That laugh by Fry at the start. When we were kids, my brother and I used to rewind the video over and over at that part crying with laughter.
@crazysoupforever
6 ай бұрын
Stephen Fry is my favourite person on the telly. I love everything about him.
@IDontKnowCorp
2 жыл бұрын
Fry's mustached driver character doesn't even seem like an act, he's so good at it.
@24-karat-plonker
4 жыл бұрын
0:08 Stephen's laugh saved my soul 😂
@alecmagill5337
5 жыл бұрын
“If history has taught us one thing, it has taught us that the Battle of Agincourt was in 1415.”
@lexcpen2344
3 жыл бұрын
sry but what doe this mean?
@tipperary1082
3 жыл бұрын
@@lexcpen2344 What he said
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
@@lexcpen2344 when most people use that line, 'if history has taught us anything...' they are usually about to share some kind of moral or wise lesson that we learned by studying events from history. For example, someone might say, 'if history has taught us anything, it's that bigotry and racism leads to hatred and violence' and they might make a reference to examples in history where this was observed. What Stephen Fry was doing here was something called 'subversion of expectations', which is basically another way of saying, 'giving the audience what they are not expecting.' He used a commonly known phrase as a lead in, so that people were expecting him to share some kind of lesson that we've learned from history, and then tricks us by making a pointless reference to an event in history that didn't necessarily teach us anything significant. It's hard to explain. I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say.
@cbkhanh
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aquascape_Dreaming I think people outside of the UK just does not know about that Battle. So they assume it has some underlying meaning. Thanks for your detailed explanation.
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
@@cbkhanh I'm outside of the UK, and I know literally nothing about the battle of Agincourt, but I know how to identify a joke that uses subversion of expectation as a punchline. No offense intended, but I think you underestimate the perceptiveness of non-british people when it comes to British humour. But if you found my explanation helpful in any way, you're welcome.
@thepayne7862
4 жыл бұрын
The one that always gets me is "It's only then I realized she was far away."
@nyChannel09
Жыл бұрын
And i literally expected it was coming, still laughed
@thepayne7862
Жыл бұрын
@@nyChannel09 same here and I just watched it again and tried no laugh and I did. Something about the way he delivers the line.
@Zeresrail
5 жыл бұрын
1:44 Fry starts answering seriously then remembers hes doing a skit :P
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
He's the best at setting up complex lead-ins, and then subverting our expectations. Even though you know it's coming, it's still criminally hilarious 😂
@hendrixhotel
2 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure that's just Stephen's legitimate answer
@BinturongGirl
6 жыл бұрын
Those ladies of a certain age played by Fry... Absolutely filthy.
@aaronhurst4379
5 жыл бұрын
He makes a stunning woman, does Stephen.
@jcfs123
14 жыл бұрын
The marmalade sketch is brilliant!
@LL-ow1qt
4 жыл бұрын
The best!🤣
@Van_Der_Lay_Industries
2 жыл бұрын
Arse the parlour maid?
@EddieGaster
Жыл бұрын
@@Van_Der_Lay_Industries you want me to fart the hit parade?
@kid--presentable
6 ай бұрын
Passssss the marmalade
@sebastienh1100
4 жыл бұрын
Hugh Laurie is such a wonderful actor, so expressive
@andrewhawkings5198
5 жыл бұрын
This is 2018 and this show is getting funnier and funnier to watch. That's the real comedy, kids.
@JenniferGonzalez-gx5qv
5 жыл бұрын
Andrei Sokolov I laughed more now than in the old days
@Reac2
3 жыл бұрын
While I don't like the patronizing Juvenoia, as a 21 year old born '99, this is very witty and funny, all of the Fry and Laurie stuff is.
@Plons0Nard
3 жыл бұрын
July 2020 : extremely funny. One more viewing and I am ready for the mental health hospital 🤣👍🤝🇳🇱
@crazysoupforever
6 ай бұрын
I was just thinking that myself.
@sturnbull09
4 жыл бұрын
“One of the great benefits of being an alcoholic.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@CaptainBlaine
2 жыл бұрын
That wheeze at the beginning gets things off to a hilarious start
@eclaire_x88x
4 жыл бұрын
The policeman 😂 makes me die laughing everytime
@mark-j-adderley
4 жыл бұрын
There’s a rather charming heartlessness to these snippets of English life, which seem more contemporary today, than they were when originally broadcast between 1989 and 1995.
@treintaydiez
6 жыл бұрын
The marmalade....I'm dead XD
@grendelum
5 жыл бұрын
treintaydiez - where are you gonna put em?
@bazcuda
3 жыл бұрын
Stephen says they need to be planted, "oh, late July"...the subtitles say mid-July. I need to know which it is, dammit ! These nine-lane motorways don't just build themselves, you know !
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
Don't just grow* themselves, you mean.
