South Park (TV Series) T.M.I. (2011) User Reviews

It features one of those great SOUTH PARK statements!

[RainDogJr · 9/10 · 24 June 2012]

I remembered more than a couple of SOUTH PARK episodes by watching this one, which is my third favorite of the first run from season 15 (only after "You're Getting Old" and "Crack Baby Athletic Association"). One of the episodes I remembered is "The List", a great one from season 11 that is about the boys finding a made-by-the-girls list with each one of them ranked from the cutest to the ugliest. "T.M.I." begins with the thing of having another list that will cause problems to some of the boys (well, just to Cartman!). Here we have many great and hilarious Cartman situations, with references to previous episodes (some stuff from the first years) that will please hard-core fans of the show for sure; if you have seen early episodes like "The Succubus" or classic ones like "Fat Butt and Pancake Head" and "Scott Tenorman Must Die", you'll smile with this one. And "T.M.I" is also one of those episodes that features a great statement on an issue (the anger problem) that makes you think something like "boy, that makes complete f***** sense!" The statement is simply darn hilarious! So you better check this one out: 9.5 out of 10.

*Watched it on 22 June, 2012

Nobody likes it small

[arpit-garg · 10/10 · 20 May 2011]

South Park is back an how. Royal Pudding was a bit of a dampener. But TMI absolves the creators of all sins.

Cartman episodes are always crazy and fun to watch and this one is no different. Pi**ed of at school for putting up students pe*is sizes on the notice board (his being the smallest), Cartman puts up his own list of the correct sizes.

The craziness reaches hysterical limits when Randy and team of people with small pe*is sizes along with Cartman, forms a 'Pi**ed off and angry party", taking over FedEx, assuming it to be related to Federal Govt.

It is found that all anger stems from small pe*is sizes. National average of Pe*is Sizes is brought down to 1.5 inches and everyone is happy except Cartman who is the only one below 1.5

The episode targets people asking for Obama's birth certificate by equating them with people with small pe*is and equating their demands with as bizarre as "fuc**** kyle", which was about to be met, with delta teams standing by to F*** Kyle.

Didn't understand the full cultural reference or satire on current issues that SP is famous for. But an excellent episode nonetheless.

Depends on your point of view

[themightyservo · 5/10 · 22 May 2011]

(No big spoilers, maybe a little one if you're looking hard for a clue as to what the episode is about.)

TMI goes for the low-hanging, or rather, short-hanging, fruit. Whether or not you agree with the points of view of the "angry" characters halfway through will probably determine whether or not you like the episode. For example, if you liked "Manbearpig" or "Goobacks", you'll probably dislike "TMI", and if you disliked "The Deathcamp of Tolerance", you'll probably like "TMI".

tsbrownie from United States wrote this about the previous episode (1503): "Hey, maybe it's me, but the last few episodes seem to be re-hashed punch lines and clichés from old shows. Not one guffaw, snort nor belly laugh in the whole show. Not even a chuckle.

They still go for the shock value thing, the parody of race, creed, color and place of national origin, but it's just not getting there."

And it applies to TMI as well.

If you identify with the POV that mocks the "angry" characters, you stand a good chance of enjoying it a lot, but it's not very highbrow ridicule - there's nothing really clever or noteworthy, and there's no "I learned something today" moment to punctuate the joke and give you some intellectual satisfaction. You'll probably enjoy it, but sadly it won't be anything new for you.

If you don't identify with the POV that mocks the "angry" characters, it's probably something that'll shortly make you mad. Or you might take the longer view and see it for what it is - just kind of a series of clichéd gags that have been around for a long, long time. Whether or not they're short or long. It just makes for an entire episode of "neener-neener-neener, you ain't got ____NOT-QUITE A SPOILER_____".

Note that were the political views of most of the "angry characters" reversed, the other half of the audience would stand a good chance of finding it funny - but the jokes would be just as cheap and the wit just as lacking - and then the other half of the audience would dislike it.

The first several minutes of the episode are funny, showcasing Cartman's penchant for overdoing things. Some of the timing through the episode is good, and a few of the non-plot related jokes are pretty sharp. But mostly it's somewhat lackluster.

Overall, you'll probably rate it a 1 or a 10, depending what you think of the characters mocked. Honestly, it doesn't rate either level - it's neither that good nor that bad, as it works on the level of lowest or shortest common denominator (maybe that's part of the equation).

They need to put some more idea balls in the tank, but ever since 200 and 201, their main writers have probably just been floating since there are things they can't write about.