Monday, July 31 8pm (7 Central) on Bravo.
It’s been ages since I’ve seen this show, but as much as James Lipton annoys me, I’ll watch because I think Hugh Laurie is one of the most interesting personalities in show business right now. On the ad, they show him playing the piano and singing (swoon).
I wonder what his favorite curse word is?
“Bloody” prolly.
I will try to watch this tonight. I think he’s totally hot, and don’t know much about him other than he’s part of a very successful comedy troupe.
Whoosh???
Evidently. What did I miss?
Aside from the House thing, I mean.
‘House’ star ‘reeling’ from Emmy nod
Hugh Laurie plays the acidic doctor with the terrible beside manner
unless it’s the comedy you mean.
We haven’t got his timing.
Well, there was Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster there were right funny.
Cloff-prunker?
When Fox first ran the House, M.D. ads, I finally figured out where I’d seen that guy before. Oh yeah! It’s Prince George from Blackadder III!
And he was a splendid ninny George. It’s such a change for House, when you’ve only seen him play buffoons.
Thanks for the heads up on this! I just started watching House halfway through last season, but I’ve been catching season 1 reruns on USA this summer. I’ve never seen Laurie in anything else, so it will be interesting to hear his normal accent.
He also invented the word “spoffle”.
Wow, this is great news. Now, let’s hope Lipton doesn’t concentrate on, say, Stuart Little at the expense of Blackadder (though I definitely wouldn’t put it past him).
Yes, I’m even going to break my Inside the Actors’ Studio boycott (I hate that pompous asshole James Lipton. Does anybody like him?) to watch the fabulous Hugh Laurie. A momentous occasion indeed!
Check your local listings if you don’t want to miss this! Here on the Left Coast, at least for those of us who have DirecTv with Local Listings, it’s airing at 5:00PM, because Bravo doesn’t stagger their showings – we get the East Coast feed at the East Coast time.
Fortunately, I set my Tivo days ago. Hugh Laurie ROCKS!
I missed it! Can anyone tell me about it?
StG
I liked the song that he played. He’s quite the pianist (although I would never say that to him, as he once made a point in an interview to differentiate what English people say when they mean “quite” – i.e., not so complimentary – versus what Americans mean when they say it).
Well I’m not an avid watcher of Inside the Actors Studio so I can’t tell if that was a lame episode or if it’s always that lame.
Here’s a rundown:
Talked about Hugh’s life as a kid. Dad was a doctor with an incredibly long name. Mom was a Presbyterian. They didn’t go to church too often.
Hugh went to the Dragon Prep School. He says he was a bad kid (quoted from an article he wrote for some rag)
Hugh went to Eton and was a rower. He sang the Eton Boating Song (?) and everyone laughed. Hugh said it was gay.
Hugh went to Cambridge as a rower, to “read” uhm…anthropology(?) but actually “read rowing.”
Hugh got mono and had to stop rowing, so he became part of Cambridge Footlights with gasp Emma Thompson.
Emma and Hugh were “friendly”
Short clip of Stephen Fry and Hugh doing a footlights sketch in 1981.
A little Blackadder to truly amaze the “House” fans.
Skip to 1996 where Hugh writes a novel
A little chit chat about Ben Elton’s “Maybe Baby” with gasp Emma Thompson.
Skip to “House”
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More “House” (Hugh likes Dr. House and thinks he’s a hero.)
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Lipton does a bad British accent
Hugh’s mom died and Hugh says he wasn’t too distraught over it. Apparently she didn’t like his wife or "the manner in which my son was born(?)
Hugh says he is/was chronically depressed, sees a shrink. Much better now.
More “House”
Hugh plays an original song on the piano. A funny ditty called “Mystery”
Ten Questions…
It was a great start and absolutely fizzled at the end. Hugh rocked of course but…
WTF was with sidestepping Stephen Fry?!?! As far as I know they’re still great buddies. Is America just completely Fry-less? Makes me sad. This is why I think the episode was lame.
Hope that was a good rundown 
I happened to have just watched it, and came here for other people’s reactions to the show.
I’m still convinced House is just an extended Fry & Laurie sketch.
At the end of series seven Stephen Fry is going to walk in and shout, “Mr Dalliard, I’ve found him!” over his shoulder then hand him a shoe. Laurie will turn to the camera and pull a face. Fade to black.
Mark my words.
I think most Americans would ask, “Stephen fry what? Why is he frying things?”