John Safran's Music Jamboree (2002) |
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John Safran's Music Jamboree (2002) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Documentary |
Main Menu Audio & Animation Featurette-"Languages" - French; Italian; Yiddish Featurette-Jew'Town Documentary Featurette-Footloose Rehearsals Featurette-Eminem Outtakes TV Spots Featurette-SBS Hotline Feedback Featurette-Not The Sunscreen Song Featurette-John's Book Club Featurette-McDonald's Featurette-Talkback Featurette-Race Around The World Featurette-13 Secret Herbs & Spices Audio-Only Track-Raspberry Cordial: "University Elevator Music" TV Spots-TVC 1; TVC 2 Featurette-Music Mole Collection Featurette-World Of Instruments Collection Trailer-24 Hour Party People; Cowboy Bebop Trailer-Better Living Through Circuitry; Kentucky Fried Movie Featurette-3RRR Propaganda |
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| Year Of Production | 2002 | ||
| Running Time | 250:04 (Case: 240) | ||
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RSDL Dual Disc Set |
Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Directed By | Various |
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SBS Independent Umbrella Entertainment |
Starring | John Safran |
| Case | Gatefold | ||
| RPI | $34.95 | Music | Chris Copping |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None | English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s) | |
| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.75:1 | ||
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| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | Unknown | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles | None | Smoking | Yes |
| Annoying Product Placement | Yes | ||
| Action In or After Credits | Yes, During Credits | ||
With the theme being music and associated industries, John Safran, who is best known from the ABC's now defunct Race Around The World, makes it his mission to generate as many laughs as possible from the diverse world of music, whether it be taking a jab at a famous musician or exposing secrets of the music industry that seem so outrageous and stupid that they become comical. This is truly a funny show which has been presented on a fantastic 2 disc set including a slew of extras, making John Safran's Music Jamboree a worthy purchase and proving that Australia can turn out some suburb TV comedy.
The transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.75:1, 16x9 enhanced.
For the most part, the transfer of John Safran's Music Jamboree is quite sharp. Again, this is determined by the quality of the footage. Parts that were shot on MiniDV are expected to be of lower quality than that of segments filmed in a studio with professional equipment. The colours also were reflective of how well the individual segment was shot.
There was a slight MPEG artefact seen during the 1200 Techniques musical segment (98:34) on Disc 2 (the artefact occurs when the clip is selected through the World Of Instruments Collection featurette (00:58) also) but it is very brief and is not disruptive to the viewing of the DVD. No other faults were detected during the course of the series.
There are no subtitles.
The DVD is an RSDL disc, with the layer change hidden between episodes, making it undisruptive to the viewer.
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The audio transfer, like the video, depends on the source of the film. Overall, the audio has been presented very well. The dialogue was clear and easy to understand throughout the series. Again, quality was really up to the condition of the sources. There were no problems with the audio sync at anytime.
There is one audio track on this DVD, English Dolby Digital 2.0, although there are language selection options for French, Italian and Yiddish contained on Disc 1, but they are not what you may expect (see the Extras section for more details).
Being a show revolving around music, there is a lot of different styles used throughout the series. From classical to hip-hop, and whether the music in question is being used to enforce a gag, being parodied, or simply used for some background ambience, the musical score is superb. The music is definitely what makes John Safran's Music Jamboree, both for obvious and for more obscure reasons.
The surrounded channels were unused during the course of the DVD. The subwoofer was also rather quiet, unless some rather heavy music was playing (e.g. the Slipknot clip), in which case it would spring to life.
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A truckload of extras have been included on John Safran's Music Jamboree, most of which appear on the second disc.
Each selectable language is actually a clip from the show but dubbed over with very stereotypical accents.
A mockumentary of the filming for the music video clip Jew'Town.
Rehearsal footage of John Safran trying to learn the moves to the music Footloose with three professional dancers (and not being very successful).
Outtakes from the spoof Eminem 'Stan' video clip.
Various ads for John Safran's Music Jamboree featuring Les Murray (of SBS soccer fame) and John at the station urinal.
Clips from the SBS show Hotline Feedback which have both positive and negative opinions from viewers concerning John Safran's Music Jamboree and another local SBS comedy, Life Support.
Music video of Not The Sunscreen Song, John Safran's parody of the 1997 song The Sunscreen Song.
A clip of John Safran reviewing books in his usual style.
This is a clip shot for another of John Safran's shows, where he tries to infiltrate a McDonald's children's party. The way it was shot and the dialogue is very along the lines of CKY or Jackass. Truly funny stuff.
John Safran and some Adelaide phone pranksters go out of their way to annoy and deceive a local talkback radio presenter. Being a person who despises these obnoxious idiots who have access to the radio waves, I found this segment particularly hilarious.
This is John's entry tape for Race Around The World. Although poorly shot, you'll see why he won a place on the show.
A strange short black and white movie about Colonel Sanders and one irate chicken, played by John Safran.
A still picture of the Raspberry Cordial name accompanied by the audio track University Elevator Music.
Two trailers for this DVD set.
This feature compiles all the Music Mole sections into an easy access menu. Nothing is different between the selectable clips and when they appear in the show.
Just like the Music Mole Collection, only this is for the World Of Instruments clips. Again, nothing has been changed.
Various trailers for other Madman titles.
This is an ad for the community radio station 3RRR.
There is censorship information available for this title. Click here to read it (a new window will open). WARNING: Often these entries contain MAJOR plot spoilers.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The video quality was great, as was the audio. The extras are plentiful and only add to the collection of the TV series, making this a fine DVD set.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Omni SL-P3003D, using S-Video output |
| Display | NEC FS8001 (80cm). |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. |
| Amplification | Kenwood KRF-V7050D |
| Speakers | Jensen SPX-9 Fronts, Jensen SPX-15 Centre, Jensen SPX-5 Rears, Jensen SPX-19 Subwoofer |