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  A Bit of Fry and Laurie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Bit of Fry and Laurie was a British television series starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast by the BBC between 1989 and 1995.
The catchphrase 'Soupy Twist' was uttered by Fry at the end of each episode of series 3 and 4, and is believed to be a phrase from the language Strom, likely meaning 'cheers', invented by Fry and first used on his BBC Radio 4 series Saturday Night Fry.
John (Fry) and Peter (Laurie) are hard-driving, hard-drinking executives, with a different business in each episode, ranging from a health club to the Diocese of Uttoxeter (John as Bishop, Peter as Executive Vice-Bishop).
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 Fry and Laurie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fry and Laurie have appeared together in a promotional video for ICL to promote the Series 39 mainframes in the early 90s.
Fry's autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, makes a few references to Laurie (despite the fact that the book chronicles Fry's life before the pair met) and includes a picture of both Laurie and Fry engaged in a chess match in Fry's dorm room during their college years.
Fry's fourth novel, The Stars' Tennis Balls, is simply dedicated to "M'Colleague" - "M'Colleague" being the sobriquet Fry and Laurie began using during the fourth season of A Bit of Fry and Laurie to refer to each other as.
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 Stephen Fry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fry was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Alan Fry, an English scientist, and Marianne Neumann who was an Austrian homemaker.
Fry was the last ever person awarded the title of Pipe Smoker of the Year before the award's discontinuation for legal reasons.
Fry claims to have bought the first Apple Macintosh computer sold in the UK (the second one was bought by Fry's friend Douglas Adams).
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 Hugh Laurie - Wikipedia Light!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Laurie was born and raised in Oxford, where he attended the Dragon School a renowned British "public" college preparatory school located in Oxford, England (also attended by actress Emma Watson, tennis player Tim Henman, and actor Jack Davenport).
Fry and Laurie formed a comedic double act in the BBC series A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and starred in the television series Jeeves and Wooster, an adaptation of P.
Laurie played Jeeves' employer, the amiable twit Bertie Wooster, a role for which his talent as a pianist and singer came in handy alongside his celebrated 'posh' voice.
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Fry has been in about a dozen films, written several books and has starred in more than two dozen British television shows.
Fry grew up in Norfolk, England, where he attended the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology before going on to teach English, history and French at a prep school.
While Fry's start came on the stage, it has been his work in movies that's brought him more pleasure as an actor.
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 A Bit of Hugh Laurie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Lanky comedy actor Hugh Laurie has been a familiar presence on British TV in everything from Blackadder to Jeeves and Wooster, and now is carving out a career in motion pictures.
He and Fry continued their partnership, bringing P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster to television for ITV in 1990, with Laurie as clueless Bertie Wooster, and Fry as his ever-knowing butler Jeeves.
Laurie held his own and it was riveting stuff watching him be a one-man self-destruction unit.
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 Classic TV & Movie Hits - Hugh Laurie
Fry and Laurie had several series of their own as a double act, as well as starring in the television series Jeeves and Wooster, an adaptation of P. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories.
Laurie played Jeeves' employer, the amiable twit Bertie Wooster, a role for which his talent as a pianist and singer came in handy.
However, like Fry, Laurie has branched out into a solo career as an actor in both comic roles (such as the Blackadder series with Rowan Atkinson as Prince George and Lieutenant George) and also had more serious roles, such as his parts in the films, Peter's Friends and Sense and Sensibility.
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 Bio for Stephen Fry on MSN Movies
Since beginning his creative partnership with Hugh Laurie in 1981, Fry has become a fixture on British television with programs such as A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.
Fry and Laurie began their collaboration in 1981, performing Footlights revues at various venues around Great Britain, including the Edinburgh Festival, and doing a three month tour of Australia.
Meanwhile, Fry was also gaining recognition for his columns for The Daily Telegraph, as well as a certain amount of notoriety for various well-publicized statements he made in the press.
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He and Fry were also given a chance to do their own series and came up with "A Bit Of Fry & Laurie," which during its run introduced viewers to Gordon and Stewart, Spies, many amusing Vox Pop and even a few musical cocktails.
This was basically a two man show with very few outside guest stars, but Fry and Laurie made it sparkle because of their superb writing and ability to create characters.
