Low Self-Esteem | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie | BBC Comedy Greats

[@BBCComedyGreats]

If you'll pardon the pun, here is even more "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" here: bit.ly/2OJKqZD

[@oscart7827]

What pun?

[@boccs9925]

@@oscart7827 Wasn't there one? Oh, nevermind.

[@goransatler4922]

@@oscart7827 That pun.

[@Myself-yf5do]

What happened to him introducing himself as Oprah Winfrey?

[@michealking61]

"Let's have a POINTLESS around of applause " 0:53 hehe only just notice that

[@Sumtinrandom]

Those rounds of applause are very prevalent on USA TV.

[@vvelvettearss]

@@Sumtinrandom haha yes they are! they annoy the hell out of me

[@niansenx]

"I love my hideous, suffocating self-pity", gets me every time!

[@chriswatson7965]

I too suffer from low self-esteem, which is a shame, as I am otherwise quite brilliant, wonderful, and a joy to know.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

🤗

[@Belzedar]

Well, that's why the Imposter Syndrome was inventing and quickly gave "mansplaining" a run for its money in the race for most inane. In a nutshell (where it belongs), the imposter syndrome is being unable to accept that you are as brilliant and talented as you REALLY are.

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

What a shame the intro has been cut where Fry introduces himself as Oprah Winfrey, it sets up the whole premise of the sketch.

[@llcdrdndgrbd]

Chris M i believe he pronounced it “opera” which adds a whole lot

[@lucytvlucytv9416]

Thought for the Day . If you read my comment, that certainly would have been the icing on the 🍰 lol. So funny.

[@Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd]

I think copyright or suey sue

[@Mortified_Penguin]

Opera Winfrey*

[@laurab5750]

@@llcdrdndgrbd Even better since apparently Oprah was SUPPOSED to be named Opera but her name was misspelled either by her parents or by the clerk on her birth certificate.

[@BlueAversion]

Let’s have a pointless round of applause LMAO

[@criticuttam]

I have watched nearly all of their sketches, but I think this one is their best sketch. Not only funny, but also awe-strikingly relevant.

[@Marrea-q1m]

they clicked - Stephen and Hugh

[@SnuffIt]

The funniest part for me is when Hugh says “No, hey, look, I’m serious” 😂

[@azapro911]

"Right, well, I think we'd better take a vomit break now but don't go away."

[@BauerPower2012]

I've watched just 3 or 4 clips so far and this is streets ahead of anything SNL and similar shows have been in 20 years! they should put them back on tv somewhere!

[@SaetiStrakur]

BauerPower2012 streets ahead good one

[@omkarbhambure7461]

BauerPower2012 Streets ahead? Community by any chance?

[@em_pen]

British humour is the best :)

[@rinapop2681]

They've both been in television for decades , even now .........

[@Dodger2879]

Yes! Along with Alas Smith&Jones.

[@Livingtheinvisiblelife]

Hugh is just so amazingly talented. This American accent sounds nothing like his House MD American accent😊

[@BigChiken44]

"I love me, I love my whining agression" - I've never seen more accurate depiction of modern "love yourself" culture .

[@mikeheff99]

Hugh Laurie makes a strangely attractive woman

[@BBINGHAM032352]

Michael Heffernan Not at all!

[@cocochanelleke]

+Brian Bingham Both, both!

[@BBINGHAM032352]

+Coco Chanelleke Definitely not,no!

[@cocochanelleke]

Well as far as I'm concerned - I wouldn't welcome any such spoilt gender in my humble home ;) P.S.: or I would at first, and then lose my temper if they treat the place as a hotel. (Edited this at least three times ;) )

[@glennirish]

More strange than attractive :-))

[@LL-ow1qt]

Pretty much 85% people on social media.

[@waltonsimons12]

And 100% of the current United States Presidents.

[@therealkat1342]

Is it ok if I say true?

[@thedarknesscallingme]

I "liked" this simply for how prophetic it is. Life has truly imitated satire

[@dudanunesbleff]

There has always been people like that, you know? They are making fun of the people who went on shows like Oprah and so on. So, life was already like that, just not to the amount it is now.

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

@@dudanunesbleff or maybe it was always like this to the same amount, we just have the means to see it more often because of the internet.

