A Bit of Fry and Laurie - A word, Timothy

[@tombranch2261]

I get the feeling that Fry would be great at D&D.

[@helios24601]

I think Fry would be great at being any sort of narrator, which is why he does so much narrating and voices for audiobooks.

[@christianblack392]

He was Rever in Fable II

[@helios24601]

@@christianblack392 HE WAS?

[@christianblack392]

@@helios24601 yes he was... Fable 3's Rever as well

[@masters.1000]

¿Game of Thrones?

[@TheAkelei]

It's quite striking that the actors, their age difference being only 2 years, are able to play father and son absolutey convincingly. Hilarious.

[@christianflores3437]

Good make-up

[@voornaam3191]

@@christianflores3437 Wrong answer. Freaking good acting, you mean. And good make-up. In that order. Television sets where not very sharp, those years. On a bad one, the make-up was a waste.

[@4umata]

It would be pretty hilarious if Fry tried playing the son and Laurie was the father instead

[@Lebronscokholder]

you might have broken an old queen's heart

[@alexevansuk]

Theatrical, comedic genius'

[@Gotchism4Life]

When my parents kicked me out, they just pinned a $20 bill to my collar and wished me luck. I was the most distraught 47 year old imaginable.

[@RuddsReels]

lol! Good one!

[@jeffkeith637]

This is a wonderful Milliganism

[@ariadneschild8460]

😆😅🤣

[@WyattRyeSway]

That’s hysterical 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nigelskipping7941]

What became of you Walter?

[@ryanmcavoy]

Fry was born old. I bet he could recite the Iliad before he could walk

[@LemoUtan]

He was probably IN the Iliad.

[@joeyherne]

Didn't he go to prison really young as well? I not sure how easy his life was.

[@jourdanwolf]

Zany Nobody said his life was easy but he has had his fair share of ups and downs so to speak

[@joeb2487]

He had a very privileged upbringing but he did get into trouble regularly.

[@tnexus13]

Stephen did have some issues with the law due to manic episodes of his bipolar. Not sure if he was even diagnosed at the time.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

I live in Saffron Walden and it's such a pointless insignificant town that it's a big surprise to have anything set here

[@asusmctablet9180]

yeah right nice try Punac

[@ukar69]

I actually live near Saffron Walden and it’s certainly not insignificant

[@vincenttavani6380]

Saoirse del Tufo BIDE YOUR TIME

[@OsofoGriot]

Saoirse del Tufo I'm in Essex, and yup, Saffron Walden is devoid of basically everything. Nice place though, got a castle I think?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Peter Johnson the ruins of what was a castle!

[@danielbateman6518]

And this is how London's knife crime problem started

[@u.v.s.5583]

Die infidel Punac!

[@Catubrannos]

Unfortunately the parents forget to tell their children the getting the job part.

[@jeevithrai7994]

@Jude M Didn't even try to disguise the prejudice,did you?

[@MBKill3rCat]

@@jeevithrai7994 Truth doesn't need disguise

[@jacob9327]

@@MBKill3rCat His prejudice doesn't need disguising is what you just said. So isn't really a great comment if you wanted to back up his statement.

[@tcac1687]

My parents did this to me as well now I'm on a quest to a faraway land just past Luton to fulfill the prophecy

[@paulmccloud9395]

Ahhh Luton, or Luu-Ton in the ancient tongue. Home to Helnak the hairy one if I'm not mistaken.

[@jhwheuer]

Say hi to my brother in law when you drive through there...

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Theres a place *beyond* Luton? Surely you jest! The wisest men in all the land hold it to be at the furthest reaches.

[@pietsnot3927]

@@MediumRareOpinions There is of course Leighton Buzzard, but even the bravest dare not venture there.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

@@pietsnot3927 No! Do not speak its name lest you summon the foulest beats from that accursed place!

[@andrewlockett4569]

How Stephen Fry keeps a straight face when he holds up and announces the watershed arrival of Burwhale the Avenger is one of the confounded mysteries of space and time, right up there with the multi verse and dark energy.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

Well, Burwhale the Avenger is just about as scientific as “the multiverse”.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

I think Stephen's cardigan makes a significant contribution to this sketch, it sets the tone

[@keepdancingmaria]

Well, he did insist on telling the story, "... in his own clothes." Doubtless they are an important part of the subtext.

