A Bit of Fry and Laurie - "Mystery" song

Laurie is an accomplished musician and this talent was often featured on the show in the form of plot points in a sketch and satirical songs. The first such song, 'Mystery', parodies a mournful love song from a lounge singer and presents the obstacles to a relationship between the singer and the object of affection, which become more outlandish every verse: he/she lives in a different country, would probably have a problem with the singer's job ("with the Thames Water Authority"), has never actually met the singer, and has been dead since 1973 ("fifteen years come next January"). This segment of the show quickly became one of its most popular. Laurie still plays these songs when appearing as a guest star, such as on Saturday Night Live and Inside the Actor's Studio.

A Bit of Fry and Laurie was a British television series starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast by the BBC between 1989 and 1995. It ran for four series, and totalled 26 episodes, including a 35 minute pilot episode in 1987. Despite its popularity at the time, the show has rarely been repeated on terrestrial television. Both Fry and Laurie have expressed great interest in working together again, but this has not yet taken place, due to both men's busy schedules.

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