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French & Saunders: Living in a Material World

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French & Saunders: Living in a Material World
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1hr 46min
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2002
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BBC Warner
Synopsis: This compendium of material from the BBC sketch comedy program French & Saunders pokes fun at everything from Baywatch and the Batman franchise to Björk and Ingmar Bergman, stopping along the way to mock British tennis players and postcolonial biddies. Most of the material dates from the early to mid-'90s; all of it features future Absolutely Fabulous writer/actress Jennifer Saunders and Vicar of Dibley star Dawn French, who parody pop culture figures (Liam Neeson and Mel Gibson in a faux Braveheart/ ... Full Synopsis
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Like Absolutely Fabulous, the hit comedy it spawned and later was eclipsed by, French & Saunders can be maddeningly uneven. American viewers who missed the original BBC shows can enjoy many of their best moments on the collections French & Saunders: At the Movies and French & Saunders: Gentlemen Prefer; this additional compendium includes some choice material but comes off too scattershot to satisfy ... Full Review
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