Fry & Laurie - Haircut

[TheBeowulf19]

Real men watch Fry and Laurie in 240p.

[alinemerrow]

The ending IS convincing.

[wesselbindt]

Is it just me or do they sound like they're talking through a fan?

[cmathewsification]

which of the many fold hairs upon sir's crisp and twinkling headage would sir like to place in my professional care for purposes of securing an encuttment?

[rhythmicginger]

@cmathewsification Manifold, old chap - not many fold. Pip pip!

[MsXxKaibaXx]

This the funny film...

[Barnowl65]

Why on Earth would anyone hate these two? They're the best!

[DragonBleu01]

0:16 = It isn't what we think... (i mean slash) XD

[mariveregati]

It's one thing to write funny and complicated lines, but a totally different ball game to say the lines out loud without a break in front of an audience and the camera. Stephen Fry is a gift to mankind.

[nevereverbettter]

Could someone explain to me this sketch? English is not my native language and I don't understand what is happening here. thank you

[lauramitrea]

@nevereverbettter it's only funny if you understand - this is not really translatable, as most of the words are reimagined by Stephen Fry. Otherwise, it's just Laurie trying to get a haricut from a Fry that has no idea what he's doing, presumably.

[Fortevn]

And I thought Blackadder's vocab already raped my brain enough...

[YellAtTheSky27]

Is he trying to be a house-elf?

[Uldihaa]

This is what you'd get if screenwriters were paid by the word!

[srb3man]

Would you like to resume the seatedness of your posture. :D So funny...

[screamtilyouhear]

wait a minute, WAIT ONE COTTONPICKING MINUTE HERE!! xD

[ImagineMarvelous]

I can't stop laughing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[procritic09]

Haircutation?

[procritic09]

I wish there were people who talked like that in real life.

[krazy4kris]

This guy reminds me of Dobby. XD

[Weirdo0258]

@krazy4kris "this guy" read harry potter series audiobook, did u know?

[krazy4kris]

@Weirdo0258 I DID!!!! But he reminds me of Dobby because of they way he talks :)

[Weirdo0258]

@krazy4kris u may be right there, except maybe Dobby's a little less weird. :D

[MissTwiggy28]

Lol Im not really that posh! As I showed below, just doing a bad impression of what Jeeves may say lol xx

[MissTwiggy28]

Please set fire to my legs.. Immediatly caused me to undignifyably fall from my soft and seducing mattress, on which my tired and unrested body had laid upon.

[Ms14787]

''Where I understand it rained like a bitch?'' ROFL!!!!!

[Craplatte]

crisp and twinkling headage :-)))

[M4Carbinefan]

you can imagine how difficult is to understand this for a non-native English speaker

[Quidammus]

@M4Carbinefan : I had to listen carefully several times before I could understand everything :)

Subs are easier, but it's more fun once you've decoded it all by yourself ^^

[assassinator48]

@M4Carbinefan ya gotta deal with it havent u lol the same as everyone does in different ways

[borgqueen45]

bahahaha i can successfully end this sketch in 45 seconds!

[falsafa]

very postmodern ;)

[ShatteredxSpiritx]

If I was Hugh Laurie I would turn around, look him in the eye, point to myself and say very slowly, ENGLISH! x

[MrTonyInchpractice]

like finding a chest overflowing with gems. language is his bitch, his mother, his moist, lemon-scented...

[Drroxxette]

I didn't want to be a barber anyway...I wanted to be a LUMBERJACK!

[redchucktaylors5]

No matter how many times I watch this, I can't help but laugh. "I sneak myself towards the suspicion that Sir has cast me as the mouse in his ever popular cat drama." Pure. Genius.

[gianlu64]

an esplaination to the whyness LOL

[Scoreulf]

Jeeves & Wooster !

[radiohippie]

"Where I understand it rained like a bitch." LOL.

[iOnlySignIn]

If sir would care to resume the seatedness of his posture?

