Clip from the pilot of Stephen Fry And Hugh Laurie's TV Show "A bit of Fry and Laurie". Enjoy.
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@peterhunt4818Рік тому
The "I didn't catch that" joke is quality, and they breezed right past it like it was nothing.
@NPzedРік тому
It was nothing. He hadn't thrown it yet!
@StephenS-2024Рік тому
Ah, Quality....reminds me of Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance.
@anathamonРік тому
@@StephenS-2024 that book should have been called “western philosophy and the art of bad parenting”
@StephenS-2024Рік тому
@@anathamon ha! That's good.
@srikaneatorРік тому
that WAS INDEED NOTHING when compared to the line "it's because i'm dumb, isn't it sir"
@danielnatzke67336 років тому
And I'd be alive today
@jean-louistixier-vignancou3211Рік тому
😁😁
@Shakes-Off-FearРік тому
Every line of this scene was more unpredictable than the last.
@jswaggart01Рік тому
“You can’t come because you’re a bastard and we all hate you!” Epic.
@danielskrivan692111 місяців тому
"I'm blind and deaf, so they cancel each other out" is almost like Norm MacDonald's "I'm a deeply closeted gay man" bit.
@OddBallThe4th8382Рік тому
These two are very much the masters of wit and cleverly written dialogue…good on em’
@catsinq5726Рік тому
There's something hilarious about seeing a young Dr. House claiming that his deafness and blindness are cancelling each other out.
@John_RidleyРік тому
I didn't see an episode of House until years after I had been a fan of Laurie's comedy career. Imagine how hilarious it is to see one of your favorite comedians playing Dr. House.
@makkapakka2098Рік тому
Never even occurred to me that obviously in some places people will have only seen Hugh Laurie as House. Absolute quality
@jordlopezРік тому
@@makkapakka2098 that was me until very recently, he was only House and Stuart Little's dad
@RabbiHerschelРік тому
@@jordlopez I haven't seen that movie since I was a wee lad, was he really in that? He was also Major -- de Coverley in the Hulu Catch-22 miniseries, which I quite liked. (It didn't follow the book too closely, which is alright since doing a one-to-one adaptation of that kind of book is practically impossible. Heller didn't mind things being changed in adaptation. In fact, he thoroughly enjoyed the 1970 movie adaptation, making him one of the seven people who did.)
@jordlopezРік тому
@@RabbiHerschel yeah, I distinctly remember rewatching Stuart Little a few years back and being like: "House is his dad? Really?" And there was no way I could misremember such an anomaly lol
@gvantsasakaruli99007 місяців тому
"lets die for Fry who may or may not be born one day" would be such an awesome phrase to motivate soldiers with
@rmac32173 місяці тому
Sounds like a marching song, Left my wife in New Orleans, To die for Fry and eat fried beans, Left, Left, Left Right Left
@sarcasmo57Рік тому
This is why I carry my cigarette case on my head.
@Voodoo_RobotРік тому
This is why i don’t smoke.
@Eralen00Рік тому
Sorry to tell you but that won't do anything to stop anything bigger than a pellet gun
@somewhatdubiouscontentsРік тому
@@Voodoo_Robot you won't be surviving any german snipers like that sonny
@rmac32173 місяці тому
@@Eralen00 Really? What am I going to do with the bullet proof vest I made out of cigarette cases then?
@extenebrislux11 років тому
"if you pardon the pun" "what pun?" xD
@FrankieParadiso4evah6 років тому
The great thing about them's that they're equally funny.
@ianbrewer4843Рік тому
Yep
@ginabrogan1825Рік тому
Nope laurie is funnier
@conservativemike37682 роки тому
My grandfather’s battle blouse was shot clean thru the temple, yet the bullet bounced off his cigarette case which saved his life, but he was nevertheless killed 30 seconds later in his escape attempt because he was half blind and partially deaf with a penchant for tripping over chairs, but all of that was irrelevant as he promptly expired from a… Thus, a Fry & Laurie skit is born.
@Sepilein1Рік тому
never seen this one before...blessed be the algorithm for finally showing this. Just another Masterpiece of Comedy.
@hollyb68859 місяців тому
These two are treasures. I hope they realize how much happiness they’ve brought to the masses.
@richardgadberry8398Рік тому
"He was given it by his god-niece as a kind of 'loss-of-virginity' present"
@michaellinner7772Рік тому
Laurie does the best American accent of anyone I've ever seen or heard.
@roberthanlen6036Рік тому
Clint Eastwood's American accent was pretty good...
@renobeck1976Рік тому
How about Daniel Day Luis?
@flynnlivescmdРік тому
How about Laurie?
@Bumbley1Рік тому
It's because he's blind you see...
@findmurdockРік тому
I never understood this observation. As House, he makes a drawn out meal out of every Amurican weurd. For excellent American accents done by Brits, Band of Brothers is the gold standard.
@ChanduKaleРік тому
Their PG Wodehouse plays are hilarious.
@TampaDaveРік тому
Absolutely… “Wooster and Jeeves” is perfect. But maybe not better than Black Adder. That was a true Dream Team of Brit comedy.
@stanamilanovich3956Рік тому
The scene they're spoofing from The Great Escape is so sad. This is hilarious.
@shelbynamels973Рік тому
It's so odd hearing him talk about his grandfather, knowing from "Who Do You Think You Are?" that his maternal grandfather was an Austro-Hungarian Jew from Vienna, who emigrated to England. His name was Neumann.
@General_NothingРік тому
Yes, but this was his grandfather on his parents’ side.
@shelbynamels973Рік тому
@@General_Nothing all grandfathers are on the parents' side.
@MerkhVisionРік тому
We’ll surely he wasn’t talking about his real grandfather here, it was likely made up for the skit!
@mikenicholas9017Рік тому
Nnnnueman...
@skyteusРік тому
The two together!!! Just perfect.
@geraldineclarke5434Рік тому
Oh, thank you!!! I love both these guys so much.
@montecristo1845Рік тому
Love the idea that because he’s blind and deaf each lost sense promotes the other, so logically he’s got perfect sight and hearing! 🙈🙉😆
@TOBAPNW_Рік тому
He has amazing sight and hearing, he just can't use it 😂
@loge10Рік тому
I don't think it's that funny- it's actually my own situation...
@silversolver7809Рік тому
@@loge10 Congrats, I wish I had perfect sight and hearing.
@joedingo7022Рік тому
"logically"
@treebeard84752 роки тому
Lol these guys are so out there for their time.
@sophitsa79Рік тому
For their time? They are exactly of their time. There was a lot of this style around then. They are out there for today, probably. Comedy is much more of the everyday now
@treebeard8475Рік тому
@@sophitsa79 yeah I guess it’s how ya look at it or how I worded that haha. It just hits my funny bone different than comedians of my day and it pleases me :)
@StarWarsMomentsРік тому
"I lost my sense of smell while forging the minutest details of a thousand Nazi documents" That's a line from al fresco, fry and Lori's 1983 series with Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane.
@c.a.marsupial.1282Рік тому
5.25 minutes of brilliance.
@taowroland8697Рік тому
Actually that would be 5.41 minutes or thereabouts
@ALEGODAY11 років тому
One of the greatest clips from ABOFAL
@codyheiner3636Рік тому
Masterpiece
@TeemuSintonen9 місяців тому
Their chemistry is off the charts!
@feralblueeРік тому
now this is funny!! the kind of British ‘humour’ i really like. thanks. :) 😋🌷🌱
@87654321jРік тому
His grandfather could he be Melchett lol 😂
@nvrndingsmmr7 місяців тому
Lmao that final line was absolutely brilliant!
@hallfiry2 роки тому
Fun fact few people know: some parts of this sketch were taken from the POW sketch in the older Fry & Laurie show Alfresco.
@morenauerРік тому
Heavy“Blackadder goes forth” vibes there.
@shannonjaensch3705Рік тому
Such a truely talented actor. Beautiful executed example of what the true meaning of the word 'dumb' actually means of which most do not know, yet wrongfully use everyday in every day speech.
@VestigialHeadРік тому
Wow really? I thought it was common knowledge that dumb had a medical meaning as well. Surprising. But I guess knowledge is often seen as a negative these days.
