The Osbournes - The First Season (Censored)
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In Theaters : 05 March, 2002
DVD Release : 04 March, 2003 |
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The Osbournes - The First Season (Censored) description
As the second season aired, the decline in TV ratings and the tepid sales of Kelly Osbourne's album indicated that the Osbourne family's 15 minutes were just about up. But this two-disc set is an indispensable time-capsule keepsake of that brief and shining moment when Ozzy and his family put their indelible stamp on pop culture as the stars of the first reality sitcom. For addled heavy-metal pioneer Ozzy, his fiercely devoted wife and manager Sharon, and two (of three) of their children--petulant misfit Jack and the more flamboyant pink-haired Kelly--it was a very good year. They were MTV's top-rated series ever. They graced magazine covers. They were championed by no less a moral arbiter than Dan Quayle. Even President George W. Bush got into the act, toasting Ozzy at the annual Washington Press Club soiree: "Ozzy, mom loves your stuff." The Osbournes is the kind of series for which the phrase "instantly addictive" was coined. The idea seemed positively batty: Chronicle the lives of the Osbournes as they settle in to their new Beverly Hills home. They ain't the Clampetts, as the crates marked "Dead Things" indicates. Persistent use of the F word and other obscenities (not bleeped on the uncensored DVD) aside, the Osbournes at heart are a close-knit, loving family. Or, as Ozzy so tenderly puts it, "I love you more than life itself, but you're all f------ mad." Episode 4 bears him out, as Sharon and Jack declare war on their noisy next-door neighbors with airborne foodstuffs. These 10 endlessly repeatable episodes are enhanced by this features-heavy DVD; among its most inspired extras is an "Ozzy translator." The Osbournes' first season was a lightning-in-a-bottle phenomenon whose success has yet to be duplicated, not by the shameless Anna Nicole, not by clueless Liza, not even by the Osbournes themselves. --Donald Liebenson |
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A Little Chunk Of Reality TV That Made Us Smile
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Growing up in the 80's I had one true God, and his name, strangely enough, was Ozzy Osbourne. The Madman of Rock'n'Roll! My hero. I was 13 when I went to my first concert, and of course it was Ozzy. Ozzy was everything to me...why? Who can truly answer that when you're a teenager. Ozzy was rebellion, Ozzy was stick-it-to-the-man, Ozzy was down with authority. Ozzy was Insane!!! Later, we realize that our childhood heroes usually don't stand up so well to further examination. Ozzy was a drug addict. Ozzy was a boozer extraordinaire. Ozzy was abusive to his wife. Ozzy was Insane!!! So what had changed. Well...somwhere in the midst of 2002, Ozzy and his wife Sharon decided to throw caution to the wind and let MTV come into their home in Beverly Hills and film portions of their life. Enter Kelly & Jack and about a million wheezy little rat dogs and you have The Osbournes. Now we, as voyeurs, like reality TV because most of the time it shows us regular folks how the other half lives.
Dad is Ozzy Osbourne, Rock Legend, party animal jumbo deluxe, singer of Heavy Metal anthems, co-founder of Black Sabbath, one of the most influential heavy rock bands ever! Here we see a kinder, gentler Ozzy, more vulnerable, more mellow, more geriatric as if the excess of partying and drug consumption has left him half alive. He's quaint. He's funny. He's a regular Joe surrounded by the excesses of having a huge career. The mansions, the jewelry, the crazy spending sprees his wife and daughter seem to love.
Then we have Mom, Sharon Osbourne, the woman behind the legend. Shrewd businesswoman, manager, hard-ass,shopaholic and dog lover.
Kelly, the daughter, the whiner. Spoiled to the max with her Mercedes SUV and her credit card snatching self. I am Ozzy's daughter, let me ride that fame for as long as possible. Still, she has her moments. You want to spank her with a newspaper like one of their little rat dogs from time to time.
Jack, the son, the complete wuss. A little on the overweight side. Glasses. Hair, sort of a semi-afro freaknest, that will never, ever, ever look good. Jack is running around most of the time trying to juggle too many things: Being Ozzy & Sharon's son, trying to live a normal life, partying, trying to be some sort of promoter or band manager (although we see this happens only because of who his parents are), and fighting with his spoiled sister. Jack is the sincer one, the one we kinda feel sorry for. He's a dork. He's a loser. The underdog of the show.
Out of them all, the strange thing is, Ozzy seems to be the most grounded one of them all. Rock God Ozzy? Okay.
Anyway. The first season is thoroughly entertaining, watching Ozzy fight with his neighbors and seeing the whole way in which the house runs is hilarious and warm and charming. The Osbournes curse to their hearts content and that in itself is funny. Get the uncensored version, however, because you get the choice to bleep or not to bleep. Hysterical. Priceless. And though the later season start to wane in charm, the first season will always remain a ground-breaker and an entertaining enterprise.
Years and years later, after all that's been said and done, is Ozzy still my hero? Hmmmmmm.
You bet your ass!
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