But tuning in recently to the final few episodes I realised that
I've alway really, deep down, enjoyed the comedy styling s of Will
Anderson and Corinne Grant about as much as living in an apartment that
has not doors or windows and contains only 20 suitcases and Andrew
O'Keeffe. I think we can safely say that the axing of the Glass House
isn't exactly the tragedy it was made out to be, and most people - like
myself - completely forgot that when you actually watch the show, it
isn't really that good. It's much like Good News Week in
that I have a pretty strong feeling that I remembered liking it - but
when you think about it - it wasn't that good at all. In fact, The Glass House is essentially GNW
without the points system (after all, it is made by the same writing
and producing team). It's like no one noticed, and just pushed Paul
McDermott out of the middle chair, chucked in Anderson - nudged out
Judie McCrossin and gave Grant a chair - and left Hughsey take 'the fat
ones' chair. There is still the forced jokes about 'The GST' and
'Howards a C**t' jokes that no one really finds that funny, but laughs
anyway because everyone else is and wants to avoid looking stupid
because they don't understand satire - and satire is supposed to be a
smart man's funny. But satire is shit, it is. This collection of The Best of The Glass House
takes all the 'End of Year Best Of' eps which have aired since 2002 and
chucks them all on one DVD. There are some quite funny moments, with
some really great guests including Arj Barker, Andrew Denton,
Ross Noble, a surprisingly humerous David Koche and pretty much anyone
else that has ever visited the Melbourne Comedy Festival. There's some
more risque moments that weren't originally aired and some of the
better lines that were thrown around (anything with Molly Meldrum
always seems to end up with the terms "Elton John" or "Not that sort of
Queen cheeky!").It's certainly watchable, and you do get a good amount of gags for your buck. Ultimately though, The Glass House just wasn't as good as your memory will lead you to remember. DVD
Extras Not
a bad bunch of extras, including a heap of Gag Easter Eggs, the ability
to generate random "Tomorrow's Headlines" and an interesting Q&A
segment with the cast and crew. Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: 65% 
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