Most people focus on Fry's amazing delivery, but also imagine that you're sat opposite this performance and your only task is to stay engaged and be ready to hit your timing and delivery perfectly into this stream of chaos, without the opportunity to establish and maintain your own rhythm and pacing. Greatest double act bar none.
@ivok9846 Жыл бұрын
chaos?
@Ylyrra Жыл бұрын
@@ivok9846 Yeah. Not just apparent chaos to the viewer, but Stephen Fry is bound to be ad-libbing some of it, he can't help himself going off script. I'm sure the important beats are rehearsed but he's also bound to be throwing a few curve-balls at Laurie if only for the fun of it.
@ivok9846 Жыл бұрын
@@Ylyrra i think you a) didn't get most of it b) presume it's mostly improv because of a) now, why do you think it's ad-lib? have you devoted much thought to language and didn't found anything he said remindful of basics of linguistics?
@Ylyrra Жыл бұрын
@@ivok9846 Interesting presumption about my intelligence and level of understanding. Or alternatively my reasoning could simply have been because of exactly the reasons I gave. Stephen Fry is notorious for ad-libbing, and also notorious for having fun with co-performers by keeping them on their toes if he thinks they'll rise to the occasion. He and many of the other of the mid-80s British comedians grew up on the improv circuit as much as on rehearsed skits. I find it UNLIKELY that he wasn't doing that at least some of the time with his longest collaborator and friend, just based on their personalities and how they've always interacted when interviewed together. But obviously I'm just too thick to "get it" must be the only explanation.
@ivok9846 Жыл бұрын
@@Ylyrra did you answer my question, which parts are chaos, gibberish, improv? instead of that, your op concentrates on fry's non existent replies... give me 20sec excerpt which is utter foolishness, if you would. or 10. thanks btw. my standpoint on improv in comedy is simillar to that of John Cleese, ie that thing doesn't really exist.
@benodaboy Жыл бұрын
" Language is a complementary moist lemon scented cleansing square " I will live by these words
@shelbynamels794811 ай бұрын
*complimentary*
@LAura-qr2ff11 ай бұрын
@@shelbynamels7948 complemintary
@andrewmaclennan51949 ай бұрын
Or "a hunk of a charred Panzer"
@CivilizedWarrior3 ай бұрын
@@andrewmaclennan5194 *the hulk* of a charred Panzer.
@kellysmith73572 ай бұрын
complamenotaury
@johnlannikk27014 жыл бұрын
May I compartmentalise? I don't want to, but may I?, may I?
@onthe45722 жыл бұрын
Correctly correctington!!
@shaxop-eaamusicnetworks463 Жыл бұрын
You may.. continue
@leeosborne37939 ай бұрын
Extrinsically, Extrinsically!
@drTERRRORRR2 ай бұрын
Makes me think about "Blazing Saddles" and: "...dare I say..." "Dare,dare"
@methamphetamememcmeth3422Ай бұрын
I hate you*
@laughingachilles2 жыл бұрын
I think this sketch perfectly portrays what happens when a highly intelligent and well read mind meets cocaine.
@matthewheath7839Ай бұрын
So true. Fry was well and truly in his cocaine phase during a bit of
@LS-mm5js Жыл бұрын
This feels simultaneously like a stroke and like everything that I've learned throughout my Linguistics degree condensed into 7 minutes, and all I remember is that he said Vulva.
@AirborneAshes Жыл бұрын
that's language for you
@metanoiate9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 I love you
@nikiTricoteuse6 ай бұрын
I was laughing so hard at your perfect summation, that it took a full 30 seconds to actually manage to hit the thumbs up.
@drTERRRORRR3 ай бұрын
Key terms covered.
@graxxor3 ай бұрын
This is basically a perfect summary.
@ethanlivemere11625 жыл бұрын
Extrinsically *EXTRINSICALLY
@PalaceDude5 жыл бұрын
Cay-pa'bull, is language Cay-pa'bull !
