Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons

Regular Show

The Complete First & Second Seasons

Voice Actors: J. G. Quintel, William Salyers, Sam Marin, Mark Hamill, Roger Craig Smith, Janie Haddad-Tompkins

Studio: Cartoon Network/ Warner Bros. Home Entertanment

Release Date: July 16, 2013

ASIN: B00BUAMQS

Running Time: 440 minutes

Rating: TV-PG

Retail:

Blu-ray - $39.98

DVD - $36.94

Purchase Links:

Amazon (Blu-ray)

Amazon (DVD)

Billy's Review:

After several single-disc releases, the Cartoon Network finally released a three disc-set of Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons back during summer and the Regular Show fans rejoiced.

Created by J. G. Quintel, the Regular Show has been a ratings hit for the Cartoon Network and has garnered fans of all ages, from kids to adults. The series centers on two 23-year-old slackers, Mordecai (a blue jay) and Rigby (a raccoon). They work as groundskeepers at a park, but they try to come up with a scheme on a daily basis to get out of work, as they would rather play video games or rent horror movies, but their boss Benson (a gumball machine) normally catches them not working. The series is full of lively characters, such as Pops (a man with a lollipop for a head), Skips (a yeti), Muscle Man (an overweight green man) and Hi-Five Ghost.

The 40 11-minute episodes on the three-disc set are:

Disc One - Season One:

The Power

Just Set Up the Chairs

Caffeinated Concert Tickets

Death Punchies

Free Cake

Meat Your Maker

Grilled Cheese Deluxe

The Unicorns Have Got To Go

Prank Callers

Don

Rigby's Body

Mordecai and the Rigbys

Disc Two - Season Two:

Ello Gov'nor

It's Time

Appreciation Day

Peeps

Dizzy

My Mom

High Score

Rage Against the TV

Party Pete

Brain Eraser

Benson Be Gone

But I Have a Receipt

This Is My Jam

Muscle Woman

Temp Check

Jinx

See You There

Do Me a Solid

Disc 3 - Season Two:

Grave Sights

Really Real Wrestling

Over the Top

The Night Owl

A Bunch of Baby Ducks

More Smarter

First Day

Go Viral

Skunked

Karaoke Video

The set is jammed packed with exciting special features, such as commentary for all 40 episodes, the Unaired Regular Show Pilot, animatic for the Unaired Pilot, animatic for The Power, original pencil tests from Saerom, CG test for Hodgepodge Monster, 2010 Comic-Con Teaser Trailer, "The Native Man from Lolliland" student short, Sam Sings Mystery Karaoke, Party Tonight music video, interview with JG Quintel, JG pitches The Power and original Regular Show commercials.

Though the series is currently in its fifth season, I only started watching the series a few months back when I reviewed Regular Show: Fright Pack and I became an instant fan. It is rare to find a animated series aimed for children that is actually funny to adults. The series humor reminds me of the early seasons of The Simpsons and the recently departed Futurma. Though I liked all the episodes, my three favorites are "Grilled Cheese Deluxe," "Ello Gov'nor," "Over the Top," and "Grave Sights," which the latter is a homage to zombie films, especially the Evil Dead trilogy. Overall, I loved watching the Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons and I think it would make a great gift for the entire family!