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Summary: MR. HANKEY
Review: 1 word says it all mr. hankey the christmas poo. he comes from your toilet on christmas eve and gives all the good kids presents. this is a must buy for the ultimate south park fan
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Summary: Buy with great caution
Review: Before adding this to your cart or wish list, I have to warn you that some may be very unsatisfied with this collection of Christmas episode. In other words, I rented this, and I didn't like it too much.What I'm saying is, Christmas specials were never a strong suit for South Park. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" is probably the crappiest South Park episode ever to air. Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo hosts a Christmas show with parody songs and scenes with the regular South Park Characters. That's about it. Hankey is annoying as always, the song and musical scenes suck, the episode is pointless, and if not for the other episode, "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson", this collection would be nothing more than a worthless piece of crap more so than Hankey himself. Fortunately though, this does include "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson" which will satisfy, if not amuse South Park viewers whether or not you've seen it. Possibly the best episode on the tape is "Chin Pokomon" which makes fun of the Pokemon franchise and Japan itself This DVD doesn't suck, but you know which episode to avoid and which one knocked 2 stars of the rating. Buy at your own risk!
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Summary: Mr. Hankey presents pure Christmas Cr*p
Review: Before adding this to your cart or wish list, I have to warn you that some may be very unsatisfied with this collection of Christmas episodes. In other words, I rented this, and I just couldn't enjoy it.
Christmas specials were never a strong suit for South Park. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" is probably the WORST South Park episode ever to air. Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo hosts a Christmas show with parody songs and scenes with the regular South Park Characters. That's about it. Hankey is annoying as ever, the songs and musical scenes are TERRIBLE., the episode is pointless, and if not for the second one on the DVD, "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson", this collection would be nothing more than a worthless piece of cr*p more so than Hankey himself.
Fortunately though, this does include "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson" which will mildly amuse some South Park viewers whether or not they've seen it.
The episode Chinpokomon which makes fun of the infamous franchise is just annoying. You might like it the first time around, but if you buy it, it'll just get more and more mindless and stupid. I know this from my own experience. These episodes do NOT satisfy. If you STILL get a kick out of this show after all these years, that's fine. This one isn't worth it, but you've seen good reviews here too, so buy at your own risk.
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Summary: Christmas will NEVER be right, ever again...
Review: Charles Manson finding self-redemption? The kids trying to keep up with the Joneses on the latest, hottest fad? A bowel movement hosting a Christmas special featuring singing by most of the 'South Park' core characters? Could it be possible...? No, probably not. But, then again, 'South Park' has never been accused of being rooted in reality, except for when it comes to taking shots at the world's real-life absurdities. And with this release, one of the latest and greatest fads- the Pokemon craze- gets taken down hard. In 'ChinPokomon' the crass commercialism, selfishness, and even the seizure-inducing properties of this unbelievable pop-culture trend gets its just desserts. And being someone who's worked in the retail toys and collectibles business, I've seen the effects of such fads first-hand. I loved the Japanese ChinPokomon execs' strategy of buttering up the American male ego by praising their-um, prowess 'down south', if you catch my drift-to divert parents' concerns about what the craze is doing to their kids. Those shrewd and efficient business tacticians from the Land of the Rising Sun knew exactly where to hit us! Then There's "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson", with the kids celebrating the Holidays with the Cartman clan. With the exception of Eric's mom, every Cartman is "big-boned", and have those distinctive accents. Manson's busted out with Eric's uncle from the klink, and as the episode plays, he makes the gradual change from the mad hellspawn you all know and love from his parole hearings to a touchy-feely New Age philosopher kinda guy. His shift to a 'good guy' makes for one of the most bizarre 'South Park' eppies I've ever seen. Well, at least more bizarre than usual, anyway. Is he gonna kill Kenny? You'll have to find out for yourself... I don't care too much for 'Mister Hankey's Xmas Classics', although a couple of the tunes were quite unforgettable. Hitler in Hell singing "Tannenbaum" was rather disquieting. Satan's crooning "Christmas time in Hell' along with several notable dead celebs is right up there with Red Peters' "Holy (oops!), It's Christmas" as the greatest subversive Holiday tune I've ever heard. If you want to see the spirit of Christmas perverted beyond recognition, this episode and especially "Charlie Manson" are right up your alley. The last feature is a documentary on how 'South Park' came to be and how it's made. Trey and Matt spend the entire show in a hot tub, looking all relaxed and content whilst they tell you how much of a hellish grind it is to produce the show. Snippets of the first production featuring the South Park tykes, "The Spirit of Christmas", intended as a video Christmas card to give to movie execs, are shown. Hopefully there'll be a day when the entire adventure will be available to view on DVD. I found this presentation somewhat interesting, as I'm always curious about how TV shows and movies are produced. However, it's not something I'd watch more than a couple times in my lifetime. 'Late
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Summary: Christmas will NEVER be right, ever again...
