American Reacts to Hugh Laurie on Graham Norton

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[@marcuscarrington3688]

You need to see him in the ‘Night Manager’ as the baddie. Superb actor

[@maja1157]

Truth

[@katherinedowling4246]

Hugh Laurie plays the piano brilliantly he was in the Cambridge rowing team and had a Television show on British tv with Stephen Fry he is ridiculously talented and he is funny❤

[@daytrippera]

He played here in Argentina for his second album. Both he and his band sounded amazing. He even danced tango on stage. 🙌

[@eshaibraheem4218]

Would like to have seen that.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Wow

[@caz3895]

Hugh is one of my favourite British actors. Alot of people know him from Blackadder but I loved him best in House and Jeeves and Wooster. Two very different roles

[@arcturus8218]

wotto bertie

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

With S Fry.

[@BomberFletch31]

I didn't know Hugh Laurie could sing either. This is completely new to me. And Simon's a New Zealander or I'll eat my hat.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

Yes he has a brilliant jazz album out

[@scouseaussie1638]

Defo a Kiwi, Ozzie’s don’t wear “Jandals”😂

[@matthewhenery4834]

Yeah I was gonna say he sounded more NZ to me, but I ain’t no expert but others have commented so I’m giving myself a pass lol… ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿

[@Otacatapetl]

Simon's a Kiwi all day long. "When I was tin..."

[@Lily-Bravo]

They hang out their washing with sex pigs.

[@cf3619]

Very talented. I respect him. Even people who don’t personally like that genre of music can respect his talent 👏🏻

[@ianwalker5842]

You were close, Joel, but the last guy in the red chair was actually a New Zealander -- it's all in the vowels! 😄

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Yes definitely, as an Aussie I could hear his New Zealand accent as soon as he started talking. Aussie and Kiwi accents must sound the same to Americans.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

I just came to make sure someone told him he’s a kiwi not an Ozzie lol

[@bossykangaroo]

And by the use of the word “jandals” 🩴 🩴

[@utha2665]

@@bernadettelanders7306 It's like calling a Canadian accent American, to Americans and Canadians it's as obvious as we hear the Kiwi accent, or vice versa.

[@sorscha1308]

I loved that he was throwing in NZ slang like jandals & Ute (that one's Aussie too obvs) once he realised he was making them laugh with the accent. He will have 100% been a 'set up' because Graham always struggles/loves stories from New Zealanders.

[@johanassumner5468]

You would also like Hugh Laurie in House....... not a really comic role but just the subtle hidden humour in realtion to the medical system. A great interview with him and demo of his musical ability.... Hugh is not only the "idiot in black adder" as you put it there is a lot more to this great guy

[@helene8331]

I loved him in House

[@helenroberts1107]

Me too

[@jackwhitbread4583]

My 17 year old daughter loves House, she almost lost her mind though when I told her he isn't American 😂

[@mlee6050]

Great they got a British actor to play a character they wanted an American actor for

[@TheTheblackraven]

I remember hearing Hugh say that on HOUSE he would change his walking stick and limp from one side to another to see if anyone would notice 😆

[@neuralwarp]

There's a scene in House where the doctors sing karaoke in a bar, "Midnight Train to Georgia". Rich meaty voices; Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer too. You begin to realise just how multi-talented these top end actors are. There are numerous other scenes where House plays blues on his piano. I didn't know he could play the guitar too.

[@lachlanmain6004]

Found it, thanks, it's brilliant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6m8aaGiobKrldk

[@jackwhitbread4583]

I've seen quite a few Hollywood celebs say that Hugh is infuriating simply for the fact that he is so talented and can do pretty much anything 😂

[@Danielik25]

Hugh is also a writer, a very smart and well educated man

[@Isleofskye]

Rowed for Cambridge..

[@carolineskipper6976]

Hugh has a huge back catalogue of work that it would be worth investigating. He and Stephen Fry have been best buddies since university (introduced by Emma Thompson) and have worked together on numerous projects. Their sketch shows 'Fry and Laurie' were huge hits. They also did versions of the 'Jeeves and Wooster' stories which I think will remain unbeatable. If you've not seen 'House' you should give an episode or two a whirl, just to see a very different side to Hugh.

