Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie - outtakes (bloopers) - HILARIOUS!

Hit morpheusatloppe... for another laugh! In answer to MANY enquiries, this is from "The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything". Oh, and is there something we don't KNOW about Hugh Laurie? The reference to "that new high-grade narcotic..."? (See comments below).

[@junbh2]

Videos like this make me impressed that Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie ever got anything done together. They can barely look at each other here without making each other laugh.

[@katebrice5050]

I know. 😂

[@Plons0Nard]

Stephen is on (to) something 😊

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

1:09 The moment where you're thinking, "Someone has a line here", and then you realize it's you.

[@sarag1049]

I soo can relate to that. It's always a crack up

[@theidlewildblue]

i don't know what's funnier: james dreyfuss failing to keep it together and the other actors stop and stare at him corpsing in take 6, the d-d-d-d- nonsense or the fact that after they finally get through the d-d-d-d- bit, they all forget their lines!!

[@likelyahobbit]

d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen gentlemen I died XD

[@astoran1207]

***** That was a good one :D

[@einezcrespo]

Someone say something. LOL

[@allim.5941]

Something!

[@QuarterLifeCrises]

0:30 "America has given us nothing but tobacco, and potatoes, and that new high grade narcotic that you're so fond of." If I didn't know better I'd have thought that was a House reference lol 😂

[@gerardornell4607]

Can you imagine laughing like this every day you go to work? What legends!

[@SuzyS85]

"They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is..."

[@tarawhittington5686]

Heading there next, cheers

[@Cuddles-rd8vg]

Stephen Fry, a legend in his lifetime! This really cracks me up every time I watch it. Its the d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen bit that is pure comic genius and totally hilarious. Thank you so much for the upload.

[@kimberlyakin8908]

The saddest Part is he cant even do his best DDDDDDD becasue No One can Keep a straight face. He has to tone it down and that is a homage to his talent and a shame as well.

[@kingsize127]

1:53 the silence IS golden! “Someone say something.” That was a great killer ending.

[@Amfran]

Hugh: "Ok. NOW I am ready" ...Take 9! " D-d-d-d-d-d-dgentlemen gentlemen please, now, hmmm? huh? ..Someone say something!!" ;) If it's not Laurie..it's Fry :') LOVE them!

[@looseSpark]

I would have laughed every time hearing Stephen Fry say "D d d d d d d d d d d d d gentlemen". Nicely improvised too. I found it amusing the way he shortened it the last time so they could get through it without cracking.

[@jackbotman]

We will have to opt out I'm afraid. Predicting the brexit is tight

[@MrJingres]

There seems to be some confusion. Stephen says, "America has given us nothing but TOBACCO, potatos, and that new high-grade narcotic that your so fond of," and points at Hugh. The irony is of course that STEPHEN is the admitted user of COCAINE here. Maybe thats why Hugh looks at him and laughs.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I'd doubt it I think was just corpsing ,sometimes the smallest thing sets you off

[@flecot]

Cocaine isn't a narcotic though. It's a stimulant. But I get the point, and so does Stephen.

[@MrJingres]

flecot Yes, I had written that tobacco wasn't a narcotic, too. Oops.

[@HerrMikael]

Jd Ingres Thanks, I was wondering about that and thought it was some English inside joke that foreigners cant get

[@QueenMegaera]

I thought it was a House reference (vicodine)

[@Skeew1]

i love that even though it's sometimes other people who corpse, stephen still apologizes. It's like he's saying "sorry i was too funny"

[@slaphead6000]

He recently did the Melchett sheep-laugh - only for a SECOND - on Qi ...and it nearly stopped the show! Stephen is a comedy god - and a hell of a good chap. Apparently he has SEEN this upload. If he ever returns here - thankyou, sir, for YEARS of entertainment - from Friday/Saturday Live to the afore-mentioned Qi.

[@nathanlarsen7461]

D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen, gentlemen........................... someone say something! That nearly killed me with laughter. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samsignorelli]

Sometimes you have to wonder HOW comedians ever make it through a taping!

[@TyCetto]

Fry is bloody brilliant! Long live Fry!

[@RYN988]

The sheer brilliance of Stephen Fry is truly legendary!

[@frazzleface753]

Whenever I'm feeling down and out, I come here, and I invariably go away feeling much better. :D

[@daswenzel]

It is so funny when you imagine that Hugh Laurie was only a local star in UK during this sketch. And a few years later he became one of the biggest TV Stars in the whole world. And he had no idea here.

[@catalinnicolau5389]

Dandy Candy Dr House may have given Hugh Laurie another status, however, please check IMDB to find more about his impressive career before 2004🙂 you might appreciate him even more

[@katebrice5050]

Exactly!!

[@IspettoreCatiponda1]

74 people don't like Luxembourg nor pickled herring

[@yzznhamthuyvy2882]

There seems to be some confusion. Stephen says, "America has given us nothing but TOBACCO, potatos, and that new high-grade narcotic that your so fond of," and points at Hugh. The irony is of course that STEPHEN is the admitted user of COCAINE here. Maybe thats why Hugh looks at him and laughs.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Two fine fine actors. Beautiful people indeed.

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Amen. Such a gift and shared!

[@slaphead6000]

AHAH! THAT explains it. It SEEMED to me that Stephen was being POINTED when he said it - and Hugh's reaction to it seemed a bit GUILTY! Oh for the day we can all smoke jazz cigarettes without fear...

[@leathomas8399]

2021...years later and my stomach hurts again..

[@stewdune]

Did they ever complete that sketch, or give up and all go home to bed

[@davidw.2791]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnXcXnabgMyDl5o

[@Thejanjan39]

Hugh Laurie is so cute there, even with that silly beard. And of course he and Fry are hilarious when they're cracking up.

[@HipnikDragomir]

Wow, an actual studio audience.

[@carterwiedman8602]

brittish comedy is CRINGE its all about making funny accents and no actual jokes

[@filipnassen9076]

Just image working with Stephen Fry. That would be wonderful 😊

[@Donna-cc1kt]

And as I’m not brilliant, terribly sad. Lol

[@benodaboy]

I love watching them riff around the script.

[@Nautilus1972]

0.24 Fry unwittingly announcing that he is high on cocaine. Twice.

[@John-yf7iy]

He went on to fill entire dreary memoirs detailing when and where he got high on cocaine...

[@HarryHandelbar]

"d-d-d-d-d-d-d-gentlemen!" - i think i may have ruptured my spleen laughing

[@The55nomad]

Makes SNL look like comedy pre-school.

[@griffinmatter]

Funny stuff, but I don't see how they can keep going on and on like that and not get tired of it or even get it right. :)

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

It's called corpsing and if you haven't experienced it then it's hard to describe

[@eleanorcleary8391]

+Reb Brown Ricky Gervais on Extras is a prime example of corpsing. Funniest thing i have ever watched. 10/10 would highly recommend if feeling down.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Eleanor Cleary I have and Ricky is probably the worst corpser of them all

[@ShikataGaNai100]

Absolutely EPIC Fry & Laurie. Made my day.

[@rogergomez1]

i miss rik mayall.....

[@sethorren]

Boy did they OPT out of THAT one!

[@wizardsuth]

For a second I thought all those d-d-d-d-d-d's were going to turn into _Flight of the Bumblebee_

[@HerHandsMyHands]

Every time I watch this I laugh until I cry. Priceless.

[@slaphead6000]

@RaZarati I thank Mr Fry for tweeting the link to this. I am ALSO a major fan. And of his friend Mr Laurie, for that matter.

[@lisadiane55]

"Jazz cigarettes" - what a great term. I could imagine it as a lubricant for Laurie's multi-dimensional creative talents.

[@pamelamiller1768]

Much too much fun.

[@hoseadavit3422]

It's time to Dddddddddddduel

[@sleazyslytherin6836]

Lol revisiting all the hugh laurie/ fry vids xp whenever I mess up, i do the exact same thing Hugh did in the last few takes "Ok! NOW, I'm ready"

[@EmmyNeander]

"OK, NOW I'm ready!" The wigs make it even better :)

[@leathomas8399]

2021...years later and my stomach hurts again..

[@kaldentsering9603]

The fuck is this !?

[@jburtson]

I'm reading all the comments in Stephen Fry's voice. Everything seems terribly more sophisticated.

[@johnhughes2681]

Gggggggggggggreat fusion of the contemporary with the historical. Love how they keep losing it

[@slaphead6000]

When I'm done here, I shall be watching (in the Orient) the final episode of "House". Thanks for eight great years Hugh!

[@thebest41or2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Monidhoni]

For a moment I actually thought Stephen fry was the guy as dumbledore.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Who is the guy sitting to Fry's right with the blonde wig?

[@slaphead6000]

I'm pretty sure it's James Dreyfus.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

slaphead6000 I don't know what was more hilarious, the fact that he was pretty much convulsed with laughter after Stephen's silly noise, or Stephen's exaggerated tilt to look under his wig on the next take.

[@JaneXemylixa]

Mark Gatiss, the screenwriter of Doctor Who and the author of Sherlock. I was excited to find him here :)

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Oh, so it's not James Dreyfus?

[@slaphead6000]

synth on a plinth NO! It is NOT Mark Gatiss. The sketch starred Fry and Laurie, with Robert Bathurst (far left) Patrick Barlow (right, standing) and JAMES DREYFUS. FACT!

[@sasamuraki]

thanks for uploading - been looking for these kinda bloopers - so hilarious..

