Volcano

The boys go hunting. Cartman has flashbacks of being in 'nam. Ned Gerblanski 'sings' kumbaya by the campfire. Meanwhile, South Park is threatened by the catastrophe of a volcanic eruption. Chef sings 'Hot Lava'. The boys find out that hunting is stupid because they can only shoot certain animals. And they prefer cartoons. "Cartoons kick ass", says Eric Cartman. Well South Park certainly does.

It's an early episode but the tone and style of this show was strong from the very beginning. It's also wacky, with details like a giant Scuttlebutt monster that has Patrick Duffy as one of its legs. Bravo, Matt and Trey.

Rewatching the old episodes is fun but painful. There's a lot less one liners and the comedy is just slower, but it's nice. I'd give this a 7.3 which in terms of old south ain't too bad. The idea that there's a volcano in Colorado is pretty funny, Jimbo and Ned's introduction is great and their hunting gimmicks are pretty good at times. One thing I noticed in the earlier seasons is that the mayor was made out to be some sort of corrupt politician, she was just annoying and unlikeable I'm glad they changed her around.

"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.

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 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.