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The Osbournes - The First Season (Censored) | 
| Directors: Todd Stevens (iii), Brendon Carter, Darren Ewing, Katherine Brooks, Kelly Welsh
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 87716
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 210 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0788843222
UPC: 786936208474
EAN: 9780788843228
ASIN: B00007FPK8
Theatrical Release Date: March 5, 2002
Release Date: March 4, 2003
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As the second season aired, the decline in TV ratings and the tepid sales of Kelly Osbourne's album indicated that the Osbourne family's 15 minutes were just about up. But this two-disc set is an indispensable time-capsule keepsake of that brief and shining moment when Ozzy and his family put their indelible stamp on pop culture as the stars of the first reality sitcom. For addled heavy-metal pioneer Ozzy, his fiercely devoted wife and manager Sharon, and two (of three) of their children--petulant misfit Jack and the more flamboyant pink-haired Kelly--it was a very good year. They were MTV's top-rated series ever. They graced magazine covers. They were championed by no less a moral arbiter than Dan Quayle. Even President George W. Bush got into the act, toasting Ozzy at the annual Washington Press Club soiree: "Ozzy, mom loves your stuff." The Osbournes is the kind of series for which the phrase "instantly addictive" was coined. The idea seemed positively batty: Chronicle the lives of the Osbournes as they settle in to their new Beverly Hills home. They ain't the Clampetts, as the crates marked "Dead Things" indicates. Persistent use of the F word and other obscenities (not bleeped on the uncensored DVD) aside, the Osbournes at heart are a close-knit, loving family. Or, as Ozzy so tenderly puts it, "I love you more than life itself, but you're all f------ mad." Episode 4 bears him out, as Sharon and Jack declare war on their noisy next-door neighbors with airborne foodstuffs. These 10 endlessly repeatable episodes are enhanced by this features-heavy DVD; among its most inspired extras is an "Ozzy translator." The Osbournes' first season was a lightning-in-a-bottle phenomenon whose success has yet to be duplicated, not by the shameless Anna Nicole, not by clueless Liza, not even by the Osbournes themselves. --Donald Liebenson
Description
Collect the entire first season of "The Osbournes," the most outrageously fun reality television show ever, with THE OSBOURNES - THE FIRST SEASON, a 2-disc DVD. Starring legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne, his amazing wife Sharon and their kids Kelly and Jack, THE OSBOURNES - THE FIRST SEASON includes never-before-seen bonus footage, and many terrific DVD programs including set top features and DVD ROM features, with new cast interviews, commentary tracks, "Too Oz For TV" blooper reel, an Osbournes bingo game and lots more. "The Osbournes" has become a top-rated "reality show" phenomenon. Last Fall Ozzy Osbourne, the original Madman of Rock, opened up his family life to the cameras, and the resulting television series has earned a huge fan following. Whether familiar with Ozzy's musical career or not, audiences everywhere have grown to know and love each Osbourne family member. THE OSBOURNES - THE FIRST SEASON collects all the unforgettable personalities and day-to-day problems and pleasures that come from being a part of America's most fun-to-watch first family.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 86 more reviews...
 Perfect Condition June 13, 2008
Melissa M. Mann (United States)
The dvds did not have one single scratch on them...at all. The box didnt look old or used. They were in perfect condition.
Great March 26, 2008
S. Davis
I used to watch the osbournes a couple of years ago and it was nice to get it again at a great price lower then at the other stores that could get it. and it came quick and well packaged! Thank You.
all aboard September 29, 2007
B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania)
The Osbournes can be defended. Even though people see the show as a bunch of nonsense from a hysterically complicated rock and roll star, I see a grown man acting like someone who doesn't know if he really cares about anything he says, and seems to love his family. His family shows him the same kind of love, but in a very twisted and demented way. The style of humor is great, and you get to see into the life of a mysterious rock star and find out what Ozzy Osbourne is really like as a human being. So with that said, the show is pretty good and worth watching.