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

Are cardigans such a statement??? 🤣🤣🤣

[@bangthehankers1985]

Fry's calm gaze as he holds up the pocket knife is just gold.

[@OsofoGriot]

This was basically the plot to the entire Harry Potter series, wasn't it?

[@IanaGyln]

No it isn't.

[@OsofoGriot]

***** Sarcasm doesn't come over clearly across YT comments.

[@yenee94]

Peter Johnson No it doesn't.

[@GF-63]

Peter Johnson It's Excaibur

[@AlexeiRamotar]

It's King Arthur

[@gavmusic]

Possibly my favourite Fry & Laurie sketch - a friend of mine also loves this sketch & we still refer to any folding pocket knife as "Burwail the Avenger", often to startled glances from those who are not "chosen" :-)

[@miskatonic6210]

gavmusic But in fact it's a bit obvious which way this sketch is going. I smelled it as soon as the father was amazed his son could easily open the drawer. And as soon as he suggested his son should work in a can factory I smelled the ending ^^ But the execution made more than up for it.

[@starry_lis]

Sirion yeah, execution is what makes the joke - at least that's what Robespierre used to say.

[@floris.927]

Raphaël Atherill - Didn’t know he had it in him. That’s quite a healthy attitude against his own mortality.

[@marcinpilarski2412]

@@starry_lis Well you can't spell 'slaughter' without a 'laughter'

[@edwarddeguzman3258]

But later, much later, Timothy would track the Dark one to America , New Jersey to be exact, and disguised as a simple Doctor with a limp so that Burwail, in the form of a cane, would always be at his side.......

[@WillLaPuerta]

People complain about Millennials never leaving home, but this is proof that it's not a new thing at all. Parents in the 80's were just much more creative than they are now.

[@Nebuelaeus]

people have always stayed with their families well into adulthood. its only since the economic boom post wwII that children started moving out as soon as they came of age. its stupid to expect someone to immediately be able to support themselves the instant they enter the job market.

[@deadjuice1880]

I _was_ defiantly ashamed of living with my parents. There are positives to me sticking around, e.g. family member with heart condition in the home, us taking in a immediate relation's child in my parents life when they need help to watch over them. And many more. It's good to have more heads around in the house. Still, I'm self aware of my situation. I _was_ still a bit insecure because of it, until recently. Let me tell ya a little story: A vendor set up in my workplace to sell some specialty food. She was a posh type of person from NY. I've met these type of people before [not NYers specifically, I mean upper-class people], and they seem so alien to me as a person who grew up in a relatively rough and tumble blue collar area, and has had experiences with underprivileged people from very bad areas. She was very schizophrenia in her conversations. The simplest small talk opening statement would induce an LSD-like rant from her. I have dated two schizophrenics, both on the opposite ends of the spectrum of mild to severe mental suffering. This vendor may not have been literally schizophrenic, but talking to her was like talking to someone with that condition. One day, a simple innocuous question somehow led into one of her ramblings. It went from one of her NY friends working on their cellar that day with no help, her claiming they'd hurt themselves with no one to watch them, then her mentioning that she dates 30 year old guys who still live with their parents. I chimed in, trying to keep the conversation in a stable place, with a factually true statement that "The way things are now it's hard to find a decent paying job in this area, sometimes it's best for people to stick together and help each other instead". She continued on, and ended with "I think men who still live with their parents aren't real men at all." ..... I wasn't offended at all. I was just blown away by the innocent ignorance of it. I just let the conversation end and went about my work. I didn't know where to go from there. One: These are the type of men you JUST said you steadily date. Two: There are a wide spectrum of people, in all kinds of conditions. I've grew up with and seen alpha male ass kickers who stayed with their parents into their 30s. And I've seen squares that moved out into good houses with a wife and kids. I'm not excusing my situation, I was just blown away about how confidently ignorant she was, about people in general. It was like she was locked in a cellar for most of her life with a DvD of the Friends TV show to keep her company and help her develop. She was trying to be witty and funny, and just came off as batshit crazy to everyone from this area who interacted with her.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

"Today at 43 I own my own business as well as offshore work." I am sure the medal you think you deserve is in the mail. "Emasculated, dumb, fat, pathetic..... but don’t worry, since WW2 each generation has been worse" Wanna cry? "we’re witnessing the downfall of Rome." Don't worry, I am sure civilization will outlive you.

