A Bit of Fry and Laurie - Urine and vomit monologue

[ConnorFGuitar]

Family heritage urine and fun amenity vomit.

[TheBorrovan]

@Bobsunckle1 The music is actually from "Jupiter" from "The Planets Suite" by Holst (who's melody was adapted for "World in Union")

[Bobsunckle1]

is Laurie playing "World in Union 95"?

[PurushaDesa]

Laurie here, reminds me of Terry Gilliam for some reason.

[PianoWizzy]

I never thought I'd be clicking on a video entitled, "Urine and vomit monologue"

[Jonstern1983]

Please send me a transcript of this, it is the perfect comedic monologue.

[Danter2010]

jupiter from the planets is playing the background... i feel so smart that i know that.

URINE AND VOMIT. :3

[whyowhy345]

@Danter2010 no, its i vow to thee my country



[menniiii]

laurie's singing totally cracked me up. love both fry and laurie, love the show. brilliant.

[soldwisch]

uuurrriiine annndd vooommmit!~ :D

[Winklepinklepuff]

I'm dying!! XD

[joshaf26]

Hugh's sing-songy "urine and vomeet" sets this up perfectly.

[spib65]

That's what living here does to you.

[xtfer]

The tune, as some have identified, is I vow to thee my country, by Holst, adapted from the Jupiter movement from The Planets. Any other suggestion is incorrect.

[savethesnail]

i think rhe song is actually i vow to thee my country which is adapted from a passage in Jupiter from the planet suite. I'm not a classical music fan but it's a good ol' tune

[classicalgal14]

@savethesnail Yes the music has been adapted to a choral tune called "Homeland" :)

[nakedmambo]

@classicalgal14

If you mean the hymn that music was set to, it's called "I vow to thee, My Country", not "Homeland".

[lushkayt]

@nakedmambo the hymn I vow to thee my country is the same as the Holst music - it was taken from the Planet Suite.

[nakedmambo]

@lushkayt Yes I know, from Jupiter.

[Schweinetot]

STEPHEN FRY FOR PRIME MINISTER!

[neymason]

Stephen Fry is simply adorable!!!!!

[ex48bw]

Wonderful speech! However, try it with the captions - they are a bit...strange.

[TheBoochan82]

Urrrrrrrriine and Vooooommmmit.

[Ellbell72]

LOL Hugh at 1:05. "urinnnnne and vommmmmitttt"

[iwan0t0smith]

@Ellbell72 That's what a Cambridge education does to you XD

[csm120]

Uuuuuurine and vooooooomit 1:06

hahahahahahaha, that was the best line of Hugh Laurie ever

[DarkBenjy]

god bless fryland

[naomibeijer]

URINE AND VOOOOOMIT(8) haha XD

[ATLyssaNSN]

=)) XD

[aderussell455]

YES YES YES!!!! for creamy old England!!!!

[Iflygius]

well, his vision has certainly come true now. bloody chavs.

[unijade]

Best line: "they they enhance it, with their amusing voices and their unusual children."

Sounds like my city!

Isn't Stephen's attire lovely?

[Paws31]

Isn't Stephen lovely? :)

[artvandelay13]

when i saw the title i thought this was going to be something like one of his monologue from v for vendetta...

lol family heritage urine... and fun amenity vomit!

[hoboandthemonkey]

I love hugh he is sosos hott

[roachy333]

poetry...fantastic, Fry is a musical instrument.

[ianduckworth]

For this Briton the music is the slower part of Holst's Jupiter. Fortunately I have never had to sing the Hymn. Holst certainly did not like his carefully composed Music being put to words. But what is important here is the special comedy of Fry and Laurie. It really was that good.

[purpleshamrock17]

I love Hugh's expressions throughout the first part especally at :38 :)

[JapeUK]

fun eminity vomit

[Tropicaliak]

wow, all I can think is how incredibly awesome it would have been to be in the audience of those shows.

[glebber]

i agree. they don't make shows like this these days, eh?

[SunnyOmega01]

and their unusual children

[loserfreak92]

Fry's talk in the beginning reminds me of Little Britain.

[PedanticAndWhimsical]

Tom Baker?

[ImeldaLumos]

Stephen Fry is a monologue genius, both writing and delivering them in a hilarious, still sophisticated way.

He could practically perform a monologue about trash bins that you have vomited all over while standing on one leg, and make it sound like poetry.

He's a legend, living.

[kideviltorock]

I totally agree with you.

[sjoes]

Hear hear!

[TayZorZapplegate]

Hahaha. Was he playing a bit of Jupiter?

[teenphantom]

Yep, except that to many Britons it's known as "I vow to thee, My country" as opposed to Holst's Jupiter. It is a fantastic hymn. look it up here, I'm sure there is a good Kathryn Jenkins version on YouTube

[ErikaLWick]

hugh laurie and stephen fry truly are teh funniest ppl on the planet

[person4fun]

I just fell apart at 1:07. Seriously. I couldn't breathe! XD XD XD

[MCRazedperson]

Bloody hell, Stephen Fry's spot on. Look at our poor country now -.-

[Athlynne]

I see a country peopled with the best comedians ever!

[Hilux5972]

Is he using cue cards? Notice how he keeps glancing down every so often.

[purgator323]

nope, he's delivered longer lines.

[marolade]

I think he's trying to copy how Martin Luther King did his speech.

[travpoet]

It does sound like Martin Luther King's speech - I think that's what he's tring to copy, too.

[archeronfoot]

No way was he using cue cards. Stephen Fry is capable of far longer monologues than that. He was foreseeing where this country was going fifteen years hence and by god was he right

[misssdie]

haha

i love it.

theyre so awesome

[Drummer4242]

bravo! bravo!

[peridotwindow]

Does anyone else love how Stephen ducks out of the camera in the end? So brilliant..

[mediumdietcoke]

he just starts to bow. but this recording cuts off the end where he stands back up.

[archeronfoot]

Actually thats where the transmission ended. I remember it distinctly because that sketch had a deep impression on me at the time

[springlering]

This tune was also the tune of the alma mater of my high school... it's a good thing I hadn't watched this vid in high school or I would never have been able to sing it with a straight face! :)

[telynmurali]

Stephen for PM! *snork*

I'm a sentimental fool for it, but that section of the Planets - when used in the context of being the melody for 'Jerusalem' - usually makes me choke up. I save it for the last night of the Proms, really.

[BraveKid42]

*clap clap* *cheers* Beautiful speech. Well Done. Bravo!

[Forlo12345]

Ahhh, the "Planets"! It is from the Jupiter segment. I love that song and I love Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry!

[anglophile74]

I love Hugh's "urine and vomit" The monologue makes me think of all those fun family trips

[blinkie1]

Yes, as everyone said, it is from the 'Planets' suite. I played that song on my trumpet some years ago.

this is a classic monologue.

[wareq]

A perfect puncturing of platitudes.

[latrans]

To set the record straight...the song that Hugh is playing is the [incredibly well-known] chorale from Holst's Jupiter. If you haven't heard it, I highly suggest you go find it on singingfish.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Musician

[patti9estel]

LOL I watched Hugh the whole time and I love the expressions on his face

[tangobaby]

The tune Hugh Laurie is playing is called Thaxted. Most commonly known as the tune to "I Vow to Thee my Country". Brilliant clip. thanx for posting it and keep it up :)

[non2002]

What is the song that Mr. Laurie is playing? Is it the hymn called 'Jerusalem is here' or something?

[shortmonster]

I think it is just called "Jerusalem." I have it on an album, and that's what the track listing says.

[kyrasantae]

It's the slow theme from a classical piece: Gustav Holst's "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity." The tune has been used for a lot of other songs too.

[astolante]

It's Jupiter from Holst's "Planets" suite, as kyrasantae said, but it's also called "I vow to thee my country". Used as a patriotic anthem in Britain. :)

[Fool4lovesbitch]

You have to give Hugh major credit for keeping a straight face the whole time Steven is giving that monologue

[Flickerfly]

I have to say the high point of that is when Hugh sings, "Urine and vomit!"

[asifuwuld]

Hehe, yeah. I listened to Stephen but Hugh's facial expressions are so, interesting?

[Flickerfly]

LOL, exactly, I was watching Hugh the whole time! :)

[coldplayisawesome]

hahaha that was great

[ayesham819]

ewwww lol, i know it's about stephen but i kept staring at hugh the whole time...he's one of my favorite people who people britain =p

[AlwaysConfused]

Aah, I miss ABOFAL so much. Stephen is brilliant here. Thanks for posting.