@Kudakeys4 жыл бұрын
great performance by stephen fry here but did anyone notice how many characters hugh played 2:03 tiger 3:58 duncan 4:28 geoffrey 4:51 phillip 5:03 lovelet 6:05 tommy 7:01 timothy
@KevinJohnMulligan4 жыл бұрын
I think it might also be a parody on the type of person that speaks like Fry's character... They sometimes forget people's names while being so intense.
@Emrys914 жыл бұрын
Its different skits
@banksta33 жыл бұрын
@@Emrys91 7 different skits?
@SunnyIntervalsORG3 жыл бұрын
Javelina, Trevlin, Castella, Lyllette, Bradley, Finley, Declan etc.
@GeorgiNM2 жыл бұрын
In Dorset _alone_
@HumanTypewriter6 жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful use of the English langunge I have ever seen or heard.
@rishivachaspathyastakala8664 жыл бұрын
You, on the other hand, have benutifully destroyed it.
@HumanTypewriter3 жыл бұрын
@@rishivachaspathyastakala866 The irony here is powerful
@CalridRobnor123srs3 жыл бұрын
I think Shakespeare, kinda was better. But each to their own. Shakespeare certainly never made anyone laugh so? Well he probably did, but they were from the past, and not forced to study it's hard to comprehend rhythmic iambic pentameter shiz at school. :P
@Eralen003 жыл бұрын
Correctly Correctington.
@n.v.90002 жыл бұрын
and the complete opposite is The Armstrong and Miller Show - WWII Pilots 1
@faeriekid60314 жыл бұрын
“Listen to me, lovelet” In almost every sketch I’ve seen of them, even from back on Saturday Live, Stephen somehow finds some way of calling Hugh a sweet term of endearment. They’re so adorable, I don’t normally say this, but.... friendship goals.
@ethanlivemere11623 жыл бұрын
"Our language, tiger"
@thiagodeandrade70812 жыл бұрын
For example, m.youtube.com/watch?v
@gavincarstens64972 жыл бұрын
5:00 for anyone looking
@theemmjay51302 жыл бұрын
The knowledge that Stephen Fry is gay adds an interesting subtext to moments like that.
@Mannahnin Жыл бұрын
"I find you beautiful."
@XenosFiles2 жыл бұрын
Language is the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning light as you pluck from an old bookshelf a half-forgotten book of erotic memoirs.
@doctorfmac84693 жыл бұрын
"Hold the news reader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers" is a priceless sentence. And the way he says "upper lip of a Mediterranean girl!" There are a few sketches I seek out and replay when I feel like I haven't laughed in a very long time. This is one. (A Bit of Fry & Laurie - Haircut is another)
@talstory2 жыл бұрын
it's a take off of Noam Chomsky..'colourless green ideas sleep furiously'..
@joesr312 жыл бұрын
i don't get the meaning of either of those sentences
@3DCGdesign Жыл бұрын
"the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean girl!" was missed by the laughter of the original audience, but I caught it and it was hilarious! ... but "I think he said 'vulva'" was a kicker as well.
@shelbynamels794811 ай бұрын
the rest of the sentence was so covered up with audience laughter, the Mediterraneans forgot to officially protest.
@jasonharris84866 ай бұрын
@@joesr31You're right not to understand their meanings, as they are both grammatically correct sentences but also nonsensical.
@alexj370910 ай бұрын
The brilliance of the delivery from Stephen Fry is unparalleled.
@miyonchees5 жыл бұрын
As an English teacher, I've got trapped in such speeches many times. With alcohol, it's even worse.
@ictmeoy19885 жыл бұрын
yeah you wish
@rebeccabrewer22214 жыл бұрын
To be a fly on that wall
@ajmurtagh273 жыл бұрын
Impossible. Alcohol can't talk.
@JacksonKillroy2 жыл бұрын
This sketch is exactly what its like to have a conversation with a coked up linguistics undergrad
@MG-dd9kj Жыл бұрын
Studying English is: invigorating, delightful, dizzying, mind-boggling, mesmerizing - glorious! So let‘s go on with it, my brethren in arms
@Straddock6 жыл бұрын
is this what it's like to have an intellectual discussion with someone going through a manic phase?
