He should give us Fry & Laurie when we ask for Fry & Laurie, until then, we'd be very satisfied if he'd just give us what we asked for, which is a BIT of Fry & Laurie.
i had to stop two times to take a short break just to finish this. I believe i would watch a 14 minute version of this sketch, but i would require a lot more breaks to convince me that this is just a sketch and the poor waitress was in on it
Oh, dear! Perhaps I didn't make myself absoLUTEly clear. When I said you may GO OUT with my son, I didn't mean you may COME IN with him. Yet I find you here in my house, lounging upon my sofa. GOING OUT is not the same thing as COMING IN - do you see? So you may leave now, and perhaps you would be good enough to remember that next time. Thank you!
I hate it when people do not start their sentences with a capital, especially when it is a word that is always written in capitals; even in the middle of a sentence.
All the way through the vid I was trying to remember where I'd seen her. Then I had a vague memory of a series about bin-collection men, starring Edward Woodward. So I looked him up on Imdb and found the name amongst his credits - "Common as Muck". The cast list for that series had several females listed, but only one had a credit for Fry & Laurie on her imdb profile. So that must be her - Nimmy March. Her biog says she was adopted by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. Call me Sherlock.
"No... no... no..." Oh gosh how my sides hurt from laughing ! They look like they're having a contest to see who can do the best Peter O'Toole impersonation... I think Hugh wins !
Me, a linguist: "But water is a mass noun, it requires a unit of measurement. Do you expect her to carry it over in her bare hands?" EDIT: Oh dear, she actually did... delightful!
Who played the waitress? She was one of the few guest stars (after Deborah Norton's rip-roaring turn in Series 1) who worked very well in Fry & Laurie.
I imagine this happens just as often in France with gentlemen pompously ordering "big mac and cheese" only to be told "boef petit pain?" by their uncultured waiter.
yes , well it the usa we're rife with bad-mannered and rude customers and waitresses. there have been dates that ive gone on and not been able to eat my meal because my date was completely belligerent to the waitress over nonsense such as not placing half of the straw paper over the top of her straw. I cant imagine what the kitchen did to our food.
It seems that I have been primed by the current zeitgeist but I was expecting the sketch to have some sort of racial component seeing that the waitress was black. Thankfully that did not happen. This reminded me that there was a time when comedy was just about the jokes, and not trying to score political points. How I miss those days.
@icequeen9 If i knew that it were Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, i'd probably kiss their feet and ask them to make me their slave :-) Thanks for the compliment btw., but i should mention that it doesn't refer to the coffee latte, but to the german word "Latte", which means "crossbar" or "picket", along with some other rather naughty translations :-) But crap still means crap... don't ask why i picked that combination, i'm not sure that my english is good enough for a plausible translation :-)
Mazasan, Hugh says; 'I'm rather desperate for a pee'. - The word 'Pee' is simply a slang word for urinating. Since it sounds the same as pea as in the vegetable pea, the waitress puts a single pea on the table.
@Craplatte lol, I should mention that I love your username btw! I get those regularly when I go out... even though I'm sure I've never actually ordered one...
Anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant will appreciate the humour here - you can advertise the entire menu in English and some snotty wanker will still order "the moules". Yes we call them 'mussels' here.
i had a customer approach the counter and clear his throat loudly to get my attention i simply turned,smiled widely and said,"EMPHYSEMA?" he didnt even react and started ordering dick
It says Fry & Laurie in the title. But I just wanted a bit of Fry & Laurie.
He should give us Fry & Laurie when we ask for Fry & Laurie, until then, we'd be very satisfied if he'd just give us what we asked for, which is a BIT of Fry & Laurie.
@@antebellum1776 #Gold
Go to Gulag
Just a bit, you say?
Was this perhaps too much of Fry and Laurie for your standard?
The mannerisms are just perfect.
The closed eyes, the constant nodding and turning.
I saw a couple just like this in a pub the other night :(.
These people exist.
