Open University Bloopers | A Bit of Fry and Laurie | BBC Studios
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Stephen Fry introduces his favourite Open University blooper reel in his own outtake tv sketch.
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To any viewers outside of the UK, Open University was what we had to enjoy at breakfast time until breakfast television arrived in 1983. So instead of news, weather and celebrity interviews, we had mathematics and learning about the ancient Romans during the 1970s at 7.00am in the morning.
John King Ha, that context actually does make this funnier.
Wow. There's a special place in hell reserved for whoever changed that...
That sounds cool!
John Birt played his part in wrecking that. A bad egg all round. I miss the OU.
Sounds like my kind of morning! OU followed by the the Duke of Dreary himself, Howard Cosell. For those who don't know, Howard was an American radio sportscaster during the 1960s and -70s. His monotone voice could make the most exciting sports match seem dull and endless. I loved listening to him on the bus every morning.
Open University was better content than much of what we get on daytime TV these days. I think the BBC should return to it instead of hours of inane "coffee morning" drivel.
I turned on the TV in Japan a few years ago. One of the afternoon TV shows was about intracellular signalling - university level biochemistry.
Better than British time-filler shows, but maybe not better than Japanese game shows.
After 18 months of covid we're all armchair experts on vaccines and immunology.
The OU alas has gone just as Woke as its Bricks and Mortar cousins.
Steady on Grandad!
You might like In Our Time on Radio 4. Hundreds of episodes available to listen to on iPlayer. Science, culture, history, philosophy... it's been a second education for me 🧐
It's pure laziness: the 'coffee morning' style requires no planning, no script, just invite people along and tell the gullible audience that these 'gusts' have something useful to say.
The same has happened with comedy - no more sketches, Faulty Towers, Not the 9oclock news,Pporridge. Now we just have a game show with 'celebrities.
I love the reaction from the audience when Hugh appears.
Same! 🤣🤣🤣
Incredibly geeky in-jokes, the style of presentation of the Open University courses in the 70s, the fashion of the time, and people's willingness to swear when they know something's not going to be broadcast, too.
I love the Open University! I worked really hard to get my degree! Thank you Harold Wilson for creating this - now everyone has the opportunity of education!!
Indeed Mr Wilson what a man
Presenters on the Open University actually used to look like that in the 70s
and 80s and 90s......lol
I'm Brazilian and I fond of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie". Moreover, this program uses a wide and interesting vocabulary which is useful to improve my English.
I think the american humour is, in many cases, aimless (not always)! Long life to the intelligent humour!
Hilarious. I actually remember when I was about 10, sitting awake at night, watching open university hippies in black and white. And yes - they were talking gobbelldygook then too! Thanks for posting it.
You had your own telly?
@@Pluggit1953 I think it was the neighbour's telly and binoculars were used😁
Me and my daughter watched this and she was absolutely laughing hysterically at the time. It still creases her now !!😂😂😂
My son and I, too! Watched it then, and just watched it last week. Still just as funny. Or rather, even more funny!
there is nothing funnier than other people laughing uncontrollably.
+Úna Parkinson I guess you didn't find this funny then. They're actors, in complete control of their laughter.
+jpinnyc I know that I just meant laughing a lot I guess
+jpinnyc Even though actors might be the very people to contol their laughter best, they are sensetive and often laugh sincerely on scenes
Listen to the song 'The Laughing Policeman'.
are u for rea Una??!!
Laurie as the professor sounds like the more recent Moss from IT Crowd :)
Yes! 😀
I think you mean that Moss (who that might be!) sounds like Hugh Laurie as a professor.
I thought so too!
That's exactly what I thought!!
He really does though oh my god
Very funny. I think you have to be British and old enough to remember the 70's to really appreciate it.
Not necessarily, I'm not quite old enough to remember the 80s and I can appreciate it 😉 😂
@@eclaire_x88x im asian and even I laughed hysterically.
Not at aaaallll!! I'm Spanish and 29 years old and I find it hilarious! And I was 18 when I discover this video and I cried laughter then too hahaha
I am Greek and laughed my guts out with all the details. PS. My dad was presenting a similar scientific morning show, in the 80's Greek TV. Was a toddler but kind of remember it.
Thanks
American TV made a whole series out of this joke called "The Big Bang Theory".
"Placenta!"
That is just your opinion.
This sketch is funnier than every episode of the Big Bang Theory put together because it is well observed and accurate.