[@SineN0mine3]

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 it's definitely at least a bit because of the internet. In the early days of blogging there were loads of teenagers oblivious to the fact that everybody that age is insecure and emotional all the time. It wasn't until we got actual social media like Facebook and MySpace that people began to realise and it took them years. At least now we know it's cliche, or as the kids would say "cringe" and we can make fun of people who say things like this.

[@DJT183]

I think my favourite part of this is when he says "can I answer that with a question?", then just doesn't ask a question

[@jennifermasiello2128]

Laughed so much, tears came out. My husband asked if I was okay, and then he got the giggles too.

[@smorgi]

hmm, that's an absolute bugger isn't it

[@jamiemcmillan6742]

God I love Stephen Fry XD

[@AnneliesvanOverbeek]

@-- He would indeed lol

[@fahrinurlaub01vg]

Imagine actual talk shows would be as brutally honest as this sketch. Humanity would be so much better for it.

[@WhiteSleevedStu]

Prophetic sketch.

[@victorvelie3980]

actually not very prophetic, it was funny for the same reasons now as it was when it was made, although, perhaps the problem is somewhat worse

[@windsweeper8002]

Her best quality is her modesty.

[@CamsterdamSPguy]

This show got me through my first year at University. And then the rest.

[@msinvincible2000]

Did you recognize Emma Thompson's mother? (the lady that asked the question). She also appears in Peter's friends, Much ado about nothing, Nanny McPhee, etc

[@usa4287]

In Sense and Sensibility, to

[@newlife.vanessacalfan]

I don't think its her. Her smile seems different somehow

[@ketmaniac]

@@newlife.vanessacalfan She's uncredited in this sketch, but It is her. Phyllida Law.

[@BrielleJeanMarie]

Stephen Fry really does seem to me like the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde.

[@dhruvgolani7608]

Ikr? Tall, gay, witty, fashionable Similar hairstyles as well And let's not forget, Fry did play the eponymous character in "Wilde".

[@cocochanelleke]

+Dhruv Golani lol

[@LisaWatsonFilm]

+Dhruv Golani True true true, guess that's why he inspires me so much!

[@piennuivelo]

Not Wilde, not in this clip, though you did get the initials O. W. right. Inexplicably the BBC thought it best to mutilate the sketch by cutting out Stephen's opening line in which he introduced himself as Oprah Winfrey.

[@AlexeiRamotar]

Dude, I have had that exact thought for years. Wow.

[@degrelleholt6314]

Ah! The pointless round of applause! The reason I shrink from daytime TV. And most other TV.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

But at least you get a vomit break.

[@telectronix1368]

I think you're both just so brave to come out with those words. #applause#

[@essennagerry]

@@MisterAppleEsq lmao!

[@PicturesSGC]

Don't watch it then!

[@sethshaffer681]

This woman is so humble

[@lucila5466]

'Let's take a vomit break now' XD LOL

[@segalindoa]

"a vomit break" hahaha

[@deanronson6331]

These guys are the epitome of intelligent humor.

[@mojosbigsticks]

This used to be a joke.

[@fruitygarlic3601]

There have always been people like this, unless there's something I'm missing.

[@Vesnicie]

@@fruitygarlic3601 Of course, it's just that their numbers have skyrocketed and their behaviour has been not only normalised but set as the gold standard for emulating.

[@PtolemyJones]

@@Vesnicie It is also that with social media and reality TV they are praised and put on a pedestal for their inanity.

[@Micho55]

what exactly are you refering to, OP? please tell us how exactly your apparently astute, yet strangely vague comment relates to today.

[@PtolemyJones]

@@Micho55 How do you get the internet under that rock where you apparently live? All you have to do is look at a huge chuck of KZbin videos, which are about people claiming to have low self-esteem yet convinced they are interesting enough top demand attention on the forum. Instagram and Twitter is also full of the same kind of behavior. What confuses me more is how something so incredibly obvious as my comment could appear vague to anyone.

[@mhoney7899]

Hugh Laurie's american accent has been great since day one

[@shesslucky]

2:08 Introspection. And I love that she needed to take her clothes off to do it 😂

[@xavierrose8208]

"What seems to be the problem Luella?" Me: Well it's not Lupus...

[@CoachReece]

Sarcoidosis

[@xavierrose8208]

@@CoachReece @Reece Holtz She doesn't seem to be jaundice in any way, but sure. We'll base the diagnosis on your guess so you can go home and high five yourself for a job well done. You British are all the same, what does Cameron see in you. It's not sarcoidosis.

