Cannibal! The Musical - The Cinema Snob

[@StonedGremlinProductions]

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[@derpowerfuchs2552]

You reviewed the Highschool Musical Trilogy, please review the 3 Descendants Movies.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

In the tradition of Oklahoma and Friday the 13th part 2 My dad's favorite western musical is cannibal the musical

[@markvincent522]

And vote for The Wiz, goddammit!

[@jonathanstewart2255]

What? no "Something short of paradise"?

[@danibathory9699]

Please do Tommy. I think you'd have a lot of fun with that one.

[@markvincent522]

I’m a fourth-generation Wyoming native. It’s accurate.

[@Master_Yoda1990]

So the Natives were actually Japanese??

[@markvincent522]

@@Master_Yoda1990 That's supposed to have taken place in Colorado, not Wyoming, so I won't comment on that.

[@Master_Yoda1990]

@@markvincent522 oh so only Natives from Colorado are Japanese lol

[@markvincent522]

@@Master_Yoda1990 I'm not sure--the border between Wyoming and Colorado has been closed since the Great Jackalope War of 1874. Many good men and goats died during the conflict and the wound is still unhealed.

[@Master_Yoda1990]

@@markvincent522 Ah yes, I remember tales of the war, Jackalopes are fearsome adversaries. One minute you here a voice, so you turn away, and by the time you turn back around there’s an antler in your rump.

[@galleryofrogues]

“Fudge, Packer?” God this movie is so quotable.

[@rrsaga]

Even Tom Cruise approves

[@camotophat]

@@rrsaga Now I'm just thinking about him and the god damn whale on the moon.

[@louisduarte8763]

To quote Chef, "Fudge 'em."

[@galleryofrogues]

@@rrsaga I AM NOT PACKING FUDGE!!!

[@The_FactoidVoid]

This movie kicks ass. Trey Parker was an excellent movie musical writer even at 22 years old. Plus the drunk commentary by Parker, Stone and the cast is hilarious.

[@RockerMicke1]

Thanks to trauma with them they never got Matt and trek without them no South Park

[@AsheReads]

Now that i've learned about Parker's ex, having Cartman's mom being named LeAnn and having her be the town whore makes so much sense. I always thought it was a character choice played for laughs.

[@robotrix]

Wonder if she knew about all of these insults in the film BEFORE she helped choreograph the dance numbers?

[@desupocalypse]

@@robotrix If I remember correctly it was during, she was helping out as college work too so she had to stick it out. Just what I've heard though

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Yeah, he and Matt do that to people they don't like. It gets extremely petty.

[@Lilyanna298]

He walked in on her fucking another guy a month before their wedding so I really don’t blame him

[@zetetick395]

Cartman is a deeply sinister character, I swear he grew up to be the horrific Van Vader (wrestler)

[@michaelryall5752]

Trey Parker's voice is used for over half the cast? You'd think the guys who made South Park were behind this musical.

[@iselin90]

or the guys who made Team America World Police

[@blackphoenix32]

Nah, the style reminds me more of The Book of Mormon.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

He and Matt both have very high-pitched annoying voices, don't they?

[@jaypoison]

Personal anecdote time : when I was studying music and musicology in university, my then fiancée and I got everyone we could into this movie because of the moment where the protagonists and the trappers fight about music theory. This was hilarious to us because it dealt with some actual theory and helped us understand some of the basic stuff thanks to the reference. The bad trapper song was somewhat of an anthem for the fans in class. It became a rite of passage for our new friends from uni. I love this movie to the bone. It's still my favorite Parker / Stone production.

[@pauly878]

Most are doing South Park references. Me? "I heard your mom is going out with Squeak!"

[@topgorillatv]

I swear to god, you guys rip on me 13 or 14 more times and I’m outta here!

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Whenever someone gets a new hat and shows it off I'll use the "Niiiice hat!" line

[@M-eye-uh-rawr-D]

my favorite part of the commentary is a drunk Trey Parker yelling at Dian Bachar "You jingled your keys and ruined the shot, you asshole!" PS. please choose TOMMY on the patreon poll!

[@MandleRoss]

The "Let's Build A Snowman" song was on my kindergarten curriculum for my students for over 10 years. I had to stop the DVD immediately as the song ends though because of the very next line. I usually made it in time.

[@EvaFull]

😂 😂

[@dabe1285]

"This fucker's gone completely nuts"

[@MandleRoss]

@@dabe1285 That's the one!

[@sugarbaby1974]

"usually" XD

[@MandleRoss]

@@sugarbaby1974 Yeah... LOL but I never heard any of them repeat that language so I think they didn't pick up on it.

