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TV Nation, Volume 2 [VHS]

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Michael Moore has the social genius of a modern day Mark Twain, and the courage of a lion. Had he been living in Nazi Germany in the 1930's, he would have been right there leading protest movements just under Hitler's nose, knowing full well the consequences. One can only admire his eagerness to take on the corrupt powers that be, using a lawyer stuffed into a big chicken suit (Crackers, the corporate crime fighting chicken featured in TV Nation). His attempt to get close to power by hugging all 50 state governors at an annual conference was as hilarious as his face to face challenge to Newt Gingrich to "get government off the backs of the American people" by having Cobb County, Ga. (Newt's home district) give back all of its massive federal government funding (Newt, of course, refused). TV Nation is a must see for anyone who thinks, and has any modest level of social consciousness.

Superb.

Groundbreaking.

Sorely missed.

Though THE AWFUL TRUTH hasn't lived up to the promise that Moore set with this show, it is apparently being reworked to take advantage of some of the techniques used here, including on-the-street interviews. The best television show of the 90s, in either of its incarnations.

If you liked ROGER AND ME, THE BIG ONE, or even CANADIAN BACON, buy this now.

And let's release the rest of the series! Twenty hours total, and we need them all!

This was a funny and informative series. The reviewers who gave it a negative are nothing less than Right Wing Seperatists who shout "Red Commie!" everytime corporate greed and the conservative right is exposed for what they truly are: Anti-American.

I really enjoyed all of the TV Nation episodes when they aired on (surprise) NBC and Fox. But, like most smart comedies that involve thinking, the networks thought people did not get it. Thus, they got lousy time slots and died. I am glad there are these videos around so we can watch them again and again.

GREAT video. Too smart and sophisticated for the average TV enthusiast. Michael Moore is one of those guys whom you would love to have a beer with and just talk.

This is one of the most entertaining and biting criticisism of contemporary American society I have ever seen! Post-modernism at its greatest...

If you've never seen a T.V. Nation epsiode on Televison, your missing out. Michael Moore did something few others have done, show a realistic view on America in an extremely entertaining manner. T.V. Nation and Michael Moore are simply hillarious (yet informative).

I've been a huge Michael Moore fan ever since first seeing his TV series The Awful Truth. I decided to go back in time a bit and watch TV Nation and wasn't disappointed.

Moore is not only funny, he's the voice of all the "little guys" of the world. Who else has the guts to tell the TRUTH about how "corporate welfare" costs taxpayers far more each year than "social welfare programs". In these 2 hilarious episodes, Crackers, the Corporate Crime Fighting Chicken, attempts to give corporations a check for $1000 each. (after they had each received huge fines from the government for doing something illegal). Jeanne Garfolo attempts to enter the public beaches of Greenwich, CT only to be told it's private?! Then Mike attempts to bond with and disarm the Michigan Militia!

Perhaps the most disturbing part of this video was the piece to controversial to air on television, the Phelps family. The whole family pickets the funerals of gay people who have died of AIDS, in the name of the Lord.

While I don't think this series was as good as The Awful Truth, it's still highly entertaining and serious at the same time. If you're a big fan of Michael Moore than watching this is a must.

Crackers is our hero! When will he return to our sordid, pitiful existence?

When this show first aired as a network summer replacement many years ago, I could not believe that NBC (and then Fox) would put Michael Moore's commie self on national television, but they did. When I saw this book I wanted to find out how this decision was made.

I found out, and you can, too. This book is for people who think Dilbert has sold out, and that the proletariat will eventually rise up to overtake the means of production. Even with the recent strong reaction to our policies in Iraq and New Orleans, this outcome still seems mighty remote...

Michael Moore is gifted, persistent, and wrong about everything. His is the voice of a victimized America - offended and self-pitying, but with a good reason. Enjoy this book as much as I did. Once voices like his are silent, we're greatly diminished as a nation, TV nation or not.