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South Park Season 4.

South Park Season 4. Review by Gareth Von Kallenbach

The fourth season DVD set of the outrageous comedy serious South Park has arrived and is splitting with laughs and extras. The set is packaged in an attractive collectors box and contains all 17 episodes in their original uncut format. Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Eric have advanced to the 4th grade and have a slew of new friends and escapades in store as they lambaste all manner of popular figures and situations often with biting social commentaries. Season four marked the arrival of the phenomenally popular character Timmy, a wheelchair bound student who made his signature cry “Timmy!” a pop culture catch phrase.

Topics ranging from the deportation of Cuban refuges, the Boy Band craze, overweight children, and hate crimes are all given the treatment before being examined in a thoughtful manner by one of the children who learn the true nature of the issues after all of the off color adventures are done. Sure it is often crass and crude but when it comes to taking on the topics there is no better source of parody anywhere than in South Park and season 4 proves once again that the shows creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone continue to push all the boundaries and are not content to rest on their success as season 4 is the best available to date.

The sound quality is first rate. The commentaries by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are a great edition to this set that is filled with laughs but definitely not for the kids.

5 stars out of 5

gareth@nwlink.com

Rating Scale: 1 Star: Dismal Little to no Entertainment.

2 Stars: Fair Has issues, but does have its moments.

3 Stars: Good Entertaining with some nice moments.

4 Stars: Very Good Solid, well made, and entertaining.

5 Stars: Outstanding Very entertaining, well made, or a classic in the genre.