A bit of Fry and Laurie - Cigarette Case

Clip from the pilot of Stephen Fry And Hugh Laurie's TV Show "A bit of Fry and Laurie". Enjoy.

[@peterhunt4818]

The "I didn't catch that" joke is quality, and they breezed right past it like it was nothing.

[@NPzed]

It was nothing. He hadn't thrown it yet!

[@StephenS-2024]

Ah, Quality....reminds me of Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance.

[@anathamon]

@@StephenS-2024 that book should have been called “western philosophy and the art of bad parenting”

[@StephenS-2024]

@@anathamon ha! That's good.

[@srikaneator]

that WAS INDEED NOTHING when compared to the line "it's because i'm dumb, isn't it sir"

[@danielnatzke6733]

And I'd be alive today

[@jean-louistixier-vignancou3211]

😁😁

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

Every line of this scene was more unpredictable than the last.

[@jswaggart01]

“You can’t come because you’re a bastard and we all hate you!” Epic.

[@gvantsasakaruli9900]

"lets die for Fry who may or may not be born one day" would be such an awesome phrase to motivate soldiers with

[@rmac3217]

Sounds like a marching song, Left my wife in New Orleans, To die for Fry and eat fried beans, Left, Left, Left Right Left

[@catsinq5726]

There's something hilarious about seeing a young Dr. House claiming that his deafness and blindness are cancelling each other out.

[@John_Ridley]

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.

[@makkapakka2098]

Never even occurred to me that obviously in some places people will have only seen Hugh Laurie as House. Absolute quality

[@jordlopez]

@@makkapakka2098 that was me until very recently, he was only House and Stuart Little's dad

[@RabbiHerschel]

@@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.)

[@jordlopez]

@@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

[@OddBallThe4th8382]

These two are very much the masters of wit and cleverly written dialogue…good on em’

[@extenebrislux]

"if you pardon the pun" "what pun?" xD

[@sarcasmo57]

This is why I carry my cigarette case on my head.

[@Voodoo_Robot]

This is why i don’t smoke.

[@Eralen00]

Sorry to tell you but that won't do anything to stop anything bigger than a pellet gun

[@somewhatdubiouscontents]

@@Voodoo_Robot you won't be surviving any german snipers like that sonny

[@rmac3217]

@@Eralen00 Really? What am I going to do with the bullet proof vest I made out of cigarette cases then?

[@conservativemike3768]

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.

[@richardgadberry8398]

"He was given it by his god-niece as a kind of 'loss-of-virginity' present"

[@danielskrivan6921]

"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.

[@Sepilein1]

never seen this one before...blessed be the algorithm for finally showing this. Just another Masterpiece of Comedy.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

The great thing about them's that they're equally funny.

[@ianbrewer4843]

Yep

[@ginabrogan1825]

Nope laurie is funnier

[@hollyb6885]

These two are treasures. I hope they realize how much happiness they’ve brought to the masses.

[@stanamilanovich3956]

The scene they're spoofing from The Great Escape is so sad. This is hilarious.

[@michaellinner7772]

Laurie does the best American accent of anyone I've ever seen or heard.

[@roberthanlen6036]

Clint Eastwood's American accent was pretty good...

[@renobeck1976]

How about Daniel Day Luis?

[@flynnlivescmd]

How about Laurie?

[@Bumbley1]

It's because he's blind you see...

[@findmurdock]

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.

[@ChanduKale]

Their PG Wodehouse plays are hilarious.

[@TampaDave]

Absolutely… “Wooster and Jeeves” is perfect. But maybe not better than Black Adder. That was a true Dream Team of Brit comedy.

[@thichinhphan4010]

@@TampaDave The only Dream team of British comedy is Monty Python.

[@essentiallorddon3043]

Grandfather on my parents side absolute gold

[@shelbynamels973]

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_Nothing]

Yes, but this was his grandfather on his parents’ side.

[@shelbynamels973]

@@General_Nothing all grandfathers are on the parents' side.

[@MerkhVision]

We’ll surely he wasn’t talking about his real grandfather here, it was likely made up for the skit!

[@mikenicholas9017]

Nnnnueman...

[@montecristo1845]

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_]

He has amazing sight and hearing, he just can't use it 😂

[@loge10]

I don't think it's that funny- it's actually my own situation...

[@silversolver7809]

@@loge10 Congrats, I wish I had perfect sight and hearing.

[@joedingo7022]

"logically"

[@skyteus]

The two together!!! Just perfect.

[@StarWarsMoments]

"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.

[@c.a.marsupial.1282]

5.25 minutes of brilliance.

[@taowroland8697]

Actually that would be 5.41 minutes or thereabouts

[@treebeard8475]

Lol these guys are so out there for their time.

[@sophitsa79]

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

[@treebeard8475]

@@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 :)

[@geraldineclarke5434]

Oh, thank you!!! I love both these guys so much.

[@TeemuSintonen]

Their chemistry is off the charts!

[@ALEGODAY]

One of the greatest clips from ABOFAL

[@87654321j]

His grandfather could he be Melchett lol 😂

[@hallfiry]

Fun fact few people know: some parts of this sketch were taken from the POW sketch in the older Fry & Laurie show Alfresco.

[@shannonjaensch3705]

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.

[@VestigialHead]

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.

[@faenethlorhalien]

Heavy“Blackadder goes forth” vibes there.

[@SPRPhilly]

The spirit of Python is strong in this one and it is exquisite.

[@handlesarecringe957]

"Are you deaf?" "Yes, sir"

[@feralbluee]

now this is funny!! the kind of British ‘humour’ i really like. thanks. :) 😋🌷🌱

[@nvrndingsmmr]

Lmao that final line was absolutely brilliant!

[@psychicmafia666]

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.

[@buckcherryfan1000]

did you not see Jeeves and Wooster?

[@barcode8459]

_Jeeves and Wooster_ is unequivocally Fry & Laurie's greatest work. _Blackadder_ is a riot as well.

[@izaskunerdocia]

“My grandfather on my parents’s side”

[@richardgadberry8398]

"So the Great War and World War II were just vast entertainments laid on for your benefit, were they?"

[@rustythecrown9317]

''Well when you put it that way... yes''.

[@LosBerkos]

A cigarette case can be opened and close- Audience: "-HHAAAHAHAHAHAACHAAHCHAHH"

[@benwu7980]

Any attempt at analizing the humour here fails, absurdism is at absurd levels. "my grandfather on my parents' side' sets the stage

[@hashbrown777]

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.

[@benwu7980]

@@hashbrown777 :) I guess that's what I mean about analizing their jokes.

[@rustythecrown9317]

''And I'd be alive today''.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Begging forgiveness. But I can only take Stephen Fry in small doses, which is uniquely difficult as he is quite a large man. 🤣🤣🤣

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I've not seen this one. And I've repeated DAMN and WE'VE BEEN ACTIVATED a hundred times.

[@thuurmichels763]

This start reminded me of Christopher Walken's Gold Watch monologue.

[@matthewbritton2790]

Or battle blouse

[@codyheiner3636]

Masterpiece

[@Eralen00]

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

[@sureshot8399]

I wonder if it part of the joke that Hugh calls Stephen Sir despite them being equivalent ranks.

[@sapthadas2594]

"Because I'm dumb isn't it sir"

[@joempoem478]

"It belonged to my grandfather on my parent's side"

[@marklechman2225]

I literally almost did a spit take watching this.

[@robertwoodroffe123]

He did have a mum ! And a dad !

[@NicholasMonks]

Was this improvised? Feels brilliantly "Yes, and..."

[@don_5283]

You can see Fry almost trip over one of his lines. It's scripted, but that doesn't diminish it at all.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Who is giving electric knives to the prisoners?

[@keepdancingmaria]

"... and I'd be alive today." Wait, What?

[@thecapone45]

Wow. Didn’t know Dr. House could be this funny.

[@Banzybanz]

One of the best British comedy duos of all time

[@peterhunt4818]

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.

[@kamion53]

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.

[@HootOwl513]

@@kamion53 Thus ruining a brilliant comedic career,

[@alisonhill3941]

@@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.

[@robertwoodroffe123]

My dad was a ww2 sniper ! And I’m alive

[@dan4461]

the laughs are so bought

[@robertwoodroffe123]

He’s only got a bad limp in his House now

[@laimeifong5297]

Do you ever wondered what's it like to die what a straight up question

[@TheEpicNoodle]

Cheers jake :D brilliance XD

[@DCUPtoejuice]

Tarantino borrowed this it seems.

[@DulceN]

Brilliant!

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

....battle blouse..... :)

[@samstudios9908]

The first part is just kindergarten show and tell

[@MartinHiggins1972]

But done by a adult comic genius.

[@reallyidrathernot.134]

1:50 this is where population ethics comes from

[@justk9415]

Great entertainers and masterful subversive humor! Probably lost on an audience that laughs at literally every word regardless.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Sounds like what we Yanks refer to as a "laughtrack"....cue Dr Evil air quotes

[@color-head1696]

Did this inspire Tarantino to the watch story - i think - told in Pulp Fiction to young Bruce Willis?

[@t.m.2415]

Is the audience being gased with laughing gas?

[@philipsalama8083]

I wonder if this sketch was made after Blackadder IV, given the bit about war skits being in bad taste.

[@sophitsa79]

I think it was about a decade earlier

[@kn7991j]

Lindybeige humor

[@VestigialHead]

That is what several of my ex girlfriends said - "you can't come because you are a bastard and we hate you".

[@ImNotADeeJay]

It's never lupus

[@delta9685]

3:43 was that scripted or not? Because I can't tell XD

[@dars5229]

Yeah, it had to be. Saying "pardon the pun" when neither of them has made one is bit of a running gag for them.

[@delta9685]

@@dars5229 Pardon?

[@gasan6599]

Why does it sound so similar to monthy python?

[@SwordsmanRyan]

They’re Britons.

[@enthusedtosing9655]

Does it?

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

Escalation humor like this just makes no _sense._

[@muhammadavatarmarvellian76]

what episode is this? and what series? someone tell me the detail of this clip please?

[@avinotion]

The show's name: A Bit of Fry and Laurie. That's all I know

[@DarthGTB]

Check the video's description

[@jeronimo196]

Daredevil's cameo in She-Hulk is amazing.

[@Michael-dj6pd]

Are you sure you are on the right video?

[@jeronimo196]

@@Michael-dj6pd it's a joke, don't worry about it.

[@rustythecrown9317]

@@jeronimo196 That whole show is a joke.

[@marekvollach7831]

FRY… just go away, already

[@StephenS-2024]

Is this comedy? I don't speak British.

[@Dilmahkana]

This is definitely a more weird, meta one.

[@StephenS-2024]

@@Dilmahkana funny.

[@Michael-dj6pd]

Are you per chance german?

[@StephenS-2024]

@@Michael-dj6pd Ich bin Amerikaner.

[@rustythecrown9317]

@@StephenS-2024 That explains the lack of comedic understanding.

[@TechToWatch]

Astonishing how they put up with that inane, fake laughter back then.

[@peteb1206]

That inane fake laughter was real laughter from an actual studio audience.

[@brotherben4357]

They didn’t die for you, Stephen; they died for Jesus.

[@rustythecrown9317]

And look where that got them... dead.

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

That's a dumber reason to die

[@badgerbadgerton966]

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.

[@RabbiHerschel]

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.

[@FreemonSandlewould]

So funny I forgot to laugh. Uh.

[@rustythecrown9317]

It's alright , your from modern times, subtlety is not your strong point.

[@stephenlindsey6631]

Not funny

[@fireantmedia7946]

they laugh at literally everything he says? cringe AF

[@enthusedtosing9655]

I don't see how that is cringe AF but to each their own..