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[@BBCComedyGreats]

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

[@jasondevon481]

Make decent non-woke comedy again, like you used to before you turned all left wing and SJW. Nobody wants to see panel shows featuring "comedians" that are all anti Brexit and not funny!

[@symbolitical4158]

@@jasondevon481 what's wrong with being anti brexit? Apparently people aren't entitled to opinions.

[@CATDHD]

What pun?

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

Okay, great as it is you uploaded this, there are a few things we really need to talk about. Firstly, you cut the punchline (literal punchline) off the end. What the heck kind of dystopia is this where you think it acceptable to cut the joke off the end of a skit? Secondly, your comment had no pun in it. Thirdly, it's terrible grammar. "... here is even more X here"? Fourthly, pinning your own comment is generally enough, you don't have to fave it too.

[@conallharkin5365]

@@jasondevon481 funny, I came here from a fry and Laurie sketch pretty directly making fun of privatisation. doctor who did an episode where the villain was a thatcher caricature. art and comedy has always made political statements, its not new

[@dahee1]

"It's as it sounds" 🤣

[@Wavemaninawe]

0:41 He mispronounced it.

[@tharealmikezee3165]

"Nipple!? Where?" 😄

[@vicky88glam]

I think one of the reasons that is funny is because in English that rarely ever happens! (That something is pronounced and written and everything all as it sounds 😂😂😂😂)

[@MrEnKaye]

I can't believe I started hearing "nipple" in the sound of the lighter dropping.

[@theludonarrian]

You aren't the only one.

[@markwright3161]

What are you talking about!? There is no 'nipple' sound when the lighter is dropped. It's a very clear 'nippl-e'.

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

LOL...me, too.

[@drivingcat6901]

Do you mean you heard the 2 syllables since it bounced?

[@theludonarrian]

@@drivingcat6901 I didn't hear hear it as I would if you spoke it, but it sounded close enough.

[@cupids_favourite_aro4578]

For those who don't know, the sketch continues after the cut with Hugh standing up, clutching his head, and telling Stephen that he hit him too hard, at which Stephen looks at the camera and says "He's just a child really."

[@BalimaarTheBassFish]

after saying" AWWWW DIDDUMS!"

[@NVNNN]

Nobody asked. Get a job

[@BalimaarTheBassFish]

@@NVNNN ok random troll with no job :)

[@shaunhunterit342]

Hugh says to forget the sketch as being hit with bat really hurt and Stephen hit him too hard. However, if you look at the way the bat flops out of shape in the video you can judge for yourself how likely that is.

[@BalimaarTheBassFish]

@@shaunhunterit342 Ill watch this back later but my initial impulse is to say that if this is true... its no wonder this hurt. the bat would have bent across his head which would hurt like the Dickens!

[@yayvideogames8032]

Derek Droplighter. 22, tapdance cheekslap kings lynn. I knew this fella

[@phs125]

You spelt his name wrong. It's Derek Nippl-E

[@rootbeer_666]

Tapdance cheekslap kings lynn, dammit Mr nippl-e doesn’t appreciate this

[@maxroscoe1657]

LANE!!!! You illiterate immigrant

[@trrrmac]

Or is it?

[@welshgit]

@@rootbeer_666 Thank-you. As the resident of 22 cheekslap tapdance, kings lane, I'm fed up of receiving mail send by idiots, meant for Derek at tapdance cheekslap.. I blame the education cuts.

[@ActivelyVacant]

The early seasons of House were strange.

[@thatdutchguy2882]

You must be a Colonial.

[@lordexmouth1217]

@@thatdutchguy2882 And where exactly are these colonies you reference?

[@zeybarur]

@@lordexmouth1217 EVERYWHERE

[@plaguedoctormasque8089]

Unique

[@bakarenibsheut12]

Drakes Blue Eh, I've seen Stranger Things ;)

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Between this and Monty Python, I’m convinced that early British comedy are masters of random humor that just relies on delivery

[@amalkrishnanajay5907]

The Edgar wright trilogy and the IT Crowd are also great British comedy.

