South Park - The Complete First Season

South Park - The Complete First Season
by Trey Parker, Matt Stone

South Park - The Complete First Season

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Director: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
Brand: SOUTH PARK
Primary Contributor: Trey Parker
Primary Contributor: Matt Stone
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 310 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Comedy Central

DVD Reviews of South Park - The Complete First Season

DVD Review: Kitty
Summary: 5 Stars

By far the best of South Park! It all boils down to Cartman, "NO, KITTY, THIS IS MA POT PIE!!!!!!" the Bus Driver, Chef, Kenny, Cartman's adventure with the "backyard" space antenna device, Cartman's Mom and Kitty,,,,,,LOL!

DVD Review: The beginning of a pop culture phenomenon.
Summary: 5 Stars

When South Park first aired on Comedy Central in 1997, no-one was ready for its unique and potentially offensive brand of humor. However, it quickly became one of the most popular and groundbreaking shows in television history, appealing to both teenagers and adults, even though it's really only appropriate for adults. Younger audiences enjoyed the crude humor (including countless fart jokes) and ridiculous plots, while adults and more mature teenagers had an appreciation for the show's important messages and social and political commentary. Indeed, South Park is not a dumb show. South Park is a show about four young boys and the small mountain town they live in. Eric Cartman is the fat one, Kyle is the Jewish one, Kenny is the poor one (who dies in literally every episode), and Stan is the 'normal' one. Together these four friends have many hilarious adventures, as described in the episode listing below.
Cartman Gets An Anal Probe: In the pilot episode, aliens visit South Park and abduct both Cartman and Kyle's little brother, Ike.
Weight Gain 4000: When Kathy Lee Gifford comes to town, Cartman starts to bulk up, while his teacher Mr. Garrison plans to kill her.
Volcano: An erupting volcano threatens to end the boys' hunting trip with Stan's uncle Jimbo while Cartman talks of the mysterious monster Scuzzlebutt.
Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride: The name of this episode speaks for itself. It's all about gay people and the prejudice they encounter.
An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig: With the help of Dr. Mephesto the geneticist, the boys attempt to crossbreed two different animals.
Death: Kyle's mom leads a protest against the crude and immature Terrance and Philip TV show.
Pinkeye: In the show's first Halloween episode, zombies invade South Park as the boys try to trick-or-treat.
Starvin' Marvin: Cartman accidentally switches places with a starving young Ethiopian boy.
Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo: The first Christmas episode deals with religious tolerance and introduces the show's most ridiculous character.
Damien: In an obvious spoof of The Omen, the son of the devil comes to town and brings about a boxing match between Jesus and Satan.
Tom's Rhinoplasty: The elementary school welcomes a substitute teacher when Mr. Garrison leaves to get plastic surgery on his face.
Mecha-Streisand: My personal favorite first-season episode has a plot too ridiculous to try to explain, but it does involve Barbara Streisand.
Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty Slut: The first season finale is a cliffhanger that leaves you wondering who Cartman's father is.
And there you have it. 13 episodes might not seem like much at first, but it adds up to over 5 hours. Besides, there are also introductions by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone before each episode, plus a special features menu on disc three which includes a number of interesting things. The first is "A South Park Thanksgiving", a short scene which was originally aired on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Next comes two music videos. The first is "O Holy Night", sung incorrectly by Cartman, and the second is "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" performed by Ned Gerblansky through his voice box. There is also a clip from the 1997 CableACE Awards, where the boys present an award. Some old reviews from 2002 complain about mixed up episode listings on the flaps of this boxed set, but my copy has apparently been corrected. This three-disc package is perfect as far as I'm concerned and therefore I highly recommend it.

DVD Review: A good start
Summary: 4 Stars

South Park-The Complete Season One contains the first 13 episodes of the series spanning from 8/13/1997 through 2/25/1998.
As many people know by now, the main issue with the release of volume one are the episode introductions by Tray Parker and Matt Stone at the beginning of each episode. If the were optional it would be convient as although fun to watch once or twice they do get old.
This season focuses mainly on the Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny whereas later seasons would feature character like Randy, Garrison and Butters (who wont be introduced until season 3) more heavily.

