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• Actors: Al Waxman, Helene Winston, Ardon Bess, Mike Myers
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000Y4OCS8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,081 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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~Language: English ~Audio Commentary with creator/writer Perry Rosemond ~2 Disc Set

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5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Info, March 7, 2009

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This review is from: King of Kensington - Season 1 (DVD)

One of the CBC's few successful attempts at a conventional situation comedy, King Of Kensington ran on the network over five seasons and is revived in reruns periodically. Apart from its popularity in Canada, after its first season, it had sold to nine stations in the U.S.A., including outlets in the New York and Los Angeles markets. It was created by Perry Rosemond, who produced for the first season of thirteen episodes. Subsequent producers included Jack Humphrey (l976-80) and Joe Partington (l978-80). The program was for a time co-produced and written by Louis Del Grande (l976-78), who, with David Barlow (himself the unit manager and associate producer of King Of Kensington) later created the equally successful comedy-mystery series Seeing Things (q.v.)

Larry King owned and operated a variety store in Toronto's crowded, multicultural Kensington Market. In the tradition of the television comedy series, most of the action took place in one or two sets, principally King's store and attached house. Larry, played by Al Waxman, was a portly, garrulous fellow whose business was everyone else's business. He ran the shop with his wife, Cathy, played by Fiona Reid, and his mother Gladys, played by Helene Winston. Cultural conflicts betweens the Jewish Larry and the WASP Cathy were built into the characters, but most of the comic situations were derived from more general sources in the stories, with Larry's store as a meeting place for the district and Larry as something of a meddler and a mediator. Other regulars included Bob Vinci as Tony "the Duke of Milan" Zarro and Ardon Bess as Nestor "the Jester" Best, who were Larry's confederates in "the Club," a poker game that met in the basement between Manny's Strictly Kosher Butcher's and Da Silva's Portuguese Fish Market.

Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary with series Creator/Writer Perry Rosemond for "Scouts Honour" (featuring Mike Myers) and "Half Way Home" (featuring Eugene Levy).
1978 interview with Al Waxman

A 2-DVD set featuring all 17 episodes from the Canadian sitcom's rookie season. Mike Myers made his acting debut at the age of 12 with a guest appearance on this show, and the promo material from the studio informs us that "years later, he would name the heroine of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 'Vanessa Kensington' in honor of the show which gave him his start." Other guest stars include John Candy, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Luba Goy, Maury Chakin, Dinah Christie, Robin Duke and Eddie Shack.
This 2-DVD set, running 480 minutes.