I love how Stephen's just constantly cracking up in this. It is almost like a fan talking with his favourite comedian. You can tell he really, REALLY enjoys Hugh's company.
As always, laughter is everything. Making Fry laugh isn't an easy feat, yet every three words, Laurie has him in tears. That's foundation for a life-long friendship.
Why should this be proof of a great friendship? Becuse they giggle together or because they both giggle about the same word(which is having a sexual context, incidentally?) I think tis kind of "analysis" ìs too simple .
I came for a spot of Fry and Laurie, but the sudden revelation of Tony Slattery was a welcomed surprise; I miss him, he should do more shows but I hope he’s doing better!
3:40 That look,that stop/pause.. That's the look of a man remembering good old days with happiness and nostalgia. That second right there say it all, what he thinks about Fry and everything they've been together. Favourite moment from the whole documentary
7:53 the slap, how happy Hugh is with Stephen, his most dearest friend, at ease, comfortable, cracking at every word, butterfly in our stomach this is.
They are so wonderful. Memory is interesting. I scanned my diaries from 1971 recently and read them (I went to university when these 2 did by the way). Some things I just had remembered differntly and the diary set me straight. Strange.
Animations are totally secondary to their amazing voices behind it. This upload is a godsend & I hope it never gets removed. It's brought so much joy to my life finding this! Cheers!
I am quite sure Stephen isnt just making up his story of how he met Hugh, but rather confusing it with a different encounter with him later on (or something). Stil very funny, considering he is known for his splendid memory :)
That first picture they showed of her, I know that I would have been besotted with her if I had met her. Luckily I never did. My life would have been ruined.
@@umar6278 Even when he's not doing anything as dramatic as putting on a fake accent, he changes his voice and pitch and mannerisms a lot for different characters.
This happens sometimes, rarely, in life. You get two or more gifted comedians, who meet up, serendipitously, but who seem to have a comedic connection that is hilarious and obvious to the audience, and innate to them alone. This is Fry and Laurie.
He disappeared from TV and I'm sure no doubt lost a lot of support from friends due to his alcohol and cocaine problems, but I'm glad he sorted all that out. He easily have a comeback, I'm sure he's still got the wit for it.
I went from a David Mitchell appearance on QI, to a rant he did on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, to That Mitchell and Webb Look, to A Bit of Fry and Laurie and back to this. How wonderful.
I only discovered That Mitchell and Webb Look recently: boy, am I glad I did. I have a load of Lit. essays to hand in, but they can wait for Sir Digby Chicken Caesar...
Pretty sure I've read somewhere either in Stephen's auto biographies or an annecdote surrounding them that they constantly mix up how they first met as a sort of gag between the two of them. I've just remembered this while listening in the beginning. I wish I could remember where i'd read/heard it. Eitherway it's hilarious to see how it changes each time Stephen talks or writes about it xD
"Hang onto your hats! Plenty more chattering and chortling on its way!" It's like she knew my hat was so excited that it was about to fly right off my head.
Err God...I really just want to see the two of them hanging out and reminiscing about this stuff themselves rather than having crappy out takes, dodgy animation and some breathless awe inspired narration for what just simply amounts to two blokes babbling on to each other.
Clearly the people who have written this show find themselves quite humourous. This is like watching a bad cover band open for superstars and then continually insert their own material between snippets of classic rock.
Yeah I can't help but shake the feeling this production just got bungled by incompetence. It's nice having all this extra footage and some more time with Fry and Laurie but there's just not enough discussion and entirely too much narration and the editors absolutely butchering any kind of flow to it. An all around awkward production
I served in the army, 1978-1990. We had what the Royal Navy called Sod’s Operas. Whatever remote corner of the world we found ourselves in, to maintain morale troops were asked to cobble together acts for the Sod’s Opera. Some of the funniest comedy I have ever seen came from that tradition. I’m just talking about the deepest laughter from the most original sources. A lost tradition of raw genius. Christmas, South Georgia, 1982: Recce Platoon Royal Hampshire Regiment, HMS Hecate’d crew inc. the RM Naval Landing Party. I love the Footlights but I also remember the emergence of the Goons from the armed forces.
Don't beat yourself up, Ed: these people weren't at "university" in the sense that we understand it - they were at an ultra-super-powered leisure club for a miniscule minority of pre-selected and astonishingly privileged poshos.
He got addicted to cocaine back in the nineties. He also spent next to a year in seclusion in a warehouse on the bank of the hames due to bipolar disorder. There is a link on here where Stephen and Tony talk about bipolar disorder and self-medication.
