“Legit”: The Complete First Season is outrageous from the opening scene until the end. Jim Jefferies is hilarious in all his offensive glory and along with a great supporting cast led by Dan Bakkedahl and DJ Qualls, this is a funny show that might not be for everybody but if you can handle off-color humor, it’s well worth checking out.
“Legit”: The Complete First Season
(2013)
Genre(s): Comedy
Fox | NR – 286 min. – $39.99 | February 25, 2014
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MOVIE INFO: DISC INFO: Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1) |
THE MOVIE – 4.0/5
Plot Outline: This outrageous and oft raunchy comedy stars Australian Jim Jefferies as an edgy, foul-mouthed stand-up comic living in Los Angeles, struggling to make his life and career more “legit.” But every time Jim tries to do the right thing, his good deeds turn into wildly inappropriate escapades. Joined by his neurotic best friend and roommate, Steve (DAN BAKKEDAHL), and Steve’s wheelchair-bound brother, Billy (DJ QUALLS), Jim takes comedy to a whole new level, whether it’s visiting a Las Vegas brothel, partying with the mentally challenged or trying to pick up women at a gay bar.
Quick Hit Review: I honestly had no idea what to expecting going into this first season of “Legit” having only heard of comedian Jim Jefferies in passing but never having heard his stand-up routine, and I have to admit, while the laughs are uneven, for a freshman season, it’s well put together with a fun cast that includes DJ Qualls who finally gets some much deserved screen time while Jefferies himself, kind of like Jerry Seinfeld before him, more or less plays himself and brings his routine into the episode format. Along with Jefferies, Qualls and Dan Bakkedahl, Mindy Sterling is wonderful as Steve and Billy’s overbearing mother who also is a hoarder (or collector).
Overall, “Legit” season one is an oft funny show that will certainly offend most which is comedy right up my alley. Jefferies makes for the perfect lead and his supporting cast rounds things out quite well.
Episodes:
1. Pilot
2. Dreams
3. Love
4. Anger
5. Justice
6. Family
7. Health
8. Hoarders
9. Bag Lady
10. Cuckoo’s Nest
11. Hat Hair
12. Misunderstood
13. Fatherhood
SPECIAL FEATURES – 3.0/5
The two-disc set comes in a standard Blu-ray case.
There are Episode Commentaries for all episodes with Co-Creator/Executive Producer/Actor Jim Jefferies, Co-Creator/Executive Producer/Director Peter O’Fallon and Actor Dan Bakkedahl.
Disc One:
Pilot – Director’s Cut (38:51; HD) is basically a new version of the pilot episode dropping the immigration visit and replaced with Jim visiting his psychiatrist. Also included is a cameo from Eddie Izzard.
Disc Two:
Deleted Scenes (9:57; HD) – There are several scenes that were removed/cut down for one reason or another, but I’m sure mostly because of time constraints.
Gag Reel (15:13; HD) contains line flubs and other on-set mischief.
Jim Jefferies’ Journey (26:38; HD) – This is more or less outtakes as Jefferies talks about his childhood, kids and other topics.
Rodney Autotune (2:09; HD) is a song put together from lines by the Rodney character.
VIDEO – 4.0/5
Twentieth Century Fox releases “Legit”: The Complete First Season onto Blu-ray (MOEG-4 AVC codec) presented in its original broadcast widescreen aspect ratio and in a 1080p high-definition transfer. Having not seen the show before, I can’t compare the two but it’s what I expect the broadcast version looked like with decent detail levels, nice balance of colors and no obvious signs of artifacts. However, it’s still a TV show so it’s not going to exactly pop off the screen compared with theatrical films, or even highly budgeted shows.
AUDIO – 3.5/5
The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track included here is rather basic but effective enough. The bulk of the show is dialogue-driven mostly out of the front channel with the other speakers used for the occasional music or score.
OVERALL – 3.75/5
Overall, “Legit”: The Complete First Season is outrageous from the opening scene until the end. Jim Jefferies is hilarious in all his offensive glory and along with a great supporting cast led by Dan Bakkedahl and DJ Qualls, this is a funny show that might not be for everybody but if you can handle off-color humor, it’s well worth checking out. The Blu-ray released by Fox has respectable video/audio transfers and a healthy amount of bonus features.
The Movieman
Published: 03/02/2014