A bit of Fry and Laurie

smuckers

Anyone catch this on Comedy Connections last night on BBC1? The majority of their sketches were superb, especially the 7 or 8 mins ones. Paramount didn't show all of the final series though and replaced it with Reeves and Mortimer.

Fry: "Yes I was quite shocked when my son broguht his boyfriend home and said he was a homosexual"

Badabing

Yeah it was a good show, i always felt that Fry and Laurie were a cut above the rest of the other comic double acts, very clever, very middle class and took the piss out of their own college life and society.

monkeyfudge

The best bits are the MI5 type organisation where they are all very nice to each other.

And the two business men who are always on the verge of having their company taken over by 'Margery'.



Stephen: You have a daughter, I believe?
Hugh: Yeah. Yeah, Henrietta.
Stephen: Did he, did he? I'm sorry to hear that.

mike65

"My mother voted Conservative and my father Labour, which means I should be Liberal Democrat but actually I'm a Nazi!"

Good series except for the last one which like so many BBC2 shows went over to BBC1 and died as it was tweaked to be more mainstream.

Mike.

Jazzy

I think they paved the way for the likes of steve coogan and chris morris to break into the mainstream

humanji

Do they repeat it anywhere on satelite? I'd love to see it again. I always loved the cocktails at the end. "Sloopy Twist!"

smuckers

It was on Paramount 2, but not anymore. It will return though.

MG

A bit of Fry and Laurie? That's completely over. Finished. Done with. Over
and finished. Done over and finished with. Over.You understand? Finished over with. Done.

corblimey

There is of course this

I can't find my favourite sketch there, though. It's the one where Hugh breaks character a couple of times to comment on how great Stephen is in the sketch they're doing. Legend.

pork99

Thanks for the link corblimey. They were the best thing in TV comedy 12-15 years ago

VOX POP

Hugh
My wife and I were thinking of going to Ireland personally, to see what all the fuss is about. But we couldn't face having all the injections.

dahamsta

monkeyfudge wrote:

And the two business men who are always on the verge of having their company taken over by 'Margery'.

DAAAAMMMMMMM!

Stephen Fry being interviewed in the street in a dress and saying "Did I leave the iron on?" is a family favourite for some reason.

I used to have scripts of that particular season but I can't find them any more. Are they out on DVD yet I wonder?

adam

pickarooney

Not on DVD as such, but I have acquired the first series through less conventional means.