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Currently, Fry and Laurie have started working together again on an adaptation of Creator/OscarWilde's ''Literature/TheCantervilleGhost''. Both have also recently stated that they are definitely considering making a fifth series. But both are, however, also reluctant to commit to any specific promises.
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* "Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie": One VoxPop features a woman played by Fry sticking her head out from behind the curtain of a photobooth and exclaiming "Excuse me, can't seem to find the flush."
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* "Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie": MistakenForToilet: One VoxPop features a woman played by Fry sticking her head out from behind the curtain of a photobooth and exclaiming "Excuse me, can't seem to find the flush."
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* "Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie": One VoxPop features a woman played by Fry sticking her head out from behind the curtain of a photobooth and exclaiming "Excuse me, can't seem to find the flush."
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: "The Duel" sketch. Hugh's character is given the choice of weapons: sword or pistol. He chooses sword, so the referee hands him the sword-- then ''hands Stephen's character the pistol''. Hugh protests that this isn't what he meant, then [[HilarityEnsues silliness ensues]] as they try to figure out a way to make the fight fair since those are the only weapons they have.
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: "The Duel" sketch. Hugh's character is given the choice of weapons: sword or pistol. He chooses sword, so the referee hands him the sword-- then ''hands Stephen's character the pistol''. Hugh protests that this isn't what he meant, then [[HilarityEnsues silliness ensues]] ensues as they try to figure out a way to make the fight fair since those are the only weapons they have.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* In "Society", where Stephen and Hugh try to get a woman (Anne Reid) to join their society in spite of having no idea what it's for or why it exists, Hugh's character has the tic of constantly talking under Stephen's remarks and slightly rephrasing what he's saying, sometimes as semi-gibberish.
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* VerbalTic: In "Society", where Stephen and Hugh try to get a woman (Anne Reid) to join their society in spite of having no idea what it's for or why it exists, Hugh's character has the tic of constantly talking under Stephen's remarks and slightly rephrasing what he's saying, sometimes as semi-gibberish.
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--'''Stephen''': A society for people who can't / stand here talking all day!
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* In "Society", where Stephen and Hugh try to get a woman (Anne Reid) to join their society in spite of having no idea what it's for or why it exists, Hugh's character has the tic of constantly talking under Stephen's remarks and slightly rephrasing what he's saying, sometimes as semi-gibberish.
-->'''Stephen''': Now that's a / good idea!
-->'''Hugh''': ... Ah, now, that, yes.
--'''Stephen''': A society for people who can't / stand here talking all day!
-->'''Hugh''': ... They can't stand here talking all day and all night.
-->'''Stephen''': I mean when you think of the people who ring on your bell.
-->'''Hugh''': ... Knock on your bell, yes.
-->'''Stephen''': Like Jehovah's / Witnesses.
-->'''Hugh''': ... Well there are witnesses to the Jehovah's incident.
-->'''Stephen''': Charity / collectors, estate agents, small boys wanting their ball back.
-->'''Hugh''': ... Charity collectors, estate agents, another group... small boys whose ball's accidentally gone over your fence back...
-->'''Stephen''': Now that's a / good idea!
-->'''Hugh''': ... Ah, now, that, yes.
--'''Stephen''': A society for people who can't / stand here talking all day!
-->'''Hugh''': ... They can't stand here talking all day and all night.
-->'''Stephen''': I mean when you think of the people who ring on your bell.
-->'''Hugh''': ... Knock on your bell, yes.
-->'''Stephen''': Like Jehovah's / Witnesses.
-->'''Hugh''': ... Well there are witnesses to the Jehovah's incident.
-->'''Stephen''': Charity / collectors, estate agents, small boys wanting their ball back.
-->'''Hugh''': ... Charity collectors, estate agents, another group... small boys whose ball's accidentally gone over your fence back...
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* BaitAndSwitch: Done when Stephen has shot Hugh after Hugh was performing a particularly annoying song. Stephen quickly shifts into presenting a tribute to "the late Hugh Laurie", complete with testimonials from other actors and friends. Creator/RowanAtkinson delivers it:
-->'''Rowan Atkinson''': [''fondly''] He was dangerous. Such a '''dangerous''' actor. One never knew what he was going to do next. [''pause, dismissively''] Hugh Laurie, on the other hand, was about the dullest man I've ever met.
-->'''Rowan Atkinson''': [''fondly''] He was dangerous. Such a '''dangerous''' actor. One never knew what he was going to do next. [''pause, dismissively''] Hugh Laurie, on the other hand, was about the dullest man I've ever met.
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* AsideGlance: In Hugh's "Protest Song", every time he gets to the bit where he has to sing exactly what it is that everyone must do (which he hasn't worked out, so he just mumbles instead), he gives one of these to the camera.
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-->'''Stephen''': ''(offering Hugh a couple of)'' Plums?
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-->'''Stephen''': ''(offering [''offering Hugh a couple of)'' of''] Plums?
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* StylisticSuck: Played for laughs in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkNjyOrpmo "hedge sketch"]]. Stephen, playing a shop attendant, introduces it in a very formal way. Hugh plays a customer who wants to buy a hedge. He walks up to Stephen and says "Hello, I'd like to buy a hedge, please," and Stephen replies with what should have been the opening line, "Good morning, sir, how can I help you?" They go on like this with the lines persistently in the wrong order, until they both realise that they've blundered and the sketch grinds to a halt. So they start again, this time with the lines in the right order, until Stephen asks "A hedge? Certainly, sir, what sort of hedge would you like?" and Hugh replies with what should have been Stephen's next line "Well, we have three sorts, sir: we have the Royal, the Imperial and the Standard hedge." As he does so, he and Stephen that realises Hugh's now saying Stephen's lines. Stephen doggedly goes on saying Hugh's lines, and they swap places, which works ''sort of'' okay until Hugh rings down to the stockroom to see if they have the right hedge in stock, and when Stephen, playing the stockroom employee, answers "We've got one left," Hugh says (as the customer) "Right, I'll take it then." They swap places ''again'', and Stephen (once again playing the shop attendant) tells Hugh that they've got one left. Hugh replies "Cash, if you don't mind," and Stephen automatically asks him how he would like to pay, before they both realise that once again, they've got the lines in the wrong order. So they start the sketch all over again and play it immense speed without making a mistake, only to get to the end--and realise that there's no punchline. A [[OverlyLongGag comically awkward silence ensues]].
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* StylisticSuck: Played for laughs in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkNjyOrpmo "hedge sketch"]]. Stephen, playing a shop attendant, introduces it in a very formal way. Hugh plays a customer who wants to buy a hedge. He walks up to Stephen and says "Hello, I'd like to buy a hedge, please," and Stephen replies with what should have been the opening line, "Good morning, sir, how can I help you?" They go on like this with the lines persistently in the wrong order, until they both realise that they've blundered and the sketch grinds to a halt. So they start again, this time with the lines in the right order, until Stephen asks asks, "A hedge? Certainly, sir, what sort of hedge would you like?" and Hugh replies with what should have been Stephen's next line line, "Well, we have three sorts, sir: we have the Royal, the Imperial and the Standard hedge." As he does so, he and Stephen realise that realises Hugh's now saying Stephen's lines. Stephen doggedly goes on saying Hugh's lines, and they physically swap places, which works ''sort of'' okay until Hugh rings down to the stockroom to see if they have the right hedge in stock, and when Stephen, playing the stockroom employee, answers "We've got one left," Hugh says (as the customer) "Right, I'll take it then." They swap places ''again'', and Stephen (once again playing the shop attendant) tells Hugh that they've got one left. Hugh replies "Cash, if you don't mind," and Stephen automatically asks him how he would like to pay, before they both realise that once again, they've got the lines in the wrong order. So they start the sketch all over again and play it immense speed without making a mistake, only to get to the end--and realise that there's no punchline. A [[OverlyLongGag comically awkward silence ensues]].
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* StylisticSuck: Played for laughs in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkNjyOrpmo "hedge sketch"]]. Stephen, playing a shop attendant, introduces it in a very formal way. Hugh plays a customer who wants to buy a hedge. He walks up to Stephen and says "Hello, I'd like to buy a hedge, please," and Stephen replies with what should have been the opening line, "Good morning, sir, how can I help you?" They go on like this with the lines persistently in the wrong order, until they both realise that they've blundered and the sketch grinds to a halt. So they start again, this time with the lines in the right order, until Stephen asks "A hedge? Certainly, sir, what sort of hedge would you like?" and Hugh replies with what should have been Stephen's next line "Well, we have three sorts, sir: we have the Royal, the Imperial and the Standard hedge." As he does so, he and Stephen that realises Hugh's now saying Stephen's lines. Stephen doggedly goes on saying Hugh's lines, and they swap places, which works ''sort of'' okay until Hugh rings down to the stockroom to see if they have the right hedge in stock, and when Stephen, playing the stockroom employee, answers "We've got one left," Hugh says (as the customer) "Right, I'll take it then." They swap places ''again'', and Stephen (once again playing the shop attendant) tells Hugh that they've got one left. Hugh replies "Cash, if you don't mind," and Stephen automatically asks him how he would like to pay, before they both realise that once again, they've got the lines in the wrong order. So they start the sketch all over again and play it immense speed without making a mistake, only to get to the end--and realise that there's no punchline. A [[OverlyLongGag comically awkward silence ensues]].
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They got together in 2010 for a documentary special, ''Fry and Laurie Reunited'', where they reminisced about their friendship and career, interspersed with tributes from colleagues and friends.
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* AffectionateNickname: "M'colleague" is the term they each use about each other. The 2010 documentary special ''Fry and Laurie Reunited'', together with occasional book prefaces, shows that they use it about each other in real life.
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* SickeninglySweet: The awful dog owner in the vet sketch is disgustingly twee in all his speech patterns (he's the tommy-toe guy). When Hugh's character tries to shut up his inane prattle by saying he's there to have his cat put down due to liver cancer, Stephen only takes a beat before baby-talking to the cat about ''cancie-wancie''. [[spoiler:No wonder his dog is there to have him put down.]]
