South Park "Ike's W** W**" Review

As has been proven in recent weeks South Park really is still culturally relevant today as it was back in the mid to late nineties. While there really are longer breaks now between seasons and even longer breaks between specials when we do get a new episode it is usually gold however I want to take you all back to a time when it really was cool to talk about the latest episode of South Park behind your parents backs at school with your friends and so then join me as I review the episode that makes Mr. Mackey the main character of the episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Ike's W** W**" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when school councilor Mr. Mackey is fired he goes down a dark road all the while the boys try and prevent Kyle's brother Ike from going through something called bris. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being one of the more better examples of just how fresh and different that the show was back in it's nineties heyday as while yes this episodes plot is dumb and simple it's dumb and simple in all of the best ways possible as this is a show that really doesn't need deep and thought provoking plots for it's episodes to work it just needs simple plots that can then be blown up to the point where they become comical because of how much that they've been blown way out of proportion but at the same time tho this is a plot that isn't the strongest plot out there as well as both plots even when there put together aren't that strong enough to support an entire episode of the show with the episode even making it harder to work out just which is meant to be the main plot of the episode and which is meant to be the side plot as there both as ridiculous as each other but you could also argue that that's the not only the charm of the show as a whole but also the point of the episode as both of these plots are ridiculous and there both of them could very easily be both the main plot and the side plot of any given South Park episode with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is the is episodes writer , director and the shows co-creator Trey Parker as Stan Marsh , Eric Cartman , Mr. Garrison , Mr. Mackey , TV Announcer , Homeless Man , Hippie 2 , Nebraskan Man , Bris Attendee and Dr. Schwartz and this show co-creator Matt Stone as Kyle Broflovski , Kenny McCormick , Heckler 2 , Bartender , Mr. Freely , Gerald Broflovski , Ticket Salesman , Hippie 1 , Priest Maxi , Barman and Jimbo Kern. Also starring in this episode is Mary Kay Bergman as Principal Victoria , Mrs. Crabtree , Heckler 1 , Sheila Broflovski , Woman At Train Station , Hippie Woman and Miss Social Worker , Bruce Howell as Uncle Murray , Jesse Brant Howell as Ike Broflovski and Isaac Hayes as Chef.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances which is something that really does make alot of sense as all of this episodes actors are a bunch of really good actors in their own right an really do know hoe to deliver a good performance and with alot of them being in the show from the very beginning they would of course have a much more better handle on all of their characters and would really know how best to perform there characters and what kind of performance would best suit there respective characters in any given situation with the best actor in this episode being Trey Parker with him really making sure that all of his characters both sound vastly different from one another and act differently from each other as well with him also being the shows director he really does know what kind of performance would suit that scene that he's currently putting together in his head and nine times out of ten in this episode he was right to go with his gut with the acting that's in this very episode really bein helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at South Park Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with there being alot of depth in the episodes backgrounds which does oddly enough make the quality of this episodes animation seem to be a whole more higher then what it really had any right to be as with this show being down using cut out animation it does make it easy for the makers of this show just to not give that much attention to detail when it comes to the episodes animation and yet the very fact that there is alot of attention to detail in this episode from an animation point of view it does go to show that this shows animators really do have a love and care for the show and while it is hard to judge the characters movements as again this show is down with cut out animation or in the case of the series as a whole a computer programme that emulates that look and style but what can be said for sure is that this episodes animation is of a really high quality with this being due to the fat that instead of working on several episodes at once the animators instead send the entire week just working on the one episode and therefor they can give that one episode there full attention with that being something that really does shine through in this episode as it makes the animation in this episode be alot more better then what it really had any right to be.

What felt really odd during this episode is the fact that Mr. Mackey is essentially the main character of the episode. With the makers of this episode showing us things like where he lives and just how dedicated that he is to his job but even so it's hard to picture this character as the main character of an episode as just outside of the way he he says OK and the fact that he has a big head there's nothing quirky enough about this character that demands that he lead his own plot in an episode of the show but in saying that tho given the fact that he is one of the shows longest running characters and is a bit of a fan favorite character it was nice to see him get an episode that's dedicated to him but what would have made the episode feel worth it was if the episode actually showed us some of his backstory something which they could have gone into when he was sleeping next to the homeless man as that's kind of the point of a focus episode as this would then allow for us the audience to feel more for the character then what we already do in the first place but again just like with the plot it could be argued that not finding out that much about him is kind of the point of the episode as this whole episode is pretty much a spoof on anti drug PSA's and in those you never really get to know the main character with the only thing here that makes Mr. Mackey still be himself is the fact that he openly to never taking any kind of drugs even people are insisting that he did which is something that does add to the satire that the show is known for but it really would have worked more to this episodes advantage if we got to know about more him as a character as that could have made the episode better and the character himself all the more likable then what he already is in the first place.

