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A Bit of Fry and Laurie - The Complete Collection... Every Bit!

starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

: A Bit of Fry and Laurie - The Complete Collection... Every Bit!
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051403322
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 767 minutes
Sales Rank: 11320
Studio: BBC Warner



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Product Description:
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are best known outside of their native U.K. for the various acting roles they've taken in major productions. In Fry's case big-screen roles in WILDE and PETER'S FRIENDS helped establish his name. In Laurie's case the hit TV show HOUSE made him a firm favorite with American audiences. They are also known and loved for their joint turn in the irreverent comedy JEEVES & WOOSTER. But U.K. viewers first warmed to their talents at the tail end of the 1980s with A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE. The show is composed of a quick-fire selection of sketches interspersed with Fry and Laurie donning various silly guises and being interviewed as if they were ordinary members of the public who have been asked to air their views on a hot topic of the day. The writing and performances are still as fresh as when the shows first aired and demonstrate both the quick-witted nature of the pair and their reluctance to pander to their audience. The first four seasons of the hugely influential show are included here.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 794051403322 Manufacturer No: E4033

Amazon.com:
If terms like 'pimhole' and 'lesbotic tendencies' reduce you to a fit of giggles, you've already discovered the daffy pleasures of Fry and Laurie. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have gone on to other successes in film and television (not only did they gain acclaim and adoration as the title characters of Jeeves & Wooster, Laurie has become a household name in the U.S. as the star of House), but their comedy collaborations from the 1980s and '90s have earned them a place in the pantheon of British humor, somewhere between Monty Python and Ricky Gervais. They specialize in 'linguistic elasticity,' amazing flights of verbal lunacy ranging from overwrought poetry criticism to inventing their own swearwords to protest censorship. A Bit of Fry & Laurie: The Complete Collection... Every Bit! includes all four Fry & Laurie seasons, broadcast between 1987 and 1995. Conservatism is a regular target--an early sketch about a father protesting his son being taught biology is startlingly current--but politics generally takes a back seat to ridiculousness. Fry impersonates Michael Jackson; a doctor prescribes cigarettes; an exceedingly gracious jewelry salesman woos a customer with candied sweets; Fry and Laurie, with righteous indignation, castigate their audience for laughing at serious matters like alcoholism and genital fungus. The fourth series isn't as inspired, overall, but it does feature sparkling moments, such as a version of It's a Wonderful Life starring Rupert Murdoch. Armed with a startling array of false facial hair (and, as the seasons progress, an increasing amount of drag), Fry and Laurie introduce notions like screaming lettuce, a synchronized losing team, and the Omar Sharif Comedy Hour. It's divine silliness; any fan of British comedy will delight in 'Every Bit' of Fry and Laurie. --Bret Fetzer



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - More Than A Bit Funny
If you like British humor, this pair does a wonderful job of keeping you laughing. I still find it ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Gets better as it goes along, but many of the jokes and skits are, I think, parodies of British TV ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fry and Laurie - Absolutely Perfect
I purchased this DVD box set after reading the scripts for this series. It does not disappoint. If ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great show, but a bit pricey
Overall, this show is very enjoyable. Some sketches are really silly and so absured (Derek Nippl-e, ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Jeeves & Wooster It Isn't
For those used to the brilliant writing of either Jeeves & Wooster or House M.D., this series will ... Read More

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