TV on DVD: MTV's Daria comes into her own

DARIA: THE COMPLETEANIMATED SERIESSeries MTV's acerbic high school mocker sprang from "Beavis & Butt-Head" into her own smart 1997 cult fave, which finally arrives on DVD with all 65 episodes, two movies and other goodies. It does not, however, arrive with the original '90s tunes. (The usual licensing issues, explained on an insert in the thick plastic case. At least the sub music tries to capture the attitude.) Daria deals daily with dippy jocks, her trendoid sister, yuppie parents and other horrors, aided by even drier-tongued best friend Jane. Gotta love their TV obsession "Sick, Sad World," once a satirical exaggeration, now a prescient preview of today's "reality" excesses.

Extras Creator/cast retrospective, unaired pilot, DVD-ROM script for spinoff pilot "Mystik Spiral," Daria and Jane hosting MTV's all-time top 10 animated music videos countdown (wraparounds only, sans videos).

List price $73 for eight discs, new from MTV.

Out todayTHE JEFF DUNHAM SHOW Comedy Central turns the crowd-pleasing ventriloquist and his wacky talkers (Achmed, José Jalapeño) into sitcom characters for seven episodes, behind-the-scenes, plus unaired sketch; $17, Comedy Central.