A Bit of Fry and Laurie - Grey and Hopeless

[valenwk]

This is what I call two GENIUS!

[gabumonfanclubx]

This is me everday haha.

[andytom2495]

Hahaha, Fry at the end!

[LiliMonoe]

The first part of the sketch made me proud and moved me at the same time.

I suffer from mental disorders and to see these very talented enternainers

skillfully etch their own struggles with their mental disorders in

a comedy show is deeply inspiring to me and makes me very proud of them.

God bless Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

[KetOoKa889]

This is actually so terribly depressing. 

[8thPrincessofHeart1]

Hugh is adorable when he says hi.

[Gorboduc]

Stephen has a Moment Of Jeeves at 2:00.

[SelfEpidemic]

*HI*

[georrodi]

the subject of my coment is...........coments.

[MuteHelperComments]

3:28

[Kittyrebeccalai]

I want three loving goldfish.

[cdelya3]

Just leave it to Fry and Laurie to make you feel grim and then amuse you back to your jolly old self. Priceless :D

[lindasapsford]

John Bird and Stephen Fry together it's like Absolute Power

[SuperBobster10]

That's not Dodger that's Snipper!

[filthmonger172]

this has made me very depressed

[keyblok]

I've found someone that's even more sarcastic than Hugh Laurie, if that's possible.

The man is Stephen Fry.

He should appear in House MD in that last season...

[everest001]

12 people's lives are grey and hopeless

[bareakon]

This is still relevant

[ThrivingFire]

Fry and Laurie are that rare thing- they don't have you loudly laughing all the way through; in this sketch, quite the opposite. But you hang on to every dazzling twist of language, and by god it's mesmerising..

[chocchipfox]

i just love how steven's eyebrows drop down at 3.15

[neomp5]

i read that both of them were near suicidally depressed in the period before this. it's amazing that they can channel that into comedy

[o0FallenAngel0o]

Just amazing! How that girl kept such a straight face with Hugh all up in her face is just beyond me.

[theunhappyhours]

we're shagged! we're absolutely shagged!

[LuRawen]

"... but doesn't." :(

[vegaaoc]

read the top comments like 4 times and it still couldn't prepare me for his face at the end XD

[canninghaggard]

My word 5.17 is just fantastic!

[CanaryKeeper]

Hi, Hugh! :D

[rogeredtabbit]

Now we know 12 wankers who have no inclination towards dry wit and subtle humour

[EmmyNeander]

Hugh's upper lip is just pricelessly amusing, have you ever noticed?

[Centuria13]

"Hi" Hugh laurie is so adorable!

[1337melee]

I can't help seeing House shine through in this performance. More than any other of Hugh Laurie's earlier work.

Especially the pronunciation of "mean" in "what does it mean?"

[livvyxo]

3:28 had me laughing like a lunatic

[ElianaDaizee]

jesus

[Lad303]

3:42 - what timing!

[RasMajnouni]

We'd rather have seen Nigella Lawson as Britain's chef,she had a great body,low cut blouses and skirts so bending down under the oven was a frolic for the fans at home.

[MrTonyInchpractice]

fry playing with mediums like television and radio is so subversive, mostly due to his ability to pass as part of the Establishment, and to appear above suspicion... until he decides to let you in on the secret.



[kafata1]

@MrTonyInchpractice I love your username :)

[MrTonyInchpractice]

@kafata1 your's aint no sack o' shit, either... i imagine we're at a urinals.

[londonthistle]

I keep on going back to 3:35 - classic abofal :D

[DragonSpinner61]

Tonight's theme is

*SCOWL*

THEMES! WHAT GOOD ARE THEY?

[neomp5]

these must be the first comedians to let their clinical depression actually directly feed their comedy.

[Wheelsgr]

@neomp5 Are you serious? by nature most people in the entertainment business create in order to deal with their issues.

[neomp5]

@Wheelsgr

no no, i'm talking clinical here. stephen disappeared to belgium or something hoping to kill himself. hugh said he took part in a rally car thing and said that he felt bored as cars were crashing into him.

[Wheelsgr]

@neomp5 I'm well aware of this but despite their genius I think it quite hyperbolic to say that they're the ONLY ones to do so, I've seen tons of comedy in which such dark topics are tackled by people clinically suffering from the issues they have to deal with. They are brilliant but let's not be silly about it. :)

[Yesandsowhut]

@neomp5 a clinical depression, thats a nice one.

[mrdouchefags]

JESUS. AND THIS WAS 20 YEARS AGO AND IN BRTIAN.

[Emrald70]

OMG that's exactly how i feel about the world today

am i the only one who thinks mbe something needs to change?

[JFMello1116]

All my life, I've wanted to be an amateur professional.

[Trecool1001]

Hi!

[layDbugsandhuricanes]

lol 5:26, wouldnt mind being that close to hugh ;)

[ultraviolet128]

lol stephen looks SCARY at the end :)

[PurushaDesa]

I'd be honoured to attend one of Fry and Laurie's Twiglets and condoms parties.

