Ellen - The Complete Season One
starring: Ellen DeGeneres
directed by: Neal Marlens;Iris Dugow;Michael Lembeck;John Tracy (II);Alan Myerson;John Bowab;Tom Cherones;Lorraine Sevre-Richmond
directed by: Neal Marlens;Iris Dugow;Michael Lembeck;John Tracy (II);Alan Myerson;John Bowab;Tom Cherones;Lorraine Sevre-Richmond
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767066150
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767066154
Label: A&E HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Running Time: 299 minutes
Sales Rank: 6327
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 1994
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Product Description:
Cast/Crew: Ellen DeGeneres Description: The first TV vehicle for the many talents of comedienne Ellen DeGeneres came in the form of the half-hourly sitcom ELLEN. The show lasted for four years, and firmly established DeGeneres in the hearts and minds of the American public. Ellen played a bookstore employee who regularly has to deal with her irritating parents, her best friends Paige (Joely Fisher) and Adam (Arye Gross), and a variety of other colorful characters. This release contains the entire first season of the show, with all 11 episodes offering a wonderfully comedic look at the world. Release Notes: DVD Features: Region (unknown) Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary 1. Holly Fulger 2. Arye Gross Biographies 1. Cast Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
Amazon.com:
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 and her posse (besides Gross, costars in these first 13 programs include Maggie Wheeler and Holly Fulger) trying to figure out how to bribe Ellen's boss into giving her a job boost, a futile adventure that ends (don't ask how) in a bad way at the Mexican border.
Among the best episodes is the Seinfeld-ian 'The Mugging,' starring Mariska Hargitay as a gorgeous woman mugged on her way to Adam and Ellen's front door. A cowardly Adam saw the crime and not only fails to help, he won't admit being an eyewitness lest he lose his shot at romancing the victim. Along those same black-comedy lines, 'The Anchor' finds Ellen neurotically pursuing a friendship with a woman she can't stand, simply because the latter heard Ellen speaking badly of her. The 13 shows in this set are presented out of season one's chronological order, but that makes little difference to the best material here. --Tom Keogh
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- Weak beginning to a good showEllen DeGeneres is undeniably one of the funniest comedians out there. And the Ellen show did develop ... Read More
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- Ellen season 1 Hilarious!Ellen, as usual, is hilarious. Who cares if season 1 is far removed from the rest of the seasons. It ... Read More
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- Spoiled by bad laugh trackI don't think I've ever said this about a show, but what spoils this for me is an extremely bad laugh track. ... Read More
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- Great BuyEllen- Season One does not have as many episodes as the other seasons so I went through them pretty fast. I ... Read More
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- Excellent start to an excellent series!Ellen: The Complete Season One might as well be considered completely seperate from the rest of the series. ... Read More
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