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Father of the Pride - The Complete Series

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Although FotP has been off the air for a couple of months, I continue to watch my recordings of it. Every Wednesday morning college students and I would sit in my office and laugh our butts off at this terrific show. NBC simply didn't get it. Even though the ratings were low in its terrible time slot, rather than cancel FotP, why not try another night & time? It seems that unless it's so-called "reality" or violence, there's no place for clever, adult television. I still love "The Simpsons", but there were way more laughs in FotP then Simpsons have shown in a long time. So another entertaining show goes the way of Family Guy, Futurama, Firefly, Enterprise...while pandering dreck is allowed to remain. (How many people really found the highly promoted "Joey" funny? God, what boring tripe!) Perhaps it will live again on dvd. Let us hope.

This show is nothing like the first commercials would lead one to believe. I was expecting a smut filled trudge through the zoo but instead found it a delightful romp. The animation is first rate. The lions are a loving family and the animated Siegfried and Roy are just perfectly over the top. They were, in my opinion, the funniest part of the show. The humor is gentle and the "smut" is not constant nor is it of the "in your face" variety. It will very easily go over a lot of childrens heads.
Personally I find it refreshing to be able to watch a show (animated or otherwise) that is not wall to wall violence and who's main aim is to just make everyone happy.
I was pleased with the show and am looking forward to many, many more episodes!!!

on the top of the case it says "THE COMPLETE SERIES" what it should say is the edited, censored, water downed version so we try not to offend anyone but white men cause they dont matter version. I wanted the complete series, not an edited series. what is it with these companies changing stuff to be politically correct?? the most obvious edit is they got rid of the cat cleaning off larrys whip cream. but they leave in the white men/lions cant dance joke. what else has been edited for my viewing safety?? this is why I wont buy the "in living color " series, they edited them. unfortunatly I pre ordered this but wouldnt have got it had I known I wasnt getting what they are advertising. the shows are funny but I hate when they do the PC thing so as not to offend anyone.

While enticed by the fact that the show was totally CGI, after watching the pilot episode of FOTP I was leery on whether or not it could hold me after another epiosde. Thankfully I was proven that indeed it could! I actually found myself really enjoying each new episode that was released week after week. The comedy, while more adult in nature for the station, often had me rolling with laughter. Some of the lines are definitely quotable for a laugh among friends and fans. The guest voices that would appear were fun and fitting, as well as the random and strangeness of Seigfried and Roy. Father of the Pride probably wasn't as perfect as some other OH so wonderful Reality TV shows that're out there these days, but it's definitely worth checking out now that it'll be on DVD. The show deserved better than what some people were and are giving it. That much is certain.

I cannot believe this show was cancelled :-( I only saw a couple of episodes, then I forgot to watch it: why make a show you aren't going to advertise for?? Stupid NBC. They should bring it back and all the ppl who don't get adult cartoons should throw their tv's out the window b/c they are obviously not able to handle it.

GREAT SHOW. if you didnt see it, or did, get the dvd i cant wait to get it :-)

As a Siegfried and Roy fan I really enjoyed this show, and was very upset when it was cancelled. I hope it will be released on DVD because I will definitely buy a copy!

Like many of the reviewers of this product, I loved the show when I saw it on its brief network run. Very funny writing, great voicing, and terrific HD animation. (Although it should be noted that it is most definitely a program for adults, despite the "cartoon" format.) I liked it so well, that I couldn't wait for the series to be released on DVD. I am, however, disappointed with the DVD product.

When I popped open the case I was disappointed to see that there were no liner notes of any kind inside. The DVD itself is a two-sided disc, so it doesn't have any graphics or obvious identifying marks to tell you what it is. (If you have good eyes, you may be able to read the title of the DVD, written as it is in tiny font around the center hole.) And the DVD content itself has very few extras.

It's a great TV series that's very funny the first time, and will likely still be funny on repeated viewings. But given the low level of attention given to the packaging, it seems rather richly priced at current levels, and I have some buyer's remorse about value.

How is it that people can write completely negative reviews about a high quality product like Father of the Pride? As people in journalism know, bad news sells. And a bad review, especially one filled with cunning, witty, and snide remarks, can truly be more cliche than its subject. Like The Simpsons and Family Guy, Father of the Pride was intelligent, adult comedy wrapped in the amusing facade of animation. The cancellation of this series, though not unexpected, was truly the only sad thing about the series. The voices of Carl Reiner and John Goodman were animated beautifully, and even the Siegfried and Roy characters added more often than they detracted from the light hearted proceedings and situations.

"The Complete Series" was excellent, that is, if I could have watched all the episodes in their entirety without the dvd stopping now and then with scrambled images.

Whoever wrote the previous review ripping on the show obviously didn't watch or was offended by the mocking of Sigfried and Roy. I loved the show and so did most of the folks who watched it. The show was very expensive to produce (1.5 million) per episode and the only reason it was canceled was because it was costing the network more then they had to spend on the show. Ratings weren't a factor.