Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are the funniest, most comically brilliant duo I have ever known. They met in 1978 while attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Their French & Saunders comedy show spoofs movies, tv, and pop culture in a hilarious way. Add to that the BBC’s amazing production quality and their spoofs are just so dead on. They’ve spoofed Madonna, Fellini, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as well as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. I love that their subject matter ranges from the very high brow to the common everyday. And what pulls it all together is the amazing chemistry between them.

A lot of folks are more familiar with their later work, Absolutely Fabulous, which I also adore. They still put on French & Saunders Christmas specials, which we can’t really get in the states, but youtube has a lot of their work and you can also order it on netflix. I highly recommend checking their stuff out.