The Wacky World of South Park's DVD Releases

[@MAZEanimations]

I honestly respect South Park's commitment to blu ray. Not only are they still producing them but then they went through the effort of releasing the first 11 seasons on the format

[@XXXXX8]

The fact that they remade every old episode into HD is so wild! Like that had to be so much work. Also, they're up to season 26 on bluray.

[@redwaytoo]

I love how on the DVD commentaries, even Trey and Matt aren't sure why these DVD's are still being made

[@martinsw3499]

Side note about CEX. I used to go there a lot as a teenager about 10 years ago, and their WiFi was called “unprotected CEX”. The private staff WiFi was called “Protected CEX”. I haven’t been to CEX in about 8 years.. so I’m not sure if that is still the case, but it was an interesting thing 🤣

[@FortQuinn]

I happened to go in CeX a week ago and saw that, so it seems it's still a thing and I'm surprised I've never seen it before, and that they've never changed it lol.

[@thebatterymill]

I’m just glad Paramount is still consistent with their home media releases, not just with South Park but Nickelodeon shows as well.

[@jabrondestoroyah]

Well those sales are keeping the lights on over there, not a lot a people give a shit about paramount or their streaming site

[@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan]

3:32 "His Master's Voice" is the name of the painting that the RCA dog logo is based on and was RCA's original name.

[@xlnyc77]

yes because the commercial claims that the fidelity of the recording is SO good that it can fool a loyal dog into thinking its His Masters Voice, why the dog is staring into the record player speaker

[@Sparkys_World-0]

The South Park Movie’s blu-ray has always been region-free, I’ve had it since it launched in 2009. The only region-locked seasons that I’m aware of are 14, 15 and 16, which sadly means both 200 and 201 are still trapped in America.

[@carloso5910official]

After removing 200 and 201 from the UK release, Paramount probably realized people from the UK were gonna import the Blu-ray release from the US and they were not gonna let them see the episode, so they implemented the region lock to make sure no one outside the US sees them

[@connner510]

What’s even weirder is for the American bluray release for the season 11 through 15 boxset there’s two available versions. One version comes in a standard large Blu-ray case that fits all 10 discs, and the second one has two smaller Blu-ray cases with five discs each in them. Both of them usually come a slip covers. This is pretty strange because as far as I know none of the other season compilations for Blu-ray were released like this

[@tyjuarez]

3:30 It's cause the dog listening to the gramophone is hearing "his masters voice". It's the old RCA/Victor record company logo.

[@KremBotop]

7:30 Iirc the Blu-Rays of the preHD era seasons were released quite a while after the HD remasters of those early episodes were put on digital stores and streaming services. Though those BRDs are indeed the most complete release of the show in HD since they have all episodes, including the remaster of Super Best Friends which is Blu Ray exclusive (Cartoon Wars HD had some availability in streaming and digital stores for a few years in comparison). Also, that HD DVD release of Good Times With Weapons is special in that it's the first remastered episode to go public, and includes an unique variant of the opening sequence.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

"i went to sex to buy my used dvds" - A sentence actually uttered in the cursed state of Britain.

[@Ozma2]

It always annoyed me how they only had 2 episodes per tape. It's not like it's even a limitation of the format, they just decided to use 45ish minute tapes for some reason. There'd be nothing stopping them doing 2-4x that length if they wanted to. Also, I'm obsessed with the way you say "eppy-sode".

[@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan]

They probably wanted to encourage people to buy the DVD. A lot of compilation releases of shows back when DVD was new had less episodes on the VHS counterpart. Also, having two episodes per tape was common back in the day for shows that ran around twenty minutes.

[@XTNDEADPLAY]

not to mention VHS were actual tapes, meaning more content = longer tapes = more money to manufacture / produce. CDS stay the same size no matter how much info is printed onto the disk.

