Overview: 'South Park' is an animated series featuring four foul-mouthed 3rd graders, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman. The show is set in the Colorado town of South Park where weird things keep happening, whether its being abducted by aliens or avoiding Kyle's little brother Ike. The show is based on the short film by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "The Spirit of Christmas".

DVD Verdict: Season 7 of this great show is the last one I can honestly say had more funny eps than unfunny. It wasn't until after this season that the "South Park dialectic", as I call it, took over, where one side was stupid, so was the other one, and common sense places the libertarian in the middle! Yay! Anyway, Season 7 gave me what I think was probably one of the funniest, and most moving, eps of South Park, Raisins. Oh yes, that's right, moving. Butters timid speech to Stan at the end gets me every time. In addition to that is the absolutely excellent skewing of "goth kids" that really reminded me of what South Park is really about: the f***ed up world of adolescence. Eps like "Red Man's Burden" really show the satirical genius of South Park at its best, with SARS-ridden blankets alongside the stereotypical "bear said to eagle" speak of Native Americans. There are other great episodes, like South Park Is Gay, Christian Rock Hard, Cancelled (which is so damn good), All About the Mormons, Toilet Paper, the 'Bennifer' episode, and the Christmas episode. Weak links like Casa Bonita are there, but are in the minority. However, this season also showcases the very thing that I think has consumed this show and condemned it to mediocrity: the simplistic politics of Matt and Trey. Other reviewers have already mentioned it, but the "dialectic" rears its ugly head in this episode. The fact that Matt and Trey made the awesomely funny Team America!, which is a rip on celebs speaking on topics they know nothing about, yet continue to crank out South Park episodes ill-informed on topics such as global warming and international relations is a glorious irony that seems lost on everyone I know. Unfortunately, this is the last good season of South Park, so get and enjoy. Unfortunately, eps such as "Woodland Critter Christmas" and the Paris Hilton episode will continue to be the gems hidden within hack/mediocre episodes that showcase Matt and Trey's ignorance on many, many matters. Why is it that liberal 20-somethings (even semi-famous ones) often feel the need to turn into Bud-drankin' fiscally conservative 30-somethings whenever they start paying taxes? This is a Full Screen Presentation (4:3) and comes with the Special Features of Mini-commentaries (between 5-7 minutes each) on each episode by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.