[@warre1]

That Cambridge university group made great movie together in 1992 called Peter's Friends.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Fry and Laurie was one of my favourite comedy shows ever.

[@seamusfahey6165]

Hugh Laurie is also a fine pianist and went to Cambridge on a rowing scholarship. If you want an hilarious GN with him, watch the one with Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Robert Downey Jr. You'll weep with laughter.

[@johnloony68]

I like the fact that the NZ man at the end was completely oblivious to the fact that the others couldn’t understand half of what he was saying

[@mrd4785]

That was 100% New Zealander at the end. The key to picking the difference in accent is often the "i" sound. Kiwis say "fush and chups". Once you know that, its usually not too hard to pick the difference. He also referred to jandals, which I believe are flip flops or thongs, depending on where you are from.

[@joyfulzero853]

E's give them away as well as in 'sivin' instead of 'seven

[@mrd4785]

@@joyfulzero853 True, but I was saving that for class Kiwi 102 Bru 😁

[@MrNathanDJNGGiles]

@@joyfulzero853 or "I'm going to stain my dick" for "I am going to stain my deck."

[@joyfulzero853]

@@MrNathanDJNGGiles They say it almost day in their DIY stores; over here they get some very strange looks in B&Q

[@Marzipan_Rocks]

That’s such a stereotype “fush” 😂 Aussie version kinda like “fiieeesh”

[@lotrefcp]

He sings, he plays, he's amazing.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Very versatile - comedy actor, serious actor, musician... he managed to mix a little music into both "Fry and Laurie" and his (excellent) work in "House".Great pianist.Simon is definitely a fellow New Zealander (with a VERY strong accent!) (ute= flat-bed truck; jandals= flip-flops). If you haven't already, you should check out the Graham Norton episode with Bill Murray, Matt Damon, and Hugh Bonneville - absolutely hilarious!

[@kingy002]

Definite Kiwi as you say.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

@@kingy002 Greetings from Dunedin :)

[@Lucia-1414]

He’s just talented, smart and so versatile.

[@jenb658]

If you look at Fry and Laurie (the show he did in the 80s with Stephen Fry) you’ll see his musicianship. The best one ever IMO is “Mystery”. Just classic. Our entire family still pronounces January differently as a result 😂

[@mrs_g7168]

I immediately thought of "Mystery"! Hilarious 😂

[@BardOfAndromeda]

My favourite was "Too Long, Johnny" 🤣

[@fayesouthall6604]

Oh brilliant, a bit of Fry and Laurie was a favourite 😊

[@wendajones9040]

Hugh is lovely. Talented, humble, funny and so intelligent.

[@Lily-Bravo]

Have a look at Jeeves and Wooster where he and Stephen Fry play the eponymous pair. He often gets on to the piano there and plays old 20s and 30s numbers.

[@jenb658]

A Budgerigar is an Australian bird commonly known as a Budgie. They are kept by people around the world as pets and have been bred to within an inch of their lives since been discovered here 200 years ago. They form some of the largest flocks of birds in the world, mostly over our deserts. And Simon, in the Red Chair? As an Aussie I picked him as a Kiwi the minute he opened his mouth! You should compare the NZ and Australian accents. They are similar but, even to my Aussie ear. The Kiwis and South African accents have similarities that we in Australia don’t share.

[@laurenunreal4]

Kiwi here, yes, that was so Kiwi it was cringe 🤭🤭

[@neuralwarp]

Certainly south of the Fush line

[@jenb658]

My sister-in-law in a Kiwi. Can pick our cousins across the water a mile away 😊

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Yeah I have more trouble differentiating between Kiwis and South Africans, they're much more similar than Aussies are to kiwis as far as accents go.

[@laurenunreal4]

I went to see him live when he toured New Zealand. He was wonderful! The band was incredible and I have two albums. Gonna go listen to them now. Bill Murray went musical too, and I saw him a few years ago too - not blues, more classical. That was weird but good! I have to respect these creatives have reached a place in their careers that they can take some risks and play with what they really want to do and spring off their earlier fame and tour as far away as New Zealand :)

[@kingy002]

They also have the money to branch out whereas the average person can't afford to do that in any great way. Good comment though.

