Info:
DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006 (Warner Bros. Home Video)
Color/1993-1994
MSRP: $29.98
Number of discs: 4
Number of episodes: 27
Running Time: Approx 567 minutes
Total Runtime of Special Features: 13 minutes and 3
seconds
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Closed Captioned
Special Features: Retrospective featurette: "How Ya
Livin'?: Season One of Living Single"
Introduction:
We are living ... single ... in a 90's kind of
world... is how we are first greeted to four closenit
but very different friends, smart and sassy Khadijah
James (Queen Latifah), self-absorbed Regine Hunter
(Kim Fields), hard-nosed attorney Maxine Shaw (Erika
Alexander), and the sweet but naive Synclaire (Kim
Coles). Enjoy all 27 Season One episodes of the comedy
series about four fly women living large and living
single.
Memorable Episodes / Notable Guest Stars:
Some memorable episodes include "Judging by the Cover"
in which Regine's newest beau turns out to be married;
"I'll Take Your Man," in which Regine and Max fight
over a man; "Full Court Press," in which Khadijah is
involved in a car accident and is taken to court;
"Living Single... With Children," in which Regine is
left in charge of her latest beau's young daughter;
"Quttin' Time," in which a frustrated Synclaire quits
Flavor magazine; "The Naked Truth," in which Overton
and Kyle bicker with each other and Overton moves in
with the girls; "Crappy Birthday," in which the girls
and the guys go to Atlantic City for Khadijah's
birthday; "Burglar in the House," in which the girls'
apartment is robbed; "Friends Like These," in which
Khadijah's opportunistic friend from college visits;
"Who's The Boss?," in which a sick Khadijah allows
Synclaire to take over operations at Flavor; and
"What's Next?," in which Max and Kyle wake up naked
together...
Some notable guest appearances include: Freda Payne
("I'll Take Your Man"), Thomas Mikal Ford ("Whose Date
is it Anyway?"), Cress Williams ("Just Friends?"),
Isabel Sanford ("Quittin' Time"), Ed McMahon ("Crappy
Birthday"), Flip Wilson ("Crappy Birthday"), Nia Long
("Love Takes a Holiday"), Cree Summer ("Love Thy
Neighbor"), Charnele Brown ("Friends Like These"),
Arsenio Hall ("Friends Like These"), Adam
Lazarre-White ("Love is a Many Splintered Thing"),
Mark Curry ("A Tale of Two Tattles"), and Richard Gant
("What's Next?").
Packaging:
The packaging is a fold-out set. The cover art
features the four main characters in a season one cast
shot, pasted in front of the city skyline. The inside
case features the same overall design as well as a
list of episodes and which discs they are on. There
are four discs in the set and each one features a
different headshot of one of the main characters. Disc
1 features Khadijah and episodes 1-7, Disc 2 features
Regine and episodes 8-14, Disc 3 features Max and
episodes 15-21 while Disc 4 features Synclaire and
episodes 22-27 plus the bonus feature.
Menu Design and Navigation:
The main menu design is very sleek and simple. It
features a purple-ized shot of some buildings plus a
photo of the four girls. There are three selections on
the menu you can choose from (there are four on disc
four). The first is the popular "Play" (play all)
option that plays all the episodes on that disc. The
second selection is "Episodes," which takes you to a
list of the episodes on that disc to choose from. The
third selection is "Languages" which lets you choose
English for spoken language or English, French and
Spanish for the subtitles. On disc four, there is a
fourth selection, bonus feature, which takes you the
bonus feature(s) available on the set. A shortened
version of the theme song loops continuously while on
the main menu.
Video and Audio Quality:
The video is extremely good--fantastic colors and
vibrant sound. Nothing much to even say on it; it's
great. Each episode contains chapter skips (except on
the special feature) and appears to be unedited, but I
can't be 100% certain.
Disc 1
1. Judging By The Cover (22:48)
2. I'll Take Your Man (22:51)
3. Whose Date Is It Anyway? (22:49)
4. A Kiss Before Lying (22:51)
5. In The Black Is Beautiful (22:50)
6. Great Expectations (22:51)
7. Full Court Press (22:50)
Disc 2
8. Living Single... with Children (22:52)
9. Just Friends? (22:51)
10. Quittin' Time (22:50)
11. The Naked Truth (22:50)
12. Crappy Birthday (22:51)
13. Love Takes a Holiday (22:48)
14. Burglar in the House (22:50)
Disc 3
15. Living Kringle (22:53)
16. Fatal Distraction (22:21)
17. The Hand that Robs the Cradle (22:49)
18. Love Thy Neighbor, Part 1 (22:20)
19. Mystery Date, Part 2 (22:00)
20. Hot Fun in the Wintertime (22:06)
21. Friends Like These (22:22)
Disc 4
22. Who's The Boss? (22:52)
23. Five Card Stud (22:45)
24. Love is a Many Splintered Thing (22:41)
25. A Tale of Two Tattles (22:49)
26. She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother (22:21)
27. What's Next? (22:53)
Special Feature - "How Ya Livin'?: Season One of
Living Single" (13:03)
Special Features:
* Retrospective Featurette: "How Ya Livin'?: Season
One of Living Single" (approx. 13:03 minutes)
What a nice bonus feature! I have to admit I was
surprised to find out this was more than a clip fest.
Although it IS full of clips from Season 1, it
features awesome intercuts of interviews with most of
the cast (Kim Fields, Kim Coles, T.C. Carson, Erika
Alexander & John Henton) and the people behind the
scenes (creator Yvette Lee Bowser). It is basically
what the name says, a retrospective. The cast and crew
talk about the series inception and about the show,
and season one in general. It's a very nice inclusion
and I'm glad it was included!
Final Comments:
Wow, what a great set. First of all, the bonus feature
was a really good inclusion. But I do think Warner
should of at least mentioned somewhere on the box that
it featured interviews with the cast. I just assumed
it was another all-clip fest featuring moments from
the first season. The episodes are in great condition.
Warner did a great job on the design of the box as
well as the menu screen. Very nice and it fits the
series well. I definitely encourage all fans to go out
and get this set! Good job, Warner.
Final Numbers (out of 5 stars - How our point system works)
Video Quality: 5/5
Audio Quality: 5/5
Special Features: 4/5
Menu Naviation/Design: 5/5
Overall: 4.5/5
--Reviewed by TVJunkie101 (Shawn Eaton) on 02/20/06
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