South Park Obama

The November 5, 2008 episode of South Park was entitled "About Last Night". While the episode revolved around Barack Obama winning the Presidential election, it was an homage to the film Oceans 11. Members of the Obama and John McCain campaigns, while playing politicians in real life, were really secretly working together to steal the Hope Diamond.

• "... the show had its fun with Obama as smooth movie star, imagining McCain and Obama as secret-handshake best buds and Barack as just a glitzy jewel thief in Michelle's eyes."—GawkerGawker: South park Takes on President-Elect (November 6, 2008)

• ""South Park" views the whole adult world as a place of fearful panic, complacent self-satisfaction, twisted desire, double-dealing and random acts of violence -- though as often happens, the end of the episode brought a lighter note, as fear of "an inexperienced president" turned to cautious hope, and Obama the Thief decided to remain Obama the President after all."—Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: South Park In Real Time (November 6, 2008)

• "The whole thing was like a half-hour "SNL" sketch."—NJ.comNJ.com: South Park "About Last Night" (November 6, 2008)