Perhaps you mean the clothes and boring delivery are accurate, sure, and that is indeed funny. But apart from that, it’s funny precisely because of the exaggeration (it’s a very minor error, not really a “blooper,” and his swearing and rolling around on the floor was over the top). That’s what made it so funny.
@@MassiveChetBakerFan it's a personal perspective. What one person sees as funny another person doesn't get it.
I grew up in the 70's and remember these Open University programmes very well. Completely beyond me at the time due to my age, but they did get screened at odd hours and very random topics too.
the "host" of the mock show its on in tears laughing , cracks me up 😁😁 a lot of thought went into it , and I bet these type of intellectual programs in real life have outtakes similar
00:46 When he said Brian, and I looked at Stephen Fry, I swore it was Brian May LOL
Look up "Light Metal Song" if you've never seen it, for Hugh Laurie's Brian May... plus The Bishop and the Warlord - Grease my gristle,Blow my whistle🎸😂
this is by far my favourite skit ever done by these 2!
I loved the complete incomprehensible of the open university. Bring it back
God how I miss those guys and their humour, thank you for sharing great British comedy at it’s best
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When they started swearing I lost it.
"395" oh dear! I'll be laughing about that one for days!
what was the joke about 395? can you explain?
@@akanksha818 the joke is that the mistake is actually not at all funny. Getting a number wrong in a maths equation is not a funny blooper; the comedic element of this sketch is the overreaction to such a mundane mistake.
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@@Leftenant334 I can't believe you had to explain this to someone 🤦♂️
I am a 20 year old American college student, and A Bit of Fry and Laurie is my favorite show. This is also one of my favorite sketches, I'm not sure why some people don't get the humor in this. It's hysterical, the whole show is. Nearly every sketch has me l
I laughed too hard at this...
I was laughing like Stephen here when I first saw this.
MrsSyck 😂
I wonder if they had to do multiple takes of this bit? Bloopers or a blooper.
My head just exploded
the first memory of fry and laurie is this sketch,,brilliant ,,,i remember open university programmes too
The hair! The flares! Gorgeous 💚
this is HILARIOUS! I'm actually in tears... I love simple comedy
Among the many other great things I like about this is the chalk board, which somehow looks like every Open University chalk board ever used. I swear there was always a wave pattern and some equation involving lambda.
The sandals with socks killed me. Good thing they caught that numeric error, that was a close one
The simple fact that they even come up with these kind of jokes is amazing! :D There is no Screen writer in whole Hollywood who would even have the Imagination for this kind of magic :D
This skit kills me every time. Hilarious!
It's the swearing that gets me! Every time! 😂
I am a hungarian guy and I am not fluent in English, but this is awesome!!! I like the British humour very much!!!
Something similar happened in one of my maths lectures, we are an odd lot.
I cried with laughter when long-haired shlumpy looking Hugh started cursing like a sailor. CRIED.
I use to realy love those old ou programmes as a kid. Memories. Some one should release a dvd.
My Mrs is studying mathematics with the OU and has to watch some of these 70's lectures. I've shown her this sketch whilst laughing but she fails to see the funny side! 😆
stephen laughing on the floor is sooo funny
I knew exactly what was going to happen. And I still laughed. That's funny.
I love it, I couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes xD.
And it's intelligent humor because they actually thought about this joke. It's not some simple "Your mum"-joke for example.
Improvements in computational technology since 1973 suggest that the resultant modular quantity is now actually closer to 0.567374.
For any of the younger generation who complain there's nothing on TV, I'm an old fart that remembers that *this* was we used to call "Daytime TV."
And Steven used this laugh as inspiration for Melchett
Praise the Lord for the gift of laughter!
The completely, unnecessary swearing gets me more than the uncontrollable laughter, every time 🤣😂
LOL. The outfits and hair styles are spot on. As a kid I remember the OU programmes being on BBC2 on Saturday mornings while I was waiting for the cartoons - those guys were like aliens to me.
I don't know what they are laughing for but I'm laughing so hard.
A literal enactment of ROFL..!
(Rolling on the floor laughing)
I'm American, and I think it's brilliant :D
wish I could get these on dvd
I have all series of Fry & Laurie on DVD! Too bad I no longer have a DVD player...
I never realized that specific number was so funny before.
I just love them sooo much...
And besides that, I love the way they laugh "Nerd-style" xD. The expressions on their faces are hilarious!
oh dear me. The Fry...in flares...WOOOOOOOWEEEEEE!!!!
