Fry just wrote this sketch to show off how his Greek lessons were going.
@stivi739
5 жыл бұрын
He did ok
@eyezodiotic3197
5 жыл бұрын
I can tell 😂😂😂
@PeterListov
5 жыл бұрын
He taught Greek and Latin at school :)
@therealkat1342
4 жыл бұрын
floooooooooooooooood was that in an interview?
@adonisadmirer2752
4 жыл бұрын
+Flo(times a thousand)d +steff_ +Peter +Federation Actually did pretty good, the only flaw was his accent, but I suppose that's only natural unless one has lived in Greece.
@Vesnicie
4 жыл бұрын
There is so much clever here to find amusing, yet my simple mind just can't get over the funny smallness of their table.
@arkabprior4485
4 жыл бұрын
They're very tall men
@Bergja
4 жыл бұрын
@@arkabprior4485 the table has a very small surface area
@aarontooth
3 жыл бұрын
Obviously you aren't familiar with how traditional greek cuisine is served.. typical for lincolnshire men.. or camden girls
@wopfrog007
Жыл бұрын
“While you tanned your hairy arse on the nude beaches of Crete - or wherever it was - swilling turpentine and stuffing vine leaves with a bunch of perverts…” One of the most hilarious phrases ever strung together, and so perfectly delivered by a young Laurie at the very top of his game 😂😂😂
@rebeccaclark7973
5 ай бұрын
I’m going out for an honest British kebab! Ha ha
@37Dionysos
6 жыл бұрын
Married and moved to Crete 3 years ago. Coffee black is "sketo." My wife ordered her first one: "Cafe Skata." Which means a coffee with shit. The waiter fell over laughing. (No, he didn't bring it!)
@RogerBarraud
5 жыл бұрын
Just as well :-) Mind you, some of the coffee I've been served... ...but never in a Greek restaurant :-)
@keedt
5 жыл бұрын
that's quite a scatological tale your are telling there. There is no way an English speaker could guess that!
@fernmccreary2729
5 жыл бұрын
37Dionysos NO TIP.
@Foxtrot6624
5 жыл бұрын
keedt Underrated comment
@sophitsa79
5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@MrNeskio
12 жыл бұрын
Fry's pronunciation was remarkably good and easily understandable. I was quite surprised that he pulled that off. Well done!
@Kaleid7
9 жыл бұрын
Hugh Laurie really nails the yuppie wanker stereotype.
@gdanendrah
7 жыл бұрын
Kaleid7 coked up employee of The City
@Philrc
7 жыл бұрын
His character isn't anything to do with a yuppie, he's just playing a standard salesman in a company.
@Renzsu
6 жыл бұрын
they want to be the yuppie desperately, but parked outside are their Ford Escorts, executive trim of course..
@MrDaiseymay
6 жыл бұрын
yeah--and spaniards -dutch -turks, he's not fussey
@joncc9784
5 жыл бұрын
The man can make any role his own: his talent is unreal!
@alisonjordan
2 жыл бұрын
Just laughed at Fry and Laurie sketch “Greek Restaurant” Then I read some of the comments! It reminded me of the time I met my lovely friend for lunch in Covent Garden in the mid 90s. We stood outside an Italian restaurant. She whispered “it is all foreign food today!! My heart sank. Where would we have lunch?! 🥗Then I remembered a cafe that did jacket potatoes!! She thought that was a good idea!! As we looked at the menu, she said “no, no, I won’t have a jacket potato! I will have a chicken curry!!” To this day, I still smile 😊 Sadly she is no longer here. The Fry and Laurie sketch is so true.
@torgnyaanderaa2334
5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! I've seen this sketch several times, but until today, I've missed the little extra-joke at the end, where the waiter says "I can bring you an omelette if you'd like, sir". Having _just_ watched these two characters in another sketch where the making of omelettes turns into a bit of a sore subject, it's yet another testament to the delightful wit and cleverness of these two gentlemen.
@louiserobinson410
7 жыл бұрын
I forgot how funny they were. Hugh Laurie is divine
@reniapoziomka
11 жыл бұрын
I just love it when Hugh's character says he'd like some parakalo! Traditional Greek dishes and the pleasantries exchanged when in a restaurant are the only things I master in Greek, so it feels wonderful to see a character making such a mess out of it :-D
@melanicholy
10 жыл бұрын
Well Lincolnshire's flat, Stu, but I wouldn't say it was always late for meetings!