[@johnmartinez7440]

Fry and Laurie as "early" British comedy? Oof.

[@joshuanewton]

All about the physical comedy

[@ginge641]

@@johnmartinez7440 Literally yes.

[@maxjones503]

@@ginge641 If an 80s sketch show is early comedy what does that make Shakespeare? I feel like the sense of scale is off a bit here.

[@Fallows-rh3mi]

I love the end of the sketch when Stephen stays in characters and Hugh says 'sod the sketch that really hurt!'

[@beckypratt8218]

He's just a child really

[@R3dCol0r]

Can't tell if trolling or not...

[@ausomeaspie]

I know! That's my favourite bit!

[@letswatchstuff2009]

This is Dr House as we British remember him. Before he got all serious - he was one of the best comedy actors here!!!!

[@MathNerdGamer]

Dr. House would never have been such a brilliant character without Hugh Laurie. His delivery of House's sarcastic remarks was masterful.

[@kundankumar777]

letswatchstuff2009 in House MD as well, he was brilliantly sarcastically funny.

[@Tenlaven]

He still is, House is hilarious.

[@sverrearnes7769]

Well, "House" is a comedy too :-D

[@faraelwilldabeast9951]

House is a comedy.

[@kjamison5951]

Their comedy was way ahead of its time. So underrated.

[@rosepetal34]

behind the times actually

[@iamurdad77]

Their comedy was exactly OF its time.

[@LaLaLadi10]

Totes 😎

[@animaltvi9515]

Not really. This is straight out of the Monty python era.. still funny tho

[@gravysamich]

you are all wrong. it isn't comedy ahead, behind, or of its time. it just isn't comedy. it is tragedy.

[@nutshot_brawler8466]

Me and my brother, i was 9 and bro was 8, performed this skit to my mom, after she was crying cant remember why, and when we made her laugh it legit made us feel awesome

[@matix676]

Wholesome

[@Hashbrown1682]

Ahhhh wholesome. The good stuff

[@CATDHD]

Wow, what a great story

[@gaia7240]

Aww

[@bradygriffin1091]

@@gaia7240 thats not funny.

[@sohamray908]

This is what Elon Musks son is gonna have to deal with.

[@AndrewGunner]

@@Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd You've committed the offense of threatening a famous person. You can now expect the government to summarily execute you.

[@collinsiemaszko7007]

Just look at my last name, if only I would get one dollar, each time someone mispronounced it.. damn I could be a millionaire by now..

[@FunnyAsian00]

@@AndrewGunner we ain't in China

[@AndrewGunner]

@@FunnyAsian00 the sky is blue

[@summertime35]

Hahahaha thanks for the laugh !

[@LeoCoot]

Stephen Fry looks great in uniforms :)

[@thatdutchguy2882]

Don't tell him that unless,.....well you might won't you.

[@MrDaiseymay]

HE'S HAS NO TROUSER'S ON

[@Panzer_Runner]

Blackadder is another example

[@BlueXonar]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@ash_au]

It's less the suit, and more the fact he's 40kg lighter.

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

This is so incredibly stupid, and yet it makes me inexplicably happy and grinning uncontrollably. Love these two to bits!

[@jacqueslemiere]

stupide..chiildren's questions are the hardest to answer...stupidity is absolutely necessary in life or you ll think you are more clever than you are..

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Very Monty Python

[@supertouring22]

Stop that, it's too silly!

[@thatdutchguy2882]

😧

[@BollocksUtwat]

Very very much so. This random sketch I clicked on next is basically the same premise. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npSmpnWNjclgnsU

[@rax816]

MP has stood the test of time pretty much, not this 😏

[@BrusierWeight]

Raxta Emu sadly

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

*This entire bit just proves how fantastic British comedy is*

[@malcolmthompson597]

These men are fantastic. And they are British. But a lot of British comedy is dreadful unfunny drek.