Laurie is utterly charming as Bertie, who lives in fear of his Aunt Agatha and whose butt is constantly being saved by his butler Jeeves, played to perfection by Stephen Fry.
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 Ben Elton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He became a stand-up comedian and comedy writer shortly after leaving university in 1980, and was a central figure in the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s.
In 1980 he wrote and appeared in Granada Television's sketch show Alfresco, which was also notable for early appearances by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane but which received poor ratings.
It starred Hugh Laurie and featured the voice of Stephen Fry.
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 Jeeves and Wooster Page
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry's performances in Clive Exton's adaptations are as radical a cleaning as any classic has had on television, and the results are as striking as anything the National Gallery has done to Bronzino....it is the brilliantly applied realism of ITV's new series which restores Wodehouse to the realm of pure comedy.
Some additional quotes from TV program listings for the first series: "roles (Fry and Laurie) were born to play"; "brought delightfully to life by (Fry and Laurie)"; "marvellous performances"; "Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are in superlative form"; "brilliant interpretations"; "a splendidly inept Wooster"; "Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie excel".
The Stephen Fry- Hugh Laurie partnership is, of course, the cornerstone and as with David Suchet's Poirot, it is hard to think that the roles have been better cast.
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 Hugh Laurie Photos - Hugh Laurie News - Hugh Laurie Information
More Pictures James Hugh Calum Laurie was born on June 11, 1959, the youngest of four children of Dr. William George Ranald Mundell and Patricia Laurie.
Laurie explained his thoughts regarding the before and after of his skyrocketing success by admitting, "Well, I wasn't factoring in the brilliance of these writers and the overwhelming generosity of you Americans.
Hugh Laurie plays a sexually frustrated, red-tape wrapped GP Paul Slippery in a six-part comedy drama adapted by Nigel Williams from his bawdy novel set in the west London suburb of Putney.
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 Stephen Fry
Fry's father was a physicist and inventor, and his mother and her Jewish family had immigrated to England prior to World War II.
It was she who introduced Fry to his long-time comic partner Hugh Laurie, who was Thompson's boyfriend at the time.
Fry & Laurie have also appeared in other British shows, including Jeeves and Wooster, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Fortysomething, two TV incarnations of Blackadder, and a long list of TV specials and movies.
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 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Laurie is a well-known comedic actor in England, he co-wrote and starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and was on Blackadder for three seasons.
Hugh Laurie: As an actor, the character I'm playing is separate from me but of course you can't help bits of yourself creeping in or bits of the character creeping into yourself.
Laurie, your new show rocks :D I know this might sound fan-girlish, but my flatmates and I are curious if there will ever be a romance between Dr. House and Dr. Cameron.
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 Biography of Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in London, England.
It was during this time that he met Hugh Laurie, with whom he was to form a prolific writing partnership and appear with in the legendary Cambridge Footlights University Club.
Stephen Fry came top in a Radio Times poll of their readers on whom they thought were the smartest people on TV.
www.biogs.com /famous/frystephen.html   (477 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are perfect in their roles and now when I read the stories I picture them.
Fry and Laurie did an outstanding job of making Jeeve and Wooster come to life, even though I did originally think that Fry was too young to play Jeeves and Laurie was too old to play Bertie.
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are perfect for their roles and they capture the Wodehouse stories perfectly.
www.jumptheshark.com /j/jeevesandwooster.htm   (4163 words)

  
 Fry & Laurie - TV Programs Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
The series ‘A Bit Of Fry and Laurie’ showcased their unique talents which individually and collectively are enormous.
Criminally, Fry & Laurie (as a comedy duo, at least) are currently languishing in the world of repeats on Paramount Comedy.
Criminally, because A Bit of Fry & Laurie is one of the best sketch shows of the last thirty years.
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 Hugh Laurie - CinemaReview.com....Cast/Crew
HUGH LAURIE (Gutsy) emerged from the 1981 Cambridge University Footlights revue “The Cellar Tapes” along with Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson.
Laurie is currently playing the titular role in the US television series “House,” for which he has received great acclaim.
Four volumes of “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” scripts have been published by Mandarin, and his novel, “The Gunseller,” was published in the UK and the US to great success and has been adapted into a screenplay.
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 Fry, (Edwin) Maxwell - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Fry, (Edwin) Maxwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
He was a pioneer of the Modern Movement in Britain.
