When we think of South Park we usually forget of how long the show has been on the air as not only are they still making episodes to this very day but the show is still just as relevant as it was back in the nineties. With the episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being a shockingly good example of that as it is something that is still very much the case today and so then join me as I review the episode that no joke helped to inspire the South Park movie with the episode in question being called simply just "Death" enjoy.
The plot of this episode when the boys mothers all catch them watching Terence & Phillip and see what the show is mostly made up off they decide to to try and get the show pulled of the air all the while the boys have to deal with Stans grandfather who wants him to kill him. 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. This episodes plot is one that is filled to the brim with all of the satire that the show is known and weaving in such a clever way that it makes the episodes plot come across all the more better as a result of it as by all rights this episode really shouldn't have worked and yet for whatever reason it not only works but due to it's satire it's still just as relevant today as it was in the nineties. The only thing that lets the plot down is the fact that the boys plot is presented as being the main plot of the episode and the plot with the parents is presented more as being the side plot when it really should have been the other way around as the stuff with the parents is where the plot of the episode gets good is interesting to see and while yes the plot with the boys is the more entertaining and funny of the two plots it's also the less interesting of the two therefor if the two plots were reversed then it would have made the episode be all the more stronger because of it 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.
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. This something that is kind of to be expected as they have the shows creators voicing alot of the characters in the show and if anyone is going to know how those characters should sound it is them and they do have alot of other good actors in this episode all of whom do turn in some really good performances in there own right and heck they even have ne actor play pretty much the vast majority of the episodes female characters alot of whom all appear in the same scene together. With the best actor in the whole entire episode being Trey Parker just because of the fact that it is kind of funny picturing him recording this episode trying to convince one of the characters that he voices to kill another character that he also voices with him being so good in the episode as while it is of course well known just which of the four boys that he plays its not really known just which of the the town's residents that he plays and to be fair you can't exactly hear anything that sounds all that similar to his normal speaking voice which is something that does make it easier to believe that he is playing all of these characters in the show. With this episodes acting really being 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. This is something that will always be quite shocking when it comes to this first season of the show as they were still getting used to the computer soft where that they were using to actually animated the show and while they would get more used to it by the end of the season it is still interesting to see where this show started off at from an animation point of view when compared to where it is now as now they are able to do these more complex camera moves and have more things going on in both the foreground and in the background and yet as we see in this episode the camera is mostly static mainly in a mid-shot angle with there only being a few moving characters seen in the frame and while that is great for this show and for this episode as it does give the episode a homemade look to do it almost as if anyone with a punch of spare pieces of paper and a camera can go and remake this episode shot for shot. However there is just something to the more modern seasons animation where the more polished look whilst it does make the episode feel more better produced also causes the show to loose that homemade aspect that makes this episode stand out as while this episode and the show as a whole wasn't done in cutout animation it still does look like it with that being something that does add some level of charm to this episodes animation.
Believe it or not this episode did help to inspire the main plot of South Park: Bigger , Longer & Uncut due to the fact that both the plot of this episode and the plot of the show are very similar and deal with similar themes. This is mostly because of the fact that even from it's first episode South Park has been a huge target for parents groups and this episode was there answer to them much like how in the movie they were talking mainly to the MPAA and it is something that make the show as a whole feel like something that will stand up for what it believes in and will openly call out anyone that dares to mock them just by using sense and logic. With this episode doing a good job of not only presenting those that did needlessly criticise the show with cold hard truths and facts but doing so in a way that is true to the shows more satiric style as it pairs that with scenes of the kids genuinely needing there parents help and guidance and yet because of the fact that the parents aren't there to help them out as there more focused on getting a TV cancelled it means that the kids have to work this stuff out for themselves which is something that puts them in more danger when the character death comes into play with this being something that very easily could have been sorted if the boys parents had just taken the time the listen to them and actually be parents this is something that again is also doesn't in the movie only in the movie tho it's for obvious reasons done on a much more bigger scale where as here there is no sign of Satan or him trying to take over the world and while the movie version of this story works just as well it works well enough here in this episode as not only does it feel like that Matt and Trey have alot to say but there also holding up a mirror to those same adults that did criticise the show.
