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Summary: Weird and wonderful
Review: Think of David Lynch's Twin Peaks meets Seinfeld. This is one of the most surreal and entertaining programmes I have ever seen. The array of characters will amuse and horrify - some you will even feel sorry for. You will not regret buying this series. I can't wait for the second series to be released on DVD.
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Summary: The League of Bloody Brilliant Gentlemen
Review: FANTASTIC! Just when you think that they have done everything with comedy, the League of Gentlemen come up with a hilarious comedy series like this! You'll be in stitches while watching this! TUBS, EDWARD, PAULINE, MICKEY,AND ALL THE REST OF THE CHARACTERS ARE SUPERB!
BUT JUST REMEMBER "THAT THIS IS A LOCAL SERIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AND THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE!"
HA HA HA
jUST BUY IT! BEST MONEY YOU'LL EVER SPEND!
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Summary: No-tails...precious things...we'll have no trouble here!!!!
Review: Utterly bizarre...utterly compelling..unfair, unjust, unremorseful 'comedy' that grabs you by the knackers and drags you down an unfinished 'New Road' of unpleasant delights culminating in doom, pathos and nose-bleeds. Confused? You don't know the half of it. These three actors are jaw-dropping. This show is NOT TO BE MISSED.
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Summary: Hello, hello, what's all this shouting
Review: TLOG is an acquired taste, and it takes a while to stomach some of the dark humour, but there are some true comic gems mixed in. What I like is that it mixes genres - sitcom, sketch show, horror, with top notch acting. There is a wealth of gags both visual and verbal, and sketches like "Death or Mau Mau" is fantastically inventive. Try not to laugh at Pauline, the brutal and domineering employment restart officer, or Mr. Foot (the well-meaning old gent who inadvertently insults and patronises everyone he talks to). Although kudos must go to all four writers/performers, Steve Pemberton stands out for me, his range is fantastic to cover characters like Pauline, Tubbs, Pops, Harvey and Mr Foot. In the later series, he also plays Herr Lipp, a Carry-On style English teacher from Germany, who has a soft spot for his male students and fills the show with translation-derived innuendo. If you can handle the gross stuff, you'll like TLOG.
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Summary: TO BBC: RELEASE SERIES TWO ALREADY
Review: Hello Job Seekers:
Please resubmit your resume to BBC AMERICA attn.: DVD DEVELOPMENT. Many oversights have been discovered regarding dvds unavailable in the USA - particularly "THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN the complete series 2." Unfortunately, if you don't, I will take away your benefits...You heard me Mickey, love ... Try me.
Currently Unemployed With Nothing Better To Do, Pauline
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Summary: if you love Monty Python then BUY THIS DVD!
Review: Though not Monty Python, the same off-kilter and warped humor (that only brits seem to be providing these days) is thick in this series. It's unfortunate that only the 1st series is available, because later episodes of the series help wrap up a lot of the stories that begin in these first 6 episodes. This is an excellent find, and can be watched multiple times easily. Share it with your friends!
Not a lot of extras on this DVD but you probably won't miss them. The commentary track is sometimes hard to follow but has interesting tidbits on how jokes and sketches originally came about, and how the show was put together. They even point out some of the inside jokes when they happen that you may have missed, the series is constantly starting jokes in one episode that doesn't get paid off until a later episode.
once again: BUY THIS DVD!
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Summary: Are You Local?
Review: This show had a brief stint on Comedy Central, but proved unsuccessful to American audiences. And all I have to say is: that's too damn bad- we really missed out! Thank God the good people at BBC America started to show it! But for those of us not fortunate enough to have digital cable, we get an invaluable second chance with this excellent DVD. I admit, when it first aired on Comedy Central I watched bits & pieces of it. I found it humorous, but like most Americans, I didn't stick with it. I should have known better. Like The Kids In the Hall, or The State (hell, even Monty Python), The League Of Gentlemen needs a few viewings before you really start to appreciate it & get its jokes. I was lucky enough to catch them on TV while I was studying abroad in London- & I was incredibly lucky enough to see their live show there (AMAZING)!! As soon as I came home I immediately went out & bought this DVD- no lie! And it's that damn good.