@lefinlay6 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t mock bipolarism, but it was funny as this is a very mad conversation
@HumanTypewriter5 жыл бұрын
I don't think he is mocking. The answer is actually yes. And the conversation isn't actually mad, it makes perfect sense if you pay attention to what he is actually saying.
@emilycarson-apstein72855 жыл бұрын
yeah I think it literally is, I can't believe it took 30 years for stephen fry to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder
@HumanTypewriter5 жыл бұрын
Bipolar 1 no less.
@IdahoDali5 жыл бұрын
I've been there and yes, definitely.
@LilCommander4 жыл бұрын
So turns out Fry played Zizek once...
@mrginge1434 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@DuskAndHerEmbrace134 жыл бұрын
...what?
@duxnihilo4 жыл бұрын
@@DuskAndHerEmbrace13 Slavoj Zizek.
@DuskAndHerEmbrace134 жыл бұрын
Dux Nihilo He is nothing like this.
@duxnihilo4 жыл бұрын
SelfReferencingName He is though.
@kashinathpratapm3 жыл бұрын
Beauty of this sketch is every sentence can elaborated in big philosophical discussion. This is funny and thought provoking at the same time. So beautiful.
@matsbjur2535 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Stephen Fry is a literature scholar and he uses it beautifully.
@Fofo-sr2xu Жыл бұрын
@@matsbjur2535 But does his use of said literature scholarship in the confines of language contain, exhibit, express beauty?
@lamrethal69510 ай бұрын
@@Fofo-sr2xu they actually do!
@Oliver-uh5ze2 жыл бұрын
Fry carried most of both the sketches but Laurie's small inputs were like cherries on the top. That "whoops" by Laurie was done so masterfully it's absolutely amazing! True masters.
@Merlewhitefire Жыл бұрын
Never underestimate the value of the straightman in comedy. The Marx Brothers would not have been as funny as they were without a Zeppo to bounce off of.
@weswheel48349 ай бұрын
The delivery of "whoops" seemed to surprise Fry as well, you can see him trying not to laugh right after it.
@steved15933 жыл бұрын
It's like the sketch is an excuse to enjoy the absurdities of language. The intelligence of this sketch and performance is astounding.
@alice87545 жыл бұрын
Hold the news reader’s nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.
@neilwayte5795 жыл бұрын
Ta! 😄
@neilwayte5795 жыл бұрын
But what does it even mean?
@cindel67654 жыл бұрын
@@neilwayte579 it means that someone is about to laugh so hard that milk comes out their nose, and should the waiter not plug said nose firmly, the milk will surely ruin the other person's pants
@neilwayte5794 жыл бұрын
@@cindel6765 Dear me! Thank you
@samarvora71854 жыл бұрын
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
@cargo_vroom97295 жыл бұрын
These sketches are interesting because they don't really contain any jokes, but they are very funny. I would also have a very hard time explaining why they are funny.
@hatredch.simonwalton41334 жыл бұрын
Laugh track?
@hyperspacejester73774 жыл бұрын
It was filmed in front of a live audience.
@storageheater4 жыл бұрын
People falling over is funny, it's not a joke though and it's definitely not comedy. I think you're just hung up on the idea that it's a series of words followed by a punchline. Think physical comedy, character comedy, observational comedy, the fact that warped copies of things can be hilarious just by existing. Despite this being so heavily about words it's not really in the same realm as jokes, it's mannerisms and timing, notes on class, education and flirting, expectations being subverted. Fry does some brilliant physical comedy and turns on such a torrent of vocal tics so specific they almost demand you think you recognise them, and those unexpected lowbrow/highbrow switches keep giving it the rhythm of a joke that rolls along.
@nothajzl3 жыл бұрын
we know why they're funny, but when it comes to explaining it.. yeah, hard 😂
@Somnogenesis3 жыл бұрын
@@storageheater This is a terrific explanation. The comment about how Fry "turns on such a torrent of vocal tics so specific they almost demand you think you recognise them" is particularly insightful: I instinctively feel on first listen that I must've been born in the wrong era and 'ought' to recognise them as parodies of a whole string of intellectual figures who probably used to hold court on late-night 1970s arts programmes - yet in fact I think it's just Stephen relishing the chance to create archetypes of these sorts of tics without it needing to reference anyone specifically. It's brilliant, either way.
