South Park:
The Complete Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eigth Seasons
review by Bobby Blakey
There are few cartoon series that have lasted as long as Comedy Central’s South Park. While the spotlight on the series might not be as bright as it once was that hasn’t slowed it down one bit. Over the last few years, the series has zeroed in on the world of Trump and once again managed to inject it into the crazy world of this animated series. Now after a long delay, the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth seasons are finally coming home.
For those living under a rock, South Park follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado. In this latest season they learn the wonders of Japanese toilets, grapple with latest developments in A.I. technology, re-open an iconic Colorado restaurant, and meet a couple who feel the need to share the importance of their Privacy with the world. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park!
In these two seasons, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Cartman and the surprise return of Jesus, as everyone prepares for Satan and the President to welcome their love child, the Antichrist. If that’s not enough, they must also contend with the end of woke culture, combat the scourge of AI slop, learn
disturbing lessons about crypto and face the threat of South Park’s imminent cancellation. Just all part of growing up in South Park.
For some time, the series shifted to a more ongoing story before returning to one-off style. This split season merged as one long story really leaning into the Trump/Satan relationship and is classic South Park all around. I typically love the episodes of the week’s stories, but these new seasons are hilarious and go all in at every turn to make for plenty of laugh out loud moments in every episode.
I had a blast with this season, but I think my favorite overall is the story dealing with the billionaires who just happen to be tiny penis’ in a miniature town. The episode is ridiculous on every level and is not only funny, but visually hilarious with every scene. As absurd as it is throughout the seasons, they are sadly not too far from reality in what they are saying.
These two seasons only offer up ten total episodes but play out like one long season as opposed to two. I would love to have gotten a few more for the season, but they still pour everything into all of them and are hilarious as ever. The no fear attitude of going after the ridiculous nature of Trump and his cabinet makes for some great moments and further proves the genius of this series and how much they are always willing to go in to get the laughs and truth of the world out there in their unique voice.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have continued to kill it with this show since day one and show no signs of slowing down. While I don’t always agree with the viewpoint, they throw out there, I am always entertained and laugh out loud often. I love this series as much now as I did the first time, I saw it back in 1997.
Head on down to South Park and grab your copy of South Park: The Complete Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eighth Seasons when it hits DVD on October 20th from Comedy Central and Paramount Home Entertainment.