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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396015982
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: January 27, 2004
Running Time: 374 minutes
Sales Rank: 9715
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 1999
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Description:
Dilbert – the most popular comic strip of the decade – is now on DVD. With his signature turned-up tie, round glasses and buzz cut, Dilbert is already a pop culture phenomenon, providing an irreverent reference point for workers everywhere. Developed and produced by Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Larry Charles ('Seinfeld,' 'Mad About You'), DILBERT, the series, follows the 'every man' as he copes with daily life at The Company. Developed and produced by Emmy® Award-winning writer/producer Larry Charles ('Seinfeld,' 'Mad About You').
Amazon.com:
After being fired from UPN's primetime line-up, this animated series based on Scott Adams's nationally syndicated comic strip has received a well-deserved promotion to DVD. Dilbert, the bespectacled potato-shaped engineer with the upwardly mobile tie, is the poster boy for the corporately disenfranchised. Though Adams's cynical, cubicle eye-view of corporate culture was somewhat co-opted by The Drew Carey Show, animation gives the series a surreal flourish not possible in a live-action series. In the first episode, for example, we can see the devastation wreaked by an 'all-natural' anthrax lozenge, and an interoffice riot sparked by budget cuts. Co-executive producer Larry Charles, whose resume includes Seinfeld and Mad About You, wisely preserved Adams's Kafka-esque comic vision. Dilbert may 'just want to make the world a better place,' but that is difficult in a workplace where the Pointy-Haired Boss insists his employees first come up with a name for an as-yet-undeveloped product, employees literally give their souls to the company, and an evil cat reigns as an evil director of human resources loathe to help employees. As the old saying goes, it's funny because it's true. The voice cast are excellent hires, with Daniel Stern as Dilbert, Larry Miller as the clueless Boss, Kathy Griffin as sardonic co-worker Alice, and Chris Elliot as Dogbert. You don't have to have a refrigerator, cubicle wall, or computer festooned with yellowed Dilbert strips to appreciate the series. It will strike a beleaguered chord in fans of Office Space and The Office, or anyone toiling for a company that loves misery. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - hooked on animation
I was'nt a big fan of the show, however after picking up the complete series, i find it to be really good! Recommended!
Rating: - EE on Dilbert Series
For an engineer this is a must have (yeah, I'm an engineer). I could do without the spunky (?)intro music to each episode, but I can't stop watching them.
I didn't get to see them when they were originally shown; heck, I didn't even realize there had been a whole season (probably too busy with all the, unpaid, overtime).
The video and audio quality are very good. I am recommending them. Buy, watch, laugh, enjoy.
Rating:  - Funny. Worth the price...
If you like the Dilbert comic strip, buy the DVD. You should really enjoy it. I don't know why they still don't make these cartoons. They are very funny.
Rating:  - Horrible Adaptation of Wonderful Comic
I bought this hoping it would live up to the wonderful comic, however I was completely disappointed. Each episode tried to stretch the typically hilarious one liners of the comic strip into a 30min. comedy and it was a horrible disaster. I just kept waiting for jokes that never came and I finally gave up after 6 episodes. There was a reason the series was canceled after only one season. If you buy this thinking it will be at all like the comic strip you are going to be disappointed.
Rating: - Better than Remembered
I watched the Dilbert series on TV when I was much younger and I'm afraid I didn't appreciate it as I should have. The plots sometimes seemed overly long and drawn-out (especially compared to the shortness of the witty comic strip) and the "asides" necessary to draw out the air-time seemed distracting and painfully unrelated to the main narrative.
Having now learned to love South Park and Family Guy, I can appreciate now in retrospect that Dilbert managed to combine the full-length aspect of South Park and the "random asides" of Family Guy, and managed to combine them well. The fact that I have also gone through college and am now employed in a technical discipline also probably adds to my enjoyment of the series - the jokes are now far more close to home. I find it mildly surprising that Dilbert should be so much like a fine wine, but it really DOES get better with age.
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