[@SubscribersWithoutAnySubscribe]

@Scottish Lol, some of the biggest successes of the millennial generation lived with their parents until 25+. Typical delusional boomer, so eager for your children to be independent (so that you can conserve your precious time) that you're happy for them to have worse prospects than you did at their age. If you ask me that's a failure in parenting, your goal as a parent should be to help your children do better than you did not worse.

[@SNIperofDARKness02]

@Scottish Funny how you refuse to comment anymore after seeing your argument crumble. I see that while you didn't allow your kids to stay on phones and play games you seem to find ample time to surf youtube and spread your bullshit.

[@artistjoh]

Fun trivia: Saffron Walden is a very historic but relatively insignificant locality with around 15,000 people in the parish. Besides the very degraded ruins of a castle, it is home to the Fry Art Gallery which had been in the Fry family since the 19th century. The gallery is named after Roger Fry, an artist, who died in 1970. The Fry’s were Quakers and were part of a strong Quaker community that centered on the town. Steven would have been very aware of Saffron Walden, even before he went to Cambridge University, but I am sure that while at uni the duo must have visited Saffron Walden and appreciated its history, including a very remarkable ancient maze, and castle ruins, which invoke thoughts of mythical beings and legendary stories.

[@robertgoodwin5570]

One of the first settlers of Concord Mass. USA was from Saffron Walden and that's how Walden Pond got it's name

[@Nikedemos]

>The Fry’s were Quakers and were part of a strong Quaker community that centered on the town. Wait is this why the guy on the packet of Quaker's Oats looks like Stephen Fry?

[@JJONNYREPP]

A Bit of Fry and Laurie - A word, Timothy 2112pm 20.2.23 reads like mr s. fry wrote that bit of trivia in relation to himself. now that's nothing new - folk have allus written their own reviews and blurbs. as for fry the quaker - never heard of him. and if the quakers of old are anything to go by - a bit of a con job. but isn't all religion? listening to our mr s. fry he seems to have gone wandering about a bit and claimed to have been many religious facades in various interviews he has undertaken - from roman catholic to jew to scientific boffin...... i am sure a audio book as read by mr s fry would do wonders for those milf chat ladies who look ever so bored.... cambridge or no.

[@ChestersonJack]

@@JJONNYREPP I like the way you type that out. “mr s. fry” It’s so silly, I love it! You put a period after the “s,” but not after the “Mr,” and despite having the urbanity to use an honorific, you don’t capitalize a bit of hit! What a gas!

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@ChestersonJack A Bit of Fry and Laurie - A word, Timothy 15.4.23 1443pm a bit of hit? what are you trynna imply, my man? good job i did put a period after the s or it may have been a shit of it. which is basically my grammar in a nutshell... i wasn't aware i was silly.. but that's fine by me. as for comedy - you just gotta play it straight or it just doesnt work... so they say. dunno where you go from here - is it all gonna be banal observations masking as humour as folk down the pub would have it ie: irish humour...? or is it gonna all revert back to violent slapstick asides cos people are sick of cruddy snippets of shitty lives and unmarried mothers whinging about the price of heroin????? there you go yerv started a new comedy sketch.... re: the grubby use and abuse of grammar. let's hope grandma appreciated your lavatorial style of humour... as it doesnt give me any pleasure to sit on bath taps - at all!! yours, nob 'nd.

[@Renzsu]

It's been a white since I've seen this much beige.

[@alexandergorelyshev8485]

I suggest you head over to the *Lindybeige* channel, then, for beige runs galore there. Just make sure that you have a few weeks worth of watching time, for it's... absorbing.