[@simonbanks3112]

I had no idea Hugh Laurie was a musician either! Love your impression of Graham Norton's blurted outro and tv commercials' 'small print' :)

[@donsland1610]

Hugh is a wonderful musician. If you ever get the chance to see him perform live, don't pass it up.

[@TheCheshireCat2190]

Oh yeah, hugh laurie is not only a great actor but also a fantastic musician ❤

[@ryanbadger4437]

Hugh Laurie plays Dr House in the US medical drama series 'House'. Check out a clip to see his American accent.

[@annother3350]

we know!

[@paulybarr]

The guy in the red chair ( Simon) at 14:42 is Kiwi, not Aussi. That is a very broad New Zealand accent.

[@NicksGotBeef]

I went to see one of his first concerts in the unity chappel in london. Gotta be a good decade ago plus now. Small 200 capacity Audience max and the front row was the who’s who of comedy royalty. And I went on to see him perform with the amazing copper bottom band with Gaby Moreno and Sista Jean McClean . Such good times. I wish he’d preform again.

[@LAGoodz]

I had no idea he sang, especially American style. This is is biggest shock since Meryl Streep playing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

[@Mr4dspecs]

In the later series of House, Hugh Laurie often ends the episode as Dr House reflectively playing music on the piano or guitar while alone at home. He plays all styles of music, classical, jazz, blues, pop. Joel, you should really see some episodes of House, even if it’s not for a reaction but just for your own entertainment. Medical drama sprinkled with dark humour - some of the best television that exists.

[@jaccilowe3842]

He plays a mean piano. I'm so amazed to find an American who doesn't watch House!!!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

As you like Stephen Fry, you should look at some of the series called A Bit of Fry and Laurie, a series of comedy sketches which aired between 1987 and 95. The two met while at Cambridge in 1980, with Emma Thompson as a mutual friend. Laurie is an Old Etonian and took his degree in Archeology & Anthropology. Fry's is in English Literature, and Thompson has a Masters in English.

[@libbypeace68]

You should definitely watch some full episodes of Graham Norton - they are great fun.

[@ballantynemoyes8019]

The guy in the Red Chair was from New Zealand. 🙂

[@davidwebley6186]

Hugh has demonstrated his musical talent for many hears so not news for many of us. Check out his Celebration Of New Orleans Blues to showcase some of his talent at the piano. He is all rounder comedian, actor and musician.

[@lauraburnett9320]

Watch him in a crime thriller called The Night Manager, he is not the lead role, but is a very menacing `mafia' type character, and plays it very well. It`s a good story anyway. Olivia Coleman is in it too and is very pregnant in real life in it.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Hugh Laurie has an amazing voice, I've seen him play piano, he is a creative blues musician with a huge English humour background! Sir Tony Robinson, "Baldrick" is a great world historian too! 😂 Hugh's a friend of Stephen Fry, etc!! 👍🤗 The guy is from New Zealand, they use "U" instead of "I"! 😄

[@johnfisher9816]

Great fun Joel. Hugh is certainly talented!! Have a wonderful weekend everyone. John in Canada

[@kingy002]

You sound like a warm character John. Have a good one yourself.

[@chrisgore7737]

Super bowl can't wait we are all watching it. Arizona we are watching

[@djalice]

Huge Talent! His best musical work can be seen in 'Jeeves and Wooster' though 😇

[@aidanhoward213]

How sweet that you should say, "This man is an artist, too?… I just thought that he was an actor." Well, an actor IS an artist already, because acting IS an art. I am an actor AND a poet, myself; and yet so many people are astonished that "Oh, you're not JUST an actor? You do something else as well?!" Yep, we do not all have a single allotment. • And 'budgie' is simply an abbreviation for a budgerigar.

[@margaretnicol3423]

He's a very good friend of Stephen Fry who is also seriously multi-talented.

