Hugh Laurie appreciation thread. [Archive] - The Diamond David Lee Roth Army

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:16 PM

Alright, some people like House, others don't. The problem is, most of the people who don't like House don't like Hugh either.

But that's probably because they don't know his career.

Here's the first sketch of A Bit of Fry & Laurie.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:17 PM

One of the best. A really annoying eye witness.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:19 PM

Here's a song - KICKIN' ASS!

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:20 PM

Panamark, Dan & Grant will love this one:

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:22 PM

Well, it's quite true that the American culture is based upon the ass...

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:22 PM

Speaking of America...

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The States!

Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:23 PM

Here's a clever joke:

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:23 PM

And here's a classic Michael Jackson interview.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:25 PM

This one's my second favourite. I couldn't find my favourite yet, where Hugh plays an old lady who keeps interrupting a BBC sketch.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:28 PM

You may have noticed that in all the sketches, the other actor is always the same.

His name is Stephen Fry, and he's been Hugh Laurie's friend & partner throughout their careers.

Very few people can make themselves noticeable besides a monstrously talented actor like Hugh, but Stephen is (obviously) the perfect counterpart for Hugh.

Hard to say who's the most talented. I'm partial to Hugh, but Stephen himself is a force to reckoned with, and no mistake.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:29 PM

A bit more of Stephen.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Sensible Shoes

11-18-2009, 08:32 PM

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:33 PM

In what may very well be his most famous role besides House... Prince George in Blackadder III, with Mr. Bean himself, Rowan Atkinson.
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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:34 PM

A bit more of Prince George.

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Cheeers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:35 PM

Thank you, Shoes. We "found" Prince George at the same time. We're synchronized, eh? ;)

In Blackadder IV:

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:36 PM

One with the whole gang.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:41 PM

The first episode of Jeeves & Wooster.

YouTube - Jeeves &Wooster S01 E01 Part 1/5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvddpX1uYA)

Disabled by request, unfortunately... but well worth your time. Still comedy, but lighter. More "movie-like", if you will.

Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:43 PM

Casting for House.

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I still don't like the show.

Cheers! :bottle:

chefcraig

11-18-2009, 08:45 PM

Many are not aware that the guy is an author as well. His book The Gun Seller was really good, and pretty damned funny as well. Recommended.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5858/fc067102082x.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/fc067102082x.jpg/)

He was also great on Inside The Actors Studio (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hugh+laurie+inside+the+actors +studio&search_type=&aq=0&oq=hugh+laurie+inside).

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:45 PM

A small interview.

He really doesn't fit in with all those celebutards.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:47 PM

Thank you, Chef.

Now for the only 5 seconds of funniness in that retarded series, Friends.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:49 PM

Stephen Fry talks a bit about Hugh Laurie, who, sadly, died in the middle of A Bit of Fry & Laurie.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:52 PM

Dave Letterman interview.

Too bad he died years ago.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:54 PM

Here he is, declaring his love for Steffi, just before he died.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Sensible Shoes

11-18-2009, 08:55 PM

OH the Steffi Graf thing is my absolute favorite.

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:55 PM

The death itself. Rip, Hugh.

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Good thing he became a Doctor afterwards and cured himself of that condition.

Cheers! :bottle:

Sensible Shoes

11-18-2009, 08:56 PM

I think we're on a tear here nobody else is appreciating

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 08:59 PM

Don't worry, they'll come around.

Might help if you post a scantily-clad picture of yourself, though.

I'd post one of me, but that'd only attract the female audience.

:D

Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 09:00 PM

... and after that marvelous interlude, we move to spoons & benders.

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Cheers! :bottle:

Sensible Shoes

11-18-2009, 09:02 PM

Don't worry, they'll come around.

Might help if you post a scantily-clad picture of yourself, though.

I'd post one of me, but that'd only attract the female audience.

:D

Cheers! :bottle:

It'd have to be an old one.

Seshmeister

11-18-2009, 09:22 PM

Many are not aware that the guy is an author as well. His book The Gun Seller was really good, and pretty damned funny as well. Recommended.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5858/fc067102082x.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/fc067102082x.jpg/)

I read that years ago when it came out. I think there may be an audio book version around somewhere...

Seshmeister

11-18-2009, 09:32 PM

Sensible Shoes

11-18-2009, 09:47 PM

Sesh that is KICK ASS. Who is the Drummer?

Seshmeister

11-18-2009, 09:58 PM

Greg Grunberg - an actor it's his band.

Apparently he was in Heroes which I never saw. They met when he was in a House episode.

Dan

11-18-2009, 10:56 PM

Seshmeister

11-18-2009, 11:39 PM

I know a kiwi girl called Linette though... :)

Dan

11-18-2009, 11:48 PM

I know a kiwi girl called Linette though... :)

See The Thing Is,The Aussie Girl's Call Each Other Mate And The Kiwi Girl's Just Call Each Other Bitches.:biggrin:

Anonymous

11-18-2009, 11:52 PM

See The Thing Is,The Aussie Girl's Call Each Other Mate And The Kiwi Girl's Just Call Each Other Bitches.:biggrin:

Your country is wonderful, D-man.

Cheers! :bottle:

Dan

11-18-2009, 11:58 PM

Your country is wonderful, D-man.

Cheers! :bottle:

Pussy,You Are Welcome Down Here.Just Bring Your Beer Mug And Wet Suit For The Ladies.:hitch:

DavidLeeNatra

11-19-2009, 06:29 AM

Coyote

11-19-2009, 08:03 AM

Coyote

11-19-2009, 08:03 AM

Coyote

11-19-2009, 08:04 AM

Coyote

11-19-2009, 08:09 AM

Sensible Shoes

11-19-2009, 10:44 AM

I just spent an hour watching all this stuff. Thanks guys!

binnie

11-19-2009, 10:55 AM

Excellent thread. A lot of this stuff has aged better than I thought it would

Dan

11-19-2009, 06:13 PM

I just spent an hour watching all this stuff. Thanks guys!

Clothes On Or Off? :hitch:

Anonymous

11-19-2009, 06:15 PM

Clothes On Or Off? :hitch:

And more importantly, where are the pictures?

Cheers! :bottle:

Dan

11-19-2009, 06:18 PM

In Your Head.:D

Coyote

11-19-2009, 06:36 PM

Sylicker, do you have a USB port in your cranium?

Anonymous

11-19-2009, 06:41 PM

No dude, I'm old skool. IEEE 1284 parallel port f0r teh win.

Cheers! :bottle:

Coyote

11-19-2009, 06:43 PM

Dammit... I don't have a printer like that anymore...

And fer chrissakes, watch t3h language

Anonymous

11-19-2009, 06:46 PM

Sorry, I was being a r3t4r... I mean, l33t.

Cheers! :bottle:

Dan

11-20-2009, 02:56 AM

I Have A R2D2 if That Helps.:D

Seshmeister

11-20-2009, 04:56 AM

Excellent thread. A lot of this stuff has aged better than I thought it would

The unusual thing with Fry and Laurie was that they wrote them all themselves.

Most sketch shows have dozens of writers.

Sensible Shoes

11-20-2009, 11:31 PM

Clothes On Or Off? :hitch: Why in the WORLD would you want to know that. Gack.

Shaun Ponsonby

11-24-2009, 10:49 AM

Blackadder is one of the classic British shows...though Hugh wasn't really in it extensively until the 3rd series.

Anonymous

11-24-2009, 12:38 PM

Blackadder is one of the classic British shows...though Hugh wasn't really in it extensively until the 3rd series.

He wasn't in it AT ALL until the 3rd series, you fakkin' cunt.

Would you mind posting more often? Dan misses your man love.

Cheers! :bottle:

Anonymous

11-24-2009, 12:42 PM

Excellent thread. A lot of this stuff has aged better than I thought it would

Yeah, you never know what will survive in the long run. Uh... only time will tell if it... oh, fuck it.

Take Seinfeld, for example. A show about nothing, you'd think that would age quite well, and still be watchable these days. It aged HORRIBLY. Even Cheers aged better than Seinfeld.

But most of the really good British sitcoms are still quite watchable & enjoyable today. Hell, I'm watching Are You Being Served? on YouTube, and larving every minute of it.

Cheers! :bottle:

Seshmeister

11-24-2009, 02:27 PM

I've noticed in the last few years Fawlty Towers is looking really old

Shaun Ponsonby

11-25-2009, 06:09 AM

He wasn't in it AT ALL until the 3rd series, you fakkin' cunt.

Would you mind posting more often? Dan misses your man love.

