Patton Oswalt Thinks 'South Park' Ratings Protect Show From White House Threats: 'Nothing Shuts Up Trump Like Money'

Patton Oswalt Thinks 'South Park' Ratings Protect Show From White House Threats: 'Nothing Shuts Up Trump Like Money'

Patton Oswalt thinks there’s one reason Donald Trump hasn’t attacked “South Park” for roasting him the way he has nearly every late-night show: “insane ratings.” While talking on The Daily Beast’s “Last Laugh” podcast on Tuesday, the comedian turned to Trump’s choice on who to attack and who to ignore. Oswalt pointed out that Trump always mentions Jimmy Kimmel or Stephen Colbert’s ratings when going after them but he can’t do that with “South Pa…

Donald Trump Attacks Late Night Hosts but ‘Falls Silent’ on ‘South Park’ Because It ‘Gets Insane Ratings,’ Says Patton Oswalt: ‘Nothing Shuts Up Trump Like Money’

Donald Trump will attack late night hosts but not 'South Park' because Trump can't claim the Comedy Central show does not have ratings.

The real reason Trump is silent on South Park: comedian

Comedian Patton Oswalt is outspoken against President Donald Trump's "mediocrity" and "MAGA-friendly comedians," but he also offers some insight as to why the president has remained so uncharacteristically silent on the sordid skewering he receives on cartoon hit South Park, The Daily Beast reports.Oswalt, whose latest standup special Black Coffee and Ice Water streams on Audible on Nov. 20, captures this "cultural moment," they write, "where ma…

South Park: Patton Oswalt on Why Trump Hasn't Reacted to Parker, Stone

Patton Oswalt has a theory why Donald Trump hasn't responded to Trey Parker and Matt Stone's South Park: "Nothing shuts Trump up like money."