The
League: The Complete Season Six
(2015/Fox DVD Set)
Picture:
B+ Sound: B Extras: B Episodes: C+
The
League:
The Complete Season Six
is kind of one note. They decided to use the same jokes in almost
the same exact way every chance they get for this season. Some of
them can still be funny, but it is nowhere near the level of
absurdity the earlier seasons present. However, that does not mean
this season is worth skipping over. It really shows the beginning of
the decline of their fantasy football league as members start
leaving, because it opens with them having to draft at one of the
members funerals in the episode "Sitting Shiva."
Season
6 of
The
League
relies heavily on cameos and probably the best character on the show,
Rafi (Jason Mantzoukas). In the earlier seasons of The
League,
we would only see Rafi (Mantzoukas) what felt like once a season, but
they saw how terrifically funny his character was and decided to get
him in there as much as possible without making him a full-time
member of their fantasy football league. They even give us an entire
episode dedicated to Rafi (Mantzoukas) and his best friend Dirty
Randy titled, "When Rafi Met Randy."
Luckily
one of the redeeming qualities of The
League is
that it is one of the shows you don't have to consistently watch in
order to make sense of what is going on. You are able to pick it up
if you missed an episode and did not remember to record it on DVR or
even if you bought the season and hate an episode so much you decide
to just skip it. It is also very good at pulling in a bigger
audience than just football fans that enjoy things like getting
together to fight and draft their fantasy football team, it appeals
to everyone that likes this sort of comedy. It is not for everyone
and I am sure they would say the same thing.
There
are 13 episodes on this 2-disc DVD set, which is presented in
standard definition and a 16 X 9 widescreen 1.78:1 format, looking
better thanI have ever seen TV on DVD look. The audio is lossy Dolby
Digital 5.1 on all shows, sounding crisp and clear. The episodes
include, "Sitting
Shiva", "Tefl-Andre", "The Height Supremacist",
"When Rafi Met Randy", "The Hot Tub", "Breast
Awareness Month", "The Heavenly Fouler", "Man
Land", "Taco Standard Time", "Epi Sexy",
"EBDBBnB", "Menage a Cinq", and "The Beach
House."
The
extras on the discs include Deleted Scenes, Taco Tones, Alt Nation,
and a Gag Reel.
-
Jordan Whiteko
