Samantha Who?: The Complete First Season
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Actor: Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, Kevin Dunn, Melissa McCarthyBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 322 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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- Samantha.WHO? That's what Sam Newly, irresistibly played by Christina Applegate, would like to know! Upon waking up from an eight-day coma, she can't remember a thing -- not her boyfriend, her parents, her job, not even herself. Although some things are best left forgotten, Sam is determined to dig up the "goods" on herself. With a little help from her ex-boyfriend, ex-doorman, he
Movie Reviews of Samantha Who?: The Complete First Season
Movie Review: A smart, funny sitcom
Summary: 5 Stars
In the 1990s, Christina Applegate proved that she was more than capable of playing something other than sexy ditz Kelly Bundy on Married with Children - The Complete First Season. She starred in the short-lived sitcom Jesse, playing a smart, sexy single mom. That show had a strong first season but too much internal tinkering by the network resulted in a lame follow-up and subsequent cancellation. After dabbling in movies for a few years, Applegate has returned to the small screen with Samantha Who?
Samantha Who? allows Christina Applegate to showcase her considerable comedic chips. With Jesse, she demonstrated a knack for verbal comedy and with a film like the underappreciated The Sweetest Thing (Unrated Edition), a knack for physical comedy. This show allows her to combine both of these aspects of comedy in a wonderful way. Applegate is not afraid to look silly and act goofy but there is always an intelligence to what she's doing. There's something very sympathetic about her that makes us root for Sam to reinvent herself.
The episodes are shot very much like a film - a romantic comedy broken up into half hour chunks. The dialogue is quite cleverly written and delivered in the same fashion as vintage screwball comedies - fast and furious. Samantha Who? is so well done it makes you wonder how the hell it got on the air on a major network like ABC? There is such a lack of imagination on network television that a show like this is a refreshing breath of air. The success of a smart and funny show like Ugly Betty - The Complete First Season (also on ABC) paved the way for this show and proved that sitcoms don't always have to pander to the lowest common denominator.
The first disc features an audio commentary for the Pilot episode by actress Christina Applegate and executive producers Donald Todd and Peter Traugott. The two producers briefly talk about the origins of the show. They spend most of the commentary telling filming anecdotes and mentioning footage that was cut out. Applegate doesn't really contribute much but does crack a few jokes and state the painfully obvious at times.
The second disc starts off with "Samantha Whoops?" a brief collection of bloopers and blown lines as the cast break character and laugh at something they or someone else did.
Finally, there are seven deleted scenes with optional introductions by Donald Todd. He puts these cut scenes within context of the show. They are mostly extraneous subplots that were cut for reasons for time. This fairly amusing footage but you can see why it was cut.
Summary of Samantha Who?: The Complete First Season
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