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Watch Instantly with | Per Episode | Buy Season |
Genre | Comedy/Television, Comedy |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC, Closed-captioned |
Contributor | Matt Lucas, David Walliams |
Language | English |
Runtime | 3 hours |
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Little Britain USA (DVD) One of the most successful British comedies of all time is coming to America! Meet Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who are bringing their smash hit Little Britain stateside with the all-new HBO series Little Britain USA. The series will feature familiar Lucas/Walliams personas from their original show, as well as new characters created expressly for this series. In addition, Little Britain USA will feature guest appearances including Paul Rudd, Rosie O’Donnell, Hayden Pantierre, and Sting.
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The lewd, crude, and often nude humor of the smashingly successful British comedy series Little Britain has, thanks to HBO, made the cross-Atlantic trek--and fans around the world can rejoice. The brainchild of Brit comics Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Little Britain takes on American culture and peculiarities whilst keeping the signature Little Britain characters and savage point of view. "There are more fat people in America than there are people," the narrator solemnly drones, introducing a crazily hilarious (and borderline offensive) sketch about an overweight support group, guest-starring the big-boned American Rosie O'Donnell. No one is safe from the barbs of the writers, who trash fat people (often), gays (often), women, immigrants, disabled people, and, well, pretty much everyone else. The potty and cross-dressing humor is happily transplanted onto American soil, as is the preoccupation with overweight women and overly muscled gym rats and their naughty bits. Other targets include American gun owners, Brownie troops, and the American obsession with fitness. Extras include a too-short blooper reel, a making-of featurette, and a great series of audio commentaries by Lucas and Walliams, who crack themselves--and the viewer--up in the process. And that's a right kerfuffle. --A.T. Hurley
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches; 4.64 ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC, Closed-captioned
- Run time : 3 hours
- Release date : January 13, 2009
- Actors : Matt Lucas, David Walliams
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Studio : HBO Studios
- ASIN : B001G0NK28
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #88,951 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #10,379 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Now, in Little Britain USA there was one thing in the commentary that was said that I acknowledged watching the series: They wrote the series and re-wrote some of the characters to make it more "fitting" for a USA audience. That was not necessary at all. I loved the new "American" characters they've created, but was ever so happy to see Lou and Andy, Sebastian, Vickie Pollard, and Daffyd Thomas. My suggestion in the future is to write the show their way and NOT try to Americanize it. Lucas and Walliams are geniuses and need to just stick with doing it their way.
There are a few running storylines throughout the 6 episodes (I assume the series was cut short to 6 episodes as in Season Two the costumes took up a lot of budget). We're reintroduced to "Bitty" as a family with an overprotected infantile son visit their American Cousins, two HILL-arious bank robbers, and even funnier body builders. I love grandma and the grandson on the front porch having discussions. There are one-off jokes like the cop and his gun collection and hunters who go after "big" game.
Still, for me I was most attentive to see some of the original characters from the original series (mentioned above) who I love. They're such well rounded characters with great personalities and are very, very funny.
If you can, be sure to watch Little Britain Series' 1 - 3, Little Britain Abroad, and Little Britain Live. I love all those shows a LOT.
Especially Lou and Andy.
"Yeah, I know."
Put the kids to bed. Forgive the laugh track. And you'll quickly discover the best sketch comedy isn't being shown on "Saturday Night Live" or "Mad TV" but rather comes at you like a zombie attack (gross and unrelenting) from Britain.
I mean that as a complement.
I encourage you to watch the original series, Little Britain: The Complete Collection , which is funnier than this American version in much the same way The Office - The Complete Collection compares with the NBC version, The Office .
Little Britain USA, however, introduces several new characters, most notably Bing Gordyn, the eighth man on the moon, and gym buddies Mark and Tom. Bing yearns for recognition but no one appreciates the aging astronaut. The sketches chronicle his attempts to find the spotlight. Meanwhile, Mark and Tom's locker room sketches revolve around their body image with their bodies on full display (anatomically correct body suits that will make you cringe).
Lucas and Walliams share a demented kinship with other grotesque comedies, including The League of Gentlemen and Trailer Park Boys as well as feature films Borat and Tropic Thunder .
In my Amazon review of Tropic Thunder I wrote, "You'll laugh but this movie isn't for the easily offended. Heck, even a few hard-to-offend viewers will cringe, too. A comedy hasn't had this much in-your-face political incorrectness since Blazing Saddles .''
Mel Brooks must be pleased to see so many comedians and sketch-comedy writers drop-kicking political correctness for a good, sometimes grotesque, laugh.
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Lots of extras, bringing their show to the New World did not change the British humour the sketches are based on.
You won't regret a minute of this, unless you show it to your kids !
For instance, I love Little Britain USA more then blowjobs, and so will you ! ! !