@kotsaris87
8 жыл бұрын
Stephen fry's Greek is surprisingly good!
@MrPSyman3
7 жыл бұрын
No kidding. I googled around to see if he can actually speak greek after watching that, especially how well he pronounced his order (that φιλέτο σουβλάκι sounds a bit odd though). Apparently, he can, as well as Latin, French and German. Impressive as ever that guy
@Quintinohthree
7 жыл бұрын
Psycho One fewer than I was taught.
@Philrc
7 жыл бұрын
my searches suggest he can speak German to some extent and just a smattering of the other languages. I am pretty sure, especially at that age, that he will have just learnt the Greek phrases for the purposes of the sketch.
@smidgens1
7 жыл бұрын
Nope he speaks greek and latin fluently
@Philrc
7 жыл бұрын
No he doesn't. But please feel free to entertain the idea that he does.
@JoeCapricorn
4 жыл бұрын
I tried Retsina because of this skit. It was pretty good, probably the best I ever had!
@harveybirdman2674
Жыл бұрын
Damn, that's funny) I wish I could too
@valentinabucibattorti9813
6 жыл бұрын
2:35 "The dish of the day is octopus." ".... Ah... I know that, Gordon, I know that!!!" XD
@Plons0Nard
9 ай бұрын
Things to note : Hugh's facial expressions (always a winner) and the extreme tiny table. These guys always bring a smile on my face 😊❤
@philipfry6428
7 жыл бұрын
stephen fry is quite the handsome fellow
@MrDaiseymay
6 жыл бұрын
yeah but look at him now
@RYN988
6 жыл бұрын
it's called aging.
@werwiewas
6 жыл бұрын
Philip Fry Hugh Laurie was handsome then and still is today
@fisherking7798
5 жыл бұрын
Are you his brother?
@Mad_S
5 жыл бұрын
@@MrDaiseymay stephen fry aged like fine wine. He's the best.
@ThisCanBePronounced
4 жыл бұрын
Seems I've found the source of the Key & Peele sketch
@nothajzl
4 жыл бұрын
Those two are nowhere near to F&L.
@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw
4 жыл бұрын
@@nothajzl Yes, yes uphill both ways....
@93prmf
3 жыл бұрын
Actually it's the chapelle show
@ELPlop
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same!
@ELPlop
3 жыл бұрын
@@nothajzl we know but at least better than so many of nowadays calling themselves comedians
@panos3160
7 жыл бұрын
hahaha as a Greek this is so funny Ill have the parakalo too haha
@faisalazam358
5 жыл бұрын
Parakalo is please lol
@tinovanderzwanphonocave544
5 жыл бұрын
@@faisalazam358 no brain deafening ouzo! what a shame!
@alexjo9250
4 жыл бұрын
I will use this sentence next time in greek restaurant😁
@valentinabucibattorti9813
6 жыл бұрын
"But you asked for dolmades!" "He didn't knew what they were." "I knew...BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!"
@tomf3150
4 жыл бұрын
It's stuffed grape leaves, nothing wrong with that.
@user-nf9xc7ww7m
4 жыл бұрын
Oy, this doesn't look like tamales. 😋
@Quicksilver_Cookie
5 жыл бұрын
"Pff, you could really set fire to some asses with a paper like that". I NEED to use this phrase in my life. I'm just looking for the right moment to integrate it seamlessly into a conversation :D
@laurasauraus0350
3 жыл бұрын
"An honest British kebab" hahahaha
@AlkisGD
14 жыл бұрын
Unbelievably funny. Especially if you're Greek =P Fry's Greek is unusually good for a foreigner, but having watched all House episodes and witnessed Laurie speaking all sorts of languages, I can't help but wonder how this play would have turned out to be had Fry and Laurie swapped roles... hmmm.
@adonisadmirer2752
4 жыл бұрын
Weren't Laurie's Greek words usually off?
@koratvinnie
13 жыл бұрын
@Thanasaros21 In his recent autobiography - The Fry Chronicles - he mentions that he taught Greek, Latin, Biology and other subjects before going to university and then again during holidays when he was studying at Cambridge.
@christinaz.271
4 жыл бұрын
Hugh Laurie's reactions here are *perfection*
@hernanj.gonzalez3461
9 ай бұрын
4:10 is terrific 🤣
@revenger210
11 жыл бұрын
Notice how the waiter says "οχταπόδι" instead of "χταπόδι". The added "o" indicates he's from Cyprus.
