WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins are taking flak for the team’s name from a whole new source: a cartoon.
The popular Comedy Central show, “South Park” took aim at the Redskins’ name in an ad that aired during Sunday’s Redskins-Eagles game.
The promo for the show’s 18th season features a cartoon version of Dan Snyder arguing for the rights to the Redskins’ name and logo. The ad makes light of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision earlier this year that .
In the commercial, Eric Cartman runs a business named after the Washington Redskins, but Snyder says the heisting of the name is “offensive” and “derogatory.”
The ad appears to only have aired in the D.C. area, according to sports blog, .
The advertisement drew mixed reactions from fans.
That Redskins south park commercial was trash
— Tyler Windover (@w1ndyy)
World's most awkward commercial award goes to the South Park ad making fun of the Redskins name controversy
— Spencer Stanfield (@SGStanfield)
God bless and that brilliant commercial
— Joshua Gaul (@FilmMinionSOS)
The trailer for the season premier is awesome. Bhahaha
— Steve (@Trap_33)
The 18th season of South Park kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 24.
The Redskins went on to , 37-34.
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