South Park - The Complete 3 Season
Paramount Pictures (1999)
Animation, Comedy
In Collection
#33
0*
Seen ItYes
097368796249
IMDB   9.2
374 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Trey Parker Stan Marsh/Eric Cartman/Mr. Garrison/Ned/Big Gay Al/Various others
Matt Stone Kyle Broflovski/Kenny McCormick/Pip/Uncle Jimbo Kearn/Various others
Isaac Hayes Jerome McElroy
Mary Kay Bergman Ms. Cartman/Wendy
Jose Brown Narrator/Various weapons
Kathryn Feller Various
Director Parker,Trey
Stone,Matt
Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Producer Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Writer Trey Parker
Matt Stone


The third time's the, for want of a better word, charm for South Park on DVD. Instead of mere episode intros as on the first two boxed sets, Trey Parker and Matt Stone finally oblige us with actual episode commentary, or, as they call it, "commentary-mini." On this optional audio track, Trey and Matt goof for about five minutes or so at the top of each episode, certifying some as favorites ("Tweek vs. Craig," "Jewbilee," and "Worldwide Recorder Concert," which is described as "a reverse after-school special from hell"), championing others popularly dismissed by South Park's otherwise loyal fans ("Jakovasaurs," "Sexual Harassment Panda"), and provocatively dismissing all of season 2.

The third season was frantically produced simultaneously with the feature film, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. This was the season, Trey proclaims, "where South Park turned the corner... and became good (as far as we were concerned)." Among their most inspired conceits is the so-called "Meteor Shower Party" trilogy, three episodes that unfold over the course of one night, each focusing on a different kid. "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" pays homage to Hanna-Barbera-style animation and Scooby-Doo, recasting Korn as the Mystery Inc gang. "Rainforest Shmainforest," featuring a game Jennifer Aniston, cuts rainforest crusaders down to size. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" takes its irreverent cue from the album of the same name, and contains an outrageously obscure reference to the 1978 made-for-TV Star Wars Holiday Special. Throughout the season, South Park is, as usual, a gleeful equal-opportunity offender, but the show's true gonzo spirit is truly illustrated in such surreal touches as the employment of live action in "Tweek vs. Craig," the singing of "The Morning After" backwards to save Chef from the spell of "The Succubus," and the Seinfeld-worthy argument over whether the term should be "pirate ghosts" or "ghost pirates" in "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery." --Donald Liebenson

Season 3
32. 3-1 301 07-Apr-1999 Rainforest Schmainforest
33. 3-2 302 14-Apr-1999 Spontaneous Combustion
34. 3-3 303 21-Apr-1999 The Succubus (a.k.a. Chef's Mama)
35. 3-4 305 16-Jun-1999 Jakovasaurs
36. 3-5 304 23-Jun-1999 Tweek vs. Craig
37. 3-6 306 07-Jul-1999 Sexual Harassment Panda
38. 3-7 307 14-Jul-1999 Cat Orgy (1)
39. 3-8 308 21-Jul-1999 Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub (2) (a.k.a. Melvins (2))
40. 3-9 309 28-Jul-1999 Jewbilee (3)
41. 3-10 312 27-Oct-1999 Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
42. 3-11 310 03-Nov-1999 Chinpokomon
43. 3-12 313 10-Nov-1999 Hooked on Monkey Fonics
44. 3-13 311 17-Nov-1999 Starvin' Marvin in Space!
45. 3-14 314 24-Nov-1999 The Red Badge of Gayness (a.k.a. War)
46. 3-15 315 01-Dec-1999 Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
47. 3-16 316 29-Dec-1999 Are You There God, It's Me Jesus
48. 3-17 317 12-Jan-2000 Worldwide Recorder Concert