Episode 1: Cartman Gets Anal Probed
The first episode which would made using construction paper. The title of this episode gives you a good idea what it's about. A good start although it is not really one of my favorites.

Episode 2: Volcano
The boys go on a camping trip with Jimbo and Ned as a volcano is set to erupt. A decent episode bit rather forgettable. This was the first episode to have Randy (although he wouldnt be established as Stan's father for a few more episodes.).

Episode 3: Weight Gain 4000
Cartman beefs up for a televion appearance and Kathy Lee Gifford comes to town. This is oneof my favorite episodes of this season even though the Kathy Lee Gifford references are dated.

Episode 4: Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
The South Park Cows take on The Middle Park Cowboys and Stan's new dog is a homosexual. It has it's good moments but for the most part I never really liked this episode.

Episode 5: An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig
Kyle gets a pet elephant and Cartman gets a pot bellied pig and you can figure out what happens from there. Pretty good episode.

Episode 6: Death
Stan's grandfather wants to die and stan doesnt know what to do. Trey and Matt seem to be really figuring out what each character is about here.

Episode 7: Pinkeye
The town starts becoming zombies and it's up to the boys and chef to stop it. The best episode of this season in my opinion.

Episode 8: Starvin' Marvin': The boys accedently get an ethiopian in the mail and Cartman is confused for an ethiopian. The best episode of the season right behind pinkeye.

Episode 9: Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo
Kyle tries to convince the town a talking Christmas poo is real while the town tries to stage a non-offensive Christmas play. I never really liked Mr. Hankey but this episode still manages to be good.

Episode 10: Damien
The son of Satan joins Garrison's class. Jesus is shceduled to face off with Satan on Cartman's birthday. Another great episode.

Episode 11: Tom's Rhinoplasty
Garrison gets a nose job and the class gets a sub that all the boys in the class are attracted to. Wendy can't stand Stan being interested in a different woman. Probally the worst episode of the season.

Episode 12: Mecha-Streisand
Barbara Streisand wants to bring down zinthar (or something like that.). Pretty good episode

Episode 13: Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty Slut
Cartman wonders who his father is as Kyle and Stan try to win America's stupidest home video. Another real good episode.

DVD Review: Marked the Decline of Good Alternative Cartoons on Cable TV
Summary: 2 Stars

I'll rather give it two and half stars. When this show first aired in 1997 it was funny and cool because of its shock value and vulgarity. What it did however was make whatever alternative cartoons that weren't as fast-paced and foul-mouthed seem lame. So obviously Duckman, Beavis and Butt-head and the Simpsons couldn't complete. What it also did though was make it seem okay for kids to be just as foul-mouthed and vulgar as South Park. Instead of quality programs based on good content, we would rather hear excessive swear words and see stereotypes and parodies that would make any frat boy, pre-teen and moron, laugh till they are blue. So then everyone rushed to buy the dolls and t-shirts to support this junk. I'll give it props for being somewhat original and funny but it's definitely not as much of a quality show compared to what was out there. Maybe the VHS versions of the first season match the quality of the episodes when they first aired.

DVD Review: Very Funny
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great adult show. Very funny and full of escapades by Stan,Kyle,Kenny and of course Cartman. They just can't stay out trouble for a minute. Between all the episodes is a little clip of Trey & Matt talking about their "favorite" episode and telling a little about it.(which I could of done without)Overall I can watch this stuff over & over again, it just keeps getting funnier.

Description of South Park - The Complete First Season

The complete first season of the television program about four irreverent grade-school kids in South Park, Colorado.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 13-MAR-2007
Media Type: DVD

South Park 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 Seinfeld was a show about nothing, then South Park 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 South Park 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."

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 South Park runs its course, they'd be great hosts of their own children's show, which--and this cannot be stressed strongly enough--South Park is not. Other extras include the South Park boys' appearance on the CableAce awards and "A South Park Thanksgiving," featuring Jay Leno, which aired exclusively on The Tonight Show. A minor annoyance is the slapdash packaging that mislabels the episodes ("Damien," for example, is on disc 3, not 2 as indicated). --Donald Liebenson

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