A Bit of Fry and Laurie Vox Pop part 1

A Bit of Fry and Laurie Vox Pop from series 4

[@retro2vr]

That laugh by Fry at the start. When we were kids, my brother and I used to rewind the video over and over at that part crying with laughter.

[@crazysoupforever]

Stephen Fry is my favourite person on the telly. I love everything about him.

[@IDontKnowCorp]

Fry's mustached driver character doesn't even seem like an act, he's so good at it.

[@24-karat-plonker]

0:08 Stephen's laugh saved my soul 😂

[@alecmagill5337]

“If history has taught us one thing, it has taught us that the Battle of Agincourt was in 1415.”

[@lexcpen2344]

sry but what doe this mean?

[@tipperary1082]

@@lexcpen2344 What he said

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

@@lexcpen2344 when most people use that line, 'if history has taught us anything...' they are usually about to share some kind of moral or wise lesson that we learned by studying events from history. For example, someone might say, 'if history has taught us anything, it's that bigotry and racism leads to hatred and violence' and they might make a reference to examples in history where this was observed. What Stephen Fry was doing here was something called 'subversion of expectations', which is basically another way of saying, 'giving the audience what they are not expecting.' He used a commonly known phrase as a lead in, so that people were expecting him to share some kind of lesson that we've learned from history, and then tricks us by making a pointless reference to an event in history that didn't necessarily teach us anything significant. It's hard to explain. I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say.

[@cbkhanh]

@@Aquascape_Dreaming I think people outside of the UK just does not know about that Battle. So they assume it has some underlying meaning. Thanks for your detailed explanation.

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

@@cbkhanh I'm outside of the UK, and I know literally nothing about the battle of Agincourt, but I know how to identify a joke that uses subversion of expectation as a punchline. No offense intended, but I think you underestimate the perceptiveness of non-british people when it comes to British humour. But if you found my explanation helpful in any way, you're welcome.

[@thepayne7862]

The one that always gets me is "It's only then I realized she was far away."

[@nyChannel09]

And i literally expected it was coming, still laughed

[@thepayne7862]

@@nyChannel09 same here and I just watched it again and tried no laugh and I did. Something about the way he delivers the line.

[@jcfs123]

The marmalade sketch is brilliant!

[@LL-ow1qt]

The best!🤣

[@Van_Der_Lay_Industries]

Arse the parlour maid?

[@EddieGaster]

@@Van_Der_Lay_Industries you want me to fart the hit parade?

[@kid--presentable]

Passssss the marmalade

[@Zeresrail]

1:44 Fry starts answering seriously then remembers hes doing a skit :P

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

He's the best at setting up complex lead-ins, and then subverting our expectations. Even though you know it's coming, it's still criminally hilarious 😂

[@hendrixhotel]

I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure that's just Stephen's legitimate answer

[@sebastienh1100]

Hugh Laurie is such a wonderful actor, so expressive

[@BinturongGirl]

Those ladies of a certain age played by Fry... Absolutely filthy.

[@aaronhurst4379]

He makes a stunning woman, does Stephen.

[@andrewhawkings5198]

This is 2018 and this show is getting funnier and funnier to watch. That's the real comedy, kids.

[@JenniferGonzalez-gx5qv]

Andrei Sokolov I laughed more now than in the old days

[@Reac2]

While I don't like the patronizing Juvenoia, as a 21 year old born '99, this is very witty and funny, all of the Fry and Laurie stuff is.

[@Plons0Nard]

July 2020 : extremely funny. One more viewing and I am ready for the mental health hospital 🤣👍🤝🇳🇱

[@crazysoupforever]

I was just thinking that myself.

[@bazcuda]

Stephen says they need to be planted, "oh, late July"...the subtitles say mid-July. I need to know which it is, dammit ! These nine-lane motorways don't just build themselves, you know !

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

Don't just grow* themselves, you mean.

[@mark-j-adderley]

There’s a rather charming heartlessness to these snippets of English life, which seem more contemporary today, than they were when originally broadcast between 1989 and 1995.

