May I compartmentalise? I don't want to, but may I?, may I?

@onthe4572

2 жыл бұрын

Correctly correctington!!

@shaxop-eaamusicnetworks463

Жыл бұрын

You may.. continue

@leeosborne3793

9 ай бұрын

Extrinsically, Extrinsically!

@drTERRRORRR

2 ай бұрын

Makes me think about "Blazing Saddles" and: "...dare I say..." "Dare,dare"

@methamphetamememcmeth3422

2 ай бұрын

I hate you*

Most people focus on Fry's amazing delivery, but also imagine that you're sat opposite this performance and your only task is to stay engaged and be ready to hit your timing and delivery perfectly into this stream of chaos, without the opportunity to establish and maintain your own rhythm and pacing. Greatest double act bar none.

@ivok9846

Жыл бұрын

chaos?

@Ylyrra

Жыл бұрын

@@ivok9846 Yeah. Not just apparent chaos to the viewer, but Stephen Fry is bound to be ad-libbing some of it, he can't help himself going off script. I'm sure the important beats are rehearsed but he's also bound to be throwing a few curve-balls at Laurie if only for the fun of it.

@ivok9846

Жыл бұрын

@@Ylyrra i think you a) didn't get most of it b) presume it's mostly improv because of a) now, why do you think it's ad-lib? have you devoted much thought to language and didn't found anything he said remindful of basics of linguistics?

@Ylyrra

Жыл бұрын

@@ivok9846 Interesting presumption about my intelligence and level of understanding. Or alternatively my reasoning could simply have been because of exactly the reasons I gave. Stephen Fry is notorious for ad-libbing, and also notorious for having fun with co-performers by keeping them on their toes if he thinks they'll rise to the occasion. He and many of the other of the mid-80s British comedians grew up on the improv circuit as much as on rehearsed skits. I find it UNLIKELY that he wasn't doing that at least some of the time with his longest collaborator and friend, just based on their personalities and how they've always interacted when interviewed together. But obviously I'm just too thick to "get it" must be the only explanation.

@ivok9846

Жыл бұрын

@@Ylyrra did you answer my question, which parts are chaos, gibberish, improv? instead of that, your op concentrates on fry's non existent replies... give me 20sec excerpt which is utter foolishness, if you would. or 10. thanks btw. my standpoint on improv in comedy is simillar to that of John Cleese, ie that thing doesn't really exist.

This feels simultaneously like a stroke and like everything that I've learned throughout my Linguistics degree condensed into 7 minutes, and all I remember is that he said Vulva.

@AirborneAshes

Жыл бұрын

that's language for you

@metanoiate

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I love you

@nikiTricoteuse

6 ай бұрын

I was laughing so hard at your perfect summation, that it took a full 30 seconds to actually manage to hit the thumbs up.

@drTERRRORRR

4 ай бұрын

Key terms covered.

@graxxor

4 ай бұрын

This is basically a perfect summary.

" Language is a complementary moist lemon scented cleansing square " I will live by these words

@shelbynamels7948

11 ай бұрын

*complimentary*

@LAura-qr2ff

11 ай бұрын

@@shelbynamels7948 complemintary

@andrewmaclennan5194

9 ай бұрын

Or "a hunk of a charred Panzer"

@CivilizedWarrior

4 ай бұрын

@@andrewmaclennan5194 *the hulk* of a charred Panzer.

@kellysmith7357

2 ай бұрын

complamenotaury

I think this sketch perfectly portrays what happens when a highly intelligent and well read mind meets cocaine.

@matthewheath7839

2 ай бұрын

So true. Fry was well and truly in his cocaine phase during a bit of

Extrinsically *EXTRINSICALLY

@PalaceDude

5 жыл бұрын

Cay-pa'bull, is language Cay-pa'bull !

great performance by stephen fry here but did anyone notice how many characters hugh played 2:03 tiger 3:58 duncan 4:28 geoffrey 4:51 phillip 5:03 lovelet 6:05 tommy 7:01 timothy

@KevinJohnMulligan

4 жыл бұрын

I think it might also be a parody on the type of person that speaks like Fry's character... They sometimes forget people's names while being so intense.

