Fry Laurie ---- Uttoxeter

[fourplusseven]

BTW who played Marjorie?

[fourplusseven]

Not only brill on its own terms a perfect skewering of the daft pretensions of "Howard's Way", the 80s UK answer to the question "Why don't we have soaps about rich businesspeople here like they do in the states?" This is why. But it was worth enduring 'Howard's Way' to see the sketches...

[summertimeposse]

Dammit Marjorie, what are you aafteeeeh

[xxdogofgleexx]

4:34 GET IT GET IT STEPHEN FRY.

I love this guy.

[rollthetape88]

if you think Uttoxeter is boring don't come to Stone, we don't have a racecourse/ cinema/KFC or owt yet more people live here.

[boosh90]

peteeeeeeeeehhhhhhh

[GrindingDinny]

He he hahehahehehehahehehhehe.

Heh.

Love that silly laugh XD

[KEVWARD63]

Oh well ,at least Alton Towers is on Uttoxeters doorstep.

[thepickster123]

uttoxeter is the best! not. i hate the place.

[CaptMARNEY]

The John and Peter saga is one of my favorite long-running gags

[koratvinnie]

From 3:15 onwards the sketch dies – where do the laughs go? – but it still gets a 'like' if only for the way Fry says "Marjorie? Here?" on 1:30!!

[bigun204]

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie stayed at the white hart hotel in uttoxeter some years ago and asked where the fitness center was ! they were told there was not one so they took the piss and its thanks to them we got one once it was on the telly and in the papers ..uttoxeter is 30 yrs behind any other town or should i say it was up to a few years ago ..thanks mr barret for doing some thing about it .things are getting there slowly

[LimeyIce]

This is modelled on Howard's Way, the hammy acting and small time venue. I wonder which is Ken Masters?

[rocksoliddude1]

come here you marjorie

[graytart]

My father was in the Secret Service, Mr. Manfredjinsinjin, and I know perfectly well that you don't keep the general public informed when you are "debriefing KGB defectors in a safe house.

[vertigo1380]

@graytart I love that movie! :D

[Sola174]

"I like what you've done to your hair, it looks much better there"

LOL, what awful jewellery!!

[SuperHans64]

Fry's laugh from 0:44 to 0:52 is hilarious!

[Craplatte]

I honestly believe that "Damn it backwards into a narrow space" is the best phrase of all time...

[rocksoliddude1]

this was the only epidsode where we actually got to see marjorie the devil-woman

[xxpurpleCHROMExx]

"Are you all right, Peter? You look a little uncomfortable."

"Yeah, maybe I'll just HRRHM go outside and get myself a bite of air."

[rdgloveshouse]

hehe brilliant

[PhillyDickinson]

Peterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[domjamtechno]

wank hole

lol

[thechaos44]

Oh, how well this might of done as a series.... =D

[lickstickly]

7 damns and a fat blast

[stewux]

" haha thats putting it mildly peter, "

" Is it? "

lmao

[newmixgirl]

"I like what you've done to your hair...it looks much better there"

ROFL!!

XD

[Flickerfly]

I wait with delight for the moment in these sketches when Hugh sends his drink flying across the room :D

[Idnarmadur]

Wow, she's one classy Marjorie.

[johnhpianoman]

Im from uttoxeter, and I can tell you-

the leisure centre is shit!!

[sottyuk]

Nowt wrong with the Lido!

[WoWdoofage]

that's part of the joke, must be, only people who live in Uttoxeter or on the border, that really know how wank it is will see that this whole sketch is taking the piss, making Uttoxeter people look like the leisure centre is the only good and amazing thing here, which tbh, it is, and it's still a bag of shit... Fry and Laurie, legends! :)

[Craplatte]

@johnhpianoman Marjorie has fucked up apparently! Should have left business to John and Peter...

[GriefTourist]

New breasts

[Newkid1986]

"Im going outside to get a pint of air!"

[lickstickly]

i think he says a bite of air not pint either is v funny though

[Cotoredondo]

Fry and Laurie invented randomness.

