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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005

Amazon.com:
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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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767076647
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0767076648
Label: A&E HOME VIDEO
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO
MPN: AAED71712D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: A&E HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Running Time: 552 minutes
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 1994

Customer Reviews

If you missed it the first time. 5 out of 5 stars
I would watch the Ellen show every now and then when it was originally aired but never really noticed how good of a show it was. I recently borrowed the first season and found it to be very funny and the second season was even better. When they expanded on the characters and made them more part of the show it gave you even more of what you wanted. At times you can sense the familiar flavour of Seinfeld since Tom Cherones was involved in both shows, but it is Ellen's style of humor and personality ... Read More


 







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