Sure, but after the day is over, when do you think you would get to hear the end of the sentence that he began that day you were listening to him talk like this?
Well spotted! I absent-mindedly noted it as very over-enthusiastically wiping the bottle clean. Although I suppose both are nutty enough pastimes for Fry's eloquent nutcases :D
Stephen Fry can recite a sentence half a mile long in one breath but he nearly suffocates from laughter due to the Acropolis where the Parthenon is. What a strange world we live in.
-And if two broad-shouldered long-fingered young men such as ourselves can come independently to the conclusion that the morning they are currently experiencing is one of a goodness, then one of a goodness it most assuredly is.
"There is a sweet shop not two miles way from here..." Considering the way these sketches go, I'm willing to bet that means the distance is something like ten miles. Not two miles, in other words.
But I don't think it's the distance aspect of that joke that has been focused upon. Rather, the fact that Fry would even think about going to a sweet shop, for a customer, that is still a decent distance away, with the customer actually waiting at the shop. All ties in with the knowledge that Fry is actually smitten by Laurie and is just acting out of infatuation. I know this comment is old. I just found the topic very interesting ..
This is, so far, the Stephen-Fry-est Stephen Fry I've ever heard. Absolutely peak. He demonstrates an incredible command of the English language, excellent skill in speaking any of these sentences, and a beautiful comedic presentation through it all. Now, I'm going to spend the rest of my life wondering if this is the best of Stephen Fry, or if the RUclips Algorithm will serve up something even more quintessential.
"...which Sir would be so kind as to cast over with sir's eyes which I cannot help but noticing are of a lovely blue which would go very well with the wallpaper in one of my godniece's back rooms" ahahahahaaa :D
Actually.. "..which I would ask sir to cast over with sir's eyes which i cannot help but notice are of a startling cobalt blue that would go very well with the wallpaper in one of my godniece's back rooms"
They do verbose inanity so well. Love it!! I can't believe I had forgotten how much I loved 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' when I was younger. The fact that I haven't seen it on TV since its original airing may have something to do with it. I feel my memory has cheated me!... Oh well.... At least the continual repeats of 'Black Adder' reminds me of why I have such nostalgic affection for them both.
I was high the first time I saw this sketch. No lie I laughed so hard I was violently sick. These guys are pure class and they were ahead of their time.
Seems like a weird nightmare Bertie Wooster would have in the middle of a crazy caper (though nothing could be crazier than every aspect of the dream itself). Seriously, the most bizarre thing I've ever seen.
"'Here is a morning, O mother of my bosom,' I overred, 'as fine and crisp and gutty as any since the days that Compton and Edrich opened for England; and the sun never went down on the British without asking permission first.'"
I really believe he knows what basic idea he wants to get across at the beginning of the sketch and then he makes most of the dialogue up along the way.
Those skits are great to test your level of fluency in English language. At low level of understanding Shakespeare's tongue you fell like it's all gibberish. Few levels higher and you understand it is, in fact, gibberish.
I'm Swedish so I don't know if it's an actual expression but "the sun never went down on the British without asking for permission" is a hell of a great quote.
I half expected him to, after receiving the 218 pounds to say something like: "The ring will be a thousand pounds. I gave you the price for 218 pounds, the price of the ring is a thousand pounds".
Sir is as dogged in his pursuit of detail as Roy Walker, presenter of the never popular Catchphrase, is dogged in his pursuit of a thick earlet. Heh heh heh briiiiiliiiant!!!
"Do you mind if you stand up sir . I think , perhaps your sitting down idea was ahead of it's time " The comic sketch portraying these two genius gentlemen, sure did take me through certain hilarious insights of their well crafted sapid jocund having nourished and nurtured with umpteen moments of jovial interaction which indeed was supported with the very judicious and prudent stuffings of sheer humourous spells which rather led to the promising smiles and gradually took some steep turns through the valley named 'Laughter' and steadily manged itself to accelerate on the path of bright eyed and bushy tailed tarmac addressed as " Laughed to Death" and wished to carry on seamlessy with spontaneous jerks of utmost hilarity ......................................
Never say good morning to Stephen Fry. The answer might require a Oxford degree to understand or if he be in a generous mood a very very slow repeat for the common man. 😅🤣🤣🙏 Cant wait to finish my studies and settle down on the Island where the sun must ask permission to set. If the English has a little nook for a South African to call home that is and become Her majisty's subject well and surely.
