gonna win and if they didn’t guess right they would have just put some commentary on

[@lamakicker69]

Not really, it was pretty obvious that Obama was going to win. It wasn’t even close.

[@RanterInShades]

I think Obama’s likability is a big part of what made the 2008 and 2012 election episodes come so easy to Matt and Trey, and that’s also what makes their 2016 fumble all the more sad because you can tell they genuinely thought Hillary Clinton would win even though she did not have the likability that Obama had and was just as unlikable (albeit for different reasons) as her opponent.

[@Michael-bn1oi]

Very true. Everyone underestimated how extremely unlikable Hilary is.

[@Missquerade]

I think she would have won had she been more likeable, a less spotty past, and showed more empathy for people there was just something missing about her that I didn't like and that made Bernie Sanders more likable.

[@charlemagne111027]

She also would have won if the country operated on equal voting instead of having every branch of the federal government act as affirmative action for rural voters.

[@anubis7457]

@@Missquerade Well, that and y'know Russia running an undercover smear campaign against her on social media and the FBI declaring an "investigation" into her emails right before the election that turned up nothing. She had a lot of big groups against her, but yes she was also unlikeable.

[@Jynxxx5]

True, I was a kid during the whole election and I only liked him because he “reminds me of grandpa and has a dog” lol, kid logic

[@12DAMDO]

this the episode that made everybody go "this would make a great South Park episode" every time something happens

[@mathieuleader8601]

Garrison being a McCain supporter now that's some tasty irony

[@thegatorhator6822]

I almost asked why but then I remembered (non-us citizen, your politics are just entertainment to me not something that matters or I can influence.)

[@env0x]

Garrison is literally a walking heap of irony

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

I like how this episode is a good companion piece to the Obama Boondock's episode. Almost nostalgic for 2008 and remembering the vibes

[@Shapoufiiie]

Those were the peaceful times, back when I was a kid and I didn't have to worry about what was going on.

[@NobodyAsked-xh8cs]

If the Boondocks was still around, it would demolish South Park because Boondocks doesn't need to add anything to be funny.

[@sonicrose8430]

I remember as a first grader in 2008 us kids just wanted Obama to win cause his name sounded funny

[@spaceace4387]

Most people wanted him to win because he was black, and that’s it.

[@sonicrose8430]

@@spaceace4387 I don’t really ever hearing that very much back then. His re-election race I remember people bringing up race all the time but in 2008 at least where I lived, no one really cared

[@spaceace4387]

@@sonicrose8430 Ummm, did you watch the news? The left was kneeling at the alter for him nonstop because he was black. We heard non-stop “first black president”, and if anyone disagreed with him we were immediately accused of being racist. Race was a major fact in the 08 election and it was because the left wanted it to be.

[@harpiessnow]

@@sonicrose8430 Really? Every kid in HS was talking about how if they could vote, they would vote for Obama cause he's black. Just about most people that I knew, who could vote, their number 1 reason to pick Obama was because he was black. No one could ever explain a SINGLE reason, policy wise, why they would vote for him. They just wanted him to be the first black president.

[@sonicrose8430]

@@harpiessnow I was in elementary school I don’t remember things as vividly but from what I recall most of our parents that voted for him didn’t really do it for race but more like his personality and how he spoke about things. Looking back it seems like they all just really liked the word change without any context behind it or further detail, or perhaps they were clawing for a reason to tell us why they voted for him lol. After those first 4 years though he everyone where I lived was voting red though lmao (we were a pretty red county for California)

[@patriot459]

Cellll-a-brate Obama come on! (Randy proceeds to refill his beer from the keg) It’s Obama bama.

[@JulesM434]

Tired of rewatching reruns so these videos are my South Park fix until the next season drops. Then once that's done do it again lol

[@javiremo]

Have you watched the Casa Bonita documentary? It's excellent, and it makes you want to rewatch the OG episode and Dikinbaus after it.

[@JulesM434]

@@javiremo Not yet but now I definitely got to, It sounds interesting.

[@mulqueen2023]

​@@JulesM434 I watched it the day it came out. It is honestly really funny and actually really insightful as to how they got the idea to buy it, from releasing it for public access. Matt and Trey voiced a bunch of the characters around the restaurant and those bits are just hilarious 😂 please watch it soon, it's so worth it

[@pierren___]

When is it

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Yeah. Nice to get some commentary

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Garrison being McCain supporter is hilarious in hindsight

[@claytonrios1]

If only South Park could accurately predict every election...

[@brendolbreadwar2671]

Yeah that's exaclty what I was thinking

[@andrewellisonlee]

Nah, Killary wouldn't have been good for anyone.

[@brendolbreadwar2671]

@@andrewellisonlee he isn't arguing that Hillary should have won..?

[@andrewellisonlee]

​@brendolbreadwar2671 right...

[@andrewellisonlee]

​​@@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime auto assuming i like trump is bold, you must be short on brain cells.

[@malachisguides]

6:40 omg I never even saw that scene or knew Obama's grandma died, that is so dark 😂😂😂

[@ItsAVolcano]

It feels like this episode made them overconfident and likely led to them going all in on Garrison Trump.

[@Yarharsuperpirate]

@@drt1605 Yeah I can get on board with them holding off on election related episodes. Another 4 years of Trump jokes would also get incredibly old with this series. And I think they know it A major rule of comedy, is knowing when a joke has run its course.

[@Guciom]

@@drt1605 They did not doo even a single Biden episode so why they can't just ignore Trump like him?

[@xB1GW1GGLYx]

​@@Guciom Obama was just a regular boring old president. Trump is a character and easy to riff on

[@TY-wi1xl]

Don't forget they also got too confident with canadian Trump. They must not have thought Trump would get so far.

[@xythrr]

​@@Guciomlmao did u edit ur comment from obama to biden??

[@andrewpatton5114]

The funniest part about this episode was that they depicted Joe Biden as so clueless that he didn't notice that the whole campaign was a ruse to conceal a conspiracy to steal the Hope Diamond.

[@ifionlyclout]

I love when shows talk about current events it makes them feel so connected

[@kirche7]

makes them feel dated, actually,

[@eltobi10]

"The Oceans 11 movie was good, the other ones were just ridiculous". Reminds me of a friend who I went to see James Bond (it was his first Bond movie) with and he said "the stunts are just not realistic at all". Its a movie, a freaking movie 🙈

[@codenamelarry6518]

This episode aged like fine-wine.

[@SecretMagician]

This and "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman! "In the Boondocks were amazing episodes on commentary about the Obama election.

[@env0x]

@@SecretMagician the Boondocks was so far ahead of its time man... they still be predicting stuff with their old ass episodes

[@nicholebowden2513]

I still quote "Boom, baby" to this day.

[@HalfTangible]

"Our friend Kenny needs a doctor!" "Was he an Obama supporter or McCain supporter?" "Why does that matter?!" "Because then I'll know if he partied too hard or tried to kill himself!"

[@JD-iu6rv]

I want to visit another universe and see the Commentary McCain version of the episode lol

[@LuxeoYT]

I want to see the original episode they had storyboarded for the Hillary win

[@edluke3415]

​@@LuxeoYT they made a episode about Hillary winning. When she lost they didn't air the new episode of South Park that week and made one where Garrison won.

[@LuxeoYT]

@edluke3415 yeah that's exactly what I said dude thanks

[@edluke3415]

@@LuxeoYT you're welcome

[@LuxeoYT]

@edluke3415 you didn't add anything to my comment. I am not welcome, you tried to mansplain something that was already laid out in better words than you could come up with.

[@deadpool1092]

Member when they based an entire season around "Mr Garrison" losing to Hillary so when the election turned out with "Mr Garrison" winning they had to completely pivot and put out the worst season they ever did? That was crazy.

[@Derekivery]

No matter who wins in 2024 they should do that thing where they dub/commentary over the scene

[@klassrummet4472]

That dub with Randy saying he is sad while clearly cheering would have been hilarious!

[@donsolos]

That did sound pretty funny

[@FriedIce3]

Lets gooo, new Johnny video

[@jmkqfnvyl87]

This is prob the only time they guessed right. They had pre production planned nearly an entire live action series around Gore wining in 2000 buthad to change it cause they guessd wrong and so we got "that's my bush" They be missed it more times than not. I can see why they don't want Todo another one like that

[@waddlesworks]

Now I would love to see a badly dubbed version lol (anyway great video! Love it whenever you post it :D)

[@claymathewselevator8121]

This episode is how my cousin learned Biden was Obama’s VP

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

The moment you asked how they guessed, I assumed the same. That they filmed both and used the one that was right. It's fun to learn new things.

[@jolly1559]

i think douche and turd has aged amazingly, would you please review that one next

[@waywardlaser]

Always happy when you post a new South Park video

[@saulgoodman9956]

Obama winning 2008 might have been one of the easiest predictions one could make about a US election in the 21st century.

[@nexigram]

The thing I liked about this episode was how worked up everyone was about the outcome of the election, but not only were the candidates not interested in doing anything for them, they also had these trivial, wildly selfish, motivations were for winning. And in the end literally nothing changed about their lives anyways. Just felt very poignant at the time.

[@melpomene1492]

We need artists doing art the way they want/need to. The audience does not tell artists what to create. If the audience knew what they needed, they would be the artist.

[@porcupiney]

love your videos so much mr. 2cellos! i would be super interested to hear you tackle south park’s “most hated” episode and consequentially unfortunate character - none other than pip!