@zoewells31604 жыл бұрын
This is how my internal monologue sounds when I’m trying get to sleep or think of something important.
@PandaPandakun3 жыл бұрын
Every damn night.
@madlift Жыл бұрын
The sheer brilliance of the writing and the perfect delivery of these lines is astonishing yet still completely hilarious.
@redadamearth3 жыл бұрын
What makes this so brilliant is that what Fry is saying is actually all very true. It's just filtered through the most ridiculously pretentious dolt in the history of the world. lol
@danielchiverton41682 жыл бұрын
I mean, he's definitely wrong to claim that the English language is immune to demagoguery.
@Hic_Rhodus2 жыл бұрын
@@danielchiverton4168 True. But it is a fairly accurate portrayal of some of the narrow-minded, self-congratulatory guff that certain liberal-conservative oxbridge types (esp. of a late 20th century vintage) would come out with in their tutorials.
@michaelgove93492 жыл бұрын
Well countermand my trousers if he isn't bang on the bloody milk! 👍
@INeedANewHandle Жыл бұрын
@@danielchiverton4168 He doesn't claim that though, he just posits the idea.
@carlmarcs3647 Жыл бұрын
I’m just here to tell you all to shut the fuck up
@andymac48835 жыл бұрын
"Think 'beauty', but be beautiful. Say 'beauty', but say it beautifully." ...that might actually be fairly profound.
@abhisheksoni29804 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing out. It is indeed.
@Sam-qc6sz2 жыл бұрын
What does it mean in your opinion?
@gnorung77692 жыл бұрын
@@samvimes2061 Yes it's needlessly, terribly embellished, congrats on getting the joke, but much of what he says must've missed your head as well if you thought it was completely devoid of "meaning". Underneath the exaggerated, meaningless blabbering, there was a pretty solid line of thought. He is talking about real questions asked in linguistics and aesthetics and philosophy in general. Though it is hardly groundbreaking stuff, it is very interesting nonetheless. Those last lines were definitely deliberately chosen to sound pseudo-philosophical as possible, but it'd be an injustice to say the whole thing was "meaningless". I'd ask you what an objectively meaningful imperative sentence even could be, but it would seem too much like I'm parodying Fry's character at this point.
@samuzamu2 жыл бұрын
@@gnorung7769 successfully parodied!
@andymac488312 күн бұрын
@@Sam-qc6sz A little belated, but... Having good thoughts, thinking kindly of people, being a good person at heart, these are good things, but what really matters is what other people can actually see; think beauty, but _be_ beautiful.
@Ajuhdnis5 жыл бұрын
I use this video as an example of how human brains are shaped by the way we speak. Ironically, people are rendered speechless after watching this video. Go m'colleagues!!
@rebeccabrewer22214 жыл бұрын
I love it when Stephen plays the flirt with Hugh 🤭😋 that naughty twinkle in his eye
@FlashakaViolet3 жыл бұрын
this is philosophically and linguistically beautiful
@ByMonitorLight Жыл бұрын
"Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers" helped me towards a 2:1 at university :)
@cefinau Жыл бұрын
A unique child delivered of a unique mother!
@ekin42605 жыл бұрын
Hush, tish, vibble.
@tm502010 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely freaking brilliant! Fry did a stunning job of memorization here, just to keep up with himself, let alone pull it off flawlessly!
@rw2266 Жыл бұрын
Autocue!
@GustavSvard4 жыл бұрын
And that is why Stephen Fry should be appointed as the new Prime Minister by the Queen.
@50Pooja5 жыл бұрын
Stephen fry will say such profound things and Hugh goes "whoops" xD
@nigeldepledge3790 Жыл бұрын
And didn't he say it beautifully?
@MD-rd7bn2 жыл бұрын
I’m not English but only the Brits can do this. What a laugh I had, brilliant!
