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The entire series of the BBC's fast-paced sketch show co-written by Ricky Gervais and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The dark and zany sketches poke fun at everything from James Bond to paranoia, with one regular spot, 'Outdoor Wee', featuring celebrities being interviewed while urinating alfresco. Includes six episodes.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By @fairkatrina
Format:DVD
A great collection of sketches, that has somehow been totally buried and forgotten. If you like Mitchell and Webb this is a DVD for you; it's very much in their style. A hidden gem!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By J. Rain
Format:DVD
I caught this when it was on the pre BBC 3 channel UK Play, this along with the great Fun At The Funeral Parlour were little nuggets in their late night schedules.
Containing some of the rising stars of comedy today, pre fame; Matthew Holness (Garth Merenghi) Mitchell and Webb, Olivia Coleman (In everything at the moment) Martin Freeman (Tim in the office) and a lady who was in Braniac!
Bruiser is very hit and miss, but when it is a hit it is as good as any sketch show. Some sketches were faves of mine and I still think they are really funny, Sparky the annoying puppet and outdoor wee a couple of faves.
It is obviously reminiciant of Mitchell and Webb's recent sketch show as they are the writers here too, and also that familar feeling of hit and miss-ness.
It is worth a purchase if you are a fan, though the sticker saying "Co Written by Ricky Gervais" seems a bit desperate!!
Containing some of the rising stars of comedy today, pre fame; Matthew Holness (Garth Merenghi) Mitchell and Webb, Olivia Coleman (In everything at the moment) Martin Freeman (Tim in the office) and a lady who was in Braniac!
Bruiser is very hit and miss, but when it is a hit it is as good as any sketch show. Some sketches were faves of mine and I still think they are really funny, Sparky the annoying puppet and outdoor wee a couple of faves.
It is obviously reminiciant of Mitchell and Webb's recent sketch show as they are the writers here too, and also that familar feeling of hit and miss-ness.
It is worth a purchase if you are a fan, though the sticker saying "Co Written by Ricky Gervais" seems a bit desperate!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Gevin Huey
Format:DVD
Matthew Holness is excellent, Mitchell & Webb are great, I'd say that the only thing holding back this series is the pacing. ..& the fact that some sketches just aren't funny. Also the sketches are repeated a few too many times, particularly the unfunny ones (well, all of them are repeated too many times, even the good ones.) I wish that, while making the series, they would have gone to test audiences to find out which sketches really worked & which ones ought to have been a one time gag,... rather than returning to that dried up old cow for milk so many times when, to be honest, it was pumping nothing but sandy powdered milk to begin with.
If you want to see some of your favorite comedic actors before they realy broke into the industry, then go for it. ..Otherwise.. This series is more fail than it is win.
If you want to see some of your favorite comedic actors before they realy broke into the industry, then go for it. ..Otherwise.. This series is more fail than it is win.
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Not a comedy gem
For me ths really wasn't the comedy gem other people seem to think it is. There was barely a handful of 'Laugh Out Loud' moments on the whole DVD, and they were more like... Read more
Published on 3 May 2011 by S. Brown
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Join me for an outdoor wee.
As with any sketch show, there's always hits and misses, but this is still funny after several years and should not be forgotten. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2011 by Sheenagh Le Bear
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Pretty awful stuff
Similarly to "Confetti", I purchased "Bruiser" as part of Martin Freeman's back catalogue available on DVD. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2011 by H. O'Sullivan
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Bruiser, its great
Just seen bruiser for the first time, if you like a good laugh you can't go far wrong, 'touchy' is a particular favourite, as is 'angry tradesman' esque person. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by Mr. R. A. Powell
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Makes you wonder how they got work after this
This had everything on paper to be a great show - Mitchell and Webb, Olivia Coleman, Martin Freeman, etc etc... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2009 by Carla O L
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At long last...
... someone finally took it upon themselves to unearth this precious gem out of some dusty archives. As a DVD, it's a very bare-bones product, with nothing but the whole six (! Read more
Published on 4 April 2008 by Pearnon
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Before they were famous..
UK Play sketch show featuring a host of embryo comedy talent - Mitchell And Webb,(Peep Show) Martin Freeman,(The Office) Matthew Colman (Darkplace)- and sketches written by a... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2008 by A. Miles
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Bruiser - Quirky Classic
Whilst occasionally patchy, there's some inspired stuff in this offbeat BBC show. Martin Freeman's got some excellent characters - the paranoid man, the husband who keeps telling... Read more
Published on 24 July 2007 by Bart Scribbler
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