Usually in this show it's Kyle , Stan , Kenny and Cartman that are the main characters of the episode as they are the main characters of the show. However here they feel more like side characters with there plot with Kyle's brother Ike having nothing to do with the Mr. Mackey plot line with the only thing of note to come from this plot is the fact that this is the episode where it's straight up confirmed that Ike is Kyle's adopted brother and is from Canada something which had never been mentioned before now with that revelation being something that does play a big part of the episode and Kyle is then forced to question if he and Ike really are brothers which does see him refuse to take part in Ike's bris as to him Ike is no longer his brother and it's only when Ike goes and talks to him and pretty much says that even tho there not related blood they are still a family and shows him all of the pictures of the two of them happily playing together that Kyle does finally come to accept the fact that even tho they aren't related he and Ike are still brothers something which was a pretty scene to see as even tho we've seen Kyle get outright angry at Ike several times throughout the early episodes of the show they are there for each other when it matters the most but at the same time tho it was still odd seeing the characters that you usually think of as being the main characters of the show be reduced to being side characters and while neither plot line is strong enough to lead the episode the bond between Ike and Kyle is as that bond really does make there plot in the episode all the more worthwhile and while the Mr. Mackey plot is still a fun plot he still feels more like a side character coming out of the plot where as Ike feel more like a main character coming out of his plot due to how strong his relationship is with Kyle.

For some reason even tho both the fandom wiki page for the show and the shows Wikipedia page both of which have this episode listed as being episode three of the shows second series. Both IMDB and the DVD for the shows second season have this episode listed as being the fourth episode of the season with the order just being swapped with the episode "ChickenLover" this is a really odd thing to as does make it hard to judge which episode of the season that this episode is mean to be with there being no reason for this odd little thing and no one can say that this show was produced first and therefor that's why it's the third episode because the show was always produced on a weekly basis they've never made the entire season before airing one singular episode which does make it odd that in some sources this is episode three whereas according to others it's episode four with there not being a DVD commentary on the DVD either as that would have been something that could have helped to clear the matter up but if official sources like the DVD for season are saying that this is fourth episode then why are the more fan made source like the shows fandom wiki page and to a lesser extent Wikipedia saying that it's the third episode of the show as surly just going by the more official sources would have been more then enough to clear up any kind of confusion and while this has nothing to do with the episode it is something that does make you wonder not only which one it is as for all we could know the numbers were switched after airing and while the show and the season isn't of course effected by this is it is something that could possibly confuse some people.

Now then this episode has / has an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and forty six seconds. Which in all fairness to this episode this is pretty much the exact grand total running time for the rest of the show as a whole as well with this episode really having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but in saying that tho this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as neither plot is that well developed with it feeling like that things are just happening not to advance either plot of the episode but rather it's just for no apparent reason whatsoever which does lessen the Mr. Mackey plot as there is plenty of stuff there that could have been added that would have made his plot for the episode all the more better and stronger then what it already is and while the main four boys don't really need any more character development in this episode as they have several other episodes in which to get across alot of there development the one character who really did need some character development in this episode was Mr. Mackey as the makers of this episode could have used his plot to develop his character a bit more by adding some backstory to the character instead of keeping him as a very one note character albeit one that does have alot of mileage in him but for whatever reason the makers of this episode chose not to give him any character development whatsoever but in fairness tho his lack of character development doesn't harm the episode as a whole as the episode still does work but it is something that would have made the episode be a whole more better in the long run then what it already is in the first place but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of painfully funny jokes in it like the fact that when the people of South Park stat making fun of Mr. Mackey after he gets fired the camera then pulls back and reveals that people are quite literally causing a traffic jam just to insult hm which is a really good joke as is the fact that the Kyle just sends his brother on a train to the furthest place that the train goes to that being Nebraska and the fact that everyone there all mistake Ike for something other then a baby but none of those have a candle on the best joke of the episode which is the simple joke of the boys just making fun of how Mr. Mackey talks by copying his speech pattern something which he has no idea that there doing in the first place which is such a simple joke that it works really well as it doesn't require much set up and it adds nothing to the plot of the episode it's just a simple and silly joke and it's one that does work really well in the episode so much so that they then bring it back at the end of the episode as well with all of this episodes jokes also being some really funny jokes in their own right as well as they all do show us just how funny that this show not only is but also was when the show was at it's height as this episode really does have some really funny jokes in it all of which while there not the shows best jokes are ones that do work really well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really good episode and is a really good example of just how good that this episode can be and with the show still being as funny and a relevant as ever in it's more recent season 27 episodes then it's safe to say that this show really does have alot more milage left in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official South Park fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official South Park fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official South Park fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.