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Defense Secretary Pete Hengseth met yesterday with Philippine President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr.

That story again, Bongbong met with Beerbong.

And they wonder why the late night shows are going away.

That's really not comedy, is it?

It is Wednesday on the Chris Plant Show.

Michael Pelka in for the vacationing Chris Plant.

Speaking of late-night television,

there certainly have been some very interesting developments

as it relates to the late-night TV

story about Stephen Colbert getting fired. Yesterday afternoon, and I'm kind of laughing about it,

yesterday afternoon, Paramount announced that they were, in fact, signing a contract with South Park,

renewing a deal and creating an even bigger deal for the people who make South Park.

Just after they fired Colbert told him his show is going away,

Paramount strikes a five-year deal worth $1.5 billion with the South Park creators, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone.

It's a five-year deal, and they have to make 10 episodes a year. Gee, I wonder where Paramount

CBS found the money for South Park. Five-year deal, 10 episodes a year, so They don't even have to do one show a month.

Now, I'm sure this probably includes some of the rights to some of the previous productions

so they can re-air them on their streaming services, Paramount Plus.

But that's an astounding message to the Colbert people.

South Park, the crude cartoon, which let's face it, it's pretty darn funny.

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