I find it interesting that Stephen has retained his childish view of the world, while Hugh, who was once fun-loving and bubbly has changed the most to become a cynical sarcastic old man. Not that I like him any less, it's just interesting how people change.
Just would be a joy to have another series of Jeeves & Wooster series as older men. Picturing Jeeves as a Mr Chips at a boys school and Bertie looking like King Charles at Chatsworth! Married with dogs and kids at boarding and all kind of capers
That boatride around 4:15 is the same place Tom Baker played the Doctor at, he was on such a boat too. That can be seen in the story the five doctors.and Shada :)
7:24 - Sadly Studio 8 at the BBC Television Centre where Fry and Laurie filmed their wonderful show, is no more. Studios 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are all now bull dozed down and have been converted into luxury apartments. Studios 1, 2 and 3 however remain, a little nugget from the television centre which made the wonderful Fry and Laurie shows.
@annaChii the narrator is Allison Steadman an immensely talented actress,frequent collaborator and friend of Stephen and Hugh's, the reason for her slightly childish speech (of which i dont find it off-putting or childish at all) i suspect is that the tale is told like a chirldens tale, i mean look at the book and animations its just common sense
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I love how Stephen's just constantly cracking up in this. It is almost like a fan talking with his favourite comedian. You can tell he really, REALLY enjoys Hugh's company.
I love how fabulously dressed emma thompson is in this.
I can't tell if she is dressed that way as a joke or not but she looks fantastic.
Definitely taking the piss.
@@kindnessfirst9670 irony no doubt.. beautiful woman though
... she was taking the piss. The overly glamorous, pompous starlet haha
She's hamming it up, theatre stylee. But I kept grinning because I've seen her in her Brideshead Revisited role!
As always, laughter is everything. Making Fry laugh isn't an easy feat, yet every three words, Laurie has him in tears.
That's foundation for a life-long friendship.
their always be Jeeves and Wooster to me such legends
I love that Hugh assumes the first thing in Stephen's autobiography is "How I met Hugh Laurie". Like nothing of note happened before that.
Friendships like this really make life worth living.
The stories of how they met, seems like they planned the confusion and stereotypes haha I love it
"Britain- just what the bloody hell went wrong?" Priceless.
Not even thatcher had destroyed the UK to the degree that exists today.
Wish they'd just let them speak for 90 mins
You mean you don't like the generic narrator show, ft. the occasional bit of Fry and Laurie?
Amen
It's so nice to watch Stephen Fry crack up and giggle so much!
these two together are like little kids. that's real friendship.
Fry and Laurie should actually teach a class on British History called Britain: Just what the bloody hell went wrong?
This comment has never been more true than it is in 2020
Tony blair. Followed shortly by the extreme minorities and PC.
I think that’s American history 😂💀 (I’m American)
Greed followed by many times a double of helping of Greed
@@sophiajetton1234 That's the point, that's *exactly* what went wrong in British history.
past 50 and still giggling over the word "penetration"... you can tell these two have been best friends forever!
Why should this be proof of a great friendship? Becuse they giggle together or because they both giggle about the same word(which is having a sexual context, incidentally?)
I think tis kind of "analysis" ìs too simple .
Laughing at dumb things is easier with someone you have rapport with
Not until you've made foreign secretary should you smoke a pipe. lol
I came for a spot of Fry and Laurie, but the sudden revelation of Tony Slattery was a welcomed surprise; I miss him, he should do more shows but I hope he’s doing better!
Hugh and Fry are simply legends.
A beautifully prepared conversation pit.
3:40 That look,that stop/pause.. That's the look of a man remembering good old days with happiness and nostalgia. That second right there say it all, what he thinks about Fry and everything they've been together. Favourite moment from the whole documentary
7:53 the slap, how happy Hugh is with Stephen, his most dearest friend, at ease, comfortable, cracking at every word, butterfly in our stomach this is.
They are so wonderful. Memory is interesting. I scanned my diaries from 1971 recently and read them (I went to university when these 2 did by the way). Some things I just had remembered differntly and the diary set me straight. Strange.
Animations are totally secondary to their amazing voices behind it.
This upload is a godsend & I hope it never gets removed.
It's brought so much joy to my life finding this! Cheers!
I am quite sure Stephen isnt just making up his story of how he met Hugh, but rather confusing it with a different encounter with him later on (or something). Stil very funny, considering he is known for his splendid memory :)
I just absolutely LOVE THEM ! ! ❤❤
"we didn't penetrate, Stephen" - and Mr. Fry cracks up - love how these two could make a gay joke sound witty. lol
Emma was and is so beautiful
Emma is a great actress and with dignity a laugh
That first picture they showed of her, I know that I would have been besotted with her if I had met her. Luckily I never did. My life would have been ruined.
