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Dilbert: The Complete Series

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to bad it was on UPN where it was doomed from the get go. At least we got 30 very entertaining episodes.

I'm a big Dilbert fan but I never watched the show when it was on TV. I decided to buy the DVD and was pleasantly surprised. There's some really funny story lines and they did a great job finding voices for the characters we've all been reading in the newspapers for years. If you are a Dilbert fan you'll probably enjoy it, and if you're not a Dilbert fan you'll probably like it anyway!

this animated show is hysterical.not only is it insanely funny,but it
is also very cleverly written.i like the fact that it makes fun of
society and our way of life.i don't agree with certain philosophies on
the show,but that doesn't mean i like it any less.i also thought the
voice casting is brilliant.the show didn't last very long,and i'm not
sure why,but it sure was great while it lasted.for those of you not
familiar with Dilbert,he started out in a comic strip.he's an engineer
at a huge company.and like hundreds(or thousands)of employees)he spends
his day in a cubicle.there are no walls and no doors,except for the
boss,of course.what the company actually does is anybodies guess.there
are a great mix of characters in this show.other than the boss,i won't
go int any detail here.lets just say that each character's quirks make
for some very interesting and very funny moments.as for the
boss,well,he's dumber than a fence post,but very likable.some of the
stuff he comes up with are brilliant in their stupidity.you'll
definitely be scratching you head a lot.when you add all the components
of the show together,you have one brilliant result.i highly recommend
"Dilbert".you will be holding your gut from laughter a lot.i give it
5/5

He is Dilbert. If you don't love him, at least you know him. He's the bespectacled potato-shaped Everyman, the alter ego of office workers frustrated by annoying coworkers and idiot bosses. The deliciously surreal tone of Scott Adams' comic strip is preserved (even amplified in places) in the TV adaptation.

In the strange adventures of Dilbert (Daniel Stern) and friends... er, coworkers, they travel to the muddy, backward country of Elbonia, search for Dilbert's long-lost dad in the mall, create anthrax throat drops ("My throat is moist... and the raspiness is gone... GACK!"), try to name a product that doesn't exist, deal with a black hole, and battle tiny people who are stealing the office supplies. Their souls are sucked out by their company, and a cat rules over Human Resources. And through it all, the megalomaniac Dogbert (Chris Elliot) somehow manages to arrange things so that the disasters aren't too outstanding.

Several supporting characters have enlarged roles. There's the violent, big-haired Alice (Kathy Griffin); lazy Wally; naive, dumb Asok, the idiot pointy-haired boss (Larry Miller), and Loud Howard (who can shatter glass with his booming voice). Other favorites like Catbert (played by "Seinfeld's" Jason Alexander) crop up from time to time, as well as other cameos by Jerry Seinfeld, Jeri Ryan, and others.

The animation is amusing and quite faithful to Adams' original animation (although Dilbert has a mouth here). And the humor is deliciously, delightfully twisted -- without losing the corporate edge, the scriptwriters kept in the sort of bizarre occurrances that make this so funny. Several scenarios are, however, included from the strip -- and sometimes even expanded (such as the Dadbert-in-the-mall episode).

Everyone's favorite bespectacled, pointy-tied, potato-shaped engineer is still funny on the small screen. "Dilbert: The Complete Series" is a must-have for cubicle serfs and technogeeks.

Dilbert never got a fair chance on TV, being cancelled on a third rate network whose idea of great comedy usually involves bodily functions or broad you-go-girl bland tripe. For my part, I thought that this show happened to be one of the funniest sitcoms ever, and it stands along with the Simpsons as being one of the wryest and most perceptive satirical works on American Television.

The voice acting is excellent. The characters all sound just as they would be expected to when reading the comic strip. Daniel Stern as Dilbert, Larry Miller as the clueless boss (who had to have been based off of one of Scott Adams' bosses), Larry Charles as slacker engineer Wally, Kathy Griffin as Alice, the triangular-haired female engineer, and Chris Elliot as Dilbert's sidekick Dogbert, not to mention a parade of guest stars, including Tom Green, Andy Dick, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jason Alexander. Put simply, this show had talent to burn.

