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Summary: One of the best shows ever created on television!
Review: Hello everyone, listen. if you like tool, or bill hicks then you must own this. this is a necessary addition to any dvd collection. lots of funny skits. as an improv actor i cant say how good these guys are. they are very frikken talented is all i can say. im not going to tell you about the skits, because you should be owning it in a few days! also, do what ever you can to learn as much about bill hicks as you can, you will thank me.
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Summary: Don't try to shampoo a shampooer!
Review: Better than Python.Kiss the pan. Pan kisses you. Don't trust the British!
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Summary: Great sketch comedy. Get it.
Review: These two are great -- what a breath of fresh air. Cross and Odenkirk are almost completely cliche-free, and you'll never be able to guess what they'll do next. More, please!
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Summary: Hell Yeah!
Review: Great! I can't wait for the next 2 seasons to come out. Wicked Scepter rules!
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Summary: Never watched the show
Review: So I was taking something of a chance just buying it. But I wasn't dissappointed. The show is great and I love watching each show with their commentary afterwards. Can't wait for seasons 3 & 4 to be released
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Summary: Yay for Mr Show!
Review: Fantabulously Fabulous! Smoke a few less cigars and use the extra cash to buy Mr Show. When are Seasons #3 and #4 coming out? They're even better!
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Summary: THE BEST comedy show in many, many a moon!
Review: The outrageous comedy of Bob and Dave is too amazing: at once heartbreakingly human and roll-on-the-floor-hysterically laughing, these 10 epsidoes are WAY too hip for the room in some instances, but don't let that stop you. The first two seasons are uproarious - it's unfathomable why HBO isn't still producing and airing this show!? If you like Monty Python, you'll "get" Mr. Show!
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Summary: You'll have to excuse Bob, he went to Public schools
Review: I had faint memories of watching Mr.Show since I was thirteen years old and discussing the events with my friends in Middle school. In high school, I'd manage to catch an episode here and there, but its irritating timeslot (Mondays at midnight!) didn't allow me to be a consistent fan. I always remembered this show, even after it went off the air, simply because it was one of the strangest things I had ever seen on television. So when I heard that a DVD was going to come out, I preordered it and joyfully unwrapped it upon the UPS man's arrival at my doorstop. My impressions: it is certainly just as weird, if not weirder than I remember, which is a good thing. The transitions(which was the show's trademark) are often touchingly non sequitor and alluring. There is never any way to tell which direction an episode of Mr.Show is going, elements of skits sometimes reapear in subsequent skits and somehow build to a wonderfully strange and bombastic conclusion in which everyone gets together and sings a song or people emerge from the future with laserguns. Bob and David are great writers with an astute knowledge of whats funny, and they look like they're having a blast peppering the skits with tiny idiosynchrasies that make each second uniquely bizarre and funny.(something, for instance, like Abraham Lincoln having a thick New York accent for no particular reason, always seems to hit me in the gut.) The bad: the skits in these first two seasons are somewhat uneven. Every once in a while there will be an episode with 2 or three uninspired skits that I feel the need to gloss through to get to the funny stuff. The Audio commentary(which seems like a necessity on DVDs, for reasons I'll never comprehend) is almost completely superfluous. Bob and David and guest stars from the show ramble ploddingly about non sequitors and generally unfunny stuff while for the most part ignoring the subject of the show or the skits they are talking over. Every once in a while you'll get a funny insight about the show's origin, but for the most part its not that great. All in all, though, this a great price for a great DVD featuring 10 episodes worth of one of the funniest sketch comedy shows, ever. I only hope that the aparent success this DVD is achieving leads to the distribution of a DVD containing seasons 3 and 4, in which the show genuinely hit its stride and managed to synthesize the elements of wierdness with the satirical elements of the show. Then, I think, we can all be happy. So happy.
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Summary: I rait this Dvd as "fair" ONLY!
Review: This Dvd is good, but it's not a great Dvd. I have others that are more funny. I would rank this DVd 16th out of 52 funny (comedy) Dvd's that I have bought over the lasy 2.5 years. I started in Feb 2000 buying Dvd's and I have mostly comedy (Men in Black) but others, too.
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Summary: A must for fans of Mr. Show
Review: There is a great hidden value for Mr. Show fans in this 2 DVD set. The accompanying commentary by the cast is less a commentary about the show you are watching as it is a whole new Mr. Show in audio format. While there are some remarks about the making of the show, most of the commentary is actually little adlibbed skits with fictional characters who are supposed to be fans or obscure contributors to the show. Once again these guys have taken a predictable and sometimes mundane media and have good creative fun with it. Beyond the enjoyment of seeing these shows again and experiencing the audio commentary, it was helpful to view the episodes in chronological order. It helps to understand how the show developed over its short run. Once you're familiar with entire body of work, you can forgive the occasional "klinker" skit that didn't work. Unlike an SNL klinker that makes you shake your head in disbelief, you'll typically find yourself enjoying the less successful bits, because they are rarely cliched. They typically have something to offer, like an eccentric musical performance or just weirdness. Also, watch for great cameos by Jeanne Tripplehorn, Janeane Garofolo (one in a Polaroid snapshot), Jack Black (who wasn't famous yet) and other familiar faces. Describing Mr. Show to someone who hasn't seen it is difficult. Comparisons to Monty Python are typical, but that doesn't do it justice. It makes much more sense, and it is less silly. It's more directly critical of the world without being a heavy handed bummer. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are outstanding skit actors and each member of the supporting cast has a unique dose of comedic talent. There are some great episodes missing here which I assume will be released on subsequent disks. I'll be first in line for that box set when it hits the stands.
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