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French & Saunders Collection 1 | 
 enlarge | Directors: Bob Spiers, Tristram Shapeero, Steve Bendelack, Edgar Wright, John Birkin
Actors: Simon Brint, Betty Marsden
Studio: BBC Video
Category: DVD
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 93410
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 441
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 2.3
ISBN: 078064574X
UPC: 794051187925
EAN: 9780780645745
ASIN: B0000AOV3E
Release Date: September 16, 2003
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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 comic duo behind Absolutely Fabulous star in th
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 Duplicate Material August 17, 2005
55 out of 55 found this review helpful
If you like British comedy, you'll love French and Saunders, but don't buy both collections unless you like duplicates!
The French and Saunders Collections I and II both contain the same four DVDs: "The Ingenue Years, "Living in a Material World, "Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders," and "At the Movies."
With Collection II you get, in addition, "On the Rocks" and "Back with a Vengence."
Hope this saves you time and disappointment.
 Brit Com Fanatic May 25, 2005
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
French and Saunders are very funny, and for reasons I don't understand have not been imported sufficiently. Perhaps it's because Americans don't want women to be funny, or worse Americans think it is somehow unseemly for women to be funny. These women are funny and put all comers to shame. Dan Ackroid once said the "Women are not funny."--with the sort of end to the argument tone that intimadated all who might dissent. Dear Dan Ackroid these women put you to shame, you're funny but not consistent; they are consistent, in a way you should honor. I'll make this offer--I'll be happy to have Amazon send you all their work on my dime--perhaps then you can reconsider your position. If you still think women aren't funny, I'll eat the cost, if you have a revelation and experience appropriate shame regarding your stance, you can reimburse me. My proviso is this, don't let your testosterone get in the way of your professional judgement, as it has in the past.
As good as it gets for Sketch Comedy January 27, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
French & Saunders mix very dry and quietly absurdist bits with shocking or silly outbursts that the Brits seem to excel at. But they have a fresh beat that can't be found anywhere else. They are just hilariously funny. How "Ab Fab" and Saunders solo work in things like "Shrek 2" can be recognized in the U.S. while this body of work is still laregly unknown to many fans of British comedy is beyond me. Saunders utilizes her understated sarcasm to brilliant effect and Dawn French is a comedy force of nature, a secene stealer of the first order. What a great team they are. If you like anything from the wave of '80s Brit Comedy ("Young Ones," "Black Adder," "Bottom"), you've probably already seem glimpses of these two in supporting roles. You should really pick up on this, too. You will not be disappointed. And, as a point of trivia, Saunders is married to Adrian Edmondson ("Vyvyan" of "Young Ones" fame) and French is married to Lenny Henry. Both appear in cameos on this collection.
Why can't they host the Oscars? March 16, 2004
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
French & Saunders, where Ab FAb came from, is the source of some of the funniest things I've ever seen. These dvds, while making reference to some British cultural references you won't understand, have some of the best parodies and sketch comedy ever. The Lord of the Rings parody is oscar-worthy itself. Dawn French is just amazingly funny all the time and makes me wonder why her or Ms. Saunders haven't made it here yet. Some times they are way off the wall and I think some skits are more for their own enjoyment than that of the audience, which can be a bit trying at times. Another classic however is the Rock Opera, with a great rendition of "I Should be so Lucky". These are not to be missed.
An Answer From An Amazon Reader January 21, 2004
72 out of 90 found this review helpful
The four titles in this set are (drum roll please):At the Movies
Genltlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Living in a Material World
The Ingenue Years Pretty good overall.
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