Reviewed By Jason LockardMill Creek Entertainment has been bringing us the TV fans complete series sets of Knight Rider, Community, Robin Hood, Forever Knight and many more. Well, the latest show to get it's turn to shine on Complete series set from Mill Creek Entertainment is The King of Queens.
Many may know him as Paul Blart Mall Cop. Or from movies such as Here comes the Boom, Zookeeper, Grown Ups, or even from his stand-up comedy. But Kevin James in the late 90's into the 2000's he starred in an a amazingly successful sitcom The King of Queens.
The series follows Doug Heffernan (James) works for IPS delivery service but each night he comes home to his loving wife, Carrie. But that is not all. Unfortunately, he also comes home to his father-in-law, Arthur. Doug's only refuge from Crazy Arthur is the time he spends alone with Carrie and friends.
The writing in this series is hilariously funny. Each episode deals with Doug finding himself in a crazy situation and dragging his friends, Carrie his wife, his off the wall Father-in-law or friends along for the ride.
The cast does a tremendous job together here. Kevin James, Leah Remini, and Jerry Stiller have perfect working chemistry in this series. Look for special guest appearances by Lou Ferrigno, Anne Meara, Ricki Lake, Rachel Dratch, Bryan Cranston, and Ray Romano
Disc 1 - 3 (Season 1): Pilot | Fat City | Cello, Goodbye | Richie's Song | Paternal Affairs | Head First | The Rock | Educating Doug | Road Rayge | Supermarket Story | Noel Cowards | Fixer Upper | Best Man | Dog Days | Crappy Birthday | S'Ain't Valentine's | Court Date | White Collar | Rayny Day | Train Wreck | Hungry Man | Time Share | Where's Poppa? | Art House | Maybe Baby
Disc (4-6) Season 2: Queasy Rider | Female Problems | Assaulted Nuts | Parent Trapped | Tube Stakes | Doug Out | Get Away | Dire Strayts | I, Candy | Roamin' Holiday | Sparing Carrie | Net Prophets | Party Favor | Block Buster | Frozen Pop | Fair Game | Meet By-Product | The Shmenkmans | Surprise Artie | Wild Cards | Big Dougie | Soft Touch | Restaurant Row | Flower Power | Whine Country
Disc 7-9 (Season 3): Do Rico | Roast Chicken | Fatty McButterpants | Class Struggle | Strike One | Strike Too | Strike Out | Dark Meet | Twisted Sitters | Work Related | Better Camera | Wedding Presence | Hi Def-Jam | Paint Misbehavin' | Deacon Blues | Horizontal Hold | Inner Tube | Papa Pill | Package Deal | Separation Anxiety | Departure Time | Swim Neighbors | S'no Job | Pregnant Pause (Part 1) | Pregnant Pause (Part 2)
Disc 10-12 (Season 4): Walk, Man | Sight Gag | Mean Streak | Friender Bender | No Retreat | Ticker Treat | Lyin' Hearted | Life Sentence | Veiled Threat | Oxy Moron | Depo Man | Ovary Action | Food Fight | Double Downer | Dougie Nights | No Orleans | Missing Links | Hero Worship | Screwed Driver | Lush Life | Bun Dummy | Patrons Ain't | Eddie Money | Two Thirty | Shrink Wrap
Disc 13-15 (Season 5): Arthur, Spooner | Window Pain | Holy Mackerel | Kirbed Enthusiasm | Mammary Lane | Business Affairs | Flame Resistant | Flash Photography | Connect Four | Loaner Car | Mentalo Case | Jung Frankenstein | Attention Deficit | Prints Charming | Animal Attraction | Golden Moldy | S'Poor House | Steve Moscow | Cowardly Lyin' | Driving Reign | Clothes Encounter | Queens'bro Bridge | Dog Shelter | Taste Buds | Bed Spread
Disc 16-17 (Season 6): Doug Less (Part 1) | Doug Less (Part 2) | King Pong | Dreading Vows | Nocturnal Omission | Affidavit Justice | Secret Garden | Eggsit Strategy | Thanks Man | American Idle | Santa Claustrophobia | Dougie Houser | Frigid Heirs | Switch Sitters | Cheap Saks | Damned Yanky | Multiple Plots | Trash Talker | Precedent Nixin' | Foe: Pa | Tank Heaven | Alter Ego | Icky Shuffle | Awful Bigamy
Disc 18 & 19 (Season 7): Lost Vegas | Dugan Groupie | Furious Gorge | Entertainment Weakly | Name Dropper | Off-Track Bedding? | Silent Mite | Awed Couple | Cologne Ranger | Domestic Disturbance | Pour Judgment | Gym Neighbors | Gorilla Warfare | Hi, School | Deconstructing Carrie | Black List | Wish Boned | Van, Go | Ice Cubed | Catching Hell | Slippery Slope | Buy Curious
Disc 20 & 21 (Season 8): Pole Lox | Vocal Discord | Consummate Professional | Like Hell | Sandwiched Out | Shear Torture | Inn Escapable | Move Doubt | G'Night, Stalker | Raygin Bulls | Baker's Doesn't | Fresh Brood | Gambling N'Diction | Apartment Complex | Buggie Nights | Knee Jerk | Present Tense | Sold-Y Locks | Emotional Rollercoaster | Four Play | Hartford Wailer | Fight Schlub | Acting Out
Disc 22 (Season 9): Mama Cast | Affair Trade | Moxie Moron | Major Disturbance | Ruff Goin' | Brace Yourself | Home Cheapo | Offensive Fowl | Mild Bunch | Manhattan Project | Single Spaced | China Syndrome (Part 1) | China Syndrome (Part 2)
The episodes run around 22 minutes each. They are presented in the original widescreen format aspect ratio in 1.78:1 and in Dolby digital 5.1 audio. Each season is housed on three discs, except the shorter seasons which run 1 or 2 DVD discs. Now you might think the quality would suffer from 7-10 episodes on a disc, but the audio and video quality of the episode transfer is not that bad at all!
As for the packaging! This entire collection comes housed in a hard cardboard case a definite upgrade from thinner cardboard cases that housed some of the complete series collections. The top of the hard cardboard case has a light cardboard flip top that could be a problem of the discs falling out if you're not careful. But if you are like me your very careful with your collection so that shouldn't be a problem.
So if you are a fan of Kevin James or sitcoms in general. You have to check out King of Queens. And the complete series set from Mill Creek Entertainment is the perfect way to do it. Head over to MillCreekEnt.com, Amazon.com or your local DVD provider and pick up your copy today.
Moral Rating: Adult Situations
Audience: Teens and Adults
Genre: Comedy, Sitcom
Length: Almost 76 Hours
DVD Value Rating: A+
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