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Jay Sherman (voiced by Jon Lovitz) is a New York film
critic who hates most of the films he has to review. To
top it all off, he's balding, divorced, and his personal
life is a shambles.
But fortunately, his relationships with his 11-year-old
son, Marty, and his unlikely best friend, a hunky
Australian movie star--not to mention the endless
thrills of the city--help keep him together. This
animated series from the producer of The Simpsons--which
ran on ABC-TV during the 1994-95 season (and failed to
capture a Simpsons-sized audience)--won a devoted
following with its media-savvy satire and constant,
broadly comic film parodies. This set includes the
entire run of the series!!
All 23 episodes of the critic are spread out over
three discs and are placed in the order they were
broadcast in both seasons:
Season One:
Pilot - The opening episode sees Jay fall for a
beautiful new actress who is just using the hapless
critic to get a good review for her movie.
Miserable - Jay becomes the victim of an bossed
fan when he meets a young projectionist who is keen to
keep him prisoner for a long time - a very long time.
Marty's First Date - Marty, Jay's son, takes his
father's advice far too seriously as he chases a girl he
really likes all the way to Cuba.
Dial "M" for Mother - During Duke Philips' work
on trying to improve ratings by making Jay nice to the
public, he gets Jay and his mother to appear on a talk
show together. Unfortunately Jay hasn't got a nice thing
to say to his mother on air.
A Little Deb will do ya - While Jay's timeslot is
being terrorized by Humphrey the Hippo (A Rival Show),
his stepsister Margo is forced into the debutante ball.
Eye on the Prize - After the ratings failure of
Jay's 1000th Coming Attractions episode (despite guest
star Adam West), Jay is in trouble and decides it's time
for a dramatic change.
Every Doris has her day - Jay befriends his make
up lady, Dorris, who potentially turns out to be Jay's
biological mother.
Marathon Mensch - When Jay is shown to be a big
coward during a fire, he is desperate to earn respect.
So he decides to run in the New York marathon.
L.A Jay - Jay decides to head out to Hollywood to
pursue a movie career in screenwriting after positive
reviews for his screenplay. However he ends up doing a
screenplay for a film sequel that is not needed at all.
Dr. Jay - Duke Philips is diagnosed with a
terminal illness and allows Jay to find a cure for it.
A Day at the races and a night at the Opera - Jay
takes Marty to see his psychiatrist after he has an
inferiority complex.
Uneasy rider - Jay leaves the movie reviewing job
for a role as a good old fashion truck driver and he
fits in well.
A Pig-Boy and his dog - After his mother writes a
book called 'The Fat Little Pig, Jay becomes the centre
of torment as he is compared to the character.
Season Two:
Sherman, Woman and Child - Jay falls head over
heels for a single mother, Alice, who helps him boost
his ratings.
Sherman of Arabia - At Marty's birthday party,
Jay retells the tale where he gets caught up in the Gulf
War that took him on an adventure with the army - and
the late Dudley Moore.
A Song for Margo - Margo becomes smitten with the
next door neighbor - a hip grunge rock star.
From Chunk to Hunk - Alice sends Jay and Marty to
a weight loss camp in order for them to drop a few
pounds. It does wonders for Marty but seems to have
changed him in more than appearance.
Lady Hawk - Australian actor Jeremy Hawke's
sister comes to visit and she has her eyes set on Jay.
Frankie and Ellie get lost - After going on a
anniversary holiday, Jay's step-parents end up on a
deserted island thanks to the piloting of a penguin.
Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice - When the popular
movie reviewing duo Siskel and Ebert break up, Alice
convinces Jay to become the new partner. Trouble is,
Siskel and Ebert both want Jay.
All the Duke's men - The tycoon Duke Philips
decides to run for President of the United States.
Dukerella - Alice's money hungry sister comes
looking for a husband and ends up falling for Duke
Philips.
I Can't Believe it's a clip show - The final
episode (sadly the worst of them all) is a clip show
where Jay is celebrating his tenth anniversary on Coming
Attractions. Then out of nowhere terrorists hijack the
show demanding clips to be shown while they wait for a
ransom. Utterly pointless and sadly a bad end to the
series.
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- Attractive Retail Box
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Genre: Comedies, Animation, Comedy, New York City,
Animated Characters
- Rated:
G
(Canadian Home Video Rating)
- Starring:
Jon Lovitz .... Jay Prescott Sherman, Jon Lovitz, &
Woody Allen (voice), Nick Jameson .... Vlada
Villamiravitch & Other Character Voices (voice),
Maurice LaMarche .... Other Character Voices (voice),
Valerie Levitt .... Jennifer (voice)
- Writing Credits:
Al Jean Creator, Mike Reiss Creator
- Release Information:
- Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Video
- Theatrical Release Date:
1994-95
- DVD Release Date: January 27, 2004
- Run Time: 520 minutes
- Production Company: Columbia
- Package Type: Digipak
- From the Producers of The Simpsons!
- Number of Discs: 3
- Animated
- DVD Features:
- Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
- Available Audio Tracks:
- English (Dolby Digital
2.0 Stereo)
- Language:
English
- Closed Captioned: Yes
- Bonus Features:
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Disc 1:
- Episodes 1-8 From Season One
- Disc 2:
- Episodes 9-13 From Season One
- Episodes 1-3 From Season Two
- Disc 3:
- Episodes 4-10 From Season Two
- Interactive Features:
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Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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