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 Full version or not, still extremely funny November 11, 2005
Orange Prose (London, UK)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
The comedy star of Matt Lucas and David Walliams seems to be rising spectacularly at present, with live shows of Little Britain selling out all over the UK, and script books, DVD box sets and more out for Christmas. Even such oddities as Vicky Pollard talking mugs are available for real superfans.pWhilst Little Britain seems unfortunately to be getting cruder as it bids for the mainstream (and who can blame its creators for wanting that; very few people make a fortune out of comedy so we shouldn#x27;t really begrudge those who can) - the vomiting WI ladies are repulsive, although they come from a sound comedy idea - Lucas#x27; and Walliams#x27; style is deceptively simple. Rock Profile, a precursor to Little Britain and shown initially on short-lived digital station UKPlay, is testament to this.pThe basic format is that each episode features Lucas and Walliams dressed as rock stars and their cohorts, and they are interviewed by Jamie Theakston. The caricatures of the rock stars are created by taking an aspect of the real star#x27;s behaviour and tweaking it 200% in a bizarre direction.pThe result is, nine times out of ten, extremely funny. Highlights include...p* Lucas as Michael Jackson#x27;s personal minder Elizabeth Taylor, complete with heavy Eastenders accent and permanent accusatory pointing fingerp* George Michaels (sic) and Geri Halliwell ("I don#x27;t eat anyfing yellow!")p* Elton John, with his partner David Furnish, singing a fax sent from Bernie Taupin asking him to tape Lovejoyp* The entire Shirley Bassey/Tom Jones interview, where Shirley discounts the Full Monty as "pure fiction" as "people aren#x27;t unemployed, there#x27;s no such place as Sheffield" and denounces every singer over the last 30 years ("she doesn#x27;t have the range")p* The utterly sinister Eurythmics, where David A Stewart is cast as a Transylvanian evil scientist who created #x27;Lennox#x27; out of body parts robbed from gravespAlthough the music videos are omitted from this DVD, as the BBC couldn#x27;t (or wouldn#x27;t) get clearance for their use, this DVD is still well worth buying, particularly for #163;8. It stands up to repeated viewing and provides plenty of belly laughs.
Rock profile - underrated genius August 3, 2005
A. Mcafee (Northern Ireland)
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
Ahh, back in the days when Matt Lucas and David Walliams were actually funny. For those of you who don't know or haven't heard about it "Rock Profile" is a comedy sketch show ridiculing a different musician or pop star in every episode. Very funny, very underrated and MUCH, MUCH, MUCH funnier then the awful Little Britain (i'll never forgive them).pThey are from the school of Reeves Mortimer (who have virtually no DVDs available except Randall Hopkirk - i guess thats what you get for staying true to your roots), so there is your benchmark.pSo there it is, a great show made by 2 formerly great comedians who are now nothing more than jaded, overexposed Heat magazine luvvies.pPass me the Bucket.
Well performed satire. November 18, 2008
British Commentator (London, United Kingdom)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is a series of spoof comedy profiles of leading rock and pop musicians.
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Perfect. If you like this type of t'ing. July 23, 2005
C. Fitzsimmons (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
Well, I haven't seen the DVD, but the series was absolutely fabulous! If you like 'Little Britain' and you're interested in pop music you will love this. Jamie Theaksten (pardon spelling), Matt Lucas and David Walliams are all brilliant and the impressions, while not particularly arcurate, are immensely watchable and well observed. It's a series that thrives on ludacracy and that's why I love it. The extra's look to be very promising and highlights include Matt playing Elton John, David playing Tom Jones and both of them ripping the piss out of Abba. In a nice way, obviously. You will love it.
 Some Rock Profile better than No Rock Profile August 21, 2005
T. Robinson
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was never meant to be watched again and again, it was just a cheapo series to introduce music promos on early digital TV channel UK Play. But it was funny...so deserves a DVD release if only for students of comedy to appreciate how much fun can be poked at rock stars. (Vic Bob started this with..."Spandau Ballet laughing at an orphan falling off his bike" on the Big Night Out)pThere is some brilliant material on here but it doesn't work as well as it did on broadcast as for copyright reasons the music vids, plus the 'stings' over the videos are missing. (The very funny captions are still there, on the extras)pTreat it as a treasure trove of comic moments to dip into rather than a comedy classic to be watched from beginning to end. brIts well worth owning if you haven't seen any of this stuff.... some of it is still very funny..esp Shaun Ryder (bike dust...double cupboards...don't be no bojangles!), the Bee Gees with Barry Gibb portrayed as a Lion, Elton John, Eurythmics (LENNOX GOOOOOD!) etc. The 'Rock the Blind' special is worth seeing albeit with a few dated references (Noel Shrek from Hearsay etc). pDig into the extra clips and you'll find its worth the entrance fee for David Walliams hilarious portrayal of Cher (as vocoder voiced android) and the wonderful skit of Lou Reed Andy Warhol (from which grew the Lou Andy sketch "Yeah I know" in Little Britain).
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