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Product Description League of Gentlemen, The: Complete Series 1 (DVD) desertcart.com In some grim and isolated corner of northern England lurks the town of Royston Vasey, where the local cab driver is a hirsute preoperative transsexual, the local butcher sells his special stuff to select customers, and the local employment counselor thinks people are like pens: "If they don't work, you shake 'em. If they still don't work, you chuck 'em away!" But if you're not local, you should steer clear of the local shop, no matter how tempted you are by its precious things. To call The League of Gentlemen a black comedy would be an understatement. Its bleak humor owes as much to Samuel Beckett as it does to Monty Python, so those who like their laughs served warm are in for a shock. The show is the most wickedly inventive comedy to come out of Britain since Eddie and Patsy staggered onto our screens in Absolutely Fabulous, and like that groundbreaking series it proudly ignores the boundaries of good taste. Part sketch comedy, part bizarre soap opera, the narrative jumps back and forth between more than a dozen major characters, all played by the three performers who cowrote the show. These characters range from the odd--a vet who accidentally kills all of his patients--to the thoroughly disturbing, like Edward and Tubbs, the inbred proprietors of the Local Shop, who are willing to go to any lengths to prevent the building of a new road through their beloved town. As the series progresses many of the plot threads begin to twist together, revealing hints that some deeper and more sinister plot might be unfolding in Royston Vasey. The League of Gentlemen manages to be both hilarious and chilling, thanks to the terrific writing and performances that are as subtle as they are grotesque. You have never seen anything like The League of Gentlemen, but like butcher Hilary Briss's special customers, you're sure to be back for more. --Simon Leake P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Set Contains: Join the cast and co-writer Jeremy Dyson as they indulge in some "local gossip" on the audio commentary, happily reminiscing about making this first series and discussing the origins of the innumerable characters and sketches, as well as pointing out hidden jokes and movie references galore. Also on this excellently produced disc are entertaining character biographies (Pop's favorite lunch from Greggs is "Chicken & Mushroom Pie", the sinister Denton twins are happiest when "Courting the Lords of Misrule"), an archive of the show's theatrical origins, and a treasure-trove of deleted scenes. --Mark Walker See more Review: Great Tv - This is a Fantastic television show Review: Worth every penny and then some. - I will make this very easy for you....buy all three seasons, only watch them in the proper order, at least for the first time through, and you will be rewarded with the most unbelievable viewing experience. This is without a doubt the funniest, best acted, best written British TV show ever. The League of Gentlemen are the 3 best actors I have ever seen. Each play around 30 characters in the 3 seasons, most of which are reoccurring characters that come alive and evolve over the course of the show. Every so often, new characters come in and go, but the core characters endear and grow. That is why it is very important to watch this in the proper order as the characters grow, you grow with them. This troupe of 3 male actors is best when portraying women, which seems to be an English thing, but all of the characters are amazing. Listen....I cannot do this series justice here. I can only tell you that if you watch this show from beginning to end, it will become clear. The end of the show is just perfect. The characters all fall into place. They all make sense and you will understand the genius of the 4 who wrote the series, and the 3 of them who bring the characters to life. Please, I beg you, try it...you will not believe how well crafted it is.
| ASIN | B00004Z4V5 |
| Actors | Mark Gatiss, Megan De Wolf, Reece Shearsmith, Rosy De Wolf, Steve Pemberton |
| Aspect Ratio | Unknown |
| Best Sellers Rank | #119,374 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #12,934 in Comedy (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (102) |
| Director | Steve Bendelack |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Language | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
| MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| Media Format | Color, Letterboxed, Multiple Formats, NTSC |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.4 ounces |
| Release date | January 4, 2011 |
| Run time | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
| Studio | BBC Home Entertainment |
| Writers | Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton |
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Great Tv
This is a Fantastic television show
P**O
Worth every penny and then some.
I will make this very easy for you....buy all three seasons, only watch them in the proper order, at least for the first time through, and you will be rewarded with the most unbelievable viewing experience. This is without a doubt the funniest, best acted, best written British TV show ever. The League of Gentlemen are the 3 best actors I have ever seen. Each play around 30 characters in the 3 seasons, most of which are reoccurring characters that come alive and evolve over the course of the show. Every so often, new characters come in and go, but the core characters endear and grow. That is why it is very important to watch this in the proper order as the characters grow, you grow with them. This troupe of 3 male actors is best when portraying women, which seems to be an English thing, but all of the characters are amazing. Listen....I cannot do this series justice here. I can only tell you that if you watch this show from beginning to end, it will become clear. The end of the show is just perfect. The characters all fall into place. They all make sense and you will understand the genius of the 4 who wrote the series, and the 3 of them who bring the characters to life. Please, I beg you, try it...you will not believe how well crafted it is.
J**T
Local Shop for Local People
My husband and I used to watch this several years ago and we realized that we continue to quote the series even today, often confusing our adolescent daughter. So I decided to buy the first season as a Christmas gift for my husband this year. Be warned: while very funny, this series is also very disturbing. There is quite a bit of implied violence, cannibalism, and sexual assault. There is also a transgender taxi driver who seems a bit dated by today's standards (presented as yet another weird character in the village who regales her clients with all the gory details of her sex change process while driving them around). And yet. . . there is also so much that is subversively funny. I don't regret watching this again but perhaps we shouldn't have let our 14 year old watch the first few episodes with us. Oops.
A**D
Are you local?
This is a dark, dark, dark comedy show that is clearly not for everyone. I love British comedies- from Keeping up Appearances to Shameless and everything in between. This show embodies that subtle humor but adds a generous sprinkle of John Waters style filth. If you're like me and like a little bit of a shock or gross-out factor with your dark comedies you shouldn't be disappointed. I bought all three seasons on DVD after they stopped being available to stream on Netflix and I've since lent them to many friends (not the prudes though!) who have different tastes in comedy and everyone has liked it. The only exception is my husband, who just doesn't get it and has never been into British comedy. To each their own, I guess!
E**G
A Local DVD For Local People Only ! ! !
I have to begin with a warning... this is a series you really have to watch from start to finish. Not only because its addictive but because like "The Prisoner" everything all falls into place by the finale. With each episode, things get more gross and the relationships between the characters get more twisted, especially once you're into the final season (not out on video.) All in all, you'll meet about 60 of the residents of Royston Vassey mostly played by only three actors. (The show itself began on BBC radio... a lot of the characters carried over, though you won't find the Local Shop, and Royston is known as Spent, and there's a hillarious scene in which Mickey wets the carpet during a visualization exersize with Pauline... get the tapes over at Amazon.com's UK site.) Overall, this show is unique. It has been described as Monty Python meets Twin Peaks... I would also have to throw in a bit of the Young Ones, Pedro Almodovar and John Waters. If you can dig that stuff, then you'll definitely enjoy this DVD along with a nice warm glass of aqua vita. You'll have the time of your life...just be sure not to touch the prescious things and refrain from passing solids into the WC ! ! !
B**B
Gotta Love the English sense of Humor
These guys look at life through a Gary Larson/Monty Python perspective. They bring the Far Side to life as it were and put it into a well-done comedic and often shocking drama. It took us a while to get our heads around some of the humor, but then when we saw a documentary about the writers/actors we felt a renewed admiration for their genius. Now we walk around quoting lines from several of the scenes. They get into your skin.
N**R
Three Stars
Good deal
S**K
Unique and bizarre - and worth the time
League of Gentlemen is a production that is very hard to describe without making many people to decline to watch on principle. Big mistake. I enjoyed season one very much indeed. It is "an audacious blend of bizarre humor and horror" but that does not serve to adequately describe its delight. The characters are memorable and well-performed throughout, and the tone of the show is spot on. If you have the sort of mind that is bendable and willing to seek out the strange perimeters of humor by all means give it a go. I guarantee that you haven't seen anything quite like it.
"**"
Le premier clin d'oeil dans le menu du dvd veut tout dire. Avant toute chose, on demande "are you local?". Si vous répondez non, le dvd s'éteint! Pour les personnes qui aiment l'humour bien noir et l'humour au 2e degré (voire 3e, je sais pas...), cette série est pour vous! On garde le concept des monthy pythons, c'est à dire 3 personnes qui font presque tous les personnages, et on en fait l'histoire d'un petit village perdu dont les habitants sont... assez étranges! Dans les bonus, le mieux est presque le commentaire des 3 gars en question, il en vaut la peine!
H**N
Never gets old!
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