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Not exactly the gift pack to gently introduce
South Park virgins to the joys of this TV series, the fourth set functions better as a present for devoted fans. It kicks off with "Flashbacks," an episode retracing many of the early classic episodes--with surprise twists, of course, before celebrating South Park during the summer, complete with fireworks and kiddie pee-pee swimming pools. Volume 11 captures the day the Sundance Film Festival came to South Park in "Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls," complete with Hollywood's short attention spans and faux intellectualism, while "Chicken Pox" is an unbelievably gross yet very funny episode dealing in the boys' parents' attempts at getting them chicken pox for their own health. To round out this lovely set are "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods"--a tired title for a somewhat tired episode--and "Clubhouses," the much more daring and hilarious of the two in which ideas of love, attraction, marriage, and divorce are all sharply parodied. A solid gift pack with classic
South Park schtick.
--Karen K. Hugg