Episode #4.5

Name: Episode #4.5
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1995-03-12
Duration: 28 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Phyllida Law

Episode aired Mar 12, 1995
TV-PGTV-PG
28min

S4.E5

In a parody of the Oprah Winfrey show a woman confesses her problems with low self-esteem and receives a pointless round of applause. Guests Stephen Moore and Phyllida Law join in some of th... Read allIn a parody of the Oprah Winfrey show a woman confesses her problems with low self-esteem and receives a pointless round of applause. Guests Stephen Moore and Phyllida Law join in some of the sketches including a dilemma with a wasps nest.In a parody of the Oprah Winfrey show a woman confesses her problems with low self-esteem and receives a pointless round of applause. Guests Stephen Moore and Phyllida Law join in some of the sketches including a dilemma with a wasps nest.

7.6/10

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Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- TV-PG
Parents guide
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Trivia
Stars Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry had previously done sketch comedy with guest star Phyllida Law's daughter Emma Thompson, when the three of them were students in the Cambridge Footlights theatrical club. This included the Cambridge Footlights Revue (1982) TV special.

Goofs
In the final sketch, after Stephen Fry brings the tray of cocktails over to the piano and serves his three companions, the sound of broken glass is heard as Fry's glass breaks off-screen. The actors' reactions, including Fry's startlement and Phyllida Law breaking into wild laughter, indicate that Fry accidentally broke the glass.

Quotes
Various Characters: [Hugh Laurie as a woman being interviewed on the street] You know, these, these, uh, these... they just come over here and sponge, don't they, you know, these queers, these, these sponging queers come over here and sign on the dole.
Various Characters: [she pauses, thinking] Or is that black people? I get so confused sometimes. I was hit on the head as a child, you see.

Connections
References Blue Peter (1958)

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7/10

"God Save the Quens!"

After the weak first two episodes of season 4, "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" is never quite as hilarious as it was in previous seasons, but it is still fun. Stephen & Hugh spend a bit too much time introducing their guests and repeating old routines, but the sketches are plenty funny.

The sketches are: Cold Open: Oprah Winfrey; Intro: Be Comfortable; Guests: Stephen Moore & Phyllida Law; Racecar Driver; Councilman Kenneth Wade ("Family Values and Cleanse Living!"); Mark Bannister; Please Call for British Telecom; Mr. Burmy (so hilarious and cringe-inducing!); Cream Slice; Exterminators; Cocktail: Swinging Ballsack.

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