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Clarissa Explains It All - Season One

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Fun collection of episodes from one of Nickelodeon's best shows. Melissa Joan Hart did an excellent job portraying Clarissa. The show had a wit and irony about it that I loved. Also loved the way Clarissa dressed, her unique fashion sense and how she dealt with all the problems she had as a teenager in a funny way that gave advice at the same time. Theres 2 disks in this set-
Disc One Season One
Episodes
1.Clarissa's Revenge- Ferguson brings Clarissa's training bra to school. Clarissa plots to get revenge with Sam's help.
2.School Picture- Clarissa wants to express herself and her individuality but her mother wants her to dress more conservative or ( dweeby) for picture day.
3.No TV- Mother Janet makes a( no tv for the week ) rule. Rest of family stoops to desperate measures to catch a glimpse of their favorite TV show.
4.Urge To Drive- To earn money to buy a used car clarrisa takes to selling Christmas Cards in July.
5.Clarissa network news- Clarissa wants to be the next Jane Pauley. Mom is having a life crisis.
6.Haunted House- Clarissa's aunt is visiting and she pretends the house is haunted hoping her aunt will leave early. Turns out Aunt is a fan of the supernatural.
7.The Bully- Ferguson is being nice and has Clarissa very concerned.

Disc Two
1.New Edition- Clarissas parents want to have another baby. Ferguson and Clarissa hatch a plot to convince their parents it would be a bad idea.
2.Brain Drain- Ferguson scores high on an IQ test and convinces himself he's a genius. Now hes out to conquer the game show world!
3.Clarissa makes a cake- Clarissa and Sam set out to bake a cake for the parents anniversery. Watch Out!
4.Parents who say No- Clarissa wants to get a job at the local carnival but mom and dad think she is not mature enough yet. When they finally give in, Clarissa wishes they hadn't!
5.Cool Dad- Clarissa teaches dad how to be ( hip ) for her school's career night.
6.Sick Days- Clarissa dosent want to be in the boring school pageant so she fakes being sick. But when the pageant gets revamped she wants in. Too late, now that she's really ill.

Also contains Special Features of Melissa John Hart on MTV Show Cribs. A Nick Time Capsule. 1991-1993. Full screen format/ Dolby Digital.

Overall cool collection of episodes. Highly Recomended.
I also recomended Pete & Pete Season One.

Current and future releases from this new Rewind Collection that Nickelodeon is releasing deserves its own locked and lighted display case that will stand about 10 feet tall in the rooms of many people who just can't grow up (just like me) and can't let Classic Nickelodeon go.

I encourage everybody that ever watched and loved these shows to buy them as soon as they are released because if they sell well, (according to TvShowsOnDvd.com) Nickelodeon is going to release other shows (beginning with Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Salute Your Shorts and You Can't Do That On Television). Other future releases I'm personally hoping for will be Welcome Freshmen, Hey Dude, The Secret World of Alex Mack, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, All That (the original cast), Kenan & Kel, well, you Get The Picture (that show too!)

To put it simply, I would personally spend all of my life savings and risk not being able to go to work for a month because I have no gas from the money I spent on every show that ever aired on Nickelodeon (up to Figure It Out), after that, nothing does it for me.

Yep, Clarissa's coming to DVD. So, let's all wait until May 17th (which is now 2 very long months away) for this beautiful piece of angel exalted glory to be released.

And so, we wait...

Needless to say, this was a smart show for kids back in the good days of Nickelodeon when they had more live-action shows before Nicktoons took over. All 13 original episodes are present and in great quality.

Now for the surprises. When this set first came out a few weeks ago, we all assumed that the original opening sequence was still not intact, based on a quick preview of the DVDs. But then once you watch everything more closely, you'll find that the last episode on the set ("Sick Days") has the ORIGINAL opening intact! Nickelodeon deleted this sequence in around 1993 and replaced it with the one we all know where she repeatedly attempts to write her name on the screen. It was never seen again until now when they released the show on DVD. It might have been unintentional, but we can call this as somewhat of an "easter egg."

Another surprise is that Nickelodeon included a handful of their early 1990s Nick ID promo shorts (those 10 second clips they used to play before a show would start). Amazing Nickelodeon thought of that idea. With these surprises and releasing the "Nick Rewind" line of DVDs, there may be hope for more! Lets all get together in a circle, hold hands, bend our heads and close our eyes, and pray for future releases of Nick classics like You Can't Do That on Television, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, Are You Afraid of the Dark, etc.