[@nicklager1666]

Its kind of fun seeing this early work from Parker and Stone. Parker is a pretty decent singer. It all feels very genuine and you can tell they all have a lot of fun while they are doing the scenes. In a sense the movie if it were a character on South Park would be Butters Stotch.

[@davidprevost6670]

I love the fact that parker and stone have made ridiculous money without ever really being part of the Hollywood industry and usually being at odds with them lol.

[@Scorpio2074]

"Let's build a snowman" is the one song that's stuck in its entirety in my head and probably will be forever.

[@michaelryall5752]

It's nice to see that Crazy Ralph was able to get a cameo. "You're doomed! You're all doomed!"

[@D0makr0m3]

This is one of the very few movies where I both laugh and cry while watching it. When my best friend introduced me to it back in college, it became OUR movie. Nobody got our references or why we said Shpadoinkle, and we loved it. My friend died a year later in an accident. This is the first time I’ve seen anything about this movie since that day ten years ago. So thank you, Brad. Thank you for reminding me why I love this movie, why loved my friend, and why comedy is such an essential part of healing.

[@danmann861]

You can see the humble beginnings of brilliance in it. Especially when you compare it to The Book of Mormon. From the very beginning, Trey and Matt knew their musical structure. Also, I love the “let’s build a snowman” and Trapper song. Also the Japanese Indians are great!

[@brianoconnell6459]

Shpidoinkle makes a cameo in South Park as well, at the end credits for several seasons, with the Braniff airliner in the background.

[@DollyBelladonna]

Believe it

[@angrytheclown801]

It absolutely is accurate. You know the cliche of passing a town sign that says No Gas Next 300 Miles? Wyoming totally has those. It is that empty.

[@terminaldeity]

This movie is way more historically accurate than it has any right being.

[@Tomanista]

My favourite gag is when Alfred checks the depth of the river by dropping a rock in it

[@kamdan2011]

I love how you mentioned Parker and Stone’s screen presence. They both have an exuberant amount of charm that Seth MacFarlane tries so desperately to achieve outside of his voice acting. I remember first seeing them in the Fireside Chats from the initial VHS releases of South Park and I never realized they did the voices for the show until BASEketball came out. Ever since then, I looked forward to seeing their introductions to the episodes that later evolved into their audio commentaries. I was quite sad when their latest season didn’t include any of that. It was like one of your best friends for decades ghosting you. I know they didn’t look forward to doing those commentaries but I sure did.

[@williamcrowe2576]

I remember owning a PSP and having a UMD copy of this movie.

[@Stolaz83]

That's awesome.

[@williamcrowe2576]

@@Stolaz83 In fact, I was pretty close to having a little library of UMDs until the PSvita came along and ruined everything.

[@Stolaz83]

@@williamcrowe2576 probably for the best, umds were pretty rough to watch

[@everyonelovesmajima]

I was going to ask if it was an official release but I thought that might be a dumb question because there's no way they'd release it on UMD so I Googled it and they actually fucking did.

[@Beeezledrop]

I still have my UMD of this movie stored away in my room. I watched it on a flight to Las Vegas on my psp lol.

[@LaEMars]

I love that Trey and Matt love this movie so much that they decided that doing the dvd commentary was just an opportunity to get drunk.

[@abbymeyer6969]

My dad first showed this to me when I was about ~11 years old, just after it was made (~'97) and I've been hooked ever since! I quote it at least a few times a week 😅

[@jprofio]

I really enjoy this film, and don't actually watch South Park that regularly, so i got caught by surprise when my sister was watching it once and after the credits of an episode when it was showing producers and stuff it showed their production logo and played a little snippet of "Shpadoinkle". I didn't realize it was their company jingle too and I was just "hey that's Cannibal!"

[@ZenoZabatsu]

As someone who loves this movie i've been waiting for you to review this since you shpadoinkled in the nudist colony of the dead review. It did not disappoint.

[@DJAmtrak2]

I loved Troma Films before this, but Cannibal the Musical was what got me obsessed with Troma. The commentary track on the dvd was priceless.

[@zetetick395]

It was Toxic Avenger and Poultrygeist for me.....Never been the same since. 🤣

[@runtiusrex]

I used to work at Buckskin Joe, where most of the town scenes were filmed. It's always a head trip to see the geography of the town warped by the editing. The park was tiny, basically a straight road bisected by a curved road.

[@lowkee1205]

I remember Buckskin Joes. We used to go there all the time when we went to Colorado.

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

This review is shatterproof! There's nothing that can break it! The Cinema Snob is still standing tall! So you all can blow him! On a serious note... Great episode! I recently watched CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL with my grandfather. I know... Weird movie to watch with your grandfather, but we both enjoyed the hell out of it! It was amateurish, but fun! I completely agree with Brad. This film and it's backstory is inspiring for anyone who dreams of making movies! May Trey Parker and Matt Stone continue to entertain us for years to come!

[@morganarcane6998]

I live in Wyoming’s largest city, and that cutaway gag could’ve been shot 20 feet outside city limits, on any day in any season. The wind you hear in that clip probably wasn’t even edited in.

How's Cheyenne?

[@grouchotrout444]

This is like the Outkast of low-budget, B-movies. Everyone who's ever seen it, from all walks of life, loves it!

[@RatedRKO269]

I’ve been a die-hard South Park fan since season 1 and after getting into South Park I watched everything and anything Trey Parker and Matt Stone did. Love their work and this is a hidden gem that more people should see.

[@elyselaura9232]

I've never been to Wyoming, but Garfield and Friends taught me that Wyoming doesn't exist, so I assume it's accurate

[@nickemmerick2994]

I remember getting this in the mail from Netflix and loving it. I would kill for a blu ray release.

[@nearandfarexplorers5125]

This is really making me want to see Cinema Snob riff on South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut!!

[@rockduded8925]

I'm from Northern Colorado, and yeah, the Wyoming scene is very accurate. Plus, Wyoming gave us the Matthew Shepard murder, the Cheney family and has a supervolcano that could literally kill the world if it goes off.

[@kdgmr97]

It's amazing looking through Trey Parker's filmography and seeing how each joke in each movie was slowly building a bridge to the creation of South park. I never heard of this movie specifically, so I'm glad Brad reviewed it.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

I saw this movie maybe 15 years ago, very good but the only part I really quote is "We are... Indians. You don't think we are... Indians? We have teepees. Look at all these teepees we have."

[@hedcas]

LOVE this movie- back in the 90's i discovered it at a local movie rental place- South Park was still pretty new at the time, so this was just gold

[@lexh.5225]

The first evidence that Parker and Stone were the masters of the ear-worm; years later and Shpadoinkle is still stuck in my head!

[@derekshropshire2513]

Classic. I remember getting so many people to see this back in 2010 when it was on Hulu back when it was free. Remember that? Good times. Now I'm going to be humming the songs all day at work tomorrow.

[@geoffreypeterson8903]

In the student union at University of Colorado-Boulder, the cafeteria is named The Alfred Packer Grill. Just don't ask what kind of meat is in the chili....

[@MrTBoneSF]

Funny thing about "Let's build a snowman": The guy who wrote "Do you wanna build a snowman" is Robert Lopez. He worked with Trey Parker on The Book of Mormon. With Frozen, Lopez became the youngest EGOT winner. If Trey had won the Oscar for "Blame Canada" (it lost to that crappy Tarzan song) in the South Park movie, Trey would have been the youngest EGOT winner. Trey still needs an Oscar to complete his EGOT.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

You did not just diss "You'll Be In My Heart".

[@mightyfilm]

Why not? South Park basically had an entire episode ripping the song and Phil Collins a new one for losing that Oscar.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

I like that song but you have a point.

[@MrTBoneSF]

@@theangryholmesian4556 Siskel & Ebert once bemoaned that the winner for Best Song is usually the one that gets the most radio play. They argued that it should be the song that best works in the context of the movie. I would argue "Blame Canada" works better in its movie. "You'll Be in My Heart" in the actual movie is 1 )Not the radio version (sung by Phil Collins) 2) brings the movie to a grinding halt.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

@@MrTBoneSF I agree.

[@stephyalysse]

The DVD commentary on this movie is one of the greatest of all time, too.

[@johndelye3402]

Please let the winner be Tommy! I love how Elton John looks like a glam rock version of a skinhead with giant cherry red Docs with yellow laces,lol.

[@louisduarte8763]

In the Pinball Wizard scene? Yeah, that one rules!

[@Chicagocanine]

C.W. McCall (the “Convoy” guy) did a song about Alferd Packer, it’s called “Comin Back for More”. 👍

[@Zeithri]

Seen it once. Forever remembered " _Let's build a snowman, we can make him our best friend!_ " So much so I torment my friends with that song, every year, for the past 17 years x3

[@JonBA94]

"leeeet's build a snowman! We can make him tall, and we can make him not so tall.. Snowman!" (and then get's his brains blown out)

[@sistersabotage1367]

I watched this movie a decade ago and haven't stopped loving it. They need to do more movies.

