Videos like this make me impressed that Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie ever got anything done together. They can barely look at each other here without making each other laugh.

@katebrice5050

Жыл бұрын

I know. 😂

1:09 The moment where you're thinking, "Someone has a line here", and then you realize it's you.

@sarag1049

2 жыл бұрын

I soo can relate to that. It's always a crack up

1:53 the silence IS golden! “Someone say something.” That was a great killer ending.

i don't know what's funnier: james dreyfuss failing to keep it together and the other actors stop and stare at him corpsing in take 6, the d-d-d-d- nonsense or the fact that after they finally get through the d-d-d-d- bit, they all forget their lines!!

Can you imagine laughing like this every day you go to work? What legends!

Someone say something. LOL

@allim.5941

3 жыл бұрын

Something!

"They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is..."

@tarawhittington5686

3 жыл бұрын

Heading there next, cheers

0:30 "America has given us nothing but tobacco, and potatoes, and that new high grade narcotic that you're so fond of." If I didn't know better I'd have thought that was a House reference lol 😂

d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen gentlemen I died XD

@astoran1207

9 жыл бұрын

***** That was a good one :D

I would have laughed every time hearing Stephen Fry say "D d d d d d d d d d d d d gentlemen". Nicely improvised too. I found it amusing the way he shortened it the last time so they could get through it without cracking.

Stephen Fry, a legend in his lifetime! This really cracks me up every time I watch it. Its the d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen bit that is pure comic genius and totally hilarious. Thank you so much for the upload.

@kimberlyakin8908

4 жыл бұрын

The saddest Part is he cant even do his best DDDDDDD becasue No One can Keep a straight face. He has to tone it down and that is a homage to his talent and a shame as well.

i love that even though it's sometimes other people who corpse, stephen still apologizes. It's like he's saying "sorry i was too funny"

Hugh: "Ok. NOW I am ready" ...Take 9! " D-d-d-d-d-d-dgentlemen gentlemen please, now, hmmm? huh? ..Someone say something!!" ;) If it's not Laurie..it's Fry :') LOVE them!

The sheer brilliance of Stephen Fry is truly legendary!

Whenever I'm feeling down and out, I come here, and I invariably go away feeling much better. :D

2021...years later and my stomach hurts again..

Fry is bloody brilliant! Long live Fry!

D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen, gentlemen........................... someone say something! That nearly killed me with laughter. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

We will have to opt out I'm afraid. Predicting the brexit is tight

He recently did the Melchett sheep-laugh - only for a SECOND - on Qi ...and it nearly stopped the show! Stephen is a comedy god - and a hell of a good chap. Apparently he has SEEN this upload. If he ever returns here - thankyou, sir, for YEARS of entertainment - from Friday/Saturday Live to the afore-mentioned Qi.

I love watching them riff around the script.

Sometimes you have to wonder HOW comedians ever make it through a taping!

It is so funny when you imagine that Hugh Laurie was only a local star in UK during this sketch. And a few years later he became one of the biggest TV Stars in the whole world. And he had no idea here.

@catalinnicolau5389

4 жыл бұрын

Dandy Candy Dr House may have given Hugh Laurie another status, however, please check IMDB to find more about his impressive career before 2004🙂 you might appreciate him even more

@katebrice5050

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

Every time I watch this I laugh until I cry. Priceless.

Stephen is on (to) something 😊

Two fine fine actors. Beautiful people indeed.

@Donna-cc1kt

11 ай бұрын

Amen. Such a gift and shared!

Hugh Laurie is so cute there, even with that silly beard. And of course he and Fry are hilarious when they're cracking up.

watched this several times - only once is not enough - brilliant - huge thanks

"OK, NOW I'm ready!" The wigs make it even better :)

"Jazz cigarettes" - what a great term. I could imagine it as a lubricant for Laurie's multi-dimensional creative talents.

thanks for uploading - been looking for these kinda bloopers - so hilarious..

Absolutely EPIC Fry & Laurie. Made my day.

Boy did they OPT out of THAT one!

"d-d-d-d-d-d-d-gentlemen!" - i think i may have ruptured my spleen laughing

i think that one of the most entertaining parts of being an actor is all the fun you have while shooting

@Donna-cc1kt

11 ай бұрын

And oh the work!

Wow, an actual studio audience.

When I'm done here, I shall be watching (in the Orient) the final episode of "House". Thanks for eight great years Hugh!

Much too much fun.

For a second I thought all those d-d-d-d-d-d's were going to turn into _Flight of the Bumblebee_

There seems to be some confusion. Stephen says, "America has given us nothing but TOBACCO, potatos, and that new high-grade narcotic that your so fond of," and points at Hugh. The irony is of course that STEPHEN is the admitted user of COCAINE here. Maybe thats why Hugh looks at him and laughs.

@A-small-amount-of-peas

9 жыл бұрын

I'd doubt it I think was just corpsing ,sometimes the smallest thing sets you off

@flecot

9 жыл бұрын

Cocaine isn't a narcotic though. It's a stimulant. But I get the point, and so does Stephen.

@MrJingres

9 жыл бұрын

flecot Yes, I had written that tobacco wasn't a narcotic, too. Oops.