Fry worked in partnership with Walter Gropius 1934–36, and with Denys Lasdun (among others) 1951–58.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 screenonline: Laurie, Hugh (1959-) Biography
The modestly self-deprecating Hugh Laurie ("There are so many brilliant actors around that one more twit like me joining the back of the queue seems completely unnecessary") has developed from one half of the successful comedy partnership with
Born and raised in Oxford and educated at Eton, Laurie, the son of a rowing gold medallist, kept up the family tradition by representing Cambridge in the 1980 boat race.
Two of Laurie's successful recurring characters were Yuppie Peter and the bland MI5 agent Tony Mercheson.
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 A Bit of Fry and Laurie Cast Pictures - A Bit of Fry and Laurie Cast and Crew - TV.com
James Hugh Calum Laurie was born on June 11, 1959, the youngest of four children of Dr. William George Ranald Mundell and Patricia Laurie.
According to IMDb, Stephen Fry was born 24 August 1957 in Hampstead, London, England.
The second son of Alan and Marianne Fry, Stephen did not show any signs of what was later to be his undoing until aprox age 12, when his Headmaster,Ant...
www.tv.com /a-bit-of-fry-and-laurie/show/12013/cast.html   (165 words)

  
 Fox Broadcasting Company: House
On the big screen, Laurie was in the 20th Century Fox release "Flight of the Phoenix" opposite Dennis Quaid.
Four volumes of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" scripts have been published by Mandarin, and his first novel, "The Gun Seller," was published in both the UK and the U.S. to critical acclaim and has been adapted into a screenplay for MGM.
Laurie was educated at Eton and Cambridge University, where he took a degree in Anthropology.
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 Not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be - A bit of Fry, no Laurie
Here’s the majority of the cutting-room-floor material from my interview with Stephen Fry.
Still, this collection of cut question-and-response sets is almost as long as the interview we actually ran, so perhaps it'll do for now.
Fry must have been an absolute pleasure to interview.
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 YouTube - A Bit of Fry and Laurie-The Polite Rap
Fry and Laurie as Tony and Control 1
Fry and Laurie as Tony and Control 2
Fry and Laurie as Tony and Control 3
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 BBC - Comedy Guide - A Bit Of Fry And Laurie
Stephen Fry was born in 1957, Hugh Laurie in 1959; they met in the early 1980s when both at Cambridge.
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie was a witty and sophisticated entertainment of consistent high quality, with an old-fashioned revue-type atmosphere and oddly 'British' sketches that rejoiced in literary turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay.
The delicate innuendos, coupled with Fry's ability to suggest hidden meanings in everyday phrases, gave the impression that bubbling below the innocent surface were lewd undercurrents threatening to burst through, although they never did.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/b/bitoffryandlauri_7770745.shtml   (355 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Fry and Laurie set for Sherlock
Comedy duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are set to reunite to play Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in a one-off drama for ITV1.
Fry, who is known to be a keen Sherlock fan, will play the Victorian detective, with Laurie as his loyal sidekick.
Laurie has made a successful transition to Hollywood with the Stuart Little films - but failed to impress in last year's ITV drama Fortysomething.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3583165.stm   (306 words)

  
 "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" (1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Monty Python's footballing philosophers sketch is a good example of the painful varsity guff that has been a part of British TV and radio right up until today's 'League of Gentlemen'.
For example, in mentioning the town 'Utoxeter' Fry and Laurie are able to throw the audience completely.
It's this kind of circular thinking that Fry and Laurie spend most of their time exploiting while also chucking in TV show pastiche, songs and quite a few traditional 'shop sketches' that simply leave Monty Python wheezing on the touch-line.
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 About Hugh Laurie from House
Hugh Laurie was educated at Eton and Cambridge University, where he took a degree in anthropology.
Laurie's film credits include "Peter's Friends," directed by Kenneth Branagh, "Sense and Sensibility" with Emma Thompson, "Cousin Bette" with Jessica Lange, "The Man in the Iron Mask," "101 Dalmatians," "Stuart Little" and "Stuart Little 2" with Geena Davis, and the upcoming 20th Century Fox release "Flight of the Phoenix" with Dennis Quaid.
In addition to acting, Laurie has directed television programs and commercials, composed and recorded numerous original songs and written articles for London's The Daily Telegraph.
www.wvah.com /programs/house/hughlaurie.shtml   (283 words)

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