French and Saunders

Were Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders popular in the US? Aside from Saunders for Ab Fab. Love their Fellini parody.

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• No.

• Don't really think so, at least in the day the TV was the prime source of broadcast entertainment.

• Comedy Central tried to re run some episodes of "French and Saunders" ages ago and it sadly did not work out well. I loved them and used to record them.

• I know some PBS stations ran "The Vicar of Dibley" for a while. Haven't seen it lately.

• No. The only station in the USA which even runs the shows, occasionally, is WNED in Western NY.

• French and Saunders (pre-pre-pre any other shit they did) were hilarious. I loved them since "Girls On Top." They have such a natural click for comedy. I wish the US had embraced them more.

• They had at best a small cult following. One of the NYC independent stations ran the show late night Fridays, I believe. Love them!

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• BBC America ran them for a while. I have the collection DVDs (Gentlemen Prefer French and Saunders, etc.). Still very, very funny. French and Saunders...bop-a-doo-ee-oooooooooo