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Oh god yes
After watching A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and then this, I think Hugh Laurie's voice got deeper as he got older.
you should hear him in Blackadder
@@umar6278 Even when he's not doing anything as dramatic as putting on a fake accent, he changes his voice and pitch and mannerisms a lot for different characters.
Bromance of legendary proportions.
This happens sometimes, rarely, in life. You get two or more gifted comedians, who meet up, serendipitously, but who seem to have a comedic connection that is hilarious and obvious to the audience, and innate to them alone. This is Fry and Laurie.
What a great program with a great sound track.
Laurie is just a comedic genius!
11:19 you can almost see the wheels in Hugh's brain start turning after Stephen mentioned market penetration.
How lucky it is to have friends like Fry & Laurie. I envy them 😅
Hugh Laurie in most interviews reminds me of his psychic spoon bender character in F&L, this is the only interview in which he looks truly relaxed.
I loved Tony Slattery in Whose Line Is it Anyway (UK). He was such a brilliant person. ;;
He disappeared from TV and I'm sure no doubt lost a lot of support from friends due to his alcohol and cocaine problems, but I'm glad he sorted all that out. He easily have a comeback, I'm sure he's still got the wit for it.
I admire them so much.
And it's already been almost 10 years already now
Emma doesn't seem to age, like at all. She only changes hair color.
Mature yum yum
She hit the wall in the 90's, the rest is plastic surgery.
Good genes. Her mum is beautiful.
magicarp79 Like yes
I went from a David Mitchell appearance on QI, to a rant he did on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, to That Mitchell and Webb Look, to A Bit of Fry and Laurie and back to this. How wonderful.
Oh my DAYS!
Stephen, Hugh and Tony!
AND EMMA!
God bless The Footlights Revue
The camera man really really loves Hugh Laurie's bald spot.
lena ann this made me laugh. Also hello from 8 years in the future
Good God, Emma Thompson is FABULOUS.
Yes, the Almighty would be impressed with Emma's thespian prowess!
I only discovered That Mitchell and Webb Look recently: boy, am I glad I did.
I have a load of Lit. essays to hand in, but they can wait for Sir Digby Chicken Caesar...
dun da da dun dun da da da dunna dunna dunna dunna duuun!
I love the historical sketches of Mitchell and Webb.
Their stories differ so much that it's quite interesting.
Wow, seeing tony slattery again. :) in general thank you so much for this upload. The joy these guys have given me...
11:19 gets idea 11:21 implements idea. I love his comedic timing XD
Yep! You can almost see the wheels turning!
i'm so happy that I've found this ! Ta 4 uploading!
Up until now, I've loved them both, but I never knew they used to work together.
as soon as Stephen said "penetration", I had a feeling Hugh would have a funny go with it
Haha and he did
Well Stephen is gay isn't he? So.... I'm sure he'd enjoy it.
'''he wore tweed... and smoked a pipe can you believe?''
BAAAAH
I don't know why but the comment "I think the verbs are at the back" cracked me up
Pretty sure I've read somewhere either in Stephen's auto biographies or an annecdote surrounding them that they constantly mix up how they first met as a sort of gag between the two of them. I've just remembered this while listening in the beginning. I wish I could remember where i'd read/heard it. Eitherway it's hilarious to see how it changes each time Stephen talks or writes about it xD
For them reunite may seem stupid and hilarious at the same time, but for me its pretty epic...
Fry & Laurie is the old Mitchell & Webb
Um yeah, at least
10:14 I love it when more successful programmes have used jokes from writers earlier less well known lines :D It's a nice reminder of humanity
Thanks a lot! :)
"Hang onto your hats! Plenty more chattering and chortling on its way!"
It's like she knew my hat was so excited that it was about to fly right off my head.
hugh laurie cant even help but be funny!
Err God...I really just want to see the two of them hanging out and reminiscing about this stuff themselves rather than having crappy out takes, dodgy animation and some breathless awe inspired narration for what just simply amounts to two blokes babbling on to each other.
Clearly the people who have written this show find themselves quite humourous. This is like watching a bad cover band open for superstars and then continually insert their own material between snippets of classic rock.
Yeah I can't help but shake the feeling this production just got bungled by incompetence. It's nice having all this extra footage and some more time with Fry and Laurie but there's just not enough discussion and entirely too much narration and the editors absolutely butchering any kind of flow to it. An all around awkward production
i love stephen's laugh at 14:34
"Britain: what the hell went wrong?" was only off by 10-12 years.
