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The League of Gentlemen - The Complete Series 2

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After a flabbergasting first season, the League of Gentlemen pick up their bizarre world of Royston-Vasey exactly where they left off, but infuse it with nitroglycerin with the arrival of a circus and its Al Jolson made up figure of Papa Lazarou. The scene where he kidnaps another wife (apparently he calls all of them Dave) and puts her in a lions cage with the rest of his collection, hosing them down ... well, it almost drove me insane ... with laughter. I felt like my reality had been changed.

The League's brand of humor mixed with horror might not be for everyone, but I loved it. If you like Monty Python's The Meaning of Life's brand of disgusting satire, the League of Gentlemen is the next logical step.

The second series of THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN delves more deeply into the twisted world of Royston Vasey, whose inhabitants seem to be more eerily-eccentric as the episodes continue.

The series opens as Ben escapes the clutches of Edward and Tubbs, only to become a virtual prisoner in the home of Harvey and Val. The circus of Papa Lazarou rolls into town, though the citizens of Royston Vasey look more outlandish than the circus performers!

Pauline, the fallen restart officer, plots her revenge while working at the Burger Me Restaurant with Mickey as her 'capable' assistant. Also introduced in this series is German tour guide Herr Lipp, a disgusting old lech with a penchant for teenage boys.

As the entire town falls victim to a mysterious nose-bleeding virus, the stories of these and many more characters play out to frighteningly-comic effect.

Includes all 6 episodes of Series 2 ("Destination Royston Vasey", "Lust for Royston Vasey", "A Plague on Royston Vasey", "Death in Royston Vasey", "Anarchy in Royston Vasey" and "Royston Vasey and the Monster from Hell").

The show so good I had to find a way to coerce my DVD player to play multiple regions in order to get Season 2 from Amazon.co.uk so I could watch the insanity unfold!

Absolutely not to be missed, and look for the movie, "LOG: Apocalypse" coming soon. I can only imagine the release of the movie has something to do with them finally getting around to putting out region 1 discs of the second and third seasons.

The gents have done it again! They have introduced stranger new characters as well as bringing back some of the oldie but goodies. I found this series to be just as entertaining as the first. The thing I find with the League of Gents is that either you really love them or you don't. If you like twisted black humor; humor where you feel slightly guity for laughting so hard at, then this show is for you. If this isn't your type of humor you can watch reruns of Friends and Seinfeld.

We thoroughly enjoyed the first season of League of Gentlemen, but the second series (or season) fell short. The same characters and same locations were used, but the writing wasn't as clever as in the first season. We don't know if we'll purchase the third season at this point.

As dark and disturbing as was the first season, The League never disappoints. Not quite as funny as was the first season (perhaps I was just used to the type of humor) still MORE than amusing in most places, Season Two (and season three as well) carried on the humorously horriffic story of Royston Vasey well. Any BBC fan should own this. Never would it make it on any network here on THIS side of the pond, the Brits seem to have a very different skew on all things funny, ala Monty Python. I love the stuff. Next purchases? "Coupling".

The most brilliant TV series created. Begin with series 1 if you like dark British humor! This is truly the best TV series I have ever seen.

I loved the first season. Just loved it! Now that I finally got my hands on the second and third series it's more clear to me why I loved the first season so much. The first season was extraordinary British humor that we Americans don't get enough of. It was over the top, razor sharp wit with just enough real-world infused into it to make us all see ourselves in it and laugh that much harder. The second series is a rather different approach and departure with more blood and gore than anything else. It's not bad it's just not that good...if you know what I mean. The skits become so out-there that they lose a good portion of their punch. The "local" story goes to a place that is so silly you just start shaking your head rather than laughing. I am personally still morning the death of this brillant humor....

Finally, someone heard my prayers! Now my great-great-great-great grand children will "enjoy" this LFG collection.........

I usually like British comedies, but this one I found to be a big disappointment. Don't buy unless you've already seen an episode.