[@truditrudi753]

"Right, well i think we'd better take a vomit break now" 😂

[@prplmnkydshwshr6476]

God, Stephen's gorgeous 💕

[@emf49]

I loved these Fry & Laurie episodes!!

[@una_10bananas]

Oh Hugh and Steven are great.

[@DoubleBread]

Yes, they were.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

Hey, you! I see you a lot.

[@DoubleBread]

Mister Apple I don't know who you're talking to, but hi :D

[@MisterAppleEsq]

I meant Úna, but hi!

[@garyt123]

Absolute visionaries!!!

[@Ysckemia]

i've never known about HUgh Laurie before "House MD" and... well, Stuart Little. it never aired on tv where i live (not in UK obviously). but this is such a fresh discover to see Laurie in those sketches! \o/

[@vasvas8914]

Definitely check out Jeeves and Wooster too

[@morganolfursson2560]

Bloody hell i just realized the alarming number of Louellas i know ! The link to this video in an email is going to save me many interventions.

[@mikeyk212]

This is way ahead of its time.this would be an actual chat show now. Let's have a pointless round of applause followed by a vomit break.

[@joez6235]

It was an actual chat show. Oprah first aired in 1986 and ran for 25 years.

[@a3x303]

Hugh Laurie practicing his accent for house

[@tech10k14]

In 2021, this is a serious BBC program.

[@MsEmpregetes]

Wow, this footage from the early years of Gina from Brooklin 99 is great

[@iuriikoboziev6762]

"A Vomit Break". Brilliant!

[@anniemoonmaid]

Lol..yup..nailed it

[@hvelavan1]

Every time I feel sorry for myself, I see this video. Puts me in my place 😐

[@user-lb4ys3rn7f]

It was ahead of its time this sketch

[@vesper9547]

Was Hugh Laurie doing an American accent without being obvious? If yes... then in words of the dowager countess of Grantham " everytime I meet an American I am reminded of virtues of the English".

[@liberalbias4462]

Fuck da English

[@PtolemyJones]

Early Kardashian....

[@drbloomer6380]

Love Stephen to bits, such a lovely man. Hugh makes me feel uneasy though. I’ve noticed his voice in this is the same as Dr Houses. 😂

[@charly88888888]

This is about 97% of the population of Tumblr

[@julz3tt3]

charly88888888 I love how true to the future this is...

[@harraldschmitt9113]

👌🏿

[@Flo-jn9hu]

And twitter

[@BlackCat-vf7th]

Julz XD what future? They were parodying talk shows that were present at the time.

[@erloriel]

@@BlackCat-vf7th that may be, but being a twat is eternal

[@DaLilVivi96]

Literally the best pair ever, just like Laurel & Hardy exept a modern version lol 💖

[@rockinchimp]

Wish they brought this back.

[@kitty6720]

"I think we'd better take a vomit break now". :-))))))))))))))))))))))

[@julz3tt3]

"Where the mascared arse?" Xzd

[@yodamoda123]

This is amazing :)

[@margaritam.9118]

Sometimes we all need to be a bit like her 😂

[@happyhedgehog6450]

That is priceless stuff. Absolutely hilarious.

[@brunabcloss9469]

Believe it or not, this was exactly what I needed to hear today

[@cwebb2300]

if not for the series House, I wouldn't have known about Hugh's talents and success in Britain.

[@galezhang]

Hugh's character reminds me of Kristen Wiig on SNL!

[@kakudmi]

A prophecy that came true.

[@klee_.fangirl]

Fry and Laurie are the funniest people ever oh my goodness

[@emma_em_11]

Where the marscared arse?! 😂😂😂

[@noobdave]

Wow! The presenter of this 2019 serious talk show looks a lot like a young Stephen Fry

[@marvinc9994]

They ARE distantly related, apparently !

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

let's have a pointless round of applause there... brilliant!

[@aditirandev3591]

A vomit break 😂😂😂 British comedy rules!

[@scitechian]

They cut out his opening line: "Hello. I'm Opera [sic] Winfrey."

[@gentianviolet2785]

Good to know! I'd like to know where to watch the original sketch... :)

[@paulmorphy6187]

Opera threatened to sue

[@industrialcathedral]

I love Hugh Laurie as a comic xD

[@rickrose5377]

I needed that break.