[@Ozma2]

@@XTNDEADPLAY One longer tape is still cheaper to produce than many smaller tapes

[@TheCFD_Dude]

I don't remember if it was two or three episodes, but I had a VHS of South Park when I was much younger that had Matt and Trey in a cabin discussing their episodes before going into them. One of the things I remember from that VHS was the original title of the pot belly elephant episode was going to be called "An elephant fucks a pig." Or something like that.

[@JaredConnell]

It was the same with the simpsons vhs tapes, they only had 2 episodes per tape for some reason. I think they were released before dvds were a thing though

[@jadedheartsz]

His Masters Voice had it's name come about because of a dog listening to a record player(and that was depicted in the original logo)or something like that.

[@Wukeywukey]

The End of Obesity covers differing may be a creative way of joking that Americans are more obese compared to the rest of the world, but that's just my guess. Great video!

[@iamthew1zard]

clever

[@simpsons703]

Could be but also could just be they felt it would sell better in America if standard cartman was on the cover

[@sonarabit]

South park bigger longer and uncut was also on laserdisc for some reason. In a vinyl like slip cover. It looks really cool but is very rare and expensive.

[@superthomasgaming]

In the US, Cartoon Wars were on Hulu before they were on HBO Max (Warner made the decision to pull it), and is still available on digital (at least it is on iTunes)

[@Snackolotl]

Funny that the show with the worst animation, lowest budget, and fastest tournout rate is the one still committing time and money to making DVD releases. Shoutout to collectors who can actually manage this mess.

[@Autistic_BabyAlive_mom_reboot]

That ddlc music in the background though

[@nathanchalmers9857]

There was also the South Park Festive Special VHS released in 2000. It featured: Mr Hankeys Christmas Classics, Merry Christmas Charlie Manson, Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo, Korns Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery, Starvin Marvin, Pink Eye

[@linkthastink]

Heck yeah dude I’ve watched every episode up to season 15 very many times.

[@EvaFull]

Missed a DVD that was a Best Buy EXCLUSIVE (in the US) that came with the 1st Pressings of Season 2 that included a 28-Minute Version of “Cartman Gets An Anal Probe” on a Single DVD inside a Cardboard Sleeve.

[@Shaunbadia195]

I actually have a tape you didn't mention called South Park Festive Special. It was a UK release (The cover has an "As Seen on Sky One" logo in the corner) and contains 6 episodes: Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics, Merry Christmas Charlie Manson, Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo, Starvin' Marvin and Pink Eye.

[@Maraxius]

I'm biased, but the Little Box of Butters was the best release.

[@thebatterymill]

Also the HD remasters were released in 2009, around the time Comedy Central in the U.S. launched their HD feed and new episodes began to be made in HD

[@Shlumbus69]

I had a few seasons growing up. I really loved the art work on the sets it made it feel really premium

[@robbiejay1646]

I've been buying the seasons that have 1-5 5-10 etc. Hoping they carry on, it's just the specials I have separately.

[@realDesertLad]

I just ran into your channel, but man it is so nice seeing another physical media collector!

[@GregKeaton]

Fantastic video! The algorithm served me well. Love this sort of feature where the uploader owns the media and displays it and opens it up. Just some constructive criticism, you speak quite quickly, so had to change the playback speed to 0.85x, but that might just be me. Subscribed!

[@escaperoutebritish]

I'm gonna be that guy but AKSHUALLY it stands for Complete Entertainment eXchange

[@nvi808]

Is the cult of cartman the only South Park DVD to have bonus episodes from other shows??? (Reno 911, Daily Show)

[@nvi808]

OH, and are they featured on the UK release??

[@nvi808]

got it gifted to me, and no, the PAL/Region 2 release of the cult of cartman doesn’t have the other comedy central shows on it unfortunately

[@MoviesCool93]

Nice video. I’m interested in this type of stuff and it was recommended to me and at 2:49 there I am 😂

[@CostanzaCasto]

7:59 here in Italy there was something that literally blocked all the seasons up to the 25th for a month and an half maybe, but other than that I don’t remember any episode (excluding the banned ones) not being there

[@ThatLegoGuy-10140]

Some of the recent multi-season releases are absurd with the number of discs. I personally have the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars DVD in my collection,and it has the Special,as well as 8 regular length episodes as well on a single dvd disc. About 10 episodes fitting on a DVD vs 2 Blu rays for a whole season really seems like a tiny improvement at best.