There are 6 half-hour episodes on this DVD. I love the style of TLOG- it's filmed skits featuring reoccuring "local" charaters of Royston Vasey. Yeah, there are laugh tracks, but it doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the show. The sound & picture transfer (presented in widescreen) are excellent too, by the way.
And the extra features are top notch, especially for a television show. There are lots of deleted scenes- some of them being quite funny! There are also behind the scenes photos & production notes that document the history of the guys (from their live university shows & comedy festivals to the BBC show). It's really well done, not like most..."production note" pages. There are few other choice extras too, but I'd say the delted scenes & production notes are key.
This is really a great opportunity to catch a show you might have missed the first time around on Comedy Central. Seriously. Don't pass up this chance again!
Now, if they would only release the second season on DVD (Comedy Central never got around to airing it, but I'm pretty sure BBC America did).... I'll be eagerly waiting.
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Summary: monty python meets david lynch
Review: british humour at its best, fantastic performance of the three lead guys. totally twisted.
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Summary: Locally Brilliant!!!
Review: This 1st series of 'The League Of Gentlemen' show is absolutely brilliant... with comic horror and outstanding characters to match. Is deffinately a must see programme, it'll have you laughing away for days with the Local's of Royston Vasey, such as Pauline Campbell Jones - the Job Centre's restart officer, stranger fearing Tubbs and Edward Tattsyrup - the keepers of The Local Shop, Judee Levinson and Iris Krell - who constantly battle each other with conversations about Judee's wealth and success and Iris's struggle through life, The Denton Family - with twin girls who are far more frightening than those from 'The Shining' - the hygiene obsessed family who breed Toad's for a hobby and Pop - the perverted guy who comes from all around the world and only wants best for his "two beautiful sons"!
I would recommend this DVD to anyone, 'The League Of Gentlemen' have a lot of talent and the show is very cleverly written.
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Summary: Soap Opera + Grotesque Comedy = Surreal Genius
Review: Please welcome "The League of Gentlemen", the comedy troupe who have brought one of the only decent comedies TV, British and American, has seen for a long, long time. After turning from a stage sensation to an award-winning radio show in their native England, the League brought TV audiences to their own little Northern England village, Royston Vasey. And nothing would prepare the viewers for the weird and wonderful delights they would bring. And like the best comedy shows, it is unbelievably compulsive, like a really good soap opera.The first series introduces us to some wonderful, original comic monstrosities: Tubbs and Edward Tattsyrup, owners of the isolated 'Local Shop' on the moors overlooking the town; Pauline the restart officer, who abuses and berates her 'jobseekers'; Dr. Chinnery, the town vet who subscribes all of his patients accidental death. The list is endless, and yet all of them are given their moments to shine, not only as caricatures tailored to make you laugh but also as genuine characters whom you feel sorry for. The last episode of the series eschews some of the laughs and injects some actual pathos into the show, and finishes on a high that is both funny and ultimately very touching ... there won't be a dry eye in the house. The reason the show works though is because of the talented troupe behind it, the core reason why the show exists in the first place. With co-writer Jeremy Dyson watching over them, cast members Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith each earn kudos for bringing all of these characters so vividly to life, and for rendering them as whole characters rather than some cheap laughs. And they take full advantage of the visual medium, as well as the budget of the TV show, to bring us some wonderful costumes and makeup on the characters, as well some clever-clever referencing to some past works of horror ("The Wicker Man" and "The Shining" to name a couple). As for the DVD, everything remains intact from the Region 2 version, which I bought last year, including a wonderful commentary from the League and series director Steve Bendelack and a few deleted sketches. Watch out for the second series double-disc edition (which I have, ha!) which has the 'local gossip' and the 'missing' scenes, as well as a behind-the-scenes documentary and music videos(!). And yes, the second season itself, as well as the Christmas 2000 special and the recent live show in England, continue the characters through to some weird and wonderful places! And, no, "you'll never leave" ...
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