I love how Laurie just walks into the next sketch.

@BadWebDiver

4 жыл бұрын

Very Monty Pythonish...

@funkyalfonso

2 жыл бұрын

@@BadWebDiver Bugger. I was going to say Pythonesque.

@iHawke

2 жыл бұрын

@@funkyalfonso Pythonic

@monasharda9812

Жыл бұрын

Pythonian, Pythonarily, Pythoniptic

I love how they transition to the next sketch by making him go through the door as part of the previous one. That was clever.

@hemiolaguy

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that Monty Python's Flying Circus did the same thing 50 years ago...

@baronvonnembles

Жыл бұрын

@@hemiolaguy Did what thing?

@hemiolaguy

Жыл бұрын

@@baronvonnembles Transitioned to the next sketch by having someone go through a door as part of the previous sketch. I'm not saying that Fry & Laurie are plagiarizing Monty Python -- it could be a homage to them, or my memory could be faulty. I think Fry & Laurie are amazing comic geniuses!

Cutting out words in a book to make it read something else is so funny, I hope my library thinks so too.

@wayneurquhart7192

Жыл бұрын

So you're the little rascal.

@fins59

Жыл бұрын

​@@wayneurquhart7192 I read War & Peace twice yesterday at morning tea.

@shotforshot5983

Жыл бұрын

So engrossing, I finished the entire work in one sitting!

@wayneurquhart7192

Жыл бұрын

@@shotforshot5983 You should read "The West Indies, a Nation of Cricketers", by Ted Cunterblast next. You will be enthralled.

@raven_of_zoso455

Жыл бұрын

Well, here in Norway we already do that. Classic children stories, Roald Dahl, etc is being dissected and censored east and west for containing words such as brown and fat. I think the problem is that we as a nation are too much a bunch of pussies to gather round and decapitate leadership and place their heads on stakes outside the parliament to ward off other potential leaders.

That woman's voice is delightful

@warpnin3

4 жыл бұрын

I knew a girl who had a similar spine tickling voice. When she spoke, I had trouble keeping from tilting my head sideways, like a dog who hears someone whistle

@TheHansoost

2 жыл бұрын

Very much like Basil Fawlty's Sybil, I thought. Delightful...in that context.

Ted Cunterblast! One of the greatest comedy names ever. How on earth Fry & Laurie got away with the first syllable, and kept saying it through the skit, without the BBC censors kicking off, is beyond me. Brilliantly funny, still.

@SiliconBong

2 жыл бұрын

I was nine years old when I saw this sketch, and...umm: I rang the nearest library requesting said book. (The libarian was rather cheesed off with me and asked if it was a joke and being a naive wee chap I repeated my request and was quite jilted when the dial phone gave a disconnected tone.)

@rafflesxyz4800

2 жыл бұрын

@@SiliconBong / Don't give up the day job will you!

Deborah Norton, what a gem ❤️👍🏻🇳🇱

@josephbloggss7286

Жыл бұрын

She was a superb addition to the cast. . Amazing performances always!

@mandi8345

Жыл бұрын

She has that kind of accent that just makes me want to hear her say, "DIRTY BOY! DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY!!!"

@fsdds1488

Жыл бұрын

I just can't help but see her as Wayne Wright all the time.

"I envy you, sir, I can never read a book twice..." ....waaahhhahhahhhhaaaa

@alexandrugheorghe5610

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! Hilarious. 😂😅

"Just so these people can keep their marriages intact" Ooh such scathing social commentary, Fry and Laurie are quality AND substance.

That transition- pure first-series Python.

That woman was off Yes Prime Minister, right? Dear Lady

“Go ahead and take issue with him”

That was a first-class link between the two sketches.

According to Wikipedia the current post-war iteration of the SAS exists because "there was a need for a long-term deep-penetration commando unit." Hmmm...

@ransherman1611

7 жыл бұрын

well can't do that without a propper crack assult force

@snapdragon9300

2 жыл бұрын

@@ransherman1611 They have a good arsenal..😁

@wild_sergeant716

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot secret and elite.

@ardshielcomplex8917

Жыл бұрын

Our Special Forces troops have to first graduate from.....Speshul skool.

@tracesprite6078

Жыл бұрын

Those two can deeply penetrate our commando units in Australia any time.

I love how Hugh's voice gets high when he says "anybody" at 4:48. Oh, and his facial expression is terrific too. =)

"snide university?" "or wherever you went."

This episode is from the time when West Indies was one of the best in cricket

She'll always be Mrs. Talliot to me.

@beakeeper5243

3 ай бұрын

That's Mrs. Toilet to you!

I have watched the library sketch a dozen times! It is so well written!

I've always wondered how they got away with Cunterblast.

@darthkek1953

5 жыл бұрын

Kunerblarghst.