@thecrimsonbubbles
6 жыл бұрын
wow that taxi driver line about Russia really swung around in the space of 30 years
@Ukrkio
5 жыл бұрын
23
@ryanmichael1298
5 жыл бұрын
still, wow
@DeathnoteBB
3 жыл бұрын
Mikkel Ulrich 23 is within the space of 30 years
@Stigstigster
3 жыл бұрын
@@DeathnoteBB Correct!
@kveld9893
2 жыл бұрын
"swung around" like something changed in Russia lmao
@ash7324
3 жыл бұрын
"Road widening scheme?!" (DERISIVE LAUGHTER)
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
Stephen Fry is something of a superhero. He can virtualise basically any persona, without having lived that kind of life. Only a person with super powers like his could do something so darn convincingly. If you haven't seen it yet, look up on dailymotion, 'stephen fry "the letter"'. It used to be on youtube but I think it was removed for some unknown reason. It's a skit that's basically parodying Bram Stokes's Dracula, but oh my goodness it's hilarious. 😂
@LoganBluth
4 жыл бұрын
1:58 - Wait a moment!!! Is that the gorgeous Georgina I see??? The irresistibly beautiful and famed cabaret performer from the First World War, adored by every red-blooded honest Tommy on the Western Front?!?!?
@samarvora7185
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry there's been a problem. She was so happy and went out into no man's land, and before I tried to warn her not to tread on a mine,... she trod on a mine.
@KabirChattopadhyay1991
4 жыл бұрын
HOW HOW HOW?
@LoganBluth
4 жыл бұрын
@@KabirChattopadhyay1991 (EAR-SPLITTING SOBS OF ANGUISH)..... Ah well, can't be helped, can't be helped.
@vivaldi1ett
4 жыл бұрын
I really miss those guys British comedy at it’s best thank you guys for making our lives a little bit more enjoyable
@robdave1974
8 ай бұрын
They captured the absurdity of the common English peoples persona so eloquently and honestly. Then used it as comedic cannon fodder.
@jenniferjuniper97
5 жыл бұрын
"You can take sex and violence off television, but where'ya gonna put 'em?"
@dudesayingthings
2 жыл бұрын
Vox pop was honestly the best part about this show 😂😂😂 this is not a slight on the sketches, but high praise for the vox pop. absolutely epic 😂😂
@lizaluk
Жыл бұрын
A great piece of work.
@christinepage1523
Жыл бұрын
Amazing, an awesome comedy pairing.
@gayleigh
5 жыл бұрын
wheres the one where laurie goes "ya wanna know what they keep under these hats? eh? *gasp* some bastard's nicked it!!"
@generalerica4123
2 жыл бұрын
Neither a borrower, nor a git be. Words to live by, I suppose.
@kingsman428
4 жыл бұрын
Fry is so posh he can't pull off a working man's accent 😁
@granville7
3 жыл бұрын
he could do an American one so well the producers of 'House, MD' didn't even realise they hired someone who couldn't be more English than Lt. The Hon. George Colthurst St Barleigh
@sbraypaynt
3 жыл бұрын
Ygraine apparently you don’t know which is which
@powderedground78
3 жыл бұрын
@@granville7 wrong guy
@221b-Maker-Street
2 жыл бұрын
@@granville7 You’re talking about High Laurie. Not Stephen Fry.
@221b-Maker-Street
2 жыл бұрын
You does a pretty good Geordie, and my Aussie pal says his Australian accent is ridiculously good. You can see it pretty frequently on here if you search for ‘Stephen Fry QI accents’.
@3dgar7eandro
3 жыл бұрын
How could this be so accurate🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@crazysoupforever
6 ай бұрын
I so wish these two would get back together again. Stephen Fry is simply adorable.
@Guy-Debord
5 жыл бұрын
1:28 so good, classic House
@rayaqin
7 жыл бұрын
the elephant man joke was pretty nice :D
@franciscovarela7127
4 жыл бұрын
I needed that.
@sean3533
5 жыл бұрын
Man House sure can do a good British accent!
@darthkek1953
5 жыл бұрын
Apparently the actor spent a few months in England when he was a baby.
@ictmeoy1988
5 жыл бұрын
yeah, some British people are really good at that
@sean3533
5 жыл бұрын
@@ictmeoy1988 honestly I was expecting more likes on my comment, it was pretty funny if I say so myself.
@sidarthur8706
5 жыл бұрын
better than that upstart idris elba
@andrewwright9378
5 жыл бұрын
Someone rush a Sense of irony to ictm Eoy, urgently.
@castlerock58
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this. I have seen all their other shows but I don't think this was ever aired in Canada.