@TheEpicNoodle12 років тому
Cheers jake :D brilliance XD
@SPRPhillyРік тому
The spirit of Python is strong in this one and it is exquisite.
@DulceNРік тому
Brilliant!
@handlesarecringe957Рік тому
"Are you deaf?" "Yes, sir"
@PlayNiceFolks6 місяців тому
I've not seen this one. And I've repeated DAMN and WE'VE BEEN ACTIVATED a hundred times.
@psychicmafia666Рік тому
Strange to see them so young. Love Fry as Wilde and Laurie as House MD, I think that's the best of both of them.
@buckcherryfan1000Рік тому
did you not see Jeeves and Wooster?
@barcode8459Рік тому
_Jeeves and Wooster_ is unequivocally Fry & Laurie's greatest work. _Blackadder_ is a riot as well.
@matthewbritton27904 роки тому
Or battle blouse
@thuurmichels7632 місяці тому
This start reminded me of Christopher Walken's Gold Watch monologue.
@richardgadberry8398Рік тому
"So the Great War and World War II were just vast entertainments laid on for your benefit, were they?"
@rustythecrown9317Рік тому
''Well when you put it that way... yes''.
@LosBerkosРік тому
A cigarette case can be opened and close- Audience: "-HHAAAHAHAHAHAACHAAHCHAHH"
@Lord.KiltridgeРік тому
Begging forgiveness. But I can only take Stephen Fry in small doses, which is uniquely difficult as he is quite a large man. 🤣🤣🤣
@marklechman2225Рік тому
I literally almost did a spit take watching this.
@dan4461Рік тому
the laughs are so bought
@robertwoodroffe123Рік тому
He did have a mum ! And a dad !
@sureshot8399Рік тому
I wonder if it part of the joke that Hugh calls Stephen Sir despite them being equivalent ranks.
@keepdancingmariaРік тому
"... and I'd be alive today." Wait, What?
@NicholasMonksРік тому
Was this improvised? Feels brilliantly "Yes, and..."
@don_5283Рік тому
You can see Fry almost trip over one of his lines. It's scripted, but that doesn't diminish it at all.
@robertwoodroffe123Рік тому
He’s only got a bad limp in his House now
@color-head1696Рік тому
Did this inspire Tarantino to the watch story - i think - told in Pulp Fiction to young Bruce Willis?
@Eralen00Рік тому
If his grandfather wore the cigarette case on his temple he'd just have bits of tobacco in his brain instead of just lead. That's like 1.5mm sheet metal, an 8mm Mauser would go through that like a piece of tissue paper
@robertwoodroffe123Рік тому
My dad was a ww2 sniper ! And I’m alive
@thiagodeandrade708111 місяців тому
Who is giving electric knives to the prisoners?
@justk9415Рік тому
Great entertainers and masterful subversive humor! Probably lost on an audience that laughs at literally every word regardless.
@jeffreyjeziorski14807 місяців тому
Sounds like what we Yanks refer to as a "laughtrack"....cue Dr Evil air quotes
@samstudios99085 років тому
The first part is just kindergarten show and tell
@MartinHiggins19722 роки тому
But done by a adult comic genius.
@kn7991jРік тому
Lindybeige humor
@DCUPtoejuiceРік тому
Tarantino borrowed this it seems.
@reallyidrathernot.134Рік тому
1:50 this is where population ethics comes from
@benwu7980Рік тому
Any attempt at analizing the humour here fails, absurdism is at absurd levels. "my grandfather on my parents' side' sets the stage
@hashbrown777Рік тому
Idk, honestly that's the one joke that's almost something you could ordinarily say; it specifies that it's neither of your grandfather-in-laws.
@benwu7980Рік тому
@@hashbrown777 :) I guess that's what I mean about analizing their jokes.
@rustythecrown9317Рік тому
''And I'd be alive today''.
@philipsalama8083Рік тому
I wonder if this sketch was made after Blackadder IV, given the bit about war skits being in bad taste.
