Hilarious British Comedy!! You'll never look at hospitals the same way again! Suffering from extreme cases of congenital hypochondria, Roy Figgis, Norman Binns and Archie Glover are long-term "lay about" residents of a hospital. Despite their long-term "illnesses," the three are forever creating havoc and haunting the ward patrolled by the droll Doctor Thorpe and Gupte the male nurse.
Contains all 29 episodes from this classic Britcom's successful four season run, plus the never before released Christmas Special (in the past, only 12
episodes have ever been released on DVD, and are now discontinued).
Specially priced 5-disc set. Bonus features include: a very rare one-off sitcom episode entitled "Rowan Atkinson presents Canned Laughter" that features the comedic star in a variety of characters including Robert Box, who is clearly the inspiration for the legendary 'Mr. Bean' persona that Rowan developed later. This is vintage Rowan Atkinson before his famous stints in Black Adder and Not 9 O'Clock News.
Dep Distribution of Montréal, along with distributor Vivendi/Universal Music, is preparing a DVD release of the late-'70s U.K. program
Only When I Laugh, coming to Canada in the first quarter of 2009. This 5-disc set arrives north of the border on
March 10th, running 360 minutes for the show's entire run. As mentioned above in the studio description, the 1979 U.K. pilot for
Rowan Atkinson Presents... Canned Laughter, which never was accepted as a regular series, is included as an extra; this might make the release a must-have collectible for fans of Atkinson or
Mr. Bean. Cost will be CA$59.95 SRP. Here's a look at the front cover art for
Only When I Laugh - The Ultimate Collection:
