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Sesame Street - Kids' Favorite Songs

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Total reviews: 97 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great DVD for singers/dancers! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My daughter love this video. There are some real classic songs on here. It really keeps my daughter interested. Each character sings their favorite songs..all songs you and the kids know. Great buy!

A MUST 5 out of 5 stars.
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It keeps the interest of my 18 month old. She really doesn't watch any videos and truly enjoys this one (plus Kid's Favorite Songs 2). The songs are great and she is learning the words to many of the songs. You will find her playing with her toys while singing these songs or making her own version of these songs. It's a must have.

Kids favorite songs review 5 out of 5 stars.
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The family liked this enough that we bought it twice. Our first copy was a hit with our son when he was 1-2 years old then it was broken by a cousin. I bought it again for our daughter who is 2 and she also loves it.

Good video 4 out of 5 stars.
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I bought it because my son loved part 2. The second one is better. If you have to choose, get Kids Favorite Songs 2. This one is good though.

19 month old loves this but... 4 out of 5 stars.
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My daughter is 19 months old and absolutely loves this DVD. I only gave it 4 stars because the sound quality is AWFUL, but she doesn't seem to mind in the least. She can't take her eyes off the screen and smiles throughout The Count's Song "This Old Bat". When the DVD is over she often says, "Again?" Of course I don't let her watch it twice in a row, but the fact that she requests it says it all-- she's never requested a DVD before. Overall, I'm happy I bought it for her. The puppets are the stars, not kids or adults.

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Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 04/06/2004 Run time: 30 minutes Rating: Nr

The Streets of San Francisco: Season Two, Vol. 2

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Solid Police Procedural Series 4 out of 5 stars.
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The Streets of San Francisco is part of the legacy of Quinn Martin, who was one of television's alltime most successful producers, responsible for some of television's most popular action/adventure series. Martin was the producer for such popular series as The Untouchables, The FBI, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones.

The Streets of San Francisco followed the pattern of most of Martin's shows. There were divided into three acts and an epilogue, and the guest stars were introduced at the beginning of each episode. The show feature veteran, Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden (who during this time starred in a series of popular commercials for American Express credit cards) and Michael Douglas, son of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.

Malden played veteran SF homicide cop Mike Stone, who was newly paired with rookie detective Steven Keller, played by Douglas. Following the Naked City model of police dramas, Stone showed the green Keller the ropes of policing the city while Keller used his criminology decree and understanding of modern technology to balance the equation. Darleen Carr has an occasional role as Stone daughter and Keller's eventual love interest.

This was a solid, enjoyable series and the teaming of Malden and Douglas was an excellent one. This show is one that is still entertaining almost forty years later.

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008

Sex and the City - Season Six, Part 2

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Total reviews: 129 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Sex this good can't last forever...but Carrie Bradshaw and her three best friends - Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha - are back for one last fling, sure to be scintillating and unpredictable as the metropolis they live in. It's the last hurrah for Carrie and Co., with more new episodes of the sixth - and final - season of HBO's smash-hit comedy series Sex and the City!

DVD Features:
Alternate endings:Four Audio Commentaries with Michael Patrick King Aspen Comedy Arts Festival Seminar recorded in March 2004 featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael Patrick King, and other writers from the show - Run time 1 hour, 15 minutes. 10 Deleted Scenes 3 Never-Before-Seen Alternate Endings 2 Farewell Tributes
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes:Four Audio Commentaries with Michael Patrick King Aspen Comedy Arts Festival Seminar recorded in March 2004 featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael Patrick King, and other writers from the show - Run time 1 hour, 15 minutes. 10 Deleted Scenes 3 Never-Before-Seen Alternate Endings 2 Farewell Tributes

Son of the Beach: Volume Two

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FINALLY!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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WHOO HOO!!! It's about time they released this! The masses have been listened to. Rest assured I have preordered my copy!! This show ended far before its time.

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The Final 21 Episodes of the Raucous Howard Stern Produced Show.

From the Howard Stern Production Company, the Baywatch spoof Son Of The Beach delivers a barrage of off-beat humor that is sure to make you wet your pants one way or another! The 3-DVD set Son Of The Beach: Volume 2 wraps up the 3-season FX show, and features guest appearances by Gary Dell Abate, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, Joey Buttafuoco,
Beetlejuice, Alan Thicke, Vincent Pastore, Jason Alexander, Bill Maher, Adam Carolla, David Arquette, C. Thomas Howell, Angelica Bridges, Frank Sinatra Jr., Gilbert Gottfried and Lee Majors.

