DVD Set

Mission Hill DVD front cover

Mission Hill DVD front cover

On November 29, 2005, Mission Hill: The Complete Series was released on DVD in North America.  After years of having to settle for bootlegs and VHS recordings, fans of the show were finally able to have an official copy of the show to watch for years to come.

Released on two discs, the set has the following specifications:

 

 

  • Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Region: Region 1
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Run Time: 290 minutes
  • DVD Features:  Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • 13 episodes on two discs
  • Commentary by creators, producers, writers and voice talent on four episodes
  • Interactive map of Mission Hill

Disc 1

  • 01. “THE DOUCHEBAG ASPECT” (Or, “Pilot Episode”) – Commentary by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Lauren MacMullan,
    Wallace Langham, and Scott Menville
  • 02. “GREAT SEXPECTATIONS” (Or, “Andy Joins the PTA”)
  • 03. “PORNO FOR PYRO” (Or, “Kevin’s Problem”)
  • 04. ”THE BIG-ASS VIACOM LAWSUIT” ( Or, “Andy vs. The Real World”)
  • 05. “ONE BANG FOR TWO BROTHERS” (OR, “Andy and Kevin Make a Friend”)  Commentary by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Lauren MacMullan, Wallace Langham, and Scott Menville
  • 06. ”HOW TO GET HEAD IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING” (or, “Andy Gets a Promotion”)
  • 07. ”NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS” (Or, “Kevin vs. the S.A.T.”)

Disc 2

  • 08. “BROTHER’S BIG BONER” (Or, “Unemployment Part One”)
  • 09. ”THEORY OF THE LEISURE ASS” (Or, “Unemployment Part Two”)  Commentary by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Aaron Ehasz, Wallace Langham, and Scott Menville
  • 10. ”HOT FOR WEIRDIE” (Or, “Kevin Finds Love”)
  • 11. ”DAY OF THE JACKASS” (Or,”Stories of Hope and Forgiveness”)
  • 12. ”HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DOUCHEBAG” (Or, “Happy Birthday, Kevin”)
  • 13. ”I MARRIED A GAY MAN FROM OUTER SPACE” (Or, “Plan 9 from Mission Hill”)  Commentary by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Nick Jameson, and Lauren MacMullan
  • BONUS FEATURES – Interactive Map of Mission Hill: The “interactive map” is really more of an animated menu for a series of short featurettes with behind-the-scenes info about the show:
    • Andy the Cartoonist
    • Hot Pants
    • Graffiti & Billboards
    • Pencil vs. Animation
    • From Concept to Animation
    • Mouth Test
    • Health Class Posters of Pomper High
    • Production Credits
    • Neighbors, Friends and Locals of Mission Hill
    • Radiant Colors
    • Still Gallery of Voice Talent

Notes:

The DVD set has different music in the episodes than the original broadcasts.  This is fairly common on TV shows released to DVD.  Every time a show uses a song by another artist, the artist has to be paid, often a substantial amount of money.  So unfortunately, some songs have been replaced by generic music, or with silence.

There is one particular case, with Kevin driving Andy and Gwen on a date in the hot-rod, where replacement music is actually drowing out what the people are saying, and it is unfortunate for the viewers. See more information on the Music page.

The animatics of the lost episodes that are now on this site were originally going to be included as an extra on the set, but at the last minute they were pulled out because of potential issues in paying the actors involved.

Purchase:

Check out Amazon.com or Amazon.ca, as well as eBay.

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