Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders

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Before going on to write and star in the cult comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, Jennifer Saunders teamed up with Dawn French to produce a very funny sketch comedy series for the BBC. This disc offers one of the full-length specials they would occasionally create. The DVD offers a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Fans of Absolutely Fabulous will certainly want to see this disc as it...
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Overview

Before going on to write and star in the cult comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, Jennifer Saunders teamed up with Dawn French to produce a very funny sketch comedy series for the BBC. This disc offers one of the full-length specials they would occasionally create. The DVD offers a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Fans of Absolutely Fabulous will certainly want to see this disc as it contains the original skit that introduced the characters to the world.
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Special Features

Closed Caption; Full-length French & Saunders special
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Editorial Reviews

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Although best known as the maternally challenged fashionista from Absolutely Fabulous, Jennifer Saunders first came to the fore on British TV as part of the comedy duo French & Saunders, together with Dawn French. It was on this earlier, wide-ranging spoof show that Ab Fab originated. That original skit appears in this collection, as do such vintage French & Saunders routines as "Rock Stars and Their Toilets," "Opera Divas," and "Womanly World."
All Movie Guide - Brian J. Dillard
This collection of highlights from the third series of French & Saunders balances the duo's penchant for trenchant Hollywood satire with their keen eye and ear for the contradictions of British culture. The movie spoofs are good fun, but the original characters trump them, from the overeating opera dilettantes who savage a Kylie Minogue hit to the hilarious talk show guest with a remarkable talent for stating the obvious. The entire family dynamics of Absolutely Fabulous are encapsulated in "Modern Mother and Daughter," while the pointed jabs at flacks, magazine writers, and '60s survivors anticipate the fashion-world backdrop of that celebrated series. (Alas, the drunken-biddy antics of Joanna Lumley's Patsy are conspicuously absent.) The early series of French & Saunders were a bit hit or miss, and the later ones a tad too glossy and parody-heavy, but the episodes excerpted here are from the program's prime.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 2/5/2002
  • UPC: 794051122520
  • Original Release: 1993

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  • Source: Bbc Warner
  • Region Code: 1
  • Time: 2:20:00
  • Format: DVD

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders [1:00]
2. The Expert - Today's Market [2:04]
3. Opera Classic - Dueling Divas [9:44]
4. Jane and Marilyn [:33]
5. Scarlett and Mammy - Fiddle-De-Dee! [2:12]
6. The Visit - The Loneliness Weighs You Down [3:28]
7. Two Fat Ladies - Country Life [2:50]
8. Scarlett and Mammy II - Padding [:20]
9. The Visit - Shall We Play a Game [2:29]
10. Scarlett and Mammy - Kiss Me Rhett [:36]
11. The Metting - Vis-a-Vis the Buzz [7:29]
12. Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn? - Yesterday [3:54]
13. The Visit - Let Me Out [:54]
14. Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn? - The Comeback [1:52]
15. Cleaning Ladies [7:08]
16. Back With Dawn - The Expert [2:42]
17. The Exorcist - Lunch [1:31]
18. Modern Mother and Daughter [8:01]
19. Dangerous Liaisons - Porcupine [3:09]
20. The Expert - A Right Royal Guest [2:24]
21. Dangerous Liaisons - Orgy [:17]
22. The Expert - Hollywood [1:50]
23. Dangerous Liaisons - The Fan [1:17]
24. French and Saunders Actors Agency [:39]
25. Woman's World [4:57]
26. Watch Out - Looky Likies [6:27]
27. The Exorcist - Are You Feeling Better? [5:22]
28. Out and About - Star Pets [1:08]
29. Can Man - Andy [7:07]
30. French and Saunders Actors Agency - Potato Actress [10:21]
31. The Exorcist - The Last Shot [4:27]
32. French and Saunders Actors Agency - Breast Feeding Service [2:20]
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Menu

Side #1 --
   Play
   Scene Selections
   Bonus
      Bonus Special
      Trailers
         League of Gentlemen
         Wallace and Gromit
         Robbie the Reindeer
         Father Ted
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Entertaining and Different

    For anyone who is a fan of French & Saunders, you'll be delighted with this DVD. It amazes me how completely these two can trasform themselves, from male to female, movie star to pop star, and all manner of British and American "everyman/woman." And don't forget to watch the Bonus features - definitely worth adding to a collection.

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