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| The Original Vic Reeves Big Night Out [1990] | ![The Original Vic Reeves Big Night Out [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RF10TK9WL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Peter Orton
Actors: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Fred Aylward
Studio: 4dvd
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
Buy Used: £2.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 6204
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 350 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 6867441000693
ASIN: B000A7PTFO
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 1990
Release Date: September 12, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: small marks on the outer case, the discs are in good condition
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 I couldn't let it lie... April 2, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I watched this show when it was first aired back in 1990; I was only a kid and had seen nothing like it before, even then I knew I was witnessing something special with Big Night Out. All I could remember from the show was: the Man with the stick, Les and his spirit level, bits of Novelty Island, and of course, the immortal line ''you wouldn't let it lie'' - which, like any other self respecting 10-year of the time, I had etched onto my pencil case to show I was a true fan. So as to why it took me so long to buy this series on DVD I don't know. Maybe part of me was apprehensive it wouldn't live up to it's glory, and all the magic of 'Big Night Out' was just conjured up in a blurry memory. Turns out I was wrong; this show is every bit as funny as it was 17 years ago - in fact funnier - and I'd urge any like-minded folk to rush out and buy it as soon as possible.
There's the joy of finding characters like Donald & David Stott in their earliest incarnation, the way Vic & Bob giggle their way unprofessionally through the interview makes you realise they ARE having as much fun as they appear to be having. Thankfully, you can't fake the kind of chemistry that these two share, and on these shows you can see it in bloom at a time when they were making comedy to make people (mostly themselves) laugh, as opposed to making comedy to make money - as is the inkling of their more mainstream shows like Shooting Stars.
The songs are as fabulously daft as anything performed on 'Smell of' or 'Bang Bang' (NB, if you do buy this & are wanting the songs on their own, try and get hold of 'I will cure you' by Vic Reeves, as most of the material on the CD is featured on this show), the suits are sharp, the props are as elaborate with acute attention to detail, the characters are as random and the laughs as chaotic and unpredictable as any other R&M product. You either can't find any humour in it, or you will be captivated by the imagination and energy.
I can't compare Reeves & Mortimer to anyone else; for me they'll be the kings of comedy until the end of time. They're like punk rock - they break all rules, they're fresh, exciting, shambolic, effortless at the same time as being hugely creative, original and inspirational. 'Big Night Out' has such an innovative, unrehearsed manner, without the taste of commercial success that was to follow. More to the point, the DVD is cheap, cheerful and full of charm. The second series especially, sees the genuine partnership fall into place and you appreciate the title should have been altered to 'Vic & Bob's Big Night Out'.
Love 'em or loathe 'em, there'll never be another double act like this pair, and sadly, they'll never recapture the dynamic youth and enthusiasm to put together a show like this again.
 Garbage December 21, 2006
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Caught a couple of these recently to see if i was wrong first time around
I wasnt... This is art school students playing at being comedians. Its like watching the slightly embarrasing attention seeking kid in class who thinks that his witless shouting and gurning is hysterical.
I have never laughed less (in fact not even a flicker of a smile) at so called comedians.
Emperors new clothes..
 But what about the New Year's Eve Special? August 8, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Vic Reeves Big Night Out was always a bit of an acquired taste, but if like me, you found it a groundbreaking new style of comedy and utterly hilarious, you'll welcome the chance to get the two Channel 4 series from 1990/1991 on DVD.
My only gripe with this set would be that it doesn't include the 45 minute "New Year's Eve Special" which was broadcast in between the two series, and if I recall featured a guest appearance by gorgeous female pop star Kim Wilde :)
Also, as other reviewers have noted, it is edited rather clumsily in places to remove ad-breaks and the odd swear word.
Vic and Bob's first TV show July 1, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got this the other day and I had to buy it as it's just totally daft. I find it hard to define. I like Mr Wobbly Hand who wear's a lettace helmet while running around the stage to bleep-bloop music waving a marigold glove. Plus 'Hi-ya' Wavey Davy, plus many other zany character's played by Vic and Bob. What made me laugh is the intro's to the show as Vic begins his singing with the help of Bob Mortimer and some crazy prop. Look out at the start of Bob frantically grating a carrot over a childs pedal tractor?? and Vic shacking money from a dummy of a school kid by the ankles?? Great stuff.
A flawed but long overdue and DVD release May 6, 2006
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Although I'm overjoyed that this sublime piece of nonsense is finally out on DVD and although I'm loath to make any negative comments, I do feel compelled to make the following points, which could potentially be amended in any future re-issue:
1. There are no extras to speak of except a low budget but quite interesting interview / documentary. BBC3 have recently shown a documentary explaining the backgroung to VRBNO and assessed it's place in the comedy pantheon which was far more illuminating.
2. The (few) swearwords are removed as they were on the early evening C4 repeats - but how old are we, 12?
3. The subtitles make the occasional howler such as "... Alan Davis and the cheeky foul-mouthed fox" instead of "... Alan Davison, the cheeky foul-mouthed fox" - pedantic I know as I'm not even hard of hearing but sloppy isn't it?
4. The halfway ad break of each episode is disguised rather clumsily and as a result a few seconds of Vic gibberish is lost each time.
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