Did they record their conversation too ? :))
😨😨😨
Yes. Yes, they do. A LOT less funny in real life, I'm afraid.
i work on the public and i find the biggest buffoons either dont know or,worse,dont care
This could have gone on for another 10 minutes and I would have been okay with that.
i had to stop two times to take a short break just to finish this. I believe i would watch a 14 minute version of this sketch, but i would require a lot more breaks to convince me that this is just a sketch and the poor waitress was in on it
Oh, dear! Perhaps I didn't make myself absoLUTEly clear. When I said you may GO OUT with my son, I didn't mean you may COME IN with him. Yet I find you here in my house, lounging upon my sofa. GOING OUT is not the same thing as COMING IN - do you see? So you may leave now, and perhaps you would be good enough to remember that next time. Thank you!
For those who wonder, this is from series 3 episode 6. The skit is titled "Horrormen".
Their eyes are closed through the whole sketch!
I'm a bartender and I've come to realize that it's important to always be a few steps ahead of the guests in the pedantry game.
i hate it when people come into my restaurant and think its impressive to order to french, especially since its an Italian Restaurant
> especially since its an Italian Restaurant - LOL
I hate it when people do not start their sentences with a capital, especially when it is a word that is always written in capitals; even in the middle of a sentence.
Que?
Je voudrais les petits cords avec un sauce des Bolognaises.
@@ClaudeSac I hate it when people follow a semicolon with a dependent clause
True story.
My grandad once was asked to pour someone "a drop of wine" during some fest. The guest was lucky my grandad had an eyedropper that day
SOME... mineral water.
I love those people who complain about everything yet still claim everything to be wonderful at the same time. Wankers.
Anyone who has ever worked in hospitality knows the struggle.
my suggestion to yoooooouuuuuuuu
I love the waitress!
“ I’m rather desperate for a *pea* “ 😂😂
lmao I love the ending! That waitress got them back!! XD
Anyone who’s worked in the service industry knows people like this actually exist 😂
One thing cannot be another thing, alright? Brilliant!!
All the way through the vid I was trying to remember where I'd seen her. Then I had a vague memory of a series about bin-collection men, starring Edward Woodward. So I looked him up on Imdb and found the name amongst his credits - "Common as Muck". The cast list for that series had several females listed, but only one had a credit for Fry & Laurie on her imdb profile. So that must be her - Nimmy March. Her biog says she was adopted by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
Call me Sherlock.
Stephen still says "mmmallright?" just like that.
"Oh dear!"
I think a friend of mine has let this sketch seep into his brain, he ONLY says oh dear like that now...
"No... no... no..."
Oh gosh how my sides hurt from laughing !
They look like they're having a contest to see who can do the best Peter O'Toole impersonation... I think Hugh wins !
To have actually met old folks like this in real life I identify with the poor server lmao
soupe de poisson is soupe de poisson !
Do you do poisson? Or shall I have to go to a different restaurant?
Alright, soup + poison
pescatarian??
omg the pair of them are identical in speech to my fencing instructor I will never be able to speak to him with a straight face again...
I think I never stop laughing if I watch more clips from A Bit of Fry and Hugh!
LOL
LOL
LOL
"Quite delightful." XD
@vengefulnoob worked in catering for seven years as staff as well as management. and yes there are in fact customers like this.
Looks like Stephen has mastered the art of trolling :)
So funny Stephen has his eyes closed everytime he talks XD
oooh, DEAR. Oh, dear.
Soup de Poisson IS fish soup.
No, no. No no no nooo~
They have met their match, methinks.
Stephen Fry is just like my driving instructor in this sketch. Uncanny, really.
Ah calling out Karens before they were called that. They're not even pedantic as such - they're not even technically correct on any point.
Smart waitress! lol she must have dealt with people like this before haha.
People like this actually exist 😂 which makes this scene funnier, and makes your real encounter with one, irritating.
Me, a linguist: "But water is a mass noun, it requires a unit of measurement. Do you expect her to carry it over in her bare hands?"
EDIT: Oh dear, she actually did... delightful!
I love how they were making fun of mansplaining before the word even existed
Who played the waitress? She was one of the few guest stars (after Deborah Norton's rip-roaring turn in Series 1) who worked very well in Fry & Laurie.
I imagine this happens just as often in France with gentlemen pompously ordering "big mac and cheese" only to be told "boef petit pain?" by their uncultured waiter.
it's le big mac
i ordered snail salad at a shaws market and the pompous blowhard corrected me - its SCUGILLI he said dick.
@@La_sagne le mac de grande
yes , well it the usa we're rife with bad-mannered and rude customers and waitresses. there have been dates that ive gone on and not been able to eat my meal because my date was completely belligerent to the waitress over nonsense such as not placing half of the straw paper over the top of her straw. I cant imagine what the kitchen did to our food.
It seems that I have been primed by the current zeitgeist but I was expecting the sketch to have some sort of racial component seeing that the waitress was black. Thankfully that did not happen. This reminded me that there was a time when comedy was just about the jokes, and not trying to score political points. How I miss those days.
"This is right, you understand ?!" XD
Maybe the best line.
This is just like south parks definition of smug people, eyes closed whilst talking.
Thank you! :)
love those wigs!!
Fry reminds me of my grandpa in this.
"Oh dear."
please, I´m not english but I understand the full spot except for the end. Can anybody transcribe the last Hugh´s taped words? thank you.
between 2.05 and 2.15 do you think they just "copy and pasted" the "SOME!" ? :P
Have you both sealed chemical and drug business yet willingly to sheild the GRACE?
quite funny indeed, ricky is a brilliant comedian and actor, great radio show as well, thanks for the mirthsome response, cheers
Frasier is actually a spin-off from Cheers if i'm not way out there.
... and fish pee in water, hence never drink it.
sad thing is, we all know there are people who are exactly like this, or worse......
Poor staff
Amazing waitress!
haha! thats great stuff!
Language comprehension tests be like
these two are brilliant
LMAO he got owned!
@Fortevn Oh of course, I apologise for the mistake.
Almost perfect!
@icequeen9 If i knew that it were Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, i'd probably kiss their feet and ask them to make me their slave :-)
Thanks for the compliment btw., but i should mention that it doesn't refer to the coffee latte, but to the german word "Latte", which means "crossbar" or "picket", along with some other rather naughty translations :-) But crap still means crap... don't ask why i picked that combination, i'm not sure that my english is good enough for a plausible translation :-)
Oh my word! That was just amazing
As a waitress... yes
Ooh dear!
Mazasan, Hugh says; 'I'm rather desperate for a pee'. - The word 'Pee' is simply a slang word for urinating. Since it sounds the same as pea as in the vegetable pea, the waitress puts a single pea on the table.
this is not a sketch, this is just them out for lunch, and the camera crew decided to follow them.
@Craplatte ...even if they were Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry?? I don't think so, Sir! I'm sure it's some kind of criminal comedy offence!! lol
Gotta love those pre-covid Karens. Also, that waitress deserves a big raise
It's a comedy sketch, you dipshit, not a documentary!
dont use dumb made up name-insults if you please
spoiled apathetic morons sounds better
@Craplatte lol, I should mention that I love your username btw! I get those regularly when I go out... even though I'm sure I've never actually ordered one...
Is this really the entire sketch?
@jerryplane WTF?! REALLY?! I know some customers can be bad, but there are some who actually are like this?!
a bit of fry and laurie
another house-watcher i presume?
I wonder which pixel is Laurie.
You kids today...
Hey its my good friend from the eastenders video. how u doing?
Oh waitresssssss!
Time machine
What series is this from?
Yes :), but I meant which series: 1, 2, 3, 4?
This is just like Jeeves & Wooster!
No way xD
Clearly needs a facepalm. Facepalm.
That waitress really got them that time
they did the karen meme before it got popular
never shouldve
Oh dear.
Maybe because it's them two again?
their eyes are closed all the time!!! : P
The tape recorder!
aah, ok. thanks¡¡¡
Oh, linguistics.
soupe de poisson ! diantre!!!
"Thank you!"
Funny!
Brilliant^-^
Anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant will appreciate the humour here - you can advertise the entire menu in English and some snotty wanker will still order "the moules". Yes we call them 'mussels' here.
i had a customer approach the counter and clear his throat loudly to get my attention i simply turned,smiled widely and said,"EMPHYSEMA?" he didnt even react and started ordering dick
lol,persice.
i feel like roast lamb now
😂
1:26 "and some water" then she says "mineral water" and they agree
He does say "and some mineral water", he just kind of mumbles mineral
Fawkes quite right there is something mumbled