AB FAB rewatch Thursday 19th Nov 20:00: Series Three - Door Handle/Happy New Year/Sex

[Iguana]

It makes me anxious that her car is STILL WAITING

 

[Tisch]

You forget what a masterclass in acting and setting up the scene this is. It's almost half the episode til the next character comes in

It does feel like an extra long sketch doesn't it? Which I assume the characters and whole series were born out of

 

[HeLikedTurner]

"Where's mummy? She's on the toilet."

 

[lolly]

You forget what a masterclass in acting and setting up the scene this is. It's almost half the episode til the next character comes in

This bit really could be a stand alone F&S sketch.

 

[Sheena]

And Julia is 24 by this point, which is a bit ridiculous really

 

[Iguana]

I love the "HAVE I?" bit

NO QUOTING!

 

[Sheena]

NO QUOTING!

That's a comment, not a quote, you DIM BULB

 

[Sheena]

It does feel like an extra long sketch doesn't it? Which I assume the characters and whole series were born out of

It was a F&S sketch. Dawn plays Saffy.

 

[Sheena]

Patsy recoiling

 

[COB]

Patsy RECOILING at the sight of Saffy!

 

[Tisch]

It was a F&S sketch. Dawn plays Saffy.

Oh I know! I just mean this scene especially feels like a sketch that turned into an episode.

It's the same trajectory as Kath and Kim basically isn't it.

 

[lolly]

Wasn't this series written and recorded while Dawn was on adoption leave, as it was?

 

[Iguana]

Patsy recoiling

Amazing first reaction

 

[lolly]

I've just had a flashback of my desk at the office being covered in AbFab notebooks and folders

 

[Sheena]

For a long time, Bubble was the funniest thing in Ab Fab for me. Time, and the stupid later series where she was wasted, have changed that opinion.

 

[Iguana]

Wasn't this series written and recorded while Dawn was on adoption leave, as it was?

RANDOM FACT: My friend's ex-boyfriend's best friend is the adopted daughter for which she was on "adoption leave" :emoji_information_desk_person:

 

[COB]

Bubble is a character who I definitely preferred before she descended into a parody

 

[COB]

"Betty Boo."

"SHIT!"

 

[HeLikedTurner]

That Betty Boo line KILLS me every single time.

 

[lolly]

RANDOM FACT: My friend's ex-boyfriend's best friend is the adopted daughter for which she was on "adoption leave" :emoji_information_desk_person:

RANDOM FACT: I've shared a trampoline with the daughter.

 

[Tisch]

GAVE UP ON NORMA MAJOR

 

[COB]

Printing thousands of invitations hours before the event

 

[Iguana]

RANDOM FACT: I've shared a trampoline with the daughter.

RANDOM FACT: Ooooooh!

 

[HeLikedTurner]

I adore the way she says "those little children won't get anything".

 

[lolly]

RANDOM FACT: Ooooooh!

In Dawn & Lenny's garden

 

[Iguana]

In Dawn & Lenny's garden

OH MY!! How did you get THAT invite?

 

[COB]

Sixteen years! Get rid of her

 

[lolly]

I adore the way she says "those little children won't get anything".

And it's a lovely throwback to a F&S sketch isn't it? One of the front room ones where Jennifer is trying to get Dawn to go and get her a pizza.

 

[Sheena]

The silent close up on booze stained Patsy as she goes to light the fag remains one of my favourite moments ever. And cements how good Joanna Lumley really is at physical comedy. It's so simple, but so perfectly done.

 

[COB]

I always forget about this flashback

 

[Sheena]

Oooh FAR OUT

 

[lolly]

OH MY!! How did you get THAT invite?

One of my friends worked on that (not very good) 'Wild West' sitcom Dawn French did with Catherine Tate and Bill Bailey. Dawn threw the wrap party at their house and I was her guest.

 

[Sheena]

I also love that we never see Edina's Father. It's purely focused on the women. That and "Huh, thought he was dead"

 

[lolly]

All INSPIRED BY BANANARAMA

 

[Tisch]

The silent close up on booze stained Patsy as she goes to light the fag remains one of my favourite moments ever. And cements how good Joanna Lumley really is at physical comedy. It's so simple, but so perfectly done.

The bit where she goes "hmm" I noticed it just now!

 

[Sheena]

And of course, this scene (and the whole concept) was inspired by Bananarama and their drunken antics.

 

[lolly]

Oh, we may go out of sync now depending on our credits settings?

 

[COB]

FAT starting NOW for me

 

[Iguana]

The falling out the car

 

[jivafox]

what episode are you on now I want to catch up!