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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Nov 9, 2011 3:38 PM UTC  Everett by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Nov 9, 2011 3:38 PM UTC It’s not easy to revive a 20-year-old television show — much less turn it into a movie — and have it still feel relevant and fresh, but _Absolutely Fabulous_’ writer Jennifer Saunders is going to try. The British comedy, which originally aired from 1992 to 1995 but has since been revived several times (usually in the form of television specials), will now become a movie. [Deadline reports](http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/jennifer-saunders-to-pen-%E2%80%98absolutely-fabulous-movie/) that Saunders is working on a feature-length film, aptly titled _Ab Fab: The Movie_. more Normally, I’d be wary of news like this. Saunders and her co-star Joanna Lumley (the two play Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone) have aged 20 years and their characters’ ability to get away with 15-hour workweeks in high-profile careers may not be that accurate anymore. There’s no way Patsy would be able to write off a vodka expense account that big in today’s economy. But _Ab Fab_ has always been a great work of cultural satire, and there’s still plenty of excess to parody today. (Recent reboots have tackled the [panic room](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRgns4FsY-s&feature=related), [spray tans](http://youtu.be/zydHR45L5yI) and [celebrity reality shows](http://youtu.be/1XXNurxLEJA)) As for their advancing age? Well, Patsy and Edina were always supposed to be out-of-shape and long past their prime; they won’t ask us suspend our disbelief as much as the casts of _Friends_ or _90210_ did. (Let’s be honest, no one in high school has that many forehead wrinkles). Patsy, in particular, somehow managed to spoof _Sex and the City_’s rapidly aging Samantha before there even _was_ a Samantha to make fun of. **(MORE:** [That Old Feeling: _Ab Fab_ Forever](http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,184115,00.html)**)** Their bedizened outfits and shouts of “Lacroix!” aren’t out of date yet, although they may want to change their outburst to “McQueen!” to keep the reference current. In fact, these drunken, garish one-percenters have evolved from an exaggerated parody of our consumer culture to a more accurate depiction of what people actually do. (Case in point: [we now turn ](http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/dash-store-vigil-2011-11/)[retail stores into shrines](http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/dash-store-vigil-2011-11/).) With a few tweaks, Saunders could make _Ab Fab_ more relevant than ever. _Ab Fab: the Movie_ will reportedly begin with the hungover middle-aged duo finding themselves adrift on an oligarch’s abandoned yacht. I don’t know what happens next, but I’d love to see Patsy and Edina travel through a financially disintegrating Greece. Or stumble upon one of Berlusconi’s parties. Or on a _Real Housewives_\-esque reality show. Or they just can return to London, get drunk and make fun of Saffy. I’d be fine with that too. Can’t wait for the movie? Three new 30-minute _Absolutely Fabulous_ TV specials will air on BBC (and BBC America) this Christmas. **(LIST:** [TIME’s Top 100 TV Shows of All-Time](http://entertainment.time.com/2007/09/06/the-100-best-tv-shows-of-all-time/?iid=ent-main-feature)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7125135/sweetie-darling-mummy-wants-an-ab-fab-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7125135/sweetie-darling-mummy-wants-an-ab-fab-movie/"},"headline":"Sweetie Darling, Mummy Wants an Ab Fab Movie","datePublished":"2011-11-09T15:38:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T06:47:01.906Z","description":"It’s not easy to revive a 20-year-old television show — much less turn it into a movie — and have it still feel relevant and...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7125135/sweetie-darling-mummy-wants-an-ab-fab-movie/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f219baab0e8cd80/698a90ad16d8847223c4472b/absolutely-fabulous.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f219baab0e8cd80/698a90ad16d8847223c4472b/absolutely-fabulous.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Absolutely Fabulous","caption":"","creditText":"Everett","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7125135/sweetie-darling-mummy-wants-an-ab-fab-movie/","name":"Sweetie Darling, Mummy Wants an Ab Fab Movie"}}]}] ```