The Best of The Chris Rock Show - Volume 2

Directors: Scott Preston, Linda Mendoza
Actors: Chris Rock, Loring Murtha, Wanda Sykes, Ali Leroi, Cleo Hayes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 14 reviews
Sales Rank: 75626

Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 55 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5

MPN: HBOD91780D
ISBN: 0783118392
UPC: 026359178023
EAN: 9780783118390
ASIN: B00005J6UN

Theatrical Release Date: February 7, 1997
Release Date: August 7, 2001
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5 out of 5 stars Chris "ROCKS"    March 10, 2007
Paul Ruiz
Chris Rock does just that, rocks. A historical review of several of his shows. Chris has no hangups and does not take sides. A true comedic genious.


3 out of 5 stars How many volumes and how much will we pay?    January 6, 2007
Cat (Germany (with U.S.))
People keep writing that these "Best of..." DVDs are incomplete and duplicate the same stuff on different DVDs. This Vol. 2 kind of demonstrates that this is true, in my opinion. We're being played (no pun intended), and if we want to have these skits to watch forever, we'll keep buying with high hopes we're not getting robbed. Shame on Lorne Michaels, et al. You surely have enough money by now that you can reward faithful SNL viewers with complete discs of new material on each separately-priced disc. Come on.


2 out of 5 stars Not nearly as funny as volume 1    August 3, 2005
J. Smith (Hingham, MA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is my 2nd review in seven years. I bought this because of the almost 5 star rating. I loved volume 1 and thought this would be even better. The only things really funny were the racist toys, Mike Tyson for president (10 seconds long?), what not to do when getting pulled over by a cop and the taxi cab confessions. The confessions are a 30 minute video extra; otherwise this DVD would have nothing on it. It's a long hour when you hardly laugh. And what happened to Wanda Sykes?? She was hilarious in the 1st volume. If I had to do this again I'd buy only volume 1.


5 out of 5 stars ...Chris Rock Show, Priceless.    May 25, 2005
Joshua McCunningham (Lansing, MI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you think Chappelle's Show is funny and you haven't seen the Chris Rock Show, you are in for a treat. You telling me you haven't seen the ORIGINAL Pootie Tang interview? Hilarious. Chris Rock's comedy is some of the best. A lot of Chappelle's Show skits aren't as up to par as some of the stuff on here. Chris Rock is one of the greatest comedians alive. I love this show. I wish they would continue making more seasons of this show. I would also recommend the FDTV: Volume One DVD. It has a different style of comedy blends that Chris Rock and Chappelle's Show doesn't have. As far as this DVD goes, BUY SEASON 1 & SEASON 2 of the Chris Rock Show. This stuff is classic.


5 out of 5 stars Until season release sets come about, this one's it.    February 25, 2005
Twiddles42 (MN, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The first Best-Of had some great skits, but having now seen volume 2, I know there's MUCH MORE out there that deserves to be released as well!

Chris Rock always knows how to make the best laughs out of any situation, and he does it well. Spoofing society and all within and all that it makes, skits like "Mike Tyson for President", "Progress Report", the exceptional "Halle Berry 911", "S**tstorm" (okay I bleeped two letters but it really is gut-bustingly funny to watch!), "Racist Toys", "UPN News", "Baby 1 Credit", "Make You Wait Hair Salon", the never-stop-laughing "Educational Video", and basically all the rest will keep you in stitches! In short, even without namedropping some of the skits, the only one that failed to amuse me entirely was "The Next Great White Hope". But even then, that one still had its moments.

Audio and video quality are rather good for a contemporary TV show release. Video is mostly crisp, though there is some artifacting that might not look good on HDTV. But that's hardly worth complaining about. No demerit marks for these issues.

I wish HBO would release this series because it's the funniest show I've seen in years. Which is odd considering it's now 2005 and his show ended in 2000, but I digress.

One tiny disclaimer, there is some profanity involved (after all, this show was on cable, where free speech can generally be exercised unless you're a news network, but I digress...), but it's not overly done and often it's intelligently written in. So even if those naughty words are normally a turn-off, at least Netflix it - either way, you WON'T be disappointed!