Home Improvement - The Complete First Season

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Summary: "Home Imporvement" is finally on DVD............
Review: Ever since "Home Improvement" came on in 1991, millions of people have watched it. Today, re-runs of this show are still shown on televison, and "Home Improvement" has even found some new viewers. I have loved this show since I was seven years old, and I remember watching every episode every night. Years later, this show still kicks, and it is a miracle to see that "Home Improvement" has finally made it's way to DVD. This DVD has three discs, and there are eight episodes on each disc. Yes, all the laughs are here. All the grunts are here. But most importantly, all of the great episodes which were all made during season one are all here. There is no behind the scenes look at the show, and there are no interviews with the cast members, but there are two commentaries on disc one and one commentary on disc two, and on disc three, there is "Loose Screws", a certain thing from this show where people talked about how much they loved Al, Tim with his kids, Wilson giving advice to his neighbors, and seveal other features (there are nine "Loose Screws") which are all pretty funny. Also, if you purchase this DVD, a free 2005 calendar that has a picture of Pamela Anderson comes with it. Before I got this DVD, I had seen every season one episode, and it is great not just to have them all on DVD, but to get to watch them anytime I want to. Hope they release a season two DVD!

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Summary: Not What I expected.
Review: I bought this DVD set because I recently inherited a house from my Great Aunt who passed away. Everyone said it was haunted, but I slept in it overnight longer than my cousins, so based on the will, I got it!
The house needed some work, so I saw a DVD set of a show called "Home Improvement" and I thought! PERFECT!

Let me tell you, you will NOT LEARN ANYTHING on this show.

I expected to learn how to caulk my tub, fix a leaky pipe, refinish the hardwood floors...something! But instead I got a show about a man and his family, played by some woman who isn't very attractive as his wife, and 3 little brats as his kids.

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Summary: home im.
Review: I love this show and to musical j. this is a half hour television series from 5-6 pm on tbs superstation staring TIM ALLEN on Santa Claus. This is such a FABULOUS show. Eveybody knows who Tim Allen is honey.

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Summary: Weak Effort by Buena Vista...
Review: I really enjoy watching Home Improvement. (The show itself would get 5 stars!) I was able to get in to watch the show taped twice. I've visited every Disney store I was ever around to ask why they didn't have HI merchandise and asked the store people to make the suggestion to higher ups.

I was signed up for notice of the release of these on Amazon several months before it came out. I forwarded the information to many of my friends who also enjoy the show.

I love having all 24 episodes, commercial free in DVD quality video and sound.

HOWEVER, it gets only 2 stars because there are virtually no extras. There is commentary by writers, producers or someone on THREE episodes. THREE? Why not get some of the cast involved. Why not do ALL of the episodes. This looks like just enough effort to be able to say "commentary available" or something like it on the case.

Extras? About 10 minutes of collected moments from the show grouped into 9 topics like Tim Grunting, Jill's bites, Wilson's Intro's, Al's Comebacks and some more. While it is entertaining (minimally) it is only barely worth considering as an extra. In my opinion, it shouldn't even count as an extra because it's nothing that isn't in the episodes anyway.

Having watched the DVD's of other "TV Seasons" with cast and crew commentary on every episode, outtakes, interviews and other "insider information" I was very disappointed.

There are NO out takes. That's right NONE. The first season doesn't even include the ones at the end of the show - these were introduced in later seasons. Having seen filming twice, I can tell you that as good as HI is, the stuff that gets cut is many times FAR, FAR funnier than what made the screen.

I'm not sorry I bought them. I'll buy several more seasons. I'm just disappointed that the studio didn't spend more time beefing up the offering. Future purchases will certainly not be made with anywhere near the sense of expectation. I'll probably just wait a few months until after the releases and pick them up used. I guess I just hoped for too much from Buena Vista.

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Summary: Two Words: AWE SOME
Review: I received this DVD collection of Home Improvement from my kids for Christmas. They scored some big brownie points with this gift! I had originally tried to catch the reruns on cable and tape them off for watching at a later time. Now I can pitch the tapes!

The DVDs are really nice to have. The only negative I can make is that there are NO outtakes. I expected them to be there at the end of the show but there aren't any. I find them to be just as funny or funnier than the shows and added an element of entertainment that 99% of the other sitcoms didn't have. It helped make Home Improvement more unique. Maybe when Buena Vista releases the other seasons on DVD they can include the outtakes? Even without them the DVDs are worth buying.

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Summary: The whole family will love it.
Review: If you like Everyone Loves Raymond, you will like Home Improvements. Every episode is kid friendly. There is always a good mix of adult humor and humor that appeals to even the youngest person in the family. The wacky family situations in the series are not all that different from real family experiences. My kids ask to watch this before anything else. Looking forward to the other seasons!

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Summary: Wonderful! Can't wait for season two
Review: This has fast become my favorite DVD to watch. It is a relaxing and enjoyable alternative to what's on TV these days. I bought it for the episodes - not the extras. So I really don't care about the abundance or quality of the extras. I can't wait for season two!

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Summary: Home Improvement - The Complete First Season
Review: This is one of the best TV sitcoms. Season 1 - when it all began!!!!

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Summary: finally this show comes out
Review: WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THIS SHOW WASCOMING OUT ON DVD I SAID TO MYSELF THAT ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME, I HAVE BEEN WAIT FOR THIS SHOW TO COME OUT FOR SOME TIME NOW, MY COPY GET CAME IN THE MAIL THE OTHER DAY AND I HAVE WATCHED ABOUT HALF OF IT AND IT IS FANTASTIC. THE PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITYARE AWESOME AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IS ALL THE PARTS ARE THERE TO SEE UNLIKE WHEN ITS ON TV, WHICH HAS EDITED SOME PARTS OFF EACH EPISODE AND ME BEING ONLY 6 YRS OLD THE THE SEASON 1 FIRST HEARED I COULD'NT REMMBER ALL THE PARTS. I HAVENT SEEN THE BONAUS MATERIAL YET , IM TO INVOVLED IN WITH THE SHOW ITSELF, I'LL SAVE THE EXTRAS FOR LAST.ALL I SAY IS I HOPE THEY BRING OUT THE SEASON FAST BEING THAT THERE 8 OF THEM.BUT I SAY THIS IS A MUST BUY FOR ANYONE WHO LIKED THIS SHOW, I ALREADY CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON 2 WHICH COMES OUT THIS SPRING