I love Oscar Wilde, even better when it's Stephen Fry quoting him :)
posted by alien_concept 1 decade 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 5,702 views • 27 secsFry & Laurie
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Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry started their television career as a comedy duo in "A Little Bit of Fry & Laurie".
They have both gone on to other roles, including the "Jeeves and Wooster" series based on the books by P.G. Wodehouse; Stephen Fry's hosting of the British quiz show QI; and of course Hugh Laurie's brilliant role as Dr. Gregory House. To top it off, Fry and Laurie are best friends in real life.
This playlist celebrates all videos containing either or both of these fine gentlemen.
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years is a 15 minute one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on Friday 5 February 1988. Info from Wikipedia... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 3 years 10 months ago • 1,688 views • 15:14Youtube: Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out was a one-off, one-hour documentary/biography about Stephen Fry released in 2007 by the BBC, celebrating Stephen Fry's fiftieth birthday. There were many people who... continue reading
posted by DerHasisttot 1 decade 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 3,176 views • 1:36Dr. House confronts an anti-vaccine mother. Yes, it's scripted tv, but that doesn't mean it isn't correct.
posted by Morganth 1 decade 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 5,849 views • 1:49Youtube: Hugh Laurie being interviewed on the House set about his role on Blackadder. Taken from a Blackadder documentary. Includes enough of each clip to put whatever Hugh says in his short interview... continue reading
posted by DerHasisttot 1 decade 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 3,886 views • 5:59"Stephen Fry asks his guests what 'war tubas' would have been used for." - YouTube
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 5,077 views • 2:18Stephen Fry asks his guests to watch a video and spot when the Sun sets.
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 11 months ago • 6,759 views • 3:11"Stephen and guests discuss the oldest trick in the book where the ancient Egyptian magician Dedi pulled the head off a goose and then resurrected the bird." - YouTube
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 6,517 views • 3:09"Stephen tries to explain why the spelling rule 'I before E except after C' doesn't really work. Some guests have more trouble than others understanding his point!" - YouTube
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 5,501 views • 3:58"Stephen and guests talk about Tsutomu Yamaguchi who amazingly survived both atomic bomb attacks on Japan during World War II. Somehow he managed to get a train from Hiroshima back home to Nagasaki, but... continue reading
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 5,433 views • 3:05Damn lying doctors.
posted by rasch187 1 decade 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 7,907 views • 2:12"Stephen Fry and guests discuss how you would use a 'twitch' to calm a horse. By twisting the horse's top lip endorphins are released to the brain causing the horse to relax." - YouTube
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 4,811 views • 2:43"Stephen Fry explains how one might use a small bellows in eighteenth century England." - YouTube
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 4 years 1 week ago • 5,729 views • 4:27Public Relations guru Charles Prentiss, played by Stephen Fry, tries not to cause too much offence over lunch with his new client.
posted by radx 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 2,381 viewsA clip from the British comedy series "Absolute Power" where Charles Prentiss, played by Stephen Fry, wants to take on the ultimate PR challenge of representing a Nazi sympathizer.
posted by radx 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 2,394 views • 3:02"Stephen asks his guests where the phrase 'room to swing a cat' comes from. Alan and Bill demonstrate the various ways in which you can swing a cat!" - YouTube
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 1,772 views