
South Park The Complete Twelfth Season (DVD, 2009, Stan

What makes South Park successful is that, even after twelve seasons, Matt Stone and Trey Parker are still in touch with the pop culture sensibilities of the nation and remain relevant over time. In season 12, South Park is not as overwhelmingly funny as it once was but provides numerous moments that are as funny as anything else you will see on TV.
The first DVD in the set includes five episodes, with “Tonsil Trouble” the funniest of the bunch. The episode is pretty much the “AIDS” episode as Cartman gets aids from a blood transfusion during his tonsillitis surgery. After he gives the disease to a sleeping Kyle, the two boys set off to find the cure for aids, a trip that leads them to Magic Johnson. As with the best South Park episodes, this one hadme quoting it ad nauseum to my co-workers. “I’m not just sure, I’m HIV positive.”
South Park also continues to give numerous pop culture references, not to the excess of Family Guy, but they are scattered throughout. In “Tonsil Trouble”, Elton John was supposed to perform at the aids benefit for Cartman, but because cancer has replaced it as the disease of choice they could only get Jimmy Buffet. An even more obvious pop culture reference involved Britney Spears in “Britney’s New Look.” The episode seems forced at times and the main joke is that Britney has been hounded by paparazzi so much she finally blows her head off, survives and is dragged back out to perform, despite missing the top portion of her head. For those who enjoy obscure references, there is an homage to the Donald Sutherland scream from Invasion of the Body Snatchers.I absolutely love this season i highly recommend buying
Season 12
Further information: South Park (season 12)
Ep # Title Director(s) Writer(s) Airdate[13]
168(1) "Tonsil Trouble"
169(2) "Britney's New Look"
170(3) "Major Boobage"
171(4) "Canada on Strike"
172(5) "Eek, a Penis!"
173(6) "Over Logging"
174(7) "Super Fun Time"
175(8) "The China Probrem"
176(9) "Breast Cancer Show Ever"
177(10) "Pandemic"
178(11) "Pandemic 2 - The Startling"
179(12) "About Last Night..."
180(13) "Elementary School Musical"
181(14) "The Ungroundable"
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