Grandma’s Tales

April 6, 2007

Grammar – Have you heard (of) Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie?

Filed under: Language — Geeta Padmanabhan @ 11:36 am

 Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie met when they were in Cambridge. They thought they could do a comedy act together. They both write and act and decided to put together programmes – double acts – on radio and British television. Their double acts were hugely successful in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In these shows, they exchange views, make comments, pass critical remarks – all through the medium of comedy. Their lampooning of what they see around them has kept scores of audiences in splits.
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. Running for four series, it totalled 26 episodes (including a 35 minute special in 1987).
Check out this one for their opinion on the English language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw

300px-frylaurie.jpg    Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry

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