A Little Chunk Of Reality TV That Made Us Smile March 27, 2006
Mr. Sinister (El Cajon, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Growing up in the 80's I had one true God, and his name, strangely enough, was Ozzy Osbourne. The Madman of Rock'n'Roll! My hero. I was 13 when I went to my first concert, and of course it was Ozzy. Ozzy was everything to me...why? Who can truly answer that when you're a teenager. Ozzy was rebellion, Ozzy was stick-it-to-the-man, Ozzy was down with authority. Ozzy was Insane!!! Later, we realize that our childhood heroes usually don't stand up so well to further examination. Ozzy was a drug addict. Ozzy was a boozer extraordinaire. Ozzy was abusive to his wife. Ozzy was Insane!!! So what had changed. Well...somwhere in the midst of 2002, Ozzy and his wife Sharon decided to throw caution to the wind and let MTV come into their home in Beverly Hills and film portions of their life. Enter Kelly & Jack and about a million wheezy little rat dogs and you have The Osbournes. Now we, as voyeurs, like reality TV because most of the time it shows us regular folks how the other half lives.
Dad is Ozzy Osbourne, Rock Legend, party animal jumbo deluxe, singer of Heavy Metal anthems, co-founder of Black Sabbath, one of the most influential heavy rock bands ever! Here we see a kinder, gentler Ozzy, more vulnerable, more mellow, more geriatric as if the excess of partying and drug consumption has left him half alive. He's quaint. He's funny. He's a regular Joe surrounded by the excesses of having a huge career. The mansions, the jewelry, the crazy spending sprees his wife and daughter seem to love.
Then we have Mom, Sharon Osbourne, the woman behind the legend. Shrewd businesswoman, manager, hard-ass,shopaholic and dog lover.
Kelly, the daughter, the whiner. Spoiled to the max with her Mercedes SUV and her credit card snatching self. I am Ozzy's daughter, let me ride that fame for as long as possible. Still, she has her moments. You want to spank her with a newspaper like one of their little rat dogs from time to time.
Jack, the son, the complete wuss. A little on the overweight side. Glasses. Hair, sort of a semi-afro freaknest, that will never, ever, ever look good. Jack is running around most of the time trying to juggle too many things: Being Ozzy & Sharon's son, trying to live a normal life, partying, trying to be some sort of promoter or band manager (although we see this happens only because of who his parents are), and fighting with his spoiled sister. Jack is the sincer one, the one we kinda feel sorry for. He's a dork. He's a loser. The underdog of the show.
Out of them all, the strange thing is, Ozzy seems to be the most grounded one of them all. Rock God Ozzy? Okay.
Anyway. The first season is thoroughly entertaining, watching Ozzy fight with his neighbors and seeing the whole way in which the house runs is hilarious and warm and charming. The Osbournes curse to their hearts content and that in itself is funny. Get the uncensored version, however, because you get the choice to bleep or not to bleep. Hysterical. Priceless. And though the later season start to wane in charm, the first season will always remain a ground-breaker and an entertaining enterprise.
Years and years later, after all that's been said and done, is Ozzy still my hero? Hmmmmmm.
You bet your ass!
Dig it!
The Osbournes review January 1, 2006
RevolutionJim (Missouri)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
by RevolutionJim
We just finished watching the DVD's of Mtv's The Osbournes, and while it was full of the usual expletives I have seen worse from some children here in America. If my children were to swear at me like that they would not be receiving the niceties these kids have.
The reality based series ran very well for the first two seasons with some remarkable scenes you won't get on the network drivel. In one scene Jack, sitting in a room full of locals he met, makes the statement "the United States won't even be around in 50 years", obvious referring to our illegal alien policies. It looks like you can lump Jack, a teen from England, in with the likes of Pat Buchanan, a presidential candidate, and others who have written books on the problem of a government that does not represent the people.
The third season rolled around with the wheels coming off the show. Mtv was obviously done with The Osbournes by the way they attacked or allowed the children, Jack and Kelly, to be thrown in a rehab for drug abuse. These episodes were left off of the DVD set. While drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana are not stellar activities, I am sure that were the show about a/k/a P.Ditty/Puffy, a/k/a Snoop Dog and a/k/a Fifty Cent smoking crack and doing heroin would be the accepted norm. There is a biased in the general media towards promoting diversity and multiculturism for the end result of moving the democracy in the direction the government wants when it is against the public demand. This is known as the media being a branch of a democratic government.
The alternate ending was not based on reality at all, but was an acting skit. In this scene, totally scripted, Jack is the big bully of the house and is angry when he is awakened. He then kills the family dog, Mimmy, in bed somehow while he was asleep. Also Kelly was made to look bad. These types of scenes were an obvious attempt to ruin any future career these kids might have. While I am sure the Osbournes were ready to exit the hostile business contract with Mtv, they should have refused this ending and stuck with the show format.
Mtv has not had a show with any popularity since. In all The Osbournes, was at times hilarious and the best reality show of all time, to date.
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