Summary of "The Complete 4th Season - Season 4": The completist in me is happy - I now have all four seasons of Mr. Show on DVD. With The Kids in the Hall ending in 1994, Mr. Show stepped up to bat as a more than suitable replacement. Striking off in a new direction, a decidedly anti-SNL direction, Mr. Show succeeded as few others had, creating comedy that was intended to keep the audience on their toes.
With the exception of one serious omission (the previously mentioned lack of a fourth season blooper reel) the DVD set gives fans what they want - every episode they ever loved and a side helping of additional material. The DVD gives you the series, comments on the making of the series, a Bob and David appearance you might not have seen originally (I certainly hadn't seen Comic Relief 8), and what pretty much amounts to a new sketch (everyone beating the crap out of everyone else at the commentary taping). They should get bonus marks for that.
I'd grouse about there not being episode chapter breaks or a Play All option, but at this point it's all water under the bridge. Dammit. (read entire review)
Summary of "The Complete 3rd Season - Season 3": This is a great disc. Partly that's because I think it's a hilarious show, but really, it's just a solid set with only two small flaws; no chapter breaks and no option to play all. Having to go back to the front end, select an episode, then select the option of watching with or without commentary for every single episode makes for a lot of remote control hassle for an evening of comedy. Maybe I'm taking the technology for granted, but I just assume that a play all option is just a given. The lack of chapter breaks is easier to understand, as the show doesn't have the commercial in and out points that make natural chapter breaks in any other show, and the show has a very short title lead-in, so there's nothing to skip, but a full half-hour is a lot to scan through. One or two breaks in between sketches would make navigating the show a lot easier.
To paraphrase Mayor O.D. McCrack, I declare this DVD to be... AWESOME! (read entire review)
Back in mid-October we reported that Best Buy had gotten an exclusive release deal with HBO for Mr. Show - The Complete Collection, which gathers all previous season set releases into one "series" release.... (read entire news item)
10/18/2005
Best Buy gets exclusive set for Mr. Show - Complete
All four seasons of Mr. Show with Bob and David have been released on three separate DVD sets, but now Best Buy is preparing to exclusively sell the first-ever compilation of the entire show's run in... (read entire news item)
6/04/2004
Season 4 Announcement & Box Art
HBO Home Video has announced Mr. Show - The Complete 4th Season for DVD release, and we have all the details for you! If you want comedy on the edge and out of control, Mr. Show with Bob and Dave is... (read entire news item)
3/16/2004
Season 4 Commentary Tracks Recorded
A reader only known as "Merch" sends us a tip that the following info was posted at the BobAndDavid.com website:
LAUGHTER! CHARACTER! COMMENTS!
Mr. Show - Season 4 DVD is coming...
Bob here... We... (read entire news item)
4/10/2003
Season Three Announcement
Bob & David's website has posted the following announcement for Mr. Show Season 3:
MR. SHOW DVD
MR. SHOW THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON,the best season (until the fourth came along) of Mr Show with Bob... (read entire news item)
11/23/2001
Mr. Show to be released in Feb
According to BobAndDavid.com website, fans of Mr. Show will want to circle Feb 27, 2002 on their calendar. The show will be released in 3 sets and will include extras like behind the scenes stuff to commentary... (read entire news item)
9/29/2001
DVD release in March
According to Dark Horizons, we should see Mr. Show on DVD in March, 2002. (read entire news item)
