Peter and the Wolf was featured this season, though, to be fair (with Billy Bob Thorton narrating).

Precisely. Everything Varga says is a lie. The fake Russian quote. The constant rhetorical red herrings. His repeated statements that "the future is certain," which one can't truly believe, unless they're pure fatalists who think all life is some tragic folly scripted in accordance with a divine plan.

I'm not sure IFC's legal fund is big enough for the network to greenlight a Scientology spoof.

"[T]he non-consensual consumer strategy was debunked, so if Hickory Farms
was thinking of having its workers shove pretzel crackers topped with
smoked gouda into customers’ mouths while they’re texting, well…now
they know better."