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

@@malcolmthompson597 some British comedy is better than some American comedy

[@Oswadomob]

@@CalifornianCuttlefishmost British comedy is better than most American comedy

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

@@Oswadomob yeah

[@gonzalo4658]

😂 Brits! Why haven’t I found this before?? This is better than Saturday Night Live! “You know from some angles it looks like-“

[@lowkeyarki7091]

Never realised that the sound of a lighter dropping spells out as nippl-e

[@456death654]

We learn something new every day

[@TheNapalmFTW]

That's the joke 😂

[@brianbrooking496]

Can’t you hear it?

[@hoihoi12250]

How?

[@ub-4630]

So I could've heard nipple every time I drop a lighter.

[@inkmaster5480]

It's amazing how they can put tone on a lighter dropping.

[@baadshahprime3079]

@Filthy Faruk it's never lupus

[@WhoThisMonkey]

Clip-dah-clopple-luhr That's how it spell it at least

[@Neostinn]

Brits

[@beastwarsFTW]

@@WhoThisMonkey To me it sounds like "tsh t tw" but I'm lousy at spelling.

[@skull8093]

I'd spell it [sound of lighter dropping]. Brackets and all.

[@MarcKnight]

I swear at around 2:01 Hugh ever so slightly starts to crack, you can see the start of a sly smirk, but he manages to hold it in and get through the sketch. This is classic sketch comedy.

[@davisjugroop3782]

So this is why House limps, spelling his address too much.

[@SacredDaturaa]

Aw, the video cut off the end part where the sketch breaks the fourth wall!

[@angelinasheppard3702]

Blackfish "FORGET THE FRIGGIN SKETCH YOU HIT TOO HARD!!"

[@JI-qg8bl]

I was also disappointed.

[@C21L01]

That was the best part. 😤😡 "That was too hard." "Yeah well it was a hard sketch..." "NEVER MIND THE FRIGGING SKETCH! THAT WAS TOO HARD! THAT REALLY HURT!" "Aww. Poor diddems. (Stephen turns to the camera) He's just a child really." In all honesty with the amount of slapstick in this show, it gets to the part where one starts to squeal at the screen "well hit him back for once, you idiot!"

[@jabrown]

@@C21L01 Somebody please upload that 😂

[@Feddzzz]

Apparently he was in serious pain

[@semiflex]

hahaha "its as it sounds"

[@avix007]

Stephen Fry simply loves punching Hugh Laurie.

[@MorbidCrow666]

Blackadder the third when he is the duke of Wellington.

[@cloudstrife1983]

TEAAAA!

[@SuperDougie89]

@Ben Dover no doubt

[@araisannanoda3688]

He would later became Dr. House

[@rubendebien5557]

He actually does, said it in an interview that Hugh was very good at getting punched

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

*Hugh Laurie and Stephen fry are absolute gems to the world*

[@tmage7042]

There's just something especially hilarious about the refined Stephen Fry smacking Hugh Laurie around that never fails.

[@bernhardwall6876]

Jeeves needed to vent.

[@eIucidate]

That "King's Lynn" bit is a touch of class.

[@shankcooky]

elucidate could you elaborate?

[@blackmore4]

I think he means a touch of class comedy because, like Milton Keynes or Stevenage or lots of other British "new towns" (the towns quickly built after WW2 to relocate populations in poor or bombed-out housing), Kings Lynn sounds, and became, anything but classy. It wasn't actually a new town but after the war, the insanity of 60s architecture was employed to provide for the increasing population and many of the original beautiful old buildings were torn down. Like Milton Keynes and Stevenage and the other new towns, Kings Lyn became synonymous with... um... crappy.

[@Isleofskye]

@@blackmore4 Like Basingstoke and Crawley and Basildon :)

[@trickygoose2]

@@blackmore4 Fry and Laurie did sometimes insert the names of particular towns into their sketches because they were a bit naff. I recall Stevenage, Basingstoke and Uttoxeter all being mentioned at some stage. I think they used Uttoxeter because it is such a striking name that leaps out of a sentence whilst being a fairly insignificant place.

[@fazbell]

Classic BBC comedy. Fry and Laurie can always make me laugh.

[@almonies]

Now that's what I call comedy. No cringy situations or awkward people. Just a good routine perfectly executed.

[@doylegaines1319]

Exactly - I know what you mean.

[@davenoble7418]

I performed this very F&L sketch on stage with an old mate of mine for review when we were at college. I was the police officer. We did it right to the end, though... “Sod the sketch - that really hurt!” We were 17 at the time. I’m 45 now... and it’s still funny.

[@eruption257]

Derek Nippl-e. Jesus, these guys are hilarious.

[@wyg2935]

Police Officer : ".. I'll just have your name please, Sir?" Elon Musk's son :

[@Kyrelel]

Elon Musk's son is called Kyle (and yes, it is spelt that way)

[@wyg2935]

@Anthony Tsatsis he was being cheeky that's all

[@twisted_nether373]

@@wyg2935 Not quite; he was being a part of just another echo chamber, and not a funny one at that.

[@adeadgirl13]

The ending is missing where they break character. I think that's important part of the sketch.

[@TheSaneMongrels]

To think that these two would go on to be known for their class and intellect. 😂

[@dereklawson1318]

@@caro_lam No, I think you've got that covered...

[@TheLastProzacNation]

Well, their comedy is witty and classy.

[@philiposborne982]

@@caro_lam comedy isn't meant to be serious or it would cease to be funny. If it's on TV it has to be accessible for the average human being in that society. Ratings are a thing darling.

[@drhank33y]

The last one he hit him for real, lol. Was an interview later with Hugh Laurie that he absolutely hated doing these bits with Stephen Fry, because often he would hit him for real. 🤣

[@Shrivedh]

My all time favourite Fry and Laurie. Not the funniest I've seen, but the first one I ever watched, and I was in stitches for hours after.

[@mccitstudent]

Every time I watch them I wonder, “where did they come up with this shit?”😂😂😂

[@LFOVCF]

I live in King's Lynn. it's a nightmare giving our addresses. The reason our town is used here, is because Stephen Fry lives two miles from it. I once installed his dishwasher. Lovely down to earth man.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Idk why but Hugh breaking character and complaining about it hurting made me laugh even more

[@AnhBui-wm4um]

They must have laughed a lot while filming this. It's so hilarious 😆

[@MilanLiman]

Timeless. Absolutely brilliant. And impossible to beat. I try to imagine what possibly went on when they were putting together a silly sketch like this. Were they actually building up silliness or laughing to tears?

[@vesper9547]

Everytime i see them.. I can't get wooster and jeeves out of mind.

[@dmgroberts5471]

There's nothing more British than clocking someone with a cricket bat.

[@chrisprobst6963]

I give this sketch 👌 / 10 My highest rating ever! Congratulations!

[@anoni9805]

This is how X Æ A-12 Musk is pronounced 😂

[@carlozabbia1157]

I can just see John Cleese as.... BOTH characters!

[@timesnewlogan2032]

I'd imagine Chapman as Laurie, and Cleese as Fry.

[@martm216]

Very good, quite Python-esque. You could imagine Michael Palin in the Laurie role and John Cleese in the Fry part.

[@JasonNation72]

You beat me to it, good call.

[@cyanmanta]

“Do you want to know Mr. Nipple’s address?” - Hugh Laurie

[@alexpaulk2819]

This is one of the best comedy sketches in the history of sketch comedy. It should be in a museum

[@christopherfrigo315]

Love this sketch. The only thing I think I would've added is when Fry first dropped the thing, Laurie would say something along the lines of, "yes, but not quite with that inflection."

