Season Four Continuation (Episodes 5-12)

It's been a while since last update, that next episode really turns me off. Besides, I've had other things to do lately. But let's get on with it. I'm in a hurry if I'm going to have reviewed all the episodes before season 13 starts airing.

Episode 5: Great Expectations
I don't know. Now watching it again it doesn't seem that bad. It's not South Park and that's the biggest letdown of it, but it still has it's merits. Malcolm McDowell is nice touch as a british person and he really gets you into the story. The Characters are also pretty good, so exaggerated that it works. The ending is just ludicrous, I don't know how "Great Expectations" ended, but certainly not that way. If I were into that kind of literature, I might check out the novel, but since I'm not, I'll do with the info I got from this episode. It's really hard episode to rate, since it's so different from other episodes. It's kinda good but in a different way than other South Parks. I don't know, I'll give it 4/10.

Revision: My scale is again a bit off. It's not as bad as people say, but compared to the other episodes, it really only deserves 3/10.

Episode 6: Cartman Joins NAMBLA
This is a bit sub-standard episode. The whole idea has much more potential that is used, instead you see some random doorshit or Kenny's dad taking a dump or puking half of an episode. That's not really what we want to see, but the concept is pretty good and this episode still has it's moments. Kenny's trouble with new child -sublot is kinda boring. I'll rate this episode.. 3/10.

Episode 7: Cherokee Hair Tampons
I don't really care for this episode either too much. The best part of it is Garrison's novel excerpts. The whole Kyle dying and Stan being sad on contrast to the reactions of Kenny dying isn't all that funny really. But it's good to make fun of all this spiritual healing -shit. It sucks. For rating, I'll give it 2/10.

Revision: I really didn't give this episode the thought it deserved. It wasn't the most hilarious episode and the Stan-Kenny relations weren't funny, but they were interesting enough. Besides, there's some funny shit that I didn't mention in my original review, like milk coming from Cartman's nose and Cartman's answer, when Stan originally asked for his kidney. I move it up to 4/10. It's very decent episode after all.

Episode 8: Chef Goes Nanners
This episode's subject isn't that interesting, but it turns out as a rather good episode. There are plenty of good jokes. The Klu Klux Klan -jokes and especially the Cartman & Wendy affair. When I think of Cartman's and Wendy's relationship, I always remember their fight from the "Breast Cancer Show Ever", but this is something quite different. The best part of it is the Wendy's dream of Cartman, it's just ridiculous. The ending works, I guess. It made me feel bad for Cartman.. On the other hand, I don't want South Park to make me feel bad. Whatever, I'll rate it 6/10.

Episode 9: Something You Can Do With Your Finger
This episode starts up with a bang.. fingerbang. I'm sorry about that. Well, it's another fairly good episode. Boyband shit is enough to keep you entertained and what could be better than boyband named Fingerbang? The song's lyrics kick ass. I love especially the Cartman's solo part. The start is the best part of the episode, unfortunately. There's few decent jokes along the way, but the true climax is right at the beginning. Kind of a downside. I'll rate it 5/10 anyway.

Episode 10: Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
This is a two-part serial. The priest scares the shit out of the childen and they end up being all religious. Meanwhile there's the subplot from hell, Satan's complicated relationships getting settled. It's nothing too funny, until the end, where Cartman starts to get the show going on.. But it's entertaining, even if there isn't too much amusement you're not getting bored since the plot is easily accessible. I'll rate it 3/10.

Well, that was a bit sub-par review, but I feel like writing couple of more, so why not..

Episode 11: Probably
Alright, to the second part. It's pretty much the same, solid stuff. I guess there could have been more potential again in this setup, but it's still decent. Nothing special really standing out for me, maybe God's and Satan's conversation but even that really isn't too funny. I'm gonna go for the rating of 3/10 again.

I'm starting to get tired, so only one episode more.

Episode 12: 4th Grade
This is a classic. So the boys finally move on to the fourth grade. But Cartman points out that in the third grade everything was better. And he sings about it. That's gotta be one of the best moments of the series. The song is so over-sentimental that you can't help but to laugh. Mrs. Choksondik just makes me sick. There are also Star Wars -references, the plot develops with Mr. Garrison's sexuality and all that stuff. That's all, I rate it 7/10.

