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The cult Channel 4 comedy series is finally available on DVD! Featuring the inspired lunacy of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, The Original Vic Reeves Big Night Out also contains the surreal antics of strange scientist Les, The Man With A Stick, Judge Nutmeg, and Wavy Davy. Widely regarded as the show that reinvented British comedy in the early nineties, it turned Vic and Bob into household names and provided a generation with the immortal catchphrase "You Wouldn’t Let It Lie!"
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Anamorphic Widescreen, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Documentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In the 21st century, information is the ultimate commodity. In a world where cyberspace is a workaday reality and outlaw hackers thrive, the most valuable information must sometimes be transported by mnemonic couriers--professionals like Johnny who offer the ultimate in security and confidentiality. Johnny contracts to deliver priceless data for a pair of scientists, defectors from Pharmkom, the world's third largest corporation. The massive upload is too much for the mnemonic implant embedded in Johnny's brain. With no idea of what he's carrying, Johnny must find the secret access-codes that allow him to download the information--or die. But data-overload isn't the only thing threatening his life. The Yakuza, the world's most powerful crime-syndicate, are working for Pharmakom. Takahashi, the Yakuza sector chief, distrusts his own men; he secretly hires the ruthless bounty hunter known as Street Preacher and orders him to bring in Johnny's head--cryogenically preserved. ...Vic Reeves Big Night Out - Series 1 & 2 2-DVD Set
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
I remember accidentally bumping into this on Channel 4 (I must have been fifteen or something), and thinking "What is this low budget pap?". I must have bumped into it a few more times and suddenly the penny dropped. This truly is some of the best comedy I've ever witnessed. It's pretty unique, and if you've not already had it, it may take a few episodes before you have your "Eureka" moment, but when you do, it really is fantastic. Like the other reviewers here, I'd suggest this is probably the cream of Vic and Bob's work so far, although perhaps the least accessible.
I'm guessing that most people reading this probably already know that they love this series, so perhaps a little info about the DVDs themselves. It's stashed on two DVDs (not crammed onto one or anything), so the picture quality is everything it should be. There's only really one extra, and that's a nice little interview by Matt Lucas (seen as George Dawes on Shooting Stars, and star of Little Britain), which is dead interesting and reasonably long. The entire first and second series are present, but unfortunately the New Years Eve special (or maybe it was Christmas, I dunno) featuring Kim Wilde is missing.
As you might guess, I'd totally recommend this - I regard it as an extraordinarily significant step in the history of British commedy (which unfortunately most people don't seem to have latched onto), and if I need to cheer myself up, this is likely to be the DVD I reach for. Either that, or the Mighty Boosh. Hey - why not buy 'em both? I did. They're well spanky.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Vic Reeves, the stage name and persona of Art School graduate Jim Moir, reinvented and revamped British comedy in the late eighties and early nineties with this show. His 'Big Night Out' had been a dadaist comedy revue in a London pub on Thursday nights until Jonathan Ross and the then heads of Channel Four saw a comedy gem and offered them the contract that took the pub-based comedy show to Friday nights on Channel Four.
Their humour was non-political, random and truly surreal - not the knowing word-association Monty Python passed off as surrealism, but more the creation of stupid and irrational situations. If any Python influence was to be cited it was Eric Idle's 'Rutland Weekend Television'
'Big Night Out' had Vic Reeves as a desk-bound master of ceremonies for a parade of infantile (in a good way) characters and impractically weird events. Bob Mortimer was his partner in crime. Both played characters and contributed to the kinetic comedy with roles ranging from the pathos-inducing Man With The Stick (a paper-mask wearing, pole-carrying man in a suit who had surreal cartoons drawn over his mask and invited audiences to beg the question "What's on the end of the stick Vic?") to the vile pervert Graham Lister. This was Vic's arch enemy, a trouserless mac-wearer whose attempts to win each week's 'Novelty Island' were dampened by Vic.
Les was the only recurring character not played by Vic or Bob, but by Fred Aylward.
Vic and Bob have lost something of the brilliance they exhibited here, but this is the two at their most iconic.
