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Absolutely - Absolutely Everything | 
 enlarge | Actors: Peter Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 541
Format: Pal
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Number Of Items: 8
Running Time: 880
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 2.4
EAN: 5030697013637
ASIN: B0015B04J0
Release Date: May 5, 2008
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To all the Carlisle Absolutely people! June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful to see this coming to DVD. Absolutely, for those of us who got it back in the day, was a formative comedy experience. LIke so many of the reviewers we used to gather in a group - substances may have been partook! - and we used to - there's no other word for it - we used to immerse ourselves in these people's world. Now, so many of those fabulous turns of phrase have lived on in our little group as we spread out across the world - and all the continents have reveberated to "how can you be bothered, to be bothered about that" "pigs nerves, cooked in the traditional Welsh manner", "Let's go shopping" (a la Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer) and stimulate her clematis". And we can revisit them now.
Big thanks to AbsolutelyAndy for allthe hard work in maintaining a website in the interim, and thank you to all the Absolutely people. It's wonderful. And I know exactly how Frank the Newsagents fans felt.
Absolutely the 2nd best comedy show ever! June 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm so pleased this has made it to DVD.
Absolutely is, without any reservations, the best comedy show of the 80's & 90's. And is 2nd only to Monty Python in the gamut of British ensemble comedies.
And it's a fantastic box set, full of belly laughs and pinpoint character sketches. To be blunt, if you like comedy and any of the programmes mentioned, then you'll love this. My advice tho, for newcomers, is to limit yourself to perhaps an episode a day. The anticipation you'll have by the time you're halfway through season two will be the most exquisite agony... (Hehehe... Sorry Vincent!)
Think the Fast Show was original? Pah! And Big Train, the spiritual successor to Absolutely, pales by comparison. And God knows how Catherine Tate and Little Britain can garner such a following when there is this to be enjoyed!
Absolutely is of course Scottish, like Little Britain, but don't let that put you off. After all, it's Scottish like your PC. And your clothes. And your house. And the North Sea. All Scottish. That credit card you're going to buy this box set with? Scottish. Your kettle? Och aye! Yr Mum? As Scottish as a haggis on Hogmany!
Just buy it!
Brillant June 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Absolutely Is one of the greatest Brittish shows the second one Is Monty Python.These shows take me way back to when I was a young kid.I used to watch this show on channel four with my mum.
Good memories.
Nothing original June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
no, not the Absolutely DVD's, but this posting. 5 Stars and another massive fan. Am getting this for my birthday so am "previewing" it rather than "reviewing" it. Like others, have been frustrated for years in only getting search hits for Ab Fab. So many of us here, yet none of us knew anyone else at the time who shared our delight in this TV gem. Perhaps some unknown force was at work that ensured no Absolutely watcher had another within a 30 mile radius. Much as I loved the Fast Show, it will be interesting to see if my long cherished belief is true - that "Unlucky Alf" was entirely based on John Spark's old codger and that Caroline Aherne's teenager was an older version of Morwenna's leg swinging child. Not criticising, just flagging up the quality and depth of the characters created by the team and allowed by C4 to flourish.
*Hums theme* May 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was nervous about seeing Absolutely again as i had great memories of me and my then girlfriend religiously tuning in each week and us both crying laughing - it sounds daft but we felt kinda special, we didn't know anyone else who watched it, we were the chosen ones. Ahh those were the days... 9 to 5 jobs, out most nights on the sauce and hiding from the landlord when the rent was due.
I'm older, and probably only a little wiser, but upon seeing this again i can say with my hand firmly on my heart that all responsible are without doubt the most original and gifted writers/performers that have graced our screens... although Jack and Morwenna are everso slightly higher than the others in my estimation. I want a Morwenna all to myself. If you know of a female comedy performer with more talent then please let me know... whoever you find i'll tell you that you're wrong anyway, so perhaps there's little point you bothering to be honest.
Sure there are some negatives regarding the lack of chapters and picture/sound quality but i can easily put up with them as i'm so thankful i'm able see again one of the finest comedy shows ever produced.
When i die i want this set and my Half Man Half Biscuit CDs buried with me. Next to John Peel. And XTC.
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