Product Details

• Actors: Dan Redican, Bruce Hunter, Bob Martin, James Rankin, Gord Robertson
• Directors: Allan Novak, Shawn Thompson, Steve Wright
• Writers: John Pattison
• Producers: Shawn Thompson, John Leitch, John Pattison, Rob Mills
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Video Service Corp
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2004
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001ZWLYC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,879 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Puppets Who Kill: The Complete First Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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PUPPETS WHO KILL - DVD Movie

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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Show's premise is funnier than its "execution", September 29, 2004

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Music Fan Jeff (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puppets Who Kill: The Complete First Season (DVD)

I bought this dvd set without having seen the show based on the title the and preceding review. Unfortunately I did not find this show nearly as enjoyable as the previous reviewer.

The problem I had with this show is that it is just seldom laugh out loud funny. "South Park" makes me laugh out loud when it's good. Ditto "Reno 911," another currently popular dark comedy. But aside from a few of the truly twisted puppet-sex scenes and Cuddles' killing rampage in one of the episodes, I rarely experienced more than a slight smile watching these 13 episodes. Truth be told, I did not find "Kids In the Hall" to be funny, either, so perhaps I should have considered myself warned when I read about that connection to this show's creative team.

I think that what was most disappointing about these shows is that it would be more accurate to call it "Puppets Who Killed" rather than "...Kill", as very few of these episodes feature that ultimate antisocial act. Instead the sort of antisocial behavior the puppets are up to these days involve more mundane things like starting a urine sample company to provide "clean" urine to people who use drugs. Worth a little giggle, I guess, but not nearly as twisted as I anticipated.

To be fair, the later episodes on this 2-dvd set seem to be better than the earlier ones (with the exception of the early episode where Cuddles' killing rampage occurs), so perhaps this show got better over time and subsequent seasons were better.

I found the picture quality to be fine on my 32" HDTV monitor -- not a spectacular picture, but as good as the many other TV shows I have purchased on dvd.

DVD set features a few bonuses, including a commentary track for one of the episodes as well as a "behind the scenes" short that introduces the viewer to the puppeteers behind the characters.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wrong, oh so wrong!, April 10, 2007

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I. R. Gilliam (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puppets Who Kill: The Complete First Season (DVD)

I got this dvd the first time as a gift. I watched the whole season in one night. It was brilliantly offensive. Sociopaths, psychopaths, and a rehabilitation officer under one roof...and 4 of the characters are puppets.

The show escilates from wrong to dear God did that just happen. This show speaks for itself with just the distributor review. Pick this up, it's worth a watch.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome series!!, July 21, 2005

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Richard McVicar (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puppets Who Kill: The Complete First Season (DVD)

Finally a series that doesn't insult your intelligence, the characters are well developed, the stories - bizarre, no jokes for the sake of a cheap laugh, and no laugh track.

You've gotta check this out, it's still airing on Comedy Network a number of times a week in it's 3rd season, it just keeps getting better.

Don't know about the grainy quality the other reviewer mentioned, mine looks fine.