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Bang Bang - It's Reeves and Mortimer continues the anarchic and surreal blend of offbeat comedy that has made the duo so popular. The series is arguably a continuation of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, although a number of new characters were added. There's also a spoof fly-on-the-wall documentary about Baron's Night Club – a clear precursor to Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights . The high-voiced Stott brothers--who appeared in Vic Reeves Big Night Out --return to terrorise celebrities. The show capitalised on the duo's success with the spoof game show Shooting Stars and brought in a darker edge to their humour.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: After a sabbatical lasting over three years, Vic and Bob returned with Bang! Bang! It's Reeves And Mortimer. In the same vein as The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer, the show was very much a continuation, featuring many of the old characters they had developed. Not to be missed, is the recurring 'fly-on-the-wall' sketch The Club, which documents the highs and lows of Baron's night club. ...Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer - Complete Series
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Where do you go when you've changed the face of British comedy? Given that around the same time Vic & Bob were branching into more mainstream shows like Shooting Stars and Families at War, and with The League of Gentlemen on the horizon perhaps they felt this should be a vehicle to be self indulgent and make comedy just for themselves. For them that meant showing their darker side. In pop music terms, 'Bang Bang' is their 'Kid A', or 'White Album'.
The basic format stays the same, V&B behind a desk introducing sketches (albeit with strange, blurred figures writhing ominously inside). The humour is closer to that of their black comedy series 'Catterick' (indeed many characters from this series are recycled in that show).
As such the belly-laugh count is far shorter than normal here. Some sketches fall way short of the mark or outstay their welcome, possibly deliberately. If you grew bored of watching them hit each other with frying pans in 'The Smell of..." the joke is stretched beyond breaking point here.
There is still some great material here though, Tom Fun and Kinky John are inspired creations, great cameos from Les Dennis, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, and great to see Mulligan & O'hare and The Stotts from the earlier series.
Although not up to the standard of Big Night Out, Shooting Stars or 'The Smell Of..", its still enjoyable and intriguing, and will remain fascinating viewing to students of Vic & Bob or 90s comedy in general in the future. Not the place to start for beginners. Check out the earlier, funnier stuff first.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased this DVD set to replace a couple of rather worn out VHS video's. I believe some of the episodes here on the DVD version are slightly longer as there are a few bits that i do not remember from the video's. The "shows" are very much R&M doing what they have done for years, there are some great bits, some ok bits and the odd bit that either doesnt make sense or is only understandable to R&M themselves! There are shades of other R&M works in the DVD set, Catterick and The Smell Of series spring to mind. Overall a very enjoyable series with some nice mini episodes in each series like "The Club". Well worth getting on DVD at the value price its now sold for. Enjoy!
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Hilarious, Reeves & Mortimer at their level best in my opinion. Absolute madness.
Would have been nice to have some special features on the DVD, which it lacks, but the series itself is absolutely worth paying for
Would have been nice to have some special features on the DVD, which it lacks, but the series itself is absolutely worth paying for
Most Recent Customer Reviews
On the whole, a lot of Fun...
Often described by fans as the surrealist double act's finest work, Bang Bang - It's Reeves & Mortimer is certainly a comedy gem. Read more
Published 19 months ago by JonnyF
Brilliant...
I got this along with the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer to show my son who is a fan of Shooting Stars but was too young to remember these shows. Read more
Published 22 months ago by MacDazzle
Bang bang is bang on
Reeves and Mortimer never fail to make me laugh. They have so much fun doing what they do, you can see them laughing at them selves as they are performing. Read more
Published on 7 April 2010 by L. A. Pyne-edwards
Bang bang, pop, pop, whiz!
Brilliant off-the-wardrobe non-sequiteur and surreality abound, as usual. One of their best, I personally feel, particularly the Stott Brothers interviews, the treasure burying... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Mr. R. D. P. Lakin
Sausages...
Growing up as a young boy in Melbourne (circa 1980) i recall being played Tony Hancock tapes at night to help me sleep and as a result, became infactuated with the program - to the... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2009 by Michael C. Hall
Not a Bang but a Whimper
Vic and Bob's third BBC series Bang Bang largely misfired. There were some great sketches here, but the whole thing felt slightly forced. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by Steve
I Have Fox on Head
If you like Reeves & Mortimer & don't have this DVD then you must buy it immediately. It has probably the funiest things in it that they have ever done. Read more
Published on 10 April 2009 by David Smith
Their best 'R&M' series.
The Big Night Out was brilliant at the time, and no one of our generation had ever seen anything like it. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2009 by V. Carlin
FUN! FUN! FUN!
This dvd is ace cos Tom fun and Derek are amazingly FUNny, Tom talks like that women does on cash in the attic yknow the one who always sounds bored and her phrasing of words... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2008 by Stephenplop
Disturbingly Blissful
I haven't bought this yet but my birthday is coming up soon and I certainly will be receiving this. I seen every episode of this over and over again and wouldn't have it out of my... Read more
Published on 19 April 2006 by Derek Connor
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