[@charlescannon2469]

I wish I remember where i heard it, but I swear I heard Trey and Matt being all, We had to redo our entire season plans last minute because we planned on Hilary and we.were so taken aback.

[@JohnSmith-bn5mi]

I think they were going to slot in and out basically 5/6 smaller pieces. If you watch the episode with that in mind, you can actually SEE/HEAR the precise moments that they'd have inserted a new bit. It makes sense the McCain version wouldn't have been too different. These moments get fjrther between as the episode goes on, so it may be just an artifact of production.

[@Fishing-RC-Florida]

The South Park Obama episode and the boondocks Obama episode are very eye-opening when watched again in 2024

[@JeremyB8419]

The amount of people, who think there’s some sort of massive overwhelming change between who wins the presidential elections, is mind boggling lol

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Trump won in 2016 and it completely destroyed the republican party. And women are dying in parking lots. Trump had a very impactful presidency, in the worse way possible

[@ADreamingTraveler]

I was about to type out how the president doesn't really have that much power anyway when they get elected but then I remembered the supreme court ruled the other month that the president is basically immune to do anything he wants now. So that's going to be fun when we get a president that really abuses their power. If people thought Trump abusing his presidential power was bad then they're in for a rude awakening now that they can't be charged for anything they do if they do it while they're the current president. The president should not have that much power.

[@bananieldiamonds1921]

honestly one of the best episodes about "politics" ever. aged really well too with how mccain ended up being a RINO

[@cbfdxbxsb]

Drunk Mystery Science Theatre 300 with Matt & Trey actually sounds really awesome.

[@MoonlightXYZ]

About last night is easily somewhere in my top 5 episodes.

[@BunBunny01]

I literally watched this episode last night and it became my favourite one. And now you uploaded this. What a funny timing lmao

[@Silvamoon]

"McCain supporters thinking the world was going to end that night" I feel like this can describe a certain side in today's election as well.

[@r3ked272]

Now I want to see the drunken dubbed over version

[@theruoc147]

I remember wishing they made a sequel in 2012 with Obama doing another heist

[@joju997]

I used to think there wasn’t a whole second episode, I thought they just had second cuts of every line. At one point I counted the number of voice lines that they’d have to do two versions of, and the number of other lines that would change. I was sure there weren’t any that they couldn’t easily swap out.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

It wouldn't work at all half of the episode is Obama supporters partying

[@TheBasshunterWolf]

I absolutely love the ending with Ike saying boom baby!

[@Justme-rt4gj]

6:52 Definitly a very funny and very well executed premiss which is why this is one of my favorite South Park Episodes.

[@SamButler22]

"Oh my God, he didn't win, we're going to riot" hmm

[@strangerinastrangeland3613]

Sounds like Jan 6th lol

[@spaceace4387]

@@strangerinastrangeland3613 Sounds like Summer 2020 and 2016. Hillary supporters even sent death threats to electors in an attempt to overturn the election. Get over Jan. 6, no one cares about it anymore and it was just a few broken windows. You’re playing the victim. I also noticed you didn’t seem too concerned about 7-13 or 9-15.

[@pXnTilde]

@@strangerinastrangeland3613 Well, that wasn't the first time there was a riot there

[@Guciom]

@@strangerinastrangeland3613 But where are the undercover FBI agents?

[@foureducks1248]

​@@strangerinastrangeland3613 or it sounds like late 2016 to early 2017... and the violence is gonna be worse when he wins this time.

[@Nickirvri]

Lolol these next set of Garrison episodes finna be crazy

[@billyhatcher643]

i dont know if theyre gonna do it but id like to see if theyll do it but im happy with the turnout i completely forgot who the other person was until this year

[@HotTripod78]

ive never watched south park in my life and I just watched a whole video explaining one episode. I want to watch south park now.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

😂

[@real.sugarcone]

I think the scene where McCain gave his losing speech would have been very funny in the MST 3000 version. They probably would've done a bit where McCain had only prepared the losing speech and had to awkwardly adapt it into a victory speech 😂

[@m4nd0r1an7]

I still find it surprising that he won a solid red state in 2008 and i'm talking about Indiana, he was so popular he literally wins a state that doesn't go democrat ever

[@Theonetruewonderfly]

Not gonna lie, this is the last time I watched an episode of South Park. It was partly "life circumstances" - I dropped cable just a few months later. But I also stopped paying attention to the show around that time. I was more into Family Guy around those years anyway. But I really do remember watching this South Park episode live.

[@Mostdefinitelynotabot]

I remember watching this live and being blown away on how they did it.