[lilleahhere05]

Some of what stephen fry is saying sounds like the bit in v for vendetta when v keeps saying things starting with v lol xx

[NivMizzet89]

@lilleahhere05

I'd almost suspect him of helping write that bit. He was in the movie after all.

[joshaf26]

I love how he keeps making up words here. Rather like Colbert and truthiness.

[Muirin007]

May you favor me with an explanation as to the whyness?

[Abasy]

Being German, I really had a hard time understanding this, yet I have to say I find it hilarious! British humour really is the best!

[rchlboyd]

wow ... clever

[opticmovies]

i love when they break the fourth wall i nthis show

[fangirl8392]

@opticmovies the fourth wall is there to break. Yes.

[FlippinBooks]

I think Jeeves must've received a rather nasty blow to his headage.

[Minty210]

Brilliant! Just as good as the one where Hugh Laurie goes to buy an engagement ring from Stephen Fry's jewellery shop ^^

[hlapidu2]

I was kind of expecting Stephen to call out to Mr. Dalliard at some point during this sketch.

[dannycalypse]

Anne Elk's long lost brother.

[theschizoidman]

Most likely the sketch that inspired Wooster and Jeeves.

[TheChainedDemon]

i desire and fantasize of a site w/ full a bit of fry and laurie clips that is what i want Y.Y

[picklerwoof]

"Please set fire to my legs.."

:) Brilliant.

[Claudiathesomanieth]

finally a youtube video with the complete thing.

[nuttyanimalfreak]

@xxsubl1m3xx Maybe Youtube it trying to tell you something. ;)

[amphitritie]

Stephen Fry saying bitch as well as this whole sketch: wonderful in such a wrong way.

[soeffingwhat]

@amphitritie - Yep, its the way he uses Words and expresses them. I think its a way of showing that its not only about what you say, but also how you say it.

[worktoget]

a bit jeeves on crack innit

[firehot242]

god poor hugh looks so confussed

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

@firehot242 He excels at that. :D

[firehot242]

@I4gotmyMANTRA yes, yes he does.

[assassinator48]

haha they were both in blackadder wernt they? and omg look a stephen fry he looks sooo young lol

[Idnarmadur]

I could listen to Stephen Fry talking total gibberish off the top of his headage all day long and I wouldn't be bored o_o

[sghay]

@Idnarmadur yes i wish i could take him home with me ... mmmmmm.....

[ADyingFaith]

@Idnarmadur I know i know me too.

[Jibbaribba]

no you idiot that's a young hugh laurie.

[xxsubl1m3xx]

I just signed into youtube today and every single video in the recommended for me box was about haircuts. Now i have never watched a video on youtube about haircuts ever LOL.

[redressedpreciosa]

@xxsubl1m3xx Maybe that's why they recommended you to watch them ;)

[lowfiwhiteguy]

Hugh was wearing an outfit that I could easily see Jeremy Clarkson in today, hahaha.

Theyre all genius

[mr0buch]

I utterly disagree with Hugh! I could listen to Stephen Fry going about everyday conversations, with too much wordiness and meaning every word literally all day.

xD

[kimbob5]

lol hearing stephen fry of all people saying bitch makes me chuckle :)

[FlippinBooks]

Well done, Stephen Fry! You make insanity cool. :D

I made my friend, who is a barber, watch this skit, and he almost died laughing. I also dared him to ask his next client which hair on their "crisp and twinkling headage" they wanted cut, but for some reason he won't do it.

[makesmewonder007]

wait one cotton picking minute here! haha!

[this1otts]

"...securing an encutment."

Too funny!

Such a brilliant duo..

[darksnow07]

oh my god I would have punched him, 2 minutes in lol xD

[lucke001]

omg the last:D

[xJessus]

laurie! yessss

[jonbenrob]

sir's crisp and twinkling headidge

[EllIExxxxxX92]

believe me when i tell you it was both difficult, and impossible.

