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Reno 911 - The Complete Second Season (Uncensored)
Directors: Brad Abrams, Thomas Lennon (III), Robert Ben Garant
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $26.98
Release Date: 2005-06-14
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-07-23
Studio: Comedy Central
Run Time: 340 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 3


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
An unfolding scandal threatens to rock Reno, Nevada to its core. It's not the clueless Officer Wiegel's new boyfriend, who just may be the Truckee River Killer. It's not the shooting of singer Kenny Rogers while under the neglectful watch of Garcia and Wiegel. No, it's the caught-on-tape pummeling of "Milkshake Man" at the hands of Jones and Garcia that will place Wahoe County's finest (certainly funniest) under investigation by an ambitious District Attorney (he his eye on becoming Comptroller). Reno 911's sophomore season is even more savagely funny than the first, as witness the various humiliations suffered weekly by the hapless squad. When they're not being one-upped by the Reno fire department, which has scheduled its annual pancake dinner the same night at the policeman's ball, they are being outsmarted and disrespected by the various lowlifes and misfits who populate their beat. Reno 911 seems to have outlawed pathos. In the season opener, Lt. Dangle, still outfitted in those "plum-smuggler" short shorts, finds his "farewell" dinner conflicts with a local women's basketball championship. An especially inspired touch this season are a series of hilarious "Layin' Down the Law" PSAs featuring the squad, as well as a series of traumatizing visits to the local children's hospital (at one point, Wiegel overenthusiastically barges in wearing clown makeup and waving her gun). Presenting the episodes "Uncensored" is something of a mixed blessing. The closer Reno 911 hews to the Cops template, the funnier it is. Unlike Chapelle's Show or The Osbournes, Reno 911's episodes are arguably funnier with the profanities bleeped (not an option on this three-disc set). Happily, the exposed body parts are still blurred. Commendations are due the entire ensemble, as well as the B-list doppelganger cast (among them, Martin Mull, Sean Young, and Wayne Brady) that replaces them in the season cliffhanger, for "keepin' it real... real funny." Take the advice of executive producer Danny DeVito, who introduces episode 13: "I've never seen the show," he confesses, "but I've heard good things about it. I'm really going to watch the show this year." --Donald Liebenson

2) Description
RENO 911! -THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON - UNCENSORED! is a narrative comedy about the adventures and relationships of the Reno County Sheriff's department at work and at play, offering a hilarious and unexpected spoof of the traditional cop reality program.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) These cops crack me UP too MUCH! *smiles*   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I LOVE them, they make me laugh at the ODDEST THINGS! I don't think there could ever be another show that would carry THIS type of humor as FAR! LOVE IT INFINITY!!!! ALL the characters are just sublime!

2) Reno Hilarity   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
We totally enjoyed Reno911 the second season. The characters are well defined and totally mesh with each other. Although Reno provides the backdrop for the sad law enforcers, the real gems are Lt Dangle and Deputy Trudy Weigle. Great show.

3) Great Season!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Reno 911 is by far one of Americas funniest parody TV shows. I enjoyed Season 2 and episode 2 "Wiegel's New Boyfriend" is one of the best episodes yet. The episode revolves around Deputy Trudy Wiegel having a new boyfriend who isn't all there but neither is she... The others soon realize he's The "Truckee River Killer" and attempt to do some "recon" work when invited to his house for dinner. Lt. Jim Dangle once again makes this season extra good with his short shorts and flamboyant personality. I was extremely happy with Amazon's service. You can not purchase Reno anywhere in Australia so Amazon was the first place I looked and I will defiantly be a returning customer :) Bianca,Perth Australia

4) This is one of the funniest shows   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I really love this show. It is so funny. Beware of language - not for children or those offended by crude talk. It's comedy you dont really have to think about.

5) What's not to like?   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
First, we need a little truth-in-advertising here: these DVDs are NOT uncensored. "Mostly uncensored" would be more like it. In fact, there is one scene where the racial "n" word is visually censored while at the same time its verbal use is not. While this can be explained away as a limitation of the production process, it's just odd and makes you wonder if the scene wouldn't have worked better if it had been censored altogether. Additionally, some of the first episodes in this season almost seemed to be written or improvised around the fact that the cast knew that their speech was NOT going to be censored, so they set about throwing expletives around in a dizzying display of adolescent-like freedom. The use of the profanity is not offensive in itself, but the sophomoric atmosphere it creates is way below the talents of these gifted comic actors.Taken as a whole, this second season downplays its parody of COPS which the writers successfully delivered to us in season one. It's still there, to be sure, but here we find ourselves more entrenched in the familiar arena of sketch comedy. It takes the ball awhile to get truly rolling, and at first I was beginning to feel disappointed to think that I was going to BE disappointed by the time I got to the season's end.But, fear not, because especially thanks to the efforts of the bad-guy minor characters, Lieutenant Dangle and crew definitely leave us laughing. The season ending double-episode works just as well as any other sitcom-classic's season end, and in it we are treated to cameo appearances by Martin Mull, Wayne Brady and some of the missing minor characters from season one as we witness a comedic display of The Who's "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."All in all, just as in season one, these are people who are just fun to be with. These season two disks are highly recommended to all students of comedy, as well as to others who just need a good laugh. Niecy Nash's charm and Thomas Lennon's gum-chewing, dead-pan delivery are worth the price of admission all by themselves. And if you ever have to go to "traffic school" because you've received a traffic ticket, I'll bet you "stick time" that you'll never be in a class like the ones administered by the deputies in Reno911.As in season one, there is no laugh track, and bonus material and commentary are thrown in as well.