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As if Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s return to late-night<\/a> wasn\u2019t enough, South Park <\/em>put FCC chair Brendan Carr through a grueling gauntlet of slapstick pain on its latest episode, Wednesday, Sept. 24.<\/p>\n The episode wasn\u2019t a direct commentary on how the Trump admin pressured ABC and affiliate owners<\/a> to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a>, though Trey Parker and Matt Stone made their views on the matter evident enough. Carr was part of an episode subplot involving Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to get rid of his unborn butt baby with Satan, but all the zany schemes the president concocts keep befalling the hapless FCC chair instead.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n These included: Slipping down a greased flight of stairs, eating a stew laced with Plan B, and finally getting covered in dirty cat litter and infected with toxoplasmosis. The last trap puts Carr in the hospital, where a doctor quips about his condition: \u201cHis bones are healing, so he may regain full range of motion. But if the toxoplasmosis parasite gets to his brain, I\u2019m afraid he may lose his freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n In a more direct nod to the Kimmel <\/em>controversy, J.D. Vance shows up at the hospital, delighted that Carr is in critical condition and thus unable to challenge the VP for the presidency. Vance even threatens Carr with the same words the FCC used on a podcast when revealing his desire to get Kimmel booted over a joke he made<\/a> about the suspect accused of killing Charlie Kirk: \u201cWe can do this the easy way or the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n Last night\u2019s South Park<\/em> aired a week later than expected, after Parker and Stone admitted they were unable to get the episode<\/a> \u201cdone in time.\u201d The show\u2019s blockbuster 27th season has been airing other week, as opposed to weekly, to ostensibly give the pair and their staff more time to craft episodes in response to current events<\/a>.\u00a0(Case in point: The Carr plot was almost certainly added after last week\u2019s episode was delayed, as Stone and Parker announced the postponement the same day, Sept. 17, ABC suspended Kimmel<\/em>.)<\/p>\n South Park <\/em>will air five more episodes this year, with the tentative schedule set as: Oct. 15, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Nov. 26, and Dec. 10.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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