Product Description Look out Hollywood! Watch your back, TV-Land! The silver screen will never be the same once it's been processed through the mad minds of Britain's greatest comediennes, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (the creator and star of Absolutely Fabulous). .com Is this compilation of sketches from groundbreaking British comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders' 1987 BBC series absolutely brilliant or, to quote one especially inspired performance artists sketch, "mindless, pornographic, pretentious, and total crap"? Though hit and miss as any compilation tends to be, it is mostly brilliant as our fair ladies engage in Pythonesque absurdity (an extended conversation that begins when a couch-bound Jennifer refuses to answer the door because she has no leg bones), silliness (the girls pay homage to popular dances), and savagery (two matrons who prefer their blood-splattered furs freshly killed). Some of this is inevitably dated, and there are references that will soar over the heads of non-Anglophiles, but fans who discovered these two titanically talented women from their breakthrough series, The Vicar of Dibley and Absolutely Fabulous, respectively, will enjoy seeing the roots of their comedy. --Donald Liebenson
S**G
great stuff
i too think this is a great F&S DVD. this doesn't have any real movie parodies which may explain others' less-than-positive reactions, but you won't miss them at all. (the exception is an absolutely fantastic rip of the piano, and there are some parodies of movie stars inc. jennifer as a great loopy liza minelli and a short bit w/ dawn as elizabeth taylor on cat on a hot tin roof). there are some really classic moments here, inc. a series of sketches where the two are schoolgirls, some of the best living room sketches, and some great 80's parodies inc. a kid's TV show called "it's great!" and a pet shop boys and bangles parody. there are some misses, like the bits w/ the two lechers gets a bit old, but overall this is a very worthwhile collection.
M**A
Absolutely Fabulous!
These gals ARE Absolutely Fabulous filling time till Joana Lumley comes along. Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French "F&S" are a very talented duo and if you love AbFab, this is a MUST as are all their French & Saunders "F&S" comedy acts to compliment AbFab so you can see where Dawn French's role on AbFab orginated from! GO FORT IT!!!
R**L
Freakin' Hilarious
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy watching these French andSaunders videos.These are quite obviously two of the brightest people on the planet.Just such funny concepts with such a poignant ring of truth.Thank Heaven above for such hilarity !So talented......so creative....sooooooo funny.It's the perfect antidote for what ails you.
D**R
F&S -- whatever they do is fabulous
These are the two funniest people ever. However, this DVD is from an early, formative time and the material is little uneven. That said, it's still French and Saunders, and there's nothing better.
C**Y
Dont waste your money
This is the worst dvd I have ever purchased, I love Dawn French and most bbc movies but this is a jumbled mess of nonsense, wasted money.
P**M
Five Stars
Thank you!
B**S
VERY hit and miss....
....I think the first two DVD compilations are a bit better. The first 15 minutes or so are amazingly unfunny. However, once you hit the "It's Great!" sketch, things improve dramatically. Also, some of the dialogue is difficult to catch, as these ladies tend to speak quickly, and with a British accent. I would recommend the earlier releases over this one or "Living In a Material World" which was released at the same time as this one.
S**E
Five Stars
Excellent!!!
C**I
Five Stars
funny ladies
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