Review: Charles Manson finding self-redemption? The kids trying to keep up with the Joneses on the latest, hottest fad? A bowel movement hosting a Christmas special featuring singing by most of the `South Park' core characters? Could it be possible...? No, probably not. But, then again, `South Park' has never been accused of being rooted in reality, except for when it comes to taking shots at the world's real-life absurdities. And with this release, one of the latest and greatest fads- the Pokemon craze- gets taken down hard. In `ChinPokomon' the crass commercialism, selfishness, and even the seizure-inducing properties of this unbelievable pop-culture trend gets its just desserts. And being someone who's worked in the retail toys and collectibles business, I've seen the effects of such fads first-hand. I loved the Japanese ChinPokomon execs' strategy of buttering up the American male ego by praising their-um, prowess `down south', if you catch my drift-to divert parents' concerns about what the craze is doing to their kids. Those shrewd and efficient business tacticians from the Land of the Rising Sun knew exactly where to hit us! Then There's "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson", with the kids celebrating the Holidays with the Cartman clan. With the exception of Eric's mom, every Cartman is "big-boned", and have those distinctive accents. Manson's busted out with Eric's uncle from the klink, and as the episode plays, he makes the gradual change from the mad hellspawn you all know and love from his parole hearings to a touchy-feely New Age philosopher kinda guy. His shift to a `good guy' makes for one of the most bizarre `South Park' eppies I've ever seen. Well, at least more bizarre than usual, anyway. Is he gonna kill Kenny? You'll have to find out for yourself... I don't care too much for `Mister Hankey's Xmas Classics', although a couple of the tunes were quite unforgettable. Hitler in Hell singing "Tannenbaum" was rather disquieting. Satan's crooning "Christmas time in Hell' along with several notable dead celebs is right up there with Red Peters' "Holy (oops!), It's Christmas" as the greatest subversive Holiday tune I've ever heard. If you want to see the spirit of Christmas perverted beyond recognition, this episode and especially "Charlie Manson" are right up your alley. The last feature is a documentary on how `South Park' came to be and how it's made. Trey and Matt spend the entire show in a hot tub, looking all relaxed and content whilst they tell you how much of a hellish grind it is to produce the show. Snippets of the first production featuring the South Park tykes, "The Spirit of Christmas", intended as a video Christmas card to give to movie execs, are shown. Hopefully there'll be a day when the entire adventure will be available to view on DVD. I found this presentation somewhat interesting, as I'm always curious about how TV shows and movies are produced. However, it's not something I'd watch more than a couple times in my lifetime. `Late
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Summary: Bordering on obscene: ergo, hilarious
Review: Definitely not for everyone. But all in all, funny as heck.
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Summary: A lounge act for the ages...
Review: First off I think that the first South Park Christmas special (the first episode where Kenny didn't die) is the funniest Christmas special in TV history. But the first episode "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" is very close.This alone is 5 stars.
From the very well done "Dreidel,dreidel,dreidel"(eventual 5 part harmony) to Hitler singing a familiar Christmas carol in German while in Hell, to the very politically incorrect song by Mr.Garrison "Merry F**kng Christmas", there are plenty of laughs.
But the absolute highlight is a lounge act featuring Jesus and Santa doing Christmas songs (in the first person). The sight of Jesus taling his halo and swirling it around his finger and flipping it back over his head is woth theprice on admission.
The second episode "merry Christmas Charlie Manson" is not as good but definitley has its moments
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Summary: A lounge act for the ages...
Review: First off I think that the first South Park Christmas special (the first episode where Kenny didn't die) is the funniest Christmas special in TV history. But the first episode "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" is very close.This alone is 5 stars.
From the very well done "Dreidel,dreidel,dreidel"(eventual 5 part harmony) to Hitler singing a familiar Christmas carol in German while in Hell, to the very politically incorrect song by Mr.Garrison "Merry F**kng Christmas", there are plenty of laughs.
But the absolute highlight is a lounge act featuring Jesus and Santa doing Christmas songs (in the first person). The sight of Jesus taling his halo and swirling it around his finger and flipping it back over his head is woth theprice on admission.
The second episode "merry Christmas Charlie Manson" is not as good but definitley has its moments
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Summary: Not All It's Cracked Up to Be
Review: I bought this DVD thinking it would have the classic "Mr. Hankey" episode of South Park. It didn't. With all the space available on DVD's, I don't see why they couldn't have made a better, more comprehensive Xmas in South Park edition. It would have been nice, too, if they had included the infamous "Santa vs. Jesus" short from years ago, too, but I suppose that's asking too much. What you do get is a hilarious montage of South Park characters singing Christmas & Hannakah songs that are of course brilliant. My personal favorites are the Dradle number, which is just as good as any number from "Bigger, Longer, & Uncut," Cartman singing "O Holy Night," and Jesus and Santa crooning Christmas carols at a nightclub. You also get the serviceable "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson," which introduces us to Cartman's dysfunctional family in Nebraska and the funny but misplaced "Chimpokomon" episode (misplaced because other than the fact that it's about toys, it has nothing at all to do with Christmas. All in all, you get some yuks, but I was disappointed because with all the excellent South Park Christmas material out there I've seen, I was expecting much, much better.
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Summary: Not All It's Cracked Up to Be
Review: I bought this DVD thinking it would have the classic "Mr. Hankey" episode of South Park. It didn't. With all the space available on DVD's, I don't see why they couldn't have made a better, more comprehensive Xmas in South Park edition. It would have been nice, too, if they had included the infamous "Santa vs. Jesus" short from years ago, too, but I suppose that's asking too much. What you do get is a hilarious montage of South Park characters singing Christmas & Hannakah songs that are of course brilliant. My personal favorites are the Dradle number, which is just as good as any number from "Bigger, Longer, & Uncut," Cartman singing "O Holy Night," and Jesus and Santa crooning Christmas carols at a nightclub. You also get the serviceable "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson," which introduces us to Cartman's dysfunctional family in Nebraska and the funny but misplaced "Chimpokomon" episode (misplaced because other than the fact that it's about toys, it has nothing at all to do with Christmas. All in all, you get some yuks, but I was disappointed because with all the excellent South Park Christmas material out there I've seen, I was expecting much, much better.
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