LMFAO
funniest "bit" I've seen of them
Dear BBC
Please can you start re-running A Bit of Fry and Laurie on BBC4?
lots of love,
Ed x
I did. I saw the pilot the day it first came out because I had nothing else to do and nearly fainted on the spot.
I love how all you can hear is: "Aaahahahah *biip* ahahahah *biiiip* hahahahah *bip* ha *biiiip* mwuahahahha!!!"
xDDD
Geeky humour by the world's top geeks. I love it!
Open University on the BBC, then Crown Court on ITV in the afternoon, ah the good old days of three channels.
I just had to look up what "Open University" was. Wow. It sounds like one of the biggest ever distance learning establishments. Pretty cool. Most of OUR U.S. distance learning stuff is kinda shaky. I guess it helps that OU was started by the gov't over there.
I LOVE THIS CLIP!! but i love these guys anyway. they were (still are) way funny!!
I looked at the set and couldn’t help but think of Bob Holness and blockbusters.
Not all American's dislike British comedy. I love it! I watch BBC America, PBS, HULU and youtube just to find British comedy. I also purchase British comedy on amazon. Doc Martin, Father Ted, Are you being served, Are you being served Again ( Grace and Favour), Anything with Stephen Fry, As time goes by, Keeping up appearances, and many others. The list grows every single day. Can't get enough! The only country I've ever wanted to see and visit is England! :)
I'm choking right now.. This always makes me laugh so bad x'D
A transposition error, oh they're the worst! haha
Just incredibly hilarious!
I love Hugh Laurie's character's sandals!! :-)
Some people are just too dense to tell that the video was mocking how seriously these people take even the smallest, insignificant details. I think the video was actually indirectly pointing to Fry himself, on his padentic take on every minute detail of language..
these guys are comedy gods ...imho
This video is better than all of the episodes of The Big Bang Theory combined.
I honestly don't get how some people can't grasp this kind of humour.
Even just the sight of those guys cracking up is enough to make me do the same.
btw. house with long hair lol coool
Two of the greats!
hehehe. Very droll. Love it! Love it all!
Wow, this programme looks so cool, I've never seen on TV before, might look for it.
Stephen Fry's laugh near the end was too funny.
Just love Fry & Laurie!!!
1973 can't have been that long before this video with steven being so young,.
Awesome! Just awesome...
This reminds me of an old joke:
A reporter visits a mental institution. And he witnesses a stand up comedy show performed by the patients. The comedian on stage says; "Are you ready for this? 146!"
The crowd of lunatics roars with laughter.
"Here's an oldie but a goodie; 327!"
The nuts are rolling on the floor laughing.
The reporter is confused. He asks the warden to explain.
"Well, you see, to save time, they assign each joke a number, and the audience has memorised all of the jokes."
The reporter is incredulous. "I have to try this myself!"
He gets up on stage and clears his throat.
"261!"
Silence.
He furrows his brow.
"85!"
Still nothing.
He steps down, and queries the warden, "I don't understand it. Why didn't any of them laugh?"
To which the warden replied; "I guess it's the way you tell them."
An undeniable classic.
That is such a weird look for Hugh Laurie 😂
omg stephen I can't 1:17 😂😂
All my teachers from primary school to the day I left comprehensive has that blackboard
I just adore this :)
@mojorhythm dude Fry and Laurie have had a reunion
Before the Big Bang Theory!
Also before "That 70s Show".
Hugh Laurie is back working with Stephen Fry cant wait to see if they can come up with anything
I remember this like it was yesterday. 0.567359 ! I couldn't believe it. Almost as funny as the time that elephant done a shit on Blue Peter.
And John Noakes stepped in it.
he reminds me so much of simon amstell there for some reason...
Can't comprehend why some people there actually think it was the real tv mistake...
Their reaction was brilliant and yes I know that's the joke lol
hugh laughs soooo cute!!!!
my English is clearly not good enough to understand this whole stuff, but they're hilarious!
So funny, I don't know how they came up with that, it's brilliant.
It is on Channel 4 mostly, but you can see it from time to time on 'Yesterday'
ohhhh dear , lol *tears-of-laughter*
ROFL! God I love Laurie and Fry. They need a reunion.
Already did
I've seen him presenting the tv documentary series 'Time team' on archeology, on bbc tv.
It ran for over 10 years I think.
That was Tony Robinson - who played Baldrick in "Blackadder".