@Emrys91

4 жыл бұрын

Its different skits

@banksta3

3 жыл бұрын

@@Emrys91 7 different skits?

@SunnyIntervalsORG

3 жыл бұрын

Javelina, Trevlin, Castella, Lyllette, Bradley, Finley, Declan etc.

@GeorgiNM

2 жыл бұрын

In Dorset _alone_

is this what it's like to have an intellectual discussion with someone going through a manic phase?

@lefinlay

6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t mock bipolarism, but it was funny as this is a very mad conversation

@HumanTypewriter

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think he is mocking. The answer is actually yes. And the conversation isn't actually mad, it makes perfect sense if you pay attention to what he is actually saying.

@emilycarson-apstein7285

5 жыл бұрын

yeah I think it literally is, I can't believe it took 30 years for stephen fry to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder

@HumanTypewriter

5 жыл бұрын

Bipolar 1 no less.

@IdahoDali

5 жыл бұрын

I've been there and yes, definitely.

What makes this so brilliant is that what Fry is saying is actually all very true. It's just filtered through the most ridiculously pretentious dolt in the history of the world. lol

@danielchiverton4168

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, he's definitely wrong to claim that the English language is immune to demagoguery.

@Hic_Rhodus

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielchiverton4168 True. But it is a fairly accurate portrayal of some of the narrow-minded, self-congratulatory guff that certain liberal-conservative oxbridge types (esp. of a late 20th century vintage) would come out with in their tutorials.

@michaelgove9349

2 жыл бұрын

Well countermand my trousers if he isn't bang on the bloody milk! 👍

@INeedANewHandle

Жыл бұрын

@@danielchiverton4168 He doesn't claim that though, he just posits the idea.

@carlmarcs3647

Жыл бұрын

I’m just here to tell you all to shut the fuck up

I laughed so hard that friendly milk just countermanded my trousers.

“Listen to me, lovelet” In almost every sketch I’ve seen of them, even from back on Saturday Live, Stephen somehow finds some way of calling Hugh a sweet term of endearment. They’re so adorable, I don’t normally say this, but.... friendship goals.

@ethanlivemere1162

4 жыл бұрын

"Our language, tiger"

@thiagodeandrade7081

2 жыл бұрын

For example, m.youtube.com/watch?v

@gavincarstens6497

2 жыл бұрын

5:00 for anyone looking

@theemmjay5130

2 жыл бұрын

The knowledge that Stephen Fry is gay adds an interesting subtext to moments like that.

@Mannahnin

Жыл бұрын

"I find you beautiful."

As an English teacher, I've got trapped in such speeches many times. With alcohol, it's even worse.

@ictmeoy1988

5 жыл бұрын

yeah you wish

@rebeccabrewer2221

4 жыл бұрын

To be a fly on that wall

@ajmurtagh27

3 жыл бұрын

Impossible. Alcohol can't talk.

@JacksonKillroy

2 жыл бұрын

This sketch is exactly what its like to have a conversation with a coked up linguistics undergrad

@MG-dd9kj

Жыл бұрын

Studying English is: invigorating, delightful, dizzying, mind-boggling, mesmerizing - glorious! So let‘s go on with it, my brethren in arms

Language is the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning light as you pluck from an old bookshelf a half-forgotten book of erotic memoirs.

So turns out Fry played Zizek once...

@mrginge143

5 жыл бұрын

Nice one

@DuskAndHerEmbrace13

4 жыл бұрын

...what?

@duxnihilo

4 жыл бұрын

@@DuskAndHerEmbrace13 Slavoj Zizek.

@DuskAndHerEmbrace13

4 жыл бұрын

Dux Nihilo He is nothing like this.

@duxnihilo

4 жыл бұрын

SelfReferencingName He is though.

This is the most beautiful use of the English langunge I have ever seen or heard.

@rishivachaspathyastakala866

4 жыл бұрын

You, on the other hand, have benutifully destroyed it.

@HumanTypewriter

4 жыл бұрын

@@rishivachaspathyastakala866 The irony here is powerful

@CalridRobnor123srs

3 жыл бұрын

I think Shakespeare, kinda was better. But each to their own. Shakespeare certainly never made anyone laugh so? Well he probably did, but they were from the past, and not forced to study it's hard to comprehend rhythmic iambic pentameter shiz at school. :P

@Eralen00

3 жыл бұрын

Correctly Correctington.