One really needs to watch this a few times to really catch everything they've actually said... 'Youngest of my mothers"??? xDDD Even the public didn't realize that! xDDD
All I can think of the entire time Fry is speaking is how many thousands of times I've heard him yell "Pocoyo". My daughter loved that show so much and watched it so frequently that I heard that shit in my sleep...
@@mubislevent4215 The name of the show actually is "Pocoyo" . There are a handful of more recent episodes and spin-off type things that I don't believe feature Frye as the narrator, but all episodes from the first few seasons are chock full of him lol.
I get worried whenever laurie says good morning.
Mr. Dalliard! We've been activated!
Let's detonate our relatives and fly to Dover.
Then we'll get on a goods train carrying cattle bound for Minsk.
This comment chain is beautiful.
Comrade Stalin in rude health I trust???
I love it when Fry plays the silly, impossibly eloquent guy, it's golden
He's like Alfred from Batman on drugs....it's awesome
Wrong.
Jeeves
Geardirector Its coz he is normally
Plays?
I knew a guy like this once. He was a barber.
arbitterm I assume you are referring to one of the first Fry and Laurie sketches.
Emil Hardersen
You kinda kill the joke when you spell it out like that...
Did said barber ever cut your hair? And if so, which one?
Really? I knew a fellow like this who was a Russian ag---I mean, model airplane shop owner. I heard he's planning a trip over to Dover.
I once knew of an owner of a most fine establishment for shoe ill-repute.
I love his use of language, he says the strangest of sentences, but makes them sound fabulous.
"You'll humor a dying man" always kills me
"You really should talk to father he's upstairs in the cellar."
I love how easily they just pass right over that beautifully absurd comment.
I could listen to Stephen Fry talk like this all day.
there are audiobook series of him on youtube you can give it a try actually
@@caramurad I do. :3
Sure, but after the day is over, when do you think you would get to hear the end of the sentence that he began that day you were listening to him talk like this?
As could I ❤
"He's upstairs in the Cellar"
That bit is quite creepy... xD
@@silviasanchez648 only if he is an Austrian
Watched Fry & Laurie hundreds of times, yet I always notice something new each time. Just realised at the very start, he's polishing his hands :D
Well spotted! I absent-mindedly noted it as very over-enthusiastically wiping the bottle clean.
Although I suppose both are nutty enough pastimes for Fry's eloquent nutcases :D
if not for your comment i would never notice that
Fry's lines remind me of those "written by a bot" stories.
Someone should write a script page after allegedly making a bot watch 1000 hours of Fry & Laurie.
Oddly it doesn't remind me of anything like that at all.
I love how "your earth pounds" is glossed over
Stephen Fry can recite a sentence half a mile long in one breath but he nearly suffocates from laughter due to the Acropolis where the Parthenon is. What a strange world we live in.
What do they saaaaayyy....
🎶About the acropoliiiiissss... ?🎶
-And if two broad-shouldered long-fingered young men such as ourselves can come independently to the conclusion that the morning they are currently experiencing is one of a goodness, then one of a goodness it most assuredly is.
"There is a sweet shop not two miles way from here..."
Considering the way these sketches go, I'm willing to bet that means the distance is something like ten miles. Not two miles, in other words.
***** 2 miles as the crow flies but in actuality a winding road that take 10 miles
But I don't think it's the distance aspect of that joke that has been focused upon. Rather, the fact that Fry would even think about going to a sweet shop, for a customer, that is still a decent distance away, with the customer actually waiting at the shop. All ties in with the knowledge that Fry is actually smitten by Laurie and is just acting out of infatuation.
I know this comment is old. I just found the topic very interesting ..
This is batshit insane in the best possible way
This is, so far, the Stephen-Fry-est Stephen Fry I've ever heard. Absolutely peak. He demonstrates an incredible command of the English language, excellent skill in speaking any of these sentences, and a beautiful comedic presentation through it all.
Now, I'm going to spend the rest of my life wondering if this is the best of Stephen Fry, or if the RUclips Algorithm will serve up something even more quintessential.
I think the Barbershop skit is funnier, personally. Same character, though.
LOL. The man who speaks in written English.
Written with a thesaurus sitting open on a dedicated stand, by candle light, on a stormy night.
Plain flavored English
You know it's going to be a good sketch when Stephen's character refers to Hugh's character as "Sir."
