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DVD : Black Books - The Complete Second SeriesIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Mark Donovan, Nigel Harrison directed by: Martin Dennis  List Price: $24.98 Amazon.com's Price: $21.99 You Save: $2.99 (12%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794051274922 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: BBC Warner Manufacturer: BBC Warner Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: BBC Warner Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 14, 2006 Running Time: 144 minutes Studio: BBC Warner Theatrical Release Date: December 09, 2001 Sales Rank: 17870 MPN: WARDE2749D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: The foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) is back for a second season. Bernard's devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and willful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny (Bill Bailey), his assistant. Bearded, gentle, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn't and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran (Tamsin Greig), their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. DVD Features: Audio Commentary Other Outtakes Photo gallery Amazon.com: How do the British make surly misanthropy so entertaining, even downright delightful? Britcom Black Books springs from a dingy London bookstore owned by Bernard Black (series creator Dylan Moran, Shaun of the Dead), a bilious, petty xenophobe whose only pleasures in life are drinking, smoking, and berating his one long-suffering employee, Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey, Saving Grace), whose bursts of competence only drive Bernard to greater heights of apoplexy. Bernard's only friend in the world is Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig, also on the equally blackhearted Green Wing), who's similarly enslaved by her appetites and dabbles in personal fads that she drops as soon as they become inconvenient. The second six-episode series of Black Books takes a series of relatively modest set-ups--Bernard wants to ask a customer out on a date; Manny tries to emulate upscale chain bookshops; Fran needs to find a job--and spins them out into deranged, surreal, and sometimes near-apocalyptic conclusions involving infestations of rat-like creatures and illiterate mob enforcers, often accompanied by spasms of slapstick comedy and arias of verbal abuse. None of these characters is "likable" in the usual sitcom sense--which is exactly why they've earned radically devoted fans, who savor every nasty, jittery moment. Black Books would give an American TV executive a heart attack; fans of similarly loopy Britcoms like Fawlty Towers and Spaced should dive right in. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Superb ComedyBlack Books is one of the best comedies of the new millenium and the second series keeps up the high standards set by the first series and continued in the third series. The regular characters of Bernard, Manny and Fran are back in place for more mayhem. This series starts with 'The Entertainer' which revolves around Fran's attempt to learn to play the Piano. There is a great scene where Manny discovers that he can play the Piano. Of course Bill Bailey is a good Pianist and infact apart ... Read More Rating: - More of one of the best shows ever.I caught this show for it's short stint on comedy central and absolutely loved it. I had them all recorded on VHS but it was lost in the mix sometime ago. Last summer I took a trip to London and to my surprise it was available on the flight. After refreshing myself with how absolutely hysterical the show was, I found Series 1 and 2 on NTSC DVD. Unfortunately I was forced to download series 3 from a torrent since it currently isn't available on NTSC, only PAL. Coming from someone who usually downloads ... Read More Rating:  - Come on Bernard, show Manny some employee love...Quickly after watching the first season of Black Books, I jumped headfirst into the second season. Sure, there were elements that I was unhappy with by the end of the first season, but I was excited about going forward. I missed Bernard, Manny, and even Fran with their wit, charm, and disgust with the worldly consumer. I, as a business owner, went into this next season with a pen in hand - eager to see and hear how this rag-tag bunch would handle the next bunch of complaints or customer service issues ... Read More Rating: - You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cringeThere's something here to offend entire demographic populations. I really dig that about this show! Both seasons are fantastic, but this one is better because it's not just the 3 of them bugging each other. There's more interaction with the outside world. Bernard gets a date!!?? WTF!!! MANNY gets a date! Omigah! Watch it drunk; watch it sober. It's all good. And, apparently, there's a season 3. Bring it on. Rating: - You said we'd never mention Canada!!!Dylan Moran is brilliant. The perfect antidote to those oh, so perfect american sitcoms filled with bright and shiny people. You know, the ones with impossibly white teeth who never look rumpled or stinky or real. Moving walls, thongs, and summertime girlfriends...this one's got it all. You will need your pause button as you'll laugh right through the next jokes! Browse for similar items by category:
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