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"The Ben Stiller Show " is the best sketch comedy show you never saw.
This is the one that ran all too briefly on Fox in 1992 and was canceled because of poor ratings, only to later win the Emmy Award for best writing. The long-awaited DVD release includes all 12 episodes performed by the ensemble cast: Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, and Bob Odenkirk, plus an extra bonus episode that did not originally air.
Extras include commentaries by Ben Stiller and the rest of the cast and the writers on seven key episodes, outtakes and a "brief history" of the show including alternate versions of the pilot and two early parodies made for MTV.
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THE BEN STILLER SHOW
Complete and Only Season of the Emmy Award Winning,
Critically Acclaimed Cutting Edge series
Now you can have a second chance to see the early days of the Emmy Award winning The Ben Stiller Show because Warner Home Video has release the entire 12 episode series (plus one bonus, unaired episode) in a two-disc box set. The ingeniously written and hilariously funny television series captured the Emmy Award for comedic writing and was the subject of wide critical acclaim but lasted only half of a season on the then-neophyte Fox Television Network.
Launched in 1992, the project grabbed a strong following and certainly had a special place in the heart of its creator. By releasing the series on DVD, Stiller fans will have the opportunity to see the early stages of this comedic genius. According to Stiller: "I’ve been asking them for years to do this and when I saw the special boxed DVD set of Saved by the Bell, I knew we had a chance."
"The Emmy Award-winning The Ben Stiller Show has become a cult favorite over the past decade due to its innovative structure and revolutionary comedy," said Jeff Baker of Warner Home Video "This ground breaking series has been the inspiration for several successful sketch comedy shows and is a must have for any DVD collector’s library."
The show was created by Stiller and Judd Apatow (The Cable Guy, Freaks and Geeks) and starred Janeane Garofalo (Mystery Men), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show) and Andy Dick (NewsRadio). Joyce Miller of the San Francisco Examiner was effusive in her praise, calling The Ben Stiller Show, "the most spectacular, thoroughly original Fox series debut since The Simpsons." Ironically, after its cancellation, the show won the Emmy for Comedy Writing, beating out Saturday Night Live and two other sketch shows, In Living Color and The Edge. Proof positive that, despite bad time slots and bad judgment, someone out there had a sense of humor.
Since that time, The Ben Stiller Show and its cast have been honored by the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, The Academy of Television Arts And Sciences and, in 1999, the Museum of Television and Radio showcased the series in both New York and Los Angeles. The show has also continued to develop an audience following its syndication run on Comedy Central.
The Ben Stiller Show DVD contains hilarious special features including:
Commentaries by Ben Stiller, the entire cast and writers for the show on seven key episodes
A Brief History of The Ben Stiller Show including alternate versions of the pilot and two early parodies made for MTV
Five unaired sketches with optional commentary
Outtakes
An E! "Behind The Scenes" Special
An Easter Egg with "Melrose Heights" commentary by Ben Stiller and Bob Odenkirk.
EPISODE SYNOPSES
1. Sketches include: U2, The Early Years, Cape Munster (Spoof of Cape Fear with Stiller as Eddie Munster), Ben’s Video Diary, What Is Sexy?, Michael Pheret, Agent (guest starring Roseanne & Tom Arnold and Gary Shandling) and Last Stand of Yakov Smirnoff.
2. Melrose Heights 90210-2402 is introduced, along with Skank, Tom Cruise: Dress Casual, Tonight Show Auditions and Cops In Salem, Mass. Guest stars include: Bobcat Goldthwait, Todd Bridges, Norman Fell and Ernie Hudson.
3. Running gags about Bruce Springsteen and Star Trek frame sketches including Amish Studs, The Quest For Space, Michael Pheret - Talent Agency and What Is Sexy? Guests include James Doohan, Run DMC, Jeanne Triplehorn.
4. Trendy Melrose Avenue in Hollywood is skewered throughout the show, framing sketches including Skank Goes Blind (guest starring Todd Bridges), Cops In Ancient Egypt, Low-Budget Tales of Cliched Horror and B-Minus Time Traveler.
5. Colin Quinn, Casey Kasem and Adam West co-star in sketches which include Opening From A Train Museum, Annoying Guy At A Restaurant, Melrose Heights 90210-2402, Anti-Drug Lecture and Information 411.
6. Sketches include, Oliver Stone Land, Pan American Salesman Of The Year, Jake Steele Marionette Cop, Blue & White Shampoo, Bomb Squad and the introduction of Ask Manson. Sarah Jessica Parker co-stars.
7. More humor at The Boss’ expense in Counting With Bruce Springsteen and other sketches like, Grady’s Oats, The Grungies, Stiller’s Wheel Of Filler – Jewish Fly Guys, Video Diary, Of Buildings And Women. Rob Morrow and Dana Gould co-star.
8. Gary Shandling, Gary Coleman, Danny Bonaduce and Alex Karris co-star in sketches which include Hair Styling With Bruce, Woody Allen’s Bride Of Frankenstein, Bad Twist Ending Theater, Ask Manson and America’s Most Suspicious.
9. Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers plays basketball with Ben, framing sketches such as Mohican Master 2000 & Jazzercise With Wolves, Die Hard 12: Die Hungry, Ask Manson, Skank and The Let-Go Clinic. Guests include David Cassidy, Gary Coleman and Hervé Villechaize.
10. Dennis Miller and Danny Bonaduce co-star in sketches which include Three Men And An Old Man, Manson, Casting Call: Beethoven, America’s Most Suspicious, Casting Call: Mighty Ducks and Tito Gallegos - Pig Latin Lover.
11. Antics on California beaches frame sketches like Relaxation Tape, Roundtable Takes On Skank, Headslammer’s Ball, Andy Dick’s Political Children’s Theatre and Bruce Springsteen Makes An Answering Machine Message Tape.
12. A Few Good Scouts, Cops In Medieval Times, American Profiles – Hightech Hillbillies, Words We Can Use, The Legend Of T.J. O’Pootertoot and Grady’s Oats.
13. The lost Ben Stiller Show episode includes Zoo TV At Night, Otto The Anti-Cupid, Kreepee Board, Michael Pheret, 30-Second Conspiracy Theory, Jacques Cousteau In The Recording Studio and Leslie Chapman – Actor/Dancer/Zombie.
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