Actors and directors such as sir ian mckellen, eleanor bron, miriam margolyes, sir derek jacobi, sir michael redgrave, james mason, emma thompson, stephen fry, hugh laurie, john cleese, eric idle, graham chapman, graeme garden, tim brooketaylor, bill oddie, simon russell beale, tilda swinton, thandie newton, georgie henley, rachel weisz, sacha baron cohen, tom hiddleston, sara mohrpietsch. I sat next to jo laurie and alyce faye cleese, i put hugh down the other end near eric and john c. Hugh laurie has 42 books on goodreads with 41767 ratings. But i remember stephen fry and hugh laurie, who did a couple of successful sketch series for the bbc, they said. Stephen fry and hugh laurie show how to tell a joke in a clip from 1986. It was during this period, post fry and laurie, blackadder and jeeves and wooster, that i made simply the best decision in my entire life. A bit of fry and laurie a bit of fry and laurie was a tv sketch show which helped launch the careers of stephen fry and hugh laurie, from whence they launched their now incredible careers. So, anyway, heres an interview with monty pythons john. The show often involved mocking the posh and the upper classes, so a genuinely british institution. Here are the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the greek myths, stylishly retold by stephen fry. He is especially admired for his ability to desacralize even the most serious or taboo of topics. This sixpart comedy series was first broadcast on bbc radio 4 in 1988. He rose to fame alongside hugh laurie in a bit of fry and laurie which he cowrote with laurie and jeeves and wooster, and was unforgettable as captain melchett in blackadder. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 greatest british television programmes drawn up by the british film institute in 2000, and in 2019 it was named the greatest ever british tv sitcom by a panel of comedy experts.
Eddie izzard emma thompson eric idle hugh laurie john cleese stephen fry steve coogan. Fry also developed close and enduring friendships with such future luminaries of the stage and screen as hugh laurie and emma thompson. Stephen fry says he and hugh laurie are working together again. Fawlty towers is a british television sitcom written by john cleese and connie booth and broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. With ben elton, stephen fry, hugh laurie, siobhan redmond. When we got into python territory, we would deliberately back off. High quality stephen fry inspired clocks by independent artists and designers from around the world.
Stephen john fry born 24 august 1957 is an english comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. This highly entertaining collection features scripts for the first three seasons of the show a bit of fry and laurie. He grew up in norfolk and attended uppingham school and stouts hill. In his 2010 book the fry chronicles, fry wrote of his restless.
So much so that the harassed director, brigid larmour, was forced to get the entire company of attendant lords to intone the opening speech tutti, as a kind of chant or oath, to draw attention away from the corpsing. Stephen fry latest news, breaking stories and comment the. An upbringing that might under different circumstances have been used for a complex secret betrayal of my tribe became instead a simple public mockery of it in latin. Author, actor, comedian, journalist, media presenter, screenwriter and social activist yes, it pretty much sums up the life of stephen fry. As an actor he has been featured in numerous films, including gosford park, a civil action, and wilde, in which he played the title role, and in such popular english tv series as jeeves and wooster, black adder, and a bit of fry and laurie. The cambridge footlights revue is an annual revue by the footlights club a group of comedy writerperformers at the university of cambridge. In this second installment of the author s ongoing autobiographical project, the british comedian tells the story of his student years at cambridge and early professional life at bbc radio and television. The term renaissance man gets tossed around too casually to say often without choking, but there are still brits of accomplishment who can try it onand it seems a good fit for stephen fry and. Oct 26, 2016 hugh laurie receives a coveted star on the hollywood walk of fame on tuesday, cementing his place among entertainments elite.
Shortlived sketch show which is notable today for early appearances by ben elton, dame emma thompson, stephen fry, and hugh laurie. Hear twas the night before christmas read by stephen fry. Stephen fry, in full stephen john fry, born august 24, 1957, london, england, british actor, comedian, author, screenwriter, and director, known especially for his virtuosic command and comical manipulation of the english languagein both speech and writing. He rose to fame alongside hugh laurie in a bit of fry and laurie which he cowrote with laurie and jeeves and wooster, and was unforgettable as general melchett in blackadder. The scripts for these sketches are available in the scriptbooks. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading focus. Three of the more notable revues are detailed below. All television episodes starred rowan atkinson as the antihero edmund blackadder and tony robinson as blackadders dogsbody, baldrick.
All british sketch shows are fighting for second place behind monty pythons flying circus. I had written roles for myself, john, hugh and dawn french. Actor and bestselling author fry s stephen fry in america, 2009, etc. Cambridges footlights is not the only breeding ground for. Other parts were played by ronnie corbett and julian holloway. Stephen fry books list of books by author stephen fry. The five surviving members of monty python have reunited for 10 dates at londons 15000seat o2 arena. The two of them were poking fun at a popular british television series of the 1970s where director john barton and the young actors of the royal shakespeare company, like ian mckellen, ben kingsley and judi dench, were put through their paces. Hugh laurie was born in oxford, england on june 11, 1959. Peter cook in great form, talking about derek and clive which is about to be rereleased, most people lightly drunk by the end. Stephen fry started his acting career in the 80s with the cellar tapes and continued his successful run with more television shows, such as theres nothing to worry about and alfresco. He immersed himself in the cambridge arts scene and joined the prestigious footlights club, which had also nurtured the comic talents of eric idle and john cleese. In his reading of twas the night before christmas just above, john cleese modernizes the story, freighting it with references to safety belts, flatscreen televisions, and apple computers and ending with santa claus captured by the father.
Oct 26, 2016 stephen fry paid tribute to hugh laurie as he was awarded a star on the hollywood walk of fame meanwhile, hugh, 57, confessed he felt incredibly lucky after being awarded with the prestigious. Stephen fry is the author of three previous novels and a memoir. Hugh lauries most popular book is great expectations. Originally broadcast only in the granada television area, it was refashioned as alfresco 1983 for national broadcasting. Hugh laurie has cowritten two comedy series for bbc television, a bit of fry and laurie. The legendary writer, actor, and comedian breathes life into ancient tales, from pandoras box to prometheuss fire, and transforms the adventures of zeus and the olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder.
Rowan atkinson, charlie chaplin, james corden, russell brand, stephen fry, hugh laurie, david walliams. I was frustrated by the tyranny of the punchline, john cleese recalled in the book monty python speaks. Hugh laurie has branded celebrities who turn down honours pompous. Nicole kidman is blown away by stephen frys intelligence. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Hosted by stephen fry, accompanied each week by hugh laurie, jim broadbent, emma thompson, and a selection of guests including phyllida law, robert bathurst, julia hills, and alison steadman, the show takes the form of a roundtable discussion, interspersed with sketches that veer tangentially from the sublime to the. Footlights has been running since 1883 and a huge number of come. High quality stephen fry inspired bags by independent artists and designers from around the world.
The complete collection dvd region 1 us import ntsc. You might just be going to hell at the hand of elbows guy garvey. As one half of the fry and laurie double act with his comedy partner, hugh laurie, he has appeared in a bit of fry and laurie and jeeves and wooster. Aug 20, 2010 hugh laurie and stephen fry present john cleese with a phoney award. It is the bits from the a bit of fry and laurie british comedy television show, season 1. John fry and peter laurie are harddriving, harddrinking executives who are always partners. Saturday live, volume 1 audiobook by stephen fry, hugh. It saved my health, my career and for a time at least my sanity. A brilliant african king, whose country is about to be stolen, rushes to england, tours the country, wins the people to his side, blackmails the colonial minister and confronts queen victoria at windsor. We go down each day to see the old fellow and get our new presents. If you like stephen fry, hugh laurie, or both, youll definitely want to read this. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Hugh laurie s most popular book is great expectations. Son of an olympic gold medallist in the sport, he rowed for the england youth team 1977 and for cambridge 1980. The irony is that the toffs were played by stephen fry, emma thompson and hugh laurie, all footlights stock, and all about to embark on more fabulously successful careers than any of the scumbag. With the help of classmate emma thompson, stephen fry and hugh laurie. Stephen fry was born in hampstead, london, to marianne eve newman and alan fry, a physicist and inventor. Stephen john fry is an english comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. But i remember stephen fry and hugh laurie, who did a couple of. It is like a script that you can read and perform the bits with your friends if you like. Stephen fry and hugh laurie reunite for oscar wilde family. Comedian john cleese loves germany and austria more than you.
Stephen fry and hugh laurie are reunited after their last take on a bit of fry and laurie enjoy the interviews, old clips and more. Stephen fry praises nipples too far apart hugh laurie for. More fool me stephen fry page 16 read online free books. Graham norton show s22e09 sir elton john, carey mulligan, stephen fry, robbie williams and pink duration. Stephen fry pays tribute to hugh laurie after hes awarded. The confusion may spring from the fact that hugh laurie and python members john cleese, eric idle and graham chapman were all members of the cambridge footlights theatre group. A very funny sketchshow with stephen fry and hugh laurie. Arrow a division of random house group november 1, 1990 language. In the 1980s he shared a house in london with hugh laurie.
See more ideas about hugh laurie, jeeves and wooster and comedians. Nov 25, 2010 stephen fry and hugh laurie are reunited after their last take on a bit of fry and laurie enjoy the interviews, old clips and more. Longtime friend and fellow actor stephen fry praises lauries. Anyway, hugh laurie had the affliction big time with paul schlesinger. Stuck in the middle of world war i, captain edmund blackadder does his best to escape the banality of the war. Peter cook in great form, talking about derek and clive which is about. Jan 30, 2009 the irony is that the toffs were played by stephen fry, emma thompson and hugh laurie, all footlights stock, and all about to embark on more fabulously successful careers than any of the scumbag. Comedy sketches written and performed by renowned duo stephen fry and hugh laurie. The show is based on the jeeves stories of author p. He made his film debut in the mid 80s with the film the good father, where he played a small role. Stephen fry born 24 august 1957 is an english actor, comedian and writer. A sketch called a small rewrite, performed by hugh laurie aka house as shakespeare and rowan aktinson aka mr bean as the editor. In the new book, fry, 51, will tell how, at cambridge, he became friends with fellow students hugh laurie, emma thompson, kenneth branagh, ben elton and tony slattery, and, abandoning his ambition. He was educated at eton and then selwyn college cambridge to read archaeology and anthropology.
I might hear some rebutts like oh but stephen fry s eye level is nearly equal with john cleese. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters. As part of a rainy day books author event, cleese will discuss his. Blackadder is a series of four bbc one pseudohistorical british sitcoms, plus several oneoff instalments, which originally aired from 19831989. Stephen fry is an awardwinning comedian, actor, presenter and director.
John cleese s eye level is actually slightly higher, and the top of his head is more than visibly higher than stephen fry. Coping with distressed young years, two school suspensions and three months of imprisonment for credit card fraud, fry ultimately surfaced as a popular english media personality, known for his outstanding performance in a. With rowan atkinson, tony robinson, stephen fry, hugh laurie. Miss thompson, who graduated from newnham college in 1981, famously attended the universitys fabled footlights society alongside fry, as well as actor hugh laurie. Fry first made a name for himself alongside fellow cambridge chum hugh laurie on popular british comedies like a bit of fry and laurie bbc2bbc1, 19891995, while also costarring opposite rowan atkinson in the blackadder series. While monthy python and the goodies were conquering the world, the footlights nurtured new geniuses, such as emma thompson, hugh laurie and stephen fry, who together with a few other students created the 1981 show the cellar tapes, which was broadcast on television in 1982. Stephen fry and hugh laurie have had a successful collaboration for over 30. Son of an olympic gold medallist in the sport, he rowed for the england youth team 1977 and for. With stephen fry, john cleese, john kani, cherie lunghi. Stephen fry and hugh laurie in a great, funny sendup of a shakespeare acting class. Fry and laurie have also appeared together in various television advertisements, interviews, audio books, and other projects. Nov 10, 2014 but i remember stephen fry and hugh laurie, who did a couple of successful sketch series for the bbc, they said. Actors and directors such as sir ian mckellen, eleanor bron, miriam margolyes, sir derek jacobi, sir michael redgrave, james mason, emma thompson, stephen fry, hugh laurie, john cleese, eric idle, graham chapman, graeme garden, tim brooketaylor, bill oddie, simon russell beale, tilda swinton, thandie newton, georgie henley, rachel weisz, sacha baron cohen, tom hiddleston, sara mohr. Most people in a good mood and seeming to enjoy it, even rowan managed to last to the end.
Hugh laurie and stephen fry present john cleese with a phoney award. The plasterers turned out to be paul whitehouse and charlie higson who were inspired by fry and laurie to have a go at comedy. Browse the independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on stephen fry. The star of blackadder and house and the longtime comic partner of stephen fry. Stephen john fry born 24 august 1957 is an english actor, comedian and writer. His maternal grandparents were hungarian jewish immigrants, while his fathers family was of english background.