I picked up the complete A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE the end of last week, and though I've only gotten through a couple of episodes, I've got to say this is pretty funny stuff. Definitely worth net-flixing if you've never seen any. I've got friends who are huge HOUSE fans I need to show this to because they've never really seen Hugh Laurie in anything else, and it's an amazing thing to see where he came from.
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Frankenbuddha - Oct 23, 2007 6:46:52 am PDT #256 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ailleann - Oct 23, 2007 6:56:23 am PDT #257 of 8624
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
never really seen Hugh Laurie in anything else
A fun way to screw with House fans is to show them some Blackadder.
askye - Oct 23, 2007 6:56:26 am PDT #258 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
They also have to see his BlackAdder episodes. Those are hysterical and so very different from House.
Did anyone watch HIMYM last night? The ads kept showing Crazy Hot girl, but it was more about how everyone met. I particularly liked the Marshall and Ted tricked Barney, and the sandwich running gag.
Daisy Jane - Oct 23, 2007 8:05:44 am PDT #259 of 8624
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I picked up the complete A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE the end of last week
JEALOUS!
Kevin - Oct 23, 2007 8:07:22 am PDT #260 of 8624
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
You know what really fucked with my head? Seeing House. (I'm very British).
Frankenbuddha - Oct 23, 2007 10:08:37 am PDT #261 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You know what really fucked with my head? Seeing House.
Tell me about it. When they started doing promos for HOUSE, I knew HL looked familiar, but I didn't quite place him, so when they mentioned his name, my head exploded. If you had told me 5 years ago that Hugh Laurie was going to be a huge network star/sex symbol as an American misanthropic junkie doctor, I don't know which part of the equation would have made me laugh harder. Not that I didn't think he had the talent; I just never would have imagined it happening in a million years.
Several years ago (pre-House), a couple of years in a row, we did these seminars at work emphasizing customer service (particularly internal customer service). They showed one of the films from John Cleese's training film company, and this one had Hugh Laurie as an officious hotel manager. I think I was one of a handful of people here who recognized him. We wouldn't be able to show it now, because everybody would be so distracted by "Is that House? He's British?" to pay any attention.
Laga - Oct 23, 2007 2:23:34 pm PDT #262 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I need to watch Blackadder again.
Ailleann - Oct 23, 2007 4:15:27 pm PDT #263 of 8624
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
No, he was in the third and fourth series.
Laga - Oct 23, 2007 4:22:35 pm PDT #264 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yeah I just looked it up. I was thinking of Hugh Laurie in the Rik Mayall role. It never even registered with me that he was in the regular cast.
Dana - Oct 24, 2007 8:58:02 am PDT #265 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."