[@cobrahotly]

I jumped for joy when you listed Tommy.

[@gotic1926]

I was a lucky guy. In 2005 we have done the first Cannibal the musical stageplay in germany. It was so funny to act in a play like this.

[@lildeadgirl1443]

Love this movie!! It was one of those flicks I somehow discovered back in like 9th grade in the early 00’s and felt special to me because I never knew anyone who had heard of it. And that audio commentary is the best

[@ajmeyers5661]

I was excited at first because I thought Cinema Snob was reviewing "Cannonball". That's on me for glancing at the screen without my glasses 😊

[@jadenova]

1) So many good choices in that poll. 2) True story I have an uncle who taught Trey Parker in high school.

[@rcLdrcH]

I have never been right or known what the following cinema snobs reviews will be but I really had a feeling that Cannibal the musical was going to be here today and am so happy to see this. It was my first troma film I ever purchased

[@YouWarhammer]

Others have said this before, but ill do it anyway: While it's always hilarious to see the snob get unjustifiable angry at some shitty movies, I do really enjoy watching him review movies that brad actually likes, it's nice to see his critical mind go into detail as to why he likes the movie.

[@stephyalysse]

I thought I commented before but it didn't post! SO...I've been waiting for this review for like ten years now lol. This is one of my all time favorite movies. I remember forcing it on my friends in high school, and having no regrets. We're 36 now and still break into THAT'S ALL I'M ASKIN FOR anywhere....restaurants....grocery stores....we're cool like that.

[@ginnrollins211]

I think I was just out of high school when I first watched this movie on Netflix along with Orgazmo and Baseketball. I didn't think any of it at first until I saw Trey and Matt's names on the credits. They both did great on their first film and I wish they did more films like this. Still hoping we get a Book of Mormon film adaptation. I wish I could vote in the poll for Tommy, but I don't have a Patreon account. Oh, well.

[@JoshNieporte]

I'm full-blooded Cherokee. And I'm totally okay with the Asian people being 'Indian' because they have teepees.

[@ActionJackson1982]

I’d love to see Trey and Matt return to a live action movie. They were pretty good actors and had screen presence. I heard they were meant to do a Book of Mormon movie.

[@zetetick395]

Yeah, they must have the clout (and spondoolicks) to get anything they like made now!

They are currently working on a film with Kendrick Lamar, of all people, set to premiere in the summer of 2025

[@Mortiz21]

I remember as a teen learning about this movie and loving it was made by the guys from South Park. Great hidden gem of a movie.

[@tobiaschristopher6131]

Basketball was incredible. I saw that opening weekend.

[@Dorthyturner]

I still love that movie idc who knows it!!

[@notaginger6148]

Man I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched this movie. Has always been one of my favourites by far.

[@IoEstasCedonta]

...that actually is Trey's father Randy as the judge. I was sure that was a joke.

[@markuscamp8525]

You forgot to mention the funny irony when Matt Stones character is eating a foot. Earlier he refused to eat a shoe because “You put your feet in them”.

[@kri249]

Holy shit I can't believe Cinema Snob did a review on Cannibal the musical. Me and my mates love this movie. And yes, as soon as Frozen came out and everyone was talking about a song about building a snowman all I could think of was this movies song. Infact I still haven't bothered to watch Frozen so at first I thought everyone suddenly discovered Cannibal the musical and was quoting that song. And wondered why they look at me funny when I chime in "we can build him tall. We can build him not so tall."

[@joeyjeffrey5892]

Greatest commentary track of all time. It's worth the blu ray/dvd alone.

[@OzzieAstaroth]

Well, now I gotta watch it! I don't know how you keep finding these gems, but don't stop!

[@rixlan]

It was the genuine, original Highly pathological Finger-lickin’ digital café It was Al Packer’s Legendary Coronary Fast-food Cannibal Bar and Buffet

[@slashermaster28]

Gotta say, this is much better than Paw Duggan's review. Throughout his review, I couldn't tell if he actually liked the film or not, he barely said a thing about its history, which is shocking considering how thorough he often was with that, and he even kinda ruined 'When I Was On Top of You' by explaining the joke and treating it like it wasn't clearly intentional.

[@Sunrie]

Police academy I graduated from was next to his grave. One of our PT running routes was nicknamed The Cannibal Grave Route lol He was innocent BTW

[@joshjohnson3442]

Love this one and I’m glad we got to see a Snob’s take on it! I was in a stage play for it way back in the day as well!