[@Rionnagan]

The guy from Putney on the red chair was from New Zealand. The use of the word, "Jandals" was the giveaway. :)

[@margaretnicol3423]

He's a great jazz singer.

[@billyp4850]

Old mate in the red chair that sounded Australian was a Kiwi! The moment he mentioned jandals that gave it away. We call them thongs, you Americans call them flip-flops

[@Scooterboi60]

Yes, he’s a musician. And a damn good one. Yea, nah. The guy Simon in the red chair is from New Zealand.

[@valerielansford565]

You should check out "House" the series with Hugh Laurie. It's a great series. Just for your enjoyment. No need to do reaction unless you want. Great reaction. Love Graham!!!

[@neuralwarp]

I loved Fry & Laurie in "Jeeves and Wooster".

[@TomRuthemann]

He ist a brill actor, comedian, musician and author.

[@martinarscott3524]

Don't know if you've seen him in 'House' playing an American doctor? But that, Black Adder, and his music show his full versatility, very impressive career

[@livb6945]

You've GOT to check out the songs he wrote and played in "A bit of Fry and Laurie"!!! They're hilarous. Also his piano playing in Jeeves and Wooster

[@michaelsweetman4688]

Jeeves and Wooster is excellent, Set in the UK and the US in an unspecified period between the late 1920s and the 1930s, the series starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, an affable young gentleman and member of the idle rich, and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his highly intelligent and competent valet.

[@greghilton7797]

Jeeves and Wooster is a blast. It often features Hugh Laurie playing the piano and singing and its all on KZbin too.

[@francaperotti8343]

Australian and New Zealanders have the greatest stories

[@michelehubert4861]

Graham Norton always gives New Zealanders a hard time at every opportunity, especially when they appear in the Red Chair. By saying he was from East Putney he avoided Graham mocking him about his nationality before he started speaking

[@PokhrajRoy.]

As much as I loved him as Prince George in the 3rd, he was brilliant as George in the 4th Season. Also, what a moment in Drag Herstory.

[@sandramartin6103]

The last guy in the chair was a New Zealander using heaps of NZ idioms. Different from Australia.

[@redwarpy]

Guy in red chair was putting on a New Zealand accent.

[@marcuscarrington3688]

Yes, Simon is a New Zealander

[@kimarnill7648]

You should do the red chair reactions , so funny 😅

[@geoflawrence8319]

Hugh Laurie is a very talented guy all round: He went to Ofxord University; was in Not the Nine O'clock News; He wrote a very funny novel - The Gun Seller, I recommend you read it; He had a sketch programme with Stephen Fry called a bit of Fry and Laurie, amongst other things

[@damienkakoschke3099]

Oh this is Stephen Fry's partner in comedy. They got their first TV show together back in, I want to say it was the 80's, a sketch show called "A Bit Of Fry & Laurie".

[@jeanniewarken5822]

Its worth seeing him in Jeeves And Wooster... classic pg. Wodehouse with steven Fry as Jeeves

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Not Joel physically recoiling at the Country Accent 😂

[@frglee]

Graham Norton appears to be another character that's known worldwide these days, his show seems to be shown everywhere (see wiki) - One of his earliest appearances on tv was on Father Ted as the memorably excrutiating Father Noel Furlong, some 25 years back.

[@leec6707]

Father Noel was great!

[@helenbailey8419]

He was fabulous as Bertie Wooster.

[@scouseaussie1638]

That guy was a New Zealander not an Australian

[@Doug5524]

You should watch more of Graham Norton his shows are very entertaining.

[@philiprowney]

Just think of the films he can do, I'm sure there are famous blues singers that need their stories told ;-) I recommend "Hugh reads out 57 thank you notes on Colbert" ;-)

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

Hugh and his friend Sephen Fry are stunningly talented. The met while at Cambridge University which is one of the two top educational institutions in the UK. You have to be ultra intelligent just to get in.

[@hotflesh66]

Hugh Laurie was great as the miserable but brillianr doctor in House tv series plus he was a graduate of the exclusive Eton Boarding School in the UK where Tom Hiddleson went.

[@victorialamphear430]

Actors are artists!