@kapitankapital6580
6 жыл бұрын
[derisive laughter]
@edgyanglo4875
5 жыл бұрын
Patrick Ellis I see you everywhere
@mustafa1name
4 жыл бұрын
At 0:19 a version of the small/far away joke that Father Ted is famous for. Originally broadcast in 1995, the year Father Ted started.
@KoeSeer
4 жыл бұрын
6:42 real talk
@farwakhan4423
2 жыл бұрын
Huge is a MASTER of accents
@dontbeasadsoulja
3 жыл бұрын
0:08 the KEKW laugh
@amyshaw893
5 жыл бұрын
well, at least it wasnt lupus
@goingcritical7406
4 жыл бұрын
It's never Lupus....
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
@@goingcritical7406 until it's lupus...
@GirGir183
6 жыл бұрын
0:03 It's late July, not mid July. Just in case anyone got confused.
@David-ud9ju
5 жыл бұрын
Not only are the subtitles wrong, but they totally ruin the humour.
@greysquirrel404
5 жыл бұрын
It's actually February right now
@MaliceAttention
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I was wondering if the lack of love was the reason I didn't get my nine-lane motorway running through my back garden. I think now I was too early.
@Alfa-ku4pu
4 жыл бұрын
@@David-ud9ju well, they are helpful for foreign people... like me, from spain... at least i could laugh a bit
@GhastlytheTinkerer
13 жыл бұрын
@glazenbol "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be" is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The vox-pop character's father (who apparently is not too bright) is basically telling him not to be an idiot.
@marine463
5 жыл бұрын
Ah thanks !
@aidazinnurova5512
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! I couldn't translate this one and was wondering what's the gag
@ElshadKarbasi
2 жыл бұрын
4:45 was filmed I think on King Street in Hammersmith. The shopping centre scenes are also from King’s Mall. Took me a little while to figure it out but I thought they looked strangely familiar!
@MyreW36
Жыл бұрын
Nobody realises how much training goes into being an estate agent. Virtually none😂
@ExploreGamesAndMore
5 жыл бұрын
This is just like the fast show, except 15 years earlier, and good.
@SF7PAKISTAN
5 жыл бұрын
4:23 Fry snaps
@solveigg2377
3 жыл бұрын
6:12 is such meme material
@AmySavage6
2 ай бұрын
3:42, wise words from the cabbie.
@MrBlues113
5 жыл бұрын
I understand 5% of the jokes, but I still laugh 95% of the time
@Alfa-ku4pu
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah... me too... THE ENGLISH PEOPLE SPEAK SO FAST!!!!!!
@evanhefner4218
Жыл бұрын
3:40 so ahead of its time!
@halfaworldaway
5 жыл бұрын
Fry: "In about late July" Subtitles: "In about mid-July" Hmm.
@sidarthur8706
5 жыл бұрын
subtitle man obviously knows more about growing roads than stephen fry
@evang2881
5 жыл бұрын
The answer is the internet at 7:03
@Plons0Nard
3 жыл бұрын
Bur where to put the marmelade ?
@justin_5631
2 жыл бұрын
@@Plons0Nard well you've got the marmelade. it's not in the cupboard but you've got it.
@deeqcadexl
5 жыл бұрын
Killing it hhhh very funny guys
@Karim-is7ew
Жыл бұрын
That "country narrowing scheme" joke from the driver at 4:11 is really only a half joke if you think about it. (if you don't get what I mean, I mean that the widening of roads means the narrowing of public space for pedestrian space and thus public life). 10/10
@nyChannel09
Жыл бұрын
Thats what he literally meant by country narrowing scheme... Theres nothing else he implied by that
@jland12
5 жыл бұрын
Steven has nice hair
@cthulhu2223
4 жыл бұрын
5:18 House is a great show...
@gb469x
3 жыл бұрын
Full body consult.
@colinbaker3916
5 жыл бұрын
Note to subtitles, he said LATE July.
@mikepetergumball8337
Жыл бұрын
Old boggy walks on Lammas Eve
@vardellsfolly5200
5 жыл бұрын
So young and so.. silly!
@DrJG9
5 жыл бұрын
Stamps!
@szymonwlodarczyk5356
5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the grand illusions guy
@simplelife88393
15 жыл бұрын
Haha, good stuff..
@nigelcarren
4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: This was probably Stephen Fry's own London Taxi?
@01134man
5 жыл бұрын
5:23 I miss Dr. House 😭
@leon2901
4 жыл бұрын
Hugh's businessman character lol
@Bromley68
4 жыл бұрын
"I suppose they'll be saying Hitler was a racist next"
@sidarthur8706
5 жыл бұрын
i hope they've got 'ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer'
@sidarthur8706
5 жыл бұрын
not in this one. shame
@Nicholas-ce5tm
5 жыл бұрын
oh yeah yeah
@Online-Ed
5 жыл бұрын
Dr House!
@Guy-Debord
5 жыл бұрын
late july seems a bit late to me. They would be best planted in late may.
@Richard_is_cool
5 жыл бұрын
Paaaass meeeee the sex and violence!
@BlueXonar
5 жыл бұрын
4:43 Dead xD
@petezah2686
2 ай бұрын
I find this comedy to be somewhat humorous!
@grendelum
5 жыл бұрын
3:40 _”Well, if people wanna be right-wing and nationalistic and bigoted, then let them go and live in Russia.”_ 30+ years on...
@dejanbgdbhoy
5 жыл бұрын
...and you bumboys are still afraid of the Russians
@ronmastrio2798
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly rather would at this point
@half_eaten.hooker
3 жыл бұрын
Fry should do these sketches again
@Xezlec
5 жыл бұрын
What is that square with that cool building where Stephen is standing?
@bmb7918
5 жыл бұрын
The Sanctuary, in London, in front of Westminster Abbey and Dean's Yard (and in front of my old school, as it happens). I believe it is still legally the case that if you remain in the Sanctuary under the protection of the Church you cannot be arrested (though I would not recommend testing that).
@helenbryant404
2 жыл бұрын
I had many a great holiday at Westminster School, with PHAB
@samuelbarber4154
4 жыл бұрын
Who are these people and why are we interviewing them? 😂
@mogshade66
6 жыл бұрын
😊
@z4zuse
Жыл бұрын
3:40 aged well
@cargo_vroom9729
4 жыл бұрын
3:40 Fry has his finger on the pulse of current American politics somehow.
@jakubsetkowski
4 жыл бұрын
He looks like doctor whoo
@beniteztheconman
4 жыл бұрын
The benefit of being an alcoholic....
@splinter2121
5 жыл бұрын
Member when London was London filled with civilized people and stuff. I miss england
@PolyChromium
4 жыл бұрын
Is that you at 4:44?
@grumpyspinach7013
3 жыл бұрын
What is that one about a poor man who looks like an elephant? The ELephant man. Oh I know Collin Welland
@prvipartizan7963
3 жыл бұрын
Well I wouldn't suck it.
@lizageorge8923
5 жыл бұрын
1:25 how does he keep a straight face???
@Aquascape_Dreaming
3 жыл бұрын
Watch this one. Both of them can barely hold back their laughter, kzitem.info/news/bejne/kaSK04erb6hhf3Y
@crazypianolady
11 жыл бұрын
Subtitles kinda ruin the punchline :( But still awesome
@masters.1000
5 жыл бұрын
It helps foreign people.
@vivekbarchha
5 жыл бұрын
Where? Could you please point one out?
@nevanmasterson46
4 жыл бұрын
@@vivekbarchha you mean point out a subtitle? they're... like.. throughout the entire video.
@kyler.windhorst
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly didn’t notice it ‘til I read this comment.
@samdherring
4 жыл бұрын
Kyler Windhorst lol that's scary. You get behind the wheel with those eyes? 😂
@Urbanforager
5 жыл бұрын
😂 😂😂
@dutch747
5 жыл бұрын
4:24 ^^
@PRubin-rh4sr
2 жыл бұрын
Is that Dr. House?
@anuragchakraborty8846
2 жыл бұрын
Hugh Laurie, yeah
@mridularul1
5 жыл бұрын
I like how this show is really about just comedic effect and doesn't care to be politically correct. This is genius.
@smoath
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they've questioned their derision yet? hmm...
@zoyataylor
12 жыл бұрын
peopel dont see through things these days... :D
@mark-j-adderley
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder whether these sketches came out a little bit too early for the British audience at the time ... they are as sharp as a tack, and rather racy, but maybe too acerbic for that time, however, today ...
@digitalT83
5 жыл бұрын
No it just wasnt funny
@SparkieNeisti
5 жыл бұрын
In some ways it's amazing how it's still relevant.
@221b-Maker-Street
2 жыл бұрын
@@digitalT83 I believe you are - perhaps not for the first time - in the minority. One also has to ask why you’re here wasting your time watching a video of comedians you clearly don’t like, and even bothering to comment instead of moving on to something you enjoy instead. A psychologist might call that masochism. 🤔
@gordonthomson7533
5 жыл бұрын
Wow London looked a heck of a lot better then....(in the background)
@jaredbowhay-pringle1460
5 жыл бұрын
Oh, nostalgia for something that hasn't changed. You could set up those shots in exactly the same spots today and they'd look virtually identical, bar some more updated vehicles and shopfronts.
@alfromwork
5 жыл бұрын
3:41 - that joke was about 20 years ahead of its time. Or rather, it stopped being a joke 20 years later.
@patriciaamaro7337
5 жыл бұрын
5:18
@als_pals
4 жыл бұрын
4:44
@GirGir183
6 жыл бұрын
How come you can't get The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick anymore?
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