South Park DVDs

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South Park was first released on DVD in Europe: the first four seasons were released between 2000 and 2001 (season 5 wasn't released until summer of 2007). They were later released in the United States, starting in 2002. Paramount Home Entertainment began releasing the seasons in Australia in October 2007. This article contains information on the season sets. All the European sets comprise four discs each (apart from season one, which has three). Each of the U.S. box sets comprise three discs. Except where noted, the European releases contained no special features.

The Season 11 box set will see release on August 12 2008 and will be the first box set to have all episodes uncensored. [1].

Contents

[edit] Season 1

The 1st South Park box set was released in Europe on 7 May 2001. Unrated in the United States and 14A in Canada, where it was released on November 12, 2002 on Warner Bros., and later re-released on Paramount Home Entertainment on June 29, 2004, in English Dolby Stereo with the option of English, Spanish or French subtitles and contains all 13 episodes from South Park's first season. The European release contained no extra features other than the introductions by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, in which they called nearly all the episodes "one of their [all-time] favorite episodes." The first season was re-released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Region 2 DVD on October 22, 2007.[2] The first season (along with the second and the tenth) was released in Australia on October 4, 2007.

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Bonus features

  • Cartman "O Holy Night" video
  • Ned "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" video
  • Original Television Promos
  • "A South Park Thanksgiving" featured exclusively on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
  • The Boys present at the 1997 CableACE Awards

[edit] Audio commentary

Full-length commentaries were recorded by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but they felt that they were of poor quality [3]. However, they were available on five CDs for a limited offer, by sending in an order form that was found on the official website, the proofs of purchases found within the DVD set and $3.50.[4] (Look under 24. November 5, 2002).

  • Review of Season 1 DVD and Audio Commentaries: [5]

[edit] Season 2

Season 2 was released on DVD in Europe on April 16, 2001 on Warner Vision International with no extra features. Trey and Matt state on the Season 3 commentary, that while they felt there were good episodes in Season 2, they found most to be poor in retrospect. It was released in the United States on June 3, 2003 on Warner Bros. and was re-released with the 1st season on June 29, 2004. The second season was re-released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Region 2 DVD on 22 October 2007.[6]. This season (along with seasons 1 and 10) was released in Australia on October 4, 2007. Language/subtitle options are the same as Season 1, as well as the ratings. This is the only Season of South Park where no commentaries by the creators are known to be recorded. Every season hereafter included Mini-Commentaries. Here is the list of all of Season Two's episodes as separated into 3 discs for the U.S. and Australian releases:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Bonus features

[edit] Bonus disc

For a limited time, a bonus disc containing the original version of "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" was available by pre-ordering the Season 2 DVD set through Best Buy's website. [7] (Look under 11. May 28, 2003).

  • Images of the bonus disc: [8]

[edit] Season 3

The 3rd South Park box set was released on June 18 2001 in Europe on Warner Vision International with no special features and December 16, 2003 in the US on Paramount Home Entertainment only (no Warner Bros. release, to date all US South Park DVD box sets from Season 3 onwards have been released on Paramount Home Entertainment only). The third season will be re-released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Region 2 DVD on 17 March 2008 [9]. There are no subtitles but English Dolby Stereo, Spanish Mono and French Dolby Stereo audio tracks are available along with an optional commentary from the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone on every episode. The commentaries are unique in that they are "mini commentaries", which last about four or five minutes. This box set is Unrated in the United States but is an 18A in Canada because of the finale, World Wide Recorder Concert. The third season DVD is set to be release by March 20 along with Season 4 in Australia.This is The Season Three Episode List:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Bonus features

With the exception of the audio commentaries previously mentioned, there are no bonus features on Season 3+ South Park DVDs although there are Comedy Central "Quickies" on the third disc which are previews of South Park and other Comedy Central Shows including Reno 911! and Chapelle's Show.

[edit] Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut also came out on DVD. For a for a full description of the movie click on: South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.

[edit] Bonus features

The Extras Included:

  • South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Trailer 1
  • South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Trailer 2
  • South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Teaser Trailer
  • "What would Brian Boitano Do? (Part 2)" promo video made by Matt and Trey

[edit] Languages

You could listen to the movie in either French or English, both versions with subtitles. Region 2 also has the additional languages- Bulgarian, Arabic, Romanian

[edit] Disc design

The disc is blank on both sides, with the title, etc. written around the middle. As such, the film can be watched on either side of the disc, one side being uncensored and the other being censored.

[edit] Season 4

The 4th season of South Park DVD box set was released on June 29, 2004, the same day the first and second seasons were re-released on Paramount Home Entertainment Unrated in the United States, it has gone back to a 14A in Canada (all seasons 1,2 and 4+ are 14A in Canada as of the Season 7 DVD). The commentaries continue, though the Spanish and French audio tracks are lost, with only an English Dolby Stereo track (same applies to Season 5+). Season 4 will be released in the UK on March 17, 2008. Season 4 will be released in Australia March 2, 2008. Here are the episodes on Season Four:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Bonus features

Same as Season 3 except some DVD previews have been included onto the first disc.

[edit] Season 5

The 5th box set of South Park was released on February 22, 2005, same ratings/audio options as Season 4. The DVD Previews and Comedy Central "Quickies" are now both on the first disc. It was released in the UK on October 22, 2007. Here is the episode listing for Season Five:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Season 6

The sixth season of South Park was released on October 11, 2005, the ratings, audio options and position of the Comedy Central "Quickies" and DVD previews are carried over from the previous season. Also, when you slip out the box containing the DVDs, the Butters on the actual front cover is Professor Chaos.Season 6 was released in the UK on March 17, 2008. Here is the Season 6 episode list:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Season 7

Released on March 21, 2006 and to be released on June 16 2008 in the UK. two basic designs have been changed in this boxset, the front cover and the disc character (see below). The region 2 release is also the first to be rated 18 by the BBFC. The Season 7 episodes are listed here:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Season seven's box

Unlike Seasons 1 through 6, the Season 7 box has a hole in it so when the digipack is out of the slipcase, you only see a hole in the front of the box. When inserted, you see Stan, Kyle and Kenny through the hole. (Pictures, right, from top to bottom: Front, back, front without the digipack, digipack outside the slipcase) The box is also the first cover not to feature Cartman. The digipack also features Jimmy and Timmy dressed like the crips.

[edit] Season seven's disc designs

Also different in the Season 7 of South Park boxset is the disc character. Previous boxes had a specific character on all of the discs:

  • Season 1- Kenny
  • Season 2- Cartman
  • Season 3- Stan
  • Season 4- Timmy
  • Season 5- Kyle
  • Season 6- Butters

On Season 7 however, Cartman is on Disc 1, Kenny on Disc 2 and Stan is on Disc 3.

[edit] Season 8

The complete eighth season was released on August 29, 2006 and 31st of August 2008 in the UK. Here are the episodes:

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Season eight's box

Season 8's box is again different from any other seasons box. The slipcase has the 4 main boys dressed up like ninjas from Good Times With Weapons. The digipack has a picture of the boys in their Japanese anime format. There is no hole in the slipcase so the digipack shows through, as there was in the Season 7 disc set.

[edit] Season eight's disc designs

The design for the discs are different like Season 7. This season, each disc design highlights different episodes on those discs. AWESOM-O and Butters are on Disc 1, the Douche and the Turd mascots are on Disc 2 and Stan and the Woodland Critters from Woodland Critter Christmas are on Disc 3.

[edit] Season 9

South Park's 9th Season DVD, was released March 6, 2007, [10] and includes the following episodes.

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Season 10

South Park's 10th season DVD was released in the U.S. on August 21, 2007, and in Australia on October 4, 2007. Once opened, in addition to the 3 DVDs containing season 10's episodes, the DVD set also includes a 14-day free trial for World of Warcraft.

The DVD set includes the following episodes.

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] Season 11

The South Park season 11 DVD will be released on the 12th of August 2008, the episodes will be uncensored for the first time ever on DVD. Various retailers had said it would include a 3-song download pack for Rock Band, however this isn't this wasn't true. It will consist of 4 featurettes related to other Comedy Central programming:


The DVD set includes the following episodes.

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

[edit] South Park The Hits: Volume 1

Comedy Central Home Entertainment Celebrates 10 Years of "South Park" with the DVD release of "South Park the Hits: Volume 1" featuring Matt and Trey's 10 favorite episodes, four fan favorite episodes and, for the first time ever, "The Spirit of Christmas" animated short.