@HerrMikael

9 жыл бұрын

Jd Ingres Thanks, I was wondering about that and thought it was some English inside joke that foreigners cant get

@QueenMegaera

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a House reference (vicodine)

Lol revisiting all the hugh laurie/ fry vids xp whenever I mess up, i do the exact same thing Hugh did in the last few takes "Ok! NOW, I'm ready"

AHAH! THAT explains it. It SEEMED to me that Stephen was being POINTED when he said it - and Hugh's reaction to it seemed a bit GUILTY! Oh for the day we can all smoke jazz cigarettes without fear...

Makes SNL look like comedy pre-school.

I'm reading all the comments in Stephen Fry's voice. Everything seems terribly more sophisticated.

🤣 This is gold!

Just image working with Stephen Fry. That would be wonderful 😊

@Donna-cc1kt

11 ай бұрын

And as I’m not brilliant, terribly sad. Lol

The way Stephen Fry said gentlemen sounds exactly like my lawnmower as it powers off.

Lovely! Thank you!!!

love this

Thank you, thank you, thank you. To not take life too terribly seriously, ahhhh!

My goodness, I think I cracked my ribs laughing at this!

I'm laughing so much it hurts

@RaZarati I thank Mr Fry for tweeting the link to this. I am ALSO a major fan. And of his friend Mr Laurie, for that matter.

Remember Stephen, your line is "Harry pocketed it." Ready? And... *ACTION!* 1:18

@GalaSmile Thank you very very much for the answer !

Hilarious is putting it lightly

Now that's halarious! Disrespectful but halarious! : p

Priceless....

Oh the laugh tracks.

hahaha v good!!!!! xx ty for posting

I think it must be just me, but hugh Laurie looks like Van Helfin in that custom. Both lovely to look at. And Stephen Fry will all ways be WOW good looking.

For a moment I actually thought Stephen fry was the guy as dumbledore.

d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d- lol! ah stephen fry is BRILLIANT!!

0.24 Fry unwittingly announcing that he is high on cocaine. Twice.

@John-yf7iy

7 жыл бұрын

He went on to fill entire dreary memoirs detailing when and where he got high on cocaine...

'd-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-gentlemen' is my text alert XD

It appeared to be Blackadder, with Rowan in the same role and time period as Fry plays here, addressing a group of men around a table. I could be mistaken.

Brilliant!! . . .

I love it

"D-d-d-d-d-d-d gentlemen!" -pause- "...someone say something."

@Surtak "The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything" - but you probably know that now - sorry for the delay in answering!

Does anyone know where you can get the whole show?

@ADyingFaith Damn it four times around the car park and back in for another DAMNIT! xD

@slaphead6000 That is to say, the "Britain" show does show up, but not this one. Or are they the same? I'm rambling now.

@Templetonq "The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything" - I think...

You are! It's "The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything "

@slaphead6000 I can hear an echo of Peter and John in that DAMN of yours.

@singinginachurch Don´t think so, thought I had seen all of that. It´s also not from blackadder :( But where is it from? Have never seen it before! Please! Someone! I need to see that!

Funny stuff, but I don't see how they can keep going on and on like that and not get tired of it or even get it right. :)

@A-small-amount-of-peas

9 жыл бұрын

It's called corpsing and if you haven't experienced it then it's hard to describe

@eleanorcleary8391

8 жыл бұрын

+Reb Brown Ricky Gervais on Extras is a prime example of corpsing. Funniest thing i have ever watched. 10/10 would highly recommend if feeling down.

@A-small-amount-of-peas

8 жыл бұрын

Eleanor Cleary I have and Ricky is probably the worst corpser of them all

@slaphead6000 Ok, now how do I find it? It doesn't appear to be on the tube. Any idea where to get it?

Did they ever complete that sketch, or give up and all go home to bed

@davidw.2791

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/anitj6Wee8q2kZs.html

I wish I could find that tweet. Do you have it in your favourites or something?

I think it's definitely from the film The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything not to be confused with the tv series The Complete and Utter History of Britain

@slaphead6000 What is this show? I've never seen it and my life will not be complete until I do!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Or General Melchett's sheep laugh!

Wonder if that high grade narcotic was vicodin...

thats Sir Anthony Stradlin of Downton Abbey in this sketch

Are you sure Rowan's line was from that? I looked up that title on IMDB and Rowan doesn't appear to be in it.

I KNOW you're right :) It's him ...

I don't see my reply to you posted, so this may be a duplicate: Being a Hugh Laurie fan, I was watching various KZread clips, when I stumbed upon the scene of Rowan uttering the same line, the same way. I don't know which episode it was. Sorry I can't help.

Yes. Sir Anthony

Anyone got a better use for Luxembourg other than storage I want to hear it. 😉

74 people don't like Luxembourg nor pickled herring

@FastMonkeyBluePants DAMN! I can't believe I DID that! You're right of course - and I've followed him from C4's "Saturday Live" to "House" - I ought to know how to spell his NAME! I've corrected my cock-up. THANK you for the help.

@zerotamlin - I think you're right.

That high grade narcotic Hugh is so fond of is cannabis, he is well known to be a cannabis smoker.

they say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is ...

Well - "high grade narcotic" WOULD be a more appropriate description for THAT than humble weed...

where is this from? i've never seen it before

Where's this taken from, I've not seen the 'right' version before