[Wonkapoo]

Haha. He's like Jeeves's insane twin brother.

[horwitz1]

He did play jeeves on another show. the original jeeves

[EllIExxxxxX92]

obviously i think wonkapoo (not helping urslef really) knew that

[telofy]

The title ought to have been "Bitchmother, Come Light My Bottom".

[artvandelay13]

sir, please set fire to my legs if you think i'm trying to make hair-cutting sound more romantic and glamorous than it really is....

[Ruthun92]

did anyone notice how many aprons he put on him?

[brunzmeflugen]

im glad i wasnt the only one!!!

[flossy42]

hahaha XD that was actually a great ending!

[philphie]

my god imagine if sweeney todd was like this, imagine all those empty pies, disgrace

[thechaos44]

Would be funny though!

[kght222]

lmao, i guess david bowie was popular at the time

[diecheney]

i can watch this over & over.  pure genius

haha

[Swanfleet]

stephen fry's use of the english language is quite amazing. I am inspired to go forth and study the OED.

[MaddTopHatter]

I had literaly no idea. LOL

[danielearwicker]

"I sneak myself towards the suspicion that Sir has cast me as the mouse in his ever popular cat drama." 1:35

[rockchick80s]

"Sir please set fire to my legs if you think I am trying to be impertinant" - A Joy to watch the Master at work - Fry - Pure Genius.

[elfaalafel]

Stephen Fry's grasp of the concept of language never ceases to amaze me

[theschizoidman]

@elfaalafel To quote Alan Rickman, "The benefits of a classical education."

[Nick0783]

The trueness of sir's observation is a neverending source of delight and splendidity.

Fling rabbits mildly at my uncle's mother if my sayingness of so were an inappropriatness.

[savetherum]

"may he favor me with an explanation as to the whyness?" lmao.

[Tropicaliak]

oh my, it's Jeeves if something went very wrong with him.

[cul8erinnovator]

This reminds me of Jeeves & Wooster- that is an amazing show

[citizenkong]

Such wonderful use of English!

[supersammie89]

Fry is soooo good with words!! :D

[decadentdonut]

I like the word 'headage'.

[purpleshamrock17]

"may sir give the faintest idea as to the whyness?" LOL

[Vietpride28]

Dude... he's like gonna kill him if he puts more of that white thing on him. lmao lol

[crazypianolady]

Is there where they got Jeeves and Wooster from?!

[marksoutof10]

No; the 'Jeeves' books, upon which that series was based, date back to the early 1900s.

[robbo3166]

P G Wodehouse was the author. I think it was actually pre WW1. (could be wrong). There was a radio show done as well, with Richard Briers, I think it was called What-O Jeeves!

[GumbyBrainDoctor]

The books ran from the 1915 until Wodehouse's death in the 1970s. Wodehouse was ridiculously prolific throughout his life. That said, the persona given by Fry matches Jeeves fairly well.

[robbo3166]

Very true! Fry was marvellous as Jeeves, the radio show was very good, if you like . radio shows, try to find it. BBC Radio 7 broadcast it every now and then.

[Allenn100]

'I seek not to question the profoundness of sir's wonder, merely to express my own humbleness at the prospect of so magnificent a charge'.......fantastic language, if only my barber spoke like that

[zippoyay]

"please set fire to my legs if..." it's impossible to say who's funnier.

[drattigan91]

Genius, just absolute genius. It's fantastic how the characters know that they are in a sketch show.

[lostworldband]

what program is this

[xXxAxBxZxXx]

the voice over said the name at the end... "A Bit of Fry & Laurie"

[melodyiskey]

LOL all the white capes : )

[Allenn100]

I wish more barbers would speak like this

[rhcp1lovethemgreat]

Thanks to BBC for broadcasting this wonderful show!!

[schizoidboy]

This is why I go to Italian barbers.

