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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0053939686722
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 01, 2005
Running Time: 15 minutes
Sales Rank: 7559
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 2000
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Description:
What happens when two adults get together and have children? And what if those children grow up and go to school? That's the just-crazy-enough-to-work premise behind 'The Brak Show.' Also, Brak is in it.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Extended takes
Amazon.com:
Long before his stint as an intergalactic pirate, and later, as an addled sidekick to Space Ghost on Cartoon Planet and Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Brak was just a naïve, feline-esque kid living with his parents, his pal/nemesis, the evil mantis Zorak, and a massive warrior robot neighbor in the suburb of Spacetown. Fourteen of his misadventures have been compiled on this weird and frequently hilarious two-disc set, which also features a bundle of extras, all highlighted by Brak’s irrepressible need for song. Written and produced by SG: CTC writers Jim Fortier and Pete Smith, and featuring several performers from that series as well (including Andy Merrill as Brak, C. Martin Croker as Zorak, and George Lowe as Brak’s Dad), The Brak Show echoes its predecessor’s penchant for absurd, stream-of-consciousness comedy; episodes hinge around Brak putting on a musicial ('Psychoklahoma,' featuring Charo!), rescuing his mom from a lovesick alien blob ('Mobab'), a staring contest ('The Eye'), and using a time machine to finish his homework ('Time Machine'). If the premises seem too silly for words, the writing and performances (especially Merrill and Croker) are both giddy and clever, and in a very odd way, accurately evoke the anything-goes imagination of pre-teens. The show’s credit sequences, which spoof popular sitcoms from the past (Laverne and Shirley, Petticoat Junction), add another layer of quirky charm.
Volume 1 compiles the entire first season of The Brak Show, and tosses in three episodes from Season 2 for good measure (the episodes are presented out of their broadcast order); commentaries by Smith, Fortier, Merrill and Brak himself are featured on three episodes, while an odd audio-only radio play of an unaired pilot is heard over a fourth. Clips from his short-lived variety show, Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak, and a terrific 20-minute barrage of his best moments from Cartoon Planet and SG: CTC, round out the extras. So much Brak in a single package may be too much for the casual fan, but for the Brak obsessive in your life, this will be comedy nirvana. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Brak Show
Bought 1 & 2 together, and couldn't stop watching until I had seen every episode. I only wish there were more!!
Rating:  - Very enjoyable Adult Swim offering!
Space Ghost has become quite the cult icon, almost a subculture within a subculture, so much so that one of the characters, Brak, has his own spinoff series with another SG icon, Zorak. The result is a mixture of 'Leave it to Beaver' meets 'I Love Lucy' (thanks primarily to Brak's father) meets 'The Flintstones' meets a blender, some cartoon violence and sub-standard humor, plus a constant barrage of musical interludes. The end result is not only an homage to both Space Ghost and the family-friendly sitcoms of the 1950's, but a unique and sometimes cerebral show that stands up on its own.
Perhaps we have grown tired of the Simpsons, or their emulators, and the numerous soapy situation comedies that seems to infect the airwaves like a virus. True, there are some winners (including, I think, the Simpsons), but it is always refreshing to take a step back from time to time to mock our media output with slight biting sarcasm, a touch of tribute, and mostly blatant mockery. The Brak Show offers this quite nicely.
A fifth star might have been added were the show to take a few more chances with itself and its subject matter. It seems to leave the viewer always wanting just a little bit more in terms of its tributes to classic TV favorites (and some not-so-favorite). I think the show's creators have done a wonderful job with this offering, and I thoroughly enjoy watching it over and over (it does have great replay value). Still, I just feel that they stopped right at the ... Read More
Rating: - Delightfully stupid
If you like what I call "stupid humor", you'll love Brak! If Adult Swim's comedy appeals to you, check this set out.
Rating: - Crazy and hilarious
Only lasted two seasons. That is So sad. The Brak show, volume 1 is full of great storylines and crazy characters. Brak is accompanied by his insect pal Zorak and they go on adventures... well, they don't so much go on adventures as much as they just seem to be more like the victims of circumstance. That's what's so hilarious though. Brak breaks out into song at the drop of a hat, Braks dad is always cynical and arrogant. Zorak is hateful and mean, Brak's mom is kind and sweet. Thunderclees is.. umm... desirous to destroy everything. Anyways in addition to this great show there is a bunch of great extras, easter eggs, commentaries and other videos for this dvd set. It's great, and I highly recommend it.
Rating: - The last time I was this happy, I was face down in a pizza pie, eating my way to freedom!
Ok, it's very simple, I'm going to assume that you liked The Brak Show and that is why you are interested in buying the DVD. If you have never been introduced to that very special boy, then you have some catching up to do. That is if you enjoyed the other Adult Swim "Random-Comedy-That-Doesn't-Make-A-Lick-Of-Sense" line-up, then Brak might just be the funniest thing you will ever see.
It's very simple, I understand why alot of people are not interested in this type of comedy, and thats cool. But for some of us it's the funniest stuff on TV.
Anyway the DVD is awesome, Brak sings every menu to you and sometimes I think its funnier then the actual show. You get a bunch of Cartoon Planet and Space Ghost Coast to Coast extras...and theres even commentary! (The commentary is actually very lame and a waste of time.)
But all the rest is awesomeness. I haven't watched all of season two but I think this one might have been when Brak was at his best. And its a great DVD so, I'd recommend it.
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