South Park centers around four boys from the fictional little town name of South Park, Colorado. Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny are the mischievous 4th graders whom each week seem to find themselves in some kind of new controversy. This season is no different from the very first episode. Cartman is convinced he has contracted the AIDS virus after a routine tonsillectomy. Cartman and Kyle decide to travel to LA to find the only guy that seems to have beaten the AIDS, Magic Johnson himself. As you can see South Park through the years hasn’t gotten any less tamer and are still pushing the envelope on taste.

South Park has always been good at attacking current events on everything from politics to pop culture and this season was no different. Matt and Trey played with the world’s obsession with celebrities when Britney Spears horribly disfiguring herself in episode two. They even accused Steven Spielberg and George Lucas of raping the Indiana Jones legacy – “literally” in the episode entitled “The China Problem. “

If you think that went a little too far, the boys aired a controversial episode the day after the US historic election on November 5th entitled “About Last Night.” In this episode South Park reveals Obama and McCain’s secret agenda behind them winning the election. Is their agenda to be the ruler of one of the biggest countries in the world? Hardly, it’s all about staging one of the biggest jewelry heists in history – duh! It’s a hilarious episode playing off of the Ocean Eleven movies and is one of the best episodes of the season.

Along with all 14 aired episodes that are available uncensored, we have some nice bonus features as well. There is what they refer to as “Mini-Commentaries” for each episode by Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker who have never been the biggest fans of doing a commentary track. Yet they do have their merit and are worth listening to if you like commentary tracks. There are two behind the scenes featurettes on two big episodes of the season - "Major Boobage" and "About Last Night." Both added up to about a half hour of behind the scenes of the two ground breaking episodes.

The major highlight of the bonus features is "Six Days to South Park: A Day-by-Day Making of South Park." This clocks in at almost an hour and a half, broken down into six parts, and is a feature on the whole process that is involved in making an episode. This is a fantastic feature that really gives you insight on what it takes to make these quality animated shows.

Last but not least is an option to have a digital copy of the whole season on your PC. Which is a wonderful surprise that isn’t even listed in the bonus features on the box, however there is one catch. It’s only an option for PC users and you can not put them on your iPod or any thing connected to Apple. Seems like a weird route considering an iPod is the most popular means to watch digital media. Maybe they will change their mind in the near future and allow us to add it to our iPod and then this will truly be a great additional bonus feature.

South Park has spent season after season pushing the envelope of satire and good taste. Season twelve has shown Matt and Trey haven’t changed a bit through the years. South Park has continued to keep up with current events and hasn’t lost any of their biting wit that has proven a wining combination. South Park season twelve is now out and for the first time on blu-ray and it’s perfect for fan of satire and animation.

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