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Absolutely Fabulous was first broadcast in 1992 and became an instant hit. Originally a sketch on the French and Saunders Show, Jennifer Saunders saw its potential and created one of the most ground-breaking and debauched comedies on British TV. Centred around the hip London fashion scene the series follows Edina (Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), two women who refuse to grow up and are constantly on a mission to lose weight, gorging themselves with cocaine and/or champagne, endlessly throwing parties (or throwing up at parties), and sporting outrageous outfits which were the height of fashion at the time--honestly sweetie! The superb comic performances offered star status to Julia Sawalha as Edina's straight-laced daughter and Jane Horrocks as the sublimely dippy Bubble, and re-invented the careers of Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield. Saunders meanwhile secured her status as one of the top female comedians Britain has ever produced. Although its consciously chic clothing looks a little dated now, its mad characterisations endure and the jokes remain as hilariously slick and apt as ever.
Ab Fab remains a landmark in TV since it was the first time that female comedians and writers had had the freedom and exposure to satirise problems close to their own heart, from their own perspective. With Feminist writers claiming that the ideals of feminism were dead in the 1990s and that female concerns were moving in the wrong direction--towards the "Laddette Culture"--and reports claiming that careers were taking a central role, forcing motherhood onto the back-burner, the series sought to embody and satirise these new supposedly "female" characteristics. As the show continued to grow in popularity both in Britain and the States, plans were made to transfer the formula to America. However, as with many other great British series, the content was considered too risky for American audiences due to the amount of sex and drug references. Thus domestic audiences breathed a sigh of release that their beloved Ab Fab would forever stay British to the core. --Nikki Disney
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Format:VHS Tape
I have never laughed so much in ages, this video shows Jennifer Saunders at her best, playing the hilarious Edina Monsoon with some of the best lines in comedy heard for years, you never stop laughing through the episode Hospital where she has to go through an operation with 'sensory deprevation and back up drugs' to have an acupuncture needle removed from her toe!, as always patsy has to join her friend and decides to have a face lift because she is doing a 'kiss and tell' story in Hello magazine about her liason with a politician. In death eddies father has died and she goes into mourning due to the fact that she has put on 12 inches of fat all over her body, this episode shows Patsy's true character when eddie decides to spend all her money and contemplates who she will leave her house to when she dies. Of course if patsy wants the house she has to mourn eddies father and go to the funeral because eddies dad would want her to be there if she wants the house, cue an hilarious grave side scene when pasty drunkenly falls in to an open grave while eddie lands face down on her fathers coffin, it also includes the fantastic line by june Whitfield 'we've been married a long time I've had longer to get used to the idea of him dying'. In Morocco the girls go off on a fashion shoot that never actually happens and are joined by Saffy who Patsy decides to sell to the highest bidder, this episode shows a flashback to the days when Patsy had a sex change and was a man for a year 'until it fell off' as Eddie tells Saffy. This has a fantastic story line as eddie and Patsy ride around the middle of nowhere taking turns on a donkey and spending the night in a barn trying to get back to civalisation and when all seems bleak they get spotted by the sold Saffy and finally return to base where the spend the last three days in true Ab Fab style Unconcious!! This video would put a smile on anyone's face as you can not help but laugh out load at the exploits of the Ab Fab gang at there best. It is definitley worth buying and i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys having a laugh.
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Ab Fab at the very beginning!! The first tim ethe girls hit our screens!! This series is one of the funniet!! It was the first of many and the girls were full of life and brill!!
A must for any Ab Fab fan!! Just to remember ho it all began or to complete a collection!!
Format:VHS Tape
Sweetie Darlings you have to buy this video even if it just to see eddie get 'baby puke' on her designer top in the episode new best friend. As always the Ab Fab team are onto a winner with this rib tickling video from the second series which i have to say is the best series of the three. From start to finish you'll stress with eddie over her 'surfaces', comiserate with her when she gets cut off from her husbands and Harrods stop doing the daily delivery for her and laugh non stop through her recollection of giving birth to saffy and allowing patsy to have the much needed drugs for childbirth. All in all i would recommend that anyone who enjoys laughing constantly should buy this video i've yet to find anyone who didn't enjoy it!!
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Classic Brit comedy
I was a huge fan of the later Ab Fab seasons, but hadn't seen the first lot of episodes before I purchased this DVD. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. L. Gaughan
a must
These characters are hilarious, actually hilarious is not the word. Absolutely fabulous is the word..
Published 21 months ago by litlight
Ad Fab 1
This DVD is worth every penny. It makes one 'belly laugh' at times and is such fun. A must buy for anyone who purports to have a sense of humour!
Published 22 months ago by P. J. Pearson
Ab Fab Series 1
Absolutely Fabulous was, without a doubt, the best comedy that Jennifer Saunders ever wrote/starred in. Even after more than 15 years, it is still hilarious... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Lucy Reynolds
Ab Fab is Fab.
Its still as hysterical as it ever was. Never fails to entertain one at any time of the day or night!
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Sylvie
Ab Fab!
The 1st Series of Absolutely Fabulous starts off slightly shaky and it's obviously still finding its feet into the second episode. Read more
Published on 14 May 2009 by D.A.C
Absolutely Fabulous
Great to see this 1st series again, bought it for my daughter for xmas and had a great couple of hours watching it with her.
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by Margarita
Funny and i love sitcoms
Forget comedy movies if you want a laugh watch sitcoms instead. When watching a comedy movie what do you always get? violence?, screams?, sarcasim?, nagging, fights? Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Mr. M. R. Allen
Absolutely Fabulous Is The Best!!!!
I bought this DVD when it was my birthday because I'm a really big fan of Ab Fab. When I first watched it, it made me laugh so much. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2007 by Nick M.
Ab Fab at it's best
Hospital - Patsy is being tormented by the press. Edina finds that her toe is hurting very badly and rings her Doctor, who tells her to go to hospital. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2004 by Mr. Ag Street
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