[@eclaire_x88x]

The policeman 😂 makes me die laughing everytime

[@CaptainBlaine]

That wheeze at the beginning gets things off to a hilarious start

[@vivaldi1ett]

I really miss those guys British comedy at it’s best thank you guys for making our lives a little bit more enjoyable

[@LoganBluth]

1:58 - Wait a moment!!! Is that the gorgeous Georgina I see??? The irresistibly beautiful and famed cabaret performer from the First World War, adored by every red-blooded honest Tommy on the Western Front?!?!?

[@samarvora7185]

I'm sorry there's been a problem. She was so happy and went out into no man's land, and before I tried to warn her not to tread on a mine,... she trod on a mine.

[@KabirChattopadhyay1991]

HOW HOW HOW?

[@LoganBluth]

@@KabirChattopadhyay1991 (EAR-SPLITTING SOBS OF ANGUISH)..... Ah well, can't be helped, can't be helped.

[@dudesayingthings]

Vox pop was honestly the best part about this show 😂😂😂 this is not a slight on the sketches, but high praise for the vox pop. absolutely epic 😂😂

[@ash7324]

"Road widening scheme?!" (DERISIVE LAUGHTER)

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

Stephen Fry is something of a superhero. He can virtualise basically any persona, without having lived that kind of life. Only a person with super powers like his could do something so darn convincingly. If you haven't seen it yet, look up on dailymotion, 'stephen fry "the letter"'. It used to be on youtube but I think it was removed for some unknown reason. It's a skit that's basically parodying Bram Stokes's Dracula, but oh my goodness it's hilarious. 😂

[@sturnbull09]

“One of the great benefits of being an alcoholic.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@treintaydiez]

The marmalade....I'm dead XD

[@grendelum]

treintaydiez - where are you gonna put em?

[@thecrimsonbubbles]

wow that taxi driver line about Russia really swung around in the space of 30 years

[@Ukrkio]

23

[@ryanmichael1298]

still, wow

[@DeathnoteBB]

Mikkel Ulrich 23 is within the space of 30 years

[@Stigstigster]

@@DeathnoteBB Correct!

[@kveld9893]

"swung around" like something changed in Russia lmao

[@robdave1974]

They captured the absurdity of the common English peoples persona so eloquently and honestly. Then used it as comedic cannon fodder.

[@gayleigh]

wheres the one where laurie goes "ya wanna know what they keep under these hats? eh? *gasp* some bastard's nicked it!!"

[@jenniferjuniper97]

"You can take sex and violence off television, but where'ya gonna put 'em?"

[@mustafa1name]

At 0:19 a version of the small/far away joke that Father Ted is famous for. Originally broadcast in 1995, the year Father Ted started.

[@crazysoupforever]

I so wish these two would get back together again. Stephen Fry is simply adorable.

[@generalerica4123]

Neither a borrower, nor a git be. Words to live by, I suppose.

[@christinepage1523]

Amazing, an awesome comedy pairing.

[@3dgar7eandro]

How could this be so accurate🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@Guy-Debord]

1:28 so good, classic House

[@lizaluk]

A great piece of work.

[@GirGir183]

0:03 It's late July, not mid July. Just in case anyone got confused.

[@David-ud9ju]

Not only are the subtitles wrong, but they totally ruin the humour.

[@greysquirrel404]

It's actually February right now

[@MaliceAttention]

Thanks. I was wondering if the lack of love was the reason I didn't get my nine-lane motorway running through my back garden. I think now I was too early.

[@Alfa-ku4pu]

@@David-ud9ju well, they are helpful for foreign people... like me, from spain... at least i could laugh a bit

[@amyshaw893]

well, at least it wasnt lupus

[@goingcritical7406]

It's never Lupus....

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

@@goingcritical7406 until it's lupus...

[@kingsman428]

Fry is so posh he can't pull off a working man's accent 😁

[@granville7]

he could do an American one so well the producers of 'House, MD' didn't even realise they hired someone who couldn't be more English than Lt. The Hon. George Colthurst St Barleigh

[@sbraypaynt]

Ygraine apparently you don’t know which is which

[@powderedground78]

@@granville7 wrong guy

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@granville7 You’re talking about High Laurie. Not Stephen Fry.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

You does a pretty good Geordie, and my Aussie pal says his Australian accent is ridiculously good. You can see it pretty frequently on here if you search for ‘Stephen Fry QI accents’.

[@franciscovarela7127]

I needed that.

[@rayaqin]

the elephant man joke was pretty nice :D

[@sean3533]

Man House sure can do a good British accent!

[@darthkek1953]

Apparently the actor spent a few months in England when he was a baby.

[@ictmeoy1988]

yeah, some British people are really good at that

[@sean3533]

@@ictmeoy1988 honestly I was expecting more likes on my comment, it was pretty funny if I say so myself.

[@sidarthur8706]

better than that upstart idris elba

[@andrewwright9378]

Someone rush a Sense of irony to ictm Eoy, urgently.

[@KoeSeer]

6:42 real talk

[@ElshadKarbasi]

4:45 was filmed I think on King Street in Hammersmith. The shopping centre scenes are also from King’s Mall. Took me a little while to figure it out but I thought they looked strangely familiar!

[@MyreW36]

Nobody realises how much training goes into being an estate agent. Virtually none😂

[@castlerock58]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have seen all their other shows but I don't think this was ever aired in Canada.

[@dontbeasadsoulja]

0:08 the KEKW laugh

[@farwakhan4423]

Huge is a MASTER of accents

[@ExploreGamesAndMore]

This is just like the fast show, except 15 years earlier, and good.

[@evang2881]

The answer is the internet at 7:03

[@Plons0Nard]

Bur where to put the marmelade ?

[@justin_5631]

@@Plons0Nard well you've got the marmelade. it's not in the cupboard but you've got it.

[@SF7PAKISTAN]

4:23 Fry snaps

[@solveigg2377]

6:12 is such meme material

[@GhastlytheTinkerer]

@glazenbol "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be" is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The vox-pop character's father (who apparently is not too bright) is basically telling him not to be an idiot.

[@marine463]

Ah thanks !

[@aidazinnurova5512]

Thank you so much!! I couldn't translate this one and was wondering what's the gag

[@kapitankapital6580]

[derisive laughter]

[@edgyanglo4875]

Patrick Ellis I see you everywhere

[@AmySavage6]

3:42, wise words from the cabbie.

[@Karim-is7ew]

That "country narrowing scheme" joke from the driver at 4:11 is really only a half joke if you think about it. (if you don't get what I mean, I mean that the widening of roads means the narrowing of public space for pedestrian space and thus public life). 10/10

[@nyChannel09]

Thats what he literally meant by country narrowing scheme... Theres nothing else he implied by that

[@evanhefner4218]

3:40 so ahead of its time!

[@halfaworldaway]

Fry: "In about late July" Subtitles: "In about mid-July" Hmm.

[@sidarthur8706]

subtitle man obviously knows more about growing roads than stephen fry

[@Xezlec]

What is that square with that cool building where Stephen is standing?

[@bmb7918]

The Sanctuary, in London, in front of Westminster Abbey and Dean's Yard (and in front of my old school, as it happens). I believe it is still legally the case that if you remain in the Sanctuary under the protection of the Church you cannot be arrested (though I would not recommend testing that).

[@helenbryant404]

I had many a great holiday at Westminster School, with PHAB

[@colinbaker3916]

Note to subtitles, he said LATE July.

[@cthulhu2223]

5:18 House is a great show...

[@gb469x]

Full body consult.

[@nigelcarren]

Fun fact: This was probably Stephen Fry's own London Taxi?

[@01134man]

5:23 I miss Dr. House 😭

[@jland12]

Steven has nice hair

[@vardellsfolly5200]

So young and so.. silly!

[@deeqcadexl]

Killing it hhhh very funny guys

[@samuelbarber4154]

Who are these people and why are we interviewing them? 😂

[@Guy-Debord]

late july seems a bit late to me. They would be best planted in late may.

[@lizageorge8923]

1:25 how does he keep a straight face???