@sophitsa79Рік тому
I think it was about a decade earlier
@ImNotADeeJayРік тому
It's never lupus
@delta968511 місяців тому
3:43 was that scripted or not? Because I can't tell XD
@dars52297 місяців тому
Yeah, it had to be. Saying "pardon the pun" when neither of them has made one is bit of a running gag for them.
@delta96852 місяці тому
@@dars5229 Pardon?
@muhammadavatarmarvellian766 років тому
what episode is this? and what series? someone tell me the detail of this clip please?
@avinotion6 років тому
The show's name: A Bit of Fry and Laurie. That's all I know
@DarthGTB5 років тому
Check the video's description
@thecapone454 роки тому
Wow. Didn’t know Dr. House could be this funny.
@Banzybanz2 роки тому
One of the best British comedy duos of all time
@peterhunt4818Рік тому
Not just funny, but a talented comedy writer as well. He and Fry co-wrote these skits. Laurie's comedic timing in House is flawless, and his acceptance speeches at awards shows are hilarious.
@kamion53Рік тому
a some point Hugh Laurie decided to stop playing comedy and started acting in serious roles. The first of those role I saw him was as the grumpy husband of a hysterical Emelda Staunon in Sense and Sensibility with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
@HootOwl513Рік тому
@@kamion53 Thus ruining a brilliant comedic career,
@alisonhill3941Рік тому
@@kamion53 Mr Palmer wasn't him deciding to stop doing comedy and doing serious roles - a) it's not a serious role (apart from the one line where he offers assistance to the Dashwoods, everything he does is deeply ironic; it's a comic part), b) that was filmed around the same time as the last series of ABOFAL, and he continued to do primarily comic roles for years after that, and c) he was invited to do it personally by Emma Thompson, his long-term friend (and former girlfriend) as basically a cameo.
@t.m.2415Рік тому
Is the audience being gased with laughing gas?
@gasan6599Рік тому
Why does it sound so similar to monthy python?
@SwordsmanRyanРік тому
They’re Britons.
@enthusedtosing965510 місяців тому
Does it?
@VestigialHeadРік тому
That is what several of my ex girlfriends said - "you can't come because you are a bastard and we hate you".
@marekvollach7831Рік тому
FRY… just go away, already
@ConstantlyDamaged6 місяців тому
Escalation humor like this just makes no _sense._
@jeronimo196Рік тому
Daredevil's cameo in She-Hulk is amazing.
@Michael-dj6pdРік тому
Are you sure you are on the right video?
@jeronimo196Рік тому
@@Michael-dj6pd it's a joke, don't worry about it.
@rustythecrown9317Рік тому
@@jeronimo196 That whole show is a joke.
@StephenS-2024Рік тому
Is this comedy? I don't speak British.
@DilmahkanaРік тому
This is definitely a more weird, meta one.
@StephenS-2024Рік тому
@@Dilmahkana funny.
@Michael-dj6pdРік тому
Are you per chance german?
@StephenS-2024Рік тому
@@Michael-dj6pd Ich bin Amerikaner.
@rustythecrown9317Рік тому
@@StephenS-2024 That explains the lack of comedic understanding.
@FreemonSandlewouldРік тому
So funny I forgot to laugh. Uh.
@rustythecrown9317Рік тому
It's alright , your from modern times, subtlety is not your strong point.
@brotherben4357Рік тому
They didn’t die for you, Stephen; they died for Jesus.
@rustythecrown9317Рік тому
And look where that got them... dead.
@aaroncabatingan5238Рік тому
That's a dumber reason to die
@TechToWatchРік тому
Astonishing how they put up with that inane, fake laughter back then.
@peteb1206Рік тому
That inane fake laughter was real laughter from an actual studio audience.
@badgerbadgerton966Рік тому
They're just too clever to generate funny. Because funny is simply not rational. These are properly educated men. They're not funny at all.
@stephenlindsey6631Рік тому
Not funny
@RabbiHerschelРік тому
In the Anglostate, Stephen Fry will be experimented on as our foremost scientists attempt to de-gay and de-Jew him so that he may one day rejoin society.
@fireantmedia7946Рік тому
they laugh at literally everything he says? cringe AF
@enthusedtosing965510 місяців тому
I don't see how that is cringe AF but to each their own..