[@Jedkzek]

you missed the laserdisc release of South Park Bigger, Longer, And Uncut but still good video

[@fmstudios259]

I just call CEX by their letters "see-eee-ex"

[@majinya6199]

Here we pronounce it as checks, When i first found out about the UK pronunciation It was very funny to me

[@carloso5910official]

Season 1 actually came out on DVD in 2003 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (at the time, Warner Home Video), but was rereleased in 2004 by Paramount, well at least in the US, Paramount did not release Season 1 in the UK until like 2007 or 2008

[@ethanblair7351]

There Were Volumes 13 14 15 On Vhs That Completed Season 2 But It Was Only Released In Australia There Extremely Rare

[@majinya6199]

They went up to volume 27 from what I can find, Being an Aussie i've came across a few

[@SamDavies94]

This has reminded me.... I've got seasons 1-16 on DVD! Time to watch!

[@Thegrungegeek]

In the U.S. paramount plus doesn’t have any South Park episodes, only the specials.

[@Dashiell777]

Not much longer. They're licensing or about To expire with max.

[@majinya6199]

8:24 Are you sure only 15 volumes? I did a quick search and found volume 19 and 23, The covers have changed to a standard boring screenshot of an episode sadly

[@majinya6199]

To add on I've found up to Volume 27, Found 20, 21, 22, 24, as well, They all appear to be using the best of episodes covers with the second episode being different.

[@goldengamer-b2z]

Fun fact : I remember some of these compilations on Netflix streaming

[@thearchivedvhs]

Appareantly, the German releases of the 5 season sets (i.e. seasons 1-5 rerelease) are just a rerelease of the repackaged season DVDs.

[@MonsterTaming420]

I have the Kyle 16-20 set, I ended up writing the seasons on the dvds with sharpie lmao.

[@SirNerdLeroy]

I feel like some of the 5 season collections or rereleases on blu ray are a waste of disks at that point. I understand why they keep it 2 disks a season with their individual/cardboard releases so it can still have that fold out, but once you put them in a collection or the plastic case on blu ray, you can fit at least all the 10 episode seasons onto one blu ray disk. The most episodes I've seen on a blu ray release is season 2, where it has 9 episodes each. If i can watch Avatar, Titanic, and Oppenheimer on a single blu ray disk, I think we should be able to see seasons 17-23 on a single disk. The 5 season blu ray collections could at least do what the spongebob 100 episode collections do and save disks by not splitting them by season.

[@canceled....]

Cartoons wars part 1 and 2 aren't fully banned on every streaming platform in Canada, cartoon wars part 1 and 2 are weirdly separated like it's a special event so you can't find it in the episodes its own separate thing

[@rmn070]

7:42 OH MY GOD THAT'S MY VIDEO!

[@RunsWithKniefs]

I dunno if its bad luck or poetically appropriate. But South Park got banned in my household after the Movie tape got jammed up in the VHS player and we couldnt recover it. So it was known as "that cartoon that broke the VHS player" so none of those VHS tapes were trusted ever again. When we got a DVD player, I was allowed to get them again but I could sense the "better not happen again" from my parents.😅

[@rossprior]

I remember at a point you got the going down to South park documentary on a seperate video free when you purchased a South Park VHS.

