A Bit of Fry & Laurie: Australian Soap

[TheAnnagoddess]

Wow Stephen Fry's accent is perfect! Hugh Laurie has some words right, but not Fry.

[RealityDysfunction85]

Funny, and I hope to god we do NOT sound like this.

[Ub3rSk1llz]

Fry's accent is a bit more Kiwi than Australian haha.

[celestialsalamander]

how did steven's noes get all bent like that?

[DavidPlim]

@celestialsalamander He fell in his school playground and broke it. But he never fixed it as people thought it wouldn't change his appearance.

[ziyingjiang]

@celestialsalamander Read Moab is my Washpot (his autobiography) -- I highly recommend it! He fell in the playground when he was very young.

[andy12271]

haha, bloody funny cobber.

[smileyviecherry]

they were holding themselves in the same position for more than 1 minute :| well to me, i cant stay in a same position that long. they looked hilarious in the end :))

[DakNJaxter]

I had to pause this half-way from laughing so hard!

[SporeTres]

Australian to English is like Bavarian to German. :D

[HulloKat]

How can they stay frozen like that and not burst into laughter? xD Hilarious

[VladBlok28]

fry isnt that good with the accent but i think hugh nailed it

[310BPM]

@VladBlok28

they're both alright at it. some ozzies have ridiculous accents. :)

[kepone405]

I will never hear them the same again

[minkuce]

"I was vulnerable and you were there" hahahaha. So absurd and so amazing!

[Valagetti]

He does a better Aussie accent than Chase and he's Aussie!

[310BPM]

@Valagetti

the actor who plays Chase is English, though.. D:

[PoisonSnacks]

@310BPM

No, he's not.

[lainlouandlazers]

Well, this is exactly what my Christmas was like...

[MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

Quite ironic considering how the U.K laps up Neighbours & H&A.

[SuperBobster10]

@MrStGeorgeIllawarra Not ironic at all, in fact if the UK didn't lap up Neighbours and Home & Away this sketch would make very little sense and wouldn't be funny. I think they've been very accurate in their spoof/parody here!

[laosandburma]

Think the set is based on the Kennedy house Neighbours. Gosh I'm showing my age - at the time it was "lived in" by Daphne and Des if I remember rightly?

[minnietheminx]

@laosandburma Isn't that Mrs Mangel's house?

[laosandburma]

@minnietheminx Oh could have been - or was it lived in by both? Mrs. Mangel and Joe Mangle (Mark little) I enjoyed neighbours until 5 stole it and did that shaky live-action style of filming. Prefer the sets to shake like in the old days.

[MrCriticOfAll]

LOL >If anyone wants to know this is a parody of a show called Sons and Daughters,and my god Laurie really does look like Wayne,same shirt an all.

[clubpenguinsux1]

This is nothing like australian soap opera, everyone knows no-one ever shows any genuine emotion on these shows.

[TheJimmyNewc]

good accents

[JohnMaxibillion]

The only thing that makes sense is that Hugh laurie must've been cloned.

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

im Australian and this is Aus, all the way ,im running away from myself

[briannaald]

they sound like lano and woodley :}

[celtickiwi11]

the bit at the end made me cry lol

[borisgajdas]

I like them in Black Adder and Dr.House,but which show this is?

Hilarious!!!

[glassoniongirl64]

@borisgajdas A Bit Of Fry And Laurie :)

[sbucco1]

that was friggin' hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[judd1212]

Imagine if Dr House was Dr Karl!

[marsglorious]

I love that they're basically making fun of Neighbours. I hate that show.

[Parabol0086]

I think Fry nailed it a little better than Laurie, but both very good.

[annyid8]

haha excellent



[ericaterrestrial]

funny cause its true

[LegsCurry]

This might have been the funniest thing I've ever seen. Those names were hilarious. I don't think I've even heard of half those names.

[D4K44R1]

@LegsCurry

They're all bogan names :)

[CaroThePharaoh]

I cracked up so hard when Hugh started talking in that accent.. it made me think of Chase..

[QueenOfTheAubergines]

"You mean we've been sleeping together...behind my back?!"

[blueeyesinthemirror]

OMG their aussie accents are bloody brilliant!



[ozoneocean]

If our soaps were this good I'd actually watch them.

[RigbyBullnut]

This is one of the better displays of an Australian accent by a non-Australian actor. Most people can't do an Aussie accent to save their lives, especially Americans, they are ATROCIOUS at it.

[troynew2006]

Don't you just hate it when people are having an affair with you behind your back? :oS

[ScattySafari]

As an Aussie,I can't get over how perfect the accents are.So funny! Aussie soaps are pretty dreadful.Our films are often fab though.

[fifthdaughter]

"Sorry, keep your sweat on."

