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A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - Series 2 [DVD] [1989]
enlarge	Director: Roger Ordish Actors: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jacqui Boatswain, Chantelle, Paulette Minott Studio: Cinema Club Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £3.27 as of 23/11/2009 10:15 GMT details You Save: £12.72 (80%) New (19) Used (4) from £3.07 Seller: avides_media Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 7720 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 176 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014138303433 ASIN: B000EZ3F6C Theatrical Release Date: January 13, 1989 Release Date: June 12, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Absolutely Fantastic! June 14, 2006 Mr. D. Garbutt (London) 14 out of 15 found this review helpful This arrived through my door yesterday, and I simply couldn't be happier! br / br /The design of the DVD is a lot better than the first series - animation and theme tune over the menus - and the one extra is a belter: the Cambridge Footlights Review from 1982, with Fry and Laurie, Emma Thompson and a 12-year-old Tony Slattery! All wonderfully dated and a fascinating glimpse of the end of cabaret comedy (there are a couple of deadly earnest "protest" songs in there!) and the beginnings of "alternative comedy". br /Very very highly recommended! Dammit Peeter, this is good work. October 15, 2006 C. Rogers (Berkshire, UK) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Do nothing else but watch the Peter and John recurring sketches throughout this series,utter genius. Mirroring those eighties yuppie executives with all the pomposity of the time, ("Damn double damn and an extra slice of damn for the weekend")caught amongst so many other gems. These two hug and embrace the eccentricity of us british whilst standing back and pointing amusedly without abstaining from ridicule themselves, both being Cambridge graduates. Some of the sketches and tilt to our britishness are being caringly imitated by the likes of Mitchell and Webb .This was a beacon most assuredly. I cannot think of any other comedy series that I can watch over and over , even fifteen years later, and know the script word for word.. " I was born Mary Patterson, obviously when I got married I took my husbands name so now I'm Neil Patterson". GENIUS! Utter genius, the teat from which all other comedy suckles June 10, 2006 Jake Ashworth-jones (Falmouth, Cornwall) 13 out of 15 found this review helpful To me, this show in general is probably THE most under-rated comedy of all time! Every series is perfectly capable of shattering even the most robust bowels, but I felt that series 2 was most certainly the epicentre of the show's hilarity. Consider the hardware shop sketch: br / br / "Greased nipples...Five olive-spantles, jigged and onioned." br / br /Or the road accident witness interview: br / br /"Well this guy came haring round the corner... (etc.)" br / br /If you are new to Fry and Laurie, then don't waste any more of your life by having not viewed this DVD! If you are familiar with the show, then I waste my breath (or non-renewable knuckle cartilage expended during typing) Little dip between peaks, but still very good. January 31, 2007 C. Mccartney (Cambridge, UK) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Part of me very much wants to give this five stars, just because it's Fry and Laurie, but I'll try and be fair. br / br /Following the fantastic first series, the second is very funny, but doesn't quite seem to regain its former heights. The show feels somewhat pedestrian as there is a much greater reliance on recurring characters (Tony and Control, Dammit, etc) and a fair amount of time is taken up by pseudo-sketches where Fry and Laurie as "Fry and Laurie" (normally at the start and close of the show) satirise Richard and Judy-type shows with polls, responses to viewers' letters and what have you. These bits are normally more gently amusing, with entertaining obeservations and satire on the genre, than full blown comedy. As a result (combined with the ever excellent vox pops) it feels as if there aren't many actual sketches and they in themselves don't quite seem as good as the first series. br / br /Basically, the series feel as if they were a bit thin on material, but that doesn't detract from the fact that this is still a very good and very watchable show. Fantastic comedians not quite at their best are still streaks above most. This series sees Tony and control are superb as ever, the "Dammit" execs relocated to running a public toilet is pure genius, and individual sketches such as the utterly fantastic Major Donaldson, or "Do you Love Freedom?" make sure that this DVD doesn't disappoint. br / br /The inclusion of the footlights revue as a bonus is also excellent. Great to see fry and Laurie at an early stage with Tony slattery in there too. Perhaps you just had to be there February 1, 2009 Ginger (UK) Unlike other reviewers, I didn't see this first time around, being too young. Perhaps that's why I didn't take to it in the same way that they did. br / br /I adore Stephen Fry, and British comedy, and sketch shows, so I thought this was a dead cert, but was sadly disappointed. The sketches are too long for the amount of material they contain - there is a lot of the 'This was funny the first time I said it, so I'm going to say it again, and it will still be funny. And again. And...' approach. In short, some good ideas ruined by the lack of good script editing. If you like 'catchphrase' humour ('Suits you, Sir') I guess it might appeal, but for me the funny bits were too sparse to make me finish watching the whole DVD. br / br /So, if you weren't around the first time, and you've become fans of Messrs Fry and Laurie in more recent years, stick to House, QI and Blackadder if you want to see them in action.

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