[@BenDayProductions]

Wow incredible work here

[@CypherSonic]

Think its a little funny that Comedy Central branding is still on the VHS UK releases (and pre-2009 DVDs) despite it not even being a channel in the country at the time and South Park being tied to Sky One and Channel 4 at the time

[@DrDIYhax]

That Simpson hit and run music goes hard 🎉❤

[@strictlysega]

im sure its been said but you missed the laserdisc of bigger longer uncut

[@GTAWWEKID]

I have every South Park besides the specials on Blu-ray

[@Scsigs]

@7:47 Hey! That's me! And, um...didn't ask permission beforehand... Not that you necessarily needed it since you're using the clip in a fair use way, but still it would've been nice.

[@Ozma2]

It's 4 seconds and you got a big on-screen credit, I'd be pretty happy about that if it were me.

[@Scsigs]

@@Ozma2 I'm literally just playfully giving him a bit of shit for it. I really don't mind since I got the credit & it's only a small clip from my video. However, a heads-up would've been nice to get since I had to find out from someone else who watched this video first.

[@TVindustries5000]

"In the US he's still fat and the UK, he's skinny" as an american I think u have your answer on why they made them different lol

[@rehmit]

sad they stopped making commentary minis after season 22

[@FigureFarter]

I thought people pronounced it as C-E-X

[@Ghostwithacone]

I pronounce it like that

[@Heliocentricity]

the title in an alternate universe: south park's dvd releases of tex avery

[@supathechest]

omg

[@FallingLeaves-o7e]

A shame that they haven’t been worth getting since like season 15.

[@josephgoebbels1337]

thank you for filming in 4k

[@kaisands2763]

6:26 It also released on laserdisc for some reason.

[@christianbailey-k6v]

What's laserdisc

[@ethanblair7351]

Additionally All Seasons Were Released In Bluray So You Absolutely Can Get The Entire Series In Bluray However There Was A Special Edition Of South Park Season 2 That Had The Unaired Pilot So It May Or May Not Be On The Remaster

[@TheAvizanski]

I love how you say eppysodes

[@linkthastink]

6:14 very odd….its called payola my friend

[@6sek]

Season 1-13 of the US Blu-ray are actually region free despite only saying region 1. But from season 14 onwards they're region locked I can only guess it's because they contain 200 & 201. Thankfully if you have a region free player or rip the discs to get around this.

[@carloso5910official]

Around Season 17 or 20 they went back to being region free

[@PlanetEarthTeam]

Wow, great video, very thorough!

[@josephgoebbels1337]

wow he was in the intro thats crazy

[@DanielEdwards-]

You should see the mess of DVD sleeves that is Simpsons, Fam Guy and Am Dad.

[@Giran_0]

You should see the original TMNT DVD sets

[@pogrman8463]

Me trying to stretch out the essay to 500 words

[@babybulbasaur001]

What is the song used in the background from?

[@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan]

Also Rhino did not release the early compilation DVDs. Warner Home Video did.

[@CrashFan03]

0:24 spongebob season sets stopped at 8 in the UK but they still did individual releases until 2018 (or 2021 if you include sponge on the run)

[@thefreelancequeen]

The season box sets packaging sucks though. The flaps are barely attached to the case, and the case itself is super brittle

[@Beatninja8447]

Please Make More DVd And Blu Ray Videos

[@969thewhip]

I started off on the original 6 volumes and the movie back in the day. After that, I got Season 3 and up. Was able to get just disc 3 of season 2 to fill the gap of missing episodes between the volumes and season 3. I just got caught up recently by getting the seasons 21 to 25 set and then season 26. Also got all of the recent specials too. Also have Greatest Hits Part 1, Passion of the Jew, and Imagination Land. All of it is ripped into my PC.

[@ethanblair7351]

14:14 It Was Actually The 95' One The 92' Version Never Got A Physical Release

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

I only have one of the compilation DVDs, I've got The Cult of Cartman.

[@McSpongeCartoons]

I once ordered one of the box versions off of amazon and received the slim case version :(

[@FilthyOdds]

My man, don’t think I don’t recognize that Doki Doki Literature Club music in the background. Big Fan. Yuri best girl.