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

Watch this one. Both of them can barely hold back their laughter, kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp-3noara9tjgqM

[@MrBlues113]

I understand 5% of the jokes, but I still laugh 95% of the time

[@Alfa-ku4pu]

Yeah... me too... THE ENGLISH PEOPLE SPEAK SO FAST!!!!!!

[@sidarthur8706]

i hope they've got 'ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer'

[@sidarthur8706]

not in this one. shame

[@Richard_is_cool]

Paaaass meeeee the sex and violence!

[@mikepetergumball8337]

Old boggy walks on Lammas Eve

[@DrJG9]

Stamps!

[@szymonwlodarczyk5356]

Reminds me of the grand illusions guy

[@simplelife88393]

Haha, good stuff..

[@crazypianolady]

Subtitles kinda ruin the punchline :( But still awesome

[@masters.1000]

It helps foreign people.

[@vivekbarchha]

Where? Could you please point one out?

[@nevanmasterson46]

@@vivekbarchha you mean point out a subtitle? they're... like.. throughout the entire video.

[@kyler.windhorst]

Honestly didn’t notice it ‘til I read this comment.

[@samdherring]

Kyler Windhorst lol that's scary. You get behind the wheel with those eyes? 😂

[@BlueXonar]

4:43 Dead xD

[@Nicholas-ce5tm]

oh yeah yeah

[@petezah2686]

I find this comedy to be somewhat humorous!

[@mark-j-adderley]

I wonder whether these sketches came out a little bit too early for the British audience at the time ... they are as sharp as a tack, and rather racy, but maybe too acerbic for that time, however, today ...

[@digitalT83]

No it just wasnt funny

[@SparkieNeisti]

In some ways it's amazing how it's still relevant.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@digitalT83 I believe you are - perhaps not for the first time - in the minority. One also has to ask why you’re here wasting your time watching a video of comedians you clearly don’t like, and even bothering to comment instead of moving on to something you enjoy instead. A psychologist might call that masochism. 🤔

[@Bromley68]

"I suppose they'll be saying Hitler was a racist next"

[@GirGir183]

How come you can't get The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick anymore?

[@aodhablackheart]

Here in Amersham!

[@Online-Ed]

Dr House!

[@leon2901]

Hugh's businessman character lol

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

Is that Dr. House?

[@anuragchakraborty8846]

Hugh Laurie, yeah

[@prvipartizan7963]

Well I wouldn't suck it.

[@jdross260]

Is Steven Fry the 5th Beatle?

[@canaisyoung3601]

I thought he was Oscar Wilde reincarnated.

[@grumpyspinach7013]

What is that one about a poor man who looks like an elephant? The ELephant man. Oh I know Collin Welland

[@z4zuse]

3:40 aged well

[@mogshade66]

😊

[@jakubsetkowski]

He looks like doctor whoo

[@beniteztheconman]

The benefit of being an alcoholic....

[@half_eaten.hooker]

Fry should do these sketches again

[@cargo_vroom9729]

3:40 Fry has his finger on the pulse of current American politics somehow.

[@Urbanforager]

😂 😂😂

[@dutch747]

4:24 ^^

[@grendelum]

3:40 _”Well, if people wanna be right-wing and nationalistic and bigoted, then let them go and live in Russia.”_ 30+ years on...

[@dejanbgdbhoy]

...and you bumboys are still afraid of the Russians

[@ronmastrio2798]

Honestly rather would at this point

[@splinter2121]

Member when London was London filled with civilized people and stuff. I miss england

[@PolyChromium]

Is that you at 4:44?

[@zoyataylor]

peopel dont see through things these days... :D

[@Charlie-vf1gy]

bit of water??

[@smoath]

I wonder if they've questioned their derision yet? hmm...

[@patriciaamaro7337]

5:18

[@jacobj268]

Why is it called vox pox?

[@BadWebDiver]

It's a satire of current affairs segments when people in the street would be asked about the issues of the day. I think it's from Latin for "talk of the people" or something.

[@viggosimonsen]

Latin: Vox Populi = Voice of the people

[@als_pals]

4:44