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Product Description Tireless social climber Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet," of course) returns for the final 3 seasons of this hilariously classy comedy of manners. This 4-disc set includes the complete third, fourth and fifth seasons (including 9 episodes never before released) as well as "The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket", outtakes and interviews with the cast. .com American sitcoms usually have a bland, likable central character who has to cope with obnoxious acquaintances--who usually provide most of the actual comedy. The British smartly put the comic personalities front and center, and Keeping Up Appearances has one of the best: The petty, pretentious, tyrannical Hyacinth Bucket (played by the impressive Patricia Routledge), a dowdy middle-class social climber with a piercing voice and an unshakable faith in herself. Upon learning that her mailman has seven children, she declares disapprovingly, "Quite an achievement when you have to be up so early." Whether she's scheming to invite a minor local celebrity to a garden party or scowling at an enormous dog left in her driveway, Hyacinth terrorizes all around her, particularly her long-suffering husband Richard (Clive Swift), who takes a small delight in subverting her efforts from time to time; her trembling neighbors Elizabeth and Emmett (Josephine Tewson and David Griffin), who scarcely leave their house lest they be invited in to coffee; and her sexually frustrated lower-class sisters Daisy and Rose (Judy Cornwell and Mary Millar) and Daisy's layabout husband Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes), who longs to be left in peace to eat chips and watch the races. Though Americans aren't as class-conscious as the Brits, snobbery is universal, and Keeping Up Appearances has developed an appreciative cult following on this side of the Atlantic. The boxed set Hyacinth Springs Eternal contains the third, fourth, and fifth series; but Hyacinth lives in a bizarrely unchanging universe, so you can start with any episode and soon be caught up in her titanic struggle to be the envy of her peers. --Bret Fetzer
M**S
Wonderful British sitcom series.
I remember watching this series with my late mother years ago she really didn't like it but I loved it and my mother sort of tolerated it in any event when these opportunity to buy this set came up I grabbed it I just watched the first DVD yesterday it kept me great company all evening I highly recommend it because it's just good natured fun.
E**E
So funny!
Love this show.
A**K
Classic
Very funny British humor.
G**D
Hilarious
I love this show!
L**A
Good price
Fast delivery and the show very nice and funny. Its running on my US DVD player too :-)
C**E
Grateful
Grateful for the laughter
B**E
It is funny
It is funny The one thing I didn’t like was I paid for just one episode which was far too much to pay. Episodes one through nine were all included in BritBox and then the last two episodes they wanted money for each episode and they were not worth it
K**T
Nostalgic
My favorite brit com show
T**.
Keeping up appearences
Love this
A**R
Hilarious show
I bought this for a friend as a gift. She loves the show, so I knew I couldn't lose.Good price too!!
M**Y
Although this item came quickly enough the other night I ...
Although this item came quickly enough the other night I went to play it and none of my dvd players will accept the dvd, it keeps saying out of region , I have tried 4 different players and none work. I am not sure what I am suppose to do now about the product.
L**U
trop drole
désopilant comme toujours ; les anglais sont maitres dans l'art de créer des personnages et des scènes extremes dans la drolerie
G**.
Keeping Up Appearances - Series 5
Leider die letzte Serie dieser herrlichen Comedy. Es ist immer wieder ein Angriff auf die Lachmuskeln wenn Hyacinth ihr Umfeld manipuliert und alle an den Rand der Verzweiflung bringt. Dabei meint sie es doch nur gut mit den "socially less fortunate" und kann einfach nicht verstehen, dass außer ihr und ihrem Mann Richard, der von allen bemitleidet wird,niemand mehr Wert auf Etikette legt. Alle sollen sehen, dass sie einen sozial höheren Standard hat.Allerdings lässt sich das kaum mit ihrer Herkunft vereinbaren. Wann immer jemand aus der Familie an Hyacinths Haustüre auftaucht gerät sie in Panik. Schwester Daisy und Schwager Onslow leben in den Tag hinein und beherbergen in ihrem heruntergekommenen Haus die mannstolle Schwester Rose und den senilen Vater. Es versteht sich von selbst, dass diese "Leute" einfach nicht in Hyathints Welt passen. Dabei wird sie nicht müde zu erklären wie sehr sie ihre Familie liebt. Schwester Violet ist die kleine Ausnahme. Sie lebt schließlich in einem großen Haus mit Swimmingpool und hätte sogar "Platz für ein Pony". Ja, auf diese Schwester könnte sie stolz sein..., wären da nicht die seltsamen Angewohnheiten von Violets Ehemann...Ich sage es immer wieder: für Liebhaber des englischen Humors ist diese Serie ein Muss. Und ich denke, man sollte sie auch immer im O-Ton genießen, die feinen Spitzen lassen sich schwer ins Deutsche übersetzen ohne an Kraft zu verlieren.
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