While the main focus of the episode should have been the plot with the mothers the plot with the boys and Stan's grandfather does have some good thing in it as well. Like for example the fact that hos grandfather keeps on calling Stan Billy is something is pretty funny as it could be chalked to him being forgetful which given that he's one hundred and two years old would be understandable but at the same time tho the fact that we find out his Grandfather also called him Billy with Stan then being called little Billy is something that does make that cute running joke be a little bit more funnier as now it looks like Stans grandfather is simply just doing it on purpose. With the other entertaining thing about that plot line being the fact that whatever the parents do in New York always effects the kids in a negative way like when they finally do get Terence & Phillip pulled of the air it then causes a distracted death who had stopped chasing the boys to watch the latest episode to now go and finally kill Kenny but those to aspects aside there's not a whole lot about this half of the episode that is actually interesting as the show doesn't go as far with it's satire and humor in this part of the episode that what it really should have done with that being something that does keep it from being as entertaining as the parents plot line as with the parents you get to see things get pushed beyond the extreme with that being something that makes there scenes all the more entertaing to watch and yet when it comes to the boys and there scenes it oddly feels like that there holding back like for example all throughout the episode Stans grandfather says that when he was Stans age he killed his grandfather when he asked him to and yet when death brings his grandfather to life he just says that he was wrong to do that when it would have been more funnier if he said that he never said those things in the first place.
As you can all no doubt work out by now the big thing about this episode is the fact that parents shouldn't just leave there kids in front of the TV and let the TV look after there kids. This was something that parents even back in the nineties were doing but to a much more lesser extent then how it is now with alot of kids myself included watching not only this episode but this show when it was first being aired and while I could handle its more mature content and knew not to swear infront of the adults there would have been kids that perhaps didn't know that and because of the fact that the parents didn't bother to either watch the show with them or just straight up not allow them to watch it due to what time it was being broadcast at those same parents then tried to get the show cancelled. When it's infact the fault of the parents for leaving the kids infront of the TV and exposing them to this kind of stuff that did the harm in the first place this is something that is oddly enough still relevant to this very day as adults are still doing it only now as well as leaving there kids in front of the TV there now leaving them on Ipads and on phones where that are free to watch more mature content with zero adult supervision. With the boys having a pretty good and possibly funny speech about how it's up the adults to raise there own kids and it's not up to whatever electronical device they have infront of them to do that which is something that alot of parents today not only refuse to hear but need to here with the thing that makes it funny being the fact that the makers of this episode also give Kenny apart of the speech even tho he's fully clothed which and yet the boys still somehow manage to fully understand him with this proving the fact that South Park can give us life lessons but have it be done in a way that is still true to the show signature style of humor.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and twenty seven seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show with the show really making the most of that running tike as while the episode might be more light on plot that is due to the fact that the episode does have quite alot of jokes to fit into the episode with the episode having just about the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place and while the episode does make the most of it's running time when it comes to the episodes jokes it still doesn't use it wisely as the episode doesn't really take the time to fully develop it's plot which fair enough is mostly due to the fact that the episode is cramming alot of jokes in alot of the episodes but at the same time tho this episode would be just as well remembered if the episode did cut down on the amount of jokes told and gave some of that screen time to fully developing it's plot as at the end of the day that is what will make or break the episode. The episode also doesn't really fully develop it's characters either altho this is a case where you could make the point that all of the episodes characters would get there character development in future episodes and therefor they wouldn't need it in this episode and with alot of the episodes characters being one off characters alot of whom do die at the end of the episode with the episodes characters being mostly the shows main characters it does make sense that the makers of this episode wouldn't really give these characters any character development in this episode altho it still would have been nice to have seen some of them stat to grow more as characters 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 tought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty so freaking good. To say that this episode is funny would be a huge understatement as this episode is laugh out loud funny with nearly all of the episodes jokes not only landing but landing hard and those that don't don't really matter as by the time the episode has told that dude of a joke it's told another one which is funny with this being a very good example of just how funny that this show was when it was at it's height as while the episode is still funny back in it's early years you couldn't stop from laughing at this show with this episode being a good example of just how funny that this show could be when its at its best. With the best joke in the whole entire episode being body joke as usually things like burp jokes aren't that funny but here tho the episode does something that makes a poop joke be really funny as it makes the whole episode one long poop joke which on paper is something that shouldn't be funny and yet because of the fact that it's commenting on what people thought that South Park was as alot of parents did think that the show was nothing really more then poop jokes to have this whole episode be nothing more then one long poop joke is something that is not only really smart but it is also something that's really funny on top of that with the rest of the episodes jokes being as painfully funny as this one was as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this episode is one that is must watch if you love shows that can make you laugh whilst also holding up a mirror to alot of people as it's satire is just as biting and just as relevant today as it was back in the nineties with this episode being a really good example of just how good that this show still is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good an as well as all of the bad things that re in this 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 a 9 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 South Park . Wiki . GG and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post being the really great South Park . Wiki . GG really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on South Park . Wiki . GG really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.
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