@BadWebDiver

4 жыл бұрын

At least it's not Dikkyblast!

@MrEAus

2 жыл бұрын

...especially if it was spoken before the 9:00pm "watershed"... as one of Stephen's vox pop characters asked about..! In this case "Who keeps water in a shed? ... And what's that got to do with cunt blasts?"

That ending was so freaking brilliant!

Prof. Mijory Marjorie is one fine Librarian as well.

As a librarian, I'm appalled at their lack of customer service.

@bennylloyd-willner9667

Жыл бұрын

Lol, full circle for me when I read "appalled". Deborah Norton was great in Yes Prime Minister too where Bernard, Hacker, Humpy and "Weasel" all were just that, "appalled" in an episode 😁

@bennylloyd-willner9667

Жыл бұрын

If it had been at the Swedish Post Office it would've been "documentarish" accuracy 😁

@GavTatu

Жыл бұрын

as a non librarian, i'm just appalled.

Well that was a very crack, secret, assault, crack, elite, secret, and crack sketch

It's 2022 and not much has changed.

I knew Ted in school, he was handy with the ladies, I can tell you that!!

I find the latter sketch a bit far-fetched, really. I mean, what sort of name is that for a man to have? 'Ted'? Honestly, I ask you...

@F00dTube

9 жыл бұрын

***** And they say Americans don't have a sense for irony.

@slacknhash

9 жыл бұрын

***** Be that as it may: "Ted"? "Ted"?

@MrDaiseymay

9 жыл бұрын

***** Strongly recommend you watch Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones--( Not the Nine O'clock News) in their terrific piss -take of --Mr. President (Ronald Reagan) meets the Press. This applies to All US Presidents since.

@paghal11

7 жыл бұрын

How dare you sir ?! As a Cunterblast from a long line of Cunterblasts going back to the Norman Conquest, I take strong exception to that comment ! Blast your eyes !! And a pox on your house !! Many of my ancestors have been named Ted. I demand satisfaction, sir !!

@slacknhash

7 жыл бұрын

If you would defend your honour, I must accept your challenge, Sir. Sword or pistol?

It's always good watching clips like this as a Welshman.

I'm a westindian and I find this offensive and true.

fabulous. love em both!

It's Mrs. Toilet.

@Plons0Nard

2 жыл бұрын

Will you be in for tea ? 😊👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱

@bennylloyd-willner9667

Жыл бұрын

That's my absolute fave sketch!

If you can have a town called Scunthorpe, you can have an author called Cunterblast

This explains how they rushed headlong into brexit.

That Wainright female!!

I'm pretty sure I'm studying at Snide University, though evidently they've changed the name.

Daily Mail comment section in a nutshell....

This is my second favourite sketch from this programme.

i love the "well apparently" and now i'm doing it all the time

The part of John Cleese was played by Stephen Fry. Michael Palin, by Hugh Laurie. Female Librarian: Ethel The Aardvark

i didn't know piers morgan used to be a librarian.

yep and it really deserves it. it was an awesome series. Xx

"Ted Cuntablast" @2:04 brilliant!

I recommend trying it ASAP.

As a Texan, I find this relatable.

Is that Dorothy from Yes, Prime Minister?

@sanketkadam5485

5 жыл бұрын

Yesss! She really should have been on more episodes than she got.

brilliant piece of satire

"Did you enjoy it Sir?" - hahhaa

The beginning seems very similar to the 'joining the army' sketch in Monty Python, right down to the character joining another sketch at the end...

completely nonsensical and absolutely wonderful

wow, very nice of stephen fry to link us here, as I don't have every sketch on the top of my mind (regrettably)

Nailed modern america in the library sketch.

Fix your collar Fry!

The answers to the questionnaire sound like me when I sign up for a new e-mail account

standard obligatory comment to salve the wounded KZread machine. Liked@953

i'm going to use this in my next interview... see how well this goes. :D

4:17 Her mouth doesn’t move once during her line! WTF her face is haunted! O,O

I can so much relate to this, the same thing happening in my country India right at present. Any criticism of the state and society is immediately branded as Anti-Nationalism, and any attempt at informed debate is dismissed with a rabid hostility towards all those with "fancy college degrees".

@anonymous_4276

Жыл бұрын

Literally what I was thinking as an Indian. Really cannot understate how hard this hits. Ultra-nationalism is a disease.

@josephbloggss7286

Жыл бұрын

Ahh! . . So the 'elite' are starting to take over India too. . . Dangerous times ahead.

@aaravtulsyan

Жыл бұрын

Found the bengali

I wasn't expecting that 😃

The second sketch will be always actual.

How it is like to talk to an English cricket fan. It's 2022 and not much has changed.

I wish Stephen Fry would go under my desk! ^,~

Is Stephen Fry wearing the sweater he wears playing Brigadier Blaster Sump on The Thin Blue Line?????

