I love how Laurie just walks into the next sketch.
@evilemperordude10 жыл бұрын
Very Monty Pythonish...
@BadWebDiver4 жыл бұрын
@@BadWebDiver Bugger. I was going to say Pythonesque.
@funkyalfonso2 жыл бұрын
@@funkyalfonso Pythonic
@iHawke Жыл бұрын
Pythonian, Pythonarily, Pythoniptic
@monasharda9812 Жыл бұрын
I love how they transition to the next sketch by making him go through the door as part of the previous one. That was clever.
@Lucifronz6 жыл бұрын
I believe that Monty Python's Flying Circus did the same thing 50 years ago...
@hemiolaguy2 жыл бұрын
@@hemiolaguy Did what thing?
@baronvonnembles11 ай бұрын
@@baronvonnembles Transitioned to the next sketch by having someone go through a door as part of the previous sketch. I'm not saying that Fry & Laurie are plagiarizing Monty Python -- it could be a homage to them, or my memory could be faulty. I think Fry & Laurie are amazing comic geniuses!
@hemiolaguy11 ай бұрын
Cutting out words in a book to make it read something else is so funny, I hope my library thinks so too.
@fins592 жыл бұрын
So you're the little rascal.
@wayneurquhart7192 Жыл бұрын
@@wayneurquhart7192 I read War & Peace twice yesterday at morning tea.
@fins59 Жыл бұрын
So engrossing, I finished the entire work in one sitting!
@shotforshot5983 Жыл бұрын
@@shotforshot5983 You should read "The West Indies, a Nation of Cricketers", by Ted Cunterblast next. You will be enthralled.
@wayneurquhart7192 Жыл бұрын
Well, here in Norway we already do that. Classic children stories, Roald Dahl, etc is being dissected and censored east and west for containing words such as brown and fat. I think the problem is that we as a nation are too much a bunch of pussies to gather round and decapitate leadership and place their heads on stakes outside the parliament to ward off other potential leaders.
@raven_of_zoso455 Жыл бұрын
That woman's voice is delightful
@buca969610 жыл бұрын
I knew a girl who had a similar spine tickling voice. When she spoke, I had trouble keeping from tilting my head sideways, like a dog who hears someone whistle
@warpnin33 жыл бұрын
Very much like Basil Fawlty's Sybil, I thought. Delightful...in that context.
@TheHansoost2 жыл бұрын
Ted Cunterblast! One of the greatest comedy names ever. How on earth Fry & Laurie got away with the first syllable, and kept saying it through the skit, without the BBC censors kicking off, is beyond me. Brilliantly funny, still.
@brianartillery13 жыл бұрын
I was nine years old when I saw this sketch, and...umm: I rang the nearest library requesting said book. (The libarian was rather cheesed off with me and asked if it was a joke and being a naive wee chap I repeated my request and was quite jilted when the dial phone gave a disconnected tone.)
@SiliconBong2 жыл бұрын
@@SiliconBong / Don't give up the day job will you!
@rafflesxyz48002 жыл бұрын
"I envy you, sir, I can never read a book twice..." ....waaahhhahhahhhhaaaa
@Eilatj15 жыл бұрын
Right?! Hilarious. 😂😅
@alexandrugheorghe56103 жыл бұрын
Deborah Norton, what a gem ❤️👍🏻🇳🇱
@Plons0Nard Жыл бұрын
She was a superb addition to the cast. . Amazing performances always!
@josephbloggss7286 Жыл бұрын
She has that kind of accent that just makes me want to hear her say, "DIRTY BOY! DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY!!!"
@mandi8345 Жыл бұрын
I just can't help but see her as Wayne Wright all the time.
@fsdds1488 Жыл бұрын
That transition- pure first-series Python.
@anonUK12 жыл бұрын
That was a first-class link between the two sketches.
@oliverlambkin34126 жыл бұрын
That woman was off Yes Prime Minister, right? Dear Lady
@stoprainingonme14 жыл бұрын
"Just so these people can keep their marriages intact" Ooh such scathing social commentary, Fry and Laurie are quality AND substance.
@petertimowreef908511 ай бұрын
“Go ahead and take issue with him”
@Tia-Marie5 жыл бұрын
According to Wikipedia the current post-war iteration of the SAS exists because "there was a need for a long-term deep-penetration commando unit." Hmmm...
@handsomebrick11 жыл бұрын
well can't do that without a propper crack assult force
@ransherman16117 жыл бұрын
@@ransherman1611 They have a good arsenal..😁
@snapdragon93002 жыл бұрын
You forgot secret and elite.
@wild_sergeant716 Жыл бұрын
Our Special Forces troops have to first graduate from.....Speshul skool.
@ardshielcomplex8917 Жыл бұрын
Those two can deeply penetrate our commando units in Australia any time.
@tracesprite6078 Жыл бұрын
I love how Hugh's voice gets high when he says "anybody" at 4:48. Oh, and his facial expression is terrific too. =)
@JuuhachigouSama15 жыл бұрын
I find the latter sketch a bit far-fetched, really. I mean, what sort of name is that for a man to have? 'Ted'? Honestly, I ask you...
@slacknhash9 жыл бұрын
***** And they say Americans don't have a sense for irony.
@F00dTube9 жыл бұрын
***** Be that as it may: "Ted"? "Ted"?
@slacknhash9 жыл бұрын
***** Strongly recommend you watch Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones--( Not the Nine O'clock News) in their terrific piss -take of --Mr. President (Ronald Reagan) meets the Press. This applies to All US Presidents since.
@MrDaiseymay9 жыл бұрын
How dare you sir ?! As a Cunterblast from a long line of Cunterblasts going back to the Norman Conquest, I take strong exception to that comment ! Blast your eyes !! And a pox on your house !! Many of my ancestors have been named Ted. I demand satisfaction, sir !!
@paghal117 жыл бұрын
If you would defend your honour, I must accept your challenge, Sir. Sword or pistol?
@slacknhash7 жыл бұрын
"snide university?" "or wherever you went."
@frankie97547 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered how they got away with Cunterblast.
@NxDoyle5 жыл бұрын
Kunerblarghst.
@darthkek19535 жыл бұрын
At least it's not Dikkyblast!
@BadWebDiver4 жыл бұрын
...especially if it was spoken before the 9:00pm "watershed"... as one of Stephen's vox pop characters asked about..! In this case "Who keeps water in a shed? ... And what's that got to do with cunt blasts?"
@MrEAus2 жыл бұрын
This episode is from the time when West Indies was one of the best in cricket
@resonatingvoice17 жыл бұрын
I have watched the library sketch a dozen times! It is so well written!
@kgupta412 жыл бұрын
She'll always be Mrs. Talliot to me.
@banksta3 Жыл бұрын
That's Mrs. Toilet to you!
@beakeeper52432 ай бұрын
That ending was so freaking brilliant!
@lud3re3846 жыл бұрын
fabulous. love em both!
@lizzythelezzy15 жыл бұрын
As a librarian, I'm appalled at their lack of customer service.
@AxelQC2 жыл бұрын
Lol, full circle for me when I read "appalled". Deborah Norton was great in Yes Prime Minister too where Bernard, Hacker, Humpy and "Weasel" all were just that, "appalled" in an episode 😁
@bennylloyd-willner9667 Жыл бұрын
If it had been at the Swedish Post Office it would've been "documentarish" accuracy 😁
@bennylloyd-willner9667 Жыл бұрын
as a non librarian, i'm just appalled.
@GavTatu Жыл бұрын
It's always good watching clips like this as a Welshman.
@SonSkoji14 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I'm studying at Snide University, though evidently they've changed the name.
@MrBuch16916913 жыл бұрын
I knew Ted in school, he was handy with the ladies, I can tell you that!!
@blackbird5634 Жыл бұрын
I'm a westindian and I find this offensive and true.
@jesserambaran73496 жыл бұрын
It's Mrs. Toilet.
@bradmclean18276 жыл бұрын
Will you be in for tea ? 😊👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱
@Plons0Nard2 жыл бұрын
That's my absolute fave sketch!
@bennylloyd-willner9667 