Clarissa Explains It All - Season One
by Chuck Vinson, Ken Frankel, Maureen Thorp, Richard Steir
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Actor: Elizabeth Hess, Jason Zimbler, Joe O'Connor, Melissa Joan Hart, Sean O'NealDirector: Chuck Vinson, Ken Frankel, Maureen Thorp, Richard Steir
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Writer: Alan Goodman
Writer: Alexa Junge
Writer: Becky Hartman Edwards
Writer: Ellis Weiner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 328 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Nickelodeon
DVD Reviews of Clarissa Explains It All - Season One
DVD Review: Ruined by MTV Cribs
Summary: 2 Stars
"Clarissa Explains it All" is one of the bright spots in my memory of television past. It somehow matched the youthful innocence of "Leave It To Beaver" or "The Brady Bunch" in a contemporary form that did not seem like it could ever appear dated or a worthy object of mocking laughter, like Beaver and The Bunch are today.
Watching it again years later, the episodes stand up very well. I had great fun watching them. The only thing that really "dates" them are the cheesy computer graphics, but the show is still as charming and hilarious as it ever was. Ferg-breath was still really, really annoying, and it was a special treat to see Marshall rap and dance--something I'd missed the first time around on Nickelodeon.
Unfortunately, the special features caused me to crash and burn during this trip down memory lane, for me at least. The MTV Cribs feature had no place in this series, in my opinion, because Clarissa is a character that developed over 5 seasons, and she is not the same thing as Melissa Joan Hart. Watching a much older Hart prance around her mansion, showing a penchant for Hollywood excess, parties and booze (she mentions her love of gin enough times to warrant an AA meeting or two), completely ruined the charm of Clarissa's character for me. No matter how hard I try to keep them separate, I just couldn't forget that this dull Hollywood brat was the same person who once brought a brilliant, clever and genuinely interesting girl named Clarissa to life. If the woman who created Clarissa could not even retain some of her character's finer qualities, how am I as a viewer supposed to retain my appreciation for Clarissa Explains It All? Was it all just a way for Hart to purchase a mansion and party her way to oblivion? I thought Clarissa stood for something much more, and better than that.
The DVD also forces four previews on the viewer, which couldn't be more annoying. I didn't purchase advertisements; I purchased a collection of television episodes.
If you liked "Clarissa Explains It All", you will love this DVD, obviously. If you do buy it, beware of the cribs feature, however, if you have any interest in maintaining the legend of Clarissa in your memory. There's nothing worse than spending time with a pleasant memory of a good friend from your youth, only to have all those great feelings destroyed by the reality of who that person really was.
5 stars for the episodes. 0 stars for the DVD because of the forced previews and MTV Cribs feature.
Description of Clarissa Explains It All - Season One
Clarissa Explains it All focuses on the life of teenage Clarissa and her family, consisting of her annoying know-it-all younger brother, Ferguson, her eccentric health-conscious mother, Janet and her architect father, Marshall.Children's Music Music CDs
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