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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: BBC Warner
Salesrank: 16068
Released: March 27, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The BAFTA nominated series about the growing pains of growing old is finally on DVD! Life continues to throw more slings and arrows at Victor as he and Margaret move to a new house. Next door, the cheerful but terminally boring Nick Swainey seems intent on disturbing Victor's peaceful retirement, while on the other side Patrick and Pippa's lives are made a misery from the moment they first meet the Meldrews.
One Foot in the Grave - Season 2 Reviews:
One Foot in the Grave series DVD 
2009-09-12 - I am hooked on this show. I lost it when I went to cable TV, so am slowly buying all the seasons. The vender was prompt, and sent a good, quality product.
Better than Season 1 
2009-07-22 - Season 2 consists of two disks. The second contains only the 1990 Christmas special.
The Second season is better than the First. Most of the situations and jokes related to senior citizen life are comedy gold, they are funny and enjoyable, yet I think a better actor than Wilson (Victor) could make them much funnier.
A few situations do not work, or are just ridiculous. One example would be the turtle painted over with the street median paint line. A picture of a painted over (by a machine) road kill has been circulating the Internet for a long time. It is funny with a flattened road kill, but it is peculiar with a large, live, moving turtle.
Another such situation is the machine gun for Christmas in Disk 2. Machine guns, and for that matter all guns, even modestly powered air pellet guns are illegal in England. Even then I could overlook such weakness if the situations were funny, but they are not.
The performance of the supporting cast is excellent and funny.
As funny as I remember!!!!!
2008-10-24 - I have been looking for this series for quite some time. I am very pleased with my purchase and will contiue to purchase from Amazon!
Hilarious British comedy- don't be a Victor Meldrew, watch it!
2008-05-11 - I just love this show! I found it by accident when purchasing other British comedies on Amazon. It's a comedy along the lines of Fawlty Towers, The Thin Blue Line and Blackadder. Yet, One Foot in the Grave is distinctly unique. It covers an overlooked segment of the population (the recently retired & aging segment).
If you have never saw One Foot in the Grave, start at season 1 and work your way up through all the seasons. The show and characters are more enjoyable watched in order, as many times they will work off something that occured in a previous show. Season 1 & 3 are my favorites, but, Season 2 has its share of hilarious moments. My favorite episodes are "We have put her Living into the Grave" and "Love and Death".
An overview of the show, is about a 60 year old man (Mr. Victor Meldrew) whom is forced into retirement and has his whole life turned upside down. He feels he's just been forced to wait for death. As he battles against a world that now longer makes sense, trouble seems to find him at every corner. Richard Wilson plays Victor Meldrew and Annette Crosbie plays as his wife Margaret Meldrew. Both Crosbie and Wilson are hysterical & believable. Victor being on the brink of a breakdown all the time, and his wife the voice of sanity, that brings humor to every situation. Or is Victor the sanest of them all?
The older I get the more I identify with grumpy ole' Victor Meldrew.
Great show that gets funnier every season. If you are a fan of British comedy this is a must see!
funny funny funny!!!!!
2008-05-03 - one foot in the grave episodes are a must have, it is one of the better english comedies!!!