@n.v.9000

2 жыл бұрын

and the complete opposite is The Armstrong and Miller Show - WWII Pilots 1

"Hold the news reader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers" is a priceless sentence. And the way he says "upper lip of a Mediterranean girl!" There are a few sketches I seek out and replay when I feel like I haven't laughed in a very long time. This is one. (A Bit of Fry & Laurie - Haircut is another)

@talstory

2 жыл бұрын

it's a take off of Noam Chomsky..'colourless green ideas sleep furiously'..

@joesr31

2 жыл бұрын

i don't get the meaning of either of those sentences

@3DCGdesign

Жыл бұрын

"the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean girl!" was missed by the laughter of the original audience, but I caught it and it was hilarious! ... but "I think he said 'vulva'" was a kicker as well.

@shelbynamels7948

11 ай бұрын

the rest of the sentence was so covered up with audience laughter, the Mediterraneans forgot to officially protest.

@jasonharris8486

7 ай бұрын

​@@joesr31You're right not to understand their meanings, as they are both grammatically correct sentences but also nonsensical.

The brilliance of the delivery from Stephen Fry is unparalleled.

These sketches are interesting because they don't really contain any jokes, but they are very funny. I would also have a very hard time explaining why they are funny.

@hatredch.simonwalton4133

4 жыл бұрын

Laugh track?

@hyperspacejester7377

4 жыл бұрын

It was filmed in front of a live audience.

@storageheater

4 жыл бұрын

People falling over is funny, it's not a joke though and it's definitely not comedy. I think you're just hung up on the idea that it's a series of words followed by a punchline. Think physical comedy, character comedy, observational comedy, the fact that warped copies of things can be hilarious just by existing. Despite this being so heavily about words it's not really in the same realm as jokes, it's mannerisms and timing, notes on class, education and flirting, expectations being subverted. Fry does some brilliant physical comedy and turns on such a torrent of vocal tics so specific they almost demand you think you recognise them, and those unexpected lowbrow/highbrow switches keep giving it the rhythm of a joke that rolls along.

@nothajzl

3 жыл бұрын

we know why they're funny, but when it comes to explaining it.. yeah, hard 😂

@Somnogenesis

3 жыл бұрын

@@storageheater This is a terrific explanation. The comment about how Fry "turns on such a torrent of vocal tics so specific they almost demand you think you recognise them" is particularly insightful: I instinctively feel on first listen that I must've been born in the wrong era and 'ought' to recognise them as parodies of a whole string of intellectual figures who probably used to hold court on late-night 1970s arts programmes - yet in fact I think it's just Stephen relishing the chance to create archetypes of these sorts of tics without it needing to reference anyone specifically. It's brilliant, either way.

Hold the news reader’s nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.

@neilwayte579

5 жыл бұрын

Ta! 😄

@neilwayte579

5 жыл бұрын

But what does it even mean?

@cindel6765

4 жыл бұрын

@@neilwayte579 it means that someone is about to laugh so hard that milk comes out their nose, and should the waiter not plug said nose firmly, the milk will surely ruin the other person's pants

@neilwayte579

4 жыл бұрын

@@cindel6765 Dear me! Thank you

@samarvora7185

4 жыл бұрын

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

And that is why Stephen Fry should be appointed as the new Prime Minister by the Queen.

Fry carried most of both the sketches but Laurie's small inputs were like cherries on the top. That "whoops" by Laurie was done so masterfully it's absolutely amazing! True masters.

@Merlewhitefire

Жыл бұрын

Never underestimate the value of the straightman in comedy. The Marx Brothers would not have been as funny as they were without a Zeppo to bounce off of.

@weswheel4834

10 ай бұрын

The delivery of "whoops" seemed to surprise Fry as well, you can see him trying not to laugh right after it.

It's like the sketch is an excuse to enjoy the absurdities of language. The intelligence of this sketch and performance is astounding.

Beauty of this sketch is every sentence can elaborated in big philosophical discussion. This is funny and thought provoking at the same time. So beautiful.

@matsbjur2535

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Stephen Fry is a literature scholar and he uses it beautifully.

@Fofo-sr2xu

Жыл бұрын

@@matsbjur2535 But does his use of said literature scholarship in the confines of language contain, exhibit, express beauty?

@lamrethal695

11 ай бұрын

@@Fofo-sr2xu they actually do!

"Think 'beauty', but be beautiful. Say 'beauty', but say it beautifully." ...that might actually be fairly profound.

@abhisheksoni2980

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing out. It is indeed.

@Sam-qc6sz

2 жыл бұрын

What does it mean in your opinion?

@gnorung7769

2 жыл бұрын

​@@samvimes2061 Yes it's needlessly, terribly embellished, congrats on getting the joke, but much of what he says must've missed your head as well if you thought it was completely devoid of "meaning". Underneath the exaggerated, meaningless blabbering, there was a pretty solid line of thought. He is talking about real questions asked in linguistics and aesthetics and philosophy in general. Though it is hardly groundbreaking stuff, it is very interesting nonetheless. Those last lines were definitely deliberately chosen to sound pseudo-philosophical as possible, but it'd be an injustice to say the whole thing was "meaningless". I'd ask you what an objectively meaningful imperative sentence even could be, but it would seem too much like I'm parodying Fry's character at this point.

@samuzamu

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnorung7769 successfully parodied!

@andymac4883

26 күн бұрын

@@Sam-qc6sz A little belated, but... Having good thoughts, thinking kindly of people, being a good person at heart, these are good things, but what really matters is what other people can actually see; think beauty, but _be_ beautiful.

This is how my internal monologue sounds when I’m trying get to sleep or think of something important.

@PandaPandakun

3 жыл бұрын

Every damn night.

I use this video as an example of how human brains are shaped by the way we speak. Ironically, people are rendered speechless after watching this video. Go m'colleagues!!

Hush, tish, vibble.

The sheer brilliance of the writing and the perfect delivery of these lines is astonishing yet still completely hilarious.

"We all of us spend all of our days, saying to each other the same things, time after weary time, I love you, don't go in there, get out, you have no right to say that, stop it, why should I, that hurt, help, Margery is dead."

A unique child delivered of a unique mother!

I love it when Stephen plays the flirt with Hugh 🤭😋 that naughty twinkle in his eye

sorry to hear about Marjorie.

"Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers" helped me towards a 2:1 at university :)

This is absolutely freaking brilliant! Fry did a stunning job of memorization here, just to keep up with himself, let alone pull it off flawlessly!

@rw2266

Жыл бұрын

Autocue!

this is philosophically and linguistically beautiful

Frillions! Needs to be heard in Parliament...

I’m not English but only the Brits can do this. What a laugh I had, brilliant!

I can't help but think that this sketch is based on Chomsky's "colourless green ideas sleep furiously"

@ritataboo2199

2 жыл бұрын

of course that is about it

both halves of this conversation are how untreated adhd feels

Stephen Fry trying so hard not to crack is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life... The chemistry between him and Hugh Laurie is nothing short than perfect...

Stephen fry will say such profound things and Hugh goes "whoops" xD

@nigeldepledge3790

Жыл бұрын

And didn't he say it beautifully?

I remember years ago watching a late night discussion show on BBC 2 where various intellectuals and authors discussed contemporary issues. It was just like this.

"Capabull" - Stephen Fry

@jagtan13

3 жыл бұрын

"Rebenton" - Jeremy Clarkson

@nothajzl

3 жыл бұрын

@@jagtan13 haha TG lads had their own way of pronouncing (car) names

@jagtan13

3 жыл бұрын

@@nothajzl indeed!

Two absolutely outstanding performers. A joy to watch.

Actually, this is almost exactly like my philosophy tutorials at university. I was Hugh Laurie and my tutor, who I won’t name was Stephen Fry.

@helenhughes9821

5 жыл бұрын

Same for me in my English Linguistics degree!

@storageheater

4 жыл бұрын

Based off some of his writing, the reason for that is because that's where he's getting it all from. He has a wonderful way of documenting, mocking and being the very thing all at once.

@doctorfmac8469

3 жыл бұрын

I *WISH* my philosophy classes were like this! I got "what are morals, values, and ethics?"

@notthatadam

2 жыл бұрын

Somehow it doesn't surprise me that Stephen Fry was teaching philosophy at your university.

@n.v.9000

2 жыл бұрын

@@doctorfmac8469 ohh that is easy...Q:"what are morals, values, and ethics?" A:"Ideas but nothing tangible"

"Hello, we're talking about language." - this sketch is so good hahaha

.. that surely is a thought to take out for a cream tea on a Sunday afternoon.

Bloody clever clogs Fry.

My 6 years of linguistics education summed up in 7 mins....remarkable!!

@gary.h.turner

Жыл бұрын

And there I was thinking they might actually teach useful things like phonology, rather than intellectual claptrap!

Oh, these men were so tremendous. Not only talented, but also brilliant and innovative. I wish I could have known each of them in person.

@l.w.i7478

10 ай бұрын

They are both still very much alive. And they’re both still tremendous… 😉

When Fry started describing language, it made me tear up a little, to be honest.

@SineN0mine3

Жыл бұрын

which bit was that?

@charlesottowilliamwade5328

10 ай бұрын

No it didn't

His novels are equally florid and wonderful...he is my island's current answer to Oscar Wilde....a great wit and a lovely man....

Never has a discussion of meaning versus usage in the English language ever been so funny, or indeed as beautiful.

I love these men!

I only discovered ABoFaL about seven years ago and it has been such an influence in my life as a screenwriter and playwright. As an homage to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, the main character in my first produced play was named Marjorie because they used that name so many times. No one caught it, but I enjoy how there’s a nice little Easter egg in the play that calls back to their comedic performance abilities that I can only ever hope to obtain a fraction of.

@kevinbissinger

Жыл бұрын

You said nobody caught it, do you expect someone would ever think to suggest that Marjorie was connected to Fry and Laurie out of context?

@alexpaulk2819

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinbissinger lol no???? 😂😂 it was just me saying that no one caught it lol. I didn’t expect them to

@JoeLondon-te3hf

4 ай бұрын

I did, being young in Ulster, and it got me into trouble, let me tell you.

Funnier than anything snl has produced in the last decade

@maxhutar1891

3 жыл бұрын

The last golden era of SNL was ended by the departure of people like Hader, Wiig, Armisen, Sudeikis, Moynihan, and of the writers, Mulaney. Since then they've been more concerned with providing a safespace for snowflakes and virtue signaling than real comedy.

Laurie is such a perfect foil for Fry’s brilliant eloquence! 😂❤️

Brilliant chaps, both of them in their own right.

He was actually making quite a lot of sense there.

Absolute genius - both straight man and deliverer. Nothing akin to this in our sad, vulgar era.

Fry could be the 5th Beatle with that haircut. ❤️

The way he says capable gets me laughing every time 🤣🤣

Was too young to appreciate this as a kid, glad I've rediscovered it.

Stephen Fry before he was merely famous for being famous. This was really where he really shone and was brilliant. I think he said somewhere that he never became the actor he wanted to become and that it really broke him that neither critics nor audiences accepted him. The highlight of his dramatic acting career came with Wilde. And now he just sort of dabbles in everything, especially in well-trodden fields, and spends time on talk show couches and chairs.

A Lot of Fry and a Wee Bit Scant Amount of Laurie.

Correctly Correctington!

I'm guessing that this had a predefined framework but was largely improvised. Stephen Fry is an astounding talent.

@jho2646

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, I'd probably argue the opposite and say this would have been thoroughly rehearsed. That's why this show was so funny. They were meticulous about hitting the right comedic beats at just the right time. That takes practice. I've seen some behind the scenes footage of their similar process on blackadder. Very interesting.

@dunebasher1971

10 ай бұрын

All scripted. They sweated over getting every word just right. Fry did a small amount of improv away from Fry & Laurie, but he never felt he was particularly good at it.

The most educational few minutes of my adolescence in the 1980s.

