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Summary: I love this *@&%$* DVD!!
Review: In light of recent reality shows, a Texan who shall remain nameless, The Osbournes are all the more fantastic. Clever, witty, honest, and charming the picture of an ideal family. I must admit I was not an Ozzy fan before the show aired so when I first tuned in to MTV's highest rated show I was a little leery of what I might actually see, but to my utter and plesant surprise I found a real family with everyday issues and a mega metal Rockstar picking up doggie "dookie". This DVD package of The Osbournes First Season does not disappoint. The extras are great from Osbounre Bingo to the Ozzy translator it is a must for any Osbourne fan. ButI must admit my favorite feature is the commentary offered by Sharon and Jack it's just like sitting with friends watching home movies, because as strange as it seems that's exactly what these episodes are, however the upside is you don't have to fain interest it's built in baby!!
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Summary: Osbournes on DVD!
Review: The Osbournes is one of the best TV shows around, and I can't wait for the Complete First Season to come out on DVD. This version is uncensored, so you can see footage that they didn't show on TV (according to Amazon, on 6 episodes). This DVD, unlike most television shows that come on DVD has a lot of bonus material and special features, as well as all 10 great episodes from the first series:1. There Goes The Neighborhood
We meet the family as they move into their new Beverly Hills home. After problems with the furniture, Ozzy displays his dismay with a tricky remote control. Later, Ozzy performs on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", despite his nervousness. Kelly and Jack have a love-hate relationship and physically fight throughout the episode. The show closes with Sharon trying to sort through her funny family issues. 2. Bark At The Moon
The Osbournes are settling into their new house as their pets settle too. Some rambunctious pets ruin the furniture and leave "presents" on the ground. Sharon enlists a pet therapist to help the situation. Also, Kelly is pulled over by cops due to poor driving. 3. For The Record
The Osbourne clan visits the "Big Apple" sans Jack. As Ozzy makes many guest appearances on shows such as NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and TRL, Jack goes to a "hippy" camp where he apparently breaks all the rules and has a miserable time. Then the family makes it home in time for Kelly's 17th birthday. Complete with cauldrons and contortionists, Kelly has a little too much fun and gets a tatoo. Meanwhile, a girl sleeps in Jack's room and the door is locked. 4. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The epsiode begins with Kelly venting her anger to Ozzy because she has a ob/gyn appointment that she doesn't want to go to. Then Sharon and Jack get upset because their next door neighbors blast techno music at 2:00 in the morning. After Sharon sets them straight by yelling at them and, like an Osbourne, reveals all her opinions. A food fight begins when the neighbors perform a rendition of "My Girl" and ham, bagels, and the like enter the backyard next door. After the police pay a visit to the Osbourne home, and they are let off with a warning, Ozzy gets in on the action and breaks a window with a log. 5. Tour Of Duty
Ozzy is about to embark on a U.S. tour and realizes that he's out of shape. He enlists a personal trainer and tries to become healthy. Then, Kelly takes her mom on a shopping spree which leads to Kelly misplacing Ozzy's credit card. It's finally time to go on tour. Jack stays home so that he can start his own record label. Ozzy films a video that spoofs "Lady Marmalade" from Moulin Rouge. Ozzy gets upset with Sharon because she booked tour dates in close succession but then he takes to the stage. 6. Trouble In Paradise
Ozzy is still on tour but suffers a leg injury. Jack struggles to abide by the rules and worries the nanny a great deal. When the patriarch and matriarch return home, Jack is partying with his friends. This leads to a family meeting. Jack and Kelly tell their parents that their lives are different from anyone they know due to touring and fame. Sharon half-understands their dilemma but tells them that they have to stop taking advantage of their parents. Ozzy confronts Jack with his alcohol and drug use and tells Jack to look at how it has affected him. After the talk, Kelly has an epiphany and tells her mom that she will change her friends. 7. Get Stuffed
Ozzy still has a foot injury. As he takes too much medicine (with alcohol), he takes the dog out for a surreal walk. Kelly becomes upset because Jack has gotten a lot of recognition in his musical career while she has received none. Kelly seeks consolation from Ozzy, to which he provides little--but does confront Jack. Ozzy then tells the family that he wants to be alone for his birthday. Disregarding his request, the clan surprises him in Chicago and he is pleased. 8. No Vagrancy
Jack brings his friend, Dill, a professional skater that is no stranger to alcohol and drugs, into the house so that he can receive the hotel treatment that only the Osbournes could provide. He clashes with the mom and dad: 1) Ozzy never remembers meeting him 2) Sharon finds a bottle of Jack Daniels and attempts to pee in it 3) Dill messes up Sharon's Kitchen 4) Ozzy feels that he's overstayed his welcome. Eventually Dill agrees to leave (as if he had a choice) to Jack's chagrin. Also, Lola, the loveable bulldog, is given away without Jack's knowledge. Ozzy ultimately agrees to bring Lola back as long Jack provides the proper care to the dog. 9. A Very Ozzy Christmas
