The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty [DVD]

This DVD comes from the second "reunion" tour of The Kids in the Hall. There is alot of material you will recognize from the CBC/HBO TV show and new sketches featuring characters you'll recognize from the show. Monty Python's Live at the Hollywod Bowl is basically the same as this. Live versions of mostly older material and it's pretty good though I found myself preferring the older versions myself.The DVD is short on special features and that knocks this down a star. It offers a backstage view option during some (and between) sketches. That alone seperates this from a standard stage performance on DVD.It's worth picking up if you wish to see The Kids live. I hope, one day they can put out a similar DVD of their2008 tour which was entirely new material (and with new characters as well)I recommend The Kids in the Hall complete series DVD which has bonus footage featuring the Troupe prior to their TV Show at the Rivoli in Toronto.

The Kids' performances are as good as ever - they're all older and look it, but effortlessly slip back into the troupe. Their sketch comedy translates surprisingly well to the live stage.However, the video quality of this DVD is not up to par - there are extremely bad compression artifacts throughout. Although the packaging trumpets "wide screen" in several places, the image is in fact a 4:3 letterbox, not actual wide screen. The menu interface is minimal and amateur. One unique feature, "Behind the Screens" shows the activity backstage via a couple of stationary cameras - but there is little to see, and once you go backstage, there seems to be no way to skip these long, boring segments and return to where the action is. If I didn't know better, I'd have thought that his DVD was created in someone's basement using amateur tools and talents.

I have to say that this concert DVD is so disappointingly unfunny..it makes you long for the days of their original series. As an avid fan of KITH I wish they would return to TV comedy and leave behind their half baked attempts at touring. I recommend their previous DVD "Same Guys New Dresses" although that DVD is more of a "behind-the-scenes" documentary. You have to give the guys credit, though, for still performing together. TOD mostly rehashes old KITH sketches (albeit a little more raunchy than the originals)..most of which falls flat..even Scott Thompson's "Buddy Cole" sketch falls far short of his classic original sketches. They may be older..but their not wiser. Let's not even bring up the camera work and sound editing (the disc and packaging lack imagination)..seems like the work of an amateur. All in all..this concert simply rehashes old sketches..you will have that "seen this before" feeling while watching it. Hopefully someone will release the complete original series on DVD like so many sitcoms and shows are doing.

This is the best us Kids fans are going to get until the original episodes make it to DVD (cross your fingers). However, it's a good DVD that captures a pretty good performance. Most of the classic characters make an appearance, including the Head Crusher, Simon Milligan & Hecubus, Gavin, and a good new monologue from Buddy Cole (dealing with, of course, dressing in drag in Afghanistan), among others.Essential for all KITH fans, but it will become obsolete when we get the episodes on DVD.

These piddly DVDs of tours and such are all well and good, but they don't hold a 1/2 candle power candle to the original series. How long until the fans get Kids episodes on DVD? For this is what we truly want, and will pay a hefty ransom for them to be set free, emblazoned on Digital Versatile Discs!

Hilarious

So funny! I watched it the first day it arrived. It had never been opened and the disc was in perfect condition!

I was disappointed at the lack of original material on this disc. It is some of their best sketches - word for word - performed onstage, including the Chicken Lady and Kathy and Cathy. There is a new Buddy Cole sketch which is lukewarm, a likewise mediocre Headcrusher skit and the Dr. Suess bible thing...whaaa?I'm glad I only rented this and not purchased it, but it does give you a Kids fix if you really need it. Why can they can put Friends and that junk out on DVD season by season but no Kids? Come on! Kids on DVD! Kids on DVD!

This DVD is a MUST HAVE for any KITH fan!!!!Following the Kids In The Hall on their American and Canadian tour in 2002, its their show in Vancouver.It features classic characters such as Gavin, the kid that never stops talking, and Chicken Lady as well as new characters.It has to be said that it is an experience and a half that you just wont want to miss out on.For any KITH fan who has always wanted to see the troupe live then this is the closest most will come and is absolutely unforgettable.The bonus features arent all that great and it would have been nice to see a little more of the behind the screens footage.A riot from beginning to end - especially the classic Simon and Hecubus skit as Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley get a fit of the giggles - SUPERB!!!!I strongly advise anyone who has a passion for comedy to purchase this DVD as it will have you crying with laughter.These guys are comedy genius.