# "The League of Gentlemen" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501 "2004-09-01T00:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/1 "2004-09-01T00:58:23Z")
Does it have any recognition west of the Atlantic? It’s weird enough to count as Pythonesque subversiveness…and obviously it’s had little promotion… Has anyone heard of it? Let alone seen it? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/2 "2004-09-01T01:04:11Z")
It had a quick run over here on Comedy Central, I believe - maybe a season or two. I don’t think anybody watched it. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/3 "2004-09-01T01:11:31Z")
I used to watch it on BBC America. Good stuff, very surreal humor. I’m just wondering if any DVD’s have been released in the US. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/4 "2004-09-01T01:54:23Z")
I loved this. A friend of mine watched a couple of episodes and tried to convince me that it was not funny. I think my fave was naked day. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/5 "2004-09-01T02:59:44Z")
I tried watching it buty I kept catching the same three episodes over and over and I was unsure how many were made and how many were in rotation. So I liked it but it got a little tiresome. I believe it’s out on DVD so one of these days I may rent it. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/6 "2004-09-01T07:57:54Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I was unsure how many were made. There were three series, each 6-8 episodes long. There’s plenty to see 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Abe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Abe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/7 "2004-09-01T08:17:12Z")
many of the episodes are somewhat repetitive, and it is easy to confuse them, since the same three guys play almost all the roles. The third season consists of many views of the same event, and if you’re not watching the entire episode you might get the feeling that you’re catching the same episode over and over. I haven’t seen past the third season, which I didn’t think much of. I preferred the first two seasons by far – can anyone tell me if the crew goes back to the recurring character stories approach in subsequent seasons? ---
**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/8 "2004-09-02T05:17:22Z")
He covets the fine things of the shop! ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/9 "2004-09-02T10:52:38Z")
> [@Abe](#): > > The third season consists of many views of the same event, and if you’re not watching the entire episode you might get the feeling that you’re catching the same episode over and over. > > I haven’t seen past the third season, which I didn’t think much of. I preferred the first two seasons by far – can anyone tell me if the crew goes back to the recurring character stories approach in subsequent seasons? More exactly, each episode in the third season ends with the same incident, shown from a different perspective. The third season was stylistically different from the previous seasons- it was darker, there was no canned laughter, and- I agree with **Abe** - it was not as good as the first two. There has been no fourth season as yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/10 "2004-09-02T11:01:30Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Does it have any recognition west of the Atlantic? You mean… not… Local? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-league-of-gentlemen/262501/11 "2004-09-02T11:16:32Z")
I prefered the third series…but then again, I’m a bit odd 😉 (In fact, the third series would probably just seem too strange for someone who hasn’t been ‘initiated’ by the others.)