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Summary: Hi-LA-rious!
Review: One of the funniest shows on TV!
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Summary: Hated It - Couldn't wait to be uncoupled
Review: This is really a dreadful show.
The acting is stiff and the canned laughter is even sillier.
I had to watch every episode of this disc, but I did not like this series. Stick with French and Sanders, A League of Gentlemen, and AbFaf, but skip this one. But how can you? You have to see it to believe how bad it is, it's not even "it's so bad, it's good." They should have been more original and they should stop stooping low for the laughs. A disappoitment. Hope the series gets better.
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Summary: Funny version of ¿Friends¿
Review: I came across this show by accident. After watching my britcom lineup, I got distracted and did not turn off the TV. Result - "Coupling". Lucky me. All episodes are consistently funny, much in the tradition of BBC comedies, it is not afraid of pushing the envelope and punch lines actually carry the punch. I don't really like to compare this show to "Friends", but resemblance is there: three guys and three girls hanging out at the pub. Difference is that "Coupling" is actually funny and inventive. It is said that men think about sex every 4.5 seconds, well women are no exception. Watch it, your stomach will hurt from laughing.
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Summary: Much More than a "Couple" of laughs!
Review: Funny, funny, funny. This series is brilliant. It is also contemporary and at times both hilariously silly and true, as well as explicit in terms of discussing sexuality and relationships. So, if you're okay with that, you'll adore this series. It's kind of like, well, the Networks here in the U.S. are catagorizing it as a "Friends" meets "Sex in the City" and much to my sadness and terror, NBC has purchased Coupling and plans to make it an Americna show. (This makes me want to cry! Will they destroy the show, as they did with British Men Behaving Badly? . . .Yes, duh.) The only hope, the only shred of hope, is that NBC has also brought in the British team who created the show on the BBC, to help with the show in the States. Okay, anyway, the show is about 3 lovely youngish 30-something women and 3 30-something men, who are handsome,(I think) and quirky enough, and upon further reflection, I'm not sure if the men are handsome on first glance. The women are. But, regardless, everyone has their quirks and issues and these are all explored and hence an amazingly funny and candid comedy is created. The show is mainly about their day-to-day lives and focuses on their relationships with each other and the various comings and goings of other boyfriends and girlfriends.
Plus, there are some crossover boyfriends and girlfriends, within the group of 6, and I'd have to draw you a Venn diagram to explain it all. Needless to say the complexity adds to the multitude of comedic sitautions. Bottom line, very, very funny.
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Summary: If "Friends" had brains...
Review: This is the program that "Friends" would like to be...if it only had a brain... Get it now and watch it fast! Word is that NBC has purchased the rights to present it's version of "Coupling" on US television as a future replacement for "Friends." That doesn't sound good (remember "First Years" aka in the U.K. "This Life"?). So, buy this gem, watch it and be stylishly "in the know."
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Summary: Unlike "Friends", this is truely funny stuff
Review: Apologies to those who like "Friends". To those who don't, don't be put off by the comparison. Like nearly every American sitcom I've seen in the past ten years, I find "Friends" to be dull and certainly not funny at any point. "Coupling" is certainly a BBC sitcom, but it doesn't stray over the top as do some. While it can get carried away with characters' obsessions with sex, there is no resemblance to sophomoric Hollywood sex jokes or gags. Unlike many comedies, good or bad, it isn't uneven. All characters, actors and episodes are strong. If you're looking at this because you've typed in "Jack Davenport", who I believe is the only actor from "Coupling" with much recognition in the US, you'll undoubtedly be delighted. Whether you appreciate him for his looks, talent or both, he's very much a major player. For this price, take the risk.
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Summary: What a gem!
Review: This was an accidental find for me, I was looking at Absolutely Fabulous on BBC America and saw an ad for this show, Well after watching one episode I wanted to see how it all began. What a treat! Too ridiculous to be realistic and thats what I love about it, forget all that boring tripe on Friends dealing with whether or not Ross and Rachel will get married, who cares?! This show hits you with zingers completely out of left field.
For example, in one scene, one of the women has a crush on a man in the group, she shows up at his house only to find out, after flirting with him and getting his interest that there is a girl already in his bedroom, he explains that "She is down to her underware so he should go back ion there" The girl then explains how she would never try to interfere with him when he is with another woman, then right before leaving she looks back at him and says "Underware? Whats that?" Totally unexpected, totally funny. I could give you 100 other funny scenes but instead of wasting your reading time, I will just say, if you want something funny, entertaining, and laugh out loud you could do a lot worse than buying these discs!
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Summary: Great show
Review: This show is hysterically funny. The DVD is convenient for everyone who can't always catch the reruns on American television.
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Summary: Friends meets Sex in the City
Review: If you haven't seen this show aired on BBC America (via digital television or satellite), what on earth are you waiting for?! This show packs so many burst-out-laughing scenes that it's strange that it remains a highly coveted secret by those who are aware of it. I, personally, tell everyone I know about it and have successfully managed to get five of my friends loyally addicted to it. Even my friends, who previously loathed British comedies, got sucked into this show and now watch every week. It's that good. Coupling has the outrageous not-afraid-to-be-crazy humor that Sex in the City is missing; and the blatant sex that Friends lacks. By outrageous humor; imagine two female cast characters talking about the endowment of one of the male friends, and immediately afterwards the one female decides her previous indifference to him can be chucked for a good roll in the hay. Now imagine her in agony because his politics doesn't mesh with hers -- to the point that she insists one of the other male characters go with Mr. Super Endowed to the bathroom to ensure he truly has been blessed. Eh, you have to watch it, it's hysterical. There's too much on this DVD to go into, but you're guaranteed a good couple "oh my God did they actually say/do that?!" kind of laugh. The show revolves around six friends; Jeff (clumsy around women, bizarre ways of looking at the world), Patrick (let's see how many women I can get into bed, confidence guy), Steve ("normal" good guy), Susan (centered female, sexually confident, lots of ex lovers), Jane (bisexual crazy woman, lives in own fantasy world) and Sally (age obsessed, moisturizing, liberal princess type) -- each with their own unique view of relationships, sex and living life in their late 20s, early 30s in London. British comedies tend to push the envelope and this show is no exception. You'll be delighted, shocked, and intrigued by Coupling ... and this DVD offers the beginning of your addiction with it. (And, it's a great deal, where else could you find the entire first season of a show for this kind of price?!) So get it, get caught up, then tune your television to BBC America. You can thank me when Coupling becomes your newest "must see" television. P.S. If Jeff (Richard Coyle) ever finds himself in the Big Apple, martinis on me. Woo!
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Summary: comedy at its best!
Review: you don't have to like british comedy to enjoy the first season of "coupling"! i love this show! can't wait to be able to buy all 3 seasons!
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