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South Park - Series 5 [1997]
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ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
Review date: 2008-05-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
Season 5 of South Park has some of the all time great episodes of the brilliant show. This fantastic season originally aired at dated throughout the year of 2001 and it's greatest episodes are:
"KENNY DIES", in which the boys are shocked to descover that the friend Kenny has a terminal illness and will surely die.
"SCOTT TENORMAN MUST DIE", in which a boy named Scott Tenorman tricks Cartman in to buying his pubes, but when Eric finds out that it's a scam, he will stop at nothing to get back his money...
"PROPER CONDOM USE", the boys are taught sex education at school, the girls are scared of catching deseases from them, and Mr. Mackey and Ms. Chockondik engage in an intimate relationship.
So, all in all, great season, sadly hardy any bonuses.
You'll have to ration yourself or you'll work through these brilliant 14 episodes before you know you have it!
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Reviews
You don't Have to be young and spotty to laugh at this
Review date: 2008-03-11 Rating: 10 out of 10
I've been a South Park fan since its inception and this series is just as funny as all the rest. I chilled out having a drink when watching "The Entity", once I saw the contraption Mr Garrison had invented I laughed very hard indeed. Unfortunately I had not had time to swallow my current mouthful. After my sides had stopped hurting I was able to clear the mess.
"Scott Tennerman must Die" was genius, as was "Proper Condom Use". The only episode that wasn't that funny was "Here Comes the Neighbourhood"
Brilliant Series of a Brilliant Satirical Animation! Must Have!
Review date: 2007-08-19 Rating: 10 out of 10
'Pee Learce' already called it, but I'm calling it again! "South Park: Series 5" is definitely a must-have for any fan of the long-running satirical animation. Ordinarily I don't write reviews for TV series, but here I'm compeelled to 1) express my joy at the long-awaited release and 2) tell others to buy it because its so damn great.
The easily-offended need not apply, as this fifth season proves to be one of the show's most joyously offensive and darkly humoured. Beginning with "Scott Tenorman Must Die", one of the show's most famous, and most-loved, episodes. One of the most shockingly, and guiltily, funny episodes of the show ever. Then there's the infamous "It Hits The Fan", a mocking episode in which a certain word is repeated uncensored 162 times in total. Then there's the tongue-in-cheek "Cripple Fight", followed by scientology/David Blaine spoof "Super Best Friends", followed by change-in-style "Terrence & Phillip: Behind the Blow" installment, and then one of my personal favourites in the hernia-inducingly funny "Cartmanland".
From there, "South Park: Series 5" only pushes the limit on offensiveness and in-your-face satire. The crude and brilliant "Proper Condom Use", the iffy "Towelie" is the weakest episode of the bunch, "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" is a hilarious spoof of the old Bugs Bunny vs Elmer Fudd 'tunes', "How to Eat with Your Butt" isn't particularly brilliant in its methods but gets you laughing easily, "The Entity" is a trend-setter in the series where Cartman fully transcends into the hateful, idiotic racist we know today, "Here Comes the Neighborhood" isn't one of the series' best but does alright, and "Kenny Dies" sees Kenny leave the show completely -- if only until the end of season 6.
Closing with what is perhaps the series' best episode, "Butters' Very Own Episode", "South Park: Series 5" is a delightful and unashamedly in-your-face-and-offensive series of what, in my opinion, has been television's best animated series since at least 1999. Like the previous reviewer said, "South Park" gets better as it goes along, and adding what is one of the show's best series ever to your collection is highly recommended.
An utterly brilliant and wholly superb animation that deserves more recognition than a bi-monthly rant from 'The Sun' about how it is 'sick'.
Finally Coming!
Review date: 2007-08-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
I was waiting for this dvd for ages and in the end imported the US version. But for all you who don't own this series must buy it when its released over here. South Park just gets more hilarious as the series go on and this series continues the fantastic comedy and will not dissapoint. Episodes such as Scott Tenorman Must Die and Cartmanland are side splitters. A must own for any South Park fan! I Have imported up to Series 8 and trust me they just get better and better.
Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
South Park
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437874535
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 3
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-22
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 315 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1997