The "I didn't catch that" joke is quality, and they breezed right past it like it was nothing.
@NPzed2 жыл бұрын
It was nothing. He hadn't thrown it yet!
@StephenS-20252 жыл бұрын
Ah, Quality....reminds me of Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance.
@StephenS-20252 жыл бұрын
@anathamon ha! That's good.
@srikaneator2 жыл бұрын
that WAS INDEED NOTHING when compared to the line "it's because i'm dumb, isn't it sir"
@AnnabellaRedwood Жыл бұрын
Pure gold!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@danielnatzke67336 жыл бұрын
And I'd be alive today
@Mercila_kimi2 жыл бұрын
😁😁
@gvantsasakaruli9900 Жыл бұрын
"lets die for Fry who may or may not be born one day" would be such an awesome phrase to motivate soldiers with
@rmac321711 ай бұрын
Sounds like a marching song, Left my wife in New Orleans, To die for Fry and eat fried beans, Left, Left, Left Right Left
@pixelcatalina878315 күн бұрын
isn’t their theme song Prof Longhair?
@Shakes-Off-Fear2 жыл бұрын
Every line of this scene was more unpredictable than the last.
@jswaggart012 жыл бұрын
“You can’t come because you’re a bastard and we all hate you!” Epic.
@OddBallThe4th83822 жыл бұрын
These two are very much the masters of wit and cleverly written dialogue…good on em’
@hollyb6885 Жыл бұрын
These two are treasures. I hope they realize how much happiness they’ve brought to the masses.
@essentiallorddon30438 ай бұрын
Grandfather on my parents side absolute gold
@catsinq57262 жыл бұрын
There's something hilarious about seeing a young Dr. House claiming that his deafness and blindness are cancelling each other out.
@John_Ridley2 жыл бұрын
I didn't see an episode of House until years after I had been a fan of Laurie's comedy career. Imagine how hilarious it is to see one of your favorite comedians playing Dr. House.
@makkapakka20982 жыл бұрын
Never even occurred to me that obviously in some places people will have only seen Hugh Laurie as House. Absolute quality
@jordlopez2 жыл бұрын
@@makkapakka2098 that was me until very recently, he was only House and Stuart Little's dad
@RabbiHerschel2 жыл бұрын
@@jordlopez I haven't seen that movie since I was a wee lad, was he really in that? He was also Major -- de Coverley in the Hulu Catch-22 miniseries, which I quite liked. (It didn't follow the book too closely, which is alright since doing a one-to-one adaptation of that kind of book is practically impossible. Heller didn't mind things being changed in adaptation. In fact, he thoroughly enjoyed the 1970 movie adaptation, making him one of the seven people who did.)
@jordlopez2 жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel yeah, I distinctly remember rewatching Stuart Little a few years back and being like: "House is his dad? Really?" And there was no way I could misremember such an anomaly lol
@Sepilein12 жыл бұрын
never seen this one before...blessed be the algorithm for finally showing this. Just another Masterpiece of Comedy.
@FrankieParadiso4evah7 жыл бұрын
The great thing about them's that they're equally funny.
@ianbrewer48432 жыл бұрын
Yep
@ginabrogan18252 жыл бұрын
Nope laurie is funnier
@conservativemike37682 жыл бұрын
My grandfather’s battle blouse was shot clean thru the temple, yet the bullet bounced off his cigarette case which saved his life, but he was nevertheless killed 30 seconds later in his escape attempt because he was half blind and partially deaf with a penchant for tripping over chairs, but all of that was irrelevant as he promptly expired from a… Thus, a Fry & Laurie skit is born.
@extenebrislux12 жыл бұрын
"if you pardon the pun" "what pun?" xD
@jerryjohns7358Ай бұрын
What hump? LOL
@sarcasmo572 жыл бұрын
This is why I carry my cigarette case on my head.
@Voodoo_Robot2 жыл бұрын
This is why i don’t smoke.
@Eralen002 жыл бұрын
Sorry to tell you but that won't do anything to stop anything bigger than a pellet gun
@somewhatdubiouscontents Жыл бұрын
@@Voodoo_Robot you won't be surviving any german snipers like that sonny
@rmac321711 ай бұрын
@@Eralen00 Really? What am I going to do with the bullet proof vest I made out of cigarette cases then?
@danielskrivan6921 Жыл бұрын
"I'm blind and deaf, so they cancel each other out" is almost like Norm MacDonald's "I'm a deeply closeted gay man" bit.
@richardgadberry83982 жыл бұрын
"He was given it by his god-niece as a kind of 'loss-of-virginity' present"
@michaellinner77722 жыл бұрын
Laurie does the best American accent of anyone I've ever seen or heard.
@roberthanlen60362 жыл бұрын
Clint Eastwood's American accent was pretty good...
@renobeck19762 жыл бұрын
How about Daniel Day Luis?
@flynnlivescmd2 жыл бұрын
How about Laurie?
@Bumbley12 жыл бұрын
It's because he's blind you see...
@findmurdock2 жыл бұрын
I never understood this observation. As House, he makes a drawn out meal out of every Amurican weurd. For excellent American accents done by Brits, Band of Brothers is the gold standard.
@TeemuSintonen Жыл бұрын
Their chemistry is off the charts!
@stanamilanovich39562 жыл бұрын
The scene they're spoofing from The Great Escape is so sad. This is hilarious.
@skyteus2 жыл бұрын
The two together!!! Just perfect.
@StarWarsMoments Жыл бұрын
"I lost my sense of smell while forging the minutest details of a thousand Nazi documents" That's a line from al fresco, fry and Lori's 1983 series with Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane.
@ChanduKale2 жыл бұрын
Their PG Wodehouse plays are hilarious.
@TampaDave2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely… “Wooster and Jeeves” is perfect. But maybe not better than Black Adder. That was a true Dream Team of Brit comedy.
@thichinhphan40107 ай бұрын
@@TampaDave The only Dream team of British comedy is Monty Python.
@geraldineclarke54342 жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you!!! I love both these guys so much.
@firiel236622 күн бұрын
I hope I never do have to go into battle but if I do I'll charge in with the cry, "Let's die for Stephen Fry (who may or may not be born one day)!"
@shelbynamels9732 жыл бұрын
It's so odd hearing him talk about his grandfather, knowing from "Who Do You Think You Are?" that his maternal grandfather was an Austro-Hungarian Jew from Vienna, who emigrated to England. His name was Neumann.
@General_Nothing2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but this was his grandfather on his parents’ side.
@shelbynamels9732 жыл бұрын
@@General_Nothing all grandfathers are on the parents' side.
@MerkhVision2 жыл бұрын
We’ll surely he wasn’t talking about his real grandfather here, it was likely made up for the skit!
@mikenicholas90172 жыл бұрын
Nnnnueman...
@treebeard84753 жыл бұрын
Lol these guys are so out there for their time.
@sophitsa792 жыл бұрын
For their time? They are exactly of their time. There was a lot of this style around then. They are out there for today, probably. Comedy is much more of the everyday now
@treebeard84752 жыл бұрын
@@sophitsa79 yeah I guess it’s how ya look at it or how I worded that haha. It just hits my funny bone different than comedians of my day and it pleases me :)
@SPRPhilly Жыл бұрын
The spirit of Python is strong in this one and it is exquisite.
@c.a.marsupial.12822 жыл бұрын
5.25 minutes of brilliance.
@taowroland86972 жыл бұрын
Actually that would be 5.41 minutes or thereabouts
@ALEGODAY12 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest clips from ABOFAL
@montecristo18452 жыл бұрын
Love the idea that because he’s blind and deaf each lost sense promotes the other, so logically he’s got perfect sight and hearing! 🙈🙉😆
@TOBAPNW_2 жыл бұрын
He has amazing sight and hearing, he just can't use it 😂
@loge102 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's that funny- it's actually my own situation...
@silversolver78092 жыл бұрын
@@loge10 Congrats, I wish I had perfect sight and hearing.
@joedingo70222 жыл бұрын
"logically"
@faenethlorhalien Жыл бұрын
Heavy“Blackadder goes forth” vibes there.
@izaskunerdocia6 ай бұрын
“My grandfather on my parents’s side”
@shannonjaensch37052 жыл бұрын
Such a truely talented actor. Beautiful executed example of what the true meaning of the word 'dumb' actually means of which most do not know, yet wrongfully use everyday in every day speech.
@VestigialHead2 жыл бұрын
Wow really? I thought it was common knowledge that dumb had a medical meaning as well. Surprising. But I guess knowledge is often seen as a negative these days.
@hallfiry2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact few people know: some parts of this sketch were taken from the POW sketch in the older Fry & Laurie show Alfresco.
@handlesarecringe957 Жыл бұрын
"Are you deaf?" "Yes, sir"
@codyheiner36362 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece
@nvrndingsmmr Жыл бұрын
Lmao that final line was absolutely brilliant!
@87654321j2 жыл бұрын
His grandfather could he be Melchett lol 😂
@joempoem4785 ай бұрын
"It belonged to my grandfather on my parent's side"
@feralbluee2 жыл бұрын
now this is funny!! the kind of British ‘humour’ i really like. thanks. :) 😋🌷🌱
@matthewbritton27905 жыл бұрын
Or battle blouse
@PlayNiceFolks Жыл бұрын
I've not seen this one. And I've repeated DAMN and WE'VE BEEN ACTIVATED a hundred times.
@psychicmafia6662 жыл бұрын
Strange to see them so young. Love Fry as Wilde and Laurie as House MD, I think that's the best of both of them.
@buckcherryfan10002 жыл бұрын
did you not see Jeeves and Wooster?
@barcode84592 жыл бұрын
_Jeeves and Wooster_ is unequivocally Fry & Laurie's greatest work. _Blackadder_ is a riot as well.
@sureshot8399 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if it part of the joke that Hugh calls Stephen Sir despite them being equivalent ranks.
@thuurmichels76310 ай бұрын
This start reminded me of Christopher Walken's Gold Watch monologue.
@LosBerkos2 жыл бұрын
A cigarette case can be opened and close- Audience: "-HHAAAHAHAHAHAACHAAHCHAHH"
@TheRealDannAlexander6 ай бұрын
....battle blouse..... :)
@richardgadberry83982 жыл бұрын
"So the Great War and World War II were just vast entertainments laid on for your benefit, were they?"
@rustythecrown93172 жыл бұрын
''Well when you put it that way... yes''.
@Eralen002 жыл бұрын
If his grandfather wore the cigarette case on his temple he'd just have bits of tobacco in his brain instead of just lead. That's like 1.5mm sheet metal, an 8mm Mauser would go through that like a piece of tissue paper
@robertwoodroffe1232 жыл бұрын
He did have a mum ! And a dad !
@sapthadas25945 ай бұрын
"Because I'm dumb isn't it sir"
@marklechman22252 жыл бұрын
I literally almost did a spit take watching this.
@dan44612 жыл бұрын
the laughs are so bought
@DulceN2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@keepdancingmaria2 жыл бұрын
"... and I'd be alive today." Wait, What?
@TheEpicNoodle12 жыл бұрын
Cheers jake :D brilliance XD
@robertwoodroffe1232 жыл бұрын
My dad was a ww2 sniper ! And I’m alive
@color-head1696 Жыл бұрын
Did this inspire Tarantino to the watch story - i think - told in Pulp Fiction to young Bruce Willis?
@robertwoodroffe1232 жыл бұрын
He’s only got a bad limp in his House now
@thiagodeandrade7081 Жыл бұрын
Who is giving electric knives to the prisoners?
@reallyidrathernot.1342 жыл бұрын
1:50 this is where population ethics comes from
@JonnyCooperАй бұрын
Battle blouse
@NicholasMonks2 жыл бұрын
Was this improvised? Feels brilliantly "Yes, and..."
@don_52832 жыл бұрын
You can see Fry almost trip over one of his lines. It's scripted, but that doesn't diminish it at all.
@laimeifong52973 ай бұрын
Do you ever wondered what's it like to die what a straight up question
@kristofvandycke6687Ай бұрын
It’s useful to ponder the answer to that terrible question, as death will come one way or the other. It could be quick or slow, you might see it coming, you might not, and unless you are mentally ill or lying, there’s no doubt you’re afraid of dying. Contemplating how you will feel, the panic, the pain, the unknown, may well help you in your last moments. It’s not that I wish people to be depressed or cynical, it’s a simple fact that we all die, and that avoiding the issue might be detrimental to the whole process. We should be living our life to the fullest, but we shouldn’t shy away from examining that taboo simply because it’s uncomfortable and painful to think about. (Getting hit by a truck while crossing the street is my personal “favorite”: I won’t know what hit me, the pain would probably be so excruciating that no actual thoughts or ideas could come into my mind, and I’d be lying there on the street completely helpless and alone. ~ It’s not right or wrong, it’s just something that might happen.)
@samstudios99086 жыл бұрын
The first part is just kindergarten show and tell
@MartinHiggins19722 жыл бұрын
But done by a adult comic genius.
@benwu79802 жыл бұрын
Any attempt at analizing the humour here fails, absurdism is at absurd levels. "my grandfather on my parents' side' sets the stage
@hashbrown7772 жыл бұрын
Idk, honestly that's the one joke that's almost something you could ordinarily say; it specifies that it's neither of your grandfather-in-laws.
@benwu79802 жыл бұрын
@@hashbrown777 :) I guess that's what I mean about analizing their jokes.
@rustythecrown93172 жыл бұрын
''And I'd be alive today''.
@justk94152 жыл бұрын
Great entertainers and masterful subversive humor! Probably lost on an audience that laughs at literally every word regardless.
@jeffreyjeziorski1480 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like what we Yanks refer to as a "laughtrack"....cue Dr Evil air quotes
@Lord.Kiltridge2 жыл бұрын
Begging forgiveness. But I can only take Stephen Fry in small doses, which is uniquely difficult as he is quite a large man. 🤣🤣🤣
@DCUPtoejuice2 жыл бұрын
Tarantino borrowed this it seems.
@delta9685 Жыл бұрын
3:43 was that scripted or not? Because I can't tell XD
@dars5229 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it had to be. Saying "pardon the pun" when neither of them has made one is bit of a running gag for them.
@delta968510 ай бұрын
@@dars5229 Pardon?
@VestigialHead2 жыл бұрын
That is what several of my ex girlfriends said - "you can't come because you are a bastard and we hate you".
@philipsalama80832 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this sketch was made after Blackadder IV, given the bit about war skits being in bad taste.
@sophitsa792 жыл бұрын
I think it was about a decade earlier
@thecapone455 жыл бұрын
Wow. Didn’t know Dr. House could be this funny.
@Banzybanz2 жыл бұрын
One of the best British comedy duos of all time
@peterhunt48182 жыл бұрын
Not just funny, but a talented comedy writer as well. He and Fry co-wrote these skits. Laurie's comedic timing in House is flawless, and his acceptance speeches at awards shows are hilarious.
@kamion532 жыл бұрын
a some point Hugh Laurie decided to stop playing comedy and started acting in serious roles. The first of those role I saw him was as the grumpy husband of a hysterical Emelda Staunon in Sense and Sensibility with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
@HootOwl5132 жыл бұрын
@@kamion53 Thus ruining a brilliant comedic career,
@alisonhill39412 жыл бұрын
@@kamion53 Mr Palmer wasn't him deciding to stop doing comedy and doing serious roles - a) it's not a serious role (apart from the one line where he offers assistance to the Dashwoods, everything he does is deeply ironic; it's a comic part), b) that was filmed around the same time as the last series of ABOFAL, and he continued to do primarily comic roles for years after that, and c) he was invited to do it personally by Emma Thompson, his long-term friend (and former girlfriend) as basically a cameo.
@t.m.24152 жыл бұрын
Is the audience being gased with laughing gas?
@gasan65992 жыл бұрын
Why does it sound so similar to monthy python?
@SwordsmanRyan2 жыл бұрын
They’re Britons.
@enthusedtosing9655 Жыл бұрын
Does it?
@ImNotADeeJay2 жыл бұрын
It's never lupus
@kn7991j2 жыл бұрын
Lindybeige humor
@muhammadavatarmarvellian767 жыл бұрын
what episode is this? and what series? someone tell me the detail of this clip please?
@avinotion6 жыл бұрын
The show's name: A Bit of Fry and Laurie. That's all I know
@DarthGTB6 жыл бұрын
Check the video's description
@ConstantlyDamaged Жыл бұрын
Escalation humor like this just makes no _sense._
@jeronimo1962 жыл бұрын
Daredevil's cameo in She-Hulk is amazing.
@Michael-dj6pd2 жыл бұрын
Are you sure you are on the right video?
@jeronimo1962 жыл бұрын
@@Michael-dj6pd it's a joke, don't worry about it.
@rustythecrown93172 жыл бұрын
@@jeronimo196 That whole show is a joke.
@marekvollach78312 жыл бұрын
FRY… just go away, already
@StephenS-20252 жыл бұрын
Is this comedy? I don't speak British.
@Dilmahkana2 жыл бұрын
This is definitely a more weird, meta one.
@StephenS-20252 жыл бұрын
@@Dilmahkana funny.
@Michael-dj6pd2 жыл бұрын
Are you per chance german?
@StephenS-20252 жыл бұрын
@@Michael-dj6pd Ich bin Amerikaner.
@rustythecrown93172 жыл бұрын
@@StephenS-2025 That explains the lack of comedic understanding.
@RabbiHerschel2 жыл бұрын
In the Anglostate, Stephen Fry will be experimented on as our foremost scientists attempt to de-gay and de-Jew him so that he may one day rejoin society.
@brotherben43572 жыл бұрын
They didn’t die for you, Stephen; they died for Jesus.
@rustythecrown93172 жыл бұрын
And look where that got them... dead.
@aaroncabatingan5238 Жыл бұрын
That's a dumber reason to die
@badgerbadgerton9662 жыл бұрын
They're just too clever to generate funny. Because funny is simply not rational. These are properly educated men. They're not funny at all.
@TechToWatch2 жыл бұрын
Astonishing how they put up with that inane, fake laughter back then.
@peteb12062 жыл бұрын
That inane fake laughter was real laughter from an actual studio audience.
@FreemonSandlewould2 жыл бұрын
So funny I forgot to laugh. Uh.
@rustythecrown93172 жыл бұрын
It's alright , your from modern times, subtlety is not your strong point.
@stephenlindsey66312 жыл бұрын
Not funny
@tonyclifton265Ай бұрын
he was shot "clean through the temple".. lol after setting us up for a "cigarette case in the breast pocket saved his life" story
@fireantmedia79462 жыл бұрын
they laugh at literally everything he says? cringe AF
@enthusedtosing9655 Жыл бұрын
I don't see how that is cringe AF but to each their own..