South Park - The Complete First Season

Buy This Item South Park - The Complete First Season by Comedy Central  Available from Amazon  $26.99  on 11-27-2008     <I>South Park</I> exploded on the pop culture landscape like a dirty bomb in 1997, and the 13 episodes that comprise the groundbreaking first season have lost none of their subversive impact. If <I>Seinfeld</I> was a show about nothing, then <I>South Park</I> is a show about everything, from important moral lessons in compassion and tolerance to good old-fashioned animated character assassination (Kathie Lee Gifford in "Weight Gain 4000" and Barbra Streisand in "Mecha-Streisand"). Like an After School Special gone quite mad, profanity-spewing third-graders Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and the ill-fated Kenny navigate childhood in their mountain town. Nothing in <I>South Park</I> is sacred, and each episode has something to offend, from "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" (featuring George Clooney as the voice of Sparky, the homosexual dog), to the Halloween episode "Pink Eye," in which Cartman dresses up as Adolph Hitler. Best not to even get started on Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Pooh, or the season finale cliffhanger, "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut." <p> Each episode is preceded by a faux introduction by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who proclaim every episode to be their favorite. Their incarnations as Rootin'-Tootin' Trey Parker and Pistol-Slingin' Matt Stone indicate that after <I>South Park</I> runs its course, they'd be great hosts of their own children's show, which--and this cannot be stressed strongly enough--<I>South Park</I> is <I>not</I>. Other extras include the <I>South Park</I> boys' appearance on the CableAce awards and "A South Park Thanksgiving," featuring Jay Leno, which aired exclusively on <I>The Tonight Show</I>. A minor annoyance is the slapdash packaging that mislabels the episodes ("Damien," for example, is on disc 3, not 2 as indicated). <I>--Donald Liebenson</I> Reader Reviews Yeah, I know, South Park shows elementary kids with potty mouths. Elementary kids like the show in real life and tend to copy what's on TV. Well, parents should do their job and punish them if they are potty mouths. This is not an elementary age cartoon. High School, maybe. But then again, I like South Park better than Beavis and Butthead. B&B were just plain along losers. SP always has a redemptive story in each episode. Yes, I know that's no excuse for having the kids participate in their antics but as a social commentary for ADULTS, the messages in each episode are well founded. I think the episodes remind us that kids are people too. Too often, adults forget that. Parents, watch this with your teen and enjoy the discussions that evolve. I also like the comments by Trey and Matt. They definately do not take themselves seriously and neither should we.

South Park - The Complete First Season Available from Amazon Price: $26.99 Updated on 11-27-2008.

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