[@IanDarley]

A budgie (short for budgerigar) is a type of parakeet.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Big props to Simon who was DEDICATED to finishing his story. Also, TV Shows always have a chaotic Outro.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Nice to know you’re reacting to episodes of Graham Norton again.

[@frglee]

Yeah, I don't think you can go wrong with reacting to Graham Norton tbh.

[@sandraaston1167]

I watch house and didn't realise it was Hugh until I read the credits, I just thought it was an American actor.

[@michaeltoliver7051]

Ah Joel, you're finally getting around to watching The League of Gentlemen. Whatever you do pretend you're "local", especially when visiting the shop!

[@psknowlag3446]

A budgie here in America is called a parakeet

[@DruncanUK]

Multitalented Brits? Shocker! 🤣

[@74rawilliams1]

Also a superb pianist. Other acting gigs like House, Fry and Laurie (with Stephen Fry), Jeeves, also with Fry.

[@Ameslan1]

Joel, you should react to Stephen Frye and Hugh Laurie Duo comedy! They are best friends!

[@rHamUK]

Last dude was from New Zealand not Aussie. I'll be honest I only clicked bc I knew Robert Pattinson was here!! Sexiest dude. He's batman, Edward in Twilight, Cedrig in Harry Potter. That's my man

[@martinscott-reed5379]

Simon isn't from Australia, he is from New Zealand.

[@panther7748]

Btw, we Germans say "Booo" too. 😅 I don't know what happened there at the train station, but that's not typical.

[@joshcrawford4076]

That was my first time hearing Hugh sing too, I actually really like track!!

[@sophiegoss8378]

Would recommend watching Jeeves and Wooster one of my favourites

[@petersp63]

The Graham Norton Show is must watch TV, He's an Amazing Interviewer! lets the guests talk unlike Another Chat Show host in UK who thinks it's all about him!!

[@barryeva8862]

He plays great jazz piano

[@jeanroebuck4737]

You should watch Jeeves and Wooster with Hugh and Stephen fry it's brilliant

[@joyfulzero853]

The guy is a 'Kiwi' (New Zealander) they are a dead-giveaway! You can't mistake the accent.

[@andrewclayton4181]

Yeah Hugh Laurie started out as a team with Stephen Fry, and A bit of Fry and Laurie, tbe sketch show is brilliant. He plays some Musical skits in there. Usually piano. ( a bit like the comedy duo Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - Dudley was a good jazz pianist.) Fry and Laurie both appear in the film Peters Friends, Hugh plays an advertising jingle writer, so he has a guitar, and there is a superb scene where he's on the piano while the cast sing The way you look tonight. It's on you tube. Go for A bit of F & L. You'll see his acting range. .

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel. Had you heard the phrase "budgie smugglers" and got mixed up? I used to have budgies as a kid. I got some later because my girlfriend liked the little parakeets, especially watching the baby ones, never having had anything like that. One found a way to call the dog, which found a way to reach the cage and kiss it. I assumed you had seen pictures of flocks of these birds in the outback on your new channel. Also, Hugh Laurie is one person I did tune in to watch on Graham Norton's show, as he is very talented, so I had seen this on TV for a change.

[@TM-tx9ct]

Soupy twist...(a bit of Fry and Laurie) Hugh's also brilliant in Jeeves and Wooster.

[@laurenunreal4]

PS that second red chair was definitely a Kiwi (NZ!) 🤭

[@karendray3043]

His music is great 😊

[@andrewclayton4181]

Budgie. = budgerigar. It's a small bird often kept as a house pet.

[@cazzib51274]

I went to his show in Manchester he was brilliant and is a very talented pianist

[@johnnybeer3770]

Joel , see if you can find any of "Jeeves and Wooster " with Fry and Laurie to react too , absolutely brilliant .🇬🇧

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Yes, 'Jeeves & Wooster' was perfect casting for both Fry & Laurie, but also (as per the photo shown), Hugh Laurie sang a few times in the episodes, although obviously in 'Bertie character' and for the period... 👍

[@jaccilowe3842]

The red chair guy is a Kiwi not Australian.