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Starring: Jennifer Saunders,  Joanna Lumley, 
Directed By:
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1994-07-24
Studio: BBC Warner
Format: Box set,  Color,  DVD-Video,  Full Screen,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection

Description
Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, June Whitfield and Julia Sawalha star in the award-winning TV comedy series that defined the early 90s. Enjoy Eddie and Patsy's hilarious escapades with this great box set and crack open the Bolly!

All eighteen episodes from the first, second and third series.

DVD Features:
Featurette
Outtakes
Photo gallery

When anyone raves about Sex and the City, you need only to remind her that the Brits did it first--and better--with the creation of the brave say-anything show about sex, drugs, and the battle of the bulge. Absolutely Fabulous is a groundbreaking, off-the-wall comedy from the early 1990s, which began with a skit from The French and Saunders Show, about a moral, uptight daughter and her extremely loose mother. Ab Fab has taken this to the extreme. Edina (Jennifer Saunders) is the queen of excess. Her clothes are outrageous, her attempts at weight loss comical, and her efforts at motherhood (her daughter, Saffron--played to perfection by Julia Sawalha--is a practical-minded, reliable teenager) are uneven at best. Eddy's best friend is Patsy, a promiscuous Ivana Trump look-alike who always has a cigarette between her lips, a drink in her hand, and a fine-looking man (or boy) in her bed. The entire show lasted for three seasons, and all are included in this set. From organizing an orgy to a brush with poverty to the death of Eddy's father, nothing--and we mean nothing--is sacred in this show. Without a doubt, Ab Fab is one of the greatest television satires created, although keep in mind that it's strictly for adults. --Jenny Brown

Customer Reviews for Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection

Single Women ARE Absolutely Fabulous
If you grew up in a disfunctional family along with most of the "Boomers", DO NOT MISS THIS GOOD TIME! The writers of this entire collection had to have known my best friend and myself. With the exception of the wealth of Eddy, and the temporary "sex change" operation of Patsy's, this surely could have been written about our lives. We love this entire collection. I'm convinced they did their research watching us.

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Perfect mixture of intelligence and silliness in a fabulous BritCom, Sweetie Darling!
It's a shame we don't get more exposure to British comedy here in The States, especially when you see a great show like this. Apparently, this show started as a skit on The French & Saunders Show. And although I've seen this skit (it's included on these DVDs), I've never seen a full episode of F & S. Which is a shame, because I've liked Dawn French in anything I've seen her in, including Vicar of Dibley. But in Ab Fab, writer Jennifer Saunders does a beautiful job in the role of Edina Monsoon, a woman who never outgrew the decadent drunken, drug-crazed lifestyle of her youth. And her teenage daughter, Saffron (or Saffy for short, played brilliantly by Julia Sawalha) is far too often forced to play a parental role in this dysfunctional family. Some of the best, most intelligent, insightful moments (both comedy and drama) come from the constant conflicts between mother and daughter. Edina's best friend from school, Patsy Stone (played admirably by ex-model Joanna Lumley) was unwanted by her mother while growng up, and so she's even more of a drunken, drug dependant, slutty mess than Edina...and Patsy has always openly resented Saffy for being an obstacle to Edina's hedonistic lifestyle. The partying antics of Edina and Patsy add just enough silliness to make the show more fun at appropriate intervals. So, there is plenty of intelligence, insight, debauchery and silliness to make this a great all-around comedy. It's just like when Edina says to Saffy, "It's lovely how I call you Sweetie Darling all the time, isn't it? I wonder how that started." Saffy replies, "It started because you couldn't remember my name for the first 3 years." We need to see more brilliant British comedy here in the U.S. If you're a fan of British comedy, this is a great addition to your collection. If you haven't seen this show (no matter what the reason is), you really ought to! I highly recommend this!Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection

Flawless and funny!
Why they took this show off the air is beyond me. These two women are hysterical and a credit to English Comedy!Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection

ABFAB Collections worth buying
I received the box collection 1-3, and 2 separate discs sets for series 4 and 5; and they are all my favorite dvds. i watch them every nite at bedtime. It appears only series 5 set has english subtitles and not the other series. As well as commentaries available on perhaps series 4, but not all of them. It is the must have for collections of highly educated people. If you like hilarious crass them you'll love ABFAB.Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection

Well worth the money
I bought this set a couple of weeks ago and just finished getting through it. It is well worth the money. You won't be sorry you bought it. Funny as it gets.Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection