Hugh Laurie's song for America - A bit of Fry and Laurie - BBC sketch comedy

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In this clip - Hugh Laurie performs a spoof comedy tribute song for the American people. Brilliant video from ground breaking classic sketch comedy show 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.

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  Comedy

[emilner357]

Really? I thought it was a brutal post-structuralist satire of the violence inherent in neo-patriarchal values and homosocial relations within a postmodern technocratic hegemony.



[ZombieGorePrincess]

Actually, he says "The States". how do you expect people to sing it correctly if you don't post the right lyrics. =p

[Argyle Fromdiehard]

Yeah, but any country that spawned The Who has a right to be.

[Trackstar2211]

You had me at "post-structuralist"...

[kundalinipsych]

A great song, but I think it would be still more effective if the tempo, rhythm, key, and 90% of the chord sequence weren't the same as that other classic, "Where is the lid?"

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Same ending too. :)

[fataviaminvenient12]

Still better than Justin Bieber.

[PopeTheRevXXVIII]

This should be our national anthem.

[Bere Detump]

The English can be the same way too. :\ 

[Samuel Entwistle]

It's the bit where Hugh changes to "The States" that always gets me in tears

[Enk64]

We Brits are too, maybe even more so. ;)

[100Soulpower]

Bruce Springsteen comes to mind....