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* WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends does a few.

The UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} (and UsefulNotes/BluRay, by extension) Bonus Content with the highest ratio of "disappointment when it isn't included" to "likelihood you'll actually sit down and watch the whole thing." If you've bought a DVD, it's assumed that you like the movie or TV show or whatever. Fair enough. It seems logical that a good chunk of the viewing audience would want to know more information about the film they're watching, and also to have a compelling reason to rewatch a film you've seen in the theatre. The creators or other experts get together to record an audio (and rarely, video) track to be played during the movie. This track comments on the production process. The Director often provides comments on the creative decisions. However, for some movies, there might be comments from special effects creators, set designers, stunt coordinators, or in cases where the film is old enough that only a scant amount of the crew will be alive anymore, a film historian.

-->'''Bill Bailey:''' "We will settle this... the Gypsy way."\\

* The Music/BeastieBoys did this for all of their albums (save ''Licensed to Ill'' and their two newest albums) to celebrate their special-edition reissues throughout 2009.

* Factor 5's UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} game ''Star Wars Episode I: Battle For Naboo'', a ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron'' SpinOff, may very well be one of the first games with an audio commentary. In each of the standard levels, there are at least five minutes of audio commentary from the games developers. On a ''cartridge'', no less!

* Factor 5 also included audio commentary in the UsefulNotes/GameCube game ''[[VideoGame/RogueSquadron Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader]]''.

The UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} (and UsefulNotes/BluRay, by extension) Bonus Content with the highest ratio of "disappointment when it isn't included" to "likelihood you'll actually sit down and watch the whole thing." If you've bought a DVD, it's assumed that you like the movie or TV show or whatever. Fair enough. It seems logical that a good chunk of the viewing audience would want to know more information about the film they're watching, and also to have a compelling reason to rewatch a film you've seen in the theatre. The creators or other experts get together to record an audio (and rarely, video) track to be played during the movie. This track comments on the production process. The Director often provides comments on the creative decisions. However, for some movies, there might be comments from special effects creators, set designers, or stunt coordinators.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E125TheLastNightOfAJockey The Last Night of a Jockey]]" has probably one of the most hilariously awkward commentaries ever courtesy of an ''extremely'' cranky Creator/MickeyRooney who proceeds to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4YhS_Ru_I antagonize his interviewer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1b8vbfBdc&feature=youtu.be&t=22s like the world's biggest "crotchety old man" stereotype]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6SPnetR2UE every step of the way]], and at one point even claiming no one is going to listen to said commentary because the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCceZUuV8g younger audience]]" is "watching...[[TheInternetIsForPorn sexy things]]".

* The website Genius (formerly known as Rap Genius before they expanded their scope) provides annotations with analysis and explanations on various song lyrics. Some songs will have official annotations by the artist themselves, and these will be marked in green. One particular example is the one for [[https://genius.com/4598539 Jakakiss's "Why"]] where he, among other things, [[ConspiracyTheorist insists that George Bush knocked down the twin towers and that they are withholding a cure for AIDS.]]

* Creator/FourKidsEntertainment actually did DVD commentaries for some of the ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movies. Specifically, ''[[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} Spell of the Unown]]'' and ''[[Anime/Pokemon4Ever Voice of the Forest]]''. The first two of these feature the show's head writers, Norman Grossfeld and Michael Haigney. The one for the fourth movie features Grossfeld and Haigney [[Creator/VeronicaTaylor with most]] [[Creator/RachaelLillis of the]] [[Creator/MaddieBlaustein main cast]].

* Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses and WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment feature online commentaries for their videos. Doug and Rob Walker's commentaries for the Nostalgia Critic videos usually give their honest opinions, where they have a kinder word for some of the media they reviewed, even considering some of them GuiltyPleasures. The only instances where they reiterate the Nostalgia Critic's review are the ones for ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' and ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Creator/KevinCostner I]]'m sorry, I am really sorry, I don't know [[Film/ThePostman what I was thinking]], but ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' was good, wasn't it? [[ClicheStorm Made us all believe again?]]]]

* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' has commentary, in Japanese, from the director being interviewed by a Japanese-speaking American, with subtitles provided. It is ''very'' worth watching the series at least once with commentary to figure out what parts of the series are [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic supposed to mean something]] and what parts are [[WidgetSeries just there to be weird]].

* ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' includes commentary from the Japanese voice actors, director etc, with an interesting twist. They do their commentaries drunk. Which makes them much more interesting and enjoyable.

* Music/XiuXiu has produced release-length commentaries for most of their major albums, with the interesting variation that these are specifically ''drunk'' commentaries, wherein lead member Jamie Stewart discusses each track while intoxicated. Alcohol is not the only substance used; others listed in the Bandcamp entries include weed, whippets, and paint thinner.

* The 25th anniversary special edition of ''The Wake'' by British prog rockers IQ includes a DVD with a video of the band sitting listening to the music and commenting on how the album was made. Since it's a video commentary about an audio track, this could be seen as a deconstruction of sorts.
** The 30th anniversary edition of ''Tales from the Lush Attic'' also includes a commentary, but this time it's presented as an audio mp3 with the music playing in the background.
* The website ''Genius'' (formerly known as ''Rap Genius'' before they expanded their scope) provides annotations with analysis and explanations on various song lyrics. Some songs will have official annotations by the artist themselves, and these will be marked in green. One particular example is the one for [[https://genius.com/4598539 Jakakiss's "Why"]] where he, among other things, [[ConspiracyTheorist insists that George Bush knocked down the twin towers and that they are withholding a cure for AIDS.]]
* Music/{{Qbomb}}'s album ''HYPERPUNK'' had a release on their Website/{{YouTube}} called ''HYPERPUNK: [[SelfDeprecation Pretentious Edition]]'', where two of the band members listen to the album and share behind-the-scenes info on the songs.

* A number of recent Creator/FUNimation distributed works have these done by the English voice actors and script adapters. They range anywhere from just a little bit snarky to pretty damn snarky (Creator/ChrisPatton, for example, is ''never'' going to let [[Literature/{{Baccano}} Jacuzzi Splot]] [[UnfortunateNames live that name down]]).

** Every commentary past the series midway point also somehow manages to bring up ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', primarily in that vampires ''[[YourVampiresSuck should not sparkle]]''.

* The DVD release of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has the ''characters'' rather than the creators comment on the episodes, with dialog written by the author of the original LightNovels, which basically consists of them MSTing themselves. And wondering where the stalkers with the cameras had been hiding all this time.

* The US DVD release of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' retains the commentary tracks recorded by the Japanese cast, including Creator/TomokazuSeki, Creator/SatsukiYukino, Creator/ShinichiroMiki, and Creator/{{Yukana}}.