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DVD : A Bit of Fry and Laurie - The Complete Collection... Every Bit!
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie - The Complete Collection... Every Bit! starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry List Price: $79.98 Childrens Bookshop Price: $59.99 You Save: $19.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794051403322 Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: BBC Warner Manufacturer: BBC Warner Number Of Items: 4 Publisher: BBC Warner Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 24, 2007 Running Time: 767 minutes Studio: BBC Warner Sales Rank: 6995 MPN: WARDE4033D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/24/2007 Amazon.com: If terms like "pimhole" and "lesbotic tendencies" reduce you to a fit of giggles, you've already discovered the daffy pleasures of Fry and Laurie. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have gone on to other successes in film and television (not only did they gain acclaim and adoration as the title characters of Jeeves & Wooster, Laurie has become a household name in the U.S. as the star of House), but their comedy collaborations from the 1980s and '90s have earned them a place in the pantheon of British humor, somewhere between Monty Python and Ricky Gervais. They specialize in "linguistic elasticity," amazing flights of verbal lunacy ranging from overwrought poetry criticism to inventing their own swearwords to protest censorship. A Bit of Fry & Laurie: The Complete Collection... Every Bit! includes all four Fry & Laurie seasons, broadcast between 1987 and 1995. Conservatism is a regular target--an early sketch about a father protesting his son being taught biology is startlingly current--but politics generally takes a back seat to ridiculousness. Fry impersonates Michael Jackson; a doctor prescribes cigarettes; an exceedingly gracious jewelry salesman woos a customer with candied sweets; Fry and Laurie, with righteous indignation, castigate their audience for laughing at serious matters like alcoholism and genital fungus. The fourth series isn't as inspired, overall, but it does feature sparkling moments, such as a version of It's a Wonderful Life starring Rupert Murdoch. Armed with a startling array of false facial hair (and, as the seasons progress, an increasing amount of drag), Fry and Laurie introduce notions like screaming lettuce, a synchronized losing team, and the Omar Sharif Comedy Hour. It's divine silliness; any fan of British comedy will delight in "Every Bit" of Fry and Laurie. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating:  - More Than A Bit FunnyIf you like British humor, this pair does a wonderful job of keeping you laughing. I still find it hard to believe that Hugh Laurie can be the harse Dr. House on American TV when he came from such comical beginnings. Enjoy. Rating: - A Bit of Fry and LaurieGets better as it goes along, but many of the jokes and skits are, I think, parodies of British TV shows that we don't get--so, though I think they're both wonderful, Jeeves & Wooster was SO much better. Rating:  - Fry and Laurie - Absolutely PerfectI purchased this DVD box set after reading the scripts for this series. It does not disappoint. If you are a fan of British Comedy and/or a fan of Messrs. Fry and Laurie, you will thoroughly enjoy this box set. Rating:  - Great show, but a bit priceyOverall, this show is very enjoyable. Some sketches are really silly and so absured (Derek Nippl-e, anyone?!), that you laugh quite hard watching them. My favourite parts of the show were the musical numbers with Hugh Laurie, and the endings of the last two series with Stephen Fry mixing up cocktails and dancing hilariously as Laurie plays the piano. As far as my ratings go: Even though I'm a huge fan of British comedy, and that's basically all I buy in way of DVD collections, I found ... Read More: Rating:  - Jeeves & Wooster It Isn'tFor those used to the brilliant writing of either Jeeves & Wooster or House M.D., this series will be a serious disappointment. Though sometimes genuinely funny, it sadly relies on profanity and sexual humor far too much of the time. |
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