[@BJH0380]

I remember seeing a screening of this along with The Toxic Avenger. Lloyd Kaufman himself was there. One interesting bit of trivia he mentioned was that Trey and Matt wanted one of the major studios to distribute the movie but none of them accepted. Troma was their last stop.

[@Rickbane01]

One of my favourite films from their early years.

[@robotrix]

Parker's "Samurai Cop" wig in this is excellent

[@SpeedyEric1]

After all these year since mentioning it in your Nudist Colony of the Dead review, I finally know where the word "shpadoinkle" came from. 0:55- And I'm reminded of the Grindhouse fake trailers to Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun being turned into actual feature films. 12:01- Yo-hooooooooo. 14:01- Yeah, I can relate to this guy. 14:40- Does this mean that the third Cinema Snob movie will be titled "The Cinema Snob Musical"? 14:49- I remember you bringing both this song and the Shpadoinkle song in your Cutthroats Nine review. 19:34- 🤣That IS funny. 20:29- Now THAT is what I call commitment to your film. Hats off. 22:06- I've visited Yellowstone National Park 5 years ago, and I don't recall seeing anyone alone in the wilderness. 23:43- 🤣Nice callback. I hope Rhinestone wins. You've been referencing that movie a lot over the years.

[@kill4551]

Holy shit, I can't believe it. Brad is reviewing Cannibal the Music. Is this a sign that the world is healing, or does it mean the apocalypse is here?

[@JonjoLyonsReviews]

Thank you so much for covering this. It's been a long while.

[@jonhufford6980]

I can’t wait for you to do another year in review like you did for 1980. That was epic.

[@sebastainjohnson4123]

Sigh, that outro hit me right in the feels. I miss Comedy Central not being terrible.

[@louisduarte8763]

How is it terrible now? I mean, yeah, the replay South Park for most of the day, butchered Futurama repeats by removing scenes WITH JOKES IN THEM to make room for more commercials, sometimes The Daily Show isn't funny (depending on the subject matter), and now I think I see your point.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

I always would mix this and the story of the Donner Party, who I ALWAYS found funny that they would eventually share cannibalism history with a similar named individual...Dahmer, ofCOURSE.

[@lilvampk]

I saw this a few years ago and completely forgot about it until now

[@losttribe3001]

Legend has it that Trey Parker went method-actor because of this movie and that’s why Dian Bachar has never been seen since……..

[@weirdkitty07]

If Trey and Matt dubbed over most of it, it's probably why the other students didn't get credit.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Just one of many, MANY instances where they take all the credit for other people's work.

[@soulfulxombi]

So glad you did this I absolutely love the film, has some great catchy music numbers and fun humour.

[@AdolphisMalomar]

I have this on dvd and I love the directors commentary track, absolutely hilarious.

[@RobboDrawsStuff]

For next year's Musical March (in September) you should check out "Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire", it's a cockney musical about snooker and has an excellent performance from Bruce Payne.

[@river_acheron]

I LOVED this movie ever since I discovered it like ten years ago. Since then I've shown it to a few friends who are big Matt and Trey fans yet never even knew it existed. Thank you so much for reviewing it, Brad!

[@didimean]

"Yer doomed. Yer all doomed...." Love this movie so much.

[@DefConprime28]

This has been a staple between me and my friends for 24 years oh my God we used to do a whole bit when we used to wrestle for the hwa in New York based on this.

[@SteeleZack]

I love the photo of Trey Parker and Matt Stone with Lloyd Kaufman at which Matt Stone is wearing a shirt that Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would wear.

[@stephenwyatt88]

"The brain of an antelope taste like cantaloupe. What a yummy life!"

[@SatoXian]

What a masterpiece

[@paysonterhune290]

Hey Gremlin, if you live near Chicago you should see if the Annoyance Theatre is still doing such classics as "Manson: The Musical" (breakout hit: "I want Charles in Charge of Me") and "Co-ed Prison Sluts" (hit: "Hey! We're in Prison!"). Sound good?

[@rrsaga]

I loved the actor who played George Noon. Where was he going to go… Detroit? I’m saddened they don’t use him as a voice anymore

[@JM-pm1yb]

This may always be my favorite Trey Parker/Matt Stone movie

[@ackerjawaka1966]

Mine to ⚡ Shpadoinkle

[@jimdangle3708]

I love the way the guys look at trey when they take the guy who was struck by lightning away and he says "oh gosh, is he gonna be okay?"

[@mrmusickhimself]

Best. DVD. Commentary. EVER

[@cormoran2303]

This is basically the only musical I can watch over and over again.

[@danderson8431]

This was one of my favorite movies to pull out at parties when I was in college.