Welcome to the "peaceful" town of South Park. It's just another quiet morning when the boys sneak into the "Terrance and Phillip" movie and pick up a new... uh, "Handle" on the english langauge. Afterwards, Kyle's mother declares war on Canada in way of revenge for the boy's foul mouths, and with typical South Park humor... no-one is spared it's brunt!

This includes Saddam Hussein turning Satan into his personal love toy, Kenny's death (what a surprise), The V-chip (installed into Eric Cartman, the worst one of the bunch), and as a computer nut, my personal favorite... the death of Bill Gates (maybe someday he'll get an O/S right on the FIRST try)!

Picture South Park the series without the censors reigning them in... and you have "Bigger, longer and uncut"!

This is what a movie version of a TV show should be. As the title suggests, it's bigger in both scope and impact, and uncensored. There are no swear words bleeped out in this film, and few punches pulled! Much has been made about the amount of bad language in the film, and true, there is a lot. But it is entirely forgivable when it's done with such panache and sense of purpose. This is not the mindless swearing that you get in so many films these days. "South Park: Bigger , Longer & Uncut" ultimately makes a very forceful defence of freedom of speech, and does it in a visually graphic way that maybe only a cartoon could get away with. It's also a very funny film in the bargain, containing some truly hilarious scenes, and takes satirical swipes at a wide variety of targets along the way.

Some fans of the TV show may be surprised that the movie is done as a musical, but it works well in that format, sending up West Side Story and Les Miserables along the way. The songs, written by Trey Parker, are all good, the outstanding ones being Terence and Philip's "Uncle*****", and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?", both very catchy numbers that stick in the memory after a couple of listens. Also worth noting are "Blame Canada" and an extended version of Cartman's greatest hit, "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch".

The animation is mostly done in the usual basic 'flat' style that we've come to know and love, the exception being the early scenes in hell, on which the animators have gone to town to make them visually impressive. When I saw the movie in a theatre, it was almost impossible to catch all the dialogue, as it comes at you so thick and fast, especially during some of the songs. One advantage of owning it on DVD is that you can put the subtitles on, thus ensuring that you don't miss any of the jokes contained in this gem of a movie. Highly recommended, not only to South Park fans, but to anyone who is broadminded and enjoys a good comedy that also has something worthwhile to say.

This hilarious movie makes so many spot-on points about society, hypocrisy, activists who think they're doing society a favour when they're actually causing more harm than good (and this includes censorship proponents), political correctness, propaganda, racism and double standards. I'll leave the details to the rest of the excellent reviews on Amazon.

I hadn't heard of South Park until a friend brought me this DVD. I watched it once and now I'm totally hooked. I've seen it again and again more than a dozen times in 2 weeks and it gets better every time! Its dialog as well as the insinuations are quite dense so you discover more elements with each successive time you watch it, that you hadn't noticed before.

You find yourself laughing uncontrollably, yet at the same time you see the hypocritical faces of society and think, 'that's so true', such as the moment Terrance and Philip are prepared for execution for "corrupting" America's youth, when Kyle's mum proudly declares it a great day for democracy. A real eye opener.

Then you get Saddam Hussein who's so evil he's giving Satan himself an inferiority complex. All the characters have a personality of their own such as my favourite the "Mole", a scarred, sleepless mercenary who's been through a lot of hardships in life (and is 8 years old).

And of course the music is fabulous! At first you might think there's too many songs but soon enough you're tapping your toes and joining in the song before it's finished. The music alone deserves an Oscar, but probably won't get one because of the lyrics.

Not only is this movie not for the easily offended, it's what it's all about, and it's the truth.

I would have rated this book higher if it had been the first book I read about organization. However, I purchased 5 at the same time while on a work space organizational kick. I read Organizing Your Workspace by Odette Pollar first as it states it's a quick read. Paper Tiger gave the same basic organization structure as Pollar's book, but with a more interesting and real tone than Pollar. However, Paper Tiger spent the second half of the book on the big picture of organizational organization, the home office, computer files, and long term maintenance of the filing system. Things I'm not interested in right now that I am in the overwhelming start of a new organizational process. This info may be helpful to me in a few months when I have established a routine and can concentrate on long term maintenance. I would have found more practical time saver tips and starting advise a better help.

I first borrowed this book from the library then went out an bought it for future reference. I was already using many of the processes explained but it has reinforced what I was doing and aided in clearing out the last of the paper mess in my life.