[damilksta]

I love how completely retarded this is. The only thing worse than Australian soap operas is New Zealand ones

[Jessiegurl77]

NEEEIIIGHBOURS. EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEEIIIIGHBOURS.

If only Fry and Laurie were on Neighbours.

[playthecard22]

Is there an accent that Hugh Laurie can't do?

[bluenelephant]

@playthecard22 YOU LEAVE HUGH OUT OF THIS!!

[MonCoeurBatPourDavid]

coolie? It's an Eski, mayte.

[nawheadies]

That was fucking priceless.

[ss3cleric]

I certianly do not speak that way, yes folks its a parody. I was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia where we speak the language with a refined tongue.

[mcnesta80]

@ss3cleric hahahahaha...lol....Adelaide, home of the bogan snobs!

[Woesteinvuir]

As an Australian often expose to the rubbish this is parodying, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that the acting here is still at least 27 times better than that in Neighbours.

[ciaobellakate]

@Woesteinvuir

Agreed. This is so much more bearable.

[anvjdskf]

So true man

[TheBeowulf19]

Fry refers to Laurie as: Bradly, Craig, Shane, Finley, Dickland, Jims, and Vin. In that order.

[Balthic]

@TheBeowulf19 I think it's Declan, not Dickland.

[TheBeowulf19]

@Balthic That may very well be true.

[1111CLICKHERE1111]

1:00 Crew Blooper

[Cleo4696]

4:03 wedgie pull

[weirdaussiechick123]

about a minute in i was laughing my ass off because its so tragically true!!!! 

[Aannan]

Um, listen there's something I've been discussing with Castella and Lolette and I'd rather that, y'know, Joycie and Lenore didn't find out about it... :D

[pittielove]

I HATE THIS ACCENT

[spacecowboy5000]

@pittielove Imagine how the poor people in Australia must feel then.

[pittielove]

@spacecowboy5000 awful, I imagine! hah

[1991MRjesse]

@spacecowboy5000 i could go ahead and find this offensive...but i won't.

[spacecowboy5000]

@1991MRjesse Not meant to be. It's dripping with sarcasm and directed at that other person/thing. I love the Australian accent.

[1991MRjesse]

@pittielove the real one or the actor's portrayal?

[pittielove]

@1991MRjesse the actors' portrayal is accurate, so both. I've got nothing against australian people - I just really don't like the accent. O.O

[1991MRjesse]

@pittielove actually, these accents are exaggerated...we don't talk like that.

come to think of it, i can never the tell the difference between canadian and american accents. but the stereotypical texan accent annoys me.

[pittielove]

@1991MRjesse Fair enough! I find that accent annoying as well! And you're right, the majority of australians don't speak like that.. in fact, probably more than the majority! But I have talked to a very few people who DO have very strong accents such as in this video, and I don't enjoy it. However, I don't mind a more subtle australian accent nearly as much - and as you pointed out, that's what most australians have - as opposed to this. :)

[1991MRjesse]

@pittielove don't worry, you don't have to back track and defend yourself.

[skepticaldemocrat]

I am conservative buuut this is my favorite sketch of Laurie and Fry!

[Robdogg9109]

YOU LEAVE BARBIE OUT OF THIS!!!

[schutzenhaus]

Every time I look out the window, there I am, running away from myself!

[SmilesOfEvil]

That ending... HAHAHAHA!

[deadlyyams]

It's not on a beach.

[Whacko23]

They only thing that they need to do is make their performace more wooden. As an Australian, our soap performances have really wooden characters these days.

[liftwell]

Jebelina,

Trevelin,

Moaranna,

Morquinda,

Castella,

Lyllette

Dernick,

A great lesson in what Bogan names parents give their children!

[glassoniongirl64]

@liftwell Moaranna is actually spelt "Morwenna". I should know, it's my name :D it was awesome to hear it said.

[Lariekoekje]

Okay, I watched this again for the twentieth time or something, and I am still out of breath from laughing...

[azdv]

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are brilliant! Love their accents! Laurie's is brilliant!

[Triskitout]

That 'freeze frame'. God, perfect

[funofboredom]

Why oh why don't I learn not to eat while watching Fry and Laurie?

[katesatriani]

@funofboredom Absolutely! Mine would be sticking to my resolve to NOT drink HOT coffee whilst watching Fry & Laurie, Blackadder (2 & 3) or Monty Python or French & Saunders etc.

[simon01ize]

Absolutely Brilliant!!

[HxAxNxD]

27 people should let Barbie out of this!

[sparticle1]

Great Giggle at Aussie stereotype

[ankyshmanky]

As an Australian who hates our soaps can I just say: THANKYOU! hahahahaa that was hilarious! 

[TheFlyingHat]

I should not have watched this while drinking.

[rayechayelle1]

i am australian, and i wasn't offended- partly because i had no idea what they were saying in parts. sorry to those who think it is, but this is not how our accent sounds :P better effort than some though!

[LeadFarmer11]

this is EXACTLY like home and away and neighbours was in the 80s

[toans1]

Names dropped in this video - excuse the spelling, im not sure these are REAL names... Bradley Javellena Trevlin Shane Donna Morwenna Finley Shaun Clarke Declan Yvonne Barbie Morquinda Joycee Castella Lalette Lenore Vin Dernik Devileen

[TsaladsSeggs]

Look, I'm Australian and this is one of my favourite Fry and Laurie sketches ever.

[aJDfMDl]

FUCK! This is hilarious, Australian accents are definately amungst the hardest, these are flawless! Brilliant.

[liesymaeys]

'we've been sleeping together all this time... BEHIND MY BACK??' xd

[andmcg1]

Brilliant! I'm Aussie and those are some pretty good accents. I imagine it's hard to do a convincing Australian accent.

[julesmaester]

You leave Barbie out of this!

[FRCloveshorses]

I'm laughing so much, I'm crying!!

[GuaranteedSanctuary]

Bradley, Shane, Finley, Declan, Vinn.

[killallbrutes]

27 people watch neighbours

[mudchair16]

Spot on

[trixwiz7]

As an Australian, who laughed till he cried watching this brilliant Fry and Laurie parody of our appalling soap ops, something else hit home. Where the hell did we develop this terrible habit of naming kids things like Narelle, Yvonne and adding "ette" to other terrible names to make them sound French. Bloody appalling

[liftwell]

@trixwiz7 Another really disturbing trend is people naming their children very common words but expecting them to be pronounced completely differently. I got really annoyed when I came across a girl whose name was "Tea" but when I read her name and pronounced it, she very rudely came back at me by telling me to call her "Tay". I really don't have any sympathy for mothers stupid enough to give children such narcissistic self righteous names.

[zaniac100]

@trixwiz7 Well Yvonne is a classic French *name*. It isn't something new or trendy. Mercedes is also a traditional girl's name, and pre-dated the car by centuries. Narelle is I believe a recent, Australian, invention.

[trixwiz7]

@zaniac100 Yeah but when an Australian woman who is about as French as an English breakfast decides to call her daughter "Yvonne", to go with the *lovely*, faux French exterior design of the house, that's when I feel ill

[TheScreenagerist]

Hugh Laurie should show this to Jesse Spencer sometime! LOL

[iluvmonkeys666]

you mean we've been sleeping together all this time... behind my back?!

[3787811]

Im going to ASK you man to man... Leave Donna out of this hahahahaha

[flawlessjess]

neibours and home and away suck though

[stephenfrylover]

Genius

[1111CLICKHERE1111]

p.s. this sketch is full of Fry's homosexual innuendo, "behind my BACK" (sodomy) "you could've..done it to my FACE" (gay facial).. its just enveloped in witty comedy.

[1111CLICKHERE1111]

Why are people laughing when they say the NAMES? e.g. "Javelina and Trevlin".. is it because they are typical Australian names?

[Alathaea]

@1111CLICKHERE1111 It's because they're absurd soap opera names that only TV people would ever choose.

[ryguy998]

i'm american, i cannot tell the difference between british and australian accent besides the vocabulary, it just seems their speaking slightly differently. Hilarious clip though.

[Alathaea]

@ryguy998 Really? Honestly, as a British person it's so clear.

[russhofbloodtolatete]

@Alathaea it is clear, but I hope you can tell that only Australian farmers sound like this.

[Alathaea]

@russhofbloodtolatete I hope so =D

[zaniac100]

@Alathaea Strange comment since the UK has a large range of wildly differing accents. Australian accents are somewhat similar to some Essex or some London accents like Cockney, while Liverpool and Lancashire have wildly divergent accents with little similarity the Southern accents. Not everyone in the UK talks like Joan Collins!

[BFBCFTW]

@ryguy998 But they sound so different..

[NightmaresRegin]

@ryguy998 I'm British and most of us can't tell the difference between American and Canadian accents.

[ryguy998]

@NightmaresRegin I cant tell the difference between Canadian and American accents either.

[critics13]

@ryguy998 i could

[critics13]

@NightmaresRegin i could

[ineverfakejumps]

This is hilarious. I can completely relate to all the general soap opera cliches, despite not being Australian.

[SuperBobster10]

This IS the set of Neighbours isn't it? It looks pretty much identical, the old Kennedy house I believe.

