"South Park" and the elections

If you are a "South Park" fan, you probably know that all of the episodes are really current. However, you may be curious about the "Oh Jeez" episode as it had its premiere only one night after the elections. How is it possible that they've predicted Trump's win (which was quite unexpected)? The fact is – they didn't!

Descriptions and a teaser of the episode were clearly suggesting that "South Park" creators had anticipated Hillary Clinton's victory. The episode was initially called "The Very First Gentleman" and a promo "showed PC Principal getting South Park Elementary ready for a visit from Bill Clinton to fight male locker room mentality." At the last minute, Matt Stone and Trey Parker – creators of the show, had to change the name of the episode and rewrite some of the scenes they’d made before, so that they would capture the shock of Trump's win.

Click to watch "Oh Jeez" episode

The 2008 "About Last Night..." episode had also been written before the voting night when Obama won. However, that time Trey Parker said that in case of  McCain's win "they would have aired the episode anyway and later dealt with their own Dewey defeats Truman moment." Nevertheless, the episode wasn't finished until the morning of the day of its premiere. The reason of this was that they wanted to include excerpts of Obama's acceptance speech into the episode.

Click to watch "About Last Night..." episode

Are you "South Park" fans? 
Do you know what other political events were included in the series? Search for one more South Park episode connected to politicians or political events. Then, link the episode in a comment and write briefly what it is about! ;)

Hint!
All of the episodes are available for free on http://southpark.cc.com/ and dercribed on Wikipedia ;)


Sources:
Esquire
The Hollywood Reporter
Los Angeles Times