@@polylyth Hm. How often would you say you find yourself asking these sort of prying questions? Do they ever interfere with your daily activities, or impact your work and family life?
@@kathorsees How often do you unnecessarily involve yourself in conversations between other people? Do you think it has resulted in you being unpopular?
@@CHRISDABAHIA you have to be a special kind of person to go and read comments before you watch the video and then complain about it being spoiled. I'll let you choose particular word to describe such a person yourself, if I did it, I'm afraid it'd be very unflattering.
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that is a real problem with mental health issues, as soon as your state of mind is questioned by anybody.........trying to "prove you're sane" becomes really tricky - a couple of scary movies have been made on this premise.
Interesting! Does anything else in your life seem to be "going on and on"? So we have an obsession with perpetuity along with a constant questioning of women's qualifications. Mixed in I see a bit of nihilism ("Will we ever know?"). Now, your comment contains two interrogation marks. Interrogations marks are interesting, aren't they? They are round and curvy, a bit like breasts, right? And you used exactly two of them in your comment. Fascinating! Truly fascinating!
The script is brilliant, at first Fry doesn't contest any of Laurie's claims of him being the actual patient but in the second half Fry is the one who gets on the offensive and Laurie is ignoring all his comments, it really messes with your mind and the ending was just perfect.
Oh my God, I love this. Really makes you think which ones the real psychiatrist at the beginning. That twist at the end was worthy of a crime novel. Absolute genius.
i have a close friend who is schizophrenic, i have a carers certification as i've been looking after her for around seven years, a few months ago someone asked me if i am autistic, and not so long ago someone else asked me if i am bi-polar - it's contagious apparently....
@@HarryNicNicholasSchizophrenia and Bipolar are two distinct mental illnesses and Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition so yeah... Your comment doesn't really make sense. You could be a carer with Bipolar and/or Autism, that profession and those conditions aren't mutually exclusive.
"I don't want you to think of you me as your psychiatrist. I want you to think of me as a man who snuck in and killed your psychiatrist before you got here." - Frankie Boyle (Mock the Week)
The real twist is, it's you that delusionally believes you're watching a comedy sketch on the internet. You're actually in a real doctor's office where this is actually happening.
Apparently, something like this actually happened once. A group of psych doctors gathered a bunch of people who thought they were Jesus in a room to see how they would rationalize others making the same claim.
@@constantinosschinas4503 No, that's just called a congregation if they're all of the same type, or an interfaith conference if they're not. Anyone attending tends to walk away more entrenched.
Like an undercover agent attending a flat-earth conference and it turns out each person there is also "the only" undercover agent there... (Okay, I've been in a Flat-Earth gatherings RUclips rabbit hole for hours now.)
I know, right? This world needs more F&L, Python, and especially Blackadder ... and at least 80% less of whatever is supposed to be funny these days. There are some intelligent things happening but they're hard to find.
You wouldn't be able to recognize between a lunatic and psychiatrist. The whole time you wer thinking one of them was not a lunatic. That's the genius of the sketch.
Having been mentally Ill for 60 years and having had 20 or more psychiatrists, I usually show myself to be mixed up like these two guys when I am seeing a mental health professional.
@@brod2man Bender-Gestalt is a psychological test, widely used to assess visual - motor functions in children and adults (simplified explanation). It is also used to detect neurological (neuropsychological) risks, depending on criteria used (Hutt, Koppitz etc.). There are several adaptations of the test, as well as scoring systems. As a Psychology student you should be familiar with BG. I would recommend Patricia Lacks' book BG Screening for Brain Dysfunction.
It's a standard diversionary practice, answering a question with a question of your own. It makes some people feel quite smart but really they just look like prats.
This is, to me, one of those rare comedy sketches that has far more depth and thought to it then you realise. Which one IS the patient? That makes you think....
@@PaulaZF After a half a minute you're wondering who is the patient and who's the doctor. After two minutes the idea comes up that they both could be patients, which it turnes out to be. Pretty funny, but I think it would be even more brilliant if both were actually psychiatrists, none was delusional and that the fault was just with Rebecca scheduling them in the same office.
