Cheap 3rd Rock From the Sun - Season 2 (DVD) (James Burrows (II), Robert Berlinger, Phil Joanou, Terry Hughes) Price

Related Products

Customer Reviews of 3rd Rock From the Sun - Season 2

Laughs get better in second season
Third Rock From The Sun continued with it's zany characters in this its second season disc set. The packaging is nice and has a quirky soundbite when you press on the cover. This season starts with a cliffhanger from season one and hilarity goes on through the end. The aliens are at their funniest in new situations such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Thanksgiving episode has to be one of the funniest in TV history and having just received it the day before, it was a blast watching it on Thanksgiving day. If you want fast paced laughs and slapstick humor, do yourself a favor and get Third Rock From The Sun 2nd Season.

---

You'll Laugh Yourself Silly
Not to repeat all the wonderful points made by other reviewers, this second season of 3rd Rock is even funnier than the first. With topflight writing, and a brilliant ensemble cast performing before a live audience, this season contains some of the highlights of the entire series. Just some of the things to look out for: <
>In "Much Ado About Dick", the penultimate cocktail party at the Dean's house is a veritable hoot culminating in Dick singing "Night and Day" at the piano with Sally, Tommy and Harry backing him up in full harmony; <
>In "Dick and the Single Girl", the great Christine Baransky sings the wonderful and sultry "You've Awakened My Passion, Dick Solomon" (and her reference to Nikolai Lobachevsky is a wry nod to Tom Lehrer and his song "Lobachevsky"); <
>And in the wonderful two-part season finale, "Nightmare on Dick Street", the dream sequences are utterly delicious: Dick's nightmare sequence-- where his captors and he run into the expressionistic backdrop, and Jane Curtin does her wonderful Marlene Dietrich impression ("First I sing a song I wrote this morning: Falling in love again...")and Dick faces the Mother of All Jellos; Sally's is a delicious Fellini movie -- at times in Italian with subtitles-- and she later delivers the precious line, "I could never give myself to poultry..."; Tommy's is expressionistic and includes his music teacher seducing him to the strains of "Bali Hai"; and Harry's is a delightful musical comedy dance number to the Randy Newman song, "Life Has Been Good to Me"-- and he is a terrific dancer! <
>And the extras are great, especially the Season Two Bloopers, which are hilarious. All in all, a wonderful release! I can't wait for Season Three (which if I recall begins with Tommy, Sally and Harry returning with the Big Giant Head's niece, whom He commands to be Dick's wife-- played by Roseann Barr).

---

Great season, but a couple of things 3rd Rock fans need to know...
When "3rd Rock From The Sun" arrived in the spring of 1996, it was like a breath of fresh air amist the plethora of Seinfeld-clone sitcoms which littered the tv landscape. Led by the wonderful John Lithgow, "3rd Rock" achieved a kind of brilliant lunacy. <
> <
>While the first season had it's share of hit 'n miss episodes, the second season was solid and funnier with the cast more comfortible in their zany roles. From the opening two-parter ("See Dick Run"...you'll notice that almost ALL the episodes have "Dick" in the title) that set the tone for rest of the season through such glorious highlights as "Big Angry Virgin From Outer Space", "World's Greatest Dick" has John Lithgow go completely nuts over the football team (just wonderful) & the introduction of the great Jan Hooks in "Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick", this is a season not to be missed for the devoted 3rd Rock fan. <
> <
>However, there are a couple of things I need to warn you about, the first concerns the season-ending two parter "A Nightmare on Dick Street" which has the wonderful 3-D scenes. The original presentation was of a single, hour long show (I know since I still have the original airing on NBC) and this two-parter is from the syndicated release, meaning that there are small sections CUT from the original show. This is rather unusual since I expect all episodes to be shown without syndicated cuts. Since I do not have other Season 2 episodes on tape, it's possible that the entire season may be the "syndicated" variety and not the way the show was originally aired. <
> <
>Also, the box cover claims that there is an alternative ending to the 3-D episode...WHERE? I've gone through all the extras and have watched the episodes in their entirety and yet have not found this "alternate ending". If it does exists, it is not easy to find. <
> <
>Speaking of the extras, they are fairly plentiful (especially compared to the recent "Frasier" releases). Including a new interview with John Lithgow, two wonderful sets of BLOOPERS! (which are really great), a short "behind the scenes" look at the 3-D episode, and an unnecessary "highlights" reel. Also included are a booklet with extracts from the cutsey "3rd Rock" books which convey the "alien" look at Earth culture and a set of 3-D glasses. Plus, as a completely useless bit, you can press a concealed button on the box which plays a short bit from Dick saying "nananananana...you're a winner!". Well, "3rd Rock" could be a very silly show, so I guess the button just reflects that attitude. <
> <
>Given the modest price, I'm a glad I purchased this set, although I am unhappy with the way the 3-D episode (frankly, that episode is one of the highlights for ALL sitcoms of the 90's) was presented. I hope that future releases avoid using the syndicated episodes and use the original airings. <
> <
>