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“The Office” actor and comedian Zach Woods also slammed the festival in a satirical video posted Wednesday on Instagram.

While some of that language must be required by an exhausted legal team behind the scenes, the long-running satirical cartoon is known for pressing hot-button topics and rapidly churning out searing parodies.

“The FCC’s regulatory authority over broadcast licenses was never intended to serve as a weapon to silence criticism or punish satirical commentary,” the senators wrote.

On Comedy Central, Stewart took a similar satirical approach, becoming a fawning and "patriotically obediant host" of an "all-new government approved Daily Show".

In 1973, Redford made his producing debut on “The Candidate,” a dark, satirical look at campaigning that further established him as a serious actor.