Absolutely Fabulous
-British TV show created by Jennifer Saunders
-Based on an idea by her and Dawn French.
-Also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha
-The series features Saunders as Edina Monsoon, an alcoholic, drug-abusing PR agent who spends time chasing bizarre fads in a bad attempt to stay young and hip.
-She is joined by magazine editor Patsy Stone, he best friend and enabler, whose drug abuse, alcohol consumption and promiscuity far trump Edina's mild self destructive behavior. Even though she is twice divorced, middle aged, she is reliant upon the support of her daughter Saffron, who is a secondary school student who is constantly having a cynical attitude because of constant care of her mother.
Characters
Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
-Jennifer Saunders
-Frequently immature, self-centered, lacks self control, and daughter Saffy is forced to become parent
-Easily led by her buddy Patsy
-Dresses to extremes of current fashion and keeps her house up to par with current trends.
Patsy Stone
-Joanna Lumley
-Last child to an an aging bohemian mom in Paris
-Outrageous, past her prime fashion model, nymphomaniacal, ex-Bond girl.
-Usually is dressed conservatively, almost always wears her hair in a platinum blonde beehive.
Saffy Monsoon
-Julie Sawalha
-Daughter of Eddy
-Dresses modestly
Plot
-Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and Patsy Stone are a pair of high powered career women in the London fashion scene; Eddy runs her own PR firm and Patsy holds a position at a top British fasion magazine. They use their considerable finances to indulge in a life filled with alcohol, recreational drugs, and chasing the latest fads in order to stay young and recapture their youth as mods in Swinging London.
Episodes
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