dee.reid This is a great, hilarious riot of an animated series. It's a shame that it got canceled after only two seasons, though. That's mighty unfair, I think. Although I don't have a lot of things in common with my father, one thing I do have in common with him is that I often love the same movies/TV shows he does - Clint Eastwood movies (he likes the westerns while I like his more modern-day urban stuff like "Dirty Harry"), "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "King of the Hill," and this show are a few examples. "Dilbert," based on the popular satirical comic strip by Scott Adams, centers on the titular character, a stereotypical office drone and his bizarre and/or annoying co-workers. This same set-up may or may not have been influenced the popular comic strip "Milton," which in turn inspired the cult Mike Judge movie "Office Space" (1999). Have a laugh on "Dilbert." You won't regret it.

Michael Marcos As mentioned in other posts, this series is definitely a love/hate relationship with most loyal Dilbert fans.My worst fear when I first started watching the show was the voice-overs. The transition from comic to TV was amazing in my eyes. Beyond being very truthful to Scott Adams initial idea, the voice-overs matched almost perfectly what I imagined the cast of the comic to sound like.The TV series adds to what the comic portrays - a humorous series of jokes that are exclusive to those that fall out of the "In-duh-vidual" category (those who are familiar with DNRC and Dilbert.com will understand what I mean).My particular favorite quote, after Alice reads Dilbert's love poem to Lena, the last line being "My passions exceed, (pi)(r)^2 times infinity", she comments saying that he is crazy, and further that the line is meaningless if r is undefined. Just hilarious. Thank you so much Scott Adams, you are my hero.If you enjoy the Dilbert comic, you will most likely enjoy this series. Watch it. NOW!

rochelle-rochelle Dilbert belongs on the printed page. Bringing it to life on TV wasn't the same. Not sure if it was the voices or the long plots or what. Dilbert is fine being a 3 pane comic each day in print versus on screen. Kind of like an SNL movie. SNL movies are rarely successful because they are taking what is popular from a shorter version and moving to a longer and larger version. Comedy is quick and short. Drawn out comedy is not what it's about. Dilbert should've been a SHORT animated series like the Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL - every now and then, throw in a short in a sitcom and there you have it. But making it into a full-fledged sitcom is not what Dilbert is all about. Glad this show got cancelled.

liquidcelluloid-1 Network: UPN; Genre: Animated Comedy; Content Rating: TV-PG; Available on DVD; Classification: Contemporary (Star range: 1 - 4)Season Reviewed: Complete Series (2 seasons)Looking back, the year 1999 was quite the entertainment renaissance. A cultural rebellion against the monotony of white collar life and the emptiness of materialism spurred movies like Fight Club, American Beauty, Office Space and The Matrix. In the rush the popularity of Scott Adams' 'Dilbert', a long-running comic strip satirizing office life, skyrocketed to a frenzied pitch. It was also the year that primetime animation became the in thing with the networks. The popularity of 'The Simpsons' and 'King of the Hill' inspired adult animation all over the dial – some of it good worthwhile ('Futurama', 'Family Guy') and some of it mediocre to just plain awful ('The PJs', NBC's 'Stressed Eric'). Now this is my kind of cookie-cutter television. It was so much the 'in' thing that even UPN got in on the act. It was time for Adams to do what had been long anticipated and what Gary Larson and Bill Watterson never did – sell out his strip to become a weekly primetime animated series in which the voices of Dilbert, Dogbert and the all the rest where now replaced with the generically cast voice talent of Daniel Stern, Chris Elliot and Kathy Griffin (I am Jack's raging bile duct). Did anyone really imagine Dilbert to sound like Daniel Stern? Paired with the short-lived Brendan Small animated gem 'Home Movies' it looked like a sure thing, at least in the ratings. Much of what is original and appealing in Adams' strip gets whitewashed in the translation to TV. The strip is decidedly adult, specific to its targets and setting and thrives on Adams' deadpan dialogue that works better than any one-note punch-line he can come up with. Translation: like 'Calvin and Hobbes', if you aren't laughing before the last frame you probably won't laugh at all. UPN's 'Dilbert' is more kid-friendly and broadly plays into the usual cartoon silliness. In a completely insoluble problem, it also felt dated (even at the time) as we'd gotten a steady diet of white collar office comedy for years on 'The Drew Carey Show' as Carey had positioned himself as pretty much a live-action Dilbert, effectively stealing Adams' thunder.Where some shows are funny, but lack depth in their stories, Dilbert is at the other (more tragic) end of the spectrum. Taken in its own right it's a show with good stories and inventive ideas. But all the miniature people in the wall in the world, mysterious garbage men and electroshock deaths can only go so far to elevate a show that is for the most part entirely laughless. Blame Adams and Larry Charles ('Seinfeld') for going the easier route. What does work here, really well is the intro/theme song. Danny Elfman's 'The Dilbert Zone' is one for the books. The show isn't distinct enough as it's own product. After 'Pinky and the Brain' and coming in the same year as 'Family Guy' is anyone really enthralled with Dogbert's attempts at global domination? 'Dilbert' is not a brilliant strip. It's no 'Calvin & Hobbes' or 'Far Side', but it was a one of a kind. Charles takes the 'Dilbert' universe and roles it up into familiar, easily swallowed cartoon hi-jinks. Its tediously written, slow, awkward, and silly with over-the-top gags. Not a bad show, but not quite the 'Dilbert' that we know. * *