Poor Rene. He is having a most difficult war, made no easier by the fact that he keeps getting his sausage stuck into all kinds of tight places! First, the Communists kidnap Rene's sausage. Then Gruber's dog steals it. The... more » sexy waitress Maria straps it to her bosom only to be subsequently detained by von Klinkerhoffen and imprisoned in his chateau with Rene's sausage still tucked under her blouse. Finally, Rene's mother-in-law gets hungry and takes a bite out of it! How can such a tangled web of mystery, deceit and double entendre ever resolve itself? Find out in the third series of this hugely popular sitcom from the BBC!« less
"This 2 DVD set is of course, as funny as I remember the TV show being. However the second DVD contains only 2 shows and the rest of it is a chat show from England which discusses the pros and cons of trivialzing the war years with comic French resistance workers and Gestapo officers etc. Interesting but you would only want to see it one time. There are also trailers for other DVD's that they want you to buy filling up space on the DVD. So I think that the set is a bit of rip off considering that the cost is almost $40 with tax for Canadians."
The Funniest show I have seen
Officer Crabtree | St Louis, MO | 09/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I first watched Allo Allo in 1996, and I was completely hooked onto it. It has the most creative and novel concept I have seen in a TV show, and the humour can extract some good belly laughs from viewers. I have bought all 3 seasons on DVD and am hoping that BBC releases the remaining 6 seasons too!
Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once...
PLEASE BBC! Don't keep the fans waiting!!!"
British Comedy at it's finest
James Kindlon | Living in Chicago, IL USA | 10/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Allo Allo is one the greats in British comedy. It is classic and like the best of British it is funny without vulgarity. The story line is based around a French restaurant owner and his exploits with the resistance (who will only say anything once, inside joke if you purchase) and the Germans occupying the French town. Renee (the restaurant owner) has a wife that cannot sing worth two pence (pronounced tuppence) but believes she is a world class singer. His two bar girls are madly in love with him. A german officer (male) also believes Renee is so charming and irresistable. Top that off with a Mother in law bedridden with a sex drive of a nineteen year old, two British airmen trying to escape from France with the help of a bungling French resistance, a British spy posing as a French policemen who cannot pronounce or speak proper French (everything is spoken in English with a French accent to symbolize French). Finally a German commandant in charge of the town trying to hide stolen paintings from Hitler in order to pay for his retirement and a Natzi with a love for wearing womens clothing not to mention his attraction to Helga the Commandants secretary. All in all it is great classic British comedy, I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the greats like Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours, Dad's Army and Black Adder. Watch for appearances by Kenneth Connor from the Carry On movies. Purchase and enjoy series one and two also, Jim Kindlon"
Non stop comedy
R. Bhattacharya | 09/21/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Present day writers should take lessons from this series...humor does not have to be crude and X-rated to be funny. I enjoyed the series when it was on TV on PBS and now again with our teenage children. Cannot wait for the next series!"
Don't Blink--you'd miss another laugh.
Mr John Haueisen | WORTHINGTON, OHIO United States | 02/11/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is more of the most brilliantly-written comedy series ever. From the very first episode to the last, all the characters are consistent and hilarious. The plots are clever and each builds on previous episodes. Not a single word is wasted; each is carefully chosen to add something to the story.
It is set in France during WWII. The main character is Rene, played by Gorden Kaye, who owns a cafe, and occupies his days trying to balance getting along with the Germans, the French Resistence, the Communist Resistence, his wife, who thinks she can sing, his mother-in-law, British airmen, various onion-sellers, the Gestapo, and the two lovely waitresses with whom he is having affairs. As the episodes progress, you meet additional characters, who are always consistently hilarious.
As you may have read from other reviews, the "extras" here do not really add much, except additional glimpses of several of the Allo Allo actors on British TV game shows. They are worth watching once, but you will prefer watching the hilarious episodes of Allo Allo.
In some ways it's like the British series, "Are You Being Served." If you have ever enjoyed a single episode, you'll want to see all of them. This must be classic great humor, because you want to watch them over and over.