People complain about Millennials never leaving home, but this is proof that it's not a new thing at all. Parents in the 80's were just much more creative than they are now.
Fun trivia: Saffron Walden is a very historic but relatively insignificant locality with around 15,000 people in the parish. Besides the very degraded ruins of a castle, it is home to the Fry Art Gallery which had been in the Fry family since the 19th century. The gallery is named after Roger Fry, an artist, who died in 1970. The Fry’s were Quakers and were part of a strong Quaker community that centered on the town. Steven would have been very aware of Saffron Walden, even before he went to Cambridge University, but I am sure that while at uni the duo must have visited Saffron Walden and appreciated its history, including a very remarkable ancient maze, and castle ruins, which invoke thoughts of mythical beings and legendary stories.
How Stephen Fry keeps a straight face when he holds up and announces the watershed arrival of Burwhale the Avenger is one of the confounded mysteries of space and time, right up there with the multi verse and dark energy.
Possibly my favourite Fry & Laurie sketch - a friend of mine also loves this sketch & we still refer to any folding pocket knife as "Burwail the Avenger", often to startled glances from those who are not "chosen" :-)
When my parents kicked me out, they just pinned a $20 bill to my collar and wished me luck. I was the most distraught 47 year old imaginable.
It's quite striking that the actors, their age difference being only 2 years, are able to play father and son absolutey convincingly. Hilarious.
I live in Saffron Walden and it's such a pointless insignificant town that it's a big surprise to have anything set here
Fry was born old. I bet he could recite the Iliad before he could walk
And this is how London's knife crime problem started
People complain about Millennials never leaving home, but this is proof that it's not a new thing at all. Parents in the 80's were just much more creative than they are now.
I get the feeling that Fry would be great at D&D.
This was basically the plot to the entire Harry Potter series, wasn't it?
Fun trivia: Saffron Walden is a very historic but relatively insignificant locality with around 15,000 people in the parish. Besides the very degraded ruins of a castle, it is home to the Fry Art Gallery which had been in the Fry family since the 19th century. The gallery is named after Roger Fry, an artist, who died in 1970. The Fry’s were Quakers and were part of a strong Quaker community that centered on the town. Steven would have been very aware of Saffron Walden, even before he went to Cambridge University, but I am sure that while at uni the duo must have visited Saffron Walden and appreciated its history, including a very remarkable ancient maze, and castle ruins, which invoke thoughts of mythical beings and legendary stories.
It's been a white since I've seen this much beige.
My parents did this to me as well now I'm on a quest to a faraway land just past Luton to fulfill the prophecy
How Stephen Fry keeps a straight face when he holds up and announces the watershed arrival of Burwhale the Avenger is one of the confounded mysteries of space and time, right up there with the multi verse and dark energy.
I think Stephen's cardigan makes a significant contribution to this sketch, it sets the tone
Fry's calm gaze as he holds up the pocket knife is just gold.
"It was something to do with penises, I think"
"And in my own clothes" - Classic Fry B-)
Possibly my favourite Fry & Laurie sketch - a friend of mine also loves this sketch & we still refer to any folding pocket knife as "Burwail the Avenger", often to startled glances from those who are not "chosen" :-)
'NOW TAKE BERWHALE THE AVENGER GO UPSTAIRS AND wash your hands for lunch' lol!
I'm going to be 25 in a week and I'm waiting for this conversation from my dad! 😂
The classic “dad gives you a pocket knife before sending you out in the world” trick.