[@perperson199]

Yes check out Lindybeige and prepare to be amazed

[@lpsp442]

Fitting, given the resemblence between Laurie and Lindy

[@privatevoidkeeper3775]

Seriously, LindyBeige, check him out! Specially the video where he shows you how he dyes his VERY OWN BEIGE SHIRTS!

[@Jotari]

Haha. Been a white. I see what you did there.

[@saltie5480]

I'm female and too young to have kids but as soon as I do and they turn 25 we *will* have this conversation.

[@TheMarkFerron6]

Don't plan on too much Kaine....they might not work right

[@harrisons62]

I can help.

[@saltie5480]

@@TheMarkFerron6 I know, they might not be able to open the drawer.

[@saltie5480]

@@alfa-psi I'll adopt then and make it really happen.

[@maisie2730]

Sooo nine months later.... Any luck?

[@VintageTopHat]

"It was something to do with penises, I think"

[@aku0217]

VintageTopHat not with a penis but with penises....

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

Like the fact Stephen is gay.

[@Demiglitch]

Golly

[@aricwood869]

VintageTopHat the title of Frys autobiography

[@mgg5418]

I literally spit out my drink when he said that 😂😂😂

[@MrIcelander]

"And in my own clothes" - Classic Fry B-)

[@Satellite_Of_Love]

"You chose me?" "After a great deal of shopping around, yes." Ouch lol

[@SpiritmanProductions]

"Golly!"

[@DJCoolK1d]

The classic “dad gives you a pocket knife before sending you out in the world” trick.

[@WalterLiddy]

You see it coming a mile off but it still works.

[@Movies123Online]

I didn't. I thought he was going to say his wife cheated on him and he was a bastard. So it was a great twist for me.

[@martonk]

@@Movies123Online Yeah I didn't get it in advance either

[@swishfish8858]

Soon as he said "get a job at a canning factory" the twist was revealed.

[@moosound]

Fry and Laurie work so well together. They did a series many years ago of Jeeves and Wooster, which is amongst the very best television has ever had to offer. In fact, pretty much everything they did together is world class.

[@sitarnut]

Right on, Brother...

[@michellesheppard9253]

Haha, right ho!

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

I love Wodehouse, and love Fry & Laurie, but they didn't do a great job at Jeeves and Wooster, mostly because Fry did a bad job on Jeeves. Fry made a very sarcastic Jeeves who put up with Wooster, which was so wrong: In the books, Jeeves could be read-between-the-lines funny, but never sarcastic, never icy; Jeeves likes Wooster, which was made explicit when the one time that the story was told by Jeeves. (Also, the series much worse when the jokes were original, not from Wodehouse.) It was disappointing.

[@maxnullifidian]

It's amazing Fry could say all that with a straight face!

[@ILoveHandles]

Not really, the man is quite the actor, were you to ask me. Quite good at doing a cold delivery of utter absurdity, imho.

[@frankshailes3205]

@@ILoveHandles Yes he started out as a serious actor and the comedy was a bit of a sideline.

[@lawro04]

'NOW TAKE BERWHALE THE AVENGER GO UPSTAIRS AND wash your hands for lunch' lol!

[@mddistribution30]

I love the way Fry says 'please Timothy let me tell this in my own way, in my own time, in my own clothes!'..

[@PlayNiceFolks]

Oh do you now, oh really?

[@PlayNiceFolks]

❤

[@mddistribution30]

Yes I do by crikey!

[@Beelzebibble]

Much as I love Laurie in goofy mode, it's refreshing to see Fry play the ham for once. And he does it so well.

[@DrCaseus]

THIS is how you get your nerdy child out of the house, parents

[@Relugus]

It's how Punak's mom and dad got him to move out.

[@unclecreepy4185]

Stephen isn't even 2 years older than Hugh, yet some how he looks 35 years older than Hugh and I can imagine him being his dad.

[@alicelucy1333]

I'm going to be 25 in a week and I'm waiting for this conversation from my dad! 😂 I've been watching this sketch on and off since I was 16 and always thought that just before I turn 25 I am going to come back here and make that comment! Pretty sad I know 😂

[@spyninja1456]

Awww that is so sweet. I am 20 now and will come back when I am almost 25, God willing :)

[@oz_jones]

Did you get it?

[@Martin-pb7ts]

You're a legend.

[@xnsxxnsx]

How did it go?

[@mgg5418]

Somebody definitely needs to write that fantasy novel, preferably in at least three tomes 😂 I can’t wait to read more about Puna’ch the Destroyer and Teess the Wise!!

[@tamolyn5141]

That's spelled, "Teesse" ot "Teess". One must be precise when speaking of these entities.

[@danhanley5618]

pretty sure this is how ma and pa kent got clarke to get a job in metropolis at the bugle

[@eddievhfan1984]

The Planet. The Bugle was Spider-Man.

[@aarondavis5386]

@@eddievhfan1984 you beat me to it by only a year :)

[@trullsengar2784]

Except he really was the chosen one....

[@WildBluntHickok]

Actually their deaths are what made him move to metropolis. They retconned that when they rebooted the DC universe in the 80s though.

[@Slameye]

... It's also "Clark". No e and capital c. Apart from that and the stuff already mentioned about the parents being dead at that time, plus the name of the newspaper, just start the sentence with a capital letter (or, preferably "I'm pretty sure"), and you'll be SPOT ON 😀

[@theShaunus]

This video has captured the essence of gamification

[@misterjder1.831]

This is literally one of the best sketches of all times!

[@biologyfreak101]

Am I the only one who would like the story to be made into a film?

[@D4K44R1]

I mean... we have the Hobbit already...

[@biologyfreak101]

:D ...and King Arthur and Harry Potter...but I want these characters!

[@EmbodiedNonDuality]

biologyfreak101 Saffron Walden was made for Hollywood

[@therojowo]

They should make this into a movie.

[@Kaziklu]

It be a fairly boring movie. Kid goes off, starts working in a factory for 6 months... and well then just keeps working in the factory because the whole story was made up to get him the hell out of the house.

[@mike.47]

My wife came from Saffron Walden, I always knew there was something weird about that town. 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@wigs666]

It's the way Fry says "beast"...

[@robhandley8412]

Yes or "teesh". He is a great wordsmith.

[@jackdog06]

“I don’t remember the exact details, something to do with penises I think” ...plural? I see the problem.

[@jasonkeith2832]

It gets a bit funnier when you know that Stephen Fry is actually a homosexual. I can't remember if the show was from before or after he came out, but if it was after, it would've made the joke all the more hilarious to the audience at the time.

[@aiswariyasweety1517]

@@jasonkeith2832 he came out much later I believe

[@frankshailes3205]

@@aiswariyasweety1517 Fry struggled to keep his homosexuality secret during his teenage years at public school, and by his own account did not engage in sexual activity for 16 years from 1979 until 1995. He was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen from 1995.

[@donaldaribam]

Thank God, my parents haven’t found this video yet.

[@fearthegeeklord]

Wow, that went in a direction I was not prepared for

[@PeterNGloor]

Now, at last, I know why our army gave each one of us a knive just like this.

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

Everything they did and do is brilliant

[@starsoffyre]

And he became a great doctor. Incredible!

[@petermgruhn]

Emergency roadside tracheotomy.

[@adarshjoseph2229]

Now I couldn't watch a single episode of House MD keeping a straight face!

[@salbra30]

Adarsh Joseph I

[@warpspeedchic6932]

Adarsh Joseph I couldn't do that before anyway

[@sarahgreer4234]

Just came from watching repeats.

[@ABW941]

He s still the prince regent for me.

[@tamolyn5141]

Now, go watch the season of Blackadder with Hugh Laurie, and then go back and try to watch House MD and keep a straight face. It will be even more difficult.

[@taimatsuko]

Omg! I wish Stephen Fry would read LOTR to me.

[@MrEAus]

taimatsuko Well he did narrate the Harry Potter audiobooks, so that's a step in that direction at least

[@KHwut]

@@MrEAus thought that was Jim Dale..

