Distributor:
Paramount-Nickelodeon Entertainment Certificate: Not Rated |
294 Minutes | Region 1 | NTSC | 2 disc set
Available to buy Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Michael
Maronna, Danny Tamberelli, Hardy Rawls, Judy Grafe, Michelle
Trachtenberg
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Beginning
life as a series of one minute
interstitials before graduating
to a series of specials and then
a series proper, off-beat, other
worldly and extremely
entertaining The Adventures of
Pete and Pete is a skewed view
of the modern day
world.
Everyone
in Pete and Pete is off the wall, the show is seen through the eyes of
young Pete, however his older teenage brother is also called Pete, his
dad is completely obsessed with his lawn whilst his mother has a metal
plate in her head that picks up police radio signals and other oddities,
their next door neighbour, Artie, was an inventor who could also be a
possible real life Superhero and young Nona (played by Michelle
Trachtenberg) is a contemporary of little Pete's.
Nominally
taking a basic suburban sitcom setup The Adventures of Pete and Pete is
really nothing like anything else, plotlines run from Little Pete and
his friends determining to stay awake for 11 days straight to try and
break the "Adult Conspiracy" and the family's annual trip to
The Hoover Dam.
Highly
surreal (the opening theme song is performed by the band Polaris on the
Wrigley's front lawn) and guaranteed to appeal to an adult audience,
even during its original run it attracted some impressive guest stars
(mostly musicians it has to be said - including the likes of Julianna
Hatfield and Marshall Crenshaw) The Adventures of Pete and Pete is a
show worth checking out if you've never seen it before, if you have seen
it before then this set will already be marked down as essential. Roll
on season two.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Four
audio commentaries from creators William McRobb and Chris Viscardi and
director Katherine Dieckmann as well as two of the sixteen minute long
shorts (these are The Burping Room and Mom's Plate); there are also four
complete half hour specials (five were made in total, the only one
missing is Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas), finally there is the
Polaris Music Station showcasing some of the songs the band had featured
in the show.
