Product Description

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/03/2007

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4515 in DVD
• Brand: Paramount
• Released on: 2003-12-16
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Box set, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 374 minutes

Amazon.com
The third time's the, for want of a better word, charm for South Park on DVD. Instead of mere episode intros as on the first two boxed sets, Trey Parker and Matt Stone finally oblige us with actual episode commentary, or, as they call it, "commentary-mini." On this optional audio track, Trey and Matt goof for about five minutes or so at the top of each episode, certifying some as favorites ("Tweek vs. Craig," "Jewbilee," and "Worldwide Recorder Concert," which is described as "a reverse after-school special from hell"), championing others popularly dismissed by South Park's otherwise loyal fans ("Jakovasaurs," "Sexual Harassment Panda"), and provocatively dismissing all of season 2.

The third season was frantically produced simultaneously with the feature film, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. This was the season, Trey proclaims, "where South Park turned the corner... and became good (as far as we were concerned)." Among their most inspired conceits is the so-called "Meteor Shower Party" trilogy, three episodes that unfold over the course of one night, each focusing on a different kid. "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" pays homage to Hanna-Barbera-style animation and Scooby-Doo, recasting Korn as the Mystery Inc gang. "Rainforest Shmainforest," featuring a game Jennifer Aniston, cuts rainforest crusaders down to size. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" takes its irreverent cue from the album of the same name, and contains an outrageously obscure reference to the 1978 made-for-TV Star Wars Holiday Special. Throughout the season, South Park is, as usual, a gleeful equal-opportunity offender, but the show's true gonzo spirit is truly illustrated in such surreal touches as the employment of live action in "Tweek vs. Craig," the singing of "The Morning After" backwards to save Chef from the spell of "The Succubus," and the Seinfeld-worthy argument over whether the term should be "pirate ghosts" or "ghost pirates" in "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery." --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

Ghost Pirates? Or Pirate Ghosts?
This is such a great season, and I especially love the Halloween episode, featuring Korn. Prepare for lots of laughs!

"Screw you guys, I'm going home..."
This seems to just get better and better. Season 3 rocks on with some of the most unforgettable episodes in the whole show.

The "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" routine was started in Season 1 but this season is where it propels into the awesomeness that it is. In "Rainforest Schmainforest", the first episode of the season, Cartman adds that after he says one of his other known lines "N'n'n'n'no, you guys n'yah, I'm going over n'yah!"

There are also Cartman's one-liners that are never repeated in later episodes but are funny as hell. In "The Succubus", a woman is trying to take Chef away from the four boys and are wondering whether they're jealous because Chef likes someone better than them. "Yeah, so?" "Yeah, screw that bitch." And then Cartman says, "Bitch, I hate that bitch!" It is hilarious and one of his best one-liners ever.

This season also features the first trilogy of the series: "Cat Orgy," "Two Guys Naked in a Hottub," and "Jewbilee". They all take place at the same time, following the four boys' separate storylines as they are not together for the episodes. While Cartman's is the funniest, Stan's episodes features two really important parts. Butters is finally introduced as a central character as one of the funniest characters in South Park. On the other hand, Randy shows some of his absolute stupidity in being paranoid about people knowing something that he and Gerald Broflovski did in the hottub.

This is definetly one of the best seasons that Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone have created. A definite must for any South Park fan. No, you MUST buy it or else "Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

When shall I be arrested ? ........
I live in bonnie Scotland and we Scots have an un-fair reputation for being careful with our pennies ......... then again when you pay twelve of the good Queens pounds for a complete season of a brilliantly funny , on the case comedy which has and will go down as one of the greatest ever written, ( and that twelve quid included delivery) you would have to be nuts to buy it anywhere else.
Some people may find it offensive, rude, childish, vulgar, crude, even racist; ..... but thankfully that's a small minded majority who should maybe find something worthwhile protesting about.
As for the rest of the human race sit back and laugh along with the rest of us and if you still don't think it's funny then here's an idea .................... stop watching it !