Season Four Starter (Episodes 1-4)

Alright, I read through all of my reviews and removed some typos and other mistakes. I guess from now on I am proofreading my reviews right after I write them. Now we can get to the season four, finally.

Episode 1: Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000
Season Four starts with a bang. Cartman gets sent to Juvenile hall after committing a hate crime against Token. From there on the references to the prison-movies and series start. There's also the subplot of girls vs. boys on sledding and the whole campaigning against hate crime laws. There's also bunch of very good jokes thrown into the mix. Butters' thrashtalking just cracks me up. Then there's the ridiculous chase and the Cartman shitting stuff parts. Clyde taking up Cartman's place is just classic, especially at the end when he shouts out "GODDAMMIT!" Cartman is overall great in this episode, he's speech at the about adjusting again to normal life and all that. A very nice episode, I'll rate it 7/10.

Episode 2: Tooth Fairy TAT's 2000
This episode is not as good as the first one, but still a fair one. The scenes with the sad music where the boys realize that tooth fairy isn't real are great. Cartman saying "tits" all the time is also hilarious. The mafia movie -references also add a nice touch to the episode. Then there's another Chef's song, nice to have one of those in a long while, this one is unique also because it's little Chef with high-pitched voice. Cartman's standard traits when he is acting a fairy are also funny ("Or else I will kick you in the nuts.. Square in the nuts"). Kyle's existencial crisis is pretty fucked up. I guess that's all, time to rate it.. 5/10.

Episode 3: Quintuplets 2000
I don't know about this episode. It's not that bad, I guess, but lacks something. Romania is portrayed pretty badly, but it's only a joke anyway. This episode was noted for it's fast reaction to the recent events. It has decent jokes but nothing that's really standing out for me. One bad thing though that stands out is the love scene.. I mean that's just grotesque. I really can't rate this episode anything better than 2/10, even though Kenny doing opera is good stuff.

Episode 4: Timmy 2000
This is a classic episode that established Timmy as a one of the major characters in the show. There's good message in this episode, more Phil Collins mockery and of course the great song that Timmy's band does. There's also the Ritalin thing going on.. Good episode. Not really too much need of saying anything else. I'll give it 7/10.

I would probably do couple of more, but I'm not too much of a fan of the next episode so I'll leave it 'til next time

Season Three Finale (Episodes 15-17)

Episode 15: Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
It's really nothing else than their Christmas album animated. Really not much to say. Then songs are decent, but that's not really what you want to see from South Park. 1/10.

Episode 16: Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus
This is an ok episode with couple of good jokes. First of all there's the whole Cartman having periods thing. I guess there could have been more comedic potential in that, but it's used decently anyway. One thing that baffles me is that Stan is taking hormones and he starts to grow both beard and tits. Did Memphesto give him both male and female hormones? I know, it's just absurd joke or something, but some things just bother me. Rod Stewart is ridiculous of course. Then we see God at the end of the episode and the one question he allows goes in the really good use. God really looks like the real one, I wonder if he has appeared to Matt & Trey too? I'll rate this episode.. 3/10

Episode 17: Worldwide Recorder Concert
Well, what about this.. Well, the idea of some concert sounds dull, but it turns out ok, especially when boys add a little interest to it by adding the brown noise. Mr. Garrison is in big role in this episode with his fucked up eagerness to get molested. It's not really my favorite kind of episode, but I guess I gotta give it some credit, after all, you don't see whole world shitting their pants in every tv show. It's a sick episode, I'll give it 5/10.

So, the season three is now finished, I'll gonna have little break, then go back editing some of my earlier reviews. Then I'll finally get on to the fourth season. 29 days 'til the 13th season, can't wait it, we'll see if I have reviewed all of the episodes before that. About the third season, it averaged whopping 4,12 so it's the best season so far.