"You'll humour a dying man...." XD The frank delivery of Fry's most random and hilarious lines is awesome.
Stephen Fry: Quite brilliant in his insane delivery. How on earth does he remember all that dialogue without a stumble?
He wrote the thing
And possible most is improv.
@@imperialpatriot6693 It's all written.
Humor requires intelligence. These two are high on that.
"Your Earth Pounds." I still use that.
"Sir, I am chastened and bowed. Ever the man of affairs, sir has reminded us all, - all - of our duty."
"I did sir; sir, I did."
Just superb.
Teacher: "describe the subject in your own words, using at least 500 words or more"
What I always remember most about this show is the sense of comic misdirection taken to the absolute extreme, and this is a classic example
I tense up every time hugh says good morning now.
"...which Sir would be so kind as to cast over with sir's eyes which I cannot help but noticing are of a lovely blue which would go very well with the wallpaper in one of my godniece's back rooms" ahahahahaaa :D
Actually..
"..which I would ask sir to cast over with sir's eyes which i cannot help but notice are of a startling cobalt blue that would go very well with the wallpaper in one of my godniece's back rooms"
Should've married him just to drive the relatives insane.
They do verbose inanity so well. Love it!! I can't believe I had forgotten how much I loved 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' when I was younger. The fact that I haven't seen it on TV since its original airing may have something to do with it. I feel my memory has cheated me!... Oh well.... At least the continual repeats of 'Black Adder' reminds me of why I have such nostalgic affection for them both.
I was high the first time I saw this sketch. No lie I laughed so hard I was violently sick. These guys are pure class and they were ahead of their time.
Haha I know the feeling!
@@PlayNiceFolks I have fallen out of chairs while watching this stuff as I was laughing so hard...
ok stephen fry is an absolute genius
The thing about Fry & Laurie is, that there was never someone like them and there still hasn't been someone like them. It's just so uniqe and fresh :D
how is it possible that the more I watch this, the harder I laugh? these two are pure genius.
One of my favorite sketches of theirs : ) Thank you England!!! You've provided me most of my favorite things!
One of the funniest sketches ever, I nearly spat my gin out.
Now I understand why Fry is the one narrating for the film "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
An absolutely perfect match.
Stephen Fry in the Mr Dalliard sketches is hilarious.
Laurie: Good morning
Fry: MR. DALLIARD, OH MR. DALLIARD DO COME QUICK.
I feel obligated to recognize that you’re hearting videos after 13 years.
youtube captions is like 'im not doing that'
I'm convinced that when youtube auto captions can figure these sketches out, they come from an AI that has become worryingly smart
Seems like a weird nightmare Bertie Wooster would have in the middle of a crazy caper (though nothing could be crazier than every aspect of the dream itself). Seriously, the most bizarre thing I've ever seen.
Has to be one of the best sketches I've EVER seen! "Hilarity ensues" indeed :D
Fry is the original becomes increasingly verbose meme.
That is.. Brilliant.. Love the way Fry can play with the english language.. :D
0:49 "Did you?" This line is HILARIOUS!!
Leaving? but we're engaged! HAHAHA!!!
This must be how the TOEFL listening sounds like to foreign students.
“Would you like an opal fruit?”
@@zeppelincraft1443😂😂😂
That’s what YOU said , I barely spoke at all. 😆
XD This progressed so obviously but it still had me laughing at the randomness of it all. Plus all the weird little one-liners thrown in all the time.
"He's upstairs, in the cellar." heheheh
I love the gayness at the end, it bringeth light unto my earthbound heart
Stephen looks and sounds amazing
He looks quite handsome.
He was indecently gorgeous in his young years
"Upstairs in the cellar".
😀😂
I'd say "Downstairs in the Attic."
"'Here is a morning, O mother of my bosom,' I overred, 'as fine and crisp and gutty as any since the days that Compton and Edrich opened for England; and the sun never went down on the British without asking permission first.'"
averred, not overred
"yes we've had sexual intercourse yes... not in a biblical sense"
🤣🤣
oh dear lord when he said "just tell me the freaking price" I completely lost it!
I really believe he knows what basic idea he wants to get across at the beginning of the sketch and then he makes most of the dialogue up along the way.