[Allenn100]

Wonderful unique language by Fry

[Mad4john]

i don't wanna sound dumb, but i don't get the final bit

[xxAshleyClairexx]

i agree

[robtovsky1987]

All of them? Sir is entirely sure?

[readbeowulfnow]

manifold hairs on sir´s crisp and twinkling headage.... encutment!

[BeWaTer99]

May he favor me with an explanation as to the whyness.

OMG!! LOL!

[MendelsonShape]

"May I take it that sir is keen to expoit the financial and social advantages inherent in having a haircut?"

I love Stephen Fry.

[espritnoir88]

FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!

[obiwan80]

Please set fire to my legs if you think i'm trying to make haircutting sound better and more glamourously than it is. :-))

[Kanimoto]

"for the purpose of securing an encutment" hahaha

[Tomj2110]

Thanks again I love this one!

[ComtesseWilhelmina]

"Sir would care to resume the seatedness of his posture"

lol

[cybogoblin]

I wish I had a barber like that. It would certainly make getting my hair cut (all of them, that is) much more enjoyable.

[bananya122cliff]

i love how hugh tries not to laugh when he drops that cloth on his shoe!

[oywidapoodles]

"the whyness" I'm going to use that word, lol.

[yayoineko]

those dudes have great composure to keep on with the sketch, even though one of them is unintentionaly making the other repress his laughter XD

[coldfusion2501]

That's a mark of great virtuosity. They often break the fourth wall - and get away with it too! =)

[Athlynne]

Well, he did end the sketch. :)

[StonefieldJim4]

Fuckin' hilarious. Witty wordplay-tastic. "... both difficult and impossible." LMAO.

[abbotreading]

"once an once only have i had to cut the hair of a gentleman against his will"- he does sounds like jeeves

[monster0129]

WOW THANKS! I've been looking for this for ages! Cheers! Perhaps one of my favourite sketches.

[rngrdead]

"sir's crisp and twinkling headage"

xD

[adi87tya]

lol the number of sheets he wraps him just cracks me up!

[cfegirl]

rained like a bitch lmao

[ladymelde]

Stephen is like Jeeves on crack in this sketch!

[JenniLeigh81]

That is exactly what I thought - and I have to say, if Jeeves had ever said, "rained like a bitch," that would have been the most fantastic thing ever.

[gutbucket16]

"If sir would entirely fail to slash my throatlet for being so bold."

[brechd]

Please set fire to my legs if I am trying to make haircutting sound more romantic and glamorous than it really is... :D

[jerrysaries328]

i looooovee the way fry talks in this one. its all.... flowery. and scrumptious. and quite delightful.

joyousness ^_^

[domenickb]

Sir is married? I had literally no idea!

[Zeitgeist74]

It's in the writing! It is truly top notch.

[alicelis]

Do they actually improv? Or is that part of the sketch?

[MistressJekyll]

No, it's in the script. They do that quite often, talk to each other or the audience in the middle of a sketch. Because they are both awesome *and* great.

[deathisapath]

rained like a bitch ahahaha

[holuaia]

"I sneak myself towards the suspicion sir has cast me as the mouse in his ever-popular cat drama."

[MontyDave]

"Sir is leaving?"

"Yup."

"May he favor me with an explanation as to the whyness?"

That's my favorite line.

[Gluben]

I can't find them end theme tune! I know it's arranged by Harry Stoneham, but does anyone have a copy?

[gr8sarcasmo]

Seeing as how this vid is about hair I think that this would be the perfect place to say this : I FREAKING LOVE STEPHEN FRY'S HAIR!!! I love him to, but really he has fabulous hair!!

[MistressJekyll]

And apart from, for reasons of a comedic nature, combing it...oddly, he's stayed faithful to the same haircut since first we saw him *salute*

[non2002]

Frothy, light and frothy. Just like the piano master class sketch.

[MistressJekyll]

Puts me in mind of Jeeves after a nasty knock to the head..

Oh too many glorious lines to mention, I do love Stephen when he's being floral..