[edit] The episodes

Includes Emmy Award-Winning "Best Friends Forever," Emmy-Nominated "Trapped in the Closet," four bonus episodes and new audio commentary from Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

  • "AWESOM-O" - Stone: "This episode has one of my favorite scenes of any 'South Park' ever...which is when Cartman gets off the plane. He gets to Los Angeles and he has to eat the toothpaste 'cause he's so fucking hungry. That just totally makes sense that you'd be that hungry where you'd just eat toothpaste."
  • "Best Friends Forever" - Parker: "We went out to the animation staff and we're like, 'Okay, good news. We've come up with a show idea for this week. It's going to be a final battle between heaven and hell.' And they were just like, 'Oh, shit.'"
  • "Casa Bonita" - Stone: "This episode perfectly explains Cartman's character. It's not really about the experience, he doesn't want friends there." Parker: "Yeah. He would rather be the only person on the planet." Stone: "To me, that perfectly encapsulates what's wrong with Cartman....he sucks so bad."
  • "Good Times with Weapons" - Parker: "The thing I'm most proud of in this episode is the song. I think we hit the song perfectly. I think we got the anime pretty good, but that song..."
  • "Red Hot Catholic Love" - Parker: "For some reason we thought the imagery of someone crapping out their mouth would work ultimately in a show. And then luckily a bunch of priests got caught molesting kids. And we're like, 'Bingo.'"
  • "The Return of the Lord of the Rings to the Two Towers" - Parker: "This episode is just a perfect example, to us, about how much fun the show can be when it's just kids being kids."
  • "Scott Tenorman Must Die" - Parker: "This is a very important episode in the 'South Park' library because it did definitely change Cartman. I mean, it took him from kind of a little shit head to probably the most evil kid in the world."
  • "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" - Stone: "Most of the time when people ask us about, you know, ripping on celebrities and featuring celebrities in the show, I always say, 'Well, you know, it's not personal. It's just ripping on the idea of celebrity itself. You know, it's just kind of this absurdist thing that we do.' But then you look at this episode and it really isn't that. We have to stop little girls from looking up to Paris Hilton."
  • "Towelie" - Parker: "We rented a houseboat on Lake Mead with a bunch of our friends who are also writers on 'South Park' and we were getting into a boat, and everyone was like, 'Yeah, did you bring a towel? Everyone bring a towel? You - you got a towel?' And then people just started going, 'Don't forget to bring a towel.' And that, for some reason that caught on and then it became, 'Towelie says, don't forget to bring a towel.' And then that became 'Towelie.'"
  • "Trapped in the Closet" - Parker: "We're pretty sure it's going be one of our most infamous ever, I think, just because of all the hubbub it caused. I don't think we've ever had a single episode that has stirred up this much unwanted and wanted attention."

Four Featured Fan Episodes:

[edit] Disc designs

This is the first time that Comedy Central decided to go with a plain disc design. The discs simply read "South Park: The Hits Volume 1" and are similar for both discs. However behind the discs is a picture of one of the South Park Characters. This is also the first time that Comedy Central decided to have a chrome-finish on the DVD, instead of their matte with glossy characters. This finish does show fingerprints on it unlike previous South Park DVDs.

[edit] South Park - "Good Times With Weapons" High Definition

Started on the March 6th 2007 (the day before South Park Season 11 began in the USA), a Comedy Central promotion offered Microsoft Xbox 360 Live users a free download of the 2004 episode "Good Times With Weapons" in High Definition. This is the First (and currently only) HD South Park episode and was released in Widescreen. The promotion lasted 2 weeks and was restricted to the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand (though later was made available in all European regions).

Source: http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2007/030507_southpark_highdef.jhtml

[edit] (Limited Edition HD-DVD)

Best Buy also held a promotion through March 20th to April 3rd, offering free HD-DVDs of the "Good Times With Weapons" episode with the purchase of any Xbox 360 console or HD DVD drive. The HD-DVD was a double sided HD-DVD & DVD with only a thin label on the clear inner of the disc (similar to the South Park: The Movie DVD).

[edit] Christmas Time in South Park

Christmas time in South Park is a Christmas themed South Park DVD set which was released on November 13, 2007. It is a single disc digi with a gold spine that resembles a Golden Book.

[edit] The episodes

[edit] Imaginationland: The Movie

The Imaginationland: The Movie is a single disc DVD that was released March 11, 2008. The set is uncensored (a first for the South Park franchise on DVD) and present all 3 episodes of Imaginationland edited together as a movie. It also includes two bonus episodes: Manbearpig and Woodland Critter Christmas as well as storyboards and full-length audio commentary from Matt and Trey. It is currently only available in a Region 1 Release.

Also, for a limited time, the Comedy Central Website is offering the DVD along with a Magnet Set based around the Imaginationland episodes.

[edit] Volumes

[edit] Released by Rhino Home Video

[edit] Released by Comedy Central


[edit] External links

  1. ^ Wild Westwood's Rarities Site - Features unused Season 1 full length commentaries and all the DVD mini commentaries
  1. Season 11 box set information


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