South Park gives “Jackin’ It In San Diego” the orchestral treatment in this exclusive clip
The latest classical rendition of the song arrives in anticipation of the show's 25th season.
Aux News South ParkSince its inception, South Park has drawn much of its comedy from musical juxtaposition, running fairly innocent songs and genres through a meat grinder of vulgarity. The season-four finale swapped out life with excrement in the Lion King sendup “The Circle Of Poo.” Broadway showtimes served as a backdrop for oral sex in Season 15's “Broadway Bro Down.” There have been boy-band ditties about finger-banging, a “Somewhere Out There” ripoff sung by a mouse with a human penis growing out of its back, and so on.
In anticipation of the show’s upcoming 25th season, South Park has continued the trend by giving classy orchestral treatments to some of its most well-known songs. Each one is essentially a parody of a parody, complete with a conductor, focused instrumentalists, and passionate vocalists belting the profane lyrics with sincere vibrato. So far, we’ve gotten orchestral renditions of the show’s iconic theme song, “Kyle’s Mom,” and “Gay Fish”—the instant-classic homage to 808s & Heartbreak-era Kanye. Today, South Park Studios unveiled a classed-up version of “Jackin’ It In San Diego.”
South Park fans will remember the song from season 16's “Butterballs,” where Butters finds himself getting bullied by his own grandmother. In an effort to help his friend and combat the bullying epidemic at large, Stan produces a music video that only exploits Butters further. Telling Stan that he’s making the anti-bullying campaign more about himself and not about the people actually being harmed, Kyle warns him that he’ll soon find himself “naked and jacking it in San Diego.”
This is of course a reference to Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the viral documentary “Kony 12” who had a mental breakdown and ended up doing the very thing described by Kyle (or at least an approximation of it). At the end of “Butterballs,” Stan follows suit while his very own theme music—a kind of jaunty California road song—merrily plays in the background.
While “Jackin’ It” certainly sounds more opulent with a 30-piece orchestra, it still retains its an undeniable sense of joy, especially when Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny pop in to try their hand at conducting. See how the new version stacks against the original, and tune into South Park (and our review coverage) when it returns on February 2.
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I hope they do one more and its “Boogers and Cum” loved that one. True musical masterpiece.
Some of the music in South Park down the years is so good.A particular low-key favourite of mine is the a cappella song in “Cash for Gold”, especially as it gets more ragged towards the end.
Butters’ song “I’ve Got Something in My Pocket For You” is a constant callback around here.
That’s another one! My Dad pisses himself when he hears that.
That was my ringtone for a while
Hilarious!
As offensive as it is, I sometimes find myself singing “Taco Flavored Kisses” when I’m doing chores.Also, I love both versions of “Stinky Britches.”
Trey Parker is a skilled songwriter, between all the songs over the years and obviously with The Book of Mormon.
Dolphinately!
So true!
Well, they aren’t Tony Award winners (and Oscar nominated for Original Song) for nothing.
oh Iggy..gone but not forgotten(Finished Part 3 last month and then part 4 a week ago…been on a jojo run now.)
Part 4 is definitely my favorite.
lol
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I like to…
Party with my peeps
Cruise ‘n creep
Playin’ three card monte on these crazy streets
Straight hustler, I’m gonna scam in a minute
So low to the floor pick the pocket on a midget
Slick shyster, The pest-meister
Livin’ life in Miami’s Vice
“Myah see, nobody messin’ with the frog, see
Where’s your Messiah now?”
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
“Nice lady I’m hurting I’m hurting
I’m sexy but I’m hurting
Alright already”
I’m ridica-licka-lous
Like a booger I stick to this
Take a whiff of this
One stinky dinky, ha ha ha
Two stinky dinky, ha ha ha
We don’t freestyle about the Pest-o.
I’ve been loving these. If there’s one thing about South Park that hasn’t changed since the pilot, it’s that the songs are always fantastic.
Mother F-in Montage was the best of all time.
It’s so funny seeing Tamar Greene in these clips, having just seen him in Hamilton a couple months ago.
All 4 of these people are very accomplished Broadway actors, which makes these even more hilarious.
Jackin’ for the Loooooord!
Ha! +1
Awesome, but they should have made it longer.
And Bigger, and maybe Uncut, too.
That’s what she said.
And bigger
I’ve been loving all these orchestral versions of SP songs that have been put out recently, but I can’t believe “Uncle Fucka” from the movie hasn’t been given the treatment yet.
And no “Salty Chocolate Balls” yet, either!
Those songs are already orchestral.
The “Bigger, Longer, Uncut” soundtrack has a little of that “Broadway cast recording” reverb to it.
That’s what makes the movie, in my opinion. They spent their money wisely, and the jarring contrast between the quality of the animation and the full orchestra soundtrack gives it an extra kick.
So, now 45 seconds from them can get this many bro high-fives??Wow.
Jesus this is the first time I’ve thought about “Kony 2012″ since…2012.
The real original –
Article heading reminds me of “Singin’ in the Rain,” when Lena “sent an exclusive to every paper in town.”So, you do know what “exclusive” means, right? I’m guessing it’s not a YouTube video available to everyone. Were you, the author or G/M, the only people to get this exclusive?
I believe it’s that the video is only available through the official South Park/Comedy Central YouTube account. A stretch, yes, but the best kind of stretch.
I believe there is one more coming. One of the singers said they recorded 5.