No I meant Stephen, but yes obviously Hugh as well. But you can tell with the camera shot from behind that Stephen was trying to keep a straight face as well. I reckon he ad-libbed the " 5 minutes to 7 " line to try and catch Hugh out.
This sort of exchange is eerily familiar to someone working in a bookshop. There may be no greater term of abuse in the English language than 'customer'.
Weird...I have read Wuthering Heights. It had Emily Brontë's name on the cover, and my copy of Jane Eyre has Charlotte's name on it. Better write to the publishing houses and tell them they got it wrong...
Who's got the obsession...you are me? I am a bit guilty as charged, I admit. I think he does one of best American accents I've heard, and I like how it sounds (he uses it a little when he sings in Band from TV) , but his real voice is just lovely. (I'm an American girl who's got a thing for British guys)
Oooohhh you really shouldn't have pointed that out. I spent the entire sketch staring as well....gosh I love Hugh. Handsome handsome man... 'Course, Stephen's awesome as well : )
If you say 'OH Balls!' real loud to dismiss someone, you'll be surprised how much impact it has. I started doing that after watching this sketch and I've won a lot of arguments since, lol.
Another flawless interpretation of an intellectual ignoramous who is aspiring to be cultured but failing miserably by trying to read books he doesn't understand so calls it all complete BALLS!! out of sheer frustration.Classic
JONAH TAKULA.
Cleo4696 3 weeks ago
This is EXACTLY how I feel about almost every book I've been forced to read XD
xcgirl105 1 month ago
- That is true, every single word of what happened
- Oh, double balls and bollocks!
Ramaz1969 2 months ago
It's cut off quite sudden.. Any chance of putting all of it up? I would consider any excuse complete BALLS!!! :) Just kidding. Thanx for this mate!
EdjeBos 4 months ago
Jeremy Clarkson goes to the bookshop.
thedarkvaleman 4 months ago 7
1:47, WHAT IS THAT?! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
xboxman79 4 months ago 3
fart at 0:00
MAKootage 5 months ago
That book is not big enough to be Jane Eyre. I felt like saying this all throughout the book.
SwimmingFishy 5 months ago
0:41 Hugh Laurie visibly trying to contain laughter!
CecilyHeron 5 months ago 2
I love that the clerk knows the exact year Charlotte Bronte died.
Although I always wondered what "like a Turk" did mean.
IoEstasCedonta 5 months ago
@IoEstasCedonta i gues turks used to sit cross legged?
Gaiacarra 4 months ago
Should've handed him a copy of Twilight.
PotatoTattoo 6 months ago 19
BALLS!
iluvmonkeys666 6 months ago 4
I have various friends who have worked in bookshops and they've all had customers like this.
vermillion303 7 months ago
Fry seems to have perfectly captured the personality of your average youtube commentator (said the youtube commentator)
CaptMARNEY 7 months ago 12
fry looks like clarkson in this
maximtrickett 7 months ago
WHAT'S THIS SHOW CALLED?
MFlorsosa 8 months ago
@MFlorsosa a bit of fry and laurie
4795Emily 8 months ago
now i am in year 2045 pm
hahaha
alimunth 8 months ago
9 people have already seen a turk mount a window seat
DTROXX 8 months ago
cunning Lord Melchett and airhead Prince George.
pr9nkaholic 9 months ago
I don't get the joke with the word "balls"...
dontmindmees 9 months ago
@dontmindmees
There is no joke as such. He's just saying "balls" as in "bollocks" as in "testicles" as in:
"it's complete rubbish".
MechoMadness 7 months ago
oh, double balls and bollocks
EdNewey654 10 months ago 9
Stephen's face at 1:11 is hilarious.
hellopolly87 11 months ago
@hellopolly87 TOTALLY!!!! HAHAHA
MFlorsosa 8 months ago
oooooooh baaaaaahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllzzzzzzz .gota love Fry
great video mate
mrahmed50 11 months ago 3
BALLS in the sense of being BAAALLLLS.
MrBuch169169 1 year ago 10
I agree with Stephen: Jane Eyre is balls!
gasek62 1 year ago
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02:04 - Bestest line evah!
constenebricus 1 year ago
02:04 - Best line evah!
constenebricus 1 year ago
@LiahUK You have no idea how hard I just laughed xD
GiniBaggins 1 year ago
classic parrot sketch style!