After occasional reruns on Comedy Central, I am jubliant to see this comedy jewel now available on DVD. The quirkiness and humor of the comic strip is definitely present here, as well as the savage skewering of workplace politics and procedures. The show's highlights include the first episode, the anthrax cough drops bit was inspired, a Y2K-themed episode (remember all that fuss about the end of the world?), frequent visits from evil Mr. Catbert (voiced by Jason Alexander), as well as a guest appearance by Jerry Seinfeld as an insane computer in charge of a computer-by-mail company, a la Dell. My favorite episode has got to be the merger episode, which has Dilbert's company merging with aliens from outer space (the funniest bit had to do with a mexican restaurant/corporate pickup bar).

I think very highly of this show and think that you should give it a shot. You owe it to yourself.

I have been a fan of Dilbert for awhile now. The TV series brings Dilbert to life. Dilbert can now do the things a three icture comic strip won't allow him to do. I like the Y2K episode a lot. Most of the voices fit but I don't think Dogbert's voice fits. Wally is my favorite character becasue he's so lazy. I think theres a bit of Wally in each of us. Asok is also funny but he's so young and dumb. I can see how this series was cancelled but it was a good show but appently it didn't get enough viewers. UPN made a mistake but it stands a chance at coming back. Family Guy may be coming back so there's hope for Dilbert. If you want to watch it on TV it's on Comedy Central at 3:30 am on select days.

The Dilbert TV series is truly a riot. It has both the fun of office space, along with the incredibly looney deaths that only a cartoon can provide (black holes created by Dilbert's invention that's field tested by rednecks and ends up sucking up everything, poor ventilation polution that turns workers into slimes, fish people, etc, and other poorly designed contraptions that generally cause death and mass destruction). Like office space, this series pokes fun at all aspects of office life, including outsourcing, marketing folks, motivation schemes, board of directors, etc. The character voices seem dead on for what you would expect in the Dilbert comics. If anything, Dogbert is even better than he is in the comic version.

I don't understand why this show didn't make it on TV (maybe being stuck on UPN?). The sense of humour is terrifically twisted. This series is well worth getting if you missed a number of the episodes when it was on TV.

I got this collection because I remembered the few episodes I saw when the show was on fondly. This is a hillarious series that is up there with Family Guy and The Critic. I am a big fan of the comic strip and own serveral Dilbert and Scott Adams books. One thing I noted about the Dilbert series was that ALMOST EVERY VOICE FITS; the only real exception to this was Ratbert's voice which just rubbed me the wrong way. That alone was a pretty impressive feat, but after a few episodes you'll be even more impressed with the show's comedy. I would have to recommend this to any fan of the Dilbert comics or shows like Family Guy.

I just picked up this set and watched the first of the 30 episodes. LOUD HOWARD is in the first episode, which I think is funny in itself, as he is not a popular character. He is referred to as the "Loud Guy". I know in my office there is a "loud Howard", as Im sure there is one in every office. I can't wait to see the rest of the episodes. I see in the opening sequence we have Catbert, Dogbert,Ratbert, Wally, Alice, Pointy Haired Boss, Dilbert's Mom, and Asok the Intern. I wonder if we will see Phil from Heck, Bob the Dinosaur, or the Elbonian village.

What made Dilbert so funny is that all the situations in it reminds people of things that go on in their normal lives. How many people groan at the decisions of the Pointy-Haired Boss, knowing that your own boss has done something just as boneheaded?

That is the beauty of Dilbert as a whole. Every working stiff in the world can relate to him. Sometimes it's your "cow-orkers" that always seem to be lacking in intelligence, or sometimes it's your Pointy-Haired Boss that comes up with some kind of half-baked idea. Sometimes, it's even both!

The cast was incredible with such stars as Chris Elliot, Larry David (the creator of Seinfeld), Kathy Griffin (late of the Brooke Shields' show, Suddenly Susan, and whose character, Alice allows Griffin to steal the show), and the overlooked Jason Alexander (Seinfeld's George) as evil Director of Human Resources, Catbert.

Overall, an excellent way to unwind when coming home from the office. Even better when enjoyed with some "adult beverages"!