@txnygotw
6 жыл бұрын
I knew that!
@thaliasimitopoulou8631
6 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily... Old people in Greece tend to say it this way too.
@storytime52088
5 жыл бұрын
cyprus or crete
@adonisadmirer2752
4 жыл бұрын
@@thaliasimitopoulou8631 In which part of Greece? I'm from the north-eastern Macedonia part of Greece and old people would always say "χταπόδι"
@Menroth.
4 жыл бұрын
It most assuredly doesn't indicate anything.
@harveybirdman2674
Жыл бұрын
They have such a chemistry it's insane
@AllyKari1
11 жыл бұрын
This made my day. XD These two are awesome, and the way the guy spoke Greek was pretty hilarious.
@SimonBishop779
9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant.
@Libbathegreat
14 жыл бұрын
"I'll have the same, the, er, parakalw, definitely" I wish the restaurants around here had waiters that just came directly up to you and spoke Greek. I've never had that luck. I'm always a bit nervous to try my Greek without being prompted :)
@adonisadmirer2752
4 жыл бұрын
Δοκίμασέ τα εδώ τότε ^^
@tutekohe1361
4 жыл бұрын
"While you were tanning your hairy arse on the beaches of Crete..."
@kligiannaki
12 жыл бұрын
as a Greek, I almost died of laughter during the order
@tomf3150
4 жыл бұрын
As a French who loves greek cuisine, so did I.
@emilyrobbins3238
4 жыл бұрын
Can you please translate the food order for us?
@kligiannaki
4 жыл бұрын
@@emilyrobbins3238 "I want please ntolmades (the stuffed vine leaves, stuffed with rice, if anyone is wondering), a filet of souvlaki (that's meat on a vertical spit so not really a filet, it's lots of thin slices stacked and cut from the side so it comes in small pieces), bottled water, and a bottle of retsina please (resinated wine)". The parentheses are my comments btw.
@JJvideoman
5 жыл бұрын
House was different before his injury
@harryeast95
5 жыл бұрын
Not /that/ different.
@inspectorspinda
8 жыл бұрын
bazooka music?
@lilakion
8 жыл бұрын
+Inspector Spinda he meant to say "bouzouki music" :P
@inspectorspinda
8 жыл бұрын
I see
@mariosargiropoulos1715
5 жыл бұрын
I immediately wondered after he said that, “How are they expecting any non-Greeks to get that joke?”
@Panos__P
5 жыл бұрын
@@mariosargiropoulos1715 It is only for the knowing ;)
@avinotion
5 жыл бұрын
@@mariosargiropoulos1715 everyone I know, knows that. And I don't live in Greece.
@deanronson6331
Жыл бұрын
Laurie's occasionally channeling Basil Fawlty, as in that labored laughter and facial expression when addressed by the waiter.
@valentinabucibattorti9813
6 жыл бұрын
"I'll have the same... the parakalò!" XD
@macolleague
15 жыл бұрын
Aghh...Stephen looks particularly shiny, fluffy and lovely in this sketch...("ape-crazy on all fours....")
@valentinabucibattorti9813
6 жыл бұрын
His face when Fry starts ordering food in Greek and then to the waiter... "What?..." Ihihihihih
@RobinMcBeth
Жыл бұрын
Hugh Laurie has an incredible range.
@annaneillbaker5507
3 жыл бұрын
Good writing and a laughter soundtrack...
@vymmas
12 жыл бұрын
Just brilliant.
@chairsmissing
5 жыл бұрын
I wanna open up a restsurant just so I can serve Fry.
@user-nf9xc7ww7m
4 жыл бұрын
No burger or coke. Oy, go out fast like that, mate.
@chairsmissing
4 жыл бұрын
@@user-nf9xc7ww7m touche, mate.
@julieporter7805
4 ай бұрын
5:11-Jeeves/Wooster=Jooster Confirned! 😅😂❤
@MsTatli
5 жыл бұрын
OH!. Linguaphone !! we had a french set with Vinyl discs when I was little..
@noeliaalberti7
12 жыл бұрын
Hilarious sketch! What was even better, was Stephen's greek pronunciation!! I absolutely loved it!... Although you can't really say "fileto souvlaki" :P...
