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The Oblongs - The Complete Series | 
 enlarge | Directors: Mike Kim, Gary Mccarver, Kelly Armstrong, Jack Dyer (iii), Skip Jones
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 8108
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 279 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD70370D
ISBN: 1419810251
UPC: 012569703704
EAN: 9781419810251
ASIN: B000ABKHZC
Theatrical Release Date: April 1, 2001
Release Date: October 4, 2005
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/04/2005 Run time: 279 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Great! October 10, 2008
L. Dickerson (Japan)
Funny, adult funny that is. Very enjoyable especially for those who once watch this series on the Cartoon network/Adult swim. Definitely a collector's item!!
simply amazing!!! October 10, 2008
Eduardo Mustelier (Miami, South Florida. USA)
Well, i guess I'm not really going to add anything that hasn't been said (or written) by other customers who bought this DVD set, but anyway... This series is bitterly and synicly amazing. I discovered the Oblongs on Cartoon Network's Adult swim too like 2 months ago and all of a sudden I found myself waiting for hours (usually 'till 1:00 A.M. when I used to go to bed 3 hours earlier) just to watch another new episode. This is an amazing cartoon but I agree with other reviewers that it's simply not for everyone. The main characters in The Oblongs bear genetic anomalies in quite a noticeable way due to the polluted environment where they're bound to live (they can't afford a higher quality lifestyle) that at the same time is generated by the people living in the hills (the rich people.
From the mere start of the episode (presentation and all) the cruel yet comical ways this series was thought and conceived hit you in the face and leave you with that (Oh no man, that's so wrong...) feeling, and actually, verbal expresion, but at the same time you can't stop from finding it extremely comical, and I actually laughed out loud all the way from beggining to end the first time I watched it.
I personally think this one is a really commendable item for people with an intelligent sense of humour, and as I said, it's not really for everyone, and that's actually the reason why they stopped creating it. People complained a lot about this series when it first hit the streets back in 2001, but... come on, look at Family Guy, that's even a more cruel series in which they even laugh at physically disabled people, but at the same time is hugely popular... and (in my opinion) is not as funny nor refreshingly naive as The Oblongs. (...did i said naive?)
I just lament the fact that there's just this DVD set of The Oblongs episodes out there for people like me to enjoy, and mainly because regular people feel offended by Intelligent content displayed without hypocrisy.
great for office entertainment October 9, 2008
Sabrina A. Wiggins (Albany, GA USA)
I work in the poultry industry so of course we love this thing. At any given moment you can see a squawking chicken flying through the air. This thing gets some distance if you fling it right. cute toy.
TV's most loving family....OF FREAKS! June 20, 2008
Underground Reborn (ny)
A staple of historic television is the family sitcom, Leave It To Beaver, The Brady Bunch, Family Ties, Full House and so many more. They are the stories of unity, life lessons and love. Now take that loving family and make them all deformed due to living near a toxic waste dump. Say hello to the Oblongs!
This show lasted for only one year on the WB now CW 11. It was one of the most revolutionary animated sitcoms way before it's time. If it were to be released now it would probably be a smash hit. This is also perhaps Will Ferrel's best performance playing the loving and devoted father Bob, who is nothing but a bouncing torso with the best one liners like 'Pickles, have you seen my ankle weights?! These characters may not the be the most plesent to look at or some of the things they do may cause the gag reflex to kick in. Yet, this show brings out the diversity of rich and poor folk, important moral values and of course the importance of family. Give this overlooked gem a try, I promise you will get a laugh.
 sour puss? June 1, 2008
lady detective (east coat)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
funny idea. i would get more of a kick from the oblongs in graphic novel format (does such a thing exist?) -- as an animated cartoon, it falls flat. there's so much going for it: the artwork is great. the characters are odd & original. the charming will ferrell is in it (think stranger than fiction ferrell).
i didn't laugh once.
i was bored.
boo. i wanted to love this.
2.5 stars.
6/1/08 - katie landon
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