Still Season Three (Episodes 10-14)

Episode 10: Chinpokomon
This is just a stroke of genious from the creators. I was again at the sixth grade during the time Pokemon was on it's peak and everybody back then had some Pokemon shit, like cards or stuff (I gotta say proudly that I had not any part of it, didn't even watch the tv show, but since my siblings watched it I knew what was going on). It was ridiculous really so it makes perfect sense that there's South Park episode making fun of it. Chinpokomon (Penis monsters or something) hits right on the spot, they're just like Pokemon. Then there's the "american penis so big" gag going on and it's funny too. They manage to squeeze some ridiculous commercials there also. Finally the Independence Day reference made me laugh. I also loved the Bill Clinton's speech. It's great episode filled with good jokes, I'll give it 8/10.

Episode 11: Starvin' Marvin in Space
So this episode isn't really a South Park, it's more of an Starvin' Marvin episode spoofing Star Trek and Star Wars movies. The boys are a bit of background characters, but it doesn't matter, because it's a decent episode. I really can't say if there's anything specially funny about this episode, maybe Sally Struthers, but other than that it just basic solid jokes and on whole it's a fine episode. I'll rate it 4/10.

Episode 12: Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
Well you could say this isn't really a South Park too - at least it's something we're not used to from South Park. Most of the episode is Scooby-Doo spoof, there's the drawing style and music and even some of the jokes. All of this makes this very unique episode. Of course there's Nibblet.. I mean WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING? Then there's those two guys from the cemetery who seem to be very into necrofilia. And to top it off, it ends so absurdly that it's just great. I'll rate it 6/10.

Episode 13: Hooked on Monkey Phonics
I don't know if this episode is really that funny, but it certainly has affected me more than average episode of South Park. I mean that it has an important message, at least somewhat important. But certainly there's couple of good jokes in this episode too, like Cartman's "homeschooling" and the ridiculous song prior to that. I am talking of course about the "Who would have thought such a miracle could be.." etc. song. Nothing else really stood out for me on that account, but it's a good episode, I'll rate it 5/10.

Episode 14: Red Badge of Gayness
Another great episode. Somewhere it was said that the third season was the worst, but what I see is classic after another. Greatest thing in this episode is of course the Cartman and he's accent, it really gets overdone. His letters are great. It really relies on that only, but why not, it's just great stuff. And it's kind of recycling the old Cartman lines, but the context it's made makes you laugh at them again. 7/10, no question about it.

Three episodes left, we'll finish this off in the next post.

Season Three Continuation (Episodes 5-9)

Episode 5: Jackovasaurus
I've seen this episode rated as the worst episode ever. But I have to say it's not really that bad. It's not really good either but it has it moments - the whole Cartman singing at the start makes me laugh at least. I guess I'm easily amused. Besides, Cartman gets authoritah, though it's not used to it's full potential. Jakovasaurs are based on Jar-Jar Binks from the Star Wars. They are almost as annoing as he. That's why many people hate this episode, because it's mostly Jakovasaurs and they're loud and irritating. You don't want to see this episode again right after you've watched it. I'll rate it 2/10.

Episode 6: Sexual Harassment Panda
This is another episode that's seen by some people as the worst made. I have to say that although the whole idea is absurd (in a good way), I didn't laugh to it too much. Of course there's the repetitive scene about "we don't take kindly to your kind" and it worked when I first saw these episode and at this viewing the first time, but enough repetition is enough. I gotta give it 1/10.

Revision: C'mon, it's not that bad, there definitely is worse episodes. Up to 2/10.

Episode 7: Cat Orgy
This is the first episode of "The Meteor Shower Trilogy". Each one of these episode's focus on one of the boys (well, the last one, "Jewbilee", has both Kyle and Kenny). This episode focuses on Cartman. So Mrs. Cartman goes to the meteor shower party and Shelley comes to babysit Cartman, while Cartman's cat is in heat. I remember that my brother couldn't stop laughing to those cat parts, but I don't find them that funny. I think they're there just to fill the episode. But the idea of this kind of trilogy all happening in the same day is sweet and this episode has it's moments. Skyler's band is terrible, but maybe a little too terrible to be really funny. Wild Wild West satire is ok and it's overall quite a decent episode. I'll give it 4/10.

