Product Details

• Actors: Tracy Grandstaff, Wendy Hoopes, Julián Rebolledo, John Lynn, Janie Mertz
• Directors: Karen Disher
• Writers: Chris Marcil, Glenn Eichler, Sam Johnson, Susie Lewis
• Producers: John Lynn, Amy Palmer, Cindy E. Brolsma
• Format: Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony
• VHS Release Date: August 31, 1999
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305522367
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,111 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Those new to MTV's animated series Daria may be surprised to discover that the show is actually a spinoff of Beavis and Butt-Head. Whereas B&B is about the crudeness and stupidity of adolescent boys, Daria represents alienated teenage youth at its most humorous and dead-on. Daria, whose bedroom sports padded walls, must bear the indignities of high school, her family, and her lack of popularity. A "brain," she reluctantly tolerates her sister Quinn, vice president of the fashion club; Kevin, the daft football star; Kevin's possessive girlfriend Brittany, the cheerleader from hell; a father who never listens; a busy mother who tries to rule the roost; plus an assortment of jaded teachers. Her best friend, Jane, who is equally sarcastic, is her only ally.

Disenfranchised comprises four episodes from the first season of the show. The opener, "Cafe Disaffecto," has the English class raising money to open a coffeehouse, after the town's cybercafe, alt.lawndale.com, is burglarized. In "Malled," the economics class takes a field trip to the Mall of the Millennium, "the second or third largest mall in the world." "This Year's Model" has modeling agents scouting at Lawndale High for the next big face. The final episode, "Lab Brat," pairs Daria with Kevin to perform a science experiment.

Few shows treat teens with a modicum of intelligence. Daria has cleverness and wit in abundance, and while you're laughing loudly at the antics of the characters, you may also realize that the show makes some valid points. A terrific watch for both adults and teens. --Jenny Brown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, I love Daria!, January 1, 2000

By 

Josh Hitchens (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daria: Disenfranchised [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Daria continues to be a marvelous show with sharp, intelligent humor. They aren't releasing these videos fast enough! The four episodes here are all hilarious. In the first, Daria and her artistic friend, Jane Lane, are selling candy for their school. A tremendously overweight woman wants the chocolate begs them, but they refuse. The school principal is outraged, and the conversation goes like this:

Ms. Li: Did she actually ask you to feed her the chocolate?

Daria: No. But she was hypoglycemic. The chocolate would have killed her.

Ms. Li: How do you know that she wasn't going to give them to her family?

Jane: She has no family. She ate them.

This is a hilariously clever and funny series that every lover of intelligent comedy should own. Bravo, MTV!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It ROCKS!, September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Daria: Disenfranchised [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Daria is one of the best cartoon shows on TV and unlike SOME toon shows I could mention, it does not rely on fart jokes - at ALL. Daria exhibits humour at its very best. Anyway, the four episodes included in this tape are well-chosen, and although it doesn't include an unscreened pilot, this ought to keep any self-respecting Daria fanatic busy. What can I say? Buy it now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daria is the BEST show on television!, March 21, 2000

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Jessy (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daria: Disenfranchised [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Forget Ally McBeal or Frasier or The Sopranos. The best TV show of them all is Daria! As a future animator and Daria fanatic, I can honestly say that if you're smart and have a sense of humor, you'll love this video. I'll admit that I already had these episodes taped from TV and just bought this to support Daria. Daria fans have to support the show because those morons at MTV like to give Daria the shaft. And since they rarely show the old episodes anymore, this may be your only opportunity to see them for awhile. I will warn you though, there's none of that cool music in the episodes or at the closing credits. But these episodes are true Daria classics. This was how Daria originally was. Daria rocks and that's all there is to it!