[@MrEAus]

@@KHwut interesting, I'd not heard of Jim myself, but it seems we are both right... ...as both Jim and Stephen have done Harry Potter audiobooks, but it's mainly a matter of region..: Jim Dale is aimed at the USA market, apparently, while Stephen is more famous elsewhere

[@KHwut]

@@MrEAus Ah, that didn't occur to me! I like Stephen Fry's voice, don't see why they needed two different narrators.. perhaps licensing? (I certainly enjoyed Jim Dale's performance too!)

[@MrEAus]

@@KHwut Yes, it seems both have received praise for their performances A guy on Quora summarises it here... www.quora.com/Why-did-they-replace-Jim-Dale-with-Stephen-Fry-for-the-US-version-of-the-Harry-Potter-audio-books

[@samuelluftensteiner68]

when he holds up burwail the avenger you can just see the slightest inkling of a smile in the face of absurd silliness, he so professionally manages to subdue and conceal it, but it is there...

[@nigelcarren]

Unfortunately I have been living in Brittany France for the last ten years, and Punac is actually my next village... just over the hill from Carnac. There is also a beast there, and let me tell you, despite what he says... he actually knows nothing about cars!

[@chatty_writer666]

"Luke the force is strong with you" "Really, how strong is it?" "Strong as a small pony!" I love British comedy!

[@Gwydda]

Hahah that´s a brilliant bit of stand up!

[@omp199]

Eddie Izzard has nothing to do with Fry and Laurie. The fact that they all lived in the same country for a while doesn't mean that their senses of humour were at all similar.

[@tinygamer471]

@@omp199 Calm down buddy, he's not suggesting they had anything to do with each other. "British humour" has a very distinct style, based on our cultural upbringing and attitude to the world. Even sketch artists like these two (and the time anyway) and surrealist comedians like Eddie Izzard have that in common. So it's not an unfair statement to say "I love British comedy", and certainly doesn't warrant the tone of your response.

[@michaelpenc7355]

Oh how I love this show

[@joeydifranco0422]

I like how Stephen Fry was holding the door closed with his thumb at the beginning.

[@ShatteredxSpiritx]

I live in Saffron Walden!

[@sietzevandeburgt681]

Madelaine Hanson than you should have met a guy named Hugh Laurie awhile ago, or do you think he didn’t fall for it after all ???

[@davebuchan81]

It's been four years.......are you still biding your time?

[@StandardGoose]

Do you work in a local canning factory?

[@bootdude7527]

Do you know where I can find Furlough Roth

[@DieFlabbergast]

And Punac lives three doors down, I suppose?

[@captpicard6894]

“Get that lazy little sod out of the house and earning his living” Whilst trying to find and kill Punack the Destroyer😂😂😂😂

[@kevinfromsales6842]

"Golly"

[@borisa2borisa]

I have just turned 25 and am expecting a similar talk from my parents every day :D

[@rozamunduszek4787]

lmao! Now that it is 4 years later, has it happened?

[@anthonycunningham8116]

He is now a 30 year old wandering the land dressed like Gandalf, seeking out the dark one.

[@Thirsty_Fox]

@@anthonycunningham8116 He's still working on being accepted by the Saffron Walden community.

[@xnsxxnsx]

​@@anthonycunningham8116 it's 2024 and he is 37 yo. I would like to know an update, lol

[@artistwithouttalent]

Oh, if only one could afford to live on the salary of a cannery worker.

[@rayaqin]

you can actually afford living on a salary like that, its just gonna be a shitty life mostly

[@fredfinks]

You must seek Theese, the career adviser!

[@smokinggun8418]

@@somename6955 i love you. But a girl would never say such thing

[@weian87]

Stephen Fry- pure comedic genius

[@tcac1687]

I've opened a drawer today and now im On a quest for dragon fire in the land of aghast I should be back by 4 put the kettle on

[@1894db]

So the main take away is that Stephen Fry would make a good Gandalf.

[@CGM_68]

Nope.

[@CGM_68]

Wasn't a particularly good Master of Laketown either.

[@leoshane9118]

Holy shit! I'm 26 and I still live with my parents. my days are numbered. any day soon that's me !