[@livb6945]

Luella de la Tweet ;-)

[@Pepespizzeria1]

Nothing has changed 😂

[@37Dionysos]

How unbearably tense!

[@loud7739]

This video seems rather topical atm 😂

[@vivaldi1ett]

I really miss those guys and those days perfectly written 💞✝️🤘🙏🏻💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@NeverStoppedSinging]

I can't believe how relative this still is, in 2018.

[@Isleofskye]

Only modern thing "she" didn't say is that she is on a "Journey" ..lol

[@inkblot131]

If you want insight into the depth of a friend's level of self-esteem.., or, lack thereof, go to their FB page and count the number of photos they have posted of themselves.

[@edwardjones2202]

What means what?

[@beataspiewakjonsson1749]

I Love them 😂

[@MultiKate4444]

Hugh laurie sounds like the actor Jimmy stewart

[@Richard_is_cool]

Strange how this is what Stephen Fry copes with - that is, depression and suicidal thoughts (even though he's a celebrity, some might think). This sketch is him making light of that. Come to think of it, a lot of ABOFAL sketches are about Stephen airing issues out (such as homophobia in the "acts of lesboid love" sketch).

[@fingerboxes]

As someone with bipolar: it's how we cope. I've been living with bipolar since I was 4 years old, maybe younger. To survive it you have to learn to laugh in its stupid face. I think sometimes people don't believe me when I talk about my life because my affect doesn't match the words but it's not because I don't feel the emotions I should, it's because I choose to ignore how I feel. I treat myself as a different entity from how I feel. Sometimes I refer to the split as logic brain and emotion brain. Emotions brain controls the ship's rudders but logic brain controls the anchor. That's not to say it's an issue of mind over matter: it absolutely isn't and logic brain can very easily lose its compass, and when that happens it's no help at all--it stops you in the wrong place or doesn't stop when it needs to. Meds help with that. But when you routinely completely flip your priorities, your desires, and sometimes even your beliefs overnight, you've got to learn to not invest attention in that if you want to have anything resembling a stable life. Someone who I deeply care about has bipolar and every time he hits a manic phase, he dumps whoever he was dating, defaults on his rent/living conditions/debts, flies to Israel, and ignores everything except prayer and studying scriptures. Rebuilding from that is a mess every time plus by the time he wants to rebuild he's depressed, making everything that much harder. When I'm manic, I get hyper-religiosity but the religious beliefs I hold are completely influenced by whatever the temporal lobe epilepsy style hallucination I had was. It's extremely disruptive.

[@jesseleeward2359]

Yes it is! But I don't think It was deliberate

[@Eldor-117]

Those last tips sounded good to me tbh.

[@K.R.O1875]

Twitter personified. Absolutely amazing. The comedy of Fry and Laurie has somewhat aged, but the themes are absolutely spot on to this day.

[@marvinc9994]

"has somewhat aged" Has it ? I never noticed...............................

[@K.R.O1875]

@@marvinc9994 Sarcasm is timeless.

[@cocochanelleke]

37 years of H

[@AlexeiRamotar]

So people, haven't actually changed much.

[@Arctic_Fox_NFFC]

Meghan Markle was predicted in 1995

[@KosTis]

I actually relate

[@probablynovideoshere]

I have found my spirit animal

[@PaulRoneClarke]

This is real life 2019. narcissists shading towards sociopathy

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

👌🏻

[@ccdj504]

This is me tbh😂

[@shamblesman]

Years ahead of it's time.

[@dudanunesbleff]

No, it wasn't. It was reality at that time.

[@BloobleBonker]

It's Meghan!!!

[@dinahleeloo]

That’s either the guy who played House, Hugh Laurie or the guy who played Stuart, Michael James MacDonald.

[@NickHope]

I remember when Sue Lawley slaughtered the real Hugh Laurie on Desert Island Discs for his low self esteem. In his pre-House days. Hugh had the last laugh.

[@marvinc9994]

"Sue Lawley" And where is SHE now ?

[@ionuttoma140]

"Thank god it's not lupus."

[@Mortified_Penguin]

Why is the beginning cut off? He's supposed to say "Hello, I'm Opera Winfrey..." 😂

[@Whovian_rhapsody]

Definitely right when he says he is sexy 😊

[@R0MULUS97]

Hugh Laurie's character in this sketch encompasses just about every fume sniffing Twitter user on the planet today

[@punbhjdkugk]

best ever