Thank you!
I remember watching this in 2010. It freaked the shit out of me.
i noticed that too! he has such a lovely laugh.
I would take that class in a flash! That would be amazing!
Ty for sharing!
"I think the verbs are in the back" 😆
I served in the army, 1978-1990. We had what the Royal Navy called Sod’s Operas. Whatever remote corner of the world we found ourselves in, to maintain morale troops were asked to cobble together acts for the Sod’s Opera. Some of the funniest comedy I have ever seen came from that tradition. I’m just talking about the deepest laughter from the most original sources. A lost tradition of raw genius. Christmas, South Georgia, 1982: Recce Platoon Royal Hampshire Regiment, HMS Hecate’d crew inc. the RM Naval Landing Party. I love the Footlights but I also remember the emergence of the Goons from the armed forces.
I love that people mention Mitchell and Webb in the same breath as Fry and Laurie. Wonder if they'll ever become as famous.
Yo this was WAY better than part 1
I guess cause they're together
Wow, my uni life, what a load of crap in comparison.
Don't beat yourself up, Ed: these people weren't at "university" in the sense that we understand it - they were at an ultra-super-powered leisure club for a miniscule minority of pre-selected and astonishingly privileged poshos.
Am I finally going to hear Fry sing? What a place to cut the video.
2010 has come up and gone. A weird thing has happened to both of them and the uk.
wow. all my memories of Tony Slattery are from his Whose Line days, he's so much older! of course he would be but holy crap.
My god Emma Thompson is and was angelically beautiful
He got addicted to cocaine back in the nineties. He also spent next to a year in seclusion in a warehouse on the bank of the hames due to bipolar disorder. There is a link on here where Stephen and Tony talk about bipolar disorder and self-medication.
Ok. What's your point?
thanks, forgot to record it
Also, the whole conversation at 11:21 feels like they're gonna beak out saying DAMN DAMN AND DOUBLE DAMN!
I was expecting a damn it john!!!
I find it interesting that Stephen has retained his childish view of the world, while Hugh, who was once fun-loving and bubbly has changed the most to become a cynical sarcastic old man.
Not that I like him any less, it's just interesting how people change.
Just would be a joy to have another series of Jeeves & Wooster series as older men. Picturing Jeeves as a Mr Chips at a boys school and Bertie looking like King Charles at Chatsworth! Married with dogs and kids at boarding and all kind of capers
That boatride around 4:15 is the same place Tom Baker played the Doctor at, he was on such a boat too. That can be seen in the story the five doctors.and Shada :)
oohhhh i do wish rowan atkinson is also there - at least a small interview~
They are priceless!!! Ottomans full of vapid excuses.....
With that pipe, Stephen reminds me of good'ol Graham..
can't wait to see who becomes the next, fry and laurie - i feel it should be mitcheall and web but who knows.
This reminds me soo much of my mate... But we rarely get together anymore
Unerringly accurate as well actually.
08:26 on to the commercials.... pffffft love these two.
I love his pants in the cellar tapes
Since the show is about Stephen and Hugh, maybe they should have said Blackadder.
So the Footlights is like a superior British version of the Harvard Lampoon, neat.
7:24 - Sadly Studio 8 at the BBC Television Centre where Fry and Laurie filmed their wonderful show, is no more. Studios 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are all now bull dozed down and have been converted into luxury apartments. Studios 1, 2 and 3 however remain, a little nugget from the television centre which made the wonderful Fry and Laurie shows.
So does anyone else think when Tony Slattery says "I know all of them. They're all my children." at 4:47 that he's paraphrasing Goodbye Mr. Chips?
That is in fact the premise of American football.
@annaChii the narrator is Allison Steadman an immensely talented actress,frequent collaborator and friend of Stephen and Hugh's, the reason for her slightly childish speech (of which i dont find it off-putting or childish at all) i suspect is that the tale is told like a chirldens tale, i mean look at the book and animations its just common sense
What the hell? I don't need a recap of something I JUST SAW!
you do realize that this has been made for TV
Whoaaa....Tony Slattery, looks so different from when he was on Whose Line. :P
If they ever make a movie about the Footlights years, Dan Radcliffe HAS to play young Tony Slattery.
Good god! Look at Emma Thompson at 1.08. Dropdead gorgeous!!
I agree, as Stephen Fry is already in it. ;p
yes exactly! Birtain, just what the bloody hell went wrong?
Still relevant in 2020