[@MrAronRobinson]

Leo Shane That’s fine. This was written in the 80’s, well before the millennials and the necessity of living with your parents beyond your 20’s due to rising rents and house prices. What you were supposed to do in Britain back then was work your way through college living in a grubby shared flat while paying the rent on said crappy flat by being a barman in the evenings and thus end up becoming an alcoholic. Thank God that I never... *hic* ...went that way 😜

[@birgirbirgisson5901]

What amazes me most is how Stephen Fry keeps a straight face throughout the whole scene.

A correct use of "told your mother and me" rather than the modern horror of "told your mother and I"... Good stuff Mr Fry, good stuff.

[@GypsyScot1]

Not gonna lie, I would absolutely read hell out of the Chronicles of Timothy

[@paulmoran7026]

How good were Fry & Laurie....... I miss comedy like this and Blackadder so much.

[@muhammedshareef1967]

knowing fry, this must ve been inspired by wagner's ring cycle

[@borisvandruff7532]

muhammed shareef Or Arthurian legend.

[@ModernBarbarian187]

Frankly I think it's much better to do something like that rather then tell your kids to get out and get a job.

[@rudhouse1]

this is one of their best scetches. can't stop watching.

[@MarxistKnight]

Actually not a bad idea to give yourself a more interesting backstory - I’m going to work harder, get out of the house more, get in shape and meet new people, but it’s all just so I can be accepted by the community as part of a plan to rid the world of Punac.

[@BottomBunkArt]

KZbin is reading my mind. I was thinking of this skit all day, and it shows up in my recommended videos list as I'm laying myself down to sleep

[@MrEAus]

Baikal920 KZbin?...or Pewnac? The dark one, the Beast, is reading your mind - quick, where's Berwail?

[@czgibson3086]

Lord of the Rings is basically a 1000 page version of this.

[@aarondavis5386]

Fellowship was anyway

[@martinlarsson8947]

Uhm, the lord of the rings doesnt have that ”the chosen one” nonsense so common in trash fantasy. Some random hobbits are heroes because they choose to do it. Not due to fate, birthright, or extraordinary talent.

[@aarondavis5386]

@@martinlarsson8947 yeah there wasnt totally a destiny/chosen one angle in aragorn's story or as tolkien put it "All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.From the ashes, a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king"

[@Theproclaimed]

czgibson I thought it was 1223 pages

[@Elephantstonica]

Martin Larsson So it seems much of Greek mythology, from which LOR was inspired, is nothing but nonsense and trash fantasy. Good to know.

[@TheLocoUnion]

Ok I just googled Saffron Walden.... it’s a beautiful town, absolutely gorgeous .... I want to visit like right now! (I’m American by the way) I’m beginning to learn that Great Britain has a secret that we Americans don’t know. It’s one of the most lovely and beautiful places on earth.... I just discovered Coventry recently and was blown away. All we in the states know about is London... which is very nice, I’m sure, but wow the rest of the country is too magnificent for words to follow! Planning my next vacation’ By the way.... there’s a Fry art gallery there!!!

[@Karls_Clips]

Its alright, kinda quiet place stuck in between farmers fields. Not very exciting at all.

[@chatty_writer666]

Golly, I'm in my early 20's, wonder if my mum will give me this kind of story. XD

[@MarxistKnight]

One like just for the "golly"! :D

[@MetaalMeerkat]

It has been 4 years now, are you still a lazy sod living with your mum?

[@TheHellogs4444]

5 years, ARE YOU EARNING A LIVING YET, LAD?

[@magicman9218]

The worst part is that 10 other people wrote this exact conment

[@Jakegothicsnake]

WOW! At first, it felt like the dad was going to tell the son that he was the product of an adulterous affair, but then it felt like the dad was just plain going balmy or had been taking too much of some sort of mind-altering substance, but when the dad instructed the son to get a job in a canning factory, I was like "Ok, I think I know where this is headed now......". XD

[@literate-aside]

I love that at 2:05 Fry can barely keep it together 🤣

[@KesselRunner606]

To this day, my go-to RPG character name is Ferlo Roth.

[@stone1andonly]

King Arthur - how it really happened!

