A Bit of Fry and Laurie S02E05 Part-3/3

A Bit of Fry & Laurie is a British television series starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC2 and also BBC1 between 1989 and 1995. It ran for four series and totalled 26 episodes, including a 35 minute pilot episode in 1987. Both Fry and Laurie have expressed interest in working together again, but this has been prevented by the busy schedules of both men.

The programme was a sketch show cast in a rather eccentric and at times high-brow mould. As in The Two Ronnies, elaborate wordplay and innuendo were staples of its material; some sketches deliberately threatened to cross the line into vulgarity, but would always finish just before reaching that point.

It was a progressive show, playing with the audience's expectations. For example, it frequently broke the fourth wall; characters would revert into their real-life actors mid-sketch, or the camera would often pan off set into the studio. In addition, the show was punctuated with non-sequitur vox pops in a similar style to those of Monty Python's Flying Circus, often making irrelevant statements, heavily based on wordplay. Laurie was also seen playing piano and a wide variety of other instruments and singing comical numbers. * MBE Introduction * This is Dominic Appleguard * Rhodes Boysons * Amputated Genitals * The Cause (1st Jack & Freddy/Neddy) (3rd Gordon & Stuart) * Where Eagles Dare

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• humour
• stephen fry
• hugh laurie

[littletrotsky13]

"but these are plastic cofee stirrers"

"yes but at least you've got the choice now, haven't you? I mean, they might be complete crap but at least you've got the choice now? YOU BASTARD I'M GOING TO KILL YOU"

[BeveledSpilchOnion]

4:10 perfectly encapsulates Fry & Laurie's hatred of Thatcher's government. Beautiful.

[ravenhousegaming]

I just love the way homosexuality is treated in all these sketches. Considering the fact that these were made so long ago, just makes you think how stupid and hatefull americans are in the entertainment industry...

[alexwintered]

any red dwarf fans recognise the restaurant singer as the host of "Better than Life"? took me a long long time to figure out who he was.

[CardExPerT101]

@Highlanderswave83 It's James Hacker, by the way, not Tacker.

[xXxFoixyladyxXx]

Stephen Fry can't knit! XP

[TeamLiss]

oh my Dumbledore - Paul Eddington AND Camille Coduri. I am ashamed of myself for not watching this ep earlier

[JamieAndSassenach]

stephen so doesn't know how to knit!^^

[Watabou89]

The restaurant sketch was amazing! Thanks for the great upload! It's a shame more people don't watch this brilliant series. 

[HughLaurieFan2]

"In a sense"

"In what sense?"

"Completely made-up and untrue sense."

That begs me to be used in a conversation!