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British comedy series about the misadventures of Edina Monsoon (writer Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy Stone ([[Joanna Lumley]]); two alcoholic [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|party girls]] who are so far over the hill they've crossed the valley and started up the next hill. Other major characters include Edina's elderly scatter-brained mother, her level-headed and long-suffering daughter Saffron, and [[Cloudcuckoolander]] secretary Bubble.

 

 

It featured large amounts of crude humor, slapstick, alcoholism and drug abuse. The plots generally centered around Edina's attempts to jump onto the latest trend or to have a good time, Patsy egging her on and encouraging her bad behavior, and Saffron's futile efforts to rein in the insanity and keep her mother on the straight and narrow.

The show grew out of a sketch on French & Saunders, which featured an obnoxious, partying mother and her sober, responsible daughter. This became the basis for Edina's and Saffron's characters.

 

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