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Ellen - The Complete Season One (1994)

Series: Ellen Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Ellen DeGeneres
  • Directors: Neal Marlens;Iris Dugow;Michael Lembeck;John Tracy (II);Alan Myerson;John Bowab;Tom Cherones;Lorraine Sevre-Richmond
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: A&E Home Video / Sunset Home Visual (SHE)
  • DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
  • Run Time: 299 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002NY81M
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,618 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Special Features

  • All 11 episodes of the first season on two discs, including the pilot
  • Commentary by Holly Fulger and Arye Gross on the pilot
  • Two bonus episodes filmed during the first season but broadcast during the third season

Editorial Reviews

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The first television season of Ellen was actually called These Friends of Mine, and while the series sought to define itself through various tones and shades of comedy, the best episodes captured a middle ground between Seinfeld and Friends. Ellen DeGeneres is both a brilliant centerpiece and generous ensemble player, constantly finding fresh ways to mine laughs from her ever-rambling, guilt-ridden, and perpetually dissatisfied heroine. As Ellen Morgan, bookstore employee and platonic roommate of semi-loser Adam (Arye Gross), DeGeneres finds plenty of opportunity to explore humiliation. In the pilot episode, Ellen's unhappiness with her bad photo on a driver's license prompts an obsessive (and unsuccessful) quest to beautify her ID. "The Promotion" finds Ellen and her posse (besides Gross, costars in these first 13 programs include Maggie Wheeler and Holly Fulger) trying to figure out how to bribe Ellen's boss into giving her a job boost, a futile adventure that ends (don't ask how) in a bad way at the Mexican border.

Among the best episodes is the Seinfeld-ian "The Mugging," starring Mariska Hargitay as a gorgeous woman mugged on her way to Adam and Ellen's front door. A cowardly Adam saw the crime and not only fails to help, he won't admit being an eyewitness lest he lose his shot at romancing the victim. Along those same black-comedy lines, "The Anchor" finds Ellen neurotically pursuing a friendship with a woman she can't stand, simply because the latter heard Ellen speaking badly of her. The 13 shows in this set are presented out of season one's chronological order, but that makes little difference to the best material here. --Tom Keogh



Product Description

With her winning smile and hilarious motor-mouthing Ellen DeGeneres rose from stand-up comedian beginnings to become a well-loved icon of good-natured fun. DeGeneres, however, first made a name for herself playing Ellen Morgan, a neurotic bookseller who frequently and hysterically gets lost in the dating world originally aired as "These Friends of Mine". Now, fans old and new can catch all 11 episodes from Ellen’s debut season – with two bonus "reclaimed" episodes – a sure bet for de-generous laughs.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WHERE'S ELLEN?, December 7, 2003
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It seems every sitcom that was ever on TV ( and many that SHOULD NEVER have been on tv ), are on DVD...where's Ellen? No show has made me laugh ( though Ellen's successful talk show comes awfully close! ) so hard. Please, please, please release Ellen on DVD so I can finally discard the last of my worn out VHS tapes..my Ellen collection.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Make my day!, December 21, 2003
By Don Jones (Kansas City, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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What a great sitcom. My VHS tapes are so worn that I am arfaid to play them anymore. The release of these DVD's would make 2004 a great year for those of us who appreciate a good laugh from a hilarious woman. PLEASE!!!!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent start to an excellent series!, May 7, 2007
By Brett Heitkam "DVD obsessed" (Lena, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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Ellen: The Complete Season One might as well be considered completely seperate from the rest of the series. When the first season originally aired, it was titled 'These Friends of Mine' and was much more Seinfeldish than it grew to be by the second, and especially third seasons. In the first season, Ellen has not come out of the closet yet (that is still 3 seasons away). It is kind of weird seeing her dating men, as you can totally see there is no chemistry there at all. Also, later series regulars Joely Fisher and Jeremy Piven have not yet joined the cast. There are two other female friends featured here that are inexplicably gone by the end of these 13 episodes and never return. Joely Fisher is then first introduced in the first episode of Season 2 with no explanation as well.

With that being said, even though there are major differences between this first season and the rest of the series, it is still a great, funny show. Ellen truly is a comedic genius and she works well with this first season cast (though I must say she has much better chemistry with the later casts). Amazon Marketplace has this set for sale pretty cheap; it's definitely worth a look, whether you are a current Ellen fan, or new to the series. The DVDs do not have many special features; there is a commentary or two (with Ellen herself conspicuously absent) and some biographies and that's about it. But you do get 13 pretty darn funny episodes! Highly recommended!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing compares to her humor
This sitcom is hilarious. Since it's the first season, obviously the first couple of episodes work out the kinks and eventually the sitcom starts to find itself (which is why i... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jon

3.0 out of 5 stars Funny, but lacking.
I grew up watching "Ellen" back in the 1990's when it was still a hit show, then ratings crumbled once she came "out of the closet". Read more
Published 12 months ago by Seth E. Daigle

1.0 out of 5 stars Weak beginning to a good show
Ellen DeGeneres is undeniably one of the funniest comedians out there. And the Ellen show did develop into a really good show in its third and fourth seasons. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mark Twain

5.0 out of 5 stars Ellen season 1 Hilarious!
Ellen, as usual, is hilarious. Who cares if season 1 is far removed from the rest of the seasons. It doesn't make it any less funny. Highly recommended. Read more
Published on October 2, 2007 by James R. Andazola

2.0 out of 5 stars Spoiled by bad laugh track
I don't think I've ever said this about a show, but what spoils this for me is an extremely bad laugh track. Read more
Published on September 13, 2007 by Matt Sweeney

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Buy
Ellen- Season One does not have as many episodes as the other seasons so I went through them pretty fast. Read more
Published on July 18, 2007 by April Jones

1.0 out of 5 stars No Captions!
I was very disappointed in this DVD. I love Ellen and her sense of humor, but was not able to enjoy it since I am Deaf and this DVD has NO CAPTIONS or Sub-Titles. Read more
Published on April 14, 2006 by Rita Scranton

4.0 out of 5 stars 2 more to go!!
I am so happy that season three of Ellen was released to buy on DVD!! I love this show and I hope that the last two seasons are on their way to be released as well!! Read more
Published on March 26, 2006 by Sofia Siggles

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT DVD!!!!
First of all this is way BETTER then Seinfeild!! This Season is a Great one,but not the best! The best season 3 which is coming out 2/28/06!! Read more
Published on January 15, 2006 by William

5.0 out of 5 stars A Reverse Seinfeld
This sitcom is very similar to Seinfeld, but reversed. Adam is Elaine, Holly is Kramer, Anita is George, and of course, Ellen is Jerry. Read more
Published on December 29, 2005 by MarNor

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