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Ellen - The Complete Season Two

directed by: Neal Marlens, Iris Dugow, Michael Lembeck, John Tracy (II), Alan Myerson

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767076647
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767076648
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Running Time: 552 minutes
Sales Rank: 13264
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 1994



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Description:
America's indisputable Queen of Comedy, Ellen DeGeneres, returns for another high-spirited season of ELLEN, the Emmy Award®-winning ABC sitcom that skyrocketed her into the pop-culture stratosphere! ELLEN stars DeGeneres as Los Angeles bookstore owner Ellen Morgan, a good-humored bachelorette whose loose-lipped outbursts often land her in outrageous situations. With her best friends Adam (Arye Gross), Paige (Joely Fisher), and wacky co-worker Joe (David Anthony Higgins) along for the ride, Ellen flirts with her dentist under the spell of laughing gas, masquerades as an exercise trainer, becomes a contestant on American Gladiators, and dates a whole parade of Mr. Wrongs! Featuring all 24 episodes from its critically acclaimed second season, ELLEN: THE COMPLETE SEASON TWO boasts show-stopping cameos by Bob Saget, Harry Shearer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Seinfeld's Patrick Warburton, Sister Act's Kathy Najimy, and the voice of Connie Stevens! DVD Features: Commentary with Joely Fisher and David Anthony Higgins on the episodes 'Mrs. Koger' and 'The Trainer'; Cast Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

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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



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - If you missed it the first time.
I would watch the Ellen show every now and then when it was originally aired but never really noticed ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - WARNING to, my deaf and hard of hearing friends
Be aware that A&E, showing great ignorance, has stripped the Closed Captioning from this series (in fact ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - It's OK
The show really gets better in later seasons, when Jeremy Piven joins the cast.

Also, they must ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Season!!
I just Got this DVD on New Years Day, and I have now finished the whole dvd! I LOVED it!! I can't wait till Season ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - FUNNY
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 ... Read More

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