@@Rodytur10Haha, I really like your take and I hope some good actors (don't have to be pros, RUclipsrs would also do) will one day enact such a brilliant sketch! :)
Well, it always boils done to personal taste. These two are indeed great, but some of the Python sketches were equally brilliant. I don't see the need to try to rank order everything. It's enough, is it not, to just say top tier?
I think read that they never had recurring characters in their show. So every sketch was original. It must have taken extraordinary creativity to come up with new sketches and scenarios for each show.
Two psychiatrists walk towards each other. One says to the other "Zyprexa?" The other says "Nah. clozipine" The patient keeps smoking weed and thinks that it's the marijuana that keeps him calm The patient is
I was 12 when I first saw this sketch and when Hugh said "masturbate", my brother told me NEVER to use that word, not even to ask my dad (who was a doctor himself) what it meant.
@@ereeye95 Let me tell you I had a very strict, religious upbringing. Up till the age of 10, my mum didn't let me watch many programmes after 9pm and I wasn't allowed to watch EastEnders. On the other hand, I watched A Bit Of Fry & Laurie with my brother who was older than me as well as Bottom and The Young Ones.
@@DDaSilva1980 The stuff about your family was kind of a joke but I appreciate the insight into what I feel is like a bizarre situation. Are you now as strict or religious as your parents were?
i imagine this is what happens when a psychiatrist has to visit another psychiatrist. just 2 psychiatrists trying to read one another. and fry and laurie portrayed this hilariously too.
Reminds me of a Morcombe and Wise sketch: Doctor, I keep thinking I'm Napoleon Bonaparte. But you are dressed as Horatio Nelson. I AM Horatio Nelson but I keep thinking I'm Bonaparte.
Intriguing! I had often wondered, over the years, what had happened to these three former patients of mine. Their identical joint delusional psychosis posed quite a challenge to me some years ago. Eventually all three of them quit showing up for their sessions with me, and I had assumed they had been committed to an institution, either together or separately. Now I see that they are all three together seeing another doctor. It is too bad he is not depicted here.
🤣 Having met both psychologists and psychiatrists myself I can see the funny side. I think Fry has had one and of course, everybody in this sketch is an actor. 🙂
Alternative ending: both really are psychologists, but it's their first day and they were both hired as a misunderstanding, when they wanted to hire only one of them.
This is exactly how some first semester Psychology students act like with each other! 😂😅
Can you explain how, as a Reader, you have Digested how you imagine "first semester" and developed your concepts of Psychology student behaviors?
Can you please go into more detail about how you understand 'behaviours'?@@briseboy
@@polylyth Hm. How often would you say you find yourself asking these sort of prying questions? Do they ever interfere with your daily activities, or impact your work and family life?
@@kathorsees How often do you unnecessarily involve yourself in conversations between other people? Do you think it has resulted in you being unpopular?
@@deckiebells8832popularity then is it ? Fascinating, Do you often find yourself seeking acceptance from the public as a form of compensation?
"Some sort of psychiatric jargon you've picked up from the Reader's Digest." 😂😂😂
That'd be buzzfeed today, or some youtube psychologist's channel.
Best not to write about the script. Ruins it for those who’ve not seen it, yeah?
@@CHRISDABAHIA you have to be a special kind of person to go and read comments before you watch the video and then complain about it being spoiled. I'll let you choose particular word to describe such a person yourself, if I did it, I'm afraid it'd be very unflattering.
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How old is readers digest holyshit
This is such a genius sketch, lol
I couldn't have said it better myself!
Completely agree - it is absolutely magnificent.
No it isn´t.
@@burtingtune Yes, it is
@@burtingtune Yes it is.
This sketch could go on and on. Is the woman even the psychiatrist? Will we ever know?
At first her ordering two teas from Rebecca I thought was proof, but then Rebecca doesn't respond so we really dont know.
The real psychiatrist had merely to point to the diplomas mounted on the wall between the windows.
that is a real problem with mental health issues, as soon as your state of mind is questioned by anybody.........trying to "prove you're sane" becomes really tricky - a couple of scary movies have been made on this premise.
Interesting! Does anything else in your life seem to be "going on and on"? So we have an obsession with perpetuity along with a constant questioning of women's qualifications. Mixed in I see a bit of nihilism ("Will we ever know?"). Now, your comment contains two interrogation marks. Interrogations marks are interesting, aren't they? They are round and curvy, a bit like breasts, right? And you used exactly two of them in your comment. Fascinating! Truly fascinating!
