I didn’t realize how nostalgic I would get about Ally McBeal until Fox Home Entertainment sent me screeners with a sneak peek of The Complete Series, released on DVD October 6th. Ally McBeal: The Complete Series is an incredible THIRTY ONE discs plus you get the “Best of Ally McBeal” soundtrack by Vonda Shepard. Fox also released just the first season of the show on DVD.

I received Disc One to review, which is these four episodes from Season One: “Pilot” “Compromising Positions” “The Kiss” “The Affair”. The cast of this show is like the Who’s Who of TV Actors- Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Gil Bellows, Portia de Rossi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Peter MacNicol, Jane Krakowski, Lucy Liu, and Dyan Cannon. Plus the series was packed with special guest stars like Christina Ricci, Robert Downey Jr., Hayden Panettiere,  Jesse L. Martin, Taye Diggs, and Jon Bon Jovi.  Combine all of that talent with the writing of David E. Kelley and you have a TV series that was five seasons of awesome.  And, it gave us The Dancing Baby!

If you aren’t familiar with Ally McBeal, this description tells you everything you need to know:

This original Comedy follows the trials and tribulations of an eccentric and neurotic single 28-year-old lawyer (Flockhart) fresh out of Harvard Law School, looking for love and fulfillment in life.  Working in a Boston law firm with her ex-lover, his new wife, money loving boss and a nosy, gossiping secretary, the hilarious groundbreaking series featured amusing fantasy sequences, flashbacks and voiceovers to reveal Ally’s innermost thoughts and feelings.  The show also had many offbeat running gags and themes, such as Ally’s tendency to immediately fall over whenever she met somebody she found attractive, and Richard Fish’s wattle fetish and humorous mottos, a.k.a “Fishisms.”  The series was also known for its wide array of music from pop culture icons including Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Steppenwolf, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Mariah Carey and Jon Bon Jovi, as well as the heartfelt performances from artist Vonda Shepard.

I was also sent Disc 31 to review, which is the fab bonus features that you know are my favorite part of a DVD.  And this is a good one, it’s 135 minutes long! The bonuses are:

• Retrospective

• Vintage Featurettes

• Season 2: Fox Behind The Scenes

• Season 2 TV Special: Life And Trials Of Ally McBeal

• Season 3 Featurette

• Behind The Scenes Of Season 5

• Season 5: Goodbye, Ally

• “The Practice” Season 2 – “Axe Murderer”(The Ally season one episode “The Inmates” was one hour of Ally and then it continued and wrapped up in the second hour on “The Practice”, another David E. Kelly production)

Did I Like It? Heck yes I did!  After having seen those first four episodes, I have to at least get Season One on DVD. I’m hooked! Ally McBeal: The Complete First Season  is $27.99 on Amazon, and the Complete Series is $129.99, both qualify for free shipping.  Either one would make an excellent holiday gift!

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