..and of course.. in the inevitable ironic way of these things, Mr Fry has himself become insufferably smug behind the mask of his artful self-deprecaction.
@ahtaimo Did you know that "the colonel" has been very popular in Britain for years? They love those seven secret herbs and spices. The KFC UK Facebook page has like 16000 "friends", whatever that means.
That being said, you do realize that not everyone gets the same ad, right? I was given a Blackberry Tablet ad. They probably aimed a cheap-ass commercial at you when they saw that you are from Canada. Seriously though, try to act like you got some smarts.
It looks like they have three sides. Maybe they have two signs for each side which they switch during the "switching the bag inside out" part. (Note how long the cameras are aimed at the duo in that bit, with the signs out of the picture.)
This clip is from a long-distant era on the BBC, before Hugh Laurie turned into an American (I can't take House seriously but good luck to him) and Stephen Fry did his disappearing act in the mid 90s. Tragic to think that Fry has turned into a kind of 21st Century Robert Robinson on that rather pedantic & nasty show QI. He hasn't been funny or entertaining for a long time but the old boy network will get you a job somewhere. Robert R was quite funny in his own dry way in the 70s.
@dutchgoing Unfortunately, what you wrote about Fry is true; even though his many worshipping acolytes (who desperately mimic his writing style when commenting fawningly on his websites) will try to tar and feather anyone saying it. I still find Fry personable enough, but he's been really coasting for a while.
@dutchgoing Oh dear god, I feel so sorry for you. Yes attack Mr Fry for being published, directing, acting etc when your greatest achievement is attacking him on You Tube...Mr Fry beware! There is a challenge to your intellect by one who goes by the name of dutchgoing...jealous much?
@hornetgags He hasn't been funny or remotely entertaining since 1995 I'm afraid. If you enjoy QI and think any programme with Essex-boy Alan Davies in it is 'intellectual' then you need to raise your standards a bit about this nasty sad pedant-fest. Fry can't do travelogues, he's a closed personality who does not engage well at all and his 'acting' reminds me of a dry dull sardonic middle-aged man called Stephen Fry. He was washed-up a long long time ago, but is a sacred cow at the BBC.
@dutchgoing And what have you done? It's so easy to attack isn't it? So instead of pouring vitriol on someone who the larger majority of civilisation find entertaining and informed, do something about it yourself. If you are capable of critiquing Mr Fry, put your energy into surpassing his success, not attacking him on You Tube as you come across as vitriolic and extremely bitter and your argument does not hold water. However, you are entitled to your unfounded, misguided and prejudiced opinion.
@hornetgags What on earth is the 'larger majority of civilisation'? I think you have delusions of self-importance. Fry is a fat boring dull ageing old queen who isn't very good at documentaries & hosts a tedious quiz show & tells us he likes Abba & a bit of Led Zep. He was terribly funny in the 80s but he's long long long past his sell-by date. Look how upset you got because you NEVER achieved anything and used poor Stephen to HURL your inadequacy at me. You're a devoted but SCARY fan..lol.
@dutchgoing I agree that QI isn't intellectual, but it doesn't sell itself that way anyway. It's a trivia quiz show that happens to be hosted by Stephen Fry, who is a lover of language. He's still got a brilliant way with impressions and is sharp as a tack. Not many other people have been on television as long as he has and still maintain their appeal. And he may not be the smartest man ever (he's not keen on people calling him "smart" anyway) but I don't think its any bad thing he's still on TV
@jdhathrisen Thanks for the reasonable analysis there. Is it not ironic that Fry has turned into a bit a Robert Robinson? QI is distinctly geeky and Fry really can't do documentary. All that is left is acting, where he plays a parody of Stephen Fry. He should have stopped years ago but he has his oxbridge friends at the BBC just like Gervais and Brand have friends at Channel 4. He isn't nearly as good as he was.
@frostek Of course, since Google took over we're now inundated with adverts on YouTube. Why, though, does this video, and other BBC videos, have an advert as a matter of course, when others only randomly have them?
I'm old enough to remember Ask the Family (as a youngun!) and this sketch had me rolling on the floor when it came out.
I Never really understood the point of ATF at the time, but now I'm older having seen clips of RR in his prime.....yeah, I was clever when I was younger!
He he he, I hate smug wankers, and I see them everywhere. They should do a smug internet comments sketch, there is plently for them to take from. Ahhh, would that it were, would that it were.
@evildave9000 It's BBCWorldwide, not BBC, so it's not that odd - the rest of the world doesn't pay the license fee. I'm pretty sure the BBC youtube doesn't have ads but isn't accessible from outside the UK, if that helps make you feel more smug. I know it did for me.
i hate when the queue gets in the way of the play button , and then you click that and FUCK REBOMBOMLINg dinosaur GENItals ! another page starts loading.
Yeah... the thing is, if there were more gentle (albeit smug) intellectuals and less rabid, solipsistic, fanatically self convinced nutters in the world, it would probably be a much nicer place to live in.
What might not be appreciated nowadays is that they're doing pretty good impressions of Robert Robinson, host of Ask the family and Call my Bluff in the 1970s.
Though a classic sketch, this is seldom featured among the "repeats" on Mr Logie Baird's celebrated televisual device, alas. Would that it were, would that it were.
people who dont find this funny are obviously just watching it now. You have to remember it came out years ago when london was a very serious place so the humour of the era was often silly and didnt make sense.
You may be american, but Stephen Fry is British so he would describe himself as a HUMOURIST not a HUMORIST. Would that he were American, would that he were..
@azoresnightfever, it's one of their categories of sketches, where they play essentially (or exactly) the same character to each other in order to highlight the absurdity of what they're mocking without having "explain" it. I don't see it as being repetitive so much as bringing back a sketch or kind of sketch. Just a recurring plot, like John & Peter's health club, or Tony and Control. Or those sketches where Hugh is the bewildered customer trying to understand Stephen's inane turns of phrase.
yes i understand it, and i actually like it but the pythons ( that in my opinion are the best comedy group in the world) also had there category of sketches and you dont watch one and say well this is precisely the same as that other sketch not counting the `and now for something completely different´ because its their catch frase. well but you showed a good point in a totally non trolish way you deserve a green thumb
Excellent sketch. Not many Americans find this kind of more "polished" humor very humorous. snowballeffect made this quite evident with his moronic comment.
I must've missed something. Is snowballeffect an American--or simply assumed by you to be one?
I would argue that there has always been enough of a demand to sustain such better stuff, but that, between the broadcasters and Fifth Avenue advertisers, cheap programming (with negligible writing) have colluded to limit what's offered to Americans. Quickly produced, forgettable, shoddy goods.
I'm from the USA, and love ABoF&L. 'Tis a pity that more PBS stations haven't broadcast this good stuff.
@peregrinusnoctis, I suppose I assumed he was American by his use of, or rather the misuse of the English language.
I do not think that the "demand" you speak of is going to be around much longer. MTV has helped see to that.
I can always find entertainment in PBS, Frasier, Seinfeld, etc... . American media generally lacks my need for witty, droll humor, except for the above mentioned American programs.
@bbBumble28, or you are an intelligent American, which is why you find this funny. Most Americans do not really understand the droll style of the Brits. This is a really hilarious bit though.
The reason Phil Jupitus was laughing in QI, was because he knew that Stephen was parodying Robert Robinson, as here. AAHH but pish tosh, would that it were - would that it were..
@sharkey4123 Mr Fry says lots of things in QI that are references to F&L. He was repeating in QI the same thing that made him laugh when they were writing this sketch.
"would that it were", which does indeed mean "if only it were so", is a characteristic of Mr Robert Robinson's delightful mode of speech, so precise and correct it makes most of us squirm in embarrassment at our own feeble efforts. If you are not familiar with Robert Robinson's television or radio presenting style, this sketch will make virtually no sense to you, as it gently but relentlessly mocks in turn many aspects of that.
culpritto: Actually it means "If only it were so" or "If only..." It's just that it's got a rather old-fashioned ring to it. (I hope I'm not mistaken, being no native speaker myself...:-))
For all of you young people and, nay, non BBC2 viewers in days of old, and non BBC 4 listeners, I just say this: "Tsk, tsk,You had to be there". Pure genius.
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It's like Monty Python for people with a really lame sense of humour.
Okay, I realized that's an oxymoron... You know what I mean.
I can't watch Hugh Laurie without thinking of House. He just doesn't seem right in this show... It's like he was born to be Gregory House and everything in between was just killing time.
With hindsight, it's a bit odd to see Stephen taking the piss out of smug, know-it-all quizshow hosts. But it's probably done with love and respect. And he is still brilliant on QI.
Actually, Stephen has made references to this on QI. I can't be bothered to find the clips, but he does say both "Hush, tish and pibble" and "Would that it were" somewhere. I found that pretty entertaining.
I'm just pointing out that some people might see this as hypocritical these days. I don't agree with it. As you say, he has been egged on to do his Robert Robinson a couple of times on QI, which does br
is it strange that i did not understand a thing they said?
goldensurfboard 1 week ago
@goldensurfboard yes it is stange, you must be especially stupid.
TalentedToast 4 days ago
@GayforJackSteadman, why, because they're a nation of 260 million fucking morons? Yes, you are correct, I agree with you. Twunt.
danbo1984 1 month ago
Fry's the smuggest git of all!
jayrox40 4 months ago 2
Rest in peace Rob
m230690 5 months ago
Absolutely hilarious piss take of the late Robert Robinson, may he rest in peace.
andyhowpog 5 months ago 5
r i p
plushest2 5 months ago
RIP Robert Robinson
SuperHans64 5 months ago 2
ADVERTS FUCK OFF
sockington1 5 months ago 2
Ads are a little out of date. They're still running ones for the forth of July!
Metatality 6 months ago
Stephen Fry makes Robert Robinson look humble.....Fry is total smells his own farts
stephhe 7 months ago
@stephhe Fucking inspiring.
CrestalMyth 1 month ago
I am a Human And I think Stephen Fry is one of the greatest humorists ever.
axel8grease 7 months ago 36
..and of course.. in the inevitable ironic way of these things, Mr Fry has himself become insufferably smug behind the mask of his artful self-deprecaction.
Lytton333 8 months ago 2
why would anybody assume that somebody watching a Bit of Fry and laurie would EVER want to buy bloody KFC chicken? What a stupid advert.
ahtaimo 8 months ago
@ahtaimo could really go for a bucket of chicken right now
kempsdaman 8 months ago
@ahtaimo Did you know that "the colonel" has been very popular in Britain for years? They love those seven secret herbs and spices. The KFC UK Facebook page has like 16000 "friends", whatever that means.
That being said, you do realize that not everyone gets the same ad, right? I was given a Blackberry Tablet ad. They probably aimed a cheap-ass commercial at you when they saw that you are from Canada. Seriously though, try to act like you got some smarts.
mugwump666 8 months ago
@mugwump666 I saw "The Hangover pt 2" trailer ;)
keyblok 8 months ago
I just noticed that the signs behind them have 5 sides...geometry fail? Or smug win?
P1votG33k 8 months ago
@P1votG33k
It looks like they have three sides. Maybe they have two signs for each side which they switch during the "switching the bag inside out" part. (Note how long the cameras are aimed at the duo in that bit, with the signs out of the picture.)
laflugantabastardo 7 months ago
This is why Americans make fun of British comedy.
GayforJackSteadman 8 months ago
Y'knoq, I'd probably watch this if it was on tv XD
...wouldn't put it past the BBC either....
RoxasGF 8 months ago
Successful troll is successful
findlayjy 8 months ago 2
Damn, this was so good that it was extremely difficult to watch - these guys are comic geniuses. They should do another reunion.
dagrimmreepa 8 months ago
a man who influenced a generation so much can do, and be, whatever the hell he likes in my book, Stephen Fry is ace, QI is funny and stimulating. : )
thesunreport 9 months ago
I don't understand a thing they say, I know the words but what the hell is going on I do not... (not native English speaker)
Raqubor 9 months ago
i bet that wouldve been hilarious if i got it or understood any of the words
aroymart 9 months ago
Circumbobulate!!
EuskaltelEuskadi 9 months ago
This clip is from a long-distant era on the BBC, before Hugh Laurie turned into an American (I can't take House seriously but good luck to him) and Stephen Fry did his disappearing act in the mid 90s. Tragic to think that Fry has turned into a kind of 21st Century Robert Robinson on that rather pedantic & nasty show QI. He hasn't been funny or entertaining for a long time but the old boy network will get you a job somewhere. Robert R was quite funny in his own dry way in the 70s.
dutchgoing 9 months ago
@dutchgoing Unfortunately, what you wrote about Fry is true; even though his many worshipping acolytes (who desperately mimic his writing style when commenting fawningly on his websites) will try to tar and feather anyone saying it. I still find Fry personable enough, but he's been really coasting for a while.
nakedmambo 9 months ago 2
@dutchgoing Oh dear god, I feel so sorry for you. Yes attack Mr Fry for being published, directing, acting etc when your greatest achievement is attacking him on You Tube...Mr Fry beware! There is a challenge to your intellect by one who goes by the name of dutchgoing...jealous much?
hornetgags 9 months ago
@hornetgags He hasn't been funny or remotely entertaining since 1995 I'm afraid. If you enjoy QI and think any programme with Essex-boy Alan Davies in it is 'intellectual' then you need to raise your standards a bit about this nasty sad pedant-fest. Fry can't do travelogues, he's a closed personality who does not engage well at all and his 'acting' reminds me of a dry dull sardonic middle-aged man called Stephen Fry. He was washed-up a long long time ago, but is a sacred cow at the BBC.
dutchgoing 9 months ago
@dutchgoing And what have you done? It's so easy to attack isn't it? So instead of pouring vitriol on someone who the larger majority of civilisation find entertaining and informed, do something about it yourself. If you are capable of critiquing Mr Fry, put your energy into surpassing his success, not attacking him on You Tube as you come across as vitriolic and extremely bitter and your argument does not hold water. However, you are entitled to your unfounded, misguided and prejudiced opinion.
hornetgags 9 months ago
@hornetgags What on earth is the 'larger majority of civilisation'? I think you have delusions of self-importance. Fry is a fat boring dull ageing old queen who isn't very good at documentaries & hosts a tedious quiz show & tells us he likes Abba & a bit of Led Zep. He was terribly funny in the 80s but he's long long long past his sell-by date. Look how upset you got because you NEVER achieved anything and used poor Stephen to HURL your inadequacy at me. You're a devoted but SCARY fan..lol.
dutchgoing 9 months ago
@dutchgoing I agree that QI isn't intellectual, but it doesn't sell itself that way anyway. It's a trivia quiz show that happens to be hosted by Stephen Fry, who is a lover of language. He's still got a brilliant way with impressions and is sharp as a tack. Not many other people have been on television as long as he has and still maintain their appeal. And he may not be the smartest man ever (he's not keen on people calling him "smart" anyway) but I don't think its any bad thing he's still on TV
jdhathrisen 9 months ago 2
@jdhathrisen Thanks for the reasonable analysis there. Is it not ironic that Fry has turned into a bit a Robert Robinson? QI is distinctly geeky and Fry really can't do documentary. All that is left is acting, where he plays a parody of Stephen Fry. He should have stopped years ago but he has his oxbridge friends at the BBC just like Gervais and Brand have friends at Channel 4. He isn't nearly as good as he was.
dutchgoing 9 months ago
QI hasn't changed much
fredb3 10 months ago 5
So that's where they got the formula for QI then.
sollibop 10 months ago 2
I want a bell like that! x'D
SethWreckLollis 10 months ago
i love these two but i think this was the most painful sketch ive ever seen
DjTokenMusic 10 months ago
We should introduce them to the Rob Bisons! They're swell fellows.
shademonkey6 11 months ago
@frostek Of course, since Google took over we're now inundated with adverts on YouTube. Why, though, does this video, and other BBC videos, have an advert as a matter of course, when others only randomly have them?
evildave9000 11 months ago
@evildave9000 If you're using Firefox then install Adblock Plus - I have and I've just watched this video without a single ad popping up.
bathamsbottom 11 months ago
@bathamsbottom Sweet! Thanks for the advice mate - works like a charm. (Also there's a version for Google Chrome)
evildave9000 9 months ago
@evildave9000 You're welcome
bathamsbottom 9 months ago
I'm old enough to remember Ask the Family (as a youngun!) and this sketch had me rolling on the floor when it came out.
I Never really understood the point of ATF at the time, but now I'm older having seen clips of RR in his prime.....yeah, I was clever when I was younger!
ringafiar 11 months ago
"You must be Dr. House"
puercolandiacebo 1 year ago
He he he, I hate smug wankers, and I see them everywhere. They should do a smug internet comments sketch, there is plently for them to take from. Ahhh, would that it were, would that it were.
Whoreuk 1 year ago
i forgot to piss before watching this
NinjaJedi11 1 year ago 39
@NinjaJedi11
It's been two months. You should probably go now.
TheConciseStatement 10 months ago
Why do I pay my licence fee if I have to watch an advert for a BBC video???
evildave9000 1 year ago
@evildave9000 It's BBCWorldwide, not BBC, so it's not that odd - the rest of the world doesn't pay the license fee. I'm pretty sure the BBC youtube doesn't have ads but isn't accessible from outside the UK, if that helps make you feel more smug. I know it did for me.
storageheater 1 year ago 4
@evildave9000 - Youtube adds the adverts, not the BBC. Take it up with them.
frostek 1 year ago
@frostek Wrong.
mugwump666 8 months ago
CARSHALTON BEECHES IS NEAR SUTTON SURREY ENGLAND
Littlealan1959 1 year ago
i hate when the queue gets in the way of the play button , and then you click that and FUCK REBOMBOMLINg dinosaur GENItals ! another page starts loading.
hectorandrespv 1 year ago
this was amazing! fry's robinson was so great :)
omi38 1 year ago 2
They would not put on a programme on like Ask the Family, the state education system is so dumbed down to the level of a five year old.
LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1 1 year ago 2
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LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1 1 year ago
What the fuck is goin on!?!?
iburnedthedinner 1 year ago
@iburnedthedinner If you don´t know who Robert Robinson is, it can´t be explained to you. Sorry
yatter1 1 year ago
@yatter1 I just watched a video of the original man himself. This suddenly makes sense now haha
iburnedthedinner 1 year ago 2
@iburnedthedinner Bloody good stuff huh?
yatter1 1 year ago 3
Being not a native English speaker I have troubles understanding what they're saying here and there. Are there any transcriptions I could look at?
BTW. it's hilarious, they're parodying R. R. quite well :-)
msourada 1 year ago
Looks like stephen has become the thing he hates on QI...
markus2004 1 year ago
That's awful LOL! ha! ha! Poor Robert! I loved him in the 70's and this is so funny!
fraserkatie 1 year ago
Definite radio 4 references in this...
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superhamzah85 1 year ago
Yeah... the thing is, if there were more gentle (albeit smug) intellectuals and less rabid, solipsistic, fanatically self convinced nutters in the world, it would probably be a much nicer place to live in.
ishtarg8 1 year ago
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True, but much less people to make fun of :-)
superhamzah85 1 year ago
@ishtarg8 Would that it were
darkarts59 1 year ago 2
@ishtarg8 Yes, because it certainly aren't the regular people that are to blame, encompassing 99.9% of the population. You make a strong case, sir.
Iced1992 1 year ago
"...but ah, hish, bish, starp and trivock..." Why does that make me laugh my arse off every time?
ReynardWrecce 1 year ago
"...but ah, hish, bish, starp and trivock..." Why does that make me laugh my arse off every time?
ReynardWrecce 1 year ago
No-one disses my homeboy mac-daddy G Robert Robinson and lives...word!
SuperTruth77 1 year ago
I wish there was this calibre of comedy was still being produced.
Would that it were...
Willwillwritehiswill 1 year ago 18
@Willwillwritehiswill
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superhamzah85 1 year ago
Are they based on a real person?
Otody 1 year ago
@Otody There really is a Robert Robinson.
Scorch777 1 year ago 2
Haaaa, would that it were...
NamesBen 1 year ago
I'm old enough to remember Robert Robertson hosting "Call My Bluff" and they have him to a tee here! Very funny and very accurate from both of them!
Caradoc93 1 year ago 4
ah yes would that it were dear viewers of her majesties british broadcasting corporation would that it were
m230690 1 year ago 2
hahahahahahhahaha
Multazima 1 year ago
What might not be appreciated nowadays is that they're doing pretty good impressions of Robert Robinson, host of Ask the family and Call my Bluff in the 1970s.
mutinyonthekitkat 1 year ago 5
If I could, I would grow a penis for Stephen Fry. *sigh*
ZarabethS179 1 year ago 47
or you could just buy a strap on ?!!!
02womble 1 year ago
@02womble I fear that a strap-on would be insufficient inducement for Stephen Fry to get it on with a lady. Would that it were, would that it were.
CinnabarCrevice 1 year ago 5
@CinnabarCrevice
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BelfastAtheist 1 year ago
@ZarabethS179 OMG, 26 people got there before me??
queerpan 6 months ago
@ZarabethS179
That has to be the weirdest idea I've ever read.
anonUK 5 months ago
@ZarabethS179 I've got one - you can have it for 4 and 6.
stilicho2 4 months ago
odd.
telanis9 1 year ago
Though a classic sketch, this is seldom featured among the "repeats" on Mr Logie Baird's celebrated televisual device, alas. Would that it were, would that it were.
jonno52 1 year ago 41
@jonno52 Ah, yes. Pish and tibble.
Triskitout 5 months ago
the producers of 'frasier' must of seen this clip.
ConanCnutKicker 1 year ago 6
people who dont find this funny are obviously just watching it now. You have to remember it came out years ago when london was a very serious place so the humour of the era was often silly and didnt make sense.
Gellis2009 1 year ago 5
This reminds me of Padlockrigami (sp) from that Mitchell and Webb look.
WyllowMorrigan 2 years ago 3
LOL! "sod off"
Astro29 2 years ago 5
I am an American And I think Stephen Fry is one of the greatest humorists ever.
marlinus64 2 years ago 54
@marlinus64
I am an Englishman. I like your cartman very much. How you say? "Hands across the ocean"
smallinson 2 years ago 4
You may be american, but Stephen Fry is British so he would describe himself as a HUMOURIST not a HUMORIST. Would that he were American, would that he were..
stingy1sam 7 months ago 4
@stingy1sam Would that he were, would that he were.
DiamondbackCobra 7 months ago
they are a bit repetetive this sketch is very mutch alike the one they did about the rodhes boysons caled introducing vocabulary sketch
azoresnightfever 2 years ago
@azoresnightfever, it's one of their categories of sketches, where they play essentially (or exactly) the same character to each other in order to highlight the absurdity of what they're mocking without having "explain" it. I don't see it as being repetitive so much as bringing back a sketch or kind of sketch. Just a recurring plot, like John & Peter's health club, or Tony and Control. Or those sketches where Hugh is the bewildered customer trying to understand Stephen's inane turns of phrase.
Flickerfly 2 years ago 5
yes i understand it, and i actually like it but the pythons ( that in my opinion are the best comedy group in the world) also had there category of sketches and you dont watch one and say well this is precisely the same as that other sketch not counting the `and now for something completely different´ because its their catch frase. well but you showed a good point in a totally non trolish way you deserve a green thumb
azoresnightfever 2 years ago
my god it's too fast, I need a transcription here ;)
Baam1987 2 years ago 2
Excellent sketch. Not many Americans find this kind of more "polished" humor very humorous. snowballeffect made this quite evident with his moronic comment.
sfmike20 2 years ago 9
I must've missed something. Is snowballeffect an American--or simply assumed by you to be one?
I would argue that there has always been enough of a demand to sustain such better stuff, but that, between the broadcasters and Fifth Avenue advertisers, cheap programming (with negligible writing) have colluded to limit what's offered to Americans. Quickly produced, forgettable, shoddy goods.
I'm from the USA, and love ABoF&L. 'Tis a pity that more PBS stations haven't broadcast this good stuff.
peregrinusnoctis 2 years ago
@peregrinusnoctis, I suppose I assumed he was American by his use of, or rather the misuse of the English language.
I do not think that the "demand" you speak of is going to be around much longer. MTV has helped see to that.
I can always find entertainment in PBS, Frasier, Seinfeld, etc... . American media generally lacks my need for witty, droll humor, except for the above mentioned American programs.
sfmike20 2 years ago
Im an American and I find this hilarious
bbBumble28 2 years ago 5
@bbBumble28, or you are an intelligent American, which is why you find this funny. Most Americans do not really understand the droll style of the Brits. This is a really hilarious bit though.
sfmike20 2 years ago
@bbBumble28 This is a send up of a programe called "Call my Bluff Robert Robinson" it is on you tube.
LouisPlume 2 years ago
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fuck, shit, bitch and douche. i didn't get this at all.
snowballeffect 2 years ago
Two good friends, having fun together...and throwing themselves into it.
Thanks, Fry and Laurie :)
heartsrk 2 years ago
This reminds me of Niles on Frasier. :P Love it!
gowanstl24 2 years ago 4
reminds me of the two ronnies
lucke001 2 years ago
"would that it were" Haha, i remember Stephen said that in QI and Phil Jupitus was laughing at him.
And look at him here taking the piss out of it!
sharkey4123 2 years ago 196
The reason Phil Jupitus was laughing in QI, was because he knew that Stephen was parodying Robert Robinson, as here. AAHH but pish tosh, would that it were - would that it were..
hiyadroogs 2 years ago 3
@sharkey4123 Or rather, the other way round of course.
vaudevilleUK 1 year ago
@sharkey4123 You do know this is.... rather old, no?
Rigela 1 year ago
@Rigela
Yes.
sharkey4123 1 year ago
@Rigela
And sketches stop being funny if they get too old?
camcoop25 1 year ago
@sharkey4123
He was obviously still taking the piss out of it on QI too.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
@sharkey4123 Mr Fry says lots of things in QI that are references to F&L. He was repeating in QI the same thing that made him laugh when they were writing this sketch.
MrRik2 1 year ago
@sharkey4123 Then someone (I think Alan) said 'the Robert Robertsons' xD
kafata1 10 months ago
The Fry Robinson is quite uncanny.
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turbulente007 2 years ago
"would that it were", which does indeed mean "if only it were so", is a characteristic of Mr Robert Robinson's delightful mode of speech, so precise and correct it makes most of us squirm in embarrassment at our own feeble efforts. If you are not familiar with Robert Robinson's television or radio presenting style, this sketch will make virtually no sense to you, as it gently but relentlessly mocks in turn many aspects of that.
mooncowtube 2 years ago 18
"And an extra mark for being so clever!" *Ding
Pikatroid42 2 years ago 163
reminds me of QI
ramboredeemer7890 2 years ago 7
Yeah - it's QI!
mynewcat 2 years ago 9
I think it's taking the piss from Call My Bluff, a terrible daytime gameshow where people talk smugly about weird words.
JDLupus 2 years ago 8
@Pikatroid42 fuck you i was watching it i know what he said
marleyboro 1 year ago
looks like fucking michael howard!
swisscottagelondon 2 years ago 3
Haha! That made me actually laugh out loud.
JapeUK 2 years ago
Somehow, I feel like I just watched an elderly Frasier and Nyles in some future reunion special.
jlmww 2 years ago 22
hahaha, yeah similar stuff
but i like frasier as well as i like these two
Xegethra 2 years ago 2
Phil Jupitus quotes the "Would tht it were line" in QI
noirgris0 2 years ago 7
This could well be QI, lol.
gloomyoutlook 2 years ago 2
what did they say at 0:20?
culpritto 2 years ago
- "And an extra point for being so clever!"
- "Would that it were, would that it were..."
- "Ah, indeed, would that it were, Mr. /didn't quite catch that name/, would that it were..."
