Eric Sykes Collection [Import anglais]

I was and still am a great fan of Eric Sykes (1923 - 2012) both as a comedy performer and as a comedy script writer. I will always remember him with great fondness for his 'Sykes and a ...' series in which he and his screen sister, played by Hattie Jacques, found themselves involved in some quite funny antics. I can think of only 2 comedy series in which the main stars kept the birth names in the series: Eric & Hat/Hattie. The other being: Terry & June, from the comedy series of the same name. Other partnerships include Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise and Tommy Cannon & Bobby Ball who often retained their own christian names in their comedy sketches and films. Eric & Hattie were the first and I will greatly miss them. Most will remember Eric Sykes as a comedy performer but he was also a prolific comedy writer for a great many big stars of the 40s thru' 90s. This DVD embraces a selection of his best known work in both roles. My only regret is that it does not include a few more examples. Sykes' work is so extensive that it could easily embrace an entire DVD series in its own right, Maybe one day this will happen. Excellent DVD and now very cheap to buy.

A brilliant comedian, very clever man, these films were written filmed and directed by him, some of them like The Plank won an award, he uses sound effects on the sound track no speaking, brilliant funny film, I saw it at the cinema. There are a collection of Eric Sykes best work on this dvd, you will see how talented this man was. He stared in a lot of Carry on Films and also had his own tv series, but this dvd 📀 is a treat to watch.

Different people will always have various opinions on what is great humour; however, these are my thoughts on this DVD. 'If You go Down in the Woods Today' isn't exactly full of side splitting laughter but I found it to be a good enjoyable traditional cops and robbers tale with a few unexpected twists and more than sufficient humour. For me, 'Rhubarb, Rhubarb' was the weakest item and although it has it's funny moments I found it a bit predictable. When purchasing this DVD, I assumed 'The Plank' was the all time classic which also starred Tommy Cooper and was a little disappointed with this Arthur Lowe alternative. Although it still has plenty of laughs and I suppose if I hadn't previously seen the alternative version I would have rated this one more highly. 'Mr H is Late' & 'It's Your Move' are absolute classics of rather simple but extremely funny visual humour and contain so many of the great comic characters of the past that just trying to put names to faces was entertaining in itself.

Classic collection of vintage British humour with so many faces long forgotten and rediscovered with affection from my childhood and teens. A highly enjoyable nostalgic trip into silly, simple but enduring humour, presently sadly lacking in so many ways. Collection includes the classic of all 'The Plank'. The Eric Sykes Collection [DVD ] The power of it all is the fact that there is practically no dialogue.

Some of these titles have been out on DVD/video but never on one compilation. This is super, although these films are around thirty years old, the comedy is classic and timeless. A good belly laugh for all. The re-make of the plank is as good as the first version. All we need now is Sykes television show on the BBC to be released in its entirety. A masterclass in comedy.

When it comes to comic icons on British television, Morecombe and Wise, Benny Hill, The Monty Python crew etc. come immediately to mind. Eric Sykes is often overlooked yet he wrote for Frankie Howerd, The Goons, Spike Milligan (to name but a few) as well as having one of the longest running comedy sit-coms on UK television. It is against this often forgotten background that I urge anyone who had missed out on Eric to buy this disc. It truly does represent a vaudevillian aspect of Eric's writing and directing as well as giving a brief chance to watch all the greats of his era, who appear in these short films: Jimmy Edwards, Charlie Drake, Richard Briers, Tommy Cooper, Liz Fraser, again to name but a few. For fans of Sykes who have missed this collection - buy it. You won't be disappointed.

This collection has five of Eric Sykes' quirky little films. "If You Go Down in the Woods Today" is the odd one out; it has ordinary speech (apart from some garbage by Sykes). The rest only have noises, although there is one brief sentence of speech in "The Plank", while all speech in "Rhubarb, Rhubarb" is (you've guessed it) "Rhubarb, rhubarb." "If you go Down in the Woods Today" has a strange storyline, a scoutmaster and cubs wandering around in some woods, where particularly nasty things are occurring. The other four films, the real gems, are purely situations. Three of the situations involve moving objects: furniture, a coffin, a plank. Even the fourth involves moving a ball; a game of golf. If you want a list of all the great English comedians of the 50s and 60s, just watch the credits on these films. For those who enjoy these "silent" films, I would also recommend Ronnie Barker's "Futtock's End" and "A Home of your Own".

All of those silent comedies Eric Sykes did for ITV in one place for under a tenner. You couldn't really ask for more. The editing of the clips is a little rough around the edges but that's a minor side issue. Probably something you would only pick up if you remember the originals but it won't leave a huge hole in your pocket.

really excelent very funny films great vallue for money

Nachdem die erste Bestellung nicht bei mir ankam, da die Post den Versand verweigerte ( Hintergrund ist die nicht erfolgte Zertifizierung - man muss tatsächlich 18 Jahre alt sein um die DVD zu erhalten) freue ich mich doppelt, das es diesmal geklappt hat. Nur 2 Tage nach der Bestellung war das Päckchen da und der Inhalt ist wirklich große Klasse - auch wenn man kein Englisch versteht. Absolut sehenswerte Filme, mit teilweise groteskem Humor!

It arrived very quickly. Unfortunately the region is not Australia so unable to play it.

Sykes is een specialist in het maken van films die eigenlijk geen gesproken woord nodig hebben. Prachtige en tamelijk volledige collectie.( De lange versie van The Plank ontbreekt ) Lachen geblazen zefls zonder ondertitels dus.

Unübertroffen - Das Brett! Bisher hatte ich nur eine etwas ältere VHS-Kassette davon ... mit Rauschen ... und analog ... Jetzt endlich auf DVD! Das Ganze zwar leider ohne deutsche Untertitel (und auch nicht synchronisiert), aber die meisten Szenen sind auch so verständlich. Und es bleibt der Anreiz, endlich den englischen Wortschatz zu erweitern ...