@ChaniElkin3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes - "Help, Marjorie is dead." We all just keep saying that same old sentence time after weary time. This is one of my top 3 skits from these two - I'm a huge #MNFan (as well as a "Jeeves and Wooster" fan).
@pikekeke Жыл бұрын
❤ Jeeves and Wooster
@davidlaw30962 жыл бұрын
"We all of us spend all of our days, saying to each other the same things, time after weary time, I love you, don't go in there, get out, you have no right to say that, stop it, why should I, that hurt, help, Margery is dead."
@MarinaSpiteri4 жыл бұрын
.. that surely is a thought to take out for a cream tea on a Sunday afternoon.
@Mousy6774 жыл бұрын
both halves of this conversation are how untreated adhd feels
@nyar23524 жыл бұрын
I can't help but think that this sketch is based on Chomsky's "colourless green ideas sleep furiously"
@ritataboo21992 жыл бұрын
of course that is about it
@IanSlothieRolfe Жыл бұрын
I remember years ago watching a late night discussion show on BBC 2 where various intellectuals and authors discussed contemporary issues. It was just like this.
@nothajzl3 жыл бұрын
"Hello, we're talking about language." - this sketch is so good hahaha
@marfan2007 Жыл бұрын
Stephen Fry trying so hard not to crack is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life... The chemistry between him and Hugh Laurie is nothing short than perfect...
@thechoice301 Жыл бұрын
My 6 years of linguistics education summed up in 7 mins....remarkable!!
@gary.h.turner Жыл бұрын
And there I was thinking they might actually teach useful things like phonology, rather than intellectual claptrap!
@philipmulville8218 Жыл бұрын
Two absolutely outstanding performers. A joy to watch.
@larryschreiner5 жыл бұрын
Actually, this is almost exactly like my philosophy tutorials at university. I was Hugh Laurie and my tutor, who I won’t name was Stephen Fry.
@helenhughes98215 жыл бұрын
Same for me in my English Linguistics degree!
@storageheater4 жыл бұрын
Based off some of his writing, the reason for that is because that's where he's getting it all from. He has a wonderful way of documenting, mocking and being the very thing all at once.
@doctorfmac84693 жыл бұрын
I *WISH* my philosophy classes were like this! I got "what are morals, values, and ethics?"
@notthatadam2 жыл бұрын
Somehow it doesn't surprise me that Stephen Fry was teaching philosophy at your university.
@n.v.90002 жыл бұрын
@@doctorfmac8469 ohh that is easy...Q:"what are morals, values, and ethics?" A:"Ideas but nothing tangible"
@TheTabaK234 жыл бұрын
Funnier than anything snl has produced in the last decade
@maxhutar18913 жыл бұрын
The last golden era of SNL was ended by the departure of people like Hader, Wiig, Armisen, Sudeikis, Moynihan, and of the writers, Mulaney. Since then they've been more concerned with providing a safespace for snowflakes and virtue signaling than real comedy.
@OllyRoberton5 жыл бұрын
His novels are equally florid and wonderful...he is my island's current answer to Oscar Wilde....a great wit and a lovely man....
@alexpaulk28192 жыл бұрын
I only discovered ABoFaL about seven years ago and it has been such an influence in my life as a screenwriter and playwright. As an homage to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, the main character in my first produced play was named Marjorie because they used that name so many times. No one caught it, but I enjoy how there’s a nice little Easter egg in the play that calls back to their comedic performance abilities that I can only ever hope to obtain a fraction of.
@kevinbissinger11 ай бұрын
You said nobody caught it, do you expect someone would ever think to suggest that Marjorie was connected to Fry and Laurie out of context?
@alexpaulk281911 ай бұрын
@@kevinbissinger lol no???? 😂😂 it was just me saying that no one caught it lol. I didn’t expect them to
@JoeLondon-te3hf3 ай бұрын
I did, being young in Ulster, and it got me into trouble, let me tell you.
@bournemouthisshit7 ай бұрын
Frillions! Needs to be heard in Parliament...
@spencerraney49792 жыл бұрын
Never has a discussion of meaning versus usage in the English language ever been so funny, or indeed as beautiful.