@@chriflu Excellent, truly excellent!
The script is brilliant, at first Fry doesn't contest any of Laurie's claims of him being the actual patient but in the second half Fry is the one who gets on the offensive and Laurie is ignoring all his comments, it really messes with your mind and the ending was just perfect.
You start by thinking they are both psychiatrists, and finish realising they are both psychos.
And the bit in the second half with the phone giving one just a hint that neither of them is actually a psychiatrist was brilliantly done.
This sketch was well acted.
We never would have had a clue until you cringingly explained it to us
How much do you think was scripted?
If you put two psychiatrists in front of each other, will they go mad and explode?
Capt. Kirk convinces a dangerous robot to turn its programming against itself.
😅
Sort of like 2 snakes eating each other, tail first.
This is basically just any conversation on the internet- everyone thinks they’re a psychologist
Who need years of college when can become an internet expert on any topical news story by skimming a wiki article /s
Who thinks up such crazy scenarios? It's brilliant.
Stephen Fry on cocaine.
Rahul Khamamkar
Probably occurred to them during therapy
The writers.
I think Fry&Laurie re the writers themselves
It's all written from a shower would be my guess.
Oh my God, I love this. Really makes you think which ones the real psychiatrist at the beginning. That twist at the end was worthy of a crime novel. Absolute genius.
i have a close friend who is schizophrenic, i have a carers certification as i've been looking after her for around seven years, a few months ago someone asked me if i am autistic, and not so long ago someone else asked me if i am bi-polar - it's contagious apparently....
I think the punchline is pretty obvious early one. But it's still done remarkably well.
@@Argumemnon - Well, because of the title....
@@HarryNicNicholasSchizophrenia and Bipolar are two distinct mental illnesses and Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition so yeah... Your comment doesn't really make sense. You could be a carer with Bipolar and/or Autism, that profession and those conditions aren't mutually exclusive.
@@amymccarthy5591exactly!
"I don't want you to think of you me as your psychiatrist. I want you to think of me as a man who snuck in and killed your psychiatrist before you got here."
- Frankie Boyle (Mock the Week)
I love how they both seem to be on excellent terms and rather more excited that upset by each of their observations!!!
These two were truly brilliant together.
Such a uniquely fantastic duo.
What happened to them later on?
@@HritwRaje They both had excellent acting careers and rarely work together. Fry wrote a number of books.
Present tense for the both of them! They both have quite illustrious careers
They still are
The real twist is, it's you that delusionally believes you're watching a comedy sketch on the internet. You're actually in a real doctor's office where this is actually happening.
Woah!!
Mind = Blown.
Why that can't be true. I am the doctor!
@@Schdcdd Fascinating...
@@Schdcdd No albatross.
Apparently, something like this actually happened once. A group of psych doctors gathered a bunch of people who thought they were Jesus in a room to see how they would rationalize others making the same claim.
Useful trick for any kind of fairytale believers. Christans, Muslims, Budhists, Scientologists, and so on.
@@constantinosschinas4503 No, that's just called a congregation if they're all of the same type, or an interfaith conference if they're not. Anyone attending tends to walk away more entrenched.
Like an undercover agent attending a flat-earth conference and it turns out each person there is also "the only" undercover agent there...
(Okay, I've been in a Flat-Earth gatherings RUclips rabbit hole for hours now.)
@@justinklenk be careful, if you go too deep you could fall out the bottom !!!
@@constantinosschinas4503 Nice to see people take a dump atop other people's beliefs.
As someone who has studied linguistic, this is so interesting from the point of view of the roles of the two speakers
Absolutely EXTRAORDINARY Laura, please tell me, how long have you been experiencing these delusions of being a linguist?......
ma lascia perdere
@@doneyarts47gottem
Amazingly prophetic watching and applying this in 21st century 2023 ideologies.
Intelligent comedy is so rare these days
You mean, comedy in general.
I know, right? This world needs more F&L, Python, and especially Blackadder ... and at least 80% less of whatever is supposed to be funny these days. There are some intelligent things happening but they're hard to find.
That’s why rick and morty is exploding because it doesn’t only go one layer deep. Different sort of comedy but clever all the same
Intelligence in general, I might add, and true comedy is but a manifestation of intelligence.
mitchell and webb look is the only other one of recent times but some people say its a poor mans fry and laurie.
You wouldn't be able to recognize between a lunatic and psychiatrist. The whole time you wer thinking one of them was not a lunatic. That's the genius of the sketch.
Having been mentally Ill for 60 years and having had 20 or more psychiatrists, I usually show myself to be mixed up like these two guys when I am seeing a mental health professional.
As Jeeves would say: the most ingenious, sir!
I have some old friends who are like this, they're not psychiatrists, but every sentence becomes an alpha Male competition
Basically a "Four Yorkshire men" sketch but more cringy on top of trying too hard.
One of the best of Fry & Laurie! An all-time favourite sketch. :-D
A Freudian stand-off
I was smiling the whole time. Just brilliant!
Omg I forgot that Dr house used to be in sitcom
"Bender Gestalt" genius
It's a real thing!
Why is that genius?
Something psychologists would understand 😅 Brilliant
@@barbarav.r.2503 I study psychology and know Gestalt therapy. I don't understand the Bender part
@@brod2man Bender-Gestalt is a psychological test, widely used to assess visual - motor functions in children and adults (simplified explanation). It is also used to detect neurological (neuropsychological) risks, depending on criteria used (Hutt, Koppitz etc.). There are several adaptations of the test, as well as scoring systems. As a Psychology student you should be familiar with BG. I would recommend Patricia Lacks' book BG Screening for Brain Dysfunction.
I wasn't aware of how clever their series was. Thanks for uploading.
This is a genious skit! Escpecially if someone has problems with making conversation. Using words out of a sentence of another and ask more about it.
It's a standard diversionary practice, answering a question with a question of your own. It makes some people feel quite smart but really they just look like prats.
Finding new Fry and Laurie sketches is like finding tuppence on the street. Bloody marvellous.
I just love how they switch and then at the end it does the twist.
It's great
This is, to me, one of those rare comedy sketches that has far more depth and thought to it then you realise. Which one IS the patient? That makes you think....
Has my money on Laurie as the real one. Good twist! Makes the whole bit even funnier.
Had my money on fry. He seemed more legitamite
I had inkling it would be a third person. Just a thought, wouldn’t it be cool if they are both the patients.
Brilliant!
@@PaulaZF After a half a minute you're wondering who is the patient and who's the doctor. After two minutes the idea comes up that they both could be patients, which it turnes out to be. Pretty funny, but I think it would be even more brilliant if both were actually psychiatrists, none was delusional and that the fault was just with Rebecca scheduling them in the same office.
@@Rodytur10Haha, I really like your take and I hope some good actors (don't have to be pros, RUclipsrs would also do) will one day enact such a brilliant sketch! :)
This reminds me a lot of improv, with both characters making disguised “offers” to each other to build on!
I love the breasts-fear part, especially that Stephen was menaced by Emma Thompson's breasts back in the days.
The greatest sketch comedians this country has ever produced.
Well, it always boils done to personal taste.
These two are indeed great, but some of the Python sketches were equally brilliant.
I don't see the need to try to rank order everything. It's enough, is it not, to just say top tier?
i liked Hale and Pace when i was little
That was a wonderful twist at the end! Genius.
this is absolutely brilliant!!
This sketch is marvellous!
Two geniuses at their best! Bravo!
this is an absurdly good sketch
Brilliant 👍,one I have not seen before
This is brilliant, my favorite bit of Fry and Laurie
Absolutely brilliant ⭐
I think read that they never had recurring characters in their show. So every sketch was original. It must have taken extraordinary creativity to come up with new sketches and scenarios for each show.
two psychiatrists walking towards each other, first one says "good morning, how are you?" the other thinks, "hmmm i wonder why he said _that_ ?"
Two psychiatrists walk towards each other.
One says to the other "Zyprexa?"
The other says "Nah. clozipine"
The patient keeps smoking weed and thinks that it's the marijuana that keeps him calm
The patient is
If you ever see *The Dream Team* [1989] there is one patient character who thinks he is the doctor.
Superb💯
Lovely. Classic Fry and Laurie.
Plot twist: There are no real psychiatrists in the world.
Funny cuz its true. All trying to cure themselves
Eating too much of that Scientology, eh?
Stefan Travis
Plot twist on the plot twist - there’s no such thing as mental illness
Jessica Creel
Oh really, do explain oh wise one 🤪
An awfully large number of patients, sad to say.
This is a classic sketch, can’t unsee it once viewed
This is one hell of comedy....... Brilliant, just brilliant
loved this scene in hannibal
Lmao
This duo were brilliant and the material has not dated.
How have I never seen this before? It’s brilliant and I can’t imagine any other comedians doing this one 😂
This is a masterpiece.
Let's imagine a line with fear on one end and breasts on the other. That has to be one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard.
I was 12 when I first saw this sketch and when Hugh said "masturbate", my brother told me NEVER to use that word, not even to ask my dad (who was a doctor himself) what it meant.
@@ereeye95 Let me tell you I had a very strict, religious upbringing. Up till the age of 10, my mum didn't let me watch many programmes after 9pm and I wasn't allowed to watch EastEnders. On the other hand, I watched A Bit Of Fry & Laurie with my brother who was older than me as well as Bottom and The Young Ones.
@@DDaSilva1980 The stuff about your family was kind of a joke but I appreciate the insight into what I feel is like a bizarre situation. Are you now as strict or religious as your parents were?
Deke DaSilva fascinating, absolutely fascinating.
@@ereeye95 No, not really. I'm a bit more relaxed as is my brother. He's not really all that religious to be honest.
@@DDaSilva1980 how old are you now?
i imagine this is what happens when a psychiatrist has to visit another psychiatrist.
just 2 psychiatrists trying to read one another. and fry and laurie portrayed this hilariously too.
A real masterpiece!
extraordinary!
Definition of true comedy genius: Laurie and Fry🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆⭐️⭐️
Some lines in this sketch are absolutely brilliant.
Absolutely love it!
So intriguing!
I wondered how they’d resolve that. Really quite fascinating 🙏
Reminds me of a Morcombe and Wise sketch:
Doctor, I keep thinking I'm Napoleon Bonaparte.
But you are dressed as Horatio Nelson.
I AM Horatio Nelson but I keep thinking I'm Bonaparte.
this is...... brilliant... haven't laughed like this in a long time....it's basically a feedback loop in a comedic context.
Truly fascinating case - two brilliant doctors unmasking a female impostor
But it all falls apart when they can't agree whose name goes first on the case study.
Intriguing! I had often wondered, over the years, what had happened to these three former patients of mine.
Their identical joint delusional psychosis posed quite a challenge to me some years ago. Eventually all three of them quit showing up for their sessions with me, and I had assumed they had been committed to an institution, either together or separately. Now I see that they are all three together seeing another doctor. It is too bad he is not depicted here.
I see. Tell me, were you breastfed as a child? As an adult?
@@b8nnytez That is very interesting. I think we're making progress. Can you please elaborate on your fascination with breastfeeding.😂
Fascinating! This delusion is indeed quite deep seeded!
@@N00bvlog Aah, "deep seeded", a deep-seated agrarian foundation, I see.
WOW. Genius sketch.
Brilliant
One of the better ones.
I thought they were going to BOTH be psychoanalysts, and each of their patients were late but they hadn't realised.
Two legends 😂
Brilliant sketch
Love their stuff
Extraordinary
extraordinary scatch :)
🤣 Having met both psychologists and psychiatrists myself I can see the funny side. I think Fry has had one and of course, everybody in this sketch is an actor. 🙂
Never gets old 🤣🤣
Fascinating
Extraoooordinary
Brilliant! 👏
Alternative ending: both really are psychologists, but it's their first day and they were both hired as a misunderstanding, when they wanted to hire only one of them.
Excellent
masters at work
What a delight.
Brilliant.
Brilliant sketch.
Freaking brilliant
Brilliant comedic bit!! 😂😂😂😂
"Perhaps we're all patients." a truth!
Very clever comedy , lts interesting how they play off each other in this sketch 😀
Don't know how exactly to describe it, but there is clearly such a thing as "English humor".
brilliant .....
love it
Genius!
This is clever I love it
This was intense, yet original!
Pure genius.