It's Christmas and the Osbournes celebrate as only they can. Sharon, Ozzy, and Jack are in New York on tour when they receive word that their security guard had been arrested for attempted burglary. They return home and Ozzy gets reacquainted with the dogs...Christmas morning approaches and Lulu (Ozzy's son from a previous marriage)visits. Ozzy helps make Christmas dinner and the meal is filled with feuding words and Kelly eventually leaves the table. Jack then receives a knife and Ozzy confiscates it. 10. Dinner With Ozzy
Ozzy reflects on his childhood, life, and family as he dines in front of a camera. He describes his problems and how he doesn't know what a 'normal' family would be. At the end of the episode Ozzy is presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Clips are shown of highlights of the family's first season. I would reccomend this to any Osbournes fan, or if you want to know what the fuss is about, buy it and find out. The first season of 'The Osbournes' is great, packed with special features, never before seen footage and commentary. - E d d y -
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Summary: I still don't understand
Review: I still don't understand how this show is still on the Air. The first season was Funny, New, and very different from anything else I had been watching at the time. But now its like lets watch Jack get his drivers license. Not to mention watching Sharron's show fail and Kelly's trouble with every thing music! So in short the show is very BORING NOW!! This season the 1st was the only one that I thought was any good at all. My favorite was the fued they had with the people next door. The second season had its moments but overal I was very disappointed the show seemed very scripted (alot like the shows there putting out now).
I agree with the review below mine Jack is my least favorite person. He gets uglier every season (I guess it was all the Drugs). Kelly becomes more hated by other celebrities (and to be blunt her singing gets even worse).
I don't own this DvD but since watched them on MTV there is really nothing but the special features that I have any interest in. But even then its more lets watch the dogs crap all over the place.
I will be honest I was a very big OZZY fan long before the show but now I'm not so sure. The same is true with my friends and there friends and there friends. But I'm sure that when the show goes of the air (sooner or later) that respect will come back.
I am glad to see that the show has run its course and it is almost over.
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Summary: "We're not the .... Partridge Family."
Review: Welcome to the home and domain of the Prince of Darkness and his loving family. No matter what the ratings or sales, the Osbourne family has become one of the focial points of American attention and probably will stay that way for some time. They're a fantastic bunch of people. This DVD set (the uncensored one doesn't have words bleeped out) contains the first season, ten episodes of Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal rocker; his strong, smart wife-manager Sharon; son Jack and pink-haired daughter Kelly. (And a lot of pets, too) Food fights, pet therapy, teen partying, settling into a new home, dogs messing up the furniture, stolen thongs, and much more pepper this interesting, entertaining TV show. The Partridge Family they ain't... thank God. What makes this middle-aged rocker and his family different from other fly-on-the-wall reality shows? Maybe it's their honesty, maybe it's because they were were the first. With the abundance of the F-word and the don't-kiss-up attitudes, the Osbournes are a breath of fresh air on TV in general. They remain perhaps the only good reality show out there. Even if you weren't a fan of Black Sabbath, you'll quickly become acquainted with Ozzy: eccentric, funny, and profanely sweet at times. Sharon is intensely loyal and loving to her hubby, sometimes acid-tongued, witty, and capable of being as peculiar as he is. Jack and Kelly serve as exceptional counterpoints to their parents, sometimes petulant, sometimes disobedient, sometimes just doing their best to rebel (clubbing, getting tattoos, and so on). They can be as witty as Sharon, and their exchanges sometimes just blossom into hilarity -- sometimes unintentionally ("I feel like I'm invisible" "Shut up!") And they all love each other quite clearly although they sometimes have odd ways of showing it ("Merry Christmas, baby. Another .... year. I adore you, sweetheart. Now, ... off.") It mostly takes place in the Osbournes' house, a big Beverly Hills mansion that has been decorated in accordance with the Osbournes' personalities. Don't expect a central theme -- lots of weird decorations, plenty of crucifixes, personal bedrooms, and lots and lots of antiques. And the DVD set has plenty of extras -- extra footage, games, "Ozzy's Ten Commandments," interviews, an "Ozzy translator," commentary, and more. Love them or hate them, the Osbournes are undeniably entertaining, and this DVD set is a wonderful means of seeing this show over, and over, and over. (My feelings toward this series are summed up best by Ozzy himself, paraphrased: "I love you, but you're all ... mad.") Definitely worth getting and keeping.