[@ramonaneith-banik5022]

I think it must be just me, but hugh Laurie looks like Van Helfin in that custom. Both lovely to look at. And Stephen Fry will all ways be WOW good looking.

[@oldmediafanatic_24]

🤣 This is gold!

[@toddscdavidson]

Does anyone know where you can get the whole show?

[@generalpublic3744]

Anyone got a better use for Luxembourg other than storage I want to hear it. 😉

[@CaitieLou]

The way Stephen Fry said gentlemen sounds exactly like my lawnmower as it powers off.

[@michaellyden2580]

Remember Stephen, your line is "Harry pocketed it." Ready? And... *ACTION!* 1:18

[@hhgoldengirl]

watched this several times - only once is not enough - brilliant - huge thanks

[@davidmeyr4558]

Just point the camera, go to lunch and tell them not to come out until they've produced something usable.

[@ADyingFaith]

@slaphead6000 I can hear an echo of Peter and John in that DAMN of yours.

[@angel07p]

i think that one of the most entertaining parts of being an actor is all the fun you have while shooting

[@Donna-cc1kt]

And oh the work!

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. To not take life too terribly seriously, ahhhh!

[@arayia6girmay]

I'm laughing so much it hurts

[@lisadiane55]

Is this "ddddddddddd-gentlemen" a wink or nod or related to the "ddddddddddddd-gentlemen" uttered by Rowan Atkinson? Or is it purely coincidential, a common form of address in the UK?

[@lisadiane55]

I don't see my reply to you posted, so this may be a duplicate: Being a Hugh Laurie fan, I was watching various KZbin clips, when I stumbed upon the scene of Rowan uttering the same line, the same way. I don't know which episode it was. Sorry I can't help.

[@lisadiane55]

Having only seen snippets of the show on KZbin, and not full episodes, I only stumbled upon a scene of an unidentified episode, with Rowan uttering the same line. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

[@Surtak]

@slaphead6000 That is to say, the "Britain" show does show up, but not this one. Or are they the same? I'm rambling now.

[@dharmaseed]

Or General Melchett's sheep laugh!

[@IcePickJoe]

@singinginachurch Don´t think so, thought I had seen all of that. It´s also not from blackadder :( But where is it from? Have never seen it before! Please! Someone! I need to see that!

[@tiaancloete5133]

Wonder if that high grade narcotic was vicodin...

[@ADyingFaith]

@Mayna00 Damn, double damn and an extra pint of damn for the weekend!

[@neen222]

I think it's definitely from the film The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything not to be confused with the tv series The Complete and Utter History of Britain

[@lisadiane55]

It appeared to be Blackadder, with Rowan in the same role and time period as Fry plays here, addressing a group of men around a table. I could be mistaken.

[@MRJAMMYDODGER101]

That high grade narcotic Hugh is so fond of is cannabis, he is well known to be a cannabis smoker.

[@slaphead6000]

True, of course. It's just the way he SAYS it - that seems to carry more MEANING. But maybe I'm just reading more into it than was there. After all - if Hugh HAD been a dopehead at the time, it'd've surely come OUT by now...

[@Surtak]

@slaphead6000 Ok, now how do I find it? It doesn't appear to be on the tube. Any idea where to get it?

[@Surtak]

@slaphead6000 What is this show? I've never seen it and my life will not be complete until I do!

[@slaphead6000]

@Surtak "The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything" - but you probably know that now - sorry for the delay in answering!

[@IvoPavlik]

Was that shot with an in-studio audience? 😮

[@slashingraven]

Are you sure Rowan's line was from that? I looked up that title on IMDB and Rowan doesn't appear to be in it.

[@slaphead6000]

@FastMonkeyBluePants DAMN! I can't believe I DID that! You're right of course - and I've followed him from C4's "Saturday Live" to "House" - I ought to know how to spell his NAME! I've corrected my cock-up. THANK you for the help.

[@Mayna00]

@ADyingFaith Damn it four times around the car park and back in for another DAMNIT! xD

[@slaphead6000]

@MrsNin - He's familiar - but his name escapes me. Anyone? Please??

[@SuperLusername]

Can domeone tell me whats funny in outtake #3?

[@steffywoo1]

omg too funny jus watched the end bit 6 times ive nearlly wet meself hahahahaha

[@Imnotmyselfyousee]

where is this from? i've never seen it before

[@rtl4x4]

they say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is ...

[@logicforfirstgraders]

Where's this taken from, I've not seen the 'right' version before

[@lisadiane55]

What do I know?? I'm American. Thanks for the correction and the clip.

[@slaphead6000]

You are! It's "The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything "

[@slashingraven]

Do you know which show? Blackadder, or something else?

[@tahitiancookie]

what is this? (: is this a...movie? i dont...know

[@slaphead6000]

Nope! It's "The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything "