$12.95 – Digital video disc / Village Roadshow Ent / ISBN:9397810115293
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie
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Stephen Fry (Absolute Power, Bright Young Things) and Hugh Laurie (House) met in the early 1980s when both at Cambridge. Fellow student Emma Thompson recommended Fry when Laurie was looking around for someone to help him write a pantomime. The two discovered a common sense of humour and began to work together regularly. After a Christmas pilot in 1987, the BBC commissioned a series in 1989, A Bit Of Fry And Laurie.
Witty and urbane, Fry and Laurie explored a seemingly inexhaustible list of subjects with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay. With perfect awareness of their characters physical presence they bring the intelligent, charming and surreal sketches to life with zest and the sheer love of being silly for the sake of it.
Sketches included insipid MI5 agent Tony Mercheson and his fervently patriotic boss Control, yuppies John and Peter intent on "putting Utoxeter on the map - dammit", and Hugh Laurie's razor sharp music parodies and bizarre mock interviews. A real gem of a program for anyone who likes their humour dry, with a hint of genius!