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| The Awful Truth - The Complete DVD Set (Seasons 1 & 2) | 
| Director: Tom Gianas
Actors: Gideon Evans, Jerry Minor, Bruce Brown (iii), M.j. Karmi, Katie Roberts
Studio: Docurama
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $23.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 15707
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 600 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.5
MPN: D9541D
ISBN: 0767054032
UPC: 767685954133
EAN: 9780767054034
ASIN: B00008K76O
Theatrical Release Date: April 11, 1999
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Body by IHOP. Brains by Crayola. June 1, 2006
9 out of 56 found this review helpful
Here's the "Awful Truth":
That you would be willing to let this man, a raving, terminally obese, incoherent highschool dropout, who is to truth what a lead block smeared with ketchup is to cheesecake---that you would let this man literally plunge his hamburger-grease stained mitts into your skull, forming the mushy stuff of your brain into little foamy pink chunks of liberal pabulum.
And that you would pay him money to render the service!
Yes, you could watch all of the episodes in "The Awful Truth": you would, no doubt, feel smug and superior to all those unenlightened troglodytes who voted for Bush. You might giggle a bit, which is a common side-effect of a political lobotomy.
But at the end of the day, it is far better that you take your lead from antiquity: when Oedipus realized his own version of the "Awful Truth"---that he had whacked Pa, gotten jiggy with Ma, and generally made an a** of himself---he stabbed out his own eyeballs.
Might I recommend the white-hot iron pokers?
JSG
 Ground-breaking....Great! April 19, 2006
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am convinced the people who gave this one star did not watch any of the shows. If they had, they would have to agree that hounding an HMO until they pay for the necessary medical care of a dying man (who had payed for his health care for years) is quite impressive. Michael Moore saved the man's life! That is just one of the many issues Michale Moore took on during the running of this show. There are a few shows I could see where someone who is conservitive in their politics would not agree with. Those were not mentined in the negative reviews--so, again, I know they didn't watch.
Listen to those of us who HAVE watched the show. There is humor. There are some serious stories. Agree or disagree with Michael Moore's politics, but give him credit for standing up, not only for what he believes in, but for helping others in the process.
This show is very clever, funny, and worth buying and watching.
Here's the awful truth February 28, 2006
7 out of 56 found this review helpful
This is the perfect show for politically illiterate liberals who need a celebrity to reinforce their trendy, pre-packaged beliefs. Sure, this series bears some [contrived] humor; How convenient that renders it invunerable to criticism. Don't get me wrong, I'm not some regressive conservative who, with a red face, watched fahrenheit 9/11 and decided to slur Michael Moore because of his fabricated "misrepresentations and untruths." I guess I'm writing this because I had the misfortune of seeing "The Awful Truth," and I feel I need to get this off my chest or it will bore itself into my mind until I have an aneurysm. (If I had an aneurysm, I'd definitely make sure my dead body ends up up the Shamu tank at Sea World. At least I could warp some kids' minds in the process of dying.)
Every episode is literally like, "AWFUL FACT OF THE DAY: Some obscure, skewed study shows that Americans are dumb and like explosions and I'm Michael Moore an attention-starved clownboat!" Seriously, it's interesting Moore critiques "American Indulgence" when he thought having a television show for that kind of pseudo-racist content was alright.
- Thus Says the Pellington
Top Notch August 10, 2005
Moore is not for everyone. He is for the open-minded individual that is not afraid to ask the question 'why'. This was a beautiful series that has made me happy to see on DVD. For those that cannot stand his longer films, this would be the perfect venue to view his topics.
Michael Moore's short lived "TV Nation" gets a long awaited resurrection and make-over with "The Awful Truth" which demonstrates the true power and potential of television. Michael Moore is the documentarian behind "Roger And Me" and "The Big One" and author of "Downsize This".
Do yourself a favour, catch this show, have a laugh, and watch an important crusader do what he does best, make slimy corporations very nervous, and improving the world a bit at a time.
*such* a great series! March 1, 2005
21 out of 26 found this review helpful
ARGH! I can't stand it when people who have never seen the series rate it low because they don't like Michael Moore. Even if you don't like his politics, he takes on a lot of great, completely non-partisan issues and problems- heck, first episode, he gets a guy a kidney transplant paid for by Humana. He tackles some great social stuff, and it's definitely worth buying.
And as far as Moore himself- nobody who says that they hate Moore has actually ever seen any of his works.
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