@fat_old_sun2 жыл бұрын
When Fry started describing language, it made me tear up a little, to be honest.
@SineN0mine3 Жыл бұрын
which bit was that?
@charlesottowilliamwade532810 ай бұрын
No it didn't
@JoeRivermanSongwriter6 жыл бұрын
Bloody clever clogs Fry.
@HolyMith5 жыл бұрын
He was actually making quite a lot of sense there.
@carolondrey322210 ай бұрын
Oh, these men were so tremendous. Not only talented, but also brilliant and innovative. I wish I could have known each of them in person.
@l.w.i747810 ай бұрын
They are both still very much alive. And they’re both still tremendous… 😉
@bmabs354 жыл бұрын
"Capabull" - Stephen Fry
@jagtan133 жыл бұрын
"Rebenton" - Jeremy Clarkson
@nothajzl3 жыл бұрын
@@jagtan13 haha TG lads had their own way of pronouncing (car) names
@jagtan133 жыл бұрын
@@nothajzl indeed!
@tusharmisra8399 ай бұрын
Laurie is such a perfect foil for Fry’s brilliant eloquence! 😂❤️
@mikeos13 жыл бұрын
sorry to hear about Marjorie.
@BenHall2896 жыл бұрын
Mark it please
@thewitt5510 ай бұрын
I love these men!
@tiaancloete5133 Жыл бұрын
The way he says capable gets me laughing every time 🤣🤣
@jessicashackle595 Жыл бұрын
Fry could be the 5th Beatle with that haircut. ❤️
@bethanylowe87732 жыл бұрын
The most educational few minutes of my adolescence in the 1980s.
@Joshualbm2 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing that this had a predefined framework but was largely improvised. Stephen Fry is an astounding talent.
@jho26462 жыл бұрын
Actually, I'd probably argue the opposite and say this would have been thoroughly rehearsed. That's why this show was so funny. They were meticulous about hitting the right comedic beats at just the right time. That takes practice. I've seen some behind the scenes footage of their similar process on blackadder. Very interesting.
@dunebasher197110 ай бұрын
All scripted. They sweated over getting every word just right. Fry did a small amount of improv away from Fry & Laurie, but he never felt he was particularly good at it.
@andrewjohnson67162 жыл бұрын
He either had all of this memorized OR he was making it up ex tempore. I'm not sure which would be more stunning.
@SeherFettProductions5 жыл бұрын
It's funny - but a lot of the second half is pretty much what I learnt in semiotics. :D
@user-vl9ui2us4x2 жыл бұрын
The finger, the turtleneck! Stephen's giving Foucault vibes lol
@malcolmjcullenАй бұрын
I laughed so hard that friendly milk just countermanded my trousers.
@lordsyluswinter59282 жыл бұрын
"Goodnight, I don't feel quite so well now" I had fallen to the floor in stitches upon hearing that.
@phillawrence5148 Жыл бұрын
Was too young to appreciate this as a kid, glad I've rediscovered it.
@rebeccabrewer22214 жыл бұрын
Look at that naughty mischievous sparkle in Stephen's eye 🤗
@EvelynTokamp Жыл бұрын
Brilliant chaps, both of them in their own right.
@freepagan Жыл бұрын
This is full of Platonic philosophy. And has echoes of Bertrand Russel's ideas. *Beautiful* and lovely.
@anasiltacosic11 ай бұрын
also Saussure
@dildonius5 жыл бұрын
Hold the newsreader’s nose *squarely,* waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.
@Superfantastictop104 жыл бұрын
Sostén firmemente la nariz del presentador de las noticias, camarero, o la leche amigable contradirá mis pantalones.
@clairem.caterer8563 жыл бұрын
I want this sentence on a T-shirt or plaque or mug.
@christinafong26924 жыл бұрын
Dearest Aunty Stephen, did you actually have all those words in your head and all you needed to do was open your mouth and they just poured forth? Love you to bits! Stay well and safe. Live Long and Carry On!
@redadamearth3 жыл бұрын
"I find you beautiful - but you are not beauty." "...Whoops."
@mattr226411 ай бұрын
Absolute genius - both straight man and deliverer. Nothing akin to this in our sad, vulgar era.
