South Park Season 20

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We talk about TV all the time, but we hardly talk about all the TV. This week, we’re looking at the shows, people, and networks that we know people love — that we love — but typically fall outside of the critical hivemind. This is TV Airing in Plain Sight.

Consuming television in 2016 is a lot like collecting trading cards. We watch to be entertained, sure, but just as important is being able to say that we have a certain show in our collection. I don’t actually give a shit about what happens in Homeland. I just don’t want my friends to one-up me whenever we hang out. When my buddies take turns gushing, “That last episode was sooooo good, wasn’t it?” for 20 minutes on end, it’s crucial to my existence to be able to reply “so good, you guys” instead of sitting there like a doofus. Being a TV watcher these days is about having a great show in your arsenal that nobody else in your circle has. We all watch the popular shows to keep up with one another, but our real fulfillment comes when we ask everyone at a party if they’ve heard of Trailer Park Boys. When they say no, we make sure they understand that we’re better than them as we stand there grinning stupidly, like we love the smell of our own farts.

– Mark Titus

Trey Parker and Matt Stone didn’t set out to turn the television industry upside down, it just kind of happened. South Park first began as a fun little side project for them in college. But when a Fox executive commissioned the pair to create a short video Christmas card in the mid 1990s, the seeds were planted for a true game-changer.

Their Christmas card—“Jesus vs. Santa”—was an instant sensation, becoming one of the internet’s first ever viral videos, and even inspiring George Clooney to reportedly make 300 copies for friends. That’s power.

Since then, South Park has become one of the most influential TV shows of the millennial generation, despite negative blowback from high-minded critics and parental organizations.

The show’s first act of heroism was saving Comedy Central from the brink of oblivion. South Park’s vulgar yet hilarious series premiere, “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” was mostly skewered by critics at the time. Entertainment Weekly reviewer Bruce Fetts wrote, “If only the kids’ jokes were as fresh as their mouths,” while Tim Goodman of The San Francisco Examiner viewed the premiere as “vile, rude, sick, potentially dangerous, childish animation.”

-By Brandon Katz

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Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Number of discs: 2
Rated: Unrated – Not Rated
Studio: Comedy Central
DVD Release Date: June 13, 2017
ASIN: B06ZYX2GKM