[@operator91210]

Turns out every medieval story in existence started out as a fairytale to tell their kids out of the house. Maybe for all we know there isn't an actual holy grail

[@MrJfizzle11233]

How can one give such a speech whilst holding a pocket knife in such a way without losing their composure?

[@Sabrowsky]

"it was something to do with penises I think" That line is even funnier to me considering Stephen is gay.

[@MixedRogueKhorri]

I just thought that lol.

[@K1lostream]

Oh yeah! Because, being gay, he likes penises and can't have children! That does make it extra funny, doesn't it!

[@AmazinglyGayPhil]

@@K1lostream Someones mad lol Haven't you got pictures of the queen to take down.

[@K1lostream]

AmazinglyGayPhil That's right, I am as mad as a box of coked-up ferrets!

[@ghostbond1074]

Ah, yes, the time period where you could simply get a job in a factory and start a new life for yourself. Gas was 5 cents a gallon, movie ticket was a quarter, and $200/month got you a nice midrange apartment.

[@youcanlearnalotfromlydia]

Gas was 5 cents a gallon? You sound dismissive! Ooh don't poo-poo a nickel, Ghost Bond. A nickel will buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake and a newsreel, with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the polo grounds!

[@pooletrainboy]

@@youcanlearnalotfromlydia Don't poo-poo a poo-poo!

[@garrick3727]

One does not simply walk into Saffron Walden.

[@thetoaster6413]

This is like, the plot of most JRPGs I've played.

[@Stevedawhoop]

I wish finding a job and your purpose in life is that easy

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

The hero's journey...in a comedy sketch!

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

Fun Fact : "Punac the Destroyer" was actually a typo in the script for "Sunak the Tory".

[@FromtheHerts81]

1. Even though I was sure from the start this was a put-up job, it's wonderful how Stephen Fry makes it sound just like an epic and vital quest is set to begin! 2. 0:07 Does anyone notice how Steve has blocked the drawer with his thumb such that it appears stiff? 3. It's a very relevant sketch today, with so many young men and women unable to secure decent careers or get on the property ladder in the UK.

[@alexgogoladze6201]

This is actually just Hugh Laurie playing a one shot D&D game for his first time

[@thomasburns3345]

Can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to do this sketch with (unbeknownst to her!)

[@lprocter1982]

But strange women lying in ponds distributing swords are, apparently, a basis for a system of government!

[@cbrunnkvist]

I lived in Great Chesterford for a short while. Parked outside Saffron Walden's Tesco once, after topping up gasoline. Never went inside.

[@timh2356]

At the time I thought it was quite convincing. Looking back, it seems ridiculous now. Welp, at least I'm second supervisor at the canning factory.

[@TheAkelei]

Indeed. And they ARE able, and how! Absolutely adorable.

[@shockedbyjoy]

Stephen Fry adopted Anakin Skywalker.

[@davidmartin5483]

That is must I say the moast creative way I've ever seen a parent contribute to the embedement of theyr child into sociaty

[@Sherpiddy]

NOW TAKE BERWHALE THE AVENGER GO UPSTAIRS and wash your hands for lunch 😂😂😂

[@susyward581]

We need this warrior in 2024

[@Jaxymann]

“You must leave us to go in search of Punac, the destroyer! The dark one! The *beast!”* “...golly.”

[@DoubleOSeven007]

I managed to remain at home for precisely 4 days after returning from Uni before I was told, you're not sitting around here all day. I was asked to go out, get a job and 3 months later they persuaded me to leave...I was 21 years old. I never returned! :) No pen knife, just a boot up the arse.

[@Rayne474]

- Tis? - Tisssss!! I'm dying. xD

[@ShehrozeAmeen]

Why does this remind me of Monty Python somehow? Quest of the Holy Grail or something?

[@fredjaneson1670]

I haven't left that hard in a long time thank you very much for brightening my day :-)

[@hedonismunderstands2469]

you need to leave harder more often... 😅

[@MisterAppleEsq]

3:25 Threek is actually a town in the Japanese version of SNES RPG Earthbound.

[@chriswilliams2106]

This gave me strong Jordan Peterson vibes.

[@georgeharper7676]

George from Blackadder goes forth