Dearest Aunty Stephen, did you actually have all those words in your head and all you needed to do was open your mouth and they just poured forth? Love you to bits! Stay well and safe. Live Long and Carry On!

the best thing about this sketch is that everything steven says (while quite bizarre) actually makes logical sense😆

Look at that naughty mischievous sparkle in Stephen's eye 🤗

"Goodnight, I don't feel quite so well now" I had fallen to the floor in stitches upon hearing that.

This is full of Platonic philosophy. And has echoes of Bertrand Russel's ideas. *Beautiful* and lovely.

@anasiltacosic

11 ай бұрын

also Saussure

How the hell did Stephen Fry memorise this script. It’s a chaotic assembly of complicated words and phraseology delivered without pause. Insane

"I find you beautiful - but you are not beauty." "...Whoops."

Just brilliant!!

Mark it please

The finger, the turtleneck! Stephen's giving Foucault vibes lol

He either had all of this memorized OR he was making it up ex tempore. I'm not sure which would be more stunning.

Absolutely brilliant. Very clever. And also interesting from a loosely philosophical perspective; whether English could sustain the rantings of demagoguery. Also the formal problems of language’s productivity.

@pnwlady

Ай бұрын

I love the little leaks of Fry’s characters personality. Sexual attraction, murder, personality ticks.

Theres such a musical quality to this sketch. I haven't watched it in over a decade but i can still rap along to much of it

My, how I wish I had found both this clip and these comments four years ago. I've been thoroughly entertained and uplifted.

Had me in stitches. The parody of some of my best teachers and professors cuts too close to the bone! (Then again I believe it's the point)

It's funny - but a lot of the second half is pretty much what I learnt in semiotics. :D

I’m listening to an audiobook of Stephen Fry’s Mythos and I can’t stop thinking about this sketch. Genius!

EXtrinsical-LY! EXtrinsical-LY!

All of this "bollocks" actually makes sense.

@seth1455

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently

That utterly unexpected Karl Kraus reference in there, brilliant!

I've been using "correctly correctington" way too much ever since I first saw this sketch and I'm not ashamed.

This is just brilliant

True genius. And Hugh's understated acting was also sublime.

Much funnier than SNL.

The best part of fry and laurie is that both can play the straight man and the loon. The best comedy duo of all time, for my money.

@AndrewMOJObook

Жыл бұрын

in the trade it's called "the floating straight man"

"...... I think he said 'vulva'!" has been stuck in my head for years

Incredible to be able to do this in front of a live audience in 1 take with no mistakes

@dunebasher1971

10 ай бұрын

I was in the audience for the first sketch.

Hold the newsreader’s nose *squarely,* waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.

@Superfantastictop10

4 жыл бұрын

Sostén firmemente la nariz del presentador de las noticias, camarero, o la leche amigable contradirá mis pantalones.

@clairem.caterer856

3 жыл бұрын

I want this sentence on a T-shirt or plaque or mug.

Would love to meet Fry one day. What an absolute legend.

I would very much like to see Stephen Fry’s character in this sketch debate Noam Chomsky on linguistics. Or maybe just debate Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris on anything. I would pay large amounts of money to see that.

@o0260o

5 жыл бұрын

Fry on Harris podcast. Check it.

@elisabethvajner7767

5 жыл бұрын

Fry and Petersons debate on political correctness

@ALiJ4LIFE

5 жыл бұрын

Or, watch Russell Brand

@MarinaSpiteri

4 жыл бұрын

He's taken part in quite an few debates including Jordan Peterson and Christopher Hitchens which are excellent. One in particular to look out for is when the panel debates whether or not religion is a source for the good; it is truly compelling.

@littlekettle5759

4 жыл бұрын

@@elisabethvajner7767 that debate was simply unfortunate, as fry pointed out on several occasions that they came to talk about political correctness but the majority of the panel was just going at each other's throats instead. Damn shame.

Imagine this video being posted on a channel to learn English! I've spoken English my whole life and a lot of it went over my head (and that's kind of the point of the sketch). For any English language learners out there, don't feel bad if you didn't get it all- none of us can!

Thanks for uploading this. _"Language is a parchment scroll nestling in the grass by an old man's hammock._ _A family of field mice nesting in the burnt out hulk of a Saracen tank._ _That's language."_ I'm sure I remember a sketch with Stephen saying this, but I've never been able to find it. {:o:O:}