Volcano

"What the heck is this?"

Woohoo! This episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) marks the first appearence of Randy Marsh which is absolutley fantastic! I liked him in this episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) and I'm pretty excited to see him more and for him to eventually become one of the main characters. Anyway the episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) doesn't revolve around Randy Marsh, he's barely even a character in it. The episode (Volcano (SQ EP3 (August 20th 1997) revolves around Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan going on a camping trip with Stan's uncle Jim and his war buddy Ned.

This is another case of the guys experiencing things that are normal but exaggerated to the nth degree. Which is what this show is all about. We meet character whose world is "If it can move, shoot it." We also are introduced to a supernatural creature, originally of Cartman's creation. And instructions in case you have a volcanic eruption. I found the whole thing quite amazing.

Volcano is an alright episode of South Park.I liked it, it was pretty funny, but I preferred the previous episodes.Actually, there are very very few episodes of South Park that I did not really like.This episode has the boys going hunting with Stan's uncle Jimbo and his army buddy Ned.Since there are a lot of laws against hunting Jimbo states that the animal is "coming right for us" before shooting it.Stan, however cannot shoot animals and Jimbo calls him a pansy.He takes a shine to Kenny who enjoys hunting and Stan is jealous.Meanwhile, a volcano is about to erupt where the boys are, and the townspeople must save them.A funny thing is, this episode marks the debut of Randy who is Stan's dad, however this is not mentioned in the show.There are some very funny parts in this episode but I preferred the first two episodes just by a little bit.They were more entertaining in my opinion.

This episode does a great job at merging the adult aspects of the boy's rhetoric while still having their age play into the jokes, like one minute they will say something incredibly adult and offensive, the next the boys will be parroting exactly whatever the adults say without having any idea what it means. This episode also shows South Park's skill at satire, for example Stan's uncle Jimbo says that the Democrafts are the reason for laws restricting hunting endangered animals- an overly political statement that perfectly satirizes the stereotypical redneck.

Must watch. Small budget goes far for trey and Matt in episode 3 of there ground breaking show they do not disappoint. They were so ahead of there time and always will be.