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Summary: The ULTIMATE DVD For the ULTIMATE FAN
Review: If you've never seen "The Osbournes" on MTV, then you probably wouldn't be looking it up on AMAZON...Suffice it to say, these 2 DVD's are the BEST Source material for THE rock legend, Ozzy Osbourne.
HOWEVER: I had to write this particular review to let people know something about the episodes...they are NOT EXACTLY THE SAME as you've seen on MTV!--For some reason, MIRAMAX doesn't seem to have the same "clearance rights" as MTV, since I have spotted 6(!) alterations made to at least 5 of the 10 episodes!! For the nit-pickers out there (like me), I'll list the ones I've found: 1) When Sharon orders Jack to clean up Lola's alien "mess," he NO LONGER sings, "Who Let the Dogs Out."
2) When Kelly nearly sets fire to the kitchen, Ozzy NO LONGER sings the Talking Heads' song title, "Burning Down the House."
3) On the tour bus during the Christmas holidays, when Jack serves Ozzy spare ribs, Ozzy NO LONGER mimics the slogan/jingle: "I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back--" (you know the rest).
4) When the ...bubbles appear onstage, Sharon NO LONGER sings, "Tiny Bubbles"...
5) The noisy next-door neighbors sing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"--TWICE--replacing the (heavily?) copyrighted, "My Girl."
6) During the making of Ozzy's "Moulin Rouge" spoof-video, he NO LONGER tries the line: "Molcha-Choca-lotta (whatever)," or doesn't even mention "STAR WARS"...that scene is COMPLETELY missing. Don't get me wrong...these anti-infringement "modifications" DO NOT take away from the sheer enjoyment of these 20-minute episodes, but to someone (like myself) who has obsessively watched them countless times on MTV, the changes are obvious...and even sometimes painful to watch.
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Summary: "To be Ozzy Osbourne, it could be worse..."
Review: "I could be Sting." First of all, I'm not a fan of reality shows at all. They're basically all about dumb people doing dumb things in the hopes of achieving better lives for their dumb selves. I first heard of "the Osbournes" over a conversation two of my co-workers were having one day and the whole idea sounded pretty dumb to me. That night, I heard my sister laughing herself silly at something she was watching on TV. I walked in, said "what are you laughing at?" and, well... so it went that "the Osbournes" instantly became one of my favorite shows of all time. It's so hard to believe that a family this dysfunctional could be so endearing and charming. Hearing about the Osbourne's exploits, you say to yourself, "Why would something like THAT make me laugh?," which is understandable since it was my own initial reaction. But, to put it simply, this is just one of those shows you have to experience to appreciate. Ozzy is a rock icon/former drug addict who loves his family "more than life itself." Sharon is the potty-mouthed brains of the operation. Kelly is an obnoxious little frump with a magnetic personality. And Jack (who owns a destructive dog named Lola) puts a new spin on the term "crazy kid." Endearing? You betcha. Buying the First Season DVD was a no-brainer for me. Ten already classic episodes loaded to the brim with Ozzified bonus features. My favorite moments include the family frantically trying to get a stray cat from atop a huge vanity mirror, Ozzy taking the trash out, Sharon threatening to de-sanitize a liquor bottle, the reunion of Jack and Lola, Christmas dinner, Ozzy and Sharon trying to make popcorn, Kelly's "my business" outlook and, my personal favorite, Sharon's verbal battle with her annoying neighbors. I could watch that scene 20 times and not tire of it. Accept no substitutes. This is the definitive way to see the Osbourne family in action. The second season is okay, but since the four of them garnered so much popularity after this first season, their "innocence was lost," as Sharon puts it. It just wasn't the same. What was fun about the first season was the whole fly-on-the-wall experience of watching a truly lovable, however dysfunctional, family live out a few days in their gorgeous home. With the second season, they just didn't seem themselves. They were too "nice" to each other and were too aware that millions of people would be watching their every move. For the first season, they couldn't have cared any less. Raw, funny, lovable, addictive and unforgettable. P.S. - Pick up the uncensored version. All you snobs out there will be capable of dismantling the dirty words at your discretion. Actually a pretty cool feature if you ask me.