MrMervyn 2 years ago 2
thanks man.
i'm not native in english but that 'would that it were' makes no sense kind of. right?
culpritto 2 years ago
culpritto: Actually it means "If only it were so" or "If only..." It's just that it's got a rather old-fashioned ring to it. (I hope I'm not mistaken, being no native speaker myself...:-))
MrMervyn 2 years ago 3
sounds alright.
thanks
culpritto 2 years ago
He's using the word "would" in the old way, to mean "wish" so "would that it were" means "I wish it were so"
decko87 2 years ago
OK guys, I'm a "native speaker" (which is such an odd phrase). Would that it were DOES mean "I wish it would be" or "if only/if only it were"
GeorgiieDixon 2 years ago
yeah it's almost a Shakespearean way of talking
adi87tya 2 years ago
Hish, Bish, Starp and Trivock...
ReynardWrecce 2 years ago 2
Brilliantly random :)
crazypianolady 2 years ago
Its this sketch a spoof of a show in Britain? Never heard the expression nish, tusuck etc.
denisebrunette 2 years ago
I think it's loosely based on Call My Bluff which was presented by Robert Robinson, hence where they get it from! /watch?v=HoiKoIZ7wwo
crazypianolady 2 years ago 2
crazypianolady, I see what you mean.
denisebrunette 2 years ago
would that it were....would that it were
starwarsfreak1111 2 years ago 2
Nish, Tusuck, Flip and Fourpence XD XD would that it were, would that it were
genius sketch ^_^
JoJoKenn94 2 years ago 5
lmao gasbag... lol sod off...
thewhulk 2 years ago 2
this sketch is genious... but why? 0_o
WolfRagenIsBack 2 years ago 8
It's spelt genius....ish.
HenryBakerHarvington 2 years ago 3
cuz it english! ^^
halloweenfan92 2 years ago 2
ahahahhahaha.
brilliant;)
Haannaahh92 2 years ago 4
Brilliant sketch. Did Fry and Laurie remind anyone else of Frasier and Niles Crane in that make-up?
foxyfaefife 2 years ago 22
Now that ye mention it yeah i can see a resmblence.
Idol2Idol 2 years ago
They look a bot too old for that, don't you think?
MarkoKassenaar 2 years ago
YES!
babyOlobster 2 years ago
the words behind them said it all xD
DrumzFurLief 2 years ago
it might be just be...but with that makeup Stephen reminds me greatly of the Tory Michael Howard!
sd2501991 2 years ago 2
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then stop reminding yourself
KulaAShaker 2 years ago
I thought the very same. I was waiting for him to say, "Are you thinking what we're thinking?"
Hiberniensis 2 years ago
For all of you young people and, nay, non BBC2 viewers in days of old, and non BBC 4 listeners, I just say this: "Tsk, tsk,You had to be there". Pure genius.
missgreeneyes56 2 years ago
House is a great character ... he's hawkeye pierce without the moral posturing... his early comedy work was impressive tho as well... talented man
Monkberry50 2 years ago
I wish I got what is so funny about this sketch...
928utubular 2 years ago
I wish you did too.
fourplusseven 2 years ago 8
Females on youtube...wtf.
defprun 2 years ago
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It's like Monty Python for people with a really lame sense of humour.
Okay, I realized that's an oxymoron... You know what I mean.
I can't watch Hugh Laurie without thinking of House. He just doesn't seem right in this show... It's like he was born to be Gregory House and everything in between was just killing time.
iHeartTheOncologist 2 years ago
haha awesome.
and nope. not a clue. =/
tangelofishes 2 years ago
With hindsight, it's a bit odd to see Stephen taking the piss out of smug, know-it-all quizshow hosts. But it's probably done with love and respect. And he is still brilliant on QI.
kisbie 2 years ago 2
Actually, Stephen has made references to this on QI. I can't be bothered to find the clips, but he does say both "Hush, tish and pibble" and "Would that it were" somewhere. I found that pretty entertaining.
heranje 2 years ago
I'm just pointing out that some people might see this as hypocritical these days. I don't agree with it. As you say, he has been egged on to do his Robert Robinson a couple of times on QI, which does br