He's upstairs in the cellar hahahhaa
It's insane how many great lines are in this video
Those skits are great to test your level of fluency in English language. At low level of understanding Shakespeare's tongue you fell like it's all gibberish. Few levels higher and you understand it is, in fact, gibberish.
What is the moral of this story?
Do not tell ''good morning'' to Stephen Fry.
I'm Swedish so I don't know if it's an actual expression but "the sun never went down on the British without asking for permission" is a hell of a great quote.
Love watching these clips. Not sure how i got here, but love them. So very sad that these times will never come back with nowadays “humor”
Seeing the setup, I kept waiting for Fry to call to Mr. Dalliard.
Brilliant, just brilliant!
That end made me in tears 😂😂😂😂
This gives me such an Alice in wonderland Vibe
YES. The humor is completely Lewis Carroll-esque
I half expected him to, after receiving the 218 pounds to say something like: "The ring will be a thousand pounds. I gave you the price for 218 pounds, the price of the ring is a thousand pounds".
Two hundred AND eighteen pounds.
"Since sir has been kind enough never to be Peter Sissens..." ;D
I would be equally at fault if I were to let it go for less than 90.
"40,000 of your earth pounds." Is he an alien, too? XD
Wouldn't be surprised.
Ok, I can't help seeing Hugh Laurie trying to have a conversation with General Melchett.
'He's upstairs in the cellar' Genius XD
“ Father is upstairs in the cellar”
Hugh Laurie's rather attractive here. :)
"You really should speak to father, he's upstairs in the cellar."
Haha, genius.
I think you must be right. He's clever enough to do exactly that.
I certainy wish I could enunciate my english in such a manner as Fry.
That ending!
He's just upstairs in the cellar.
* hippity hop *
This is so duxking funny.
This is brilliant
"I don't have an opal fruit On Me !" xD
pommy comedy is the best timeless..
@saytheremeg ...and when he says "you should talk to father-- he's upstairs in the cellar" :)
Sir is as dogged in his pursuit of detail as Roy Walker, presenter of the never popular Catchphrase, is dogged in his pursuit of a thick earlet. Heh heh heh briiiiiliiiant!!!
"Do you mind if you stand up sir . I think , perhaps your sitting down idea was ahead of it's time "
The comic sketch portraying these two genius gentlemen, sure did take me through certain hilarious insights of their well crafted sapid jocund having nourished and nurtured with umpteen moments of jovial interaction which indeed was supported with the very judicious and prudent stuffings of sheer humourous spells which rather led to the promising smiles and gradually took some steep turns through the valley named 'Laughter' and steadily manged itself to accelerate on the path of bright eyed and bushy tailed tarmac addressed as " Laughed to Death" and wished to carry on seamlessy with spontaneous jerks of utmost hilarity ......................................
I see you are well steeped in their brand of humor. Well done!
Long winded for no reason 😂😂😂 so beautifully bizarre
Wait. Hilaire Belloc is dead?
I just discovered that Opal Fruit is what they call Starburst in England
genius.
I think that clerk has a serious case of lupus. MRI stat.
Never say good morning to Stephen Fry. The answer might require a Oxford degree to understand or if he be in a generous mood a very very slow repeat for the common man. 😅🤣🤣🙏
Cant wait to finish my studies and settle down on the Island where the sun must ask permission to set. If the English has a little nook for a South African to call home that is and become Her majisty's subject well and surely.
Well, this was... someting. :D
So good.
If Jeeves ever wanted to change his occupation and was inclined to be droll on a bright and sunny morning...
One really needs to watch this a few times to really catch everything they've actually said... 'Youngest of my mothers"??? xDDD Even the public didn't realize that! xDDD
This is just the barber scene again
Hugh is too cute
All I can think of the entire time Fry is speaking is how many thousands of times I've heard him yell "Pocoyo". My daughter loved that show so much and watched it so frequently that I heard that shit in my sleep...
What show was that please?
@@mubislevent4215 The name of the show actually is "Pocoyo" . There are a handful of more recent episodes and spin-off type things that I don't believe feature Frye as the narrator, but all episodes from the first few seasons are chock full of him lol.
@@ericworley4361 Thanks very much.
If only this thing had subtitles
There are some good online courses that would help you learn English
@@jj9749 But would those courses help you understand aliens?
So it seems like Jeeves left Bertie Wooster and works in jewelry store
This is the most british look ever.
Are you an american? On anything a british person does an american says this is the most british thing ever.