A Bit of Fry and Laurie - Buying an Engagement Ring

[lucke001]

40 000 earth pounds :D

[cstchia]

Technically, we're all dying. =)

[ImagineMarvelous]

"Just my little joke. You'll humor a dying man" WAT? :D 

[IonPetru]

"I would be wrong to let it go for more than 40,000 of your Earth pounds"... hehe. That looks like a Sewell's clock on the wall behind Stephen Fry. They were rubbish.

[Isaidveto]

i think this is one of their best. i laughed so hard watching it

[kkmatt]

how is it possible that the more I watch this, the harder I laugh? these two are pure genius.

[LuRawen]

His father is upstairs - in the cellar? :D

[Eruadhiel]

I like the part where Stephen says stuff.

[anetchi]

One of my favorite sketches of theirs : ) Thank you England!!! You've provided me most of my favorite things!

[GrindingDinny]

"I don't have an opal fruit On Me !" xD

[MissTwiggy28]

"Your earth pounds..."

[koratvinnie]

"Since sir has been kind enough never to be Peter Sissens..." ;D

[koratvinnie]

"Sir, I am chastened and bowed. Ever the man of affairs, sir has reminded us all, – all – of our duty."

"I did sir; sir, I did."

Just superb.

[Luarrangel]

Both are great!!

[poeticjustice1000]

They do verbose inanity so well. Love it!! I can't believe I had forgotten how much I loved 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' when I was younger. The fact that I haven't seen it on TV since its original airing may have something to do with it. I feel my memory has cheated me!... Oh well.... At least the continual repeats of 'Black Adder' reminds me of why I have such nostalgic affection for them both.

[IcEye89]

Stephen Fry can recite a sentence half a mile long in one breath but he nearly suffocates from laughter due to the Acropolis where the Parthenon is. What a strange world we live in.

[tuliratsu]

@IcEye89 that is the funniest comment on Youtube!!!

[EmmyNeander]

"I won't be long" along with that hat just killed me.

[PurPenProd]

I love his use of language, he says the strangest of sentences, but makes them sound fabulous.

[hotsonetti]

How on earth did it take him over 3 minutes in that shop to attempt an escape, out of the shop?

[joyce1175]

"40,000 of your earth pounds." Is he an alien, too? XD

[doctorx777]

"'Here is a morning, O mother of my bosom,' I overred, 'as fine and crisp and gutty as any since the days that Compton and Edrich opened for England; and the sun never went down on the British without asking permission first.'"

[TAfan2]

One really needs to watch this a few times to really catch everything they've actually said... 'Youngest of my mothers"??? xDDD Even the public didn't realize that! xDDD

[InDeathsEmbrace18]

"Men are such bastards." lol

[theorigonalsp4d]

opal fruits... that takes me back

[RKO1492]

@theorigonalsp4d Are they like Starbursts?

[livvyxo]

@RKO1492 They are starbursts, that's what the used to be called

[RKO1492]

@livvyxo Oh, alright. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I appreciate that.

[waIIflower]

"Upstairs in the cellar."

[pixi6666]

Very similar to the haircut sketch, but still very good.

[ErikLeroux]

"You'll humour a dying man...." XD The frank delivery of Fry's most random and hilarious lines is awesome.

[ColouredInLove]

Only just realised what Fry is doing at the beginning as Laurie walks in... I love this sketch!

[cardionema]

@ColouredInLove I didn't realize till you pointed it out that he is polishing his own hand!

[theladyprimrose]

Stephen reminds me of Jeeves here. LOL

[LeoDeGrand]

'He's upstairs in the cellar' Genius XD

[phantomnanden]

hahah :D

how could you leave him laurie xD

[levantos]

lmao

[Gruntol5]

Stephen Fry: Quite brilliant in his insane delivery. How on earth does he remember all that dialogue without a stumble?

[C1o88er3d]

I really believe he knows what basic idea he wants to get across at the beginning of the sketch and then he makes most of the dialogue up along the way.

[Gruntol5]

I think you must be right. He's clever enough to do exactly that.

[Zhero4]

well on the other hand, there are actors who are able to remember entire plays. so even a long dialogue like this should be possible to remember, since he only needs it for a very short time.

[allibrerry]

jeez louise...i can't take it...too much

[HessuVee]

Has to be one of the best sketches I've EVER seen! "Hilarity ensues" indeed :D

[DeoMachina]

Too much, I bust a gut.

[66richardson]

"Men are such bastards!"

[tregnier279]

2:50

[theRealPlaidRabbit]

He's just upstairs in the cellar.

* hippity hop *

[saytheremeg]

Stephen Fry's delivery is always so pleasantly plummy and sophisticated that I often find myself just listening happily away, and then suddenly going, WHAT the heck did he just say!?! "The youngest of my mothers"??

I think that's what I love the most about him.

[ejpaeyd]

@saytheremeg ...and when he says "you should talk to father-- he's upstairs in the cellar" :)

[ATLyssaNSN]

how old was laurie making this?

[DraMaQween2000]

I think I`m in love with those two! :)

[Haannaahh92]

indeed, hilarity does ensue in it's most hilarious form.

i love fry and laurie :)

[helloimsteph]

I feel really mean. I laughed so hard at Stephen's delivery of 'You'll humour a dying man'

[darcimkire07]

genius.

[Allenn100]

There is a sweetshop but two miles from here, I shall get you some Opal Fruits

[loelitah]

XD This progressed so obviously but it still had me laughing at the randomness of it all. Plus all the weird little one-liners thrown in all the time.

[emh26]

Hugh Laurie's rather attractive here. :)

"You really should speak to father, he's upstairs in the cellar."

Haha, genius.

[hhhhbk3942]

lol he always is =P

[roachy333]

pure genius...really it is.

Fry is a delight to listen to...poetry...he really exels in his use of the english language here and its a real sonic joy of verbal gymnastics...I just love this.

[SvladCjelli007]

lol...did anyone notice stephen shining the back of his hand as hugh enters the shop?

[ATLyssaNSN]

lol. XD

you made me notice it, ahhahaha =))

[sameinjury]

This is some dialogue. It is very difficult to produce sentences like these off the top of your head. It is very clever.

[ImeldaLumos]

"Yes, yes, I've had sexual intercourse with her. But only in the bibibal sense".

The Vox Pops. So classic lines, which you can use in real life, and get people all confused.

[wglmb]

mmm... opal fruits

[amylovesrats]

That ending was hilLARIOUS! =)

[avocadopye]

That's what YOU said, I barely spoke at all.

[Flickerfly]

This sketch is like the twin sister of their other one "Bitch Mother Come Light My Bottom" :D

Stephen is so delightful in his inane verbal weavings

[vvelvettearss]

I know!! I wish I could talk like that, it's a treasure!

[asscockballtits92]

eh... english humor... you get lost in the words

[mrcclamp]

unless you speak english

[Demogorgo]

i dont get it

[JenniLeigh81]

Like Jeeves on crack! :)

[alleigh25]

lol opal fruit...that makes me think of lynne truss. she went on quite a lot about them in her book.

[mrgeetah]

Holy shit, Hugh Laurie looks like my dad in this sketch...

[Aaylie]

I love this sketch!!! Hilarious!!!

[Bass5el]

One of THE funniest sketches ever!!!!

[Ebrithil89]

Leaving? but we're engaged! HAHAHA!!!

[kenward4242]

An utter classic, who needs Lewis Carroll for complete nonsense when we have Messrs Fry and Laurie?

[sinmcoll]

Sir is as dogged in his pursuit of detail as Roy Walker, presenter of the never popular Catchphrase, is dogged in his pursuit of a thick earlet. Heh heh heh briiiiiliiiant!!!

[MetalDraspin]

Aww, poor Fry lol!