Comic Strip

Comic Strip - Complete

1982

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All thirty-nine episodes of the ground-breaking 1980s British comedy series, which launched the careers of Adrian Edmondson, Peter Richardson, Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle, among others. 'Five Go Mad in Dorset' is a satirical send-up of the Enid Blyton stories. 'War' sees the Warsaw Pact countries invading Britain. In 'The Beat Generation', middle-class Desmond (Edmondson) invites a group of beatniks to his house while his parents are away. 'Bad News Tour' introduces the feeble heavy metal band and their quest for rock glory. 'Summer School' sees a group of students forced to fend for themselves in an Iron Age community. 'Five Go Mad on Mescalin' sees the gang getting caught up in slightly more sinister adventures. In 'Dirty Movie', a sleazy cinema owner tries to find some privacy to watch his latest porno film. 'Susie' sees a bored schoolteacher's life enlivened when a rock star moves to her sleepy village. 'A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques' is a Spaghetti Western spoof, following two deluded Western fans on a fantasy journey into the 'Old West', via British Rail, two female Australian backpackers, and a vicious mass-killer who dresses like a matador. 'Gino' follows an ordinary man who is framed for murder by a psychotic housewife. In 'Eddie Monsoon - A Life?', the repulsive South African TV presenter is followed by a documentary film crew. 'Slags' is set in a strange post-apocalyptic world, where rival street gangs the Slags and the Hawaiians battle for supremacy. 'The Bullshitters' follows the attempt by two inept detectives to rescue their guv'nor's kidnapped daughter. In 'The Supergrass', a compulsive liar finds his tall tales are believed by the police. 'Consuela' is a spoof gothic melodrama, about a young bride who is at the mercy of her ruthless Spanish maid. 'Private Enterprise' sees two small-time conmen decide to pass themselves off as successful rock stars. 'The Strike' brings a Hollywood touch to the Miners' Strike, starring Al Pacino (Richardson) as Arthur Scargill and Meryl Streep (Jennifer Saunders) as his long-suffering wife. 'More Bad News' follows the band on their reunion tour, five years after splitting up. In 'Mr Jolly Lives Next Door', Nicholas Parsons gets embroiled in a scam by two drunken escort agency workers. 'The Yob' is a sci-fi spoof, where a pretentious video director has his brain swapped with a football hooligan's in a freak accident. In 'Didn't You Kill My Brother?', a convicted killer is released from prison only to meet the evil twin who framed him. 'Funseekers' sees a group of young people arrive in Ibiza for the holiday of a lifetime. In 'South Atlantic Raiders (Part I)', a young man sets off to rescue the woman he loves, thinking she is trapped in the Falklands with the Argentinians poised to invade once more. 'South Atlantic Raiders (Part II)' sees his worst fears confirmed, as he stumbles into an invasion plot by a group of renegade Argentinian officers. 'GLC' sees Charles Bronson (Robbie Coltrane) playing Ken Livingstone, in an epic Hollywood production about his attempt to stop Margaret Thatcher (Saunders) from executing the Prince of Wales. In 'Oxford', two female students find themselves practising deception to get onto an English Literature course at the university. 'Spaghetti Hoops' sees a bank chairman avoiding two incompetant hitmen after embezzling millions. 'Les Dogs' sees an upper-class wedding turn into a war zone. 'Red Nose of Courage' follows the career of John Major (Edmondson), leaving his family of circus entertainers to become Prime Minister. 'The Crying Game' follows the fortunes of a wannabe football star. In 'Wild Turkey', a family are held hostage by their Christmas dinner. 'Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown' sees the inept detectives caught up in a 1970s-style murder investigation. 'Space Virgins From the Planet Sex' sees secret agent James Blond (Richardson) use his non-PC ways to stop a group of beautiful female aliens. 'Queen of the Wild Frontier' follows two escaped convicts on the run. 'Gregory - Diary of a Nutcase' is the record of an aspiring serial killer. 'Demonella' sees a music producer sell his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. In 'Jealousy', a husband is driven mad by his suspicion of his wife. 'Four Men in a Car' follows four salesmen on the way to a conference. Finally, 'Four Men in a Plane' sees the salesmen crash-land in the desert, where they are forced to fend for themselves.

Comic Strip - Complete details

Format:	18 DVD
Starring:	Alexi Sayle, Jennifer Saunders, Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Ade Edmonson
Genre:	Comedy - British, Television
Studio:	VIDEO COLLECTION INT. LTD.

DVD 8 discs & 1 bonus disc

Name	Discs
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 1	TBC Disc 1
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 2	TBC Disc 2
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 3	TBC Disc 3
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 4	TBC Disc 4
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 5	TBC Disc 5
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 6	TBC Disc 6
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 7	TBC Disc 7
Comic Strip - Complete - Disc 8	TBC Disc 8
Comic Strip - Complete - Bonus Features	18 Bonus

DVD Information

Run time:	16 hours 39 minutes
Rental release:	04 Jul 2005
Main languages:	English

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Completely Brilliant

By TheMovieman (32 reviews) from Ramsbottom , 07 Jul 2005

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The whole lot in one package!(oo-er)

I will put this as simply as I can... DON'T CLICK ON RENT, CLICK ON BUY!!!
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very average comedy

By JackDW (18 reviews) from York , 14 Oct 2010

The Comic Strip has not aged well - but was it ever any good? I've watched a dozen of these old episodes now, and the only one that I'd watch again is the first: Five Go Mad In Dorset. The rest, meh.

I get the sense that the writers and cast were given a great deal of freedom with The Comic Strip. Unfortunately, this 'protection from editors' mostly doesn't result in works of comedy genius - instead, it's pretentious and self-indulgent, with occasional flashes of inspiration that don't make up for the mess. A great shame, because almost everyone involved with The Comic Strip was demonstrably capable of so much more. Rent 'The Young Ones' instead.
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Comic Strip

By a customer from Crewe , 09 Jan 2010

Boring and unexciting - wouldnt recommend wasting a rental on this
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Never Ever Bl**dy Anything Ever

By LocalH3ro (5 reviews) from St. Andrews , 05 Nov 2009

I'm renting this mostly for 'Mr Jolly Lives Next Door' because I remember it's Tom & Jerry slapstick humour had me in stitches back in the day. Although that prize is still to come there have been enough gems on the earlier disc's to setup it's arrival (A Fistful Of Traveller's Cheques....'is everybody happy la la la lala la').

Comic Strip was one of those programs you'd watch on a School night (when your parents were out of the room) and, like Python (reruns), would quote lines from the next day.

The image of Ade Edmondson portraying Historic British Icons on the Dreamy Time Escorts tour of London is one of the many images of 'Mr Jolly' that's stayed with me from the 80's.

(Winston Churchill didn't gesture quite like that but if he did WWII might have finished sooner).
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Has aged too much

By a customer from Wotton-under-Edge , 09 Nov 2008

Got this to watch with my teenage children but it has aged too far. Best kept as memories. We watched one and a bit episodes............
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comic strip 1-9

By nbh (1 review) from Exeter , 16 Oct 2008

sooooooooooooooo funny, its side splitting
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