| | |  | The Big Gay Sketch Show | Home » » » Kids in the Hall - Complete Season 5 | | | | | | | Description: | | The Kids In The Hall return to DVD for their fifth and final season of outlandish, outrageous, and totally out-there sketch comedy. What could be a sad occasion turns out to be funnier, riskier, and more brilliant than ever. Spoofing the business world long before The Office and Office Space, the Kids dig up laughs in the most unexpected hallways. From fan favorites like Buddy, Kathie, and the Chicken Lady, to new creations like the waiter with stumps for hands or the hillbilly kicked in the head by his cow, fans find themselves laughing despite themselves. DVD Features: New Audio Commentary by The Kids; Season 5 Best-of Compilation Featuring Fan-Favorite Sketches; Cast Biographies; And more... | | | Features: | |
• This is it, the final installment of the inspired mayhem and lunatic brilliance that was the KIDS IN THE HALL tv phenomenon (before the inevitable "Best Of," "Retrospective," "Reunion Specials" and other wallet-sucking formulations arrive, of course). But there's no such crass commercialism here, just an honest-to-goodness collection of North of the Border based sketch comedy delivered by five
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson | | Director:
| Dave Foley | | Format:
| Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 4 | | Studio:
| A&E HOME VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 525 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 31, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
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6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 The one I was waiting for...Jul 24, 2007
By trance.ending
I'm a long-time fan of The Kids In the Hall, and in the nineties I would tape the shows off Comedy Central and watch them over and over again. For this reason, I never really had a sense of what shows came from what season. So, with the release of each season of The Kids in the Hall on dvd, I would watch in the hopes of catching certain skits that would pop into my head and that I would long to see again. In turn, each season delivered classic skits, too many to list here. But with each season, I would think "well, maybe those skits you're looking for will be in the next dvd release." And finally, the fifth season was released. And all of my absolute personal favorites are on it. The weird game show, "Feelyat," Buddy Cole taking delivery of his new sex slave, Bruce shining Kevin's shoes and ruminating about his hands...and something else, the very clean town and how it got that way, Bruce being kidnapped and having his boots stolen, Kevin's character Mr. Tisane going through the de-teas, Husk Musk, what you get when you mate a cow and a pig, a loud, obnoxious American who needs to buy crab shampoo... That's just the tip of the iceberg. To me, the fifth season is the most perfect of all the seasons. By this season, the troupe had mastered how to effectively utilize television to get their comedy across, and while there are recurring characters from seasons past, they're not overused. There's still plenty that's fresh and bizarre so that by the time you get to the last episode you can't help but really feel that something was lost that we'll never have again when they wrapped this incredible series.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 KITH - Out with a Bang!Oct 09, 2007
By N. M. Naske
"anarcholib"
The fifth and final season of Kids in the Hall actually seems to thrive and throb on the artistic differences amongst the kids. There is a palpable creative tension between Bruce McCulloch, Scott Thompson, and David Foley, as if a behind-the-scenes power struggle rages (I guess it actually did rage), and Kevin and Mark come off as the comic glue holding the whole operation together. Scott Thompson's queer sensibility bleeds through more often than not, pushing the homophobic buttons right and left. This tension and the "gayness" tends to put some people off, but then KITH were always an acquired taste. The final season begets an even more thoroughly warped worldview than the previous four, and repulsive characters, such as McKinney's "Chicken Lady" get full-frontal exploration. There is a vibe that time is running out, so why-not-go-for-it, and KITH does, in a big way! If you're a fan, then this review is unnecessary -- you already own this. If you are not a fan, I wouldn't recommend that you start here, but hope that you'll get here on your own.
5 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great as alwaysSep 28, 2006
By Kelsey Cain
Any fans of Kids In The Hall will obviously enjoy this collection. To any new fans of Kids in The Hall, purchase Season 4 as well. It's very entertaining as most fans of the show will agree. Of course it's just a matter of taste, and I find that many fans of the show like it for various different reasons. I personally love the show for it's ability to present countless textured skits. Fantastic direction and artistic input were always present, and they were never afraid of going over the audience's heads. I believe that The Kids are as bold and intelligent as they are funny, catching even suspecting viewers off gaurd.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
You fell asleep on the job againJan 05, 2010
By R. Page
"EET"
Just wait, the day is coming when someone who is much smarter, richer and better looking. And they will say "Like in that 'Kids in the hall?'" And you will just have to sit there looking stupid. And I mean REALLY STUPID. Can you afford to look that stupid. But seriously. No, if you do not collect this series. Your just stupid.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
just as promisedAug 10, 2009
By R. GARCIA
"Papa Bear"
I bought this product after doing many searches for exact products on other sites. Hands down the best price for an excellent product.
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