[soaresnezinha]

Both are great actors!!

[lennic95]

"It's either 'Good evening ladies and gentlemen!' or 'Hi!'" LOL

[katelynna10000]

wow...I've never seen them so emo!

I love you all!

[everyoneSalegend]

@katelynna10000 what a stupid comment. so american...

[MisaMumintroll]

"policians are so feebel-minded and gutless you can't even hate them."

love that

[JapeUK]

I love the sketch but frankly Fry's change of expression five seconds from the end is golden, steals the show ;)

[gamagenin]

I totally agree.

[piaaguilos]

you smile at someone in the street. You're either knifed in the kidney or up in court for rape! hahaha they are adorable

[DragonSporks]

love Hugh's very obvious stare @ 5:25

[lucke001]

Where shagged, where absolutly shagged !

[kstarquasar1]

themes, what good are they?

best change of expression ever!!

[Keisari70]

"Three loving goldfish" LMAO!

[ewaali]

at 2:51 you can see Hugh is loosing hair on the top of his head... weird... I thought he had quite a lot of hair...

[ThomasD1962]

No he doesn't! Check out his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live in '08.

One could land a helicopter on his bald spot.

(Sorry Hugh! Love you!)

[stewux]

Love Fry and Laurie to bits, but I thought this last series was awful! Embarrassing! I remember watching that opening " grey and hopeless " sketch at the time and loving it - it was quite dark, well written and well acted, but then that was it! The rest of it was dreadful, and the studio guest stuff was annoying. I think they ran out of steam.

[wingedhamham]

Themes. What good are they?

HAHAHA!

[dm3588]

"You've got a lovely wife - well, you've got a wife..."

LOL!!!

[TheConciseStatement]

This must have been a response to,

"Okay lads, you're on BBC1 now. So let's brighten things up. Bring on some guest stars. Jazz up the format a little., you know?"

And so they quite rightly spent the first 3 minutes telling them to go fuck themselves.

[artvandelay13]

for some reason i still laugh every time Stephen say "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" with accentuated finger-quotes...

[eskinol1]

It took me a while to realize where I'd seen the guy guest before...he was on an episode of Yes Minister!!

[JerryKitich]

I love how they say m'colleague, I can never seem to say it the way they do...

[PurushaDesa]

The best one was "Hugh t'm'knowledge"!

[uniden999]

thats a fairly stupid comment

[FallenAngelBA]

Hopper was making a sarcastic joke, you know guys ._. lol he wasn't being dumb

[matgunter]

OMG! Hugh and a puppy!!!

[whatdoicarehuh]

three loving goldfish XD

[toReasonWhy]

roflmfao his face when he says "Themes: what good are they?"

[lordhaku]

Stephen's ability to maintain a scowl in the last few seconds of this sketch is brilliant. Try going from the cheery, audience-pleasing shininess of "tonight's theme is...", to the hating sneer of "themes...what good are they?" yourself and see what happens. Your face will break in two before you manage to stop yourself from laughing.

[schweitzer006325]

"I swear...he's going to meet himself having breakfast one day."

I love how Stephen Fry can use language sooo well!

[WillWivell]

"Just a... just 'hi'."

"Jesus."

HAHAHA

[schweitzer006325]

Hear, hear!

What a classic moment.

And Stephen's expression is fantastic at the same time.

[Enright9591]

That's quite a tie Hugh has.

[thepet3r]

That is the tie of a grey and hopeless man.

[elephanttif]

mi welcome is just a bit of the old hi

just a..just hi

lol

love his facial expression

[CMalburn]

I love how Fry says "m'collegue"!

[xxCandyFlossyxx]

I was just thinking that lol!! love it!! x

[CMalburn]

...and "m'nurse" in the hospital sketches...

[PhylNotCharles]

The politicians are so feeble-minded and gutless you can't even hate them...Love it!

[crazypianolady]

D'you think the dog was the same one they used for 'snipper'?

[callpolice999]

the way stephen looks at Dodger the dog is extremely adorable.

[PhylNotCharles]

Stephen Fry is always adorable!

[ladyknight1991]

tonights theme is themes: what good are they

epic

[crazypianolady]

Hhah I love the dramatic camera angle too.

[lucke001]

haha i love hughs funny look when he said: "hi!"

[artvandelay13]

lol "themes... what good are they?"

[sjoes]

Great stuff and this was season 4! Who says the best is behind them? Come on chaps, you can still rustle up great comedy now you're both past the mid-life crisis stage. We need A Lot of F&L!

[unijade]

Let's start an international movement with that title

[sjoes]

To coax them into doing comedy again together? I'm with you!

[julymami3]

man hugh laurie looks so different here.

[ricmoz]

thir body language always makes it twise as funny ahhh

[lucke001]

Hugh is soooooooo cute at 3:38 when he said hi ^^

[zippoyay]

hi!

[EgolandTed]

Laurie showing off his bald patch there.

:)

[gowin15]

he was so young to have a bald patch.....

:(

[EgolandTed]

yeah, i feel truly bad for the poor chap.

Ill be getting one soon im sure :(

[JenniLeigh81]

Oh who cares? He is still lovely. Besides, some of the sexiest men out there are far balder ;}

[EgolandTed]

Like who??

[Iluveryanstiles]

Colin Mochrie

[LiekaQueenofDarkness]

Silly question, really. XD

[lennic95]

I like that ma collig and I!

[LittleBoiFen]

M'Colleague

[Cheshirecatmeow1]

I love his tie~

Hugh Laurie is amazing.

[tutudragon15]

wow. this is sooo something house would so say...but sadly he would mean it.

[tutudragon15]

0:05

he really looks like house, even though its like more than 20 years from this point

[KungfuCow5]

@tutudragon15 This was the 1990s.

[SharksKid]

It's frigging useless innit? Hahaha, I'm going to use that from now on.

[Vethalyn]

Hugh Laurie is cute when he says "Hi !" :-)

[scandowegianpean]

You smile at someone in the street you're either knifed in the kidneys or up in the court for rape LOL :))

[Zorg2006]

I didn't like them having guests. Series one and two were brilliant, after that.....

[CountDRox]

i actually preferred series 3 & 4. didn't like the guests but loved how they addressed the audience directly

[Zorg2006]

They did that in series 1 and 2, in some sketches.

[LoneFerret]

ROFL

[saefire]

i love hugh laurie's tie..

[xNikkaX3]

☺

[xninjajjx]

Tonight's theme is

Themes: What good are they?

[eldoraden]

Haha that's just brilliant!

[atisenif]

ok that's it!!! I'm jealous of a dog now!!! How useless am I?

[stevolution666]

omfg absolute genius

[polemicbear]

this is fry's classic blend of intellectual banter and side-splitting comedy.

[ADyingFaith]

The grey and hopeless speech really does sum up my view on the world.

[BiffExploder]

freak

[Bojack727]

Hmm... you could cut the laugh track from the first half and it would be totally different.

Christ... the chamera man screwed up 2:52- probably shouldn't have had the thin spot in hugh's hair dead center in the scene.

[CF1975]

If I were a man I would probabaly have been frustrated with such a bald spot, but Hugh is one of the few man who could pull that off.

[Pamultimate]

It's not a laughter track it was filmed in front of an audience at the BBC TV centre.

[UnfoldingWings]

i'd LOVE to be Jane Booker from 5:17 - 5:29!!! :D

[fallingstar7]

dodger is half retriever and half retriever. Bahahaha!!

[kaiserschon]

makes you think...

[arabiannights10]

You smile at someone in the street, you're either knifed in the kidneys or up in court for rape.

[hbanana7]

well...things were hopeless then, things are worse now. But sports is still fun.

[Steedrider]

There is so much drama in this sketch...

[mixitgood]

"politicians are so feeble-minded and gutless you cant even hate them" what a great line. Reminds me of GW Bush, who looks so much like a confused chimp that you kind of pity him.

[fitnamovie]

I was going to comment on this exact phrase. Brilliant!

[zerosis]

"You've got a loving wife -- well, a wife"

[becksdude]

lovely not loving..thought i'd point that out...

[WearingSunglasses]

Hugh Laurie with a puppy? That has to be THE CUTEST thing ever =D

[WearingSunglasses]

Hugh Laurie with a puppy? That has to be THE CUTEST thing ever =D

[heliogabalus227]

of course, the english spelling is "Gray"

[ButcheredEntrails]

The English spelling is "Grey"

[doctorcropcircles]

What an idiot.

[filmreelgoblin2006]

"look at you, you've got a lovely wife....well, you've got a wife...and three loving goldfish"

Heehee thanks for this clip x

[electrogeek77]

Who cares! It's Hugh with a puppy! The world is good again!

[rory215]

lol I love how Stephen does the air quotes at 3:52

[Kebabsvein]

cook, father of nine, cook and amateur chef.. :)

[chrispets357]

when hugh laurie is talking about the world being grey and hopeless he is talking the truth

[jeff22003]

Gray is spelled with an A not an E

[procrastinating2007]

lol it depends where you're from

[PuissantAlgernon]

Only the USA. In the UK, where this sketch originates, we do spell it with an 'E'

[Freakshadow]

He didn't have to sound like an uneducated halfwit; he could have typed it into Google and figured it out. Cockmaster. I despair for humanity while reading some of the responses on youtube. Then I realise - with an 's' you cocking philistines) - that I'm wasting time in the most inane way imaginable.

[williamager]

It is interesting that you consider the -ize spelling to be indicative of Philistinism, as it is, in fact, recommended by several sources, the OED and Fowler among them, that could only be considered to be at opposite extreme.

As an aside, I must admit that how any of this discussion relates to the rearers of game-cocks is entirely beyond my grasp. Perhaps you would be so kind as to enlighten us?