South Park - The Complete Fifth Season

Matt Stone Director: Eric Stough, Trey Parker Eric Stough

Overview

Package Description: Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick once again find out just how much strange stuff can happen in a little town in Colorado on this DVD set, which features 14 episodes from Comedy Central's hit series South Park. South Park: The Complete Fifth Season follows America's favorite foul-mouthed fourth graders as Cartman gets his own amusement park, the boys are forced to befriend a talking towel, the world is thrown into chaos after the S-word appears on television, Scott Tennorman learns why you don't get Cartman angry, Butters gets a fascinating new perspective on his relationship with his parents, the boys try to return a goat to Afghanistan and meet Osama bin Laden, and Kenny dies -- really!

Product Details

Release Date:	02/22/2005
UPC:	0097368799042
Original Release:	0000
Rating:	NR
Source:	Comedy Central
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Time:	5:15:00
Sales rank:	10,685

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Radiohead

Voice Only

Technical Credits

Eric Stough	Director
Matt Stone	Executive Producer
Trey Parker	Director

Menu

Side #1 -- Disc One
   Play All
   Episode Selection
      It Hits the Fan
      Cripple Fight
      Super Best Friends
      Scott Tenorman Must Die
      Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow
   Commentaries
      Commentary With Trey and Matt: On
      Commentary With Trey and Matt: Off
   DVD Previews
   Comedy Central Quickies
      South Park: Professor Chaos
      Chappelle's Show: Anti-Drug Commercial
      Reno 911!: Rough Morning
Side #2 -- Disc Two
   Play All
   Episode Selection
      Cartmanland
      Proper Condom Use
      Towelie
      Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants
      How to Eat With Your Butt
   Commentaries
      Commentary With Trey and Matt: On
      Commentary With Trey and Matt: Off
Side #3 -- Disc Three
   Play All
   Episode Selection
      The Entity
      Here Comes the Neighborhood
      Kenny Dies
      Butters' Very Own Episode
   Commentaries
      Commentary With Trey and Matt: On
      Commentary With Trey and Matt: Off

Editorial Reviews

One might think that, five years into their run, Comedy Central's gleefully obscene South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, would have run out of fresh ideas for their pint-sized potty-mouths. Far from it: Season 5 (2001-2) has some of the series' best, most outrageous episodes, and almost all of them feature Cartman front-and-center. "Scott Tenorman Must Die," is arguably South Park's crowning achievement. Here, Cartman seeks revenge against an eighth grader from whom he purchased an item in a misguided attempt to be the first of his friends to reach puberty. His retaliation scheme involves a specially trained pony, special guest stars Radiohead, and a chili cook-off, and the episode's finale remains hilariously shocking through repeated viewings. Coming a close second is "It Hits the Fan," where the clamor and controversy surrounding hit TV show Cop Drama's announcement that it will air the word "sh*t" unbleeped reaches a fever pitch. Comedy Central didn't bleep the word, either, which was uttered 162 times during the episode -- a counter in the corner of the screen helpfully keeps track. Other Season 5 classics include: "Cripple Fight," wherein Timmy clashes with newcomer Jimmy, a physically challenged amateur comedian; Cartman purchases his own amusement park so he can always be first in line for the rides in "Cartmanland," but upkeep costs cause his plan to backfire; sex education is added to the curriculum in "Proper Condom Use"; and the kids deal with the aftermath of September 11th in "Osama Bin Laden Has Poopy Pants" -- a potentially sensitive subject that Parker and Stone deftly handle by turning the hunt for the al Qaeda leader into a Bugs Bunny homage. Additionally, sweet and innocent Butters gets his own episode, and we meet for the first -- and last -- time the hilarious new character Towelie. If you need more than that, you're just going to have to wait for Season 6.

Barnes & Noble - Bill Pearis