'Allo 'Allo! - Series 1 & 2 [DVD] [1982]

This has to be the best mockup of the Second World War, with the endless mission of rene to help 2 british pilots escape from France. Plus him trying to recover the painting of the fallen madona with the large boobies.This show has a lot of humor by doing the most utter ridiculous things. Like when Herr Flick of the gestapo is walking in a forest a squirell shrows a nut at him with this he replies I am from the Gestapo, this immediatly is replied with a burst of hazzlenuts fired at Her Flick and oeberhausen.I always love watching this show cause it has a lot of running gigs like Officer Crabtree who is an english policeman who cannot speak french but tries to do so in really bad english whilst when asked to speak english to the pilots he can do so in perfect english. The most famous quote of him is "Gud Meuning" .Or the Queer luitenant with his Tank herbet also an excellent personage who loves Rene and always tries to get him to come to these "Special bars" which is also hilarious to see at times the things he pulls.All in All i must say 'Allo 'Allo is an excellent series only suprassed by fawlty towers and is a must see for everyone!

Ok so the 80's provided us with some utter disasters: shoulder pads, ghetto blasters, neon socks, the list goes on. But some things are truly genius and deserve to be lauded.This little piece of comedy gold tells the story of Rene Artois, owner of the French "Cafe Rene" in occupied France. He has to deal with being friends with the Germans, seeing waitress Yvette behind his wife's back, helping the stranded Allied airmen return to England and of course help the Germans recover the painting of "the Reclining Madonna viv ze big boobies" (which is actually hidden in his cellar the whole time).The days may now be gone where you can sit down to a Saturday evening TV show and end it crying with laughter and aching sides from laughing so hard, but with 'Allo 'Allo on DVD, you'll never have that issue again. It's no wonder this great show lasted 10 years (longer than most modern shows are expected to last even before the first episode is aired) and it is worth a watch, whether it's because it's something you grew up with, something that brings back fond memories of evenings with the whole family or just because you want something truly hilarious to watch. And at the price it is on here, can you think of a reason NOT to buy it???

Great entertainment! 'allo 'allo hasn't viewed here in NZ for 10-15 years, so I was a little worried that it wouldn't be as funny today as it seemed back when I first saw it. Well, it is still a classic comedy. The pilot show IS amusing but by time the 3rd or 4th edition the plot has started to thicken and begun making all its twists and turns, and is side-splitting funny. In brief the story is set in German-occupied France, featuring Renee the cafe owner, his wife and two staff, Yvette and Maria (who he is secretly involved with both of them). Throw in assorted dodgy German officers, the Gestapo, the French resistance, a French forger and British Airmen - the only way I could sum it up would be to say it is a comedy adventure about the pursuit of a painting and the quest to get the British Airmen out of France. Excellent value - I really hope there are more series coming available in the future!

Even though I'm a bit to young to have seen this while on terrestrial tv in england, I recently bought the DVD box sets after seeing a re-run.The dvd's are fantastic, they've obviously been touched up in the editing booth therefore appearing and sounding a lot sharper on your TV than older versions.I personally love this comedy, it's my favorite poke at WWII. It is also full of "double entendres" which all good Brit comedies have in abundance.It has continous themes to it (the escaping british airmen and the fallen madonna with the big....are just two) which I enjoyed seeing again and again though I know this not to be for everyone.If you do however then this is a must have box set. Everybody knows about Officer Crabtree and his awful french - "Gid Moaning!", or Michelle from the resistance "Yuew shull listen verry carrfully - I shell say zis only wunce!", but when you see their lines in situ makes very funny viewing all round.

This is still one of the best BBC classics. Of course it is corny and stereotyped and the touch of pure farce gives it it's charm.No one nationality is singled out for special treatment that is another good thing. If you can't laugh at it then you've lost your sense of humour.Who wouldn't want René as a "Love Slave " or want Monsieur Alphonse's dicky ticker to keep going? and aren't we all envious of Mme Edith's singing voice ....?Even my children giggle at their antics, also, as we live in france........well, the accents aren't too far off the mark!Come on folks try badgering the Beeb to get more out on DVD

Still brings a few laughs & chuckles, very risque humour from the first 2 series ( which was toned down later on if I remember). Brilliant characters. The funeral episode was my favourite .

Hey, how can anyone NOT find this funny? I grew up with this on my television, it made up part of my weekend. I loved the antics, and it may have given me my obsession now. Of course that is light hearted but we must remember that this was a real event in history and Nazi's weren't comical like this programme makes them out to be ... which makes it a remarkably brave premise... David Croft and the other guy took a risk by making fun of a time that then MANY people still had clear memories of!Bravo!Pity that they can't make any more!BTW, does anyone know what happened to the actress that played Maria... Francesca Gonshaw?

Very un-PC but very funny. No Double entendre left untouched.Not something that would get commissioned now.