Cheers! :bottle:

Not true.

He was in the last episode of series 2. He kidnapped Blackadder and Meltchett and held Queenie to ransom to only release one of them. She couldn't decide between them, so she blew all the money on a party, and then Blackadder and Meltchett escaped and gatecrashed the party. Then he returned and killed them all (Blackadder, Meltchett, Baldrick, Percy, Queenie), before disguising himself as Queenie, with the implication that he ruled Great Britain as Queen Elizabeth for the rest of his days.

True story. Well..not TRUE as in it actually happened, but ti did happen on the show.

Seinfeld is something I was always interested in seeing, as everybody seemed to like it and I love Curb Your Enthusiasm myself, so I kept trying to give it a go but always had trouble sitting through an episode.

Fawlty Towers...maybe its about time it looked dated. It took 30 years. I think in comparrison to other sitcoms, it has aged very well. Most of the actual material is still very strong, even if there are a few dodgy bits. The wobbling sets and cut to film whenever they go outside...I dunno, cheap production values are part of its charm I think.

bueno bob

11-25-2009, 06:56 AM

Love that Friends clip...amazing what a difference a few years can make!

http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsrx8gI3q1qzg9ouo1_500.jpg

Grant

11-28-2009, 09:23 AM

Haha, great clips! Thanks for that.

Always been a big fan of Blackadder, but never actually seen A Bit Of Fry And Laurie before. Never thought it'd be that funny. How wrong I could be!

I have to say that Hugh, as the dimwitted perverted Prince Regent in Blackadder The Third, really upstaged Rowan. And he gells so much better with him as opposed to others like Tim McInnerny (Percy) in the first series and Miranda Richardson (Queen Elizabeth I) in the second.

I met Stephen Fry a few years ago and I just had to nudge him on his General Melchett character, to which he responded with, "Baaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Nickdfresh

11-28-2009, 09:26 AM

Love that Friends clip...amazing what a difference a few years can make!

http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsrx8gI3q1qzg9ouo1_500.jpg

Ha! I just breathed in coffee...:biggrin:

Anonymous

11-28-2009, 12:17 PM

Not true.

He was in the last episode of series 2. He kidnapped Blackadder and Meltchett and held Queenie to ransom to only release one of them. She couldn't decide between them, so she blew all the money on a party, and then Blackadder and Meltchett escaped and gatecrashed the party. Then he returned and killed them all (Blackadder, Meltchett, Baldrick, Percy, Queenie), before disguising himself as Queenie, with the implication that he ruled Great Britain as Queen Elizabeth for the rest of his days.

True story. Well..not TRUE as in it actually happened, but ti did happen on the show.

Oh yeah... forgot about that one. That character was kickarse, too!

Seinfeld is something I was always interested in seeing, as everybody seemed to like it and I love Curb Your Enthusiasm myself, so I kept trying to give it a go but always had trouble sitting through an episode.

Seinfeld looks & sounds too dated. It's almost unbearable to sit through an entire episode.

Fawlty Towers...maybe its about time it looked dated. It took 30 years. I think in comparrison to other sitcoms, it has aged very well. Most of the actual material is still very strong, even if there are a few dodgy bits. The wobbling sets and cut to film whenever they go outside...I dunno, cheap production values are part of its charm I think.

Bang on. The only reason Fawlty Towers looks dated is precisely because of it's cheap production values. Well, that and some of the clothes.

Ok, it's beginning to show its age, but it's ageing well, anyway. It has its charm.

Cheers! :bottle:

Sensible Shoes

11-29-2009, 08:36 AM

I hate Seinfeld, I hate Curb your enthusiasm. Not a flattering view of people, and i hate that they find themselves funny. They aren't.

Shaun Ponsonby

11-30-2009, 04:03 PM

I hate Curb your enthusiasm. Not a flattering view of people

Not supposed to be. That's the joke. Also far more accurate to real life than Friends.

I think Curb is very British in that respect. Kinda like Alan Partridge in a way...no jokes per se, it's all character-based.

Plus, I love that the dialouge is improvised. Genius move. I didn't know that for years.

Rather that than some of those awful audience sitcoms...

-King of Queens
-Everybody Loves Raymond
-Rules of Engagement
-Will and Grace
-Couting Alice
-Stacked

Exactly how many sex/relationship jokes are there?

I'd have thought they'd run out by now.