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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: BBC Warner
Salesrank: 16625
Released: August 10, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Closed-captioned Color DVD NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
This brand-new DVD features the best bits from the multi-award winning talk show with Elton John Orlando Bloom Cher Dolly Parton Chris Rock Ozzy Osbourne Kim Cattrall and more! And that's not to mention Graham's infamous web surfing crank calling and jaw-dropping audience chats.Running Time: 100 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 794051201720
Description of The Best of So Graham Norton:
Part talk-show host, part comedian, and all-out extrovert, the very Irish and very gay Graham Norton is one of the few people who deserves all the adjectives that are thrown at him: "bawdy," "saucy," "outrageous," "extreme," and "hilarious" are a few of them. His BBC talk show, So Graham Norton, is something that you just couldn't find in America: a rampant exercise in audience titillation that wallows gloriously in bizarre human behavior. Okay, so it sounds like something hosted by Ricki Lake (who's been one of Norton's guests), but in reality it's more like an audience-interactive NC-17 Saturday Night Live, with occasional breaks for celebrity chit-chat. If you ever wanted to see Orlando Bloom, Gillian Anderson, Cher, Sophia Loren, or Dolly Parton (a Norton favorite) break the talk-show mold with bawdy sex talk, then your dreams have come true. And Norton's cringe-inducing yet compulsively watchable audience polls, which ask common folk to relate embarrassing, adult-oriented tales, reveal a European openness (and sense of humor) that just wouldn't fly here if tried in the U.S. Alas, for most American Norton fans, this DVD will be something of a letdown, as it takes bits and pieces from various shows and splices them together, instead of showcasing separate episodes. (One of Norton's strengths is his inspired pairings of A-list and B-list celebs in an entire episode.) Still, this greatest-hits style compilation will provide a wild-ride intro and satiate fans eager to revisit prime Norton moments--especially uncensored. A little unexpurgated Norton is better than none at all! --Mark Englehart
The Best of So Graham Norton Reviews:
Rather Lopsided 
2009-09-05 - I LOVE the Graham Norton shows, and watch the current one every week. So when I read the 2-starred rating that said that all he does is juvenile x-rated humor for an immature audience I figured that person just wasn't used to his humor, that he or she was exaggerating and probably hadn't watched the whole thing. Well, if I only had this one DVD to go by, I wouldn't like Graham Norton either. It only focused on the sex stuff. I'm no prude (no, really I'm not), but his show works because it balances out the "naughty" stuff with the clever. He IS a great comedian. This DVD just doesn't demonstrate his well-rounded comic ability.
I could not watch the whole thing.... 
2009-05-11 - .....not in one sitting because my stomach hurt so much from laughing. Not for the faint of heart or the easily offended. But so - roll around "I cannot BELIEVE they just said/did that" - funny! I wish I could find more DVDs of Graham Norton! Loved it!
English Humor 
2008-10-06 - Graham Norton is one of England's National Treasures. His humor is sharp, crisp, and clever. He includes his audience and displays a great amount of charm when interviewing his special guests. He is known on both sides of the Atlantic as a comedian. Although, he acts as host in this DVD he really is a comic. I highly recommend this DVD for anyone that loves British humor, Comics, or just wants to have a good old laugh.
I Love Graham 
2008-07-31 - This is the only tape of Graham Norton available in the U.S. If there is another, please let me know.
This is a compilation of hilarious clips. Celebrities participate in Graham brand of practicle jokes, audience members divulges outrageous incidents from their own lives, and Graham's great sense of humor are a treat.
I wish there were more Graham in the U.S.
Awesomness 
2008-07-02 - its funny as anything!!!
love it,has all the best bits and them some.