I can't stop watching this it's comedy gold! It's almost like it's prepared, the way they're bouncing jokes of each other and generally being silly, but they just have a similar sense of humour. I have to say though the excessive laughter puts me off (e.g. clapping at 2:27 just for sitting back down?!) but that's how american audiences seem to be.
@Fergufool That's kinda nice to hear! It's almost like some American audiences can't distinguish between what REALLY deserves a laugh and something that is just slightly humourous because all the laughter seems the same intensity. I find it a bit offputting tbh!
@crazypianolady Offputting hardly covers it where I'm concerned. I long to tie and gag these clapping, barking trained seals. They are horribly distracting, intensely annoying, and it's impossible to take their "appreciation" seriously, since it is so indiscriminate! UGH!
@crazypianolady LOL! Yes, cross-cultural criticism can sometimes end badly. But as an American, I can - and do - freely slam my own for this type of gratuitous balderdash. :D
@Fergufool i agree with you . i have DVDs of both English and american whose line is it anyway and you do notice the difference in audience reaction . clap and laugh only when the performers do something worthy of it . i admit Hugh Laurie and Craig Ferguson are very funny together .
@crazypianolady You know it doesn't really bother me on a show like this -- because I think comedians both revel in and play off the laughter from the audience -- but it drives me CRAZY in sitcoms with a live audience. Actors have to pause and wait for the laughter to cease... We could squeeze in an extra ten minutes of script without all the laughter!! I definitely agree!
@crazypianolady Similar humor, but dig this: As novelists, Hugh seems a bit more Douglas Adamsy, while Craig seems a bit more Kurt Vonneguty. The funny thing here is that, while Hugh's writing bears a resemblance to another British author, he is mostly known for hiding his accent to play an American. Meanwhile, Craig's writing resembles an American author's and he is mostly known for flaunting his accent while proclaiming he IS an American.
@4:34 - it's not ridiculous! Just look at your God-damn thighs, man! ;-) Okay, I've now discovered that Craig Ferguson interviewing Hugh Laurie is the best thing that could ever happen to entertainment!
@Brittme2011 Here it is *again* - one of the most embarrassing of American misconceptions. (Stop cutting school, people!)
Hugh is English. Craig is Scottish. BOTH are British. Scotland, England, Wales & No Ireland make up the United Kingdom. Citizens of those countries are "British". There is, for example, no "Scottish" passport. Yet. ;)
When Scotland is independent, most of its citizens will still be "Britons" (inhabitants of the *island* of Great Britain), but not geo-politically "British".
@Fergufool Yeah, pretty embarrassing. But since signing the Declaration of Independence, we haven't cared too much.....=0} Since we were once a British colony, can we be British, too?
@Fergufool Isn't it the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Calling people from Northern Ireland British will anger about half the people there and you can get Irish passports if you live there.
@rpo2238 This takes us into the very complicated history underlying "The Troubles". But partisanship aside, the bureaucratic reality for now is that a citizen of *Northern* Ireland is a British citizen. He can, however, also apply for citizenship in the *Republic of Ireland*. He could then, I believe, hold passports from both countries.
@frickadele Not necessarily, at least in terms of native intelligence. Hugh had the advantages of an excellent education, and always operated in circles where erudition is highly valued. OTOH, Craig, though an extremely knowledgeable autodidact, is hampered (especially in the U.S.) by the near-stigma attached to being a "smarty". :(
@frickadele I think you misunderstand my point. It has nothing to do with one's formal education. Carlin, and certainly Capote, were at ease with their smarts. The environment one inhabits can however inhibit the free enjoyment of one's intellect. For example, read the negative Web comments on the Paris Week dinner segments. Clearly, a portion of Craig's demographic only accepts him as sexy, crude, silly & fart-jokey. They HATED the "boring" conversations reflecting his brainy side. WTH?!
@horsesandcourses17 He himself has spoken of two sequels. He always has several projects going at once, because he has a restless mind that does not happily sit idle. But I have great hopes that being in Paris will spark the desire to pursue his original plan again. :)
@horsesandcourses17 BTW, by his book, I presume you mean "American On Purpose"? You'll actually learn more about Craig and understand him better by a careful reading of his* first* book, "Between The Bridge And The River". It is a roman à clef, so he talks about people and events the lawyers beat right out of AOP. ;)
@horsesandcourses17 No, Hugh had been on the show twice before this, the first time in 2005. Craig has learned not to be self-conscious about his past, even with people who "knew him when". He has interviewed drinking buddies, colleagues, even women he has slept with, and handled them all with comfort, charm and grace.
