Stephen Fry, Peter Cook, Josie Lawrence and John Sessions - 1989

...on the ORIGINAL "Whose Line Is It Anyway" - in the UK.

[@sunburn1013]

My goodness, they were gorgeous, bright young things. RIP the most dazzling of them all, John Sessions.

[@naoidfpaiourej3299]

R.I.P. John Sessions.

[@BayareaGuy06]

R.I.P. Peter Cook (1937-1995) and John Sessions (1953-2020). They both died too young at only 57 and 67 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

[@AthelstanEngland]

Stephen Fry in awe... you don't see that very often.

[@MattAlexan]

RIP John Sessions.....Great underrated Comedy Actor from Scotland....!

[@liisanorheim-kiik8527]

R.I.P. wonderful John Sessions.

[@jeannieK1117]

It was a kinder, gentler time...RIP....

[@peteowen3539]

RIP John.

[@ChrisGWGreen]

Can I just highlight the line - "Italian war film"..." They show it backward do they"... genuinely brilliant

[@moonunit28]

I bet Stephen Fry loved this!!

[@engelberthumperdinck7366]

JOHN SESSIONS WAS A GENIUS... GUTTED HE HAS GONE.. HE WAS ON MY PEOPLE MUST MEET LIST 🙄

[@cmasseylynch]

John Sessions was very good in everything he did.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Wow we really are spoiled in the UK, If only we didn't keep losing these wonderfully talented people. Bless you Peter and now John

[@Flagfalls]

Lesson for Clive: Never let John Sessions anywhere near anything remotely related to Shakespeare!

[@stewartmcneill2262]

Thanks John rip

[@legalmonkey]

"I thought you were being rude to me" Made me chuckle.

[@tomace4898]

4:32- You can hear Josie say "fuck"...

[@bloodfluke7530]

In my opinion, Peter Cook was brillaint, but needed brilliance to bounce off. And Stephen is very well-respected, adored, and has the national-treasure hat, but, I really believe that John Sessions was quicker, just as witty, and more versatile than Cook, and he's just as intelligent, insightful, and erudite as Fry. Essentially, what I'm saying is, I believe John Sessions hasn't been given the respect he deserves by the mass media. Fry has said the man is a genius. That's good enough for me.

[@thecook3332]

In my opinion, you made a spelling mistake. Look back on your post and TRY to get it right. BYE BYE.

[@bloodfluke7530]

***** Will do. But as long as you look back at your post and TRY not to be so CAPTIOUS. I wasn't trying to deride Peter Cook. The man was masterful. Just thought John Sessions deserved a little more recognition than actually got.

[@dwaynepipe59]

If I may butt in: I don't believe it was a spelling mistake, as the word was spelled correctly further on - along with all other words. So more like a typo then. Now switching pedantic mode OFF...

[@bloodfluke7530]

dwaynepipe59 Well, must say I'm thankful your pedantic mode was swicthed on. Appreciate it. Clearly our captious and carping friend is a hardened, unyielding and unobjective Cook fan.

[@EmbodiedNonDuality]

Watched a Dan Patterson interview recently and apparently Peter Cook was fairly pissed during filming and so lost his edge compared with practising beforehand when he was superb.

[@thepayne7862]

If it was not for watching the UK version of Whose Line Is It Anyway never would have watched the US version. Had no idea Stephen Fry was on the show.

[@Eli_Ghostie]

He's been on it a few times you can get it on more 4 app this was all before my time and I love it

[@JRHartly1984]

Tears streaming from face. God dammit peter cook was a funny man...

[@romeo9017]

Rest in peace...

[@gnozza8683]

This is brilliant

[@andyr4941]

God I loved Josie Lawrence. Got me through some tough times as a teenager...!!

[@RoadCone411]

I didn’t understand half of what was said or why it was funny but Sessions seemed to be on his game and came up with lots of stuff very quickly. No doubt he will be missed.

[@antster1983]

"But thou art juicy fruit in my bowl, good lady!"

[@christschinwon]

5:10 "Think not madam what thou comst with. Oh it all lean now but a poppinjay far upon the hill and I dijessies". Total nonsensical genius!

[@antster1983]

"Shurrup, me mum and dad are in!"

[@simpleton7]

And suddenly, her real accent came out!

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Peter Cook, even when drunk and sick, could wipe the floor with Clive Anderson. It's like MC Hammer telling Mozart how to write music. Peter, we miss ya, come on back from that not so great beyond.

[@xtraspecialmango]

By law... You were only allowed to improvise on television if you had been to Oxbridge until 1995.

[@games4356]

This is from the 3rd episode of season 1 in 1988

[@Flagfalls]

Josie's reaction in the background when Fry lowered his pants was priceless!

[@medievalist]

Thanks for pointing it out! Love how gleeful she is.

[@garyowen6796]

@4:32- Did Josie just (Fail to) whisper "Fuck!"

[@mickdevlin]

And of course, the godfather, RIP Peter Cook. The genius.

[@EclecticSceptic]

I love this show.

[@martins8849]

Wonderful stuff and Josie from Comedy Store Players riffing with Sessions is wonderful. Cook was a master as well and Fry is just Fry.

[@daren42]

I think that was the only time Peter Cook was on this particular show, even though Clive loved him enough to bring him back for a special one-off talk show playing different people

[@sticksman1979]

Clive Anderson looked the same age for thirty years.

[@Toxic106]

wow... stephen fry was fit.

[@djcactus]

The Italian war films comment about them being in reverse was low key great

[@JSYBen]

4:32 - Josie saying 'Fuck' quietly :)

[@kenpudsey6435]

I'm going to miss John Sessions..a very gifted guy!

[@Flagfalls]

I must say Sessions was amazing here, for a change!

[@PeterSellers22]

He's consistently brilliant

[@joannelawrence4353]

2:06 Fast!

[@loggats]

It's a lot more real and less fake.

[@derrynator]

2:16 reminded me of a dream I frequently have.

[@Flagfalls]

Not to forget much more spontaneous & chaotic. I feel chaos must be a part of improv.

[@SuperUltra]

American version polished? Yeah... polished with super edits.

[@DadgeCity]

Shurrup, me mom and dad am in!

[@MissInformati0n]

i like stephen's weird hair!

[@jameshollan1160]

I had no idea that this show was that old. I thought it was a mistake when I saw the year date of 1988 on this series on the Tubi app.

[@Fleeto2006]

Stephen Fry = Peter Serafinowicz

[@amyclarke41]

Hahaha

[@Doca]

How dare Clive "i'm shit" Anderson take the piss out of Peter and not even in a funny way. I don't know how he lost his neck but he certainly didn't swap it for talent.

[@andrewburkhill943]

For all we know - Josie might be too ;)

[@ghendar]

wow, Clive does have a neck!

[@joannelawrence4353]

2:07 Gone too fast!

[@mrmajicka]

0.38: the woman in the yellow jumper has possibly the worst hair I've ever seen! I'm sure even in the 80s, that was a bad look.

[@lolweneverwenttothemoonsha9464]

+mrmajicka What do expect from a snapshot of the world's greatest nerds.

[@lolweneverwenttothemoonsha9464]

"Nicer than the rehearsal pair". For anyone who ever says that this is not scripted and rehearsed, well, you heard what he said.

[@gdj6298]

Yes, couldn't have been a joke or anything.

[@SuperUltra]

None whatsoever. It was an observation.

[@arrystophanes7909]

You can't make this stuff up

[@ZPSBestProfileName]

lol americans

[@hyena131]

Cringe.