South Park
Before we jump into what happened last night, can we take a moment to acknowledge how great it is to have another season of South Park back on television? It doesn’t feel *quite* as good as having NFL and College Football back, but I’d at least put it in the discussion.
Moving on… Last night’s South Park season premiere made endless jokes about Amazon’s Alexa and it took a few shots at the Google Home. Like millions of others, I was one of those people who purchased an Amazon Alexa on this year’s Amazon Prime Day. I actually dig it because it’s basically a speaker I can use to play music in the kitchen while cooking, and I can order any dog food/kitchen-related items I run out of by asking Alexa. South Park took some pretty hilarious shots at Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Home, but that’s not what this is about.
As reported on UPROXX, one unexpected thing that happened during last night’s episode was thousands of the devices being turned on:
We have an Alexa and a Google Home and South Park repeatedly screwed with both of them tonight.
— Jeff🏳️🌈 (@tinmanic) September 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/Kenny_623/status/908152100726734848
Watching the new @SouthPark episode & my Alexa went off 😂😂😂 #SouthPark21 pic.twitter.com/0ehBuAxVpp
— Jessica Elaine (@Jesserican) September 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/SSnatter/status/908174270139957249
#SouthPark21 ep 1 setting off my @amazonecho left and right but still loved the first episode
— Rocker (@mopegdan) September 14, 2017
Thank you @SouthPark for adding "bags", and setting an alarm on my personal Alexa…. pic.twitter.com/8Sc4XDj1tN
— Trish (@TrishALish08) September 14, 2017
There are a literal shit ton of these videos on Twitter, and you can see a bunch more of them over on UPROXX.