AubynStafford 1 year ago
'Double balls and bollacks' llol
RPGaddictC 1 year ago 3
i yell balls all the time whne im mad !!!!!
shotgunXxXeyes 1 year ago
Whenever Stephen Fry wears a curly wig, he looks like the love child of Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
CF1975 1 year ago 10
@CF1975 You're right! he has Clarkson's chin and May's eyes!
dfarmbrough 1 year ago
OOOOOOOHHHHHH BAAALLLLLLLLSSSS!!
hamsterdance4lyf08 1 year ago 2
im reading finnegans wake. its balls...
wimpylassiter2336 1 year ago 7
Double balls and bollocks!
lifeisloud89 1 year ago
Double balls and bollocks!
FrogsCock 1 year ago 3
BALLS in the sense of BALLS!
PhantomLover111 1 year ago 8
thanks to this video i say BALLS whenever i am frustrated now...
shotgunXxXeyes 1 year ago 7
I'm gonna start saying Balls to all things crap! :D
BeigeFunk 1 year ago
@LiahUK I'd call it a hate child.
DontTouchMyVicodin 1 year ago 3
"...it's complete balls!"
lennic95 1 year ago
i love stephens hair style... :D
mrsstevenburns 1 year ago 4
double ballbag bollocks! ha ha
Sssteph28 2 years ago
*double balls and bollocks.
DrPaulMutilation 1 year ago 8
This is one of my favorite sketches ever! Balls has become my default curse. oh balls, I'm late. Balls!! where'd my phone go?!
RinEdition 2 years ago 4
"Balls in what sense?"
"Balls in the sense of balls"
NinjaBob82 2 years ago 35
I think Stephen's trying not to laugh at 0.41.
stewux 2 years ago
u mean hugh
Jibbaribba 2 years ago
No I meant Stephen, but yes obviously Hugh as well. But you can tell with the camera shot from behind that Stephen was trying to keep a straight face as well. I reckon he ad-libbed the " 5 minutes to 7 " line to try and catch Hugh out.
stewux 2 years ago 3
lol i can barely see it, but i guess you are right. still a fucking funny sketch
Jibbaribba 2 years ago
I'm quite sure you mean Hugh
GhastlyOnesRule 1 year ago
@stewux Hugh you mean?
Yukonho72 1 year ago
Hahaha that is too funny.
ADyingFaith 2 years ago 2
quite dead!
Hoogahoogainsano 2 years ago 2
"Oh double balls and bollocks"
ROFL xD
oOZePirateOo 2 years ago 13
This sort of exchange is eerily familiar to someone working in a bookshop. There may be no greater term of abuse in the English language than 'customer'.
Fry and Laurie very much rule.
KataAnimata 2 years ago 10
Interesting how somebody with just one word to use for literary criticism can apply it to absolutely anything you give them.
theRealPlaidRabbit 2 years ago 12
I just love Stephen's hair in this <3
Yamibee 2 years ago 12
Oh Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalls!
twitty666 2 years ago 8
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Emily Bronte wrote Jane Eyre
I can't believe they didn't get it wrong on purpose... Did they really not notice?
heh.
Charlotte wrote Wuthering Heights
They were arguing about the wrong author.
mspatti 2 years ago
Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre, Emily wrote Wuthering heights :)
kick your English teacher for me, will you?
Pinkishblossom 2 years ago 25
Kindly get your facts right before attempting snobbishness.
CPGallagher89 2 years ago 7
Weird...I have read Wuthering Heights. It had Emily Brontë's name on the cover, and my copy of Jane Eyre has Charlotte's name on it. Better write to the publishing houses and tell them they got it wrong...
Neehna87 2 years ago 8
Jane Eyre was by Charlotte Bronte...not Emily...and Wuthering Heights was Emily's first and only novel.
XeclipseXmomentX 2 years ago 11
BALLLLLLLLSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! LMAO
tiffb17 2 years ago
This one always cracks me up =P
rudiecantfail13 2 years ago
BAWLS IN THE SENSE OF BAWLS.
someoneyoudonotknow 2 years ago 5
i never knew Brian May was a Stephen Fry impersonator, not very good is he?
philphie 2 years ago 10
"That's five minutes to seven, isn't it?"
wordsandmusic93 2 years ago 4
ah, never a dull moment at Waterstones
Pinkishblossom 2 years ago 14
I hope he is going to give Alan Davies his hair back when he's finished with it!
dfarmbrough 2 years ago 343
hhaha. now you've said that, the hair is very similar to alans;)
Haannaahh92 2 years ago
@dfarmbrough HAHAHAHAHAHA fantastic!
sepiaworld 1 year ago
@dfarmbrough
i so thought it was him before i hit play lol
digitalbots 1 year ago
Oh Lord. Stephen's facial expressions at 1:12 had me hysterics.
Enright9591 2 years ago 6
Balls in what sense?
mnyfrsh 2 years ago 9
balls in the sense of balls!
pifras 2 years ago 9
BAAALLS!
LordShivasServant 2 years ago 6
It's complete BAAALLS!
greenpenguino 2 years ago 7
Oh double balls and BOLLOCKS!
Haannaahh92 2 years ago 7
".....that doesn't have some dead bitch calling you reader all the time!"
hahahahaha
AwdreeHpburn 2 years ago 15
lol the wig
ninjakick1983 2 years ago 2
Oh my gosh that wig is just priceless. :D
Great sketch.
dcbsmt 2 years ago 2
One of my fave books ever. I love this sketch.
ADyingFaith 2 years ago 3
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Aww shame at around 2:27 you can see Stephen wants to laugh but this is still a hilariously great sketch!! :D
vvelvettearss 2 years ago
I just watched 2.27 - What the hell are you on about? His acting is fantastic.
neopets07 2 years ago 2
"The whole thing's just BAAALLS from start to finish!" lol
Vietpride28 2 years ago 8
Balls in what sense?
YKW2 2 years ago 2
The curl at the back of hugh's neck is gorgeous!
neopets07 3 years ago 9
Now that you mentioned it, I can't stop staring at it...and you're right! All of him is just gorgeous.
wickedfeylady 2 years ago
Haha, gorgeous to a point of slight obsession. What about House, are you a fan of the accent?
neopets07 2 years ago
Who's got the obsession...you are me? I am a bit guilty as charged, I admit. I think he does one of best American accents I've heard, and I like how it sounds (he uses it a little when he sings in Band from TV) , but his real voice is just lovely. (I'm an American girl who's got a thing for British guys)
wickedfeylady 2 years ago
Oooohhh you really shouldn't have pointed that out. I spent the entire sketch staring as well....gosh I love Hugh. Handsome handsome man... 'Course, Stephen's awesome as well : )
lrbkperez 2 years ago 3
haHA, BIRDMAN! GET IN HERE! This is genius!
kadetkolors 3 years ago
2:06!! Oh, Baaaaaaaaaaaaaalls!
FindMeTheExit 3 years ago 17
One of my favourite sketches of a Bit of Fry and Laurie. Have seen it a million times by now, and I'm still laughing with tears.
Friedl123 3 years ago 7
NICE PERM
brcbrtn 3 years ago 9
If you say 'OH Balls!' real loud to dismiss someone, you'll be surprised how much impact it has. I started doing that after watching this sketch and I've won a lot of arguments since, lol.
SharksKid 3 years ago 20
" the whole things just baaaaaalls from start to finish"
XD hilarious!
samurai485 3 years ago 6
I think it is more "double balls and bollocks" :)
Holl1303 3 years ago 4
"It's just complete balls"
"Balls in what sense?"
"Balls in the sense of balls"
Classic and hilarious sketch by them. Wonder if Stephen got a record in saying the word "balls" most times in 3 minutes?
ImeldaLumos 3 years ago 16
"--And what Turk!? Have you ever seen a Turk mount a window seat? It's complete BALLS."
"Well ...I-I think you're supposed to imagine it...!"
"Oh! Oh, really? Alright, then wha-wha-wha-- Alright, how-- how about thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-this page here?"
Bahaha.
Thank you, Hugh and Stephen.
I'm going to start saying everything is 'balls' from here on out.
kikhuana 3 years ago 9
Hahahah
"Reader--pff-pff-pff-pff-pff-READER!"
hadzimapango 3 years ago 19
Ballsy ballsy balls balls! Double balls!
Mandy3Glover 3 years ago 4
I LOVE the "pff, pff, pff" noise Stephen makes before the "reader, I married him" comment.
avigilantbandgeek 3 years ago 14
For som reason Stephen Fry reminds me of Jeremy Clarkson in this.
bryemycaz 3 years ago 17
Yeah, the perm is one of those looks that makes everyone look like a 90's Jeremy Clarkson.
rach1510 3 years ago 9
'and doesn't have some dead bitch calling me "reader" all the time'. bahaha.
omgzzkatielyn 3 years ago 13
double balls and bollocks lmao
HexagonHilary 3 years ago 19
"its baaaaalls, thats why"... lol
MCssshithead 3 years ago 8
And to think, people my age now actually use that term
Chrcstll 3 years ago 4
Fry in that wig! Lol
CakeorDeath44 3 years ago 7
one of my faves,
mugglechops 4 years ago 4
WINDOW SEAT
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Drummer4242 4 years ago
i love fry e laurie!!they re the best!!
whisperer85 4 years ago 2
roflz!1
Timboh56 4 years ago
Another flawless interpretation of an intellectual ignoramous who is aspiring to be cultured but failing miserably by trying to read books he doesn't understand so calls it all complete BALLS!! out of sheer frustration.Classic
ossiacadenza 4 years ago 13