House is Right

August 24th, 2008

Fry & Laurie Tackle Linguistic Conundrums

Linguistic elasticity…who else would have a comedy bit based on such a subject but Fry & Laurie? In this very funny clip, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry take a look at language. They humorously attempt to answer this question:
Is our English language, as we know it, capable of sustaining demagoguery?
Hugh Laurie’s “translations” are fabulous! You […]

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August 24th, 2008

Fry & Laurie Examine the Word “Gay”

Here’s another hilarious bit from Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry from the first season of A Bit of Fry & Laurie. They take a look at the odd use of such British terms as “Gay.” And in their characteristic style, they take things far off in some strage direction, leading to nothing less than funny […]

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August 24th, 2008

Fry & Laurie: Dancercise

Many thanks to Grace for tip about this hilarious clip from Hugh Laurie’s former British hit show, A Bit of Fry & Laurie. It all starts with Stephen Fry telling us the “definition” of dancercise….and gets more absurd from there. I couldn’t help but laugh and hope you will too:

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June 14th, 2008

The Return of “Blackadder?”

At one time, Hugh Laurie was a very funny and hugely successful part of the UK sitcom Blackadder. Now there’s an effort to revive the sitcom, perhaps in 2010 as well as a reunion show entitled Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga and Blackadder’s Most Cunning Moments. And each of the original actors have been […]

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June 18th, 2006

Stephen Fry Interested In House Appearance

This could be good. From Funny.co.uk:
Stephen Fry recently honoured the members of The Douglas Adams Continuum to an informal webchat during which he revealed details and outlines of many comedy projects.
Amongst them was talk of him appearing in an episode of House with long-term comedy partner Hugh Laurie. Stephen said, “maybe the upcoming season will […]

By Cory -- 2 comments