{"id":47335,"date":"2026-08-15T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47335"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:58:14","slug":"bill-hader-recalls-south-park-creators-coming-up-with-kanye-west-fishsticks-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47335","title":{"rendered":"Bill Hader Recalls South Park Creators Coming Up With Kanye West &#8220;Fishsticks&#8221; Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fishsticks.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1618399\" data-title=\"Bill Hader Recalls South Park Creators\u2019 Inspiration for \u201cFishsticks\u201d Episode That Mocked Kanye West: Watch\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/bill-hader-on-south-park-fishsticks-episode\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/south-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>South Park<\/em><\/a> creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone care deeply about emotion in their shows, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/bill-hader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Hader<\/a> told the crowd during the induction speech for the duo at the Television Academy Hall of Fame. They care so deeply that for <em>South Park\u2019s<\/em> 2009 \u201cFishsticks\u201d episode, \u201cThey want you to feel how badly Kanye West wanted to fuck that fish,\u201d Hader said.<\/p>\n<p>At the Thursday event, Hader recalled how the notorious \u201cFishsticks\u201d episode, which, after its release, West angrily rapped about, came together, and it all began with watching salmon trying to get it on. Stream the whole speech below.<\/p>\n<p>Hader recollected back to 2008 when he was invited by Parker and Stone to Seattle for a <em>South Park<\/em> writers\u2019 retreat. While there, Parker really wanted to go to a viewing area where people can see various species of salmon swimming upstream to mate. Watching the salmon swim by gave Stone an idea.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Imagine if one of these fish was on a motorcycle and just Evel Knievel-ed all the other fish,\u2019\u201d Hader remembered Stone saying, with Parker adding, \u201c\u2019And he has a big fish dick.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Are you saying fish stick like those sticks of fish you bake and eat, or are you saying fish dick like a fish\u2019s penis,\u2019\u201d Stone asked, and Parker responded \u201ca fish\u2019s penis, dude,\u201d according to Hader.<\/p>\n<p>Eureka.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>South Park<\/em> writers contrived an episode where Eric Cartman would tell a joke about whether someone likes fishsticks, and if they do, \u201cThen you\u2019re a gay fish,\u201d with the juvenile bit becoming massive. The twist would be that someone without a sense of humor takes the joke seriously. Hader, Parker, and Stone thought for a moment about who doesn\u2019t have a sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in unison we all said \u2018Kanye West,\u2019\u201d Hader recalled.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen the episode, West can\u2019t take the joke, goes on a publicity tour exclaiming he\u2019s \u201cnot a gay fish,\u201d but can no longer deny how he feels before jumping into the ocean, singing a ballad and having sex with a fish. Classic <em>South Park<\/em> absurdity and irreverence with a heavy dose of celebrity mocking.<\/p>\n<p>West, in real life, apparently did not appreciate the episode, rapping in his 2010 song \u201cGorgeous\u201d about choking \u201cA <em>South Park<\/em> writer with a fish stick\u201d and bringing the subject back up in 2021 on \u201cLife of the Party,\u201d 12 years after the episode was released, with the lyrics \u201c<em>South Park<\/em> had jokes about fish sticks\/ \u2018Til this day the whole team can kiss this dick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hader went on to say that he could have never run his own show, which he did in HBO\u2019s <em>Barry<\/em>, without the influence of Parker and Stone, and he\u2019ll always be grateful for the \u201c\u2018fish sticks\u2019\u201d and \u201c\u2018fish dicks\u2019\u201d confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Fallon <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/jimmy-fallon-south-park-fishsticks-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seemingly lifted<\/a> the <em>South Park<\/em> fish sticks joke recently in his own bit about stealing jokes, which has a whole other layer because the animated series\u2019 episode begins with Cartman stealing the joke from another character.<\/p>\n<p><em>South Park<\/em> has been nominated for three Emmys this year with Parker earning a nod for outstanding character voice-over with his <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/trey-parkers-portrayal-as-trumps-lover-satan-earns-emmy-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work as Satan<\/a>, President Donald Trump\u2019s lover, in the show. <em>South Park\u2019s<\/em> 29th season <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/05\/south-park-season-29-premieres-september-16th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starts<\/a> September 16th.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trey Parker and Matt Stone: 28th Hall of Fame Honoree\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNrp8Sn3wkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kanye Likes Fishsticks | South Park\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZImaUOOieSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone care deeply about emotion in their shows, Bill Hader told the crowd during the induction speech for the duo at the Television Academy Hall of Fame. 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