"Oh my God, they killed Kenny..."
My reviews will NOT be about the DVD. Since every episode is on here, this is what I will be talking.

Okay, so Trey Parker and Matt Stone give us the first episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe." This has the first normal trend of South Park which is killing Kenny in almost every episode. Although the episode itself is not entirely funny, we DO have Cartman, one of the single most hilarious characters ever created. Kudos to Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone.

From there spawns twelve more episodes, none of them really gut-busting hilarious (thus the three stars). In this season, we get South Park's Christmas icon...who is a piece of crap (literally). The brown little stick that is Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo. (This little guy is actually pretty funny.) In the same episode, we also get Mr. Mackey the school counselor...m'kay? (In my book, he ranks third as the most hilarious character in South Park.)

In the second episode (I think it's called "Volcano"), we are introduced to Randy Marsh, probably the stupidest(meaning in the show) character in all of South Park. (He ranks second in my book, right behind Cartman.) You don't get to see much of Randy in the first two seasons, so you unfortunately don't get to see how stupid he really is. Too bad.

Anyway, that pretty much sums up my thinking on this season. Interesting that usually comedies' first seasons are usually their best. THIS is an exception where some of the later seasons are much more hilarious than its start. A good start of a great show.

A great comedy debuts
When at the top of their game, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone deliver some of the sharpest satire and raunchiest I-can't-believe-they-did-that-on-TV comedy. For my money, "Mr. Hanky," "Mecha-Streisand," and "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" are the highlights. Lots of laughs here.

Great Show, Poorly made DVD scams
South Park is a great show, but the DVD presentation can suck my balls.

Don't be fooled by thinking how great a 3 disc edition of season one sounds great. I can assure you that 3 discs sounds better then realizing that it is 4 episodes to a disc, and no bonus features or commentary.

If they gave the DVD presentation it deserved you would see that they could easily fit the entire first season onto 1 disc, maybe 2, and the rest of disc 2 could have been bonus features. but noooooooo, 3 discs sounds likes it's a lot and people will think it's packed full of extra goodies. It's not.

Pops in the Audio
I love this show and I wanted to start purchasing every season....But....I just received Season 1 and noticed right away several pops in the audio on all 3 discs. Very annoying. I have been renting DVDs for years and have purchased hundreds of DVDs along with several box sets of other shows and have never had this problem. I am in the process of contacting the company that I ordered Season 1 from for an exchange. It's not their fault, but now I am very hesitant about ordering the rest of the sets from anyone. If a batch of discs were manufactured that way, who knows how many have it. Life is a gamble. Buyers Be aware.

Give the boys a chance!
Yeah, I know, South Park shows elementary kids with potty mouths. Elementary kids like the show in real life and tend to copy what's on TV. Well, parents should do their job and punish them if they are potty mouths. This is not an elementary age cartoon. High School, maybe. But then again, I like South Park better than Beavis and Butthead. B&B were just plain along losers. SP always has a redemptive story in each episode. Yes, I know that's no excuse for having the kids participate in their antics but as a social commentary for ADULTS, the messages in each episode are well founded. I think the episodes remind us that kids are people too. Too often, adults forget that. Parents, watch this with your teen and enjoy the discussions that evolve. I also like the comments by Trey and Matt. They definately do not take themselves seriously and neither should we.