[@juggawheels420]

Whats great is they also arent afraid to revisit something crazy years after it happened for an episode

[@zoobatzjr371]

So when Obama first ran, before he was even looking like he could be the nominee for the Democratic party, my Dad saw him speak once and just said, "Thats the next president." I still dont understand how he just knew

[@trashhbeast6090]

it wasn’t just a heist parody it’s also commentary saying they are working together to gain money lol which is true

[@donsolos]

Our uniparty here to not represent our interests

[@jrodgers211]

They didn’t predict. They had 2 episodes in the can

[@Johnny2Cellos]

They literally didn't I cannot believe how many of you are commenting misinfo before watching the fucking video lmfao

[@markmeadows7569]

@@Johnny2Cellosthey had two episodes buddy

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Even MORE surprising was how quickly after the 2000 election (a week or so maybe?) they did an episode based off that!

[@safebox36]

I had assumed something stranger that I think they maybe did in a different election which was that they bet on one of the candidates winning, scrapped the episode after a surprise victory a few nights before airing, and rushed to put out a different story and voicelines with the animation that had already been carried out.

[@stonestreamentertainment]

I mean the 2008 election wasn't difficult to predict.

[@waynetubbs3809]

Is the 4th graders in South Park Elementary School going to get a new teacher?

[@maybe8985]

Season 20 doesn’t deserve the worst season title, season 23 or 25 does.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content Johnny 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tobaccojacko]

I wanna see the mcain version, them dubbing over it would be HILARIOUS 😆

[@lforlight]

For the unknowing viewer, I think you've forgot to point out the unique aspect of South Park, which is the show's quick episode creation pipeline. Animated shows usually take weeks or even months to make. South Park can and usually get an episode entirely made within a week. This quick production allowed them to make these topical changes within less than a day.

[@SubparUser]

With how great the commentary is for Cannibal the musical, I would love to see this drunk "McCain won" episode.

[@SamWickens]

One thing that baffled me on a recent re-watch is that Joe Biden wasn't involved in the heist, or really the episode at all. I'd Mandela-effected myself into thinking he'd been a major part of it for years.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

He wasn’t even in the final episode at all!

[@tykinnamon9831]

I predict... that I will once again be asking for 200 & 201 after the election.

[@lexus8018]

As if 2008 was anything but a clear Obama victory from the start.

[@Devilmeerkat]

Man I can’t wait to see what they have cooking for this election

[@L1ncore]

I still dont get why obama looks so grey

[@Johnny2Cellos]

It’s weird I wonder if it was a product of the HD remasters

[@zachfinemusic]

My only problem that I had with this episode was so many of the voices on the heist team were the same. I feel like they should’ve had a voice actor for Obama.

[@kingck101]

Guess mr garrisons lil campaigning paid off

[@TheHollomap]

Absolutely one of my favorite south park episodes

[@TheZenithin]

I know they won't but imagine how hilarious it would be if they touched on it now. Depicting the current office as a comatose old man and a drunk chick who won't stop laughing.

[@CalebStearns]

I was hoping they would of done some episodes for this election as the memberberry season was my all time favorite season.

[@somniumvr5340]

funny enough i knew about your other channel because i sleep to vids like that, and happened across them

[@robertplattner1636]

Is anyone kinda sad that we didnt get a “Matt and Trey get drunk and do commentary” episode?

[@alexpav845]

Excellent video 🔥

[@jamesdietz29]

How do they defy expectations if the expectation is that they would defy expectations?

[@focusedonfuture3255]

Not hard to predict that. Everyone knew he was going to win

[@Eric_1991]

Man, simpler times...

[@Cursedzeba]

They should make a new election episode with no candidates named 😂 or even giant douche and turd sandwich and its just people loosing their minds on both sides saying the same things about each other😂

[@alexvaughan1013]

3:39 Shout-out to Garrison for referencing Chester Bennington's other band, Dead by Sunrise! R.I.P. Chester Bennington 🕯🕯🕯

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Little did Garrison know he’d be next president after

[@keneseisd530]

Guys… it’s two people… it’s basically a 50/50 chance they are right😂

[@Johnny2Cellos]

And they’ve gotten it wrong 2 other times in their professional career. It’s not about the prediction it’s about betting it all on an episode to air the very next night and how crazy that felt for everyone who watched.

[@speedofram1458]

I don’t think that’s how statistics work. Imagine you have the most hated guy alive vs. the most loved guy alive. I think the most loved guy alive has a higher chance of winning.

[@ahahhahahahaahahh]

So about last night

[@yepyep87]

The music in the end is pretty sick. We need full track!

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

No reasonable person thought Mccain had a chance leading up to the 2008 election.

[@blasterblake6617]

I would enjoy like a special edition episode where they actually do what they said. Like it's a re-release that has them doing the commentary

[@eddardstark5034]

I would argue south park made it's mark as a topical show when they spoofed the Elian Gonzales raid.

[@sharkyyy134_bs2]

Johnny 2 cellos

[@OrangeZ1987]

Johnny 2 cellos

[@GamingGardevoir]

Johnny 2 cellos

[@claymathewselevator8121]

My friend watches this episode every Election Day