FireBlade DVD Review: South Park Volume 2

Review by Jerry Stratton, 12/12/1999

Yes, Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God’s horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people.

I was first introduced to South Park through the movie (which also kicks ass). The television shows are amazing. Variety, of all things, calls it “gloriously subversive art”. Yeah, whatever. It’s great shit that you must eat. I recommend buying the collected three-DVD sets. Make sure you check the pricing, however: at Amazon, the sets are more expensive than buying the individual disks! The first set, at least, contains nothing but the individual disks: there is no bonus to buying the set. (In fact, now that the second 3-pack is out, the pricing is all fucked up for South Park, so pay attention.)

The second four episodes of “South Park” are “An Elephant Fucks a Pig”, “Death”, “Pinkeye”, and “Damien”.

Kyle gets into a bet with the local mad scientist’s kid, and has to breed an elephant with a pot-bellied pig. Meanwhile, Stan also has to deal with his tyrannical sister.

In “Death”, in a prelude to the movie, the parents all leave to protest the Canadian television show “Terrance & Phillip”. And while mom and dad are gone, Death visits South Park and gets angry when the show is taken off the air. Stan’s grandfather wants Stan to kill him, because he’s too old to kill himself. Public-Access Jesus won’t touch that one with a forty-foot pole!

“Pinkeye” is the Hallowe’en special, with a bit of a takeoff from Michael Jackson and “Night of the Living Dead”. Everyone in town is turning into brain-eating zombies, which means that no one is left to hand out candy to the kids. Horrors!

Finally, the son of Satan is transferred to South Park in preparation for his dad’s return to Earth to battle Jesus. The battle, televised on Pay-Per-View, upstages Cartman’s annual huge birthday party. And Damien learns a lesson about acceptance.

Each show has an introduction by creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The first two continue the “fireside chats” of Volume 1. The second two switch to a western-style kids-show introduction, where Matt and Trey play two television cowboys afraid of snap-pistols. And, of course, their Indian companion named “Indian Companion”. Look out, someone’s coming!

Recommendation: Purchase
Alternative: Volume 1 3-Pack

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Jerry