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Summary: Loved it, Buy Season One..
Review: But forget season two!! Season one was Osbourne's at their most honest, before Jack and Kelly decided to let fame go to their head. This was a show about a real family who had the same problems as everyone else in America (Dog Pooping on Carpet, Weird Houseguests, Annoying Neighbors etc) but they were bloody F'in rich! It was so nice to watch a show that could make you laugh so hard it hurt without having a laugh track in the background from some sitcom. I loved the Osbournes first season, it's a classic, but now they're just old hat and in rehab.
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Summary: This is it!
Review: Now that this hit reality show is becoming staler by every new episode there put out! Lets try and remember the good parts about it (all of session 1 and maybe parts of 2). In this session you actually see some half decent parenting by Ozzy and Sharon (they at least tried to keep some control in this session). I defiantly feel that they had more fun making this when compared to the others. When compared to other session were they just go do there own thing in these episodes they try to actually be a family and do things as a family. My favorite episode is dinner with ozzy because you finally get Ozzy's side of why they are the way they are. Unlike the rest of the episodes were its Sharon giving her side opinion. I wasn't a big fan of session 2 because of Sharon's cancer bit. I feel they should have put of doing those episodes until she was well enough. (talk about greed!!!) Session 2 ½ was a joke if you ask me and 3 is the most boring so far. So if you want the best session go with this. I will admit that the special feat. On this DVD are boring but hardcore fans wont care. I still wonder why this was the only session that had its own soundtrack album. Seriously though I do feel they should have stopped after the first because it all went down hill from there.
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Summary: i liked the first season
Review: It was the first time i saw ozzy on tv. They never used to show him before. Now I don't watch it anymore. The show got kinda old you know. It's like 2 years old already. It's still enjoyable. But since i saw all of these episodes more than one time, i don't need this DVD.
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Summary: Forget the other so-called "reality" shows....
Review: First of all, I want to know how Fear factor can be even remotely considered "reality" TV...I don't know anyone personally who would even consider eating bugs or let anyone stick them in a cage neck-deep in snakes or worms. Even Rosie O'Donnell, when she was asked if she would ever do the show, replied, "I'd rather give birth to a porcupine...backwards!"
That said, and the fact that "Survivor" was always scheduled up against something else I enjoyed much more to begin with...The Osbournes are TRUE reality television...hey, even filthy rich people need to take the trash out once in awhile or deal with the pets doing something they shouldn't (and in THEIR house, that's easy to find). Someone once told me they'd rather remember Ozzy as being the bigger-then-life Black Sabbath singer from 1972...fact is, he's in his fifties and has a family to deal with. What could be more reality-based than that? They say what's on their minds, sometimes they fight like cats and dogs (not to mention THEIR cats & dogs) but what's obvious underneath it all is that they love each other and that all the money in the world doesn't have to change someone. Sharon Osbourne is one of the most straightforward people on the planet, and we need more like her...if she can keep Ozzy on the right path AND the kids too, then in my book she's an amazing human being! Throw out any pre-conceived notions you may have and ENJOY the show!
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