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Hannah Montana: The Complete First Season

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Within weeks of the release of the wondrous Walt Disney Treasure DVD set, "The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette," here we have her far more opulent descendant of teen stardom, "Hannah Montana" in its first full-season collection.

It's not like you can't turn on Disney Channel and see a multitude of "Hannah" shows at will, but they tend to be clustered without sequence, so it's a different experience to see each show one after the other without promos and other network clutter that even clogs the occasional series marathon.

Like "The Monkees," when the furor fades and the songs fall from the charts, the show itself is left to stand on its own. While no one pretends this is "30 Rock" or "Frasier," the "Hannah" series is a capable effort, with Miley Cyrus carrying virtually every scene with timing and confidence that develops somewhat over the episodes. What also becomes clear is the comic frenzy of Jason Earles as her brother, Jackson. Earles is actually older than he looks and his skill really comes through in the polished slapstick.

Each episode's title is a wordplay of some musical reference ("Miley Get Your Gun," "Good Golly, Miss Dolly," etc.). The first few shows, which set up the premise, don't get as much airplay and are interesting to watch because, as in many early series episodes, the characters are not developed and the cast is getting used to the material and each other. It would have been nice to have some audio commentary by this highly accessible cast. Instead there are episodes with a few inserted comments from Miley culled from other interviews called "Hannah's Highlights."

The Disney Channel Games kickoff episode and a vignette with Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus on their home turf round out the extras. The "Games" segment would be almost sure to be a fun thing for kids to watch a decade from now to see which stars they can remember and what a big deal it all seemed to be at the time.

It would be nice to see more of the Disney Channel shows get this kind of treatment, especially the very entertaining "Corey in the House," which is now out of production.

Finally, there's now a complete season one dvd set for the Hannah Montana series! This is well worth buying and it would be such a good keepsake for any Hannah Montana fan. The episodes are all worth watching over and over again and hopefully there will be a box set release for the other Hannah Montana seasons!

I saw the promo for this show before it first premiered on the Disney channel.

As a kid, being a rock star was one of my fantasies. That was not unusual in itself I don't think. The thing in my case was that I wanted to be a "secret" rock star living a double life. So, I had to check out this show when it first aired.

Naturally, the show was aimed at younger kids. But I fell in love with the show during the first episode, "Lilly Do You Want to know a Secret." I think this is one of the best TV series to be produced in a long time. I bought the first season the day it was released on DVD and I am looking forward to season 2, 3 and 4 when they are released.

It's great to be able to watch the shows on demand or in series the way they were created. This is the perfect gift for any Hannah Montana fan!

I especially like the special features included in the DVD set.

They have an episode of the Disney Channel Games 2008. It features a performance of Breakout by Miley Cyrus at the Disney Channel Games Stadium.

In "Back Home Again with Miley," Miley and her dad, Billy Ray take us for a tour of the family farm where she grew up back home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Great show, Miley Cyrus has such great comedic timing at a young age. My Wife and I even though were up in age and are no longer the pre-teen teenie bopper phase, we enjoy watching Hannah Montana. The show is very family friendly without being too stupid. If you like your comedy done with tounge in cheek check it out.

My daughter wanted this DVD, but I couldn't find it locally--glad I found it here!

I have 2 daughters, so this was a must. They love Hannah Montana. They love watching the episodes from season 1.

With season 5 scheduled to be released in March, where are seasons 2, 3 and 4??? They'd make a great Christmas present for my dd. I refuse to buy the random/jumbled episode DVDs that waste our money (and will never include every episode), and only buy entire series sets (or half seasons)...so when season 1 was released I was overjoyed to buy it for my dd, but since then, nothing (same with Lizzie Mcguire). EVERYONE needs to BOYCOTT buying those jumbled DVD sets, which are like buying a Disney movie which only includes scenes from the film (not the whole film), then another DVD with other scenes from the same movie...if we keep buying DVDs like this, they will never want/need to release the movie!!! In the end, you've spend more money and still never have the whole movie or TV series.

After being on for a few years, this show still manages to have a clean, positive appearance without any drastic character personality changes (despite what may be happening in the real life of the actors). Although all seasons so far have maintained this, the first one is probably the best. As a whole, it usually has a positive message, shows the consequences of doing something wrong and creates a good family image. The only negative thing about the series is the character Oliver. He is a pretty bad image for boys and never really sticks up for himself. But since the Disney Channel is more geared towards girls, it probably should be expected. And compared to Wizards of Waverly Place, which for the last two seasons seems to have an "it's cool to be bad" message, Hannah Montana has held it's course.

On a side observation, the Disney Channel tends to make shows that display kids in unrealistic situations, such as being a pop star, a wizard or getting to live on a cruise ship. I don't know that this is even a bad thing, but I have to wonder if it may have some negative effects in the long run.

GREAT SHOW that is funny and humorous and you won't miss with your teenagers. But hurry up and release the other seasons as kids grow up fASSSSTTTTTTTTTT!

Disks: menued and easy to access. Region FREE would allow other countries to play them easier!

Thanks and have a grape day! Lettuce hope that they release the next seasons soon. (oh punny jokes from the show!)

This is exactly what my daughter wanted. It came quickly and was worth every penny