A Bit of Fry & Laurie

S01E04: Trouser Competition

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.

Overview

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.

Episodes

SAS

S01E01 SAS

January 13, 1989 7.8 30 min
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...
America

S01E02 America

January 20, 1989 6.5 30 min
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...
Doctor Tobacco

S01E03 Doctor Tobacco

January 27, 1989 6.5 30 min
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...
Trouser Competition

S01E04 Trouser Competition

February 3, 1989 6.5 30 min
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...
Christening

S01E05 Christening

February 10, 1989 6.5 30 min
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...
Marjorie's Fall

S01E06 Marjorie's Fall

February 17, 1989 6.5 30 min
A waiter keeps interrupting the punchline of a joke and a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.

Cast

Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie

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