Episodes
 30 mins    4/7/1999  1.  Rainforest Schmainforest
Mr. Mackey punishes the boys by forcing them to join the "Getting Gay With Kids" choir. The choir is going to Costa Rica to help save the rainforest. While on a tour of the rainforest the choir group gets lost when a snake kills their guide. They soon discover the evils of the rainforest, which changes the choir group's message.
Director:  Trey Parker  / Matt Stone  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Eric Stough 
Guest starring:  Jennifer Aniston, El Che Boludo, Toddy Walters
 30 mins    4/14/1999  2.  Spontaneous Combustion
Kenny spontaneously combusts. The mayor asks Randy Marsh to find a solution. The boys try to help Kyle's dad to get an erection. One way they think they can help is by performing the Stations of the Cross at church crucifying Cartman and waiting three days for his res-erection. Randy Marsh figures out the reason everyone is combusting is because they are withholding their farts.
Director:  Matt Stone  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Matt Stone 
 30 mins    4/21/1999  3.  The Succubus (a.k.a. Chef's Mama)
Kyle and Stan try to rescue Chef from the clutches of the Succubus that he is going to marry. Meanwhile, Cartman deals with his eye problems and the optometrist he doesn't like. Chef's Mama and Papa appear for the first time.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
Guest starring:  Michelle Unger
 30 mins    6/16/1999  4.  Jakovasaurs
The boys discover a live prehistoric Jakovasaur while camping on Stark's Pond. The government and the citizens of South Park are interested in trying to help keep this endangered species alive, until they all realize how annoying the Jakovasaurs really are. The only one who really enjoys them is Cartman. The boys try distracting him while the town tries to send the Jakovasaurs to France.
Director:  Matt Stone  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Matt Stone 
 30 mins    6/23/1999  5.  Tweek vs. Craig
The boys take Shop class and try to set-up a fight between Tweek and Craig. Kenny is delighted in safely taking the Home Economics course. When the big fight arrives, the combatants don't know what to do; so Jimbo and Ned teach Tweek boxing and Cartman has Craig instructed in the art of Sumo. Shop teacher Mr. Adler has a recurring dream about a woman that he was never able to say goodbye to.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
Guest starring:  Toddy Walters, Pam Brady, Sarah Kane, George Brandon
 30 mins    7/7/1999  6.  Sexual Harassment Panda
Sexual Harassment Panda visits Mr. Garrison's class. Cartman sues Stan for sexual harassment and Kyle's dad is getting rich. The boys go in search of "Sexual Harassment Panda" to stop the insanity. They find him at "The Island of Misfit Mascots Commune" and convince him to change his cause. He becomes Petey, the "don't sue people" Panda.
Director:  Eric Stough  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Matt Stone 
 30 mins    7/14/1999  7.  Cat Orgy (1)
Shelly Marsh is babysitting Cartman. Shelly invites her boyfriend over and he in turn invites his band. Cartman has to prove that Shelly has violated the rules. Meanwhile, the Cartman's cat is in heat, searches for a good time and invites all the cats in the neighborhood back to the empty Cartman house for an orgy.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
Guest starring:  Toddy Walters, Pam Brady, Sarah Kane, George Brandon
 30 mins    7/21/1999  8.  Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub (2) (a.k.a. Melvins (2))
Stan's parents bring him to Mr. Mackey's party, but he gets sent down to the basement to be with the lame kids. Kyle and Stan's fathers experiment with their homosexual tendencies. The ATF is convinced that the meteor shower party is actually a gathering of a religious cult that is going to commit suicide when the meteor shower arrives. Stan tries to save himself and the party from the ATF.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Matt Stone 
Guest starring:  Pam Brady
 30 mins    7/28/1999  9.  Jewbilee (3)
Kyle invites Kenny to join him at Jewbilee, a Boy Scout-like gathering for Jewish kids. His parents are going to attend Mr. Mackey's party. At camp, Ike is sent to join the little group called "Squirts." Kyle and Kenny, join the scouts, where they concentrate on soap sculptures. This art is key to the Jewish elders celebration of Moses however, Moses identifies Kenny as not being Jewish and Kenny is banished from the camp.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
Guest starring:  Nico Agnone, Clare McChane
 30 mins    10/27/1999  10.  Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
Korn comes to South Park for a Halloween gig and learns of the boys problems with the 5th graders at South Park Elementary. Korn agrees to help the boys get revenge on the mean 5th graders all in a spooky Scooby Doo rip off!
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Eric Stough 
Guest starring:  Saki Miata, Junichi Nishimura
 30 mins    11/3/1999  11.  Chinpokomon
The kids of South Park discover Chinpokomon, Japan's #1 cool toy to own! Wanting to avoid being losers, they persuade their parents to buy them the toys only to discover that the Chinpokomon are designed to brainwash them into bombing Pearl Harbor. The parents band together to stop Japan and save America!
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
Guest starring:  Michelle Unger
 30 mins    11/10/1999  12.  Hooked on Monkey Fonics
Mrs. Cartman is about to give Eric a present. Of course Eric is hoping it will be some kind of toy, but it ends up being Hooked On Monkey Phonics to help him win the big South Park Annual Spelling Bee. Kyle finds Rebecca Cutswald to be quite intriguing and tries to woo her with his charm and teach her how to love and learn in public school.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker  / Matt Stone 
Guest starring:  Jonathan Davis, Fieldy, James Munky Shaffer, David Silveria, Brian Head Welch, Rochelle Leffler, Frank Welker
 30 mins    11/17/1999  13.  Starvin' Marvin in Space!
Starvin' Marvin finds an alien ship and begins searching out a new home for his people. The government interrogates the boys to find out about Marvin and direct them to Sally Struthers. Marvin stops in South Park to pick up the boys and take them to the planet Marklar. The Marklarians are willing to let the Ethiopians relocate to their world and the Christian channel does all they can to stop them.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
 30 mins    11/24/1999  14.  The Red Badge of Gayness (a.k.a. War)
South Park's Civil War reenactment, sponsored by "Jagerminz S'More Flavored Schnapps," gets out of hand. Cartman persuades the drunken lot to defeat the northerners so that he can win a bet with Kyle and Stan that will make them his slaves for one month.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
Guest starring:  Saki Miata, Junichi Nishimura
 30 mins    12/1/1999  15.  Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
Mr. Hankey introduces 10 musical segments highlighting songs the on the CD "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics." The boys and all of the other South Park characters sing their own songs for the Holidays and realize that Christmas is all about the presents.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Trey Parker 
 30 mins    12/29/1999  16.  Are You There God, It's Me Jesus
Cartman is convinced he is going through puberty since he started bleeding out of his ass. Dr. Mephisto gives Stan some hormones and he takes the entire bottle. Stan gets facial hair, boobs and his voice starts changing. People are waiting outside of Jesus' home to see what kind of miracle he offers which ends up involving a comeback performance of a very old Rod Stewart and eventually an appearance by God.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Eric Stough 
Guest starring:  Michelle Unger
 30 mins    1/12/2000  17.  Worldwide Recorder Concert (a.k.a. The Brown Noise)
The children of South Park are practicing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" for the "4 Million Child Blow," sponsored by Yoko Ono. Mr. Garrison doesn't want to go because his father still lives there. At the concert Stan and Kyle try to figure out a way to "out cool" the kids from New York. Cartman tries to find "the brown noise" and is successful. Stan and Kyle plan against the kids from New York but their scheme goes much too far.
Director:  Trey Parker  Writer:  Eric Stough 
Guest starring:  Andrew Kemler, Giancarlo Ganziano
18.  Goin' Down To South Park
19.  Dead Friend Sketch
Edition Details
Edition Collector's Edition
Series South Park
Distributor Comedy Central
Release Date 12/16/2003
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 Animated Color Closed-captioned Box set