Episode 8: Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub
On to the second episode of the trilogy, this episode concentrates on Stan. His parents come to the party like everyone else, but unlike Cartman, he doesn't get babysitted, he must come with his parents to the party and he gets locked down in the basement with "Melvins", Pip, Butters and Dougie. Then there's the gay experiment of Gerald and Randy, meanwhile ATF has surrounded building thinking that there's some religious cult planning to commit mass suicide. So there's lots of things going on, especially if you think that the previous and the next episode's events are taking place at same time too. It manages not to get out of hand and deliver couple of good jokes in the way too. Nothing really standing out on terms of jokes, maybe it's worth mentioning though that the garbled version of Cher's Believe sounds even more ridiculous than the original. It's close, but this is bit better episode than the trilogy's first one. I'll rate it 5/10.

Episode 9: Jewbilee
Grand Final of the trilogy. Trey and Matt themselves listed this one of their favourite episode's though they claim that they "shitted this out of their ass". I gotta agree with the latter. There's pretty much random stuff going on and while previous episode didn't get out of hand.. Well, this one gets WAAAYY out of hand. But it doesn't matter, it still has plenty of good jokes, but as a whole it's just too irrational for my liking. I mean, I like it being absurd and stuff, but too much is just too much. So this is the part that Kyle and Kenny are starring. Very dull setting in some jew scouts, but like I said, it gets so out of hand that it gets interesting. Moses is ridiculous, but more ridiculous is the things that he says. Like "I desire...I desire.. Macaroni pictures" and "Let us put patterns of glue on the outside of those paper plates so we can then pour glitter on them so they can look nice and sparkly". It's close, but I'll drop it's rating to 3/10. Nice contrast to the creators' views, but I can understand why this is their favorite episode or one of them.

Season Three Startup (Episodes 1-4)

Episode 1: Rainforest Schmainforest
Well, the impression that this episode leaves me with is not that good, but when you think about it, this episode is a fairly good satire about environmentalists. The song that the choir is singing is totally gay, but I guess it's supposed to be. One thing I would like the point out is that Craig is much funnier in this episode than what my impression of him later developed, when he got more prominent role in the series. He's only flipping the bird in the episode, but that's really enough to make it funny. Other funny thing about this episode was the Cartman's trait of hitting animals once again. This review is rather disjointed. So what's my point.. It's a memorable episode with some fair satire, but guess I've seen this too many times because it left me a bit cold. I'll give it 3/10.

Episode 2: Spontaneous Combustion
I like this episode, but there's one thing that disturbs me in it. The creators seem to have mixed up ozone depletion and global warming. I guess that's common, but since this is popular series they really should get the facts straight. I mean, c'mon. There's lots of things that aren't possible of course but most of those don't disturb me because they don't really matter or they're used as a joke, but this was just a bit frustrating error. Anyway, the whole erection-discussion is hilarious from the start, especially when they talk in the street and bystanders overheard things like "I just want an erection to give it to my mom". It's great stuff, like Randy's random dreaming-scenes are. So it's a decent episode, I gotta give it 5/10.

Episode 3: The Succubus
Well, it's not that good of an episode. But at least there's the classic three-fiddy -thing going on and Cartman gets ridiculous glasses. But there's not really that much funny things going on in this episode, it pretty much relies on the three-fiddy. It's more of just hoping Chef to get back to his senses. I don't know what else to say, so let's rate it.. 2/10

Episode 4: Tweek vs. Craig
Now this is a good episode. Mr. Adler is introduced, he's not that great of a character, but the screwing around thing at least tries to be funny. The live action parts about his old love are ridiculous. But the main thing of course in this episode is the fight. It takes it's time to happen though, since neither Tweek nor Craig really want to fight. The scene with the whole of Craig's family flipping to each other is great. Then there's the training part for the fight, both side's got great moments. In Tweek's training, the Ned's comment of "whatcha got biatch" is hilarious. The whole Cartman doing sumo in Craig's training is just classic. The fight itself is rather anti-climatic. The going was much more hardcore in "Breast Cancer Show Ever", when Wendy and Cartman got it going on. Though, I guess Wendy hates Cartman more than Craig and Tweek each other. But yeah it's a best episode of season three so far, I'll rate it 7/10