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Degrassi Junior High - The Complete Collection

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2 star:		(1)
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In response to the previous review, I wanted to point out that this box set contains the entire Degrassi Junior High series. There were only 3 seasons. The next season is when the show switched over to the "Degrassi High" title. So the next season is techinically season 1 of Degrassi High, not season 4 of Degrassi Junior High. Anyway, this series is great and full of nostalgia for all of us 80's kids. The only reason I give the discs 4 stars is because the quality of the dvd transfers is not very good. There is a lot of digital compression/artifacting that can be seen in the image. But this is not bad enough to keep you from enjoying watching these shows again.

According to the official Degrassi website, there were 3 Seasons of Degrassi Junior High & 2 Seasons of Degrassi High. We may have our own thinking of how the seasons went, but that's how the Producers made it.
As a teen growing up in the 80's in the US, I watched Degrassi all the time on PBS and followed the gang since i was in the same grades as they were. I followed all the way through the end. They may seem old and a bit odd now, but the topics are totatlly relevant to teens anytime. I grew up also in the 90210 area, and as much as i loved that show as well, Degrassi really focused on topics that teens would deal with, popularity, siblings, suicide, etc.
A must see for parents and kids! They don't spare anything or make it look cute and it's not always solved at the end of each episode.

I looked into it after hearing kevin smith rave about it on so many different occasions, I had never really given much thought to buying it ,as it is 90 bucks on amazon, but then I found the dvd collection in a half price book, movie and record store for 50 bucks. so, I picked it up and I was thoroughly engrossed in the many different stories. if you havn't seen it by now then you probablly won't ,ever, but you should it is really great .

I can't wait for them to release the Degrassi High series on DVD either, and they're certainly taking their sweet time doing it, too! Let's go, already!
The Junior High Series is timeless, and I've seen some Degrassi High on VHS and they just get better and better.
I can't find any information on a release date for Degrassi High (DVD), so I hope they plan on doing it. If they bothered to release Degrassi Junior High, then I would hope they'd continue to do so. Somebody please post anything they know about this so that the Degrassi Fans can have something to look forward to!

I'm in my early 20's, so I didn't really watch Degrassi Junior High when it was on. But my boyfriend, whom prior to this DVD being released would go on and on about how much he loved the show, exposed me to this show. At first I laughed and said "Why do you like this cheesy kid stuff?". Honestly, alot of the acting and settings are hoakey...but then there's honest human drama that we can all relate to, and you get the sensation of peeking into a real school.

The show was very grass rootsy and you can tell by the quality. But I believe that is what adds to the charm and why so many people relate to it. This show was a trailblazer and I'm happy that Canada produced this gem. I really like this show and I can't wait for Degrassi High to come out. I need to find out what happens to these kids!

Degrassi Jr High was a big hit in the 80s and with a good reason! Everything looks and feel very real! For fans of the series i can only say "you MUST have it"! For new ones "you MUST see it"! Trust me youll love it and keep asking for more!

Back in the day i was almost ready to lay down the hundreds of dollars required to buy the complete video sets of Degrassi so I would have them because I thought they were such quality shows. Now I do have the complete Junior High set, and I'm quite happy with it but I really want to complete the collection with
Degrassi High. Is there any way to make that happen???

Well, I grew-up watching Degrassi: The Next Generation, since I was born in 1987, when Degrassi Junior High first came out. But, when I spotted the Junior High DVD in the store, I just had to buy it, so I could know what happened before TNG. Once I watched the show, I fell in love with it. Maybe it was because I found Pat Mastroianni [Joey Jeremiah] insanely hilarious and completely cute, but, still, I loved it. Just like TNG, it tackles the same hard issues [sex, drugs, alcohol] in a way that shows you what happens when you experience those things. And since I'm also in love with the 80's, I love the crazy 80's fashion. Also, just because it was made in the 80's, doesn't mean it out-of-date. In fact, I think it can help more NOW then back then. Though, it does seem kind of funny when Shane's father asks him, "have you ever heard of 'crack'?"

This show depicted things so true to life that the characters don't seem like acting jobs. They even looked like real people instead of plastic surgery recipients before 18. For those ex-Torontonians (like me) it's a wonderful way to "adopt" more enjoyable junior and senior high school memories.

For all those Caitlin and Joey fans (isn't first love unforgettable) ... fate brings them back as 30-somethings: http://www.staciemistysyn.com/photos.html

The marvellous thing about "Degrassi" is that it is a teen series in which teenagers actually act like teenagers and are actually played by teenagers, not actors who are fast approaching 30. Sure, the scripts are corny and the actors aren't always photogenic, but that's what real life is like, right?

This box set contains the three seasons of "Degrassi Jr High" (which were immediately followed by Degrassi High - The Complete Collection). The show deals with a number of major issues including sex, pregnancy, anorexia and the other standard issues that you have come to expect in teen-oriented material, but it also deals with a number of minor issues that are probably easier for most teenagers to identify with: exams, school dances, rock and roll and part time jobs. It is, infact, the storylines involving these minor issues that I found to be the more enjoyable.

"Degrassi" was a landmark TV series when it was first aired and is still enjoyable to watch, even if its sometimes in a so-bad-its-funny kind of way.