20 DVD Commentaries You Need To Hear Before You Die

By Sam Heard /

15. Cannibal! The Musical

Participant(s): Trey Parker, Matt Stone And Cast Members All you have to do is mention the names Trey Parker and Matt Stone and you know that a commentary created by the two guys behind South Park is going to be good for a bucket-load of laughs. Predictably things are kept very casual as Trey, Matt and a group of their film school buddies who made up the cast of the film (most of whom are now just €˜ordinary€™ people) chew the fat for an hour-and-a-half, often meandering off the subject of the 1993 black comedy musical. The commentary was recorded after the astronomical success of South Park so there€™s also a few anecdotes thrown in there about the hit television series. The alcohol flows and the whole commentary feels like you are just overhearing a gathering between old friends €“ they even discuss going to a strip joint once they€™re finished with the commentary! We also learn the fascinating tale of Liane, Trey Parker€™s fiancé who €œabout a month before the wedding decided to start sleeping with this guy in a cappella group€. To humiliate her through fiction Parker named a horse after her in Cannibal! as well as naming Cartman€™s 'easy' mum after her in South Park. If you want to hear more stories like that check out the musical€™s commentary.