This is the only filmed document (that I'm aware) of their collaboration on this particular comic endeavor - and its priceless. There's been a lot of talk about how they were at odds at this time, and the humour (and their relationship) was strained. Well, I've watched this countless times, and can't help finding the material and chemistry absolutely magic.

They did reunite for the release of this video (which had only been available for years as a bootleg). So all the noise about them disagreeing on the final product is up for debate.

What's not debatable (OK - for some folks it might be) is this is great fun and highly recommeded to anyone who appreciates extremely ribald, imaginitive comedy.

Oh, and some of the compalints about the 16mm film stock and poor lighting, etc... Please. This isn't a George Lucas epic. Its two well-matched, talented comics having some fun in a studio somewhere in London.

Its really quite sad they've both passed.

Classic
Review date: 2005-08-05 Rating: 10 out of 10

Some people love it, some hate it, but I fall into the former category.

Although it's different actually seeing them when compared to an audio CD or something similar, it's still just as rewarding and entertaining. I seem to recall paying the list price for it when I purcahsed it, and it still seemed worth it then, so this price of under £6.00 seems a bargain. Will be a classic for the collection, and there's nothing quite like it.

Laugh? I almost slept...
Review date: 2005-08-03 Rating: 4 out of 10

It's really not all that funny, y'know. I don't have a problem with the content of the film, not by any means at all, just that I find very little to actually laugh about. There are some good bits, one or two great bits, and solid boring chaff inbetween. I think the whole Derek and Clive thing became a popular cult thing because it was - as another reviewer points out - something you couldn't play in front of your Mum. But it just has the atmosphere of being on your own in front of the TV late at night on a Saturday, smashed, and feeling sorry for yourself. It isn't vicious or insicive enough to justify its existence, and it's not even particularly shocking if you know people like I do, so go down the pub on that Saturday night and get drunk with foul-mkouthed friends. You'll probably be funnier than these two at their nadir...

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