A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989)

Name: A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Rating: 7.9

TV-MA — Mature Audiences

Rating: 7.9

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Synopsis

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

First Air Date: 1989-01-13

Last Air Date: 1995-04-02

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 25

Created By: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

Networks: BBC One, BBC Two

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Stephen Fry as N/A
Hugh Laurie as N/A
Deborah Norton as N/A
Dimitri Andreas as N/A
Daniel Thorndike as N/A
Camille Coduri as N/A
John Bird as N/A
Clive Mantle as N/A
Janine Duvitski as N/A
Rowan Atkinson as N/A

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: SAS (1989-01-13)

Fry as a put upon headmaster and Laurie as a Puritanical parent who wants to exchange his 'soiled' son kicks off the premiere episode. Useful tips for making poetry convenient is followed by a bookshop in which all the books have been edited for greater British glory. Laurie turns in a great performance as a fraudulent psychic, and the duo round out the episode with description of a censored sketch and its boorish replacement.
Ep. 2: America (1989-01-20)

Fry is an information stand attendant who knows too much. A man whose last name is the sound of a cigarette lighter dropping on a desk tries to file a police report. A cad of a talk show host gets his desserts. We meet the very pleasant and expositional commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant. The episode ends with an aerobic workout for hands, and a very dramatic corporate takeover.
Ep. 3: Doctor Tobacco (1989-01-27)

Fry steals Laurie's brain as a practical joke, but Laurie never notices. A pleasant Greek lunch is spoiled by Laurie's insecurity and lack of self-esteem. A tobacconist posing as a doctor prescribes cigarettes. The commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant are back for a chat. Two unwavering detectives demand to know the whereabouts of an unmarried woman's husband.
Ep. 4: Trouser Competition (1989-02-03)

An episode rife with controversy: several of the sketches are canceled after an audience member demands they are his stolen intellectual property. A teen poet helps his headmaster to accept the head's own repressed longing to express himself in metaphor. The polite M.I.5 boys return, and a young entrepreneur is denied a bank loan for his drug operation. Fry names his nipples, and, with Laurie's help, tells us how a floppy hat can save you from being killed by a bus.
Ep. 5: Christening (1989-02-10)

As a service to the public, Fry and Laurie provide two TV critics to deride the show. A lesbian-obsessed lawyer, a miserable English teacher, and a young couple who baptize their infant for business reasons provide plenty of fodder for the critics' self-absorbed rambling. As an added bonus, Laurie walks us through his very favorite sketch, and, with Fry's help, celebrates Swiss week.
Ep. 6: Marjorie's Fall (1989-02-17)

A waiter keeps interrupting the punchline of a joke and a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.