@Henshin0101
11 жыл бұрын
There is one in Stevenage, it's called Medusa, though it was probably known by a different name back then.
@johnjones6601
7 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius.
@AllyKari1
11 жыл бұрын
There are greek restaurants everywhere. When we lived in London, we used to go to mpouzoukia. Yes, they even have those. XD
@peterhall6656
4 жыл бұрын
Two public schools lads who like a bit of Greek. Who would have thought?
@u.v.s.5583
5 жыл бұрын
-It's resinated! - It's resonating! :D
@timsmith3346
7 жыл бұрын
First time I've seen my home county of Lincolnshire mentioned on television, and I have to say, they're dead right.
@user-vz7mu4su9n
5 жыл бұрын
You mean it really is always late for meetings
@tarmaque
5 жыл бұрын
That mustache is haunting my nightmares.
@user-nf9xc7ww7m
4 жыл бұрын
"Mustache" so thin it didn't warrant the full spelling of moustache?🤔
@rbzvncnt
12 жыл бұрын
The wine reminds me of something produced in Blackadder 2... Château Baldrick 1589
@chrysasouli8549
11 жыл бұрын
being a greek this seems even funnier to me than to most people
@knightLynderic
11 жыл бұрын
I 'll have the "parakalo" hahah!!
@ms.rstake_1211
4 жыл бұрын
They are hilarious!
@racketman2u
8 жыл бұрын
"I thought that was the Romans?" "yeah, well, ethnically the same people ...."
@ibrahimakay728
7 жыл бұрын
Well done. You wrote something from the video we all just watched.
@racketman2u
7 жыл бұрын
and you still didn't get the joke - I suppose it is all Greek to you?
@JanetStarChild
6 жыл бұрын
Claiming that they didn't get the joke because they addressed your post as merely repeating what was said in the video, like some kind of squawking parrot. You appear to be as insecure and defensive as Hugh's character in the sketch.
@JanetStarChild
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the typo correction. Edit and... _fixed!_
@Lucifronz
6 жыл бұрын
My work here is done.
@shokoladniybegemot
15 жыл бұрын
OMG Fry speaking Greek!!! :D
@shotforshot5983
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how they just don't crack up sometimes.
@gemmalee3032
Жыл бұрын
'think these 2 were born and raised to crack up jokes almost as second nature.
@xmissemmax
13 жыл бұрын
"but I think we gave that one back" haha!
@kartikpandey1353
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourites from ABOFAL
@GreekFreakyJoker
7 жыл бұрын
The guy's greek were great.
@XoXo475
6 жыл бұрын
Very cool to hear Stevenage get a shout out
@boxstersjm69u
2 жыл бұрын
A very funny and intelligent jiving
@jm4giv
5 жыл бұрын
As amazing!
@kcuhc84
2 жыл бұрын
Greek bearings are better bought than received as gifts.
@vicnedel02
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Stephen could speak a bit of Greek.
@mdenison2567
7 жыл бұрын
im from stevenage. i would love to see a greek restaurant there :P
@valentinabucibattorti9813
6 жыл бұрын
It would be just a tourists' trap... XD
@cosast54
12 жыл бұрын
I like it !
@SirAgravaine
10 жыл бұрын
omg dolmades are sooooooo good
@NicolasContos
7 жыл бұрын
Well, they shouldn't
@dpapad202
7 жыл бұрын
+justin case I really don't think anyone would get angry. obviously we know that many of our traditional foods are originaly Ottoman and it's logical since we were under occupation for 400 years.
@noeliaalberti7
6 жыл бұрын
Actually dolmades originally is a greek dish! In ancient Greece they were called "thria" (gr. θρία)and they have always been cooked by the greeks ever since. "Thria'' made their way into the ottoman cuisine as well getting the turkish name "dolmades or sarmades". The turkish word prevaled and has been systematically used by the greeks ever since until modern times.
@ErandSmakaj
6 жыл бұрын
@JpgZzz Ze greek, turks ethnically the same people you see...
@noeliaalberti7
6 жыл бұрын
Erand Smakaj Greeks and Turks could not be more ethnically apart actually! The only things that bind them are historical co-existence, certain cultural points and a strong love/hate relationship. They are different, but they are neighbours and have significant similarities and this is why the two peoples should be friends.
@RadioactiveCassowary
11 жыл бұрын
When I saw the Icon for this video i could have sworn the waiter was Manuel, cut me some slack though I've been watching British comedy show clips for three weeks straight.