Their humour was non-political, random and truly surreal - not the knowing word-association Monty Python passed off as surrealism, but more the creation of stupid and irrational situations. If any Python influence was to be cited it was Eric Idle's 'Rutland Weekend Television'
'Big Night Out' had Vic Reeves as a desk-bound master of ceremonies for a parade of infantile (in a good way) characters and impractically weird events. Bob Mortimer was his partner in crime. Both played characters and contributed to the kinetic comedy with roles ranging from the pathos-inducing Man With The Stick (a paper-mask wearing, pole-carrying man in a suit who had surreal cartoons drawn over his mask and invited audiences to beg the question "What's on the end of the stick Vic?") to the vile pervert Graham Lister. This was Vic's arch enemy, a trouserless mac-wearer whose attempts to win each week's 'Novelty Island' were dampened by Vic.
Les was the only recurring character not played by Vic or Bob, but by Fred Aylward.
Vic and Bob have lost something of the brilliance they exhibited here, but this is the two at their most iconic.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Vic Reeves Big Night Out was always a bit of an acquired taste, but if like me, you found it a groundbreaking new style of comedy and utterly hilarious, you'll welcome the chance to get the two Channel 4 series from 1990/1991 on DVD.
My only gripe with this set would be that it doesn't include the 45 minute "New Year's Eve Special" which was broadcast in between the two series, and if I recall featured a guest appearance by gorgeous female pop star Kim Wilde :)
Also, as other reviewers have noted, it is edited rather clumsily in places to remove ad-breaks and the odd swear word.
My only gripe with this set would be that it doesn't include the 45 minute "New Year's Eve Special" which was broadcast in between the two series, and if I recall featured a guest appearance by gorgeous female pop star Kim Wilde :)
Also, as other reviewers have noted, it is edited rather clumsily in places to remove ad-breaks and the odd swear word.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
As batty as it ever was
The first and last time I watched this was when it was originally shown in 1990 and 1991. I remember loving it at the time (I was 16 or 17) but really wondered what I would think... Read more
Published 14 months ago by S.M. Gidley
Forgotten how good this is - fabulous stuff
A conversation at a dinner party led onto a discover of a mutual love of Vic and Bob with some friends I had known a while. Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by Janie U
Vic Reeves Big Night Out: Both Series
Genius! Vic and Bob at their finest, unhinged best. Greg Mitchell, Novelty Island, Lister, Wavy Davy, The Man With The Stick, Morrisey The Consumer Monkey etc etc etc. Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Mr. J. Hutchinson
HIYA!
A couple of people have commented that they bought this DVD from their love of 'Shooting Stars' or 'Smell of'. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2009 by Political Manoeuvre
A Comedy Classic
The Original Vic Reeves Big Night Out [1990]
All episodes from the two Big Night Out series are included (although not the New Year episode which is a shame) together... Read more
All episodes from the two Big Night Out series are included (although not the New Year episode which is a shame) together... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by N. A. Boulton
Not very good at all.
If (like I was) you're planning on buying this title on the back of your fondness for Vic and Bob in Shooting Stars or Bang Bang then I would advice that you don't bother this... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2009 by Mr. David Peyton
I couldn't let it lie...
I watched this show when it was first aired back in 1990; I was only a kid and had seen nothing like it before, even then I knew I was witnessing something special with Big Night... Read more
Published on 3 April 2007 by Jaycee23
Garbage
Caught a couple of these recently to see if i was wrong first time around
I wasnt... This is art school students playing at being comedians. Read more
I wasnt... This is art school students playing at being comedians. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2006 by Clive Pacey
Vic and Bob's first TV show
I got this the other day and I had to buy it as it's just totally daft. I find it hard to define. I like Mr Wobbly Hand who wear's a lettace helmet while running around the stage... Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2006 by Ian
A flawed but long overdue and DVD release
Although I'm overjoyed that this sublime piece of nonsense is finally out on DVD and although I'm loath to make any negative comments, I do feel compelled to make the following... Read more
Published on 6 May 2006 by E. J. Naylor
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