Wroughton! I went to school there, sadly.

I seem to recognize the woman in the sketch as Sir Humphrey's foil in some episodes of "Yes, Minister".

@bennylloyd-willner9667

Жыл бұрын

Yep, Deborah Norton was great there too (nerdy point: it was in Yes, Prime Minister tho, but it was the same brilliant comedy)

Is that Dorothy Wainwright, political advisor to Prime Minister Jim Hacker?

British comedy is so much more fres and original than american comedy

Important for the SAS & SBS ... Looking good in black ! 😂

seems nothing's changed! wow

Lady reminds me of Sybil from Fawlty Towers:)

@arahman137

6 жыл бұрын

She was in Yes, Prime Minister. Dorothy, Jim Hacker's political adivsor

@doctorpc1531

6 жыл бұрын

feels so strange to see Bertram Wooster, Jeeves, and Dorothy in one scene.

@victoriousrufus6747

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly not Sybil!

@bennylloyd-willner9667

Жыл бұрын

@@victoriousrufus6747 no, I think the OP agrees ("reminds me of...")

@Plons0Nard

9 ай бұрын

Hmmm. Sybil 🤔 That's a woman too. Good catch 👍🏻

SAS is also an acronym for "sweaty arse syndrome" and Fry keeps saying "crack". Was expecting him to say "World War Number Two", but I guess that would have given away the joke too obviously.

@ransherman1611

7 жыл бұрын

world war number 2? they are not americans

@TheKtwStudios

6 жыл бұрын

Huh? We call it World War 2, not "World War #2." Which Americans have you spoken to?

A bit Monty-Pythonesque, this one. Still fully original, insanely brilliant and poignantly comic in a way that we can only arrogantly scoff at today.

Steven Fry playing an early version of Nigel Farage.

@arseman1024 You seem to have forgotten to use the space button, sir.

Alternative facts, innit ?

@JanetStarChild

6 жыл бұрын

I beg your pardon, but did you say "Inuit"?

@Fofo-sr2xu

6 жыл бұрын

JanetFunkYeah I thought they said "dimwit". But maybe that's just my hearing.

Mrs Pert.

Which should push the viewing figures up by a few thousand in a matter of minutes ;o)

@rockycomet4587

2 жыл бұрын

Did you get your wish?

Are we sure this isn't a library in Texas or Florida? 😆

5 people are librarians... :P

funny that you're the second person to take me seriously, happy xmas

I thought Hugh was going to socked again by Fry.

It's crazy that this is a comedy sketch but this shit is actually happening in the US right now!

Deborah Norton, turning 80 next year (2023). Hilarious in the 12 episodes of "Health and Efficiencies" as hospital administratrix. Btw. a Google search shows a picture of her looking lovely in a flowery mini dress in her twenties.

have you read the book before? then how do you know bits are missing? can't argue with that.

I look good in black :P

A man looking for facts gets browbeaten by the custodians of knowledge who want him to follow another narrative. Very prescient.

@jacketofdiamonds

Жыл бұрын

I'm curious what in particular you're referring to?

@RabbiHerschel

Жыл бұрын

@@jacketofdiamonds Just go and have a look at any news piece which has a headline that contains the words "experts say" or "fact checkers", and you'll have a general idea.

@jacketofdiamonds

Жыл бұрын

@@RabbiHerschel ...don't...trust...experts. Got it. Anti-intellectualism at its finest.

@RabbiHerschel

Жыл бұрын

@@jacketofdiamonds cope and seethe

@jacketofdiamonds

Жыл бұрын

@@RabbiHerschel yeah, as the one who approached this conversation with an open mind up until you said to distrust experts on the basis of being experts I'm the one coping and seething

Oh I knoooooow.

Those books aren't quite cricket.

2:50 Is it me, or does Stephen look a bit like John Major here?

Was the lady librarian in Yes Prime Minister series also?

@omnishambles5956

6 ай бұрын

Yea as the wainwright woman

Some people do worry about the fate of their home country, indeed.

What a knocker.

Oh how the library segment has aged! It has become reflective of social and political norms now! It's not comedy, it's prophecy!!

@blaze4111

2 жыл бұрын

it's funny how at the end he says "it's a bit of an exaggeration" well, not anymore xD

The actress looks like Eleven from Stranger Things, but grown up.

Wow, she's "Dorothy Wainwright" from Yes, prime minister.

4:00 Ironically This is how BBC media works these days lol

funny.

Is it that Wainwright female?

Prescient ...

@xxBCDLSxx Watch "Blackadder" and "Jeeves & Wooster" :-)

Sorry... could you say that again Hugh?!

Damn... The librarian has a good point! He's the strawman, for sure, but the strawman has a point...