@e32b61 Жыл бұрын
Stephen Fry before he was merely famous for being famous. This was really where he really shone and was brilliant. I think he said somewhere that he never became the actor he wanted to become and that it really broke him that neither critics nor audiences accepted him. The highlight of his dramatic acting career came with Wilde. And now he just sort of dabbles in everything, especially in well-trodden fields, and spends time on talk show couches and chairs.
@PaulCarr14 жыл бұрын
All of this "bollocks" actually makes sense.
@seth14552 жыл бұрын
Apparently
@hotpotatopodcast Жыл бұрын
Incredible to be able to do this in front of a live audience in 1 take with no mistakes
@dunebasher197110 ай бұрын
I was in the audience for the first sketch.
@stanmonzon57885 жыл бұрын
I would very much like to see Stephen Fry’s character in this sketch debate Noam Chomsky on linguistics. Or maybe just debate Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris on anything. I would pay large amounts of money to see that.
@o0260o5 жыл бұрын
Fry on Harris podcast. Check it.
@elisabethvajner77675 жыл бұрын
Fry and Petersons debate on political correctness
@ALiJ4LIFE4 жыл бұрын
Or, watch Russell Brand
@MarinaSpiteri4 жыл бұрын
He's taken part in quite an few debates including Jordan Peterson and Christopher Hitchens which are excellent. One in particular to look out for is when the panel debates whether or not religion is a source for the good; it is truly compelling.
@littlekettle57594 жыл бұрын
@@elisabethvajner7767 that debate was simply unfortunate, as fry pointed out on several occasions that they came to talk about political correctness but the majority of the panel was just going at each other's throats instead. Damn shame.
@nyarparablepsis8722 жыл бұрын
That utterly unexpected Karl Kraus reference in there, brilliant!
@waltdistel716 Жыл бұрын
I've been using "correctly correctington" way too much ever since I first saw this sketch and I'm not ashamed.
@el_rooneyo2 жыл бұрын
I’m listening to an audiobook of Stephen Fry’s Mythos and I can’t stop thinking about this sketch. Genius!
@blackmane19993 жыл бұрын
2:50 The set of lines here mustve been the dialogue exchange between Margerie and him when he killed her. 😂
@JellyFaysh4 жыл бұрын
Would love to meet Fry one day. What an absolute legend.
@lnfreeman7 ай бұрын
Theres such a musical quality to this sketch. I haven't watched it in over a decade but i can still rap along to much of it
@bipolarminddroppings Жыл бұрын
The best part of fry and laurie is that both can play the straight man and the loon. The best comedy duo of all time, for my money.
@AndrewMOJObook Жыл бұрын
in the trade it's called "the floating straight man"
@theoutspokenhumanist11 ай бұрын
True genius. And Hugh's understated acting was also sublime.
@WellingtonIronman7 ай бұрын
How the hell did Stephen Fry memorise this script. It’s a chaotic assembly of complicated words and phraseology delivered without pause. Insane
@Drilling4mana Жыл бұрын
"...... I think he said 'vulva'!" has been stuck in my head for years
@dewaynewoods47886 ай бұрын
My, how I wish I had found both this clip and these comments four years ago. I've been thoroughly entertained and uplifted.
@caroleanderson402010 ай бұрын
They both look on the edge of loosing it. Wonderful piece ❤
@maxgregorycompositions62165 ай бұрын
losing.
@jb58803 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorites
@sineadsan11 ай бұрын
Just brilliant!!
@Strathclydegamer2 жыл бұрын
Correctly Correctington!
@miriambradsell747316 күн бұрын
the best thing about this sketch is that everything steven says (while quite bizarre) actually makes logical sense😆
@aaronleadley82453 ай бұрын
Had me in stitches. The parody of some of my best teachers and professors cuts too close to the bone! (Then again I believe it's the point)
@debussy6911 ай бұрын
It’s getting to the point where I can’t sleep without hearing this first
@Whovian10296 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic
@atrumluminarium7 ай бұрын
I love that what he's saying actually makes complete sense😂