[oOZePirateOo]

very well said :D

[duchampfitz]

@Cotoredondo Actually, I think they just happened upon it while rummaging through the fridge.

[Sirknight1797]

Talk of the She Devil!

[daryl1q1]

"Come here, you... you... you Marjorie!"

*best kiss in the history of television*

[kanemura93]

that woman is John Clease's wife in A Fish Called Wanda...right?

[dokeyali]

YES

[emi90210]

she makes a daaaamn good Marjory!!!

[lawro04]

damn it majorie what are you AAAFFFTTTEERRR!!!!!! rofl!

[koradan]

I swear, most if not all of this is ad-libbed! This is frikkin HILARIOUS!!

[lucke001]

lol peter

DAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMN

[daryl1q1]

John's laugh at 0:45 is awesome

[RatPfink66]

you-TOX-it-er...roight then

[66richardson]

2:08 sounds like General Melchett's "BAHH!"

[lucke001]

totally xD

Baaaaaah

[neeerv]

"yeah, maybe i'll - HUMMGPHHHUUMMPPGGHH - maybe i'll go outside and get myself a pint of air"

[blacklight2009]

"Seven damns and a fat blast Margory!" LOL

[mrbuch]

Oh my God! It's.... it's Marjorie! I never thought I'd actually see her!

[akib123456]

New breasts? LOL!! How do they keep a straight face?

[shrimpsmiaka1995]

do you know where that clip is on Youtube?

[azzwilson]

Uttoxeter! i live there (:

[Pauluk33]

that is the first time ive seen her im one of these sketches

[douro20]

Opposites, opposites...only they could make them sound so funny.

[bigbaddr]

new breasts?

[Conan1ts]

I'm pretty sure the slipping water on 2:04 happened by accident. :oD

Great actors!

[KagariAsuha]

Nooooooo!! Stephen! Laurie, fight for your man!

[LuckyPagoda]

Margory scares me. She's predatory.

Then again, her entire character is based off of the "powerful woman fighting for a single goal in the world of finance" archetype.

[Silnorda]

OMG, it's Jack Davenport's mommy!!! :D

[farquwit]

'New breasts'  'I like what you have done to your hair, it looks much better there'

[superiourcowies]

damn it backwards into a narrow space, peter.

[JapeUK]

I'll almost cried lol

[nedsmanks]

'is it?'

[markrskinner]

Check. Are you out of your god-damn mind?

[SorteOrm]

"Seven damn's and a fat blast!"

I think i've become addicted to theis sketch, it just gets better every time i see it!

One of my absolute fry & laurie favorites!

[c1212]

Nice shoes indeed on Hugh. Herb Tarlick would be jealous.

[ilovesnaffles]

Uttoxeter is the most boring place in the world

trust me i live there

[frenchtoilet]

dont worry, i hear rumour of an up and coming leasure complex in the area, could be just the thing to put you on the map.

[MontyDave]

"I like what you've done to your hair. It looks better there."

I love that line. I've tried using it too, but keep cracking up when I do.

[vymmas]

Just brilliant.

[kellygrishin]

"Yeah maybe i'll *ehmmhmm* maybe i'll go outside and get myself a bite of air." LMAO

[non2002]

Who plays Marjorie?

[MadMonkie]

I think she played John Cleese's wife in "A Fish Called Wanda". IMDB says her name is Maria Aitken.

[MontyDave]

Yes, that's the same woman. She plays both roles well.

And, of course, Stephen had a cameo role in "A Fish Called Wanda" as well.

[saintetienne21]

oh look, heres the queen..

[jdpenfold]

And thanks for these superb vids, by the way.

[jdpenfold]

Daaaamn, it's spelt Uttoxeter - U, double t and a chaser of o.x.e.t.e.r! - believe me I know, I grew up not ten financial miles from that hellhole. For the sake of the boy, John, put it right.

[JunkyardQueen]

I want Laurie's shoes.