[@sillygostly]

Melchett and Gorgeous Georgina's tawdry romance is on the rocks, it seems.

[@mulgerbill]

Georgina started to loathe being sneezed on

[@Gregkot]

I lived in King's Lynn for nearly 20 years. More of them need a slapping.

[@TheHellogs4444]

Pray tell the world specifically why, my good sir

[@FrostedFlakes1800]

Or a nuclear apocalypse?

[@cathrincathrin8489]

GS4444 I should think most people nowadays are deserving of a good slap to bring them back to reality!

[@FrostedFlakes1800]

@@cathrincathrin8489 slap back to reality oh there goes gravity

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Frosted Flakes Hold on, I’ve gotta go vomit out some of Mom’s spaghetti.

[@throckmortensnivel2850]

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were made for each other. They worked together for years, and succeeded in every endeavour. If you haven't already seen them as "Jeeves and Wooster", take a look. They brought P G. Wodehouse to life as no one else could.

[@r.mcbride2837]

THE best kind of comedy. Just brilliant! We die laughing at these every time.

[@kuriangeorge812]

That bonk at the end😂

[@lordeden2732]

Nice to hear that King's Lynn is a Punch line!

[@SuperMaDBrothers]

That last hit in the face with the wooden paddle looks like it actually hurt

[@gwishart]

"wooden paddle"? It's a cricket bat you heathen!

[@DILLMAC100]

Hahah love British humour

[@nourkourbeh7152]

Filthy Faruk you call this a diagnosis??? Have you gone mad? It is never lupus.

[@goldcoastlady5377]

2022 and here we are!!!

[@holohulolo]

These never gets old I still lol whenever he says, "watch it".

[@peterward2275]

Hugh Laurie - King of the punch reaction!

[@FiveSigma72]

Genius. More Python than Python.

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

I wouldn't say it's more Python that Python. Check out the Flying Circus sketch with the election results for the Very Silly Party candidate.

[@ManuLeach]

Definitely not "more Python that Python". You can see the python inspiration very obviously, but I also noticed that I was left feeling at points that they didn't take it to the levels of silliness that a Monty Python sketch would. That's not to say it's a bad thing. They're different comedians and I wouldn't want them to simply do as Monty Python would have.

[@lockywolf__2181]

More Perl than Python.

[@yutehube4468]

_"Bit unusual isn't it Mr. err...."_ 😂

[@ColdStream]

This was obviously so ahead of its time

[@David-ud9ju]

No it wasn't. The 2 Ronnies were doing stuff like this years before. In fact, A Bit of Fry and Laurie is very similar to the two Ronnies

[@Oly1y]

Shut the fuck up kid

[@omp199]

@@David-ud9ju I thought it was more similar to Monty Python, myself.

[@Leto_0]

@@Oly1y angry nerd alert

[@dudanunesbleff]

No, it isn't. You can see Python's influence in this, and they are prior to this.

[@kadahshajay84]

Didn't expect it to be this funny when i read the title! I literally lol'ed!!!!

[@asifpathan9971]

Classic sketch but spoiled by YT's insistence on putting ad's for other sketches over the end of it. Sort it out YT!!

[@Critical_Stinking]

Yeah that really pisses me off

[@atllantiss]

I really hate it, too

[@bemmy65]

Wait i dont't think youtube does that, it's the person who uploaded the clip

[@TigerBears11]

Asif Pathan - The uploader chooses to put those ads there, it isn’t KZbin’s fault that they knowingly obscure the video.

[@JC130676]

Get an adblocker (I'm using ublock) and you won't see any ads before, after or during the vids. I don't minds YT generating revenue via ads, it's just the obnoxious way that offends me and makes me take countermeasures.