Bonus Features:

* All-New DVD Menu Introductions by Notch Johnson

* Never-Before-Seen Behind-The Scenes Footage

* Commentaries by Series Creators

* Sexy Montage Highlights

* Cast Audition Tapes

* Son Of The Beach Table Read

South Park - The Complete Tenth Season

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Total reviews: 52 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

South Park Issues The Challenge To Family Guy 5 out of 5 stars.
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With season 10 the South Park creators set out to give us something that would challenge the creators of Family Guy and would set out in challenging those who like the Family Guy comedy. They also set out in making a point about the whole showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad on national TV, they set out in making a point about freedom of expression and not allowing terror threats to scare them. Did they win that war? You'll have to watch this season to find out.

Episode 1: The Return of Chef: In this episode we see Chef return to South Park after a time with the Super Adventure Club who we later learn that they are a group of explorers that show a special interest in the children of remote tribes. The boys have to cope with this change in Chef and the influence that the Super Adventure Club had on him. In reality this is the episode where we say goodbye to Chef for good, as in season 9 South Park had an episode called Trapped in the Closet which made fun of the "Religion" of Scientology. Isaac Hayes who was the voice of Chef is a Scientologist, he seemed to hold a double standard when making fun of religion. It's OK to make fun of Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism etc but as long as you don't make fun of Scientology it's OK but if you do then Hayes said goodbye to South Park. This is an amazing episode and is really enjoyable listening to Chef speak as it's chopped together dialogue from previous episodes.

Episode 2: Smug Alert: "I know, for this episode let's make fun of those people who drive environmentally friendly cars and suddenly think they're better than everybody else." This is what Stone & Parker would have thought when coming up with the idea for this episode as they do just that. They pick up on the smugness of these people and tear them apart which is a very intelligent move by the creators. The story is simple; Gerald, Kyles dad is now the owner of a hybrid car and he suddenly feels it's his duty to insult those who have gas gusler cars. Gerald moves the family to San Francisco where everybody drives a Hybrid, but Stan being upset with this decides to write a song that will encourage more people to buy Hybrids which should get Kyle to come back home. This is a great episode with a great message about those people who to drive the hybrid cars, it takes the subject and says to those people "I know you drive them, and I don't care."

Episode 3 & 4: Cartoon Wars Part 1 & 2: This is an episode that stirred up a lot of controversy as these two episodes were based around the whole image of Muhammad hysteria that was surrounding the media at the time. Stone & Parker had made the episodes with the clear intention of Comedy Central showing the image on TV and setting an example about freedom of speech but unfortunately it wasn't to be. The story of the episodes are that Family Guy are set to show an image of Muhammad in one of their episodes; Cartman being utterly offended by this sets out to put an end to Family Guy once and for all but he has one obstacle; Kyle. These are a great set of episodes that just rip Family Guy to pieces when talking about their comedy, the whole notion of Family Guy being written my Manatees is brilliant and when you really give it some thought you start to think to yourself, "Well maybe this is possible."

Episode 5: A Million Little Fibers: This is by far the weakest episode of the bunch as it's an episode focusing directly on Towelie. He decides to write a book about his life but everything keeps going wrong and he can't get his book published because he's a towel. He assumes a human personality and changes his book around which becomes an instant success and Oprah Winfrey wants to put her name on this book. This is really one of the weakest episodes out of them all and I think was just a filler to get to the next great idea.

Episode 6: Manbearpig: This is the typical insult episode that rips apart Al Gore over the movie he made called an Inconvenient Truth, it makes fun of the whole "Look at me I'm an ex-president trying to keep the limelight" that seems to surround Al Gore. He has a new theory in South Park and that's a monster that will be a danger to everyone, Manbearpig. Half man, half bear and half pig, he can't prove it but he's super serial.

Episode 7: Tsst: I honestly don't think I've ever laughed so much at a South Park episode, Cesar Milan of the Dog Whisperer fame is called in to take control of Cartman and his bad behaviour. Using some techniques that would only usually be performed on Dogs, Cartman isn't happy about being humiliated and resorts to making some drastic plans for revenge.

