JAM Reviews Raising Hope: Season One from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Raising Hope: Season 1 DVD: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM

Imagine living with your parents, meeting a girl and unknowingly fathering a child, and then finding out that the mother of your child is a serial killer soon to be executed by the state. Then imagine this is one of Fox’s newest comedies and that it is truly funny.

Jimmy Chance (Lucas Neff) stars as the 23 year old new father to a cute little girl named Hope (Baylie and Rylie Cregut) that he must raise as a single father after some crazy extenuating circumstances. Luckily he has the comedic assistance of his blue collar parents Virginia (Martha Plimpton) and Burt (Garret Dillahunt) to help lead her on the “right” way? Think of this as a bit of My Name is Earl while raising a child which means it’s a little far out, but full of love along with the blue collar trailer trash-type comedy that can be expected. Even a dysfunctional family is a family that you can count on as long as the love flows freely, which it seems to with the Chances. So take a look at this crazy little family and check out what might happen next.

Favorite episode: Meet the Grandparents – as anyone knows, family is fun, frustrating, and forever, and Jimmy decides to invite Hope’s other grandparents to an impromptu Thanksgiving celebration. Of course, having a daughter that is a serial killer may mean something, especially as her parents seemed to have their own issues. Kind of puts in-laws into a better perspective when you see the craziness of the krazy kidnapping grandparents. It is fun to watch the bumbling mess-ups of family, and family once removed.

EXTRAS

We pretty much have a commentary on the pilot, the unaired pilot included for your enjoyment, and a few featurettes that are fun but a little bit on the light side. This seems the type of show that would have tons of bloopers and/or gags with the blue collar comedy involved, but they really don’t seem to share that much in the set. The Adorable Stars is cute for the little girl lovers as it shares a look at the girls who portray Hope, and the gag reel and deleted scenes actually are kind of cool, but it just seems like this set is missing the big ticket that a lot of these seasons have. Well, it is only season one so I am sure they will have lots to add as season two comes our way.

Raising Hope: Season One from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment hits shelves on DVD on September 20, 2011. It is one of those shows that will make you feel better about yourself all while laughing your butt off.

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