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DVD Ellen - The Complete Season Two
Ellen: The Complete Season Two is a little less populous than season 1 (there's a net loss of one cast member). But in every important respect the 1990s ABC sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres as bookstore owner and adorable neurotic Ellen Morgan carries on the show's familiar charm and intelligence. Fans will surely notice the unmentioned departure of Ellen's buddies Holly (Holly Fulger) and Anita (Maggie Wheeler), as well as the out-of-nowhere appearance of new best gal pal Paige (Joely Fisher). But Arye Gross provides strong continuity as returning second banana and platonic friend Adam, the underachieving photographer who moves out of Ellen's apartment in season 2's eighth episode ("Adam's Birthday"), yet never seems to be gone afterward.
For the most part, season 2's scripts, like season 1's, are both urbane (in the Friends mold) and classic-TV silly (in the I Love Lucy tradition). The season premiere, "The Dentist," has some great moments for the series' highlight reel when Ellen's attraction to a dentist gets out of hand after inhaling laughing gas. "So Funny" finds Ellen jealous over Adam's friend Theresa's quick wit, while "Mrs. Koger" has a timeless plot in which our heroine chews out a crusty and unpleasant old neighbor, only to discover the latter died moments afterward. (Ellen's penchant for babbling is particularly funny during a post-mortem conversation with a cop.) The Lucy influence is especially strong in "Ballet Class" (Ellen gets a little too ambitious) and "The Spa" (a massage turns brutally slapstick). Despite these strong storylines, at least half of every episode is concerned with light subplots, such as Adam's near-flirtatious efforts to reach out to Ellen's employee Joe (David Anthony Higgins) when he realizes he has no guy friends. No matter what's going on, DeGeneres finds a way to endear herself every scene. --Tom Keogh
This show is one of the best from the mid 90's. I have the first season also, but it is nothing compared to the second season. THis has some really funny episodes. The ballet one, the one where Ellen and her parents commit to honesty in their relationship, the one with the dentist (Dentist goes "Oh Ellen, your from the old Bayou"....Ellen's reply on laughing gas "May I bayou a drink....") hilarious. The only complaint I have now, as well as then is that the supporting cast, IMHO sucked. Adam was NOT funny...Joe the coffee guy is really not likable at all, he borders on annyoing..and Paige.. well she is alright no complaints there. Audrey and Ellen's parents were much better and are always good for a laugh or two..most of the time more than that. When Ellen got rid of Adam and brought on Jeremy Piven as her cousin..thats when the show got even better. Can I say I cannot wait for season 3? And then the Coming Out episode? Cannot wait! Bring It ON!
Loved Season Two, but where's Season Three?????
Ellen Season Two was released in Feb 2005 and still there's no word for Season Three. Do we have to wait a year for the next one??? I love Ellen, it's a hilarious show and I would love to see much much more!!!
The Lucille Ball of the 90's!
Between her babbling and slapstick humor, Ellen gets into scrapes just like Lucy used to... she is SOOOOOO funny! This is the only modern sitcom that makes me laugh out loud. The Ballet episode is HILARIOUS! I couldn't stop laughing! When is the third season being released? Can't wait! These are keepers! And 25 episodes on 3 DVD's - what a deal! Ellen is the funniest comedienne of our time.
The first television season of Ellen was actually called These Friends of Mine, and while the series sought to define itself through various tones and shades of comedy, the best episodes captured a middle ground between Seinfeld and Friends. Ellen DeGeneres is both a brilliant centerpiece and generous ensemble player, constantly finding fresh ways to mine laughs from her ever-rambling, guilt-ridden, and perpetually dissatisfied heroine. As Ellen Morgan, bookstore employee and platonic roommate of semi-loser Adam (Arye Gross), DeGeneres finds plenty of opportunity to explore humiliation. In the pilot episode, Ellen's unhappiness with her bad photo on a driver's license prompts an obsessive (and unsuccessful) quest to beautify her ID. "The Promotion" finds Ellen... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ellen DeGeneres Director(s): Andrew D. Weyman - Tom Cherones - Rob Schiller - Gil Junger - John Tracy (II) DVD Release Date: Released the 28 September 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Four years after Showtime made gay men the focus of its original series Queer as Folk, it was time for a little turnabout with The L Word (bad title, great show). Centering around a tight-knit group of lesbians in Los Angeles, this drama was far removed from its working-class male counterpart in both style and content. While the men of QAF enjoyed a fabulous if melodramatic life on the middle-class streets of Pittsburgh, the women of The L Word lived it up in sunny California, with gorgeous houses, glamorous careers, and sexy wardrobes. Ironically, though, The L Word adhered more to the everyday drama of ensemble shows like thirtysomething than the soap opera antics of QAF, and the results were surprisingly heartfelt and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jennifer Beals DVD Release Date: Released the 09 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With a loose, free-associative flow, Ellen DeGeneres glides through her 2003 HBO special, Here and Now. In just the first 10 minutes she touches on procrastination, new paint colors, television commercials, and mental disorders--topics that fit into the show's subtitle, Modern Life and Other Inconveniences. By the end, she's also spun out sneaky jokes about cell phones, memory loss, elevators, vocal inflections, pickle jars, and social embarrassment. Her genius is that she never seems like a genius; on the contrary, DeGeneres seems like your next door neighbor pointing out the obvious, yet somehow an hour whizzes by in complete enjoyment. It's peerless observational humor--nothing groundbreaking or piercingly satirical, but simply fun. --Bret FetzerMore Info about this DVD Director(s): Joel Gallen DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Once a series has broken new ground, where does it go from there? Showtime's The L Word, concerning the relationships of a community of lesbian Los Angelenos, turned heads with its smart, funny writing and fully realized characters. Season Two offers more of the same, with some notable guest stars and experiments in narrative and music. This season, Jenny (Mia Kirshner) fully embraces her sexuality as her ex-husband/roomie (Eric Mabius) departs and voyeuristic documentary filmmaker Mark (Eric Lively) and womanchaser Shane (Katherine Moennig) move in. Shane and Jenny struggle good-heartedly over the affections of new character Carmen (Sarah Shahi), who isn't given much to do plot-wise apart from occasionally spinning records and serving as one corner of the love triangle. Bette... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Rose Troche - Tricia Brock - Burr Steers - Ernest R. Dickerson - Jeremy Podeswa DVD Release Date: Released the 25 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The DVD release of Murphy Brown is particularly newsworthy. There had never been anyone on primetime quite like Murphy, the star investigative reporter for the Washington, D.C.-based television news magazine F.Y.I. As created by Diane English and embodied by Candice Bergen, Murphy was, in English's words, "Mike Wallace in a dress." On camera, she was tough, smart, and relentless. Off camera she was intriguingly flawed. In the pilot episode, her character returns to work following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. Over the course of the season, her sobriety is supremely tested by the chaotic goings-on inside the funniest newsroom since WJM on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Murphy must contend with an unending parade of ill-suited, stressed-out secretaries (a running joke... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Candice Bergen - Robert Pastorelli - Grant Shaud Director(s): Joe Regalbuto - Peter Baldwin - Peter Bonerz - Barnet Kellman - Garry Marshall DVD Release Date: Released the 08 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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