# Is this Hugh Laurie/what role is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224 "2010-06-15T00:10:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanut7316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/1 "2010-06-15T00:10:38Z")
I stumbled on this gif the other day and am pretty sure it’s Hugh Laurie. I’m just not 100%. I also can’t place what show/movie it’s from either. Anybody know? [GIF](http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/4/14/129157546914779732.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/2 "2010-06-15T00:22:13Z")
Well, I’d say it’s him, but I can’t place it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/3 "2010-06-15T00:22:22Z")
From ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’, a sketch show he did ages ago. [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN3CWlLoKiQ) a bigger clip. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut7316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/4 "2010-06-15T00:24:38Z")
Wonderful! Thank you very much **Mr. K**! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/5 "2010-06-15T03:15:50Z")
Since I got beaten to it, I’ll just add that that’s one of the best, and most overlooked, sketch comedy shows of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/6 "2010-06-15T03:26:32Z")
While we’re all here. How about Hugh Laurie as Annie Lenox’s counterpart in the video for [Walking On Broken Glass.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS-vGDbb70w&feature=related) Ever notice that? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/7 "2010-06-15T03:28:16Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Since I got beaten to it, I’ll just add that that’s one of the best, and most overlooked, sketch comedy shows of all time. Word. If you have a region-free DVD player, you can order at least the first two seasons from [amazon.co.uk](http://amazon.co.uk). My PBS affiliate showed in the in the early 90s. My favorite sketch is probably the Michael Jackson interview, featuring Stephen Fry on a treadmill doing some body popping. Brilliant! Also: “Welcome to the harsh realities of the marketplace, Mr. Casalingua!” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/8 "2010-06-15T04:19:00Z")
The DVDs are available in the US. I have them downstairs. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/9 "2010-06-15T04:29:17Z")
My favourite is Stephen as the reluctant barber. [http://hodgers.com/abitoffryandlaurie/sketches/haircut](http://hodgers.com/abitoffryandlaurie/sketches/haircut) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/10 "2010-06-15T04:57:11Z")
[Marjorie!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7o8FbGCR9U) ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/11 "2010-06-15T05:17:32Z")
One of my favorite sketches is from Episode #2: [A conversation about language](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw). > [@Stephen](#): > > Imagine a piano keyboard, eh? 88 keys, only 88 and yet, and yet, hundreds of new melodies, new tunes, new harmonies are being composed by hundreds of different keyboards every day in Dorset alone. Our language, tiger, our language: hundreds of thousands of available words, _frillions_ of legitimate new ideas, so that I can say the following sentence and be utterly sure that nobody has ever said it before in the history of human communication: “Hold the newsreader’s nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.” Perfectly ordinary words, but never before put in that precise order. A unique child delivered of a unique mother… I also love the [Dinner with Digby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiV4F7HWHRk#t=0m25s) sketch. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/12 "2010-06-15T21:59:27Z")
I didn’t care much for season 4 of F&L, but seasons 2 and 3 were really good. Funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/13 "2010-06-15T22:21:06Z")
God I love that series [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qUxWdIQVT_c/hqdefault.jpg "Abit of Fry and Laurie - Psychic Spoon Bender") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT_c) Oh and for anyone who thought Laurie was always good at US accents: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/14 "2010-06-18T07:27:29Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > God I love that series > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT\_c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT_c) > > Oh and for anyone who thought Laurie was always good at US accents: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc) Well, that’s a different accent, one that a lot of Americans have a real problem with, as well. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/15 "2010-06-18T16:59:40Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Oh and for anyone who thought Laurie was always good at US accents: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc) The accent doesn’t sound bad. He kind of looks like Johnny Knoxville in that clip. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/16 "2010-06-18T17:18:28Z")
Good stuff! Thanks. They’re great together in the _Jeeves and Wooster_ series, too (my all-time favorite scene: Jeeves explains the syncopation of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” to his befuddled master). ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hugh-laurie-what-role-is-this/543224/17 "2010-06-18T17:54:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good stuff! Thanks. They’re great together in the _Jeeves and Wooster_ series, too (my all-time favorite scene: Jeeves explains the syncopation of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” to his befuddled master). [Here you go.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGItt9cCgc) I’m fond of the [Minnie the Moocher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwgS1ctxglw) bit. “Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho, sir.”