Months ago I saw the author on a morning talk show. I already own so many books on organization and clutter reduction, I thought what good would another book on the subject do me? Recently, after spending hours going through piles of paper that had been on the dining room table for weeks, and ending up with half of the papers in smaller piles, I ordered this book. I also ordered "Taming the Paper Tiger at Work" for my husband who is also "organizationally challenged". These books are quick reads, motivating, and the method the author lays out for managing all the paper in our lives is practical and easy. My husband took his book to work and spent the next two days revamping his files and was excited about it. My dining room table has been paper free for two weeks, and I know where to find info if I need, and what "papers" need to filled out, or phone calls made. Not only is my house tidier with less papers laying around, I feel less anxious that I am "forgetting" something.

I was hoping to gain some new insights into the writer/man that was Bukowski by reading this collection of journal writings. To be honest, not much new ground was covered. I did find out out about a failed TV deal I'd never heard of, and some other trivial points, but nothing much deeper. The R. Crumb drawings are worth the price of the book, and well, hell it's Bukowski so I enjoyed it. This is, however, one of the few Buk books I haven't read more than twice, which is as close to a "bad" review as I can get.

This book has over a dozen nice drawings by R. Crumb, that visualize many different scenes from the text. These are very nicely done, with great care. Cool!

The Bukowski text seems to be pretty mild and entertaining. There is very little hard edged insight, but you do get safe, humorous insights from the point of view of a veteran troublemaker who has somehow lucked into the "good life," happily married and resigned to retire in more dignity than the first part of his troubled life allowed. Buk seems pretty happy with life.

This book is like diary entries from the early 1990's. Buk is slowly dying of tuberculosis, which will finally kill him in 1994. In the meantime, he writes with the satisfaction of knowing that he can entertain the anonymous reader (don't show up in his face thinking you're his buddy just cuz you've read his stuff). The anonymous reader being the only type of reader that he can respect and appreciate.

Buk writes about some insightful traits of human nature in this book, as usual. The difference being that by the early 1990's, he has seemed to already released and vented the anger and pain of his younger days, in the writings of past decades.

Reading this book is like hanging out with Buk, listening to him spin tales about what he's been up to lately. He's a grouchy old man, but he likes to be read, so he writes to make it worth your while.

This book is probably better suited for confirmed Buk fans. Newcomers would be better off reading his novels from the 1970's and early 1980's, if interested in experiencing the writing that he is famous for. This book is a posthumous page-turner, with little of the famous Buk BITE, but it is a pleasant read. The only problem being that most folks don't want to read Bukowski because he's pleasant. Most folks seek him out because he's caustic.

If Bukowski has been meaningful to you, then this book is a fitting cap to the earlier pomes and novels. I find it gratifying to see the old man living and reflecting, and perhaps suffering a bit less.

As usual, Crumb's illustrations are the perfect complement. Nobody can visualize Buk like Crumb can.

Highly recommended after you've read already gotten to know Bukowski. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Compared to the many beefy, thick collections available from both of these creators, this book is horribly anemic! Crumb fans get 5 drawings. Buk readers get 6 pages. If you think that's worth $6, then you won't be disappointed.

The art is nice. The story is about this s.o.b. who visits his insane woman at the asylum, a story that Crumb has parralled in his own comic about visiting his beloved brother in a mental institution. The difference here is that every paranoid thing coming out of the crazy person's mouth seems to be true, as if the crazy person really has been victimized by the s.o.b. visiting her.

This would have worked much better as part of a much larger compilation, but sold as a single story, it ain't much. You will finish this book in 10 minutes and wonder what the point is?!

Both Crumb and Buk have MUCH better books available.

Bring Me Your Love is a 1983 short story by Charles Bukowski. The story itself is above average for Buk and far superior to There's No Business, which is offered by Black Sparrow Press in this same format. The R. Crumb art is very compatible with the tale. It's the story of a man visiting his wife in a mental institution and the conversations that follow. Typical Bukowski subject matter...madhouses, women, sex, booze & not much hope at all. If your shelves are already filled with the real Buk books, I would definitely recommend adding this to your collection. Keep in mind, we are talking about a fifteen page book here! There's not much tohold, hence the great price.

If you like Bukowski, or Crumb, you gotta have this. The story is a typical Bukowski oddball love story, and the illustraions are like Crumb can see the mental pictures you get reading it. A great price too. I saw this one on e-bay going for like 15 bucks, people don't shop around I guess.

I disagree with the reviews above. I feel this book is really confusing. Ive been weight training, on and off, for 7 years at least. Due to lack of progress and chronic shoulder injuries I was forced to rethink my training program and start from scratch; back to the basics.

The book is basically split up as follows:

1) Basics: make up of muscles, stretching, Reps, Sets

2)Set programs A, B, C, D Starting with program A for beginners and ending with D for athletes.

3)Exercises: The above programs contain a number of recommended exercises done over a certain time period. this section explains how the exercises in the above programs are performed.

