[Magdalen] Ab Fab the movie

[Rick Mashburn]

GREAT description, Scott!

It aired for the first time in the US in the late 90s or early 00s. It was
an immediate hit because it wildly, over-the-top politically incorrect and
really well done.

Why are the British so good at doing these sorts of shows?

Peace, Rick
On Jul 1, 2016 7:26 AM, "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well summed.  I can hardly wait!  Another Bolly, yes!
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> Marion, a pilgrim
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> On 6/30/2016 11:29 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
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>> It was described to me as "crazy and hilarious," and that's all I had
>> to go on until I saw the show on BBC America and got caught up by it.
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>> My attempt:
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>> Edina "Eddy" Monsoon, a London child of the '60s who thinks she is
>> stylish and trend-setting (but doesn't quite achieve this thanks to
>> her many hangups) runs her own PR firm and tries to live a fabulous,
>> stylish life with her actually stylish but boozy best friend, fashion
>> editor Patsy Stone, who hasn't eaten since 1973 ("Liquid lunch for me,
>> Mrs. M"). In Eddy's house, she's the chaotic, undisciplined one, while
>> her teenage daughter Saffron (Saffy) is the real adult of the
>> household; her mother (Gran; Mrs M) drops by at the worst times to
>> prod Eddy's neuroses and act ditzy while clearly perceiving everything
>> that's going on; and Eddy's utterly daft personal assistant Bubble
>> manages to make doing nothing an art form whilst posing philosophical
>> questions of the insane kind. There are moments of tension any time it
>> starts "raining ex-husbands" or Eddy gets inspired to try again
>> contacting her long-lost son Serge ("He's taking lava readings...Yes,
>> I faxed the volcano"). The repartee and procession of cameo
>> appearances keep things hilarious and, yes, Absolutely Fabulous,
>> sweetie darling.
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>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>>> I found myself this week trying to explain the show to a good friend
>>> from
>>> Minnesota who has somehow never seen it.  Ask yourself how you  would
>>> describe Ab Fab to one who is a total stranger to the series.
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