I kept this show on my DVR for months. These two are the best medicine, and I can't get enough of them. They were more subdued last week, but just as effective.
I was half expecting him to come in with his cane! Silly how watching the show for years made me think that Hugh Laurie+Jeans+Cane=House
melodysymphonystar 4 weeks ago
Hugh sounds just like my own father :D
09cansucancan 1 month ago
I like how he always plays the clips before the interviews.
PandaApproved 1 month ago
Scots don't tan
spudulika23 1 month ago
I can't stop watching this it's comedy gold! It's almost like it's prepared, the way they're bouncing jokes of each other and generally being silly, but they just have a similar sense of humour. I have to say though the excessive laughter puts me off (e.g. clapping at 2:27 just for sitting back down?!) but that's how american audiences seem to be.
crazypianolady 1 month ago 6
@crazypianolady The excessive clapping/laughing for the most inconsequential thing is a nightly agony, even for some of us Americans. :/
Fergufool 1 month ago 3
@Fergufool That's kinda nice to hear! It's almost like some American audiences can't distinguish between what REALLY deserves a laugh and something that is just slightly humourous because all the laughter seems the same intensity. I find it a bit offputting tbh!
crazypianolady 1 month ago
@crazypianolady Offputting hardly covers it where I'm concerned. I long to tie and gag these clapping, barking trained seals. They are horribly distracting, intensely annoying, and it's impossible to take their "appreciation" seriously, since it is so indiscriminate! UGH!
Fergufool 1 month ago
@Fergufool Well I was trying to be nice, but I agree!! Trouble is it's harder for a Brit to criticise Americans because it turns into a race row.
crazypianolady 1 month ago
@crazypianolady LOL! Yes, cross-cultural criticism can sometimes end badly. But as an American, I can - and do - freely slam my own for this type of gratuitous balderdash. :D
Fergufool 1 month ago
@Fergufool I'm American and I totally agree. I hate hate hate it. It's about as bad as the excessive "wooo" for hot guys. Just stop.
hippiebutnot 1 month ago
@Fergufool i agree with you . i have DVDs of both English and american whose line is it anyway and you do notice the difference in audience reaction . clap and laugh only when the performers do something worthy of it . i admit Hugh Laurie and Craig Ferguson are very funny together .
Fcutdlady 1 month ago
@crazypianolady You know it doesn't really bother me on a show like this -- because I think comedians both revel in and play off the laughter from the audience -- but it drives me CRAZY in sitcoms with a live audience. Actors have to pause and wait for the laughter to cease... We could squeeze in an extra ten minutes of script without all the laughter!! I definitely agree!
DrivingMissLizzie 1 month ago
@crazypianolady Similar humor, but dig this: As novelists, Hugh seems a bit more Douglas Adamsy, while Craig seems a bit more Kurt Vonneguty. The funny thing here is that, while Hugh's writing bears a resemblance to another British author, he is mostly known for hiding his accent to play an American. Meanwhile, Craig's writing resembles an American author's and he is mostly known for flaunting his accent while proclaiming he IS an American.
michzimmerman 2 weeks ago
Wait. 5th May 2008? That was my sixteenth birthday <3
BethGoth15 1 month ago
This is the first time ive seen Craig Ferguson and he is the funniest host
Thingstolaughat1 2 months ago
Craig Ferguson ia the funniest host
Thingstolaughat1 2 months ago
01:24 = Hugasm + Fergasm~!!!!
DragonBleu01 3 months ago
@4:34 - it's not ridiculous! Just look at your God-damn thighs, man! ;-) Okay, I've now discovered that Craig Ferguson interviewing Hugh Laurie is the best thing that could ever happen to entertainment!
JuraChanFan 4 months ago
Craig isnt british... he's scottish.. just saying :)
Brittme2011 4 months ago
@Brittme2011 Here it is *again* - one of the most embarrassing of American misconceptions. (Stop cutting school, people!)
Hugh is English. Craig is Scottish. BOTH are British. Scotland, England, Wales & No Ireland make up the United Kingdom. Citizens of those countries are "British". There is, for example, no "Scottish" passport. Yet. ;)
When Scotland is independent, most of its citizens will still be "Britons" (inhabitants of the *island* of Great Britain), but not geo-politically "British".