4)A whole section on nuitrtion: the basics, what kind of diet to maintain according to the type of sports youre in, and a bit about supplements.

Now i personally had no problems till i reached the set programs section. Personally i was hoping the book would teach me how to tailor programs for my own needs. I was more than happy to do set programs, except for the fact that the book was very vague in a few areas. For example, how many sets should one do for each exercise performed. To say that athletes can do such and such number of sets and that beginners should do so and so isn't very helpful for someone trying to get back into training. Plus there is no real mention of whether or not one should incrementally increase weights from set to set. I mean does one stick to one workload weight or increase as one goes on in the same exercise?

I don't know. This maybe a good book for some but it definitely left me more confused than I was to begin with. This is not a book that can be used to tailor your programs at all, which is what I was looking for. Out of fairness I cant say that the set programs don't work as I haven't tried them out. This is the first Weider book ive purchased and it hasn't given me a good first impression. And the only reason i gave this book a two star was because of the few bits of information here and there that i found useful. Definitely not for everyone.

This is one of the best books on fitness that I have read. Its definitely better than a lot of the books on the market. The book would be helpful to beginners, as well as those who have a long history of working out.

The style of the book is written somewhat as a weightlifting by dummies approach, except in a much more professional way. Specifically, the authors stick to general issues in the text, which they then support with more complex details, such as issues relating to physiology, in grey boxes.

For beginners, the detailed workout schedule may prove helpful. For advanced lifters, the discussions on different muscle groups (and how to improve muscle in those groups) is enlightening.

The section on nutrition is very detailed and, quite frankly, a bit long. It was the only part of the book that I viewed as somewhat weak (they tried to outline diets and dietary supplements, which is a very difficult thing to do).

This is the book I've been waiting for! While the exercise component at the front of the book was a little elementary for me (I've been training for three years), the Dynatrition section provided answers to many many questions I've had, and in an easily digested manner. Wonderful.

This collection of strips includes quite a number published elsewhere, with nine starring Mr. Natural, including "... Encounters Flakey Foont", "...the Zen Master", "...in Death Valley", "...Visits the City"; in addition to stories such as "Meatball"; "It's Cosmic"; and a series of images from greetings cards. Selections are from "Evo", "Head Comix", "Yarrowstalks", "Zap Comix" etc...This isn't necessarily Fantagraphics fault as overlap with the more comprehensive "R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics" is because THAT collection was published by J.B. Rund of Kitchen Sink Press.

The book also contains an introduction by Crumb eulogizing his late friend Marty Pahls, and photographs of Crumb, wives Dana and Aline, sister Sandra and friend Pahls.

I'd say it's a decent retrospective for anyone wanting an example of the master of the undergrounds.

The review above says this is not Crumb's best stuff, and not to buy anything from "This Publisher." This makes NO SENSE, because Fantagraphics is publishing THE COMPLETE WORKS of ROBERT CRUMB, in order, from his early years right up to the present. Crumb supervises each release and writes the introductions to each volume. Furthermore, Fantagraphics is one of the best publishers of quality comix in the world.

If you like R. Crumb, this collection is pretty much the best you can get. Unless you just want a "greatest hits" which is fine to. In any case, Volume 4 is my favorite collection, but there is quality stuff in each one. The review above is sort of akin to someone blasting the Riverside Shakespeare because it includes stuff like Pericles or The Two Noble Kinsman. It's the COMPLETE WORKS, guy! It contains the BEST and the WORST, but everyone will disagree about which is which.

'Mr. Sixties' features the creme de la Crumb, executed while he was still a wide-eyed rube, lost in the hubbub of Haight-Ashbury and the Summer of Love. Featuring lots of psychedelia (Crumb started dropping acid in '66), Crumb's work in 'The East Village Other', 'Yarrowstalks' and the ground-breaking 'ZAP Comix' #0 & 1 immediately appealed to the anti-Establishment Flower Children. These were harmless cartoons- innocent fun and a far cry from such later controversial pieces as 'Jumpin' Jack Flash', 'Dicknose' and 'Joe Blow'. Also included is the Crumb/ Gibbons' publication, 'The Sad Book'. Well recommended. Note to Parents: Although (at first glance) Crumb's work appears to be harmless 'kid's cartoons', these comix are definitely meant for ADULTS ONLY!

This book is not a good representation of what R. Crumb is all about, for newcomers to Crumb fandom. It is too unique, and just a brief stage in his artistic development.

But, this is a great book for Crumb collectors. It is a large, ambitious labor of love that was undertaken by a teenaged R. Crumb, ... thus this is sitting on the dividing line between Crumb's childhood talking animals, homemade comics, and his career-making, counter-culture work that would come a few years later.

