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Reno 911 - The Complete First Season
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Genre | Comedy/Television |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Dolby |
Contributor | Garant, Ben, Nash, Niecy, Yarbrough, Cedric, Kenney, Kerri, Lennon (III), Thomas, Alazraqui, Carlos, Birdsong, Mary, McLendon-Covey, Wendi, Jann, Michael Patrick See more |
Language | English |
Number Of Discs | 1 |
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The Complete First Season chronicles the adventures of one of the most dysfunctional police forces in America in all their deranged glory! All 14 Episodes from the first season. Direction: Michael Patrick Jann Actors: Ben Garant, Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, Special Features: Alternate Scenes; Audio Commentary from the entire cast. Full Frame format. Language: English Year: 2003 Runtime: 328 minutes.
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From the creators of the flamboyantly fabulous Viva Variety (and when will that be released on DVD?) comes Reno 911, Comedy Central's most arresting comedy series. Ride along with the cluelessly cracked squad of the Wahoe County Sheriff's Department, who cross the proverbial thin blue line with impunity. "That's how we do it in Reno," exults Lt. Dangle (Thomas Lennon), after absent-mindedly rear-ending a car whose trunk pops open to reveal a cache of marijuana. Reno 911 has Cops's gritty documentary feel, and Police Squad's straight face in subverting cop show conventions. The hapless officers get no respect, not from the citizens they encounter, from their colleagues in the FBI, or even from themselves. Kerri Kenney-Silver's unfortunate Det. Wiegel is the squad's odd girl out. "She's like a bad casserole" is one of the more polite things said about her. In one episode, a misunderstanding leads to her being put under a suicide watch, and she so loves the attention, she doesn't bother to inform her brethren that she, in fact, did not try to kill herself. The forays into black comedy are about as subtle as a S.W.A.T. assault. In the first episode's opening moments, an officer answers a domestic disturbance call with guns blazing, only to discover it is a surprise birthday party for him.
But Reno 911 would have gotten old fast if it was just Police Academy-style mishaps and slapstick. What elevates this from being a one-joke series are the intimately observed characters' quirks and personal dramas. Dangle has a penchant for short shorts, and, in the first episode at least, comely male traffic offenders. Dangle is not exactly Capt. Furillo (from Hill Street Blues) in the compassion department. When the squad learns that unwed Deputy C. Johnson (Wendy McLendon-Covey) is pregnant, he jokingly searches for a phone book when considering who the father might be. "There's usually a phone book around here," he shrugs. "It would have been funnier." Comedy Central may be guilty of running these episodes into the ground, but for Reno 911's devoted following, and for rookies to the force, this boxed set of commercial-free episodes, some commentary-enhanced, is just the ticket. --Donald Liebenson
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 6.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 12099901905
- Director : Garant, Ben, Jann, Michael Patrick, Lennon (III), Thomas
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Dolby
- Run time : 5 hours and 37 minutes
- Release date : August 25, 2015
- Actors : Alazraqui, Carlos, Birdsong, Mary, Garant, Ben, Kenney, Kerri, Lennon (III), Thomas
- Language : English, Unqualified
- Studio : Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B0001XAODE
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #63,998 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #7,834 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Every officer in the crew is a perfect distillation of a specific type of police officer, and they didn't miss a thing.
It is pure genius and hilarious.
As for the physical condition of the DVD: Bought used. Packaging made me laugh before I even opened it. Seller used a red file cabinet folder with middle tab, stapled shut on the three open sides, with a handwritten address. Most interesting packaging I've ever seen! This would have been okay if he had used bubble wrap or some kind of protective padding inside the folder, but there was none, and the jewel case paid the price. Opened the "package." Little pieces of plastic came out along with the rest of the case. Opened case and more pieces of plastic dropped out. The cardboard with the artwork survived in very good condition, but the case cannot be replaced as it is glued to the cardboard, so I am screwed. So what do you expect for $1.40? I assign some blame to the manufacturer for a bad design vulnerable to impact damage. My other seasons came in impact-proof plastic cases that can survive a blow from a hammer. Now comes the really good part. Inserted disc. Waited a LONG time, and nothing happened. Disc would not play. Ejected disc, noticed it was dirty and scratched, washed the greasy fingerprints off in dishwashing liquid and lukewarm water, dried and polished disc with cotton towel. Still scratched, but on second insertion, played perfectly. Lesson: Hey, if you're gonna sell this stuff on Amazon, the least you can do is prepare your product for sale by making sure it is as close to original condition as possible by cleaning and polishing the disc. Also, invest in some bubble mailers made specifically for mailing DVDs so your product will ship without damage. I noticed that this was the first sale for Parker's Library. I like to give startups a chance to get off the ground by being their first customer. I've done this before several times without a problem. The new sellers were so happy to get their first sale that they went out of their way to make me a satisfied customer. Not so with Parker. Sorry, dude, but you need to step it up and revise your entire approach to selling if you want to be a success. I sell on eBay and have a 100% positive feedback rating from over 160 satisfied eBayers.
As for the special features, they are very solid. There is commentary on 4 episodes, 2 on each disc. There are also about a dozen unaired, uncut, or alternate scenes on Disc 2. The uncut scenes are great, as they are basically the full versions of scenes that are chopped up and used on the show, but they are 5 minute scenes of the actors just improvising off of eachother, very fun to watch. The outtakes are also very funny, showing how tough it is even for the actors to keep a straight face in these hilarious scenes.
I would highly recommend this show to anyone who enjoys deadpan comedy, improv, and just hilarious TV.
And just so buyers are aware, this set is NOT uncensored, while Season 2 is uncensored.
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I recommend it to anyone wanting some light hearted and very silly entertainment in the Reno Police Department..
Definitely not C.S.I.!!