Fergufool 4 months ago 58
@Fergufool Yeah, pretty embarrassing. But since signing the Declaration of Independence, we haven't cared too much.....=0} Since we were once a British colony, can we be British, too?
gradfark 2 months ago
@gradfark Nope, sorry; we kicked them out so we can never be Brits, that ship has sailed! LOL!
Fergufool 2 months ago
@Fergufool This is the best explanation ever given, and definitely one worth passing on, not to mention awesome and entertaining: ?v=rNu8XDBSn10
Son0fHobs 2 months ago
@Son0fHobs Thank you so much for the link! ITA, it's an excellent and entertaining explanation. :D
Fergufool 2 months ago
@Fergufool Isn't it the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Calling people from Northern Ireland British will anger about half the people there and you can get Irish passports if you live there.
rpo2238 1 month ago
@rpo2238 This takes us into the very complicated history underlying "The Troubles". But partisanship aside, the bureaucratic reality for now is that a citizen of *Northern* Ireland is a British citizen. He can, however, also apply for citizenship in the *Republic of Ireland*. He could then, I believe, hold passports from both countries.
Fergufool 1 month ago
@Brittme2011 queen to D5...checkmate
bsport48 4 months ago
@Brittme2011 wow did you just say that? how embarrassing for you to be trying to correct someone and needing to be corrected
macd007 3 months ago
@Brittme2011 who cares
gnrrock292 2 months ago
@gnrrock292 Only the Brits themselves - and those who wish to be well-informed.
Fergufool 2 months ago
one of the sexiest men everrrr
i love him
TheMadridista100 5 months ago
Emma Thompson called him the sexiest man she's
ever met.
There was another person who said that...
but I forget who they are...
nonetheless..
this guy is hot in person.
Fuck film. Fuck PR. People that know you..
and find you HOT...are the true labeler's...
of who you are.
frickadele 6 months ago
Hugh has more brain cells than Craig.
frickadele 6 months ago
@frickadele Not necessarily, at least in terms of native intelligence. Hugh had the advantages of an excellent education, and always operated in circles where erudition is highly valued. OTOH, Craig, though an extremely knowledgeable autodidact, is hampered (especially in the U.S.) by the near-stigma attached to being a "smarty". :(
Fergufool 6 months ago 4
@Fergufool
George Carlin quit school, at 15 years of age...
Truman Capote didn't go to University. They were
two American's who didn't need so called "higher
education".
Mark Twain said:
"I never let schooling get in the way of my education."
frickadele 6 months ago
@frickadele I think you misunderstand my point. It has nothing to do with one's formal education. Carlin, and certainly Capote, were at ease with their smarts. The environment one inhabits can however inhibit the free enjoyment of one's intellect. For example, read the negative Web comments on the Paris Week dinner segments. Clearly, a portion of Craig's demographic only accepts him as sexy, crude, silly & fart-jokey. They HATED the "boring" conversations reflecting his brainy side. WTH?!
Fergufool 6 months ago 5
"...he's the house we'd like in our underpants"
LOL Hugh looked so uncomfortable at that. Then everyone cheered XD
TVMoviesChannel 7 months ago
@horsesandcourses17 He himself has spoken of two sequels. He always has several projects going at once, because he has a restless mind that does not happily sit idle. But I have great hopes that being in Paris will spark the desire to pursue his original plan again. :)
Fergufool 9 months ago
@horsesandcourses17 BTW, by his book, I presume you mean "American On Purpose"? You'll actually learn more about Craig and understand him better by a careful reading of his* first* book, "Between The Bridge And The River". It is a roman à clef, so he talks about people and events the lawyers beat right out of AOP. ;)
Fergufool 9 months ago
@horsesandcourses17 No, Hugh had been on the show twice before this, the first time in 2005. Craig has learned not to be self-conscious about his past, even with people who "knew him when". He has interviewed drinking buddies, colleagues, even women he has slept with, and handled them all with comfort, charm and grace.
Fergufool 9 months ago
I kept this show on my DVR for months. These two are the best medicine, and I can't get enough of them. They were more subdued last week, but just as effective.
cockawhoop007 11 months ago
I had the hardest time watching House when it first came because I was weirded out to hear him with an American accent.
Punatik 1 year ago 17
@Punatik I had the same problem! I was so used to everything he'd done before, it took awhile to get used to the House accent!
Fergufool 1 year ago