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| | Description | Take the Big Apple, add every horrifying beast, science-fiction freak and fantasy faerie, shake thoroughly and you've got Comedy Central’s new hit animated series, UGLY AMERICANS. This animated horror-comedy series follows one Mark Lilly, social worker at the Department of Integration, as he helps new citizens both human and "other" adapt to hectic life in the Big Apple. |  |
| | Product Details | | Actors: | Matt Oberg, Natasha Leggero, Kurt Metzger, Randy Pearlstein, Devin Clark | | Director: | Aaron Augenblick | | Format: | AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language: | English | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Comedy Central | | Run Time: | 154 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | October 05, 2010 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 14 reviews |
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22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 Give Me Your Monstrous, Your Demonic, Your Deformed Masses Yearning To Get A Work Visa Oct 04, 2010
By K. Harris
"Film aficionado"
Crude? To be sure. Rude? Absolutely. Lewd? Possibly. It is tempting to dismiss "Ugly Americans" as an amusingly offensive trifle, but I'm not going to do it. Dreamed up from the demented psyches of creators Devin Clark and David M. Stern, "Ugly Americans" is not only uproarious--it is perhaps one of the most on-target and irreverent satires about immigration services in existence today! An animated comedy/horror hybrid developed for Comedy Central, the show is populated by creatures from every realm--humans, demons, aliens, zombies, vampires, wizards and other freaks too numerous to outline.
Set in New York's Department of Integration, the show is built around liberal milquetoast Mark Lilly--a human social worker trying to acclimate various beasties into jobs and society in general. Mark is surrounded at work by a bombastic demon boss, a half succubus/half human girlfriend, and a 500 year old wizard caseworker. At home, Mark shares his digs with a zombie roommate Randall who is misplacing body parts on a regular basis when he's not trying to eat his friend. As bizarre as it all may be, "Ugly Americans" actually does a nice job making its central characters relatable. Randall is a real dude, Leonard (the wizard) is the world's worst co-worker, Callie (the girlfriend) is the beautiful girl with issues, and Twayne (the boss) is a bureaucratic nightmare. Mark is the everyman who holds it all together.
"Ugly Americans" is an impressive mix of ridiculous sight gags and biting humor. Not every joke is a slam dunk, but there is so much going on visually that even peripheral material adds to the overall hilarity. Season One contains seven episodes and I think they get progressively funnier as the characters become more fleshed out. My favorites include "Treegasm" when one of Randall's appendages (I'll leave which one to your imagination) develops a life of its own and "Blob Gets Job" which demonstrates how difficult it is to gainfully employ a pile of gelatinous goo. Morbid fun AND relevant social commentary make this more than a curiosity. A surprisingly good animated show, "Ugly Americans" walks the fine line between bad taste and droll wit perfectly! KGHarris, 10/10.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Entertaining, but probably not for everyone Oct 17, 2010
By ChibiNeko
"Sooo many books, so little time!"
Augenblick Studios has a pretty great reputation for putting out wonderful stuff. They animated cartoons for Wonder Showzen & created the bizarre & entertaining Superjail!. They have a real talent for animation & an even greater talent for satire.
Ugly Americans focuses on Mark Lilly, a New York social worker in a world where every supernatural & otherwordly creature not only exists but lives side by side with "normal" people. It's Mark's job to help these creatures adapt to life in the United States as well as try to stay in one piece. Remaining unmutilated & uneaten is a pretty difficult task when you've got a zombie roommate intent on devouring your flesh & a demon girlfriend intent on possibly eating your soul.
The great part about this is how wonderfully it parodies horror icons & tales as well as the idea of cultural misunderstandings & New York City itself. The animation is wonderful, occasionally reminding me a little of Black Hole at times. I couldn't help but love the Twilight/vampire parody episode & how vampires are supposed to be "created" in this universe. (If you were curious, it's very bureaucratic & not at all as fun as doing it "au natural".)
The only downside is that the humor in this is occasionally a little overly goofy & some of the jokes are sort of hit & miss. You'll either like this series or you'll hate it. As far as the DVD goes, I'm a little disappointed that the DVD isn't uncensored in some places. (One of the scenes has a Harry Potter clone flicking off Mark, which is censored.)
I don't really think it has the wide appeal that some of Augenblick's other stuff, but it's still worth looking at.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Next Big Thing? Sep 22, 2011
By OD93
Ugly Americans is a creative cartoon starring Mark Lilly, a social worker for the DOI. However, instead of helping immigrants adjust to their new lives, he helps out a wide range of monsters/demons/mythical creatures. The blend of horror and comedy is interesting and entertaining. As some reviewers have pointed out, some of the jokes can be kind of lame but overall Ugly Americans is a very funny show. Fans of Futurama, South Park, Family Guy, and other animated shows along those lines will probably enjoy this one.
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Kind of a fun premise and has a few laughs Oct 09, 2010
By Haunted Flower
7 Episodes on 1 DVD Disc, released October 5, 2010
"Ugly Americans" is a cartoon on Comedy Central that brings monsters and mythical creatures along with humans together in a society trying to find a way to get along. This DVD set is for Volume 1 which contains 7 episodes and Volume 2 will be starting on October 6th. Mark Lilly who is voiced by Matt Oberg is a social worker at the Department of Integration where he tries to help vampires, werewolves, and more integrate into society in New York along with the challenges that come with having a zombie roommate and a demon girlfriend.
Mark's zombie roommate, Randall is voiced by Kurt Metzger and his character is often having to fight the urge to eat his roommate and body parts coming off is often an issue. Demon girlfriend, Callie, voiced by Natasha Leggero, is a very demanding partner in the bedroom with intense hormone swings and wants to bring Mark down to hell to meet the family. Mark never gets a day off because the only other person who works in his department is an aging drunken wizard, Leonard voiced by Randy Pearlstein. Demon boss, Twayne voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley is interested in Callie who is repulsed by him and he takes it out on the department by piling the work on Mark.
It's an amusing multi-verse type situation combing wizards, demons, vampires, werewolves, the blob, fornicating trees, and Kong trying to distract himself with cleaning products. It's hard to tell how long it will last or whether these characters will really worm their way into the hearts of Comedy Central fans, but for the time being it has some laughs.
Bonus Features:
There is commentary on all episodes from series developer and executive producer David M. Stern, series creator Devin Clark, and executive producer Daniel Powell where they talk about guest stars and ad libs and how the series came about. There are also art galleries, a sneak peak of an episode for next season, and 5 webisodes covering everything from robots opinions of immigration to wizards talking about the obscenity of hip hop. The best part of this is the "Official publication from the Department of Integration" booklet that explains how to assist a zombie with flesh cravings, how to undergo proper vampire conversion, how to dispatch hellspawn back to the nether realm, what to do if attacked by a werewolf, how to peacefully end a Kong zoning violation, and how to handle a wizard labor dispute.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Instant video Aug 01, 2011
By Solitudeape
What are you thinking Amazon?
Why would I rent this video in your streaming option for the same price as buying the DVD? Your pricing will not gain you market share against Netflix.
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