Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2494 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-10
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 180 minutes

Synopsis
This comedy scripted by Arthur Matthews (FATHER TED) and starring Simon Pegg, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Sally Phillips, features the activities of the residents a Notting Hill hippy commune who also work on the underground magazine Mouth. Contains the episodes 'Protesting Hippies', 'Hairy Hippies', 'Hippy Dippy Hippies', 'Muddy Hippies', and 'Disgusting Hippies'.

Customer Reviews

Hippies after nine whole years!
This show was first aired in 1999 before much of the cast hit it big e.g Simon Pegg. First of all if youv'e seen Father Ted or Black books, then you'll probably enjoy this as it's written by the co-writer of Father Ted and as for Black books, that was written by Graham Linham (the other writer).
Anyhow about the show, it's based in 1969 (the hieght of hippiedum) and sets about ridiculing the Hippie way of life and with hilarious performances from teh cast: Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Spaced), Sally Phillips (Smack the Pony and Green Wing), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing) This is well worth a try and in my opinion a lost gem from the nineties to be rediscovered.

where it all began
Although this isn't written by Simon Pegg, you can see that this was where he began to hone his comic trade with all his Pegg like mannerisms, line delivery etc. The same goes for Rhind-Tutt who took some of his seeming slight detachment with him to the brilliant Green Wing. The support cast are spot on. This should have been seen by more people when it was first aired but it's good to be able to see it at all. I don't know if a second series would have worked as the idea is a bit of a one idea thing, and the various scenarios one might have expected were probably played out in these 6 shows.It's just good to see it again.

Canned Laughter
This show really needs canned laughter because its really lame. After the genius of Father Ted this show is a complete let down. Awful script and unfunny slapstick; my recommendation, there's far better comedy series out there.