The character Fry plays here reminds me of one of John Cleese's many authoritarian roles, especially the instructor in the "How to Defend Yourself Against Fresh Fruit" sketch. And so much of Fry and Laurie's humor in this show was about the outrageous gap between rich and poor that Thatcher's policies brought about. Would have been just as relevant in Reagan's US.
Turn the pictures off and it's uncanny how it sounds like Cleese and Palin. Right down to the way Stephen Fry screeches Laurie's last words back at him (cf. "PINING FOR THE FJORDS?!") and the way it begins a lot like the Merchant Banker sketch.
Its a piece of classic eighties this sketch! I love it! The comments here are right..it does sound like cleese and Palin but then thats no surprise. The influence of python was vast on the comic scene in those days! Still is now really...
inspired surely, but they do it in a way that is their own. Most english sketchshows are inspired by John Cleese and Monthy Python, so you're allowed to have your view but i respectfully disagree
Stephen Fry reminds me sooo much of some of John Cleese's sketches in this piece !
The character Fry plays here reminds me of one of John Cleese's many authoritarian roles, especially the instructor in the "How to Defend Yourself Against Fresh Fruit" sketch.
And so much of Fry and Laurie's humor in this show was about the outrageous gap between rich and poor that Thatcher's policies brought about. Would have been just as relevant in Reagan's US.
The voices ARE Monty Python. Completely. Based purely on the sounds of the voices, this is the Dead Parrot sketch.
Ahhhhh...hilarious! "Now get out of my way before I set fire to you!" Statospheric!! And the double twist at the end is a marvel! ^_^
i adore this sketch.
Turn the pictures off and it's uncanny how it sounds like Cleese and Palin. Right down to the way Stephen Fry screeches Laurie's last words back at him (cf. "PINING FOR THE FJORDS?!") and the way it begins a lot like the Merchant Banker sketch.
Its a piece of classic eighties this sketch! I love it! The comments here are right..it does sound like cleese and Palin but then thats no surprise. The influence of python was vast on the comic scene in those days! Still is now really...
i did hear a bit of Cleese in Fry that time.
are you really bibby peters? no but i might have been! ouch!! that hurts! :D
'Get out of my way before I set fire to you!'
omg I just realized that you're right...so much like that Parrot sketch
Get out of my way before I set fire to you! LOL
Just being kind!?! Fantastic.
"...you degraded heap of smelliness. Get out of my way before I set fire to you." HAHAHA!
man these 2 REALLY need to get back together and do atleast 1 more series! can you imagine the viewers! it would be in the trillions! thanx 4 upload!
2:17
Monty python's "constitutional peasant" except it's fry and Laurie
All I can say is....
Dead Parrot Sketch
A Bit of Fry and Laurie...I can't think of a title for it.. How about 'Conservative candidate for Mayor of London'
I can imagine Boris Johnson doing this actually...
being kind,being kind,if they were just being kind they would just put a bullit through your head,would'nt they,gooooooood
haha thats great
Oh to be insulted by Stephen Fry...Yes.
ARE YOU MAD!?
lol
To the streets! ;)
Squalid poor person playing a harmonia badly being screamed by a lunatic rich man. - that would be a good title
John Cleese?
in a good way?
WHAT'S so GOOD about DEMOCRACY???!??!?!!!??
lol i can see how he'd lose his voice after that...
inspired surely, but they do it in a way that is their own. Most english sketchshows are inspired by John Cleese and Monthy Python, so you're allowed to have your view but i respectfully disagree
Are you a communist? Do you want me to call a police man?
LOL!!!
WHAT`S SO GOOD ABOUT DEMOCRACY?!? hahhaaaha ,,like it? how could I like it? it´s the most pathetic noice i´ve ever heard" XD
5*****
Far too long.