Scotch And Wry - The Complete Collection DVD

Advantages: Humourous, excerpts span many years
Disadvantages: Amusing rather than hilarious, limited target audience

...---Introduction--- Those born and raised in Scotland will have no trouble recalling funny man Rikki Fulton and the many guises he adopted in his comedy sketch shows. For the rest of the world, I should perhaps introduce him by saying that for many years from the 1970s through until his death in 2004, Rikki Fulton was a much-loved Scots comic who was best known for his show "Scotch and Wry" and for his appearances on TV every hogmanay. Through his sketches he created numerous characters such as a hilariously inept police motorcycle outrider, but he is perhaps best known for his character, The Reverend IM Jolly, who is the main star of this particular DVD offering. ---Content--- The DVD is a single disc comprising clips and sketches from Fulton's Scotch and Wry series and focuses almost entirely on The Rev IM Jolly. This character... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: They've only made one more
Disadvantages: They've made 3 already, and the makers still have cameras

.... Second, the wry look at the horror genre is neither wry nor, in keeping with the first point, funny. Instead it's a bawdy collection of poor toilet gags, as uncomfortable to watch as any episode of BBC 2's The Office. I spent the whole time feeling embarrassed, hoping the cast would at least have the dignity to shoot themselves at the premiere. I heard nothing on the news to this end. The film is atrocious. None of the funny bits are funny, and none of the wry insights are wry or insightful. The most obvious facets of the horror film are lampooned over and over and, fair enough, the first time it's just plain unfunny. The second time a little irritating. But it reaches the point where you're so ashamed by every misfiring joke that you just want to jam a fork in your throat to take your mind off it. There's nothing more that can be said. It is... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: conveniantly packaged, good series, lots of laughs, very amusing
Disadvantages: quite short series

...I purchased the complete Blackadder collection for £35 at HMV and it was certainly money well spent. I think the acting and humour is top notch and it features 4 of televisions greatest actors of all time "Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson). very wry and witty this is a great box set to buy if you want some top quality BBC made entertainment. However, the entire 4 series only adds up to 14 hours,so i feel that the box set should be a little cheaper as you can buy the entire Jeeves and Wooster collection on the Play.com website for £25 and that amounts to around 18 hours and over 20 episodes. On the whole i was immensely pleased with the product. If you are a fan of the series then this is one boxset you will not want to miss out on. when regarding the actual product; the boxset that contains the 6 dvs... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful