“They’re the only show that Comedy Central leaves alone … there’s no way you could make ‘South Park’ today if you were an unknown group of cartoonists. No chance. They would never let you. It’s too crazy,” Rogan said during a conversation with fitness influencer Derek from More Plates More Dates.

“But it’s the only good show on the network, so they kind of have to let it go,” Rogan added. That’s a slight against “The Daily Show,” the network’s hard-Left late night show. It also recognizes Comedy Central’s precipitous fall from the pop culture radar. …

“It’s a great show, and it’s been great forever,” Rogan said, adding the program’s crude animation gives its creators more room to be outrageous. “You can get away with wild s*** that you could never get away with [otherwise].”

[I think it still would have gotten made, and maybe even greenlighted at Comedy Central, because its initial seasons didn’t focus as much on political issues. Parker and Stone were smart about it. — Ed]