"Big Yum Yum Book" is LIKE a fairy tale, but an "R."-rated fairy tale, so it is definitely not for kids (too much nudity). There are also many similarities, (Jack & the Beanstalk, fairy tale candy cottages, "Crime and Punishment" by Doestoyevsky, Godzilla movies), that I'm not sure that R. was even aware of them all when he made this book.

This is an interesting book because it seems to be an early, missing link in the evolution of the comic book graphic novel, which would become en vogue some 20 years later by comics stars like Frank Miller. But here's Crumb beating the world to the punch yet again, (Crumb was also a pioneering fanzine maker, way back in the 1950's). This is a full length book, nearly 150 pages long, designed to be read and published as one complete book, not a series of comic book reprints collected after their first publications elsewhere.

The book would rate higher, except it does not lead to a clear point, or moral to the story; or it fails to make any intended point.

All in all, this is a very nice, sweet work by an eager but unsure R. Crumb, during a formative stage before he would become a counter-culture trailblazer. I recommend this highly for any established Crumb fans; but since this is such a unique R. work, it is not a good book for new fans to get a taste of what R. is all about.

Cute and yummy, but not classic Crumby.

Crumb's "The Yum Yum Book" is quite different from what the average Crumb fan has come to expect from the gangly, bespeckled cartoonist. "The Yum Yum Book" was written when Crumb was 19, around the time he met his first wife, but wasn't published until some years later, 1975 I believe. The story is your basic love story much in the same tradition as The Princess and the Frog with a dash of Jack and the Beanstalk thrown in. The content is very tame compared to Crumb's later work and is actually quite sweet and, dare I say, wholesome. The characters include a giant (literally) apple-cheeked woman whom the pathetic, misunderstood frog falls head over heels in love with although she tries many times to eat him. The woman is portrayed very much in the way that Crumb draws them now; she is very strong with large, powerful legs and prominent buttocks. The frog, Oggie, finds her at once menacing and extremelly attractive. I won't spoil the ending for you, instead I'll just say that the illustrations and the colors are rich and very well-done. This book was also refered to briefly in the classic documentary "Crumb".

It is difficult- if not impossible- for an artist to hide signs of burn-out. The evidence is there in black & white, on the paper for all to see. When that artist is Robert Crumb, normally accustomed to putting his soul into his work, the result is painful to observe. Crumb demands that we witness his anxieties, refusing to quit working even in the face of physical & mental exhaustion (1972 & 73 were pretty heavy years for R.C.!). The results, though damn good, are still not up to the snuff of his previous period. In this volume you'll find Crumb's work on 'XYZ Comics', 'ZAP #6', 'BLACK AND WHITE' (featuring the classic male fantasy response to feminist criticisms: 'R. Crumb Versus The Sisterhood'), 'EAT IT!' (a cookbook by Dana Crumb that Robert illustrated) and 'FUNNY AMINALS' (containing 'What A World!': one of the sickest pieces Crumb has ever undertaken!). So, after all the naysaying, why the four star rating? Because lesser Crumb is still a helluva lot better than most underground artists at their peak! 'Nuff said.

This book collects some of comic artist R. Crumb's most infamous work. His dark vision of sexual relations (which crosses, at times, the border of misogyny), is at its most extreme in this volume. Angered by feminist attacks on his work, the intent of these stories and drawings seems to be to bait his critics, embodying every object of their scorn. What shines through on every page is Crumb's fundemental honesty, and his brillance at depicting these raw emotions and frustrations.

Not for all tastes, to be sure, but essential for an understanding of Crumb's work.

The cover says it's the Creme de la Crumb.
I disagree.

When Crumb is at his best, as in Fritz the Cat,
the Mr. Natural/Flakey Foont tales, or in
_Plunge_Into_The_Depths_Of_Despair_, he's alternately
angry, funny, thought-provoking, and Zen.
If I were emperor of the universe,
his "A Short History of America"
would be given to every kid in school.

This collection misses most of what made Crumb
a sometimes delight, and includes much mediocre
material (pages of tiny panels that don't tell
a story -- of interest to amhphetamine freaks,
I guess).

this is a great collection of crumb work from his best art period. classics such as 'my first LSD trip','R.Crumb vs the sisterhood','honeybunch kominsky','dale steinberger the jewish cowgirl' and much more are in this book. it contains 4 mr. natural stories including the 'on the bum again' adventure (adults only) and some of his most disgusting and contreversial comics. if you like R. crumb's early work i suggest this is the book for you.

reading this book you're gonna be dipping into some heavy nostalgia. get into the twisted mind and world of robert crumb and you'll probably never forget the disturbing impression it left on you. this is weirdness at it's peak.