@tanmaynd2001
15 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are right. I suppose ntomata is just one of the many things not used to refer to stuffed vine leaves in Greece. But why did you choose to single out ntomata here?
@Livid_Cloud
12 жыл бұрын
@nefelycherry He says ntolmades and not ntomates actually, which in fact means stuffed vine leaves :P
@oneliminalzero
4 жыл бұрын
We will never know the exact number of people with no humer. We do have the people that dislike this video though.
@chrysasouli8549
11 жыл бұрын
i am greek too...we are everywhere! :p
@photographylovergr
12 жыл бұрын
@PinkStelitsa Ofcourse there are....Wherever there are Greeks, there are greek restaurants!!!
@neithere
4 жыл бұрын
I've been eating dolma when this popped up as a suggestion. It has only struck me after the sketch was over.
@cocochanelleke
6 жыл бұрын
"Swilling turpentine"
@johnthegreek7356
6 жыл бұрын
I'll have the παρακαλώ please 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@spiromlb
Жыл бұрын
Pronounced it all well...definitely studied/taught it...
@Jafroboy
10 жыл бұрын
He got you to reply, therefore he didnt fail.
@currentphonograph1734
6 жыл бұрын
i like Greek
@Greeceindirestraits
12 жыл бұрын
@nefelycherry I think he says Dolmades which actually are stuffed vine leaves.
@user-nf9xc7ww7m
4 жыл бұрын
Was Hugh Laurie expecting tamales? 😋
@suchethhegde8637
5 жыл бұрын
So, it appears Key and Peele drew quite heavily from this for their 'French restaurant' skit
@haphillips2008
11 жыл бұрын
"Yorkshire? What is Yorkshire?!"
@helluvagun
7 жыл бұрын
A bit so fried and laured
@GayaK91
4 жыл бұрын
Was I imagining (or mishearing) or was Fry pronouncing και (which means and) as kay - a word that I was taught to be pronounced kah e (at least in ancient Greek)?
@cacaw_0
12 жыл бұрын
@nefelycherry they are not saying ntomates. They are saying ntolmades(ντολμάδες) and that is indeed vine leaves.
@GirGir183
5 жыл бұрын
5:33 Linguaphone just grinds the whole concept of linguaphone into the ground, doesn't it?
@koratvinnie
13 жыл бұрын
@NaxNax96 Fry would have picked up Greek (and Latin) during his days at public school. And by 'public school' I mean private school - which is what they're known as in England.
@user-nf9xc7ww7m
4 жыл бұрын
And private school means a charter school. And charter school means one created by Her Majesty. 🤔😋
@nefelycherry
15 жыл бұрын
lol.. i love retsina... and i love hugh laurie!! btw stuffed vine leaves are not called ntomata in greece..! ntomata is just a tomato!
@37Dionysos
3 жыл бұрын
When Greeks on their own defeated Mussolini's WWII invasion, Churchill said "Until now we said that Greeks fight like heroes. From now on we'll say that heroes fight like Greeks."
@Moamanly
2 жыл бұрын
I found the comments more interesting than the sketch itself.
@LuRawen
13 жыл бұрын
2.58 --> I wonder if Hugh has these moments in real life. :D
@tinovanderzwanphonocave544
5 жыл бұрын
Monty Python cheese shop scetch!
@chemical93girl
12 жыл бұрын
hugh is sooo good xD
@samamaisthebest
11 жыл бұрын
It's not that bad for someone around his age who is not greek .. It's pretty good actually apart from και
@nfo1776
Жыл бұрын
Is this the Fawlty Towers dining room set?
@Thanasaros21
13 жыл бұрын
@koratvinnie Oh, I simply assumed that he had rehearsed a few lines for the sketch. I mean, foreigners learning modern Greek would be a bit unusual wouldn't it? And Ancient Greek has a very different structure, not to mention a pronunciation no two people can agree upon >.> Whatever the case may be, Fry certainly gave me a pleasant surprise :D
@user-nf9xc7ww7m
4 жыл бұрын
"Does anyone here speak English? How about Ancient Greek?" - Dr Brody, Indiana Jones
@TheGl124
6 жыл бұрын
East meets West)))))))))))) My French boss with English sales manager in russian restaurant...
@jainayak666
4 жыл бұрын
Fry and Laurie accurately predicting the political discourse in present day United States ;)
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