I would highly recommend this series to anyone! It is very well done and really gives insight to the real America and not the one everyone thinks we are.
I was fascinated and watched every episode back to back. I particularly loved the scene at Lake Powell where he rented a houseboat with a hot tub. The scenery was extraordinary and I felt myself feeling envious seeing how much he was enjoying himself. I must do that before I die.
This is a very common format for shows produced outside the US. Their countries are already where the US is heading (the crapper) and they have total government control of the media so they can't make fun of their own people in this way. Making fun of those that are more successful has always played well in the sticks. Most of the people he talks to are too nice to assume that the point is to make them look stupid.
@Huboons That you don't understand why foreign countries often poke fun at you is one thing.. to start looking for it in the wrong places in order to leave spiteful message's is just sad.
@apestaartje321 Sorry, that's the whole point of this show to edit interactions with Americans to make them look as foolish as possible. That's what it is.
@Huboons How much of this have you actually watched? And how well are you familiar with Stephen Fry? If he was the kind of person who'd travel to the states just to patronize and mock (wich he's not), then he would certainly do a better job of it.
@apestaartje321 I'm very familiar with him. His whole schtick is mocking anyone whose beliefs differ from his. And I watched this clip. The clip is nothing but him mocking Americans. The Americans are just too stupid to know that's what hes doing.
@Huboons You are obviously not familiar with him.. he's outspoken about religion, wich probably means he hurt your petty little feelings at some point and now you are wearing hate goggles. Take those off and watch the rest of the program. What youre saying is just a projection of your own paranoid egocentric nationalism.
@apestaartje321 "You are obviously not familiar with him" Yes I am. Quite frankly its you who are projecting here. I want the US to split up, not exactly nationalistic is it? Guess what else, I'm agnostic. I'll let you look that up and figure out why his opinion on religion is irrelevant to this. You, like the people he makes fun of are too stupid to know what he is doing.
@Huboons Well those were the obvious motives, so I guess I should ask then, what instead makes you say this? By wich way are you familiar with him? What exactly is he doing, wich apparently everone apart from you is too stupid to pick up on?
@apestaartje321 "Well those were the obvious motives" No they were your "paranoid egocentric" projections. The bottom line is you are not capable of understanding your own biases and no explanation of how they are interfering with your ability to be objective can help you.
@Huboons Your American, and Americans are unlikely to know Stephen Fry. They are also very religious, so when I find an American disliking someone as likeable as Stephen Fry it's perfectly reasonable to assume thats the reason. You know this as well as I do, so unless you stop writing such drivel and explain what youre problem is, I'm going to assume its something even more infantile.
@Huboons By defenition people can't recognise their own bias, and according to you that excuses you from explaining yourself? This is getting childish on top of silly. The only thing I even have to mention is you haven't watched the rest of the program so thats what I'll end with.
The ridicule America is getting is ridiculous. Seriously. The US may have a lot of problems but it has so much more good and amazing qualities. I love the US. If you're a person hating on America or Americans or both then that says a lot about you.
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate than the word "gay".
A person does not need religion, hatred or any kind of phobia in order to acknowledge important, qualitative differences between heterosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption and homosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption.
Homosexual activists, with complete support from the media, have succeeded at framing themselves as noble victims and martyrs; it's an effective way to push a social agenda.
@ShittyMcShitfuck Ironically, you're confirming a classic American stereotype, by considering Fry 'pretentious' for no other apparent reason than that he's eloquent, well-read and has a posh accent. Feel free to prove me wrong.
@seblasian I consider him pretentious for the remarks he makes about Americans throughout the series, and many of those comments are based on stereotypes and pure ignorance which he undoubtedly picked up in Britain.
As an American, I'm hard-pressed to disagree. Garrulousness and wit here are often narrowly dismissed as pretense. That said, he did make a point of highlighting more fringe, ostentatious and peculiar corners of our culture. We're not all unworldly, socially backwards, mindlessly optimistic, incurious, ill-versed, superstitious, fervently religious cows-though, Fry in no way alludes this. He culled together a charming account of uniquely American customs, lifestyles and geographies.
@disneyking81 Well apparently you care enough to comment on my comment....you know I'm always told Americans are ignorant and rude, you just proved those rumors completely wrong
@6116merl What I am or am not is none of your business. In your comment you said that "Everybody" in the US wants to talk like Stephen Fry. If you don't see the error in your comment then you are beyond help. -Regards, and next time don't resort to insult when you're corrected. It's a sign of immaturity and mental weakness.
@preemptivestrike20 Nor is it any of my concern either but, your moniker indicates you feel it is your duty to act as the "you're not the boss of me" police of you tube. What ever. Lamashter and I where sharing a privet joke that you apperently do not get. Don't be offended by your misunderstanding of my comment, just let it go.
Now, seeing as I'm all out of troll food for you, I'll bid you good day and ask you to "Please move along" ........
I just watched an episode of this and I can not believe how boring it was. An hour of Stephen Fry condescending to people, "hello little man are you a fisher person", that kind of thing. Stick to game shows Sir David Frost you are not.
@WillShakespeare2007 you know games shows like QI are only his semi-retirement, and that he made his name in a comedy double-act with Hugh Lawie, AKA Dr Gregory House. He also was a regualr on Blackadder which was just comedy gold. he also played Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse's novels and has made appearences in Bones and several movies,such as V for Vendetta.
@TherealMrChristophel I British ande 40 and so Iknoe eve3rything he has done and have even attended some lectures. I simply was not impressed with this and was refering to his presenting when I said stick to game shows. I just think he came across as rather arogant in this series and it was simply not entertaining. He musy have spent ten miutes at a gun club quoting Dirty Harry.
I adore Fry, but for some reason I didn't enjoy this series anywhere near as much as Merton in India, or anything Michael Palin has done. Perhaps Fry was unlucky with the American's he happened to meet.. I found few of them particularly warm or interesting.
To our European friends, we don't have much to see here. As much as I love our country, our ideals make us great, not our scenery. New York is awsome, Washington D.C. is quite over rated, and other than that..... we don't have much to see. Most young Americans want to go to Europe. You guys have all the history, scenery, and cuisine.
Not to mention your women have a cute English Accent o_0
America is a fascinating place. Ignore what mankind has done to America and it is one of the most vast diverse lands in the world. Great forests, large deserts beautiful lakes eerie swamps... I could go on. People wise there are... many.. "interesting" people in the states. But for nature alone there is enough reason to visit the states!
@Oblisk47 We definitely don't have a monopoly on scenery in Europe (although Scotland, where I'm from, definitely punches far above it's weight in that regard!). Your food is alright too. History: we've got you trumped there but I do like America's (albeit brief) history, particularly your constitution and the ideas behind the place. Sure, we all have a moan about America once in a while, particularly when some hick claims you invented liberty or democracy, but I really quite like the place
@foxyfaefife Actually, America has all of the UK's history before the 17th Century. That's what makes us cousins: Brits, Australians, New Zealanders, Americans and the better class of South Africans all sprang from the same set of grandparents, so to speak.
Having said that, there's much to admire in the modern UK. Any country that can produce such varied hits as William Blake, penicillin, the Supermarine Spitfire and Kate Beckinsale is definitely a culture to emulate.
@jlewisda And Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Mary and Percy Shelley, Shakespeare, Marlowe, parts of London, the Lake District, Stonehenge...just to add to the list!
@Rachiejane1What, the UK list? It's endless. Way more than YouTube's 500-character limit. We share Shakespeare, Marlowe and Stonehenge (Chaucer, the Venerable Bede). But the Victorians writers, the Georgian architects and the modern engineers (Isaac Watt, Elias Howe, John Crapper) are the UK's alone. Wilberforce, Churchill, Louis Mountbatten. If all I had to draw on was the UK since about 1775, I'd be very proud of my heritage.
@Oblisk47 Well, we do have some pretty nice geography and a wide array of culture, but that's only if you've the money to travel. (Florida and the Grand Canyon are lovely) but yeah, y'all Europeans have the history and the architecture! idk about British cuisine though. :P Not sayin' ours is better, ha.
@RinEdition British cuisine dont really exist anymore, our top chefs use a mash up styles from mainland europe...The full english breakfast is amazing though, before 12 o clock every bastard thing on my plate must have been done in a frying pan!!
Stephen Fry is an absolute legend and seems like an lovely person. I will watch anything that he is. I hope he makes a series about Britain cos we have some really beautiful places. Unless I have missed it and he already has...?
I was on that train back in the 60's when I was a kid. Got stuck on top of Mt Washington for 3 hours when the brake fell off and jammed the car on the track.
@Andreazor Epidemics are caused by viruses, poo contains bacteria. I'd be very much surprised if any kind of pandemic was caused by someone smearing faeces over himself.
I hope he does another TV series soon as this was one of the most riveting series I've watch in years. I'm going to burn the DVD out. So come on Stephen do another tour.
@paulwlynch I read somewhere that BBC four are commisioning a series called 'more fry in america' including more in deph detail about his tour of the states :)
Just bought the book and DVD, Stephen does have disclaimer that he can't possibly encompass every nuance of American culture. What a ambitious project - he visits every state - he really does - and the US is massive!
loved stephen fry in america, i bought it dvd, you really get an idea from watching it what america is all about, id love to do what he did and vistit each state.
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you really are a brain dead tool brobin86 ..cant stand up for our nation?....we can...but atn we seem to be a little busy bailing yer ass out of wars all over the world. Oh and if you hadnt noticed the price of freedom in the ol US aint etenal vigalence anynoe...its freedom
I subscribe to BBC Canada and it's never on. Presumably because the channel doesn't think Canadians wold be interested in a British personality traveling to America, which couldn't be further from the truth.
Congratulations Britain is now run by communists and has a growing extremist Muslim population. You will soon be controlled by the Muslims and have to bow down to their every request, good job on being weak individuals who are unwilling to stand up for your nation.
The American homo sapien loves butterscotch. In fact, travelers are advised to smear it over the photo page of their passports. If stopped by a corrupt policeman, he will ask to see you're identification, lick the photo page clean, and send you on you're way.
I loved this series so much, it made me want to move to America even more than when before I watched it. The first shots of America, when Stephen goes to New England are beautiful. Then gradually you meet the various characters and see the 50 states (albeit briefly) all the while being led by a charming and honest guide. Everyone was so nice to Stephen and the BBC gave a truly great view of America in a time when America isn't well-liked
gnoam9 in response to your comment "What is the fascination you Brits have with the Americans?"none, but its as Fry says "the audience appreciates the show more than the performers'
Every time I think of America, I think of children playing in the streets, teenagers making videos in the town (that's the youtube influence!), really sunny and hot, lots of "bungaloes" (one floored houses) and a really positive outlook on life.
yes, it's mainly the North and the mid-atlantic states where you find a lot of 2 story homes. We also don't have basements in the south. I know in Texas it's because of all the rock we're built over, but I don't know the reason for the rest of the south.
Its because of the permafrost line. In northern climates, there is a depth below which the ground never thaws. The house's foundation has to be below it otherwise you run into problems. Something like that.
Everytime i think of America i think of gun crime, no health care, racism, peoples burning desire for material possession and religion...infact i think these are the very things i hate in life....Canada it is then...
Really? What a dreary outlook on life. Racism is more prevalent in Europe, where there tends to be a HUGE opposition of immigration due to a lack of assimilation, than in the United States. Our constitution strictly separates Church from State (1st Amm.), unlike in the UK, where the Church of England is an officially recognized body of gvt., where tithes must be paid. We love material possessions, but please, show me a people who hates all things material. That would be to hate the stuff of life
It's quite peculiar how the integration of an official national church into the government has made it more benign and secular, and not the government more religious in Europe.
You may have an official separation of church and state, but there is hardly any western country who's representatives' likelihood to be elected depends so heavily on which god, if any, they think they are somehow in contact with.
And to be honest, you are paying for churches, through tax-exempt statuses.
I agree with Quag7 and CaoltBarrettUSA over the fact that you know nothing about this country besides what your media tells you to believe about this country...and that you are the prime example of an idiot...
@drummo86 you must not know much about canada then, cause Canada is basically the same, although they do have universal health care, so if you're poor and sick, it's better to be canadian, if you're rich and sick, it' better to be an american.
actually canada has more guns per capita than the USA, and higher rates of violent crime per capita than the USA. materialism, i'd say canadians are equally as materialistic, as are most western countries.
one floor homes were a popular theme in the 50's, 60's, and 70's in result of the massive suburban explotion of those decades...by the 80's, most new homes bult during that time and from then on were two stories...three stories are becoming popular in newer and wealthier neighborhoods, at least in California where I'm from...
@hellohello66666 God thank you for saying that. I browse literature boards and there's always the occasional British fellow making snarky comments on Americans reading or what have you. Granted Americans can sometime live up to their stereotypes, but we never give up hope for a day when we can put those thoughts to rest. Sorry for the long winded reply, but I'm awfully glad I was born in America. >_< Right and now more Stephen Fry!
Smarter individuals like my New Zealand self. Never writes people in a country off as one,
I would love to travel to America one day, hopefully love and get to live
I imagine a place where some people are one way and others another, not a country of......oh I'm not gonna start, stereotypes bring so much loathing out of me
@ilovepanslabyrinth wow your pretentious analysis is really out of place because its a fair generalisation because being positive is an inherent part of american culture like sarcasm and cynisism is part of british culture
@hellohello66666 Sarcasm definitely, but I wouldn't say cynicism is an inherent part of British culture. It has its place certainly, but we're not all miserable bastards over here.
@foxyfaefife no definately not, but there is more of a give it a go attitude in the states, anyway im visiting missouri and illinios next week so we'll see!
@hellohello66666 actually the smarter brits look to you americans and feel jealous of your sub-par intellect because you dont have to worry and feel bad for the future, ignorance is bliss and you guys seem pretty damn bliss full :) just kiddin man you guys are cool
I would highly recommend this series to anyone! It is very well done and really gives insight to the real America and not the one everyone thinks we are.
richardmorrison78 1 month ago
I'm trying to think of the American equivalent of Stephen Fry. .............
Fail.
SirDruhHu 1 month ago
@SirDruhHu
Certainly none living. We could use a modern-day Twain.
glider1989 1 month ago
This is now on Netflix.
Just sayin.
justaniceguy92 2 months ago
I was fascinated and watched every episode back to back. I particularly loved the scene at Lake Powell where he rented a houseboat with a hot tub. The scenery was extraordinary and I felt myself feeling envious seeing how much he was enjoying himself. I must do that before I die.
MzDemeanor821 2 months ago
My ex-wife doesn't respond anymore, lol
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1:15 onwards: wicca pride! merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again!
20centuryfox100 2 months ago
This is a very common format for shows produced outside the US. Their countries are already where the US is heading (the crapper) and they have total government control of the media so they can't make fun of their own people in this way. Making fun of those that are more successful has always played well in the sticks. Most of the people he talks to are too nice to assume that the point is to make them look stupid.
Huboons 3 months ago
@Huboons That you don't understand why foreign countries often poke fun at you is one thing.. to start looking for it in the wrong places in order to leave spiteful message's is just sad.
apestaartje321 2 months ago 2
@apestaartje321 Sorry, that's the whole point of this show to edit interactions with Americans to make them look as foolish as possible. That's what it is.
Huboons 2 months ago
@Huboons How much of this have you actually watched? And how well are you familiar with Stephen Fry? If he was the kind of person who'd travel to the states just to patronize and mock (wich he's not), then he would certainly do a better job of it.
apestaartje321 2 months ago
@apestaartje321 I'm very familiar with him. His whole schtick is mocking anyone whose beliefs differ from his. And I watched this clip. The clip is nothing but him mocking Americans. The Americans are just too stupid to know that's what hes doing.
Huboons 2 months ago
@Huboons You are obviously not familiar with him.. he's outspoken about religion, wich probably means he hurt your petty little feelings at some point and now you are wearing hate goggles. Take those off and watch the rest of the program. What youre saying is just a projection of your own paranoid egocentric nationalism.
apestaartje321 2 months ago
@apestaartje321 "You are obviously not familiar with him" Yes I am. Quite frankly its you who are projecting here. I want the US to split up, not exactly nationalistic is it? Guess what else, I'm agnostic. I'll let you look that up and figure out why his opinion on religion is irrelevant to this. You, like the people he makes fun of are too stupid to know what he is doing.
Huboons 2 months ago
@Huboons Well those were the obvious motives, so I guess I should ask then, what instead makes you say this? By wich way are you familiar with him? What exactly is he doing, wich apparently everone apart from you is too stupid to pick up on?
apestaartje321 2 months ago
@apestaartje321 "Well those were the obvious motives" No they were your "paranoid egocentric" projections. The bottom line is you are not capable of understanding your own biases and no explanation of how they are interfering with your ability to be objective can help you.
Huboons 2 months ago
@Huboons Your American, and Americans are unlikely to know Stephen Fry. They are also very religious, so when I find an American disliking someone as likeable as Stephen Fry it's perfectly reasonable to assume thats the reason. You know this as well as I do, so unless you stop writing such drivel and explain what youre problem is, I'm going to assume its something even more infantile.
apestaartje321 2 months ago
@apestaartje321 Like I said, you are incapable of recognizing your own biases. Your last post is proves my point better than anything I could say.
Huboons 2 months ago
@Huboons By defenition people can't recognise their own bias, and according to you that excuses you from explaining yourself? This is getting childish on top of silly. The only thing I even have to mention is you haven't watched the rest of the program so thats what I'll end with.
apestaartje321 2 months ago
@apestaartje321 All of your arguments are based on assumptions and stereotypes.
ShittyMcShitfuck 2 months ago
@ShittyMcShitfuck What would those be?
apestaartje321 2 months ago
The ridicule America is getting is ridiculous. Seriously. The US may have a lot of problems but it has so much more good and amazing qualities. I love the US. If you're a person hating on America or Americans or both then that says a lot about you.
Coming from a British Canadian.
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The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate than the word "gay".
A person does not need religion, hatred or any kind of phobia in order to acknowledge important, qualitative differences between heterosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption and homosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption.
Homosexual activists, with complete support from the media, have succeeded at framing themselves as noble victims and martyrs; it's an effective way to push a social agenda.
lightandbeautiful 4 months ago
just realised the man rubbed deer poop on his jacket then onto his face.... not much to say about that. Right?
4321Silence 4 months ago
@SuperDN70 agreed, but i don't think he does it for that purpose. he's better than that.
DubstepOverdose 6 months ago
I'm so glad his dad turned the job down... If he was American... Uhhh it's make me sad the thought...
shomitb 7 months ago 23
@shomitb yeah, he might have actually been funny... perish the thought
luccaskunk 3 months ago
@shomitb yeah! No offense to the Yanks, but we are just cooler (¬_¬)
jaylias 2 months ago
@shomitb He would definitely be less pretentious if he was an American.
ShittyMcShitfuck 2 months ago
@ShittyMcShitfuck Ironically, you're confirming a classic American stereotype, by considering Fry 'pretentious' for no other apparent reason than that he's eloquent, well-read and has a posh accent. Feel free to prove me wrong.
seblasian 2 months ago
@seblasian I consider him pretentious for the remarks he makes about Americans throughout the series, and many of those comments are based on stereotypes and pure ignorance which he undoubtedly picked up in Britain.
ShittyMcShitfuck 2 months ago
@ShittyMcShitfuck I'm not picking up on those.. could you give an example?
seblasian 2 months ago
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@seblasian
As an American, I'm hard-pressed to disagree. Garrulousness and wit here are often narrowly dismissed as pretense. That said, he did make a point of highlighting more fringe, ostentatious and peculiar corners of our culture. We're not all unworldly, socially backwards, mindlessly optimistic, incurious, ill-versed, superstitious, fervently religious cows-though, Fry in no way alludes this. He culled together a charming account of uniquely American customs, lifestyles and geographies.
glider1989 1 month ago
Does anybody know the the name of the music between 0:26 - 0:30? (Especially the trumpet part)
theonlynamavailable 8 months ago
I want a "Stephen Fry in Canada"!!!!!!
Cnd1867 8 months ago
@Cnd1867 Nobody cares.
disneyking81 5 months ago
@disneyking81 Well apparently you care enough to comment on my comment....you know I'm always told Americans are ignorant and rude, you just proved those rumors completely wrong
Cnd1867 5 months ago
I think Stephen Fry is an educated man and as an actor he is accostom to being the center of attention or rather the focus of it.
I think the public expects to see this side of him whenever he is seen in public or on television.
I'd like to see the real man far away from the camera's eye.
Maybe this is who he realy is...
6116merl 8 months ago
How right you are Jeeves !
Everybody in America secretly wishes they could talk like Stephen Fry
6116merl 10 months ago
@6116merl How true. Its so unfair that Brits think we're making fun of them when we do..
Lamashtar 10 months ago
@6116merl Wrong. Speak for yourself.
preemptivestrike20 8 months ago
@preemptivestrike20 I'm always only speaking for myself.
What is it I have said that you take issue with ?
BTY that's quite the you tube "handle " you have there. What do you actualy imagine your self to be ?......
6116merl 8 months ago
@6116merl What I am or am not is none of your business. In your comment you said that "Everybody" in the US wants to talk like Stephen Fry. If you don't see the error in your comment then you are beyond help. -Regards, and next time don't resort to insult when you're corrected. It's a sign of immaturity and mental weakness.
preemptivestrike20 8 months ago
@preemptivestrike20 Nor is it any of my concern either but, your moniker indicates you feel it is your duty to act as the "you're not the boss of me" police of you tube. What ever. Lamashter and I where sharing a privet joke that you apperently do not get. Don't be offended by your misunderstanding of my comment, just let it go.
Now, seeing as I'm all out of troll food for you, I'll bid you good day and ask you to "Please move along" ........
6116merl 8 months ago
0:29 LOVE!!!
MuahahahaFActory 11 months ago
dam great
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PeterBrucePhoto 1 year ago
1:37 does this part remind anyone else of when you have to go into reaver's mansion or just me? :p
jerzy862 1 year ago
"Summer is over and Winter is starting"? Autumn is a stupid season anyway.
balticseaamber 1 year ago 2
I'm an American and I love Stephen Fry.
kmanfitz 1 year ago 30
America look upon Stephen Fry and tremble! No one can resist his charm. NO ONE!
BonScottAC 1 year ago 2
We should give the Queen this tour
RollOnToVictory 1 year ago
Amazing that the BBC let Stevie say nice things about America.
Lucius133 1 year ago
I just watched an episode of this and I can not believe how boring it was. An hour of Stephen Fry condescending to people, "hello little man are you a fisher person", that kind of thing. Stick to game shows Sir David Frost you are not.
WillShakespeare2007 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007 you know games shows like QI are only his semi-retirement, and that he made his name in a comedy double-act with Hugh Lawie, AKA Dr Gregory House. He also was a regualr on Blackadder which was just comedy gold. he also played Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse's novels and has made appearences in Bones and several movies,such as V for Vendetta.
TherealMrChristophel 1 year ago
@TherealMrChristophel I British ande 40 and so Iknoe eve3rything he has done and have even attended some lectures. I simply was not impressed with this and was refering to his presenting when I said stick to game shows. I just think he came across as rather arogant in this series and it was simply not entertaining. He musy have spent ten miutes at a gun club quoting Dirty Harry.
WillShakespeare2007 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007 you know, i stopped caring
TherealMrChristophel 1 year ago
I adore Fry, but for some reason I didn't enjoy this series anywhere near as much as Merton in India, or anything Michael Palin has done. Perhaps Fry was unlucky with the American's he happened to meet.. I found few of them particularly warm or interesting.
tomsega 1 year ago
To our European friends, we don't have much to see here. As much as I love our country, our ideals make us great, not our scenery. New York is awsome, Washington D.C. is quite over rated, and other than that..... we don't have much to see. Most young Americans want to go to Europe. You guys have all the history, scenery, and cuisine.
Not to mention your women have a cute English Accent o_0
Oblisk47 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 oi oi oi oi oi leave our women alone!!
America is a fascinating place. Ignore what mankind has done to America and it is one of the most vast diverse lands in the world. Great forests, large deserts beautiful lakes eerie swamps... I could go on. People wise there are... many.. "interesting" people in the states. But for nature alone there is enough reason to visit the states!
Unit06JAW 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 damn son you must be a boring person, I wouldn't want to hang out with you o_0
r2d23678 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 We definitely don't have a monopoly on scenery in Europe (although Scotland, where I'm from, definitely punches far above it's weight in that regard!). Your food is alright too. History: we've got you trumped there but I do like America's (albeit brief) history, particularly your constitution and the ideas behind the place. Sure, we all have a moan about America once in a while, particularly when some hick claims you invented liberty or democracy, but I really quite like the place
foxyfaefife 1 year ago
@foxyfaefife Actually, America has all of the UK's history before the 17th Century. That's what makes us cousins: Brits, Australians, New Zealanders, Americans and the better class of South Africans all sprang from the same set of grandparents, so to speak.
Having said that, there's much to admire in the modern UK. Any country that can produce such varied hits as William Blake, penicillin, the Supermarine Spitfire and Kate Beckinsale is definitely a culture to emulate.
jlewisda 1 year ago
@jlewisda And Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Mary and Percy Shelley, Shakespeare, Marlowe, parts of London, the Lake District, Stonehenge...just to add to the list!
Rachiejane1 1 year ago
@Rachiejane1What, the UK list? It's endless. Way more than YouTube's 500-character limit. We share Shakespeare, Marlowe and Stonehenge (Chaucer, the Venerable Bede). But the Victorians writers, the Georgian architects and the modern engineers (Isaac Watt, Elias Howe, John Crapper) are the UK's alone. Wilberforce, Churchill, Louis Mountbatten. If all I had to draw on was the UK since about 1775, I'd be very proud of my heritage.
jlewisda 1 year ago
@jlewisda Not to detract from your point of the English having a rich history, but Elias Howe was American.
lcozzarelli 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 just to ruin all holidays to england for you, you know no one there talks like that....
TherealMrChristophel 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 Well, we do have some pretty nice geography and a wide array of culture, but that's only if you've the money to travel. (Florida and the Grand Canyon are lovely) but yeah, y'all Europeans have the history and the architecture! idk about British cuisine though. :P Not sayin' ours is better, ha.
RinEdition 1 year ago
@RinEdition I'm American lmao.
Oblisk47 1 year ago
@RinEdition British cuisine dont really exist anymore, our top chefs use a mash up styles from mainland europe...The full english breakfast is amazing though, before 12 o clock every bastard thing on my plate must have been done in a frying pan!!
EbsNhexz 1 year ago
I love Americans, just detest your goverment.
Worse than us brits : /
Unit06JAW 1 year ago 3
@Unit06JAW
Yeah you not lyin'. We Americans feel the same way.
Oblisk47 1 year ago
he's so good!!!
Dratini999 1 year ago
Stephen Fry is an absolute legend and seems like an lovely person. I will watch anything that he is. I hope he makes a series about Britain cos we have some really beautiful places. Unless I have missed it and he already has...?
Rachiejane1 1 year ago
@Rachiejane1 Pretty sure he hasn't, but you should have a look at Billy Connolly's "World Tour" series, it's pretty good.
foxyfaefife 1 year ago
Stephen Fry for Prime Minister
thesunshines 1 year ago 2
This so intelligent man should join politics imo
eyederrick 1 year ago
At the start he is seen driving a Fairway taxi which changes to a TX11.
Anyone else notice that?
BillDFC 1 year ago
he said 50 states. on QI he said there were 46...
smith3451 1 year ago
@smith3451 mainy because the rest are commonwealths i believe
jasperminer 1 year ago
I really hope he does another one of these...
PAULFC93 1 year ago
STEPHEN FRY vs THE WORLD
xXMissMarmaladeXx 1 year ago
Us Americans like having Britons over, just as long as they come unarmed, fleetless and keep from talking ill of the French.
F33bs 1 year ago
it would've been England's great loss and America's great asset if he was born here instead of there.
Stephen Fry is aweosme incrnate.
AngelusDlion 1 year ago 5
God Bless America. I want a GREEN CARD so badly. My girlfriend lives in Hurricane, Utah, I live in Nottingham England :(...its hard
dannyboy342 1 year ago
you DO NOT want to move to Utah...seriously
pem82sox 1 year ago
@dannyboy342 Bring her to you. At least she'll have healthcare.
annikee59 1 year ago
LOL TRU DAT NHS ROCKS
bigmohx 1 year ago
@dannyboy342 Don't listen to that pem82faggot Utah is where almost all movies are made here in America!!
r2d23678 1 year ago
Hail Americas and UK.
Stephen is awesome. <3
ljyong21 2 years ago 26
Whenever I see Stephen Fry I just think, "What a darling!" He's absolutely charming.
damechastain 2 years ago 38
Your words are spot on dear..... I adore him so much really.
Ckordobah 1 year ago
Agreed, seems a very decent person.
MrHappyHumanist 1 year ago
1:05
I was on that train back in the 60's when I was a kid. Got stuck on top of Mt Washington for 3 hours when the brake fell off and jammed the car on the track.
Orlor 2 years ago
This programme makes me want to travel america so much! most diverse country in the world!!
MrAT1008 2 years ago 4
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i wouldnt mind a good hard shag from stephen tbh
FRY!!! i want your balls in mouth give me your jizzbomb
DonovanYianni69 2 years ago
haha
AnthemicPolemic 1 year ago
He rubs deer poo on himself then touches his face with the same hand. Wow. No wonder epidemics happen so fast.
Andreazor 2 years ago
@Andreazor Epidemics are caused by viruses, poo contains bacteria. I'd be very much surprised if any kind of pandemic was caused by someone smearing faeces over himself.
crashanddie 2 years ago 3
Are all epidemics spread exclusively through viruses?
omega4104 1 year ago
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irrelevancy58 2 years ago
It really isn't
nicck 2 years ago
You got to take a lot of america with a grain of salt.
YNot1989 2 years ago 2
I hope he does another TV series soon as this was one of the most riveting series I've watch in years. I'm going to burn the DVD out. So come on Stephen do another tour.
paulwlynch 2 years ago 17
He's currently presenting Last Chance To See on BBC2 Sundays. It's great.
DigitalClassics 2 years ago
I didn't know he was back on telly. Thanks I'll check it out as I think he is one of the most entertaining men out there.
paulwlynch 2 years ago
He is actually doing a thing on endangered and weird animals. Its on this Sunday at 8 I think.
NaMgKCa 2 years ago
@paulwlynch I read somewhere that BBC four are commisioning a series called 'more fry in america' including more in deph detail about his tour of the states :)
ryonni123 1 year ago
This is such a great show, it has just started last week on ABC in Australia.
The best show for Sunday night.
jafoosy 2 years ago 3
Great series, enjoyed every minute!!!
Does anybody by any chance know the title of the music?
It sounds like a very familiar campfire song I can't think of.
Would appreciate it very much it if anybody could help.
octaviaVIII 2 years ago 2
" ..or if you're Stephen, It's bedtime" XD <33
Dundersur 2 years ago 2
This is going to be such a great series. Thanks for posting
86443 2 years ago
Where is that tiny train around at 1:09 located ?
Dochirin 2 years ago
That is the cog railway in New Hampshire. It goes to the top of Mt Washington.
Orlor 2 years ago
one of the best from bbc and stephen
WeAreArsenal 2 years ago 2
any one no wot songs being played at about 25 sec ??=D thanks
jackd1120 2 years ago
Just bought the book and DVD, Stephen does have disclaimer that he can't possibly encompass every nuance of American culture. What a ambitious project - he visits every state - he really does - and the US is massive!
imaof4 2 years ago 2
I've got the book too. It's some interesting stuff, but a small shame that he couldn't have been a bit more "in-depth". It feels a bit compressed.
rabadooda 2 years ago
Weell, it is rather massive undertaking, in of itself to visit all 50 states!! It's a bit of flavour, a surface introduction if you will.
imaof4 2 years ago
loved stephen fry in america, i bought it dvd, you really get an idea from watching it what america is all about, id love to do what he did and vistit each state.
nutnut1234 2 years ago 5
OH my goodness, I would like to hear his opinion about my home state of Utah. I'm sure would have some colorful things to say about this mess.
Dontbustthecrust 2 years ago 3
from what I remember, he visited the national park, with all of the giant rock/sand monuments, and loved it. :)
TaciturnGirl 2 years ago
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you really are a brain dead tool brobin86 ..cant stand up for our nation?....we can...but atn we seem to be a little busy bailing yer ass out of wars all over the world. Oh and if you hadnt noticed the price of freedom in the ol US aint etenal vigalence anynoe...its freedom
malarky321 3 years ago
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The UN should move out of New York.
georgexxx83 3 years ago
where can i watch the rest of this?
angelsxedust 3 years ago
It's on BBCFOUR all the time, if you have that channel. If not i'm sure it will be coming out on DVD.
simplelife88393 3 years ago
sadly, we dont get that here in canada so i have to keep up with your amazing shows through the power of youtube.
angelsxedust 3 years ago 4
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Yeah! Canada gets it! Put a magnet on your rogers box!
ashburnhouse 3 years ago
I subscribe to BBC Canada and it's never on. Presumably because the channel doesn't think Canadians wold be interested in a British personality traveling to America, which couldn't be further from the truth.
chawk111 2 years ago 10
It is on DVD, I saw it in HMV.
alexmiddleton4 2 years ago
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Congratulations Britain is now run by communists and has a growing extremist Muslim population. You will soon be controlled by the Muslims and have to bow down to their every request, good job on being weak individuals who are unwilling to stand up for your nation.
brobin86 3 years ago
shut up man.
alexmiddleton4 2 years ago
The American homo sapien loves butterscotch. In fact, travelers are advised to smear it over the photo page of their passports. If stopped by a corrupt policeman, he will ask to see you're identification, lick the photo page clean, and send you on you're way.
chawk111 3 years ago 2
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what the hell are you talking about?
georgexxx83 3 years ago
WHAAAT XDD
This made me giggle. Though i do like butterscotch....
lossennedlorwen 2 years ago
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American DESERVED 9/11. In fact, New York should've got the Hiroshima treatment.
georgexxx83 3 years ago
Three Hundred Million People
chawk111 3 years ago
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America is a cespool and doesn't deserve Stephen's compliments. I hope he didn't get any trauma from this series.
georgexxx83 3 years ago
fuck you
chawk111 3 years ago
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georgexxx83 3 years ago
I loved this series so much, it made me want to move to America even more than when before I watched it. The first shots of America, when Stephen goes to New England are beautiful. Then gradually you meet the various characters and see the 50 states (albeit briefly) all the while being led by a charming and honest guide. Everyone was so nice to Stephen and the BBC gave a truly great view of America in a time when America isn't well-liked
scrawneystick 3 years ago 8
This has been an amazing series, and I think Stephen Fry truly made it a great show!
Writerofthebizzarre 3 years ago
gnoam9 in response to your comment "What is the fascination you Brits have with the Americans?"none, but its as Fry says "the audience appreciates the show more than the performers'
malarky321 3 years ago 3
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Brits hate Americans with fierce passion and Americans are too ignorant and complacent to realize that.
georgexxx83 3 years ago
Fierce passion?
I have nothing against America, i hope to go there some day. You seem like an absolute twat though.
simplelife88393 3 years ago 6
same here. I want to move to Virginia bu im stuck in the UK for about 5 years.
04smallmj 3 years ago 4
Nah the smarter brits admire the americans for having the most positive and wonderful outlook on life
hellohello66666 2 years ago 44
I'm English and I wish I could live in america!
Every time I think of America, I think of children playing in the streets, teenagers making videos in the town (that's the youtube influence!), really sunny and hot, lots of "bungaloes" (one floored houses) and a really positive outlook on life.
I'm definitely going to get the DVD of this!
applemactipsguy 2 years ago 4
hmmm not so many one floor homes
allpeeps4me 2 years ago
actually, there are probably more one story homes than 2 story. Especially in the south and west.
4lfclover66 2 years ago
Ive lived in Texas and Cali... 1 story homes are a thing of the 70's
allpeeps4me 2 years ago
yes, it's mainly the North and the mid-atlantic states where you find a lot of 2 story homes. We also don't have basements in the south. I know in Texas it's because of all the rock we're built over, but I don't know the reason for the rest of the south.
4lfclover66 2 years ago
Its because of the permafrost line. In northern climates, there is a depth below which the ground never thaws. The house's foundation has to be below it otherwise you run into problems. Something like that.
chawk111 2 years ago
@allpeeps4me: I live in the suburbs in southern California, and there are LOADS of one story houses here.
kablesxx 2 years ago
Everytime i think of America i think of gun crime, no health care, racism, peoples burning desire for material possession and religion...infact i think these are the very things i hate in life....Canada it is then...
drummo86 2 years ago
So you pretty much stereotype a country of 300 million people, in other words.
From me, the terribly religious, materialistic American, to you, a much more enlightened sort, I say: May you live a long happy life in Canada.
Quag7 2 years ago
Really? What a dreary outlook on life. Racism is more prevalent in Europe, where there tends to be a HUGE opposition of immigration due to a lack of assimilation, than in the United States. Our constitution strictly separates Church from State (1st Amm.), unlike in the UK, where the Church of England is an officially recognized body of gvt., where tithes must be paid. We love material possessions, but please, show me a people who hates all things material. That would be to hate the stuff of life
ColtBarrettUSA 2 years ago 7
It's quite peculiar how the integration of an official national church into the government has made it more benign and secular, and not the government more religious in Europe.
You may have an official separation of church and state, but there is hardly any western country who's representatives' likelihood to be elected depends so heavily on which god, if any, they think they are somehow in contact with.
And to be honest, you are paying for churches, through tax-exempt statuses.
Aaberg123 2 years ago
@Aaberg123 orly?? didn't they just recently ban burkas in france?? and minarets in switzerland??
seems religion is still very much involved in european politics.
lostalex77 1 year ago
It's much more about tradition than religion when it comes to these debates.
Aaberg123 1 year ago
I agree with Quag7 and CaoltBarrettUSA over the fact that you know nothing about this country besides what your media tells you to believe about this country...and that you are the prime example of an idiot...
Warm greetings from sunny California...
caliguy92 2 years ago 8
@drummo86 you must not know much about canada then, cause Canada is basically the same, although they do have universal health care, so if you're poor and sick, it's better to be canadian, if you're rich and sick, it' better to be an american.
actually canada has more guns per capita than the USA, and higher rates of violent crime per capita than the USA. materialism, i'd say canadians are equally as materialistic, as are most western countries.
lostalex77 1 year ago 2
@lostalex77 lol Canada haha, brb ballin in the US of A!!!
r2d23678 1 year ago
This is just...oh......oh my God.
You are so brainwashed.
AidanMclaren 2 years ago
one floor homes were a popular theme in the 50's, 60's, and 70's in result of the massive suburban explotion of those decades...by the 80's, most new homes bult during that time and from then on were two stories...three stories are becoming popular in newer and wealthier neighborhoods, at least in California where I'm from...
caliguy92 2 years ago
@hellohello66666 Right.
gologabob 1 year ago
@hellohello66666 God thank you for saying that. I browse literature boards and there's always the occasional British fellow making snarky comments on Americans reading or what have you. Granted Americans can sometime live up to their stereotypes, but we never give up hope for a day when we can put those thoughts to rest. Sorry for the long winded reply, but I'm awfully glad I was born in America. >_< Right and now more Stephen Fry!
RinEdition 1 year ago
@RinEdition totally, im immigrating if i can one day
hellohello66666 1 year ago
@RinEdition
I would love to travel to the U.S.A some day
With love from New Zealand
I like to promote people not writing everyone in a country off as one, people outside of America have agreed with me and we like the ol' U.S of A
ilovepanslabyrinth 1 year ago
@ilovepanslabyrinth Thank you. I am an American and I would like to see New Zealand some day.
snipetracker 1 year ago
@hellohello66666
Smarter individuals like my New Zealand self. Never writes people in a country off as one,
I would love to travel to America one day, hopefully love and get to live
I imagine a place where some people are one way and others another, not a country of......oh I'm not gonna start, stereotypes bring so much loathing out of me
ilovepanslabyrinth 1 year ago
@ilovepanslabyrinth wow your pretentious analysis is really out of place because its a fair generalisation because being positive is an inherent part of american culture like sarcasm and cynisism is part of british culture
hellohello66666 1 year ago
@hellohello66666 Sarcasm definitely, but I wouldn't say cynicism is an inherent part of British culture. It has its place certainly, but we're not all miserable bastards over here.
foxyfaefife 1 year ago
@foxyfaefife no definately not, but there is more of a give it a go attitude in the states, anyway im visiting missouri and illinios next week so we'll see!
hellohello66666 1 year ago
@hellohello66666 actually the smarter brits look to you americans and feel jealous of your sub-par intellect because you dont have to worry and feel bad for the future, ignorance is bliss and you guys seem pretty damn bliss full :) just kiddin man you guys are cool
jimmy2k4o 1 year ago