Episode 8: Make Love, Not Warcraft: Everybody has them, everybody has that one friend who would quite openly admit that they would rather spend the day on World of Warcraft than go outside and play. Parker and Stone set out to make fun of these kids and show them that they need to get out more, some people may find it harsh but some people like myself would find it utterly hysterical.

Episode 9: Mystery of the Urinal Deuce: The world's biggest conspiracy of all time will finally be uncovered when Eric Cartman exposes the true culprit behind the September 11th attacks. How will that person prove his innocence and who really was behind 9/11. This is a funny episode that gives a big slap in the face of the conspiracy theorists, I can't help but think that Parker and Stone wanted to give their opinions on the subject in this episode rather than just be intelligent about it.

Episode 10: Miss Teacher Bangs A Boy: Eric Cartman is selected to become South Park elementary schools hall monitor, so he dons the look of a bounty hunter and sets out to clean up the halls. He accidentally stumbles upon a teacher in a relationship with a student and wants to put a stop to it. A very good episode with some strong home truths.

Episode 11: Hell On Earth 2006: Satan is throwing the biggest Halloween costume party ever, and no one will be admitted without a wristband. Every detail must be perfect for the prince of darkness. But even Satan can't foresee everything. A prominent religious organization, an ex-lover and the antics of the most notorious serial killers of all time threaten Satan's fun. A complete slaughtering of the my Super Sweet 16 girls which I personally feel was long overdue from the South Park guys.

Episode 12: Go God Go Part 1: South Park Elementary faces strong opposition to the topic of evolution being taught to the 4th graders. The most vocal protests are from Ms. Garrison who has to teach it. Eric Cartman can't be bothered with what's going on in class. He's busy manipulating his own personal time-line to align with the precise release date of the Nintendo Wii. A great satirical episode that this time doesn't poke fun at the notion of religion but pokes fun at a world without religion, would we all really get along like Richard Dawkins says we would?

Episode 13: Go God Go Part 2: Last week Eric Cartman froze himself in an attempt to make his three-week wait for a hot, new, gaming device pass quickly. A freak accident landed him over 500 years in the future and now he's stuck there. The future is a tumultuous place with warring factions, angry sea otters and no Nintendo. Will Cartman find a way back to his own time? A humorous look on a future without religion, how would we find a way to keep fighting if we don't have the excuse of religion.

Episode 14: Stanley's Cup: Stan Marsh has hit rock bottom. He's got no job, no bicycle and his only way out of a bad situation, is to coach the local pee wee hockey team. Once a hotshot pee wee hockey player himself, Stan Marsh has tried to put those days behind him. But he's still living with the memory of how let his team down when he missed the winning shot in the big game. Now, he's about to find out that being a coach means facing your past. He's determined to show his kids what it's like to be a winner! Personally I didn't understand this episode and it wasn't very good, the whole children having cancer thing I think was simply for shock value.

A really good season with two 2 parters that would have you thinking and laughing at the same time which is a trademark of South Park.

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All fourteen monumental episodes from South Park’s tenth season are now available in this exclusive three-disc collector’s set. Join the boys as they witness the death of their beloved Chef, band together to defeat a virtual villain who is out to destroy the world and wrestle with the disturbing consequences of seeing the Prophet of the Muslim people on a popular cartoon. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park.

Sex and the City - The Complete Fifth Season

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I have the most fun with this season 5 out of 5 stars.
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A short, but sweet season, I love the fun of season 5.

Of all the heavy relationships, serious issues, and "true life" this show tends to embody, season 5 is nice for its frivolity.

True it is shorter than any other season, but a savvy shopper can find it for a smaller price (if Amazon ever fails, try a video rental sale when they sell their former rentals)

The episodes make you happy to be a girl! "Anchors Away" is great, soo many boobs, all of them seen by Carrie (And what a great song in the end!). "Unoriginal Sin" allows us to see the truly lawyer-ific side of Miranda, and she goes up against the "desperate" Catholic church, while Carrie must change the name of her column due to lack of activity: --- & the City. "Luck Be an Old Lady" is great if only for it being Charlotte's "thirty-faux" birthday! "Cover Girl" Carrie's head on Madonna's body as a mock up for her book cover, in addition to the "taste" difference between Carrie and Samantha in their clash over what is sexy makes this episode hilarious and we get the Amy Sedaris and Molly Shannon cameos! "Plus One ..." a fun episode complete with Miranda's Freudian moment and Carrie's "skinned: date, Samantha. "Critical Condition" is a throw away episode ... Samantha and Miranda come to an understanding, Carrie freaks out about what she might have done to Aidan, and Charlotte refuses to take Bunny's harsh treatment "lying down." "The Big Journey" is great, just the beginning alone can be re-watched over and over: "I need a man on top of me" and the "very 'Some Like It Hot'" reference is hilarious. But this episode is all about Carrie, no doubt. "I Love A Charade" is a snoozer, but Charlotte steals the show with her new playmate, Harry ... unlikely and very entertaining.

But based on what everyone else has been saying maybe only die hard fans should buy it, but everyone who enjoys SATC should see it once!

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It's summertime, but that doesn't mean the women of Sex and the City are livin' easy. They've got new loves, new responsibilities, new choices to make, and (oh, yes!) a new baby to deal with - and that equates to a whole new outlook on being single in New York City. Ready or not, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha are headed for uncharted territory on an all-new season of HBO's smash-hit comedy series Sex and the City!

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Biographies
Featurette
Other

South Park - The Complete First Season

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"Oh my God, they killed Kenny..." 3 out of 5 stars.
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My reviews will NOT be about the DVD. Since every episode is on here, this is what I will be talking.

Okay, so Trey Parker and Matt Stone give us the first episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe." This has the first normal trend of South Park which is killing Kenny in almost every episode. Although the episode itself is not entirely funny, we DO have Cartman, one of the single most hilarious characters ever created. Kudos to Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone.

From there spawns twelve more episodes, none of them really gut-busting hilarious (thus the three stars). In this season, we get South Park's Christmas icon...who is a piece of crap (literally). The brown little stick that is Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo. (This little guy is actually pretty funny.) In the same episode, we also get Mr. Mackey the school counselor...m'kay? (In my book, he ranks third as the most hilarious character in South Park.)

In the second episode (I think it's called "Volcano"), we are introduced to Randy Marsh, probably the stupidest(meaning in the show) character in all of South Park. (He ranks second in my book, right behind Cartman.) You don't get to see much of Randy in the first two seasons, so you unfortunately don't get to see how stupid he really is. Too bad.

Anyway, that pretty much sums up my thinking on this season. Interesting that usually comedies' first seasons are usually their best. THIS is an exception where some of the later seasons are much more hilarious than its start. A good start of a great show.

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/03/2007 Run time: 310 minutes Rating: Nr

Seinfeld - Season 8

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Seinfeld Season 8 5 out of 5 stars.
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Outstanding quality...quick delivery and price is outstanding. Some places are charging over $50 for this and I was able to save over 20%!

Seinfeld series 5 out of 5 stars.
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Never tiring of watching re-runs of Seinfeld on TV, being able to have all the episodes on DVD is a privilege. I am glad that I did not buy a bootleg version several years ago, and now have the entire series, with extra material including the artwork.

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Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain You know him as "Master of his Domain;" now in a behind-the-scenes documentary, dive beneath the surface to see how Jerry Seinfeld juggled his act as star and show runner following Larry David’s departure. Inside Looks Behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and creators. Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That Never-before-seen outtakes and bloopers. In the Vault Season Eight never-before-seen deleted scenes ... saved from the cutting room floor. Yada, Yada, Yada Cast and crew audio commentaries. Sein-Imation See classic SEINFELD scenes re-imagined in Sein-Imation. Notes About Nothing Behind-the-scenes trivia and production notes.

Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2

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Worse Than Unfunny 2 out of 5 stars.
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Let me be the innocent child in "The Emperor's New Clothes," and proclaim:

Jerry Seinfeld is not funny!

Oh, I know what you're thinking: Here's a guy who thinks Seinfeld was unfunny, but his cast was hilarious.

No. At best the rest of the cast was mildly amusing (although Jason Alexander is a talented actor, he is not necessarily hilarious, hence the two stars).

Because, when it comes down to brass tacks, "Seinfeld" *was* a "show about nothing" -- in every sense of the word:

The contrived semi-plots, with choppy one-liner segments.

The cloying, annoying, ejaculatory bass riffs between shots.

Jerry Seinfeld posing as this hipster: Yeah, right, a hipster with a ridiculous bushy mullet. At best, Seinfeld was an Upper West Side Jewish version of Jeff Foxworthy. You want to know why people think Jewish men are smug, metrosexual wimpish know-it-alls? I submit Jerry Seinfeld as "Exhibit A." If a WASP played a Jew such as Seinfeld, he'd be accused of bigoted racial slurs against the Jewish people. Grating, like fingernails down a chalkboard.

Oh, and speaking of freakish hair-do's: Is there anyone alive who thinks that Michael Richards as Kramer would even inspire a single chuckle if shorn of that ridiculous Brillo-pad hair? Within three episodes, he'd have been out of the door, after having been reduced to haranguing black hecklers in the studio audience: He's a [n-word]! He's a [n-word]!

Pathetic.

And, "Elaine"?

Puleeze! She makes Gwyneth Paltrow look like Kate Winslet, she is so flat.

Yawn.

Editorial Review:

Seinfeld has never looked this good! All 18 episodes from the first two seasons have been remastered in high definition for the best possible picture and sound quality. Including 2 versions of the pilot episode and approximately 13 hours of exclusive special features from the creative talents behind the show, this DVD is a must own!

Space 1999 - 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset (17DVD)

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Total reviews: 27 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Nice Set for fans of the Classic Series! 4 out of 5 stars.
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It was nice to see the old series again. I haven't seen an episode since it's original run back in the day. It will take most fans a while to get thru this entire set of 17 Discs, with each episode over 50 minutes. The Series ran for 2 seasons and almost plays out like 2 DIFFERENT SHOWS in each season. The first season was more in the thought provoking slower paced British style of Sci Fi at the time with some great acting. Then in season 2 they felt like they needed to revamp the show, and it became more Action Packed & Faster Paced with more Creatures & Aliens than you can shake a stick at. They also added a Sexy Female alien in the 2nd year who had the ability to shape shift, making things even more interesting.
Since they are so different, even with the same old Moonbase Alpha as their home base, I can't pick One season over the other. I like them both and thought they were both relatively successful in what they were trying to accomplish. One thing I HATED was the dropping of certain main characters from Season one without even an explanation, with Barry Morse as Professor Victor Bergman being the Prime example. They also dropped Paul who appeared to be second in command and had a relationship going with Sandra, which added to the storylines occassionally.
Speaking of Sandra, she showed up for some of season 2 but just didn't seem to be as involved in things, more like a Prop. Because of his huge popularity, they were forced to bring back Alan to the show for most of the season. The additions of Maya, and Chief Security Officer Tony, were indeed fine additions, especially adding their own romantic relationship to things. The 2nd season also went for some more (sometimes successful) Humor,such as Tony's ongoing attempt to create his own special beer recipe on Alpha with not so good results.
As for the storys, Most of them were very good or at least interesting, for Both Seasons. Hard to watch too much in marathon sittings, I found it more enjoyable watching a handful of episodes a week.
Finally, I should mention that the extras were pretty weak. There were a few VERY SHORT interviews w/actors and special f/x artists, and then a bunch of rehashed junk - Like the Season 2 Previews where they gave a ton of versions which were EXACTLY IDENTICAL except for the TV Station Call letters. And also the old fallback for when you have no extras, Pictures/Images from scenes of the episode you just finished watching....OK, there were a handful of Promo pictures thrown in as well, but the majority were from the episodes.
Bottom Line, Not as good as the Classic Star Trek Series, But Probably sits on the next tier down like Lost in Space or the Original Battlestar Galctica. I had waited a long time to see this series, since it retailed for around $150 for the 17 disc set for years, but when It finally came down to under a third of that, an excellent value, It was time to revisit Moonbase Alpha.

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All 48 episodes of this acclaimed space adventure are contained in this complete collection, digitally remastered from the original 35mm film, plus bonus footage, featured extras, and much more! With its progressive plotlines, an outstanding cast, and astonishing special effects from Oscar® winner Brian Johnson (Alien, The Empire Strikes Back), SPACE: 1999 has secured its place as one of the most thought-provoking series of the 21st century—and beyond.