[@ChrisPrakoso]

OMG, how had I not seen this sketch before! My eyes are in tears and my stomach hurts from trying not to LOL as I am watching this in the office 🤣🤣🤣

[@BB-mm5gk]

Comedy gold. Always loved these two together

[@RaccoonLex]

one of the best sketches ever

[@drunkendevil]

Recommended to an American in 2019. ......loved it.

[@davidharrison6615]

the funny thing is a charge office sgt would behave exactly that way at one time , bat and all !

[@paddotk]

Reminds me of Keeping up Appearances. "It's Bouqeeeeet!"

[@flyer480]

I had never come across such comedies ... It's very different👏

[@exempligratia101]

2:21 I appreciate that Stephan Fry possesses the power of haki to deliver that lovely punch. Not at all an accident if anything 😁

[@wormpie4932]

Well for the love of gawd. 3:30 in the morning. I HAD to subscribe. I HAD TO!

[@MikheilGhvinianidze]

This never gets old. It is as funny as the 1st time I watched it.

[@Dmal2301]

I love this! I didn't know British humor was this funny

[@peterkerr9685]

22, *witewally hits the griddy*, king's Lynn

[@AbhilashNoxBaruahnx1ee7]

Criminally underrated video clip.

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Oh, I got a nice add-on.. They could have closed with the Cop asking to give his phone number, while putting a gun on the counter and giving the man a look that says 'Try me'.

[@Retr0Whiskey]

I'm assuming that this skit is the inspiration behind the name of Dr Alto Clef (for those who don't know; his name is literally an alto clef played on a ukulele)

[@Sherpiddy]

Oh you cut the best bit hugh’s genuine reaction to being hit to hard with the cricket bat 😂😂

[@ericssmith2014]

The more common American spelling is “Kerplunk,” which most sources agree was adopted to de-emphasize the class overtones of the original.

[@vivaldi1ett]

Oh God how I miss those guys, British comedy at it’s very best, thank you guys for making our lives a little bit more enjoyable, even in the early days you could see they were going to be fantastic!😂💞😘💕👍😆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@julz3tt3]

This was gold. Love it!!!

[@tinmuhar2922]

2:22 can we just appreciate how they didnt even try to hide the punch xd

[@lmr10-c4z]

Hugh Laurie has aged like fine wine

[@Malikin]

"the secretary had to take stern measures against the rising tide of people giving their address to police officers"

[@colintosh5417]

"Your name?" "Hugh Jarse"

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

😂😂😂

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

I beg your pardon?

[@sibadityapal1493]

Peep Show eh?

[@q.e.d.9112]

Aspie Mt69 Hugh Mungus-Dick

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

That's nothing. True bizarre names that are child abuse: Female: pron "Feh-mah-lee." Cop arrests hooker. Lemon: pron "Leh-mohn." OK, that's "🍋." Sorry Felon: not sure of how you say it. A woman who got killed by a CTA train in Chicago because she jumped on the tracks...? True story.

[@chuckymcnubbin1518]

Funny as.... 😁 😜 😂 😂 😂. Love these two. Brilliant.

[@davincent98]

I was not expecting the cricket bat

[@possumsnotes]

I remember when my mind was blowing up after watching this sketch. Amazing!

[@sabrina.h2737]

I don't remember them ever being young. I have a bad feeling I've gotten old. 😣

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I don't remember ME bring young. Lol. Nobody tells you that young lasts 14 seconds and old lasts about 3 weeks.

[@emsian382]

That punch though!!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@susanfagan2727]

Big crush on Hugh Laurie ❤️

[@rogerheden3249]

to live for

[@equisader]

I loved him as Bertie Wooster.

[@rohanwijeyaratna824]

Matchless !! 😂😂😂 Simply matchless!!!!

[@RoadCone411]

This could have been Cleese and Idle. I can almost imagine it.

[@Maxmorris12]

0:11 what was that laugh 😂 or noise

[@Razuki5]

This will be X Æ A-12 in about twenty years

[@colinstewart1432]

22 shuffle King's Lynn ? What sort of address is that? 🤣