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Product Description Saxondale: The Complete Seasons 1 and 2 (DVD)Tommy Saxondale (Steve Coogan) was once a roadie for all the greats: Purple, Floyd, Genesis. Back then youth culture meant couter-culture, and refusing to conform to the suburban dream. Now Tommy's a pest controller in Stevenage and living in suburbia, but he's still railing against the system. Only these days the system means blokes in suits who listen to Dido. Following Tommy's hostile divorce, he met his soulmate in Magz (Ruth Jones), who runs "Samsh the System." That's her T-shirt shop that keeps the authority figures running scared, usually by selling images of them smoking a joint. Completing Tommy's surrogate family is his young lodger Raymond (Rasmus Hardiker), pest control trainee and uncomprehending disciple of Tommy's worldly wisdom. Being self educated, Tommy often feels that he's surrounded by idiots. Like when he has to visit Vicky (Morwenna Banks) who dispense work contracts and gross insult. Vicky is just one of the many reasons why Tommy's anger management therapy sessions won't be ending any time soon. Through it all, Tommy Saxondale is still the smartest and dumbest guy in the room.]]> .com With his full beard and belly, Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder) is virtually unrecognizable as pest exterminator Tommy Saxondale. Then again, the former roadie can be a bit of a pest himself. His glory days behind him, the 50-year-old's life revolves around his job, his Mustang, and the anger management sessions that open each show. To kick-start the series, Saxondale hires Raymond (Rasmus Hardiker, an excellent foil), a rock-loving lad who reminds him of a younger version of himself, and persuades his new partner to move in with him and his old lady, Magz (Little Britain's Ruth Jones), who manages t-shirt emporium Smash the System. During his first season, Tommy reconnects with a decrepit crony from the roadie circuit, meets his daughter's slick new boyfriend, and comes perilously close to betraying Magz. As she tells Raymond about her blustery man, "He's actually got a really sensitive side. He was a mess the day Diana died." Clearly, these two Rush fans belong together. In the following season, the show welcomes yuppy neighbor Jonathon (Darren Boyd) and gay squatter "Keanu Reeves" (Coogan), who made his debut the year before. Throughout both seasons, Tommy battles therapist Alistair (James Bachman) and office manager Vicky (Morwenna Banks), who may be his intellectual inferior, but bests him in the insult department. For fanciers of muscle cars and classic rock--the music and motoring references run rampant--Saxondale will go down like a shot of whiskey. If Tommy isn't as iconic as Coogan's chat-show host Alan Partridge, he's still a swell dude with which to pass the time. Coogan and co-writer Neil McLennan offer an interview and commentary on the episode "Suicide," in which Tommy saves the life of a food artist. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
D**R
Classic Rock Comedy
How Steve Coogan isn't a huge star, I will never understand. What? Oh, he is. Well now I understand even more than if I'd read. 'How to Understand Stuff' by Edgar Leroy McGuff. (Don't bother looking it up, it only exists in my mind). Coogan is a wonderful comic actor and, even when he's playing a smug, know-it-all, pain in the neck, like Saxondale, he does it brilliantly and makes you feel empathy with the character.This is a truly wonderful comedy show that should be bigger than Game Of Thrones. Well, ok, maybe not bigger than Game Of Thrones, but bigger than Peter Dinklage. Anyway, what I'm saying is that it's really good, in a really great kind of way.You'll need to brush up on your classic rock trivia to get a lot of the references in this series, but it's well worth the effort. This is undoubtedly the best show, about a former rock band roadie who now runs a pest control business, ever made.Buy it, you won't regret it... unless you regret everything, in which case this will be right up there with your favorite regrets of things that you bought at the same time as you bought this.
M**S
Smash the System!
Hilarious! I watched this over three times while it was available streaming over the past year. When it was no longer available to stream it became a must have purchase.Steve Coogan has a unique comedic genius. He is a master of character acting, so much so that he has two roles in this show, and after four viewings I had never realized it till watching the extras! Neil Maclennan and Steve Coogan display remarkably convivial insight into the human psyche with each unique, funny and touchingly human character they created for the series.I enjoyed Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge - The Complete Series well enough, but I absolutely adore Saxondale. This show has immense replay value. With only 13 half hour episodes you can kick back and watch the whole show on a rainy day whilst you laugh yourself silly.The show has genuine momentum. Each episode builds upon the humor from the last, by the final episode your stomach will ache from laughing at Tommy's rollicking antics. The only regret I have about this purchase is that its not available on Blu-ray. The DVD quality is acceptable, but you'll be laughing so hard that you won't notice that its not in HD.
E**E
You need this!
A classic to add to your BBC collection. Not intended as a laugh out loud show but I still do. If you enjoy British humor you'll enjoy this
S**8
Unexpected recent favorite
My girlfriend brought this over a few weeks after we'd watched Hamlet 2. I kindof groaned because I felt like Hamlet 2 was stupid mainstream Scary Movie-type crap. Devoid of subtlety.But Saxondale is really clever and fun, and has one of the best title sequences ever. Too bad they edited that part down for the second season.I really like the concept of a hardcore roadie who toured with all of the rock greats, now in his 50s and having to deal with the realities of a 9-5 job and suburban malaise. The characters all have endearing quirks and interesting relationships. It's definitely a good change of pace from American sitcoms.
S**G
Funny, quicky show
Buying this as a gift. I already own it myself. This is some of Steve Coogan's best work. Everything we love him for!
C**S
Perfection
This is one of the best shows ever put on television. Steve Coogan is a comedy genius.Don't think, just buy!!!
D**T
MUST WATCH IF A COOGAN/A PARTRIDGE FAN.
Davies, Berry, Coogan. Amazing.
L**O
Tommy has an anger problem and is always sticking his foot in his mouth.
This series is hilarious. It has Rock and Roll from the 70s references, drunk shinanagins, passive agresive people. Kindly, plus size ladies, low IQ, immature people. Great comedy. Loved it.
S**9
Waiting for series 3
Best Coogan character; would LOVE to see how Saxondale would be reacting to the current political climes. A diamond; someone please finance series 3
J**R
A beautifully well written, and observed comic creation.
Tommy Saxondale, ex-road crew member, who toured with some of the greats of the 70s rock scene, and can't (doesn't want to) forget it. Now a self employed pest control opperative living a comfortable suburban existence, he still feels the nostalgic pull of the rock'n'roll lifestyle. With his life partner Magz, who makes and sells T-shirts and artwork in her local shop, and his lodger/trainee (slightly bemused) assistant Raymond. Tommy rules his kingdom with the sagacious wisdom of an urban guru. Unfortunately the rest of the world usually fails to see that wisdom, leaving him frustrated, and angry. Though he is getting counseling. A beautifully well written, and observed comic creation, with an incisive dry wit throughout.Each series in it's own case, with an outer cardboard sleeve. Extras include deleted scenes, documentary on the making, and interviews. All in all well worth the entrance fee.
A**Y
Oooooh, Tommy Luv...
This is my favourite sitcom of all time! Brilliant DVDs with some great extra features that we really enjoyed watching especially “put the Andrex in the fridge!”.
B**N
Classic Coogan comedy
I remember catching the odd episode of this series on TV and enjoyed it, the opportunity of getting both series 1 and 2 on boxset for under a tenner presented itself and I am so glad I never hesitated.This is pure comedy gold all the way through both series and you are left wishing there was more to watch.....brilliant, laugh out loud comedy
H**E
Not as funny or compelling as Coogan's later work
I bought this as part of a promo on Amazon: 2 series for £15 or thereabouts. It was the Steve Coogan name that attracted me, but to be honest it's not as funny as Alan Partridge or any of his later work. I watched a couple of episodes and gave up. It was just too middle-aged blokey for me (I;m a younger middle-aged female!)
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