[@Mikey-vx6wi]

The only South Park dvds I have is all the ones that have banned wpisoads in it

[@mrpoptart95_official]

Oscar i beg of you to make an ATHF related video😭🙏

[@Objectly]

OMG YEAH!!

[@MrGameAndDvD]

And talk about how the complete collection is such a super letdown. From the fact they leave out an episode to the fact that it’s $80 for the cheapest plastic that humans have ever produced.

[@agxny616]

@@MrGameAndDvDwhich episode did they leave out I’m curious?

[@MrGameAndDvD]

@ they left out shake like me. So if you wanted to own the full set you would have to buy the boxset and the season 6 dvd and take those disks and put them in the box set

[@KMACKTIME]

THIS

[@blabbilizer]

7:56 in the usa, we don't even have the show on paramount

[@smelkus]

I keep my copy of Team America with my South Park DVDs

[@Ranuyasha]

Oh wow i thought i was the only one to call it "Kicks"

[@flowerzforsaturn]

I would love to own the complete series someday but I hate the way compact discs are packaged, I have the looney tunes golden collection and they’re packed the same way. I’m always worried I might break a dvd after I accidentally broke a piece of the plastic case despite always being careful. I’m also not a huge fan of the box art for the blue ray releases so I hope some day there’s a complete series box set with nice art. The chances of that are pretty low but considering they’re still releasing dvds I’m cautiously optimistic

[@Blacklistgames1274]

They was also a season 1-11 full boxset i have it but not sure if it was a bootleg or just some limited release. all discs have artwork and its in a cardboard folder type case.

[@mclovinpo]

I was hoping you reviewed the vhs tapes :( those are awesome

[@aussieknuckles]

Great video guy

[@andrewbowen6476]

Do the multiple seasons sets have the band episodes?

[@DieFischbude]

Oh god... I hate every single release of the '99 movie I ever came across... Here in germany we only ever got one DVD release. It came in a weird cardboard case and was a DVD-10. So you could play both sides. One side was widescreen and one was cropped to 4:3. And it looked terrible because it was sourced from a film print with some damage. Which is weird for a new movie animated on a computer. Then I got my hands on the US Blu-ray this too was sourced from film and denoised to remove film grain but in the process they removed a lot of the paper texture. Why didn't they just re-export the footage? That's what they did with the early seasons...

[@adlaistevenson2623]

I never conciously realized that's why the movie looks a little different from the rest of the show - maybe they did it that way to give the impression that it had been animated by hand, like their original shorts and pilot.

[@majinya6199]

Fucking hate when companies use DNR to ruin the image, The grain is supposed to be there not a blurry mess of a picture instead

[@nolandderlugner1351]

Wheres the background music from?? Cant put a finger on it

[@OscarByrneYT]

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[@nolandderlugner1351]

@@OscarByrneYT thank you!

[@nolandderlugner1351]

@@OscarByrneYT can you adopt me?

[@ginaweaver4119]

It's a shame they don't do themed boxsets anymore because I'd buy one centered on Stan & Wendy's relationship (yes, that would have to include the breakup years 🙁) ❤😭

[@OhHeyItsMattyD]

The ddlc music

[@massiveprogressive9488]

I also call CEX, "Keks"

[@aquarianangel]

PSP? *inhales cigarette* haven't heard that name in years..

[@ChromeDestiny]

The packaging for South Park The Hits is a homage to a popular late 70's best of double album by Kiss, Double Platinum.

[@DevinOwens-wf6nk]

Great video 😊…can you now do the Simpsons DVDS next

[@Wooshey_Wooj]

I saw that you have a Best Buy sticker on one of your sleeves. What I do to get rid of, it is peel the sticker off without messing up the sleeve, get as much as you can off, then the Lord and Savior of WD-40 and a microfiber cloth does the rest. Trust me.

[@MrCHALG]

Its his masters voive becuase thats what the dog is listening too on the gramophone

[@bluetoyguy2022]

will you be doing this for spongebob? loving this series :)

[@ilovetheusgov]

3:20 w doki doki music bro