[SethHesio]

24 years ago. As a writer and comedian I find that frigtening, worrying (considering how old they are) and slightly depressing. Shows these days don't do nearly that much

[MechoMadness]

This studio set is a perfect representation of the old Kennedy household in Neighbours.

[tjf4375]

@MechoMadness It is indeed, it's uncanny! I actually wondered if they'd managed to borrow the set as it appears to be identical :)

[JessSuxBoloz]

Hugh Laurie kinda looks like an older version of romeo off home and away

[Scruffy193]

Any Aussie who could be offended by this is obviously not Aussie enough...!

[WiseOwlOfGallifrey]

Let's leave global politics to the experts and just watch the video. Merry June!

[Ubustink]

I'm half Austraian/ Engliash. I love England, AND Australia.

[guywilcock111]

Good Lord. We don't all talk like that, and we don't wear horrible shirts.

[PostalTubeAlex]

@guywilcock111 Exactly, but on home and away/neighbours in the 80's we did.

[guywilcock111]

@PostalTubeAlex

Well i've never watched Neighbours or Home and Away. So i'll take your word for it.

[grimeldasnodpocket]

As an Aussie who doesn't watch Australian soaps, I don't really get the satire, but it was so ridiculous that I laughed anyway.

A bit of Fry and Laurie is always good.

[myrtlevilleace]

I am the failed diplomat for Australia- I laughed :)

This was perfect, even the accents were 95%.

[lady12480]

4:03 stephen picks a wedgie haha

[anablic]

behind my back ???  LOL

[Blasted2Oblivion]

If you were gonna sleep with me you could have at least done it to my face.

[TheDSil]

@1:15 Best expressions ever

[rose17rose]

Love Stephen's little adjustment of his pants at the end......

[masterkindoter500]

As an ignorant colonial I would just like say that this is freaking hilarious!

[zaniac100]

too bad that Aussie soaps don't 'do' Chistmas (they are all off the air that time of year). set design is a great replica of Neighbours c.1990s

[bongo155]

Sounds like Fry is trying to impersonate Michael Caton.

[LivBird8]

As an Australian, this is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Australian people that are complaining need to take a joke - I'm sure at some point in your life you've impersonated a Brit with their stereotypes of tea drinking and crumpet eating - it's no different to this.

[pikachize]

@LivBird8 Excellent!

As a Brit, I'm the same. I love seeing people impersonating/making fun of British stereotypes.

[richie616799]

@LivBird8 Nice Liv :):)



[TheMeeoww]

@LivBird8 I'm Aussie and I completely agree with you.

[SickPuppyBeatz]

Fucking hell - Its a bit of banter from us Brits to our Aussie friends cousins - Home and Away and Neighbours have been big over here for years - Relax.

[nahatsu2]

I just ADORE this sketch! Those Aussie accents - MARVELLOUS! x

[kamarrabaksh]

lmao! "BEHIND MY BACK!?"

[29jgirl92]

i love how they're calling each other diffrent names every sentence!

[baratas]

I broke the 'like' button.

[Wolfgetshigh]

You live me out of this !!!!

[bluekirara]

they... they didn't stop the camera during the credits... o.o



[toppaz79]

Aussies WOULD NOT name their kids Javalina, Trevlin, Clark, Monquinder, Castella, Lilette or Lenor. That what my Sydney friends Chanelle and Dane say anyway.

[huxley2221]

It's amazing, they don't have any accents. David, (Sydney)

[iBashSnails]

Holy crap, It's like watching Neighbours/Home and Away; but more serious.

[TsaladsSeggs]

I can't actually believe how good Stephen Fry is at being Australian... and at everything else.

[TsaladsSeggs]

I'm Australian, but you really don't have to be to know that this is koala tea.

...It's Hilarious.

[WilmaBridget]

Hahaha such a funny sketch. Was it just me who replayed the last bit from 3.30 to see Hugh's face change so dramatically and amazingly about 20 times over whilst in fits of giggles each and every time?...

[sashman19]

Lol at the number of times that Stephen Fry changes Hugh's character's name! Bradley, Shane, Finley, Declan, Vin....

[Alexander070793]

He reminds me of Fred clingstone here

[faxmachineman1000]

haha this is spot on!

[kiwitoothpaste]

those shirts

[procritic09]

I remember when Home and Away and Neighbours was on at 5 and 6:30 on the only tv station i had. How could hell be any worse?

[jawsboris72]

Us Australians really do have a terrible accent, don't we? We can take comfort it's nowhere near as bad as the New Zealand accent, though ;)

[MtheGate]

@jawsboris72 *We Australians. Sorry, just had to point that out.

Hilarious sketch. Amazing sketch. I'm Australian and I absolutely love Fry and Laurie, and it makes me proud that they think Australia is good enough to make fun of.