World Famous Comics: The Kids in the Hall - Complete Season 1 (1989-1990)
The Kids in the Hall - Complete Season 1 (1989-1990)
Directed By: Mark Sawers, John Paizs, Michael Kennedy, John Fortenberry, Kevin McDonald Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: A&E Home Video Number of Items: 4 Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 27, 2004 Running Time: 500 minutes Theatrical Release Date: October 16, 1988
Product Description: Gathers the first season of shows by the Canadian improvisational group. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: KIDS IN THE HALL Title: SEASON 1 Street Release Date: 04/24/2007 Domestic Genre: TELEVISION
Amazon.com: Thirty Helens agree: The Kids in the Hall is a funny show. (Mr. Tyzik, the bitter Head Crusher, however, may not agree.) The no-holds-barred sketch comedy is also strange, silly, profane--occasionally even profound. The five Canadian writer-comedians behind it, Dave Foley (NewsRadio), Bruce McCulloch (Superstar), Kevin McDonald (That ''70s Show), Mark McKinney (Saturday Night Live), and Scott Thompson (The Larry Sanders Show), formed the troupe in the early 1980s. Naturally, they weren't really kids, but boyish-looking men in their twenties and thirties. SNL's Lorne Michaels produced the series, which lasted for five seasons, and aired on HBO, Comedy Central, and Canada's CBC. It garnered three Emmy nominations and was followed by the theatrical cult classic The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) and several tours.
The Toronto-based team took more inspiration from the absurdity of Monty Python--and the craziness inherent in everyday life--than the topical humor of SNL (on which celebrities, politicians, and pop culture are frequent targets). Each 30-minute installment features short, punchy skits (some filmed in advance, some before a live audience), men in drag, and no special guest hosts or stars (musical or otherwise). During their small-screen rein, the Kids took aim at everything from mainstream comedy and corporate culture to sexism, bigotry, and pretension. Many of their best-loved characters first appeared during the 20 episodes produced between 1989-1990. They include the 30 Helens (30 Helens standing in a field agreeing about something or other), Tyzik (McKinney), rockin' Bobby (McCulloch), bickering Fran and Gordon (Thompson and McCulloch), chatty Cathy and Kathie (McCulloch and Thompson), the "Nobody Likes Us" guys (Foley and MacDonald), and the acerbic Buddy Cole (Thompson).
Canadian underground heroes Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet provided the icing on their spicy little cake with their wistful surf-rock theme "Having an Average Weekend." --Kathleen C. Fennessy
If I was on drugs, I might think this show was funny........ I bought this as I heard some great things bout this show, but I just didn't get it. I found the sketches to be immature and not funny at all. just a bunch of pointless gibberish. I watched 4 sketches and then turned it off and threw it away this set is a waste of money. I could do a better job of entertaining people.
Great show I got this for a friend for X-mas & he loved it. It has a lot of classic moments in it has a few skits he likes to reference & it was $15.00 cheaper than the others.
Transcendent "The Kids in the Hall" played a significant role in the molding of my adolescent psyche. I have fond memories of watching the show, which aired throughout my high-school years, with friends and laughing hysterically, often quoting the show in conversation later.
Flash forward 15 years or so, and I just bought the first season on DVD. As far as I'm concerned, the skits have lost none of their punch over the years. The comedy never really revolved around satirizing current events, the skits were always more of a droll commentary on society in general. So the humor still resonates almost twenty years later: Kathy and Cathy still portray the mundane and backbiting culture of office life, Fran and Gordon are still your quintessential suburban parents, and Buddy Cole is still a brilliant parody of the gay community.
In my opinion, "The Kids in the Hall" is probably the best sketch comedy show of all time.
Forgot how funny some of these are I especially liked the Buddy sketches and I LOVED the "Daves I Know" song. I don't ever recall the Buddy Holly sketch and that one alone is almost worth getting this set. Overall, the Kids in the Hall did some great work in this collection, although some of it is unnecessarily gross or simply vulgar.
3.36?!? BUY IT! I cant believe that people are selling this set for less then five bucks. I've never seen a show go that low before. The Kids in the Hall is probably the best sketch comedy group since Monty Python. The five guys in Kids in the Hall all have something unique and funny about them. I dont like Mark McKinney to much but I like the rest of the guys. Yes I know I dont like Chicken Lady, Blues Guy, or Im Crushing Your Head Guy. My favorite sketchs on this set are Banker and The Eradicator!. Both star McCulloch and are probably the funniest pieces of comedy ive seen in a long time. I also enjoyed Kevin McDonald in the surprise sketch. Whatever you do, buy this set now! You'll have a good laugh and wont be disappointing shelling out 6 dollars for an amazing set.
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