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* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[invoked]] The awful dog owner in the vet sketch is disgustingly twee in all his speech patterns (he's the tommy-toe guy). When Hugh's character tries to shut up his inane prattle by saying he's there to have his cat put down due to liver cancer, Stephen only takes a beat before baby-talking to the cat about ''cancie-wancie''. [[spoiler:No wonder his dog is there to have him put down.]]
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* HaveAGayOldTime: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtaPaQwSQPA Parodied]] in a sketch where Stephen and Hugh complain that "gay" used to be such a lovely word, but it's now ruined... then say the same about other words like "poofy", "arse bandit" and even "homosexual".
-->'''Hugh:''' But now, of course...\\
-->'''Hugh:''' But now, of course...\\
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtaPaQwSQPA Parodied]] in a sketch where Stephen and Hugh complain that "gay" used to be such a lovely word, but it's now ruined... then say the same about other words like "poofy", "arse bandit" and even "homosexual".
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtaPaQwSQPA Parodied]] in a sketch where Stephen and Hugh complain that "gay" used to be such a lovely word, but it's now ruined... then say the same about other words like "poofy", "arse bandit" and even "homosexual".
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** In a Vox Pop segment, a woman talks about the fact that her parents named her 'Gay', which didn't have the connotations back then that it does now. The punchline is that she's had her name changed by deed poll -- to 'Rampantly Homosexual'.
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* TheMaidenNameDebate: Spoofed in a Vox Pop segment where a woman says that of course she took her husband's name when she married... she used to be Mary Patterson, but now she's Neil Patterson.
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* ReReleaseSoundtrack: The TV version of the ''Countdown'' sketch uses the actual ''Countdown'' think music, but the DVD replaces this with a generic piece.
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** The final sketch of Series 1 (officially known as "The Duel", but better known as "Tony of Plymouth") originally featured the theme from the 1940 film ''The Sky Hawk'' over the duel. It could not be cleared for the DVD release, so stock library music was pasted over it (with the unfortunate effect of making most of the dialogue inaudible).
** The TV version of the ''Countdown'' sketch uses the actual ''Countdown'' think music, but the DVD replaces this with a generic piece.
** The final sketch of Series 1 (officially known as "The Duel", but better known as "Tony of Plymouth") originally featured the theme from the 1940 film ''The Sky Hawk'' over the duel. It could not be cleared for the DVD release, so stock library music was pasted over it (with the unfortunate effect of making most of the dialogue inaudible).
** The TV version of the ''Countdown'' sketch uses the actual ''Countdown'' think music, but the DVD replaces this with a generic piece.
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The first three series were broadcast on Creator/{{BBC}}2 between 1989 and 1992, and were well-received. The fourth series was shown on [=BBC1=] in early 1995. It had been recorded whilst Stephen Fry was simultaneously preparing for his West End debut (in Simon Gray's ''Cell Mates''), and a combination of the extra workload and poor reviews for his stage performance led to Fry having a nervous breakdown and fleeing to Belgium. The series met with mixed reviews and the show was not renewed.
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The first three series were broadcast on Creator/{{BBC}}2 between 1989 and 1992, and were well-received. The fourth series was shown on [=BBC1=] in early 1995.1995, and was a {{Retool}} with each episode featuring a special guest. It had been recorded whilst Stephen Fry was simultaneously preparing for his West End debut (in Simon Gray's ''Cell Mates''), and a combination of the extra workload and poor reviews for his stage performance led to Fry having a nervous breakdown and fleeing to Belgium. The series met with mixed reviews and the show was not renewed.
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* SoapWithinAShow: The [[Series/{{Neighbours}} suspiciously familiar]] Australian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV3tfauw3vQ&feature=related soap opera]]. While it starts as a standard parody of daytime soaps with bad acting, overwrought plots and confusing relationships between the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, it quickly evolves into something downright surreal.
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* SoapWithinAShow: The [[Series/{{Neighbours}} suspiciously familiar]] Australian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV3tfauw3vQ&feature=related soap opera]]. While it starts as a standard parody of daytime soaps with bad acting, overwrought plots and confusing relationships between the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, numerous characters, it quickly evolves into something downright surreal.
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* VoxPops: One of the classic comedy uses, several times in each episode between sketches. Featured either Fry or Laurie [[HollywoodDressCode dressed as an easily recognizable British stereotype]] and saying something dirty ("Well, I'm aroused every morning by a very insistent cock"), satirical ("I was beaten as a child and it didn't do me any harm!" ''[slaps self]'') a play on words ("So I just told him to stuff it!... but he said it had been dead too long"), or just a non-sequitur ("They've got hotter pavements, I know that").
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* VoxPops: One of the classic comedy uses, several times in each episode between sketches. Featured either Fry or Laurie [[HollywoodDressCode [[StockCostumeTraits dressed as an easily recognizable British stereotype]] and saying something dirty ("Well, I'm aroused every morning by a very insistent cock"), satirical ("I was beaten as a child and it didn't do me any harm!" ''[slaps self]'') a play on words ("So I just told him to stuff it!... but he said it had been dead too long"), or just a non-sequitur ("They've got hotter pavements, I know that").
