South Park Season 13

126. South Park: Season 13

The 13th season of South Park once again finds Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman up to their usual antics. This season finds the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West and Whale Wars getting skewered by creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

I have found that ever since South Park started creating shows the week they air, the show has just kept getting better. This season is further proof of that. The show is topical and just hilarious. I suppose the only real negative in this is that the episodes might not hold up as well years down the road once the topics have faded. Highlights of this particular season are The Ring, The Coon, Fishsticks, and the final 6 episodes of the season. There really are only a handful of episodes that didn't do much for me, honestly. And it's not that they weren't good, they just didn't click quite like the others did. The episode featuring Kanye West, Fishsticks, has me chuckling about it still, even after more than a week. At the heart of it was a silly, 4th grade joke but it just worked perfectly as something Kanye would completely misunderstand and get bent out of shape over. Really good stuff.

This dvd is rounded out with 7 minutes worth of deleted scenes and Trey and Matt's usual "commentary-minis". These commentary tracks usually go for about 4 or 5 minutes per episode. Just enough time to give you insight into the episode without having to fill 22 minutes worth of space. Also, as has been the norm with these more recent seasons, these episodes are 100% uncensored. Enjoy all the profanity, the way it was intended to be heard.

Overall, this season of South Park is one of the best. I highly recommend it. If you can't spring for the dvd set, South Park's website streams the episodes so you can check them out there.