Forget everything that you've seen on Nickelodean in the last six or seven years, and take a remarkable journey into what Nick used to be: a classic sitcom. Memories stand in my mind of a happier time, when "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?" was still showing new episodes and Lori Beth was still hitting the cocunts and giving us Vital Information on "All That." And somewhere in this brain of mine, I remember "Clarissa." A show about nothing that became a something in short time. This first season introduces us to the Darling family and, like most first season's, it starts off rocky but smoothes on through the next few years. Now, I can say "Clarissa" was not my all time favorite show, but the reason I am excited about this set is because it shows what might be in the not-so-distant future. However, on the whole, I think Paramount (our new-found leader in this TV-On-DVD obsessed world) has presented a great set that is easy to use and presents everything in a nice, orderly fashion. The mini-cases, which are now customary in these DVD sets, show descriptions for the episodes and features, and while the menus may be devoid of motion or special effects, they present to us the DVD's contents in a way that makes it easy to use. All in all, this set is a box of anticipation for what
Paramount's <-Rewind Collection my be sending our way in the future.

As many have commented before me, I was a huge Clarissa fan. I wanted her cool room, her cool parents, and her bravado to do as she wanted fashion wise. I just wanted to be just like her.

So when I found out that this was coming out on dvd, I can't wait to own future collections of Nick Rewind series.

The package is pretty good. I only own one other t.v show by season (Punky) so i'm not sure if the packaging is standard. Two dvd's in two seperate cases in a less then sturdy box. But hey, you shouldn't just be buying this for the case.. right?

The presentation was great quality, surprisingly. I did not like the forced preview's and tried to get to the main menu, but alas you have to sit though them if you want to get to the episodes. The real gem (aside from the episodes themselves) was the time capsule. I sat my siblings down and made them watch them actually and they couldnt believe that they could remember them.
The MTV cribs was out of place, as someone has said before me. I dont know why they thought we would want to see Melissa Joan Hart go on about her love of Gin and Shirley Temple. It's far removed from Clarissa herself and thus.. not exactly meant to be in this collection.

I'm glad I made this purchase definetly. Please go ahead and order it. The more popular the better chance of future collections!

This show was a great show for kids in the 90's. Laugh Out Loud Funny. I bought this DVD and it brings back so many memories. This was such a great show. I love it. Nickelodeon should bring this show back on the air. Now Nickelodeon sucks.

All I have to say it's about time! This show was my first love (well besides You Can't Do That On Television) I grew up on the old school days of Nickelodeon.

This is a great start to a wonderful Nick collection! This includes two disks and includes episodes: Clarissa's Revenge, School Picture, No T.V., Urge To Drive, Clarissa News Network, Haunted House, The Bully, New Addition, Brain Drain, Clarissa Makes A Cake, Parent's Who Say No, Cool Dad, & Sick Days.

The only reason for 4 stars is I was *extremely* disappointed they didn't have the original credits in the early seasons. The one where she gets out of bed etc. Not to mention the small extra's such as: Melissa Joan Hart on MTV Cribs, & Nick Time Capsule (1991-1993). I hope in the following seasons we see more such as bloopers, interviews, and maybe some commentary or behind the scene's or information on the actors etc.

However, this show is a timeless classic. I've always wanted to have a room, and dress like Clarissa when I was younger and in my teen years. The show has everything: A nice loving family - classy and fun Janet (Elizabeth Hess) and architect Marshall (Joe O'Connor) as Clarissa's loving parents. Ferguson (Jason Zimbler) is Clarissa's annoying and genius little brother. Not to mention Sam (Sean O'Neal), Clarissa's best friend and neighbor.

The show has everything a teen and young girls can relate to. It's light hearted and has some fun educational messages. The chemistry of the cast is wonderful and they all help balance each other out. This is great for either the young adults or the entire family to enjoy.

And most assuredly a favorite classic Nickelodeon show!

Yay, Nickelodeon is finally bending to my whim!! Having grown up in the 90's, I think I saw every episode of Clarissa ever made more than once. I love all the Nickelodeon shows of that time and I am so glad that they are not going to be lost in oblivion. I know I sound like a dork, but I will be totally reliving my childhood, which is what every wavering college student needs to do every once and a while :)

I remember watching Clarissa explains it all, when I was 6 or 7. I watched it every time it came on. Clarissa is just funny and weird at the same time. Melissa Joan Hart is a grate actress. She also looks the right age for the part. When I saw this on Amazon, I just had to have it. When I got it in the mail, I spent a few hours watching the episodes. It brought back a lot of Memories. I would recommend Clarissa to any woman or girl. Clarissa wasn't afraid to be herself, and she had her own fashion trend. What liked was that Clarissa and Sam were just friends. What I don't like about tv show now is that a guy and girl can't be friends. I give the special features 3 1/2 stars. I love the Nick time capsule. I didn't really care for the MTV Crib part. Their could have been more stuff for the special features. I love all the episodes and I give them 5 stars. I hope that season 2 comes out soon. Here are some other Nick shows that I would like to see come out on DVD...

Salute Your Shorts
Rocco's Modern Life
Doug
Hey Dude
The secret World of Alex Mack
All That ( original cast)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Hey Arnold

I am obsessed with all classic nick shows, and Clarissa has been my all-time fave. But, I am VERY VERY disappointed in Paramount when they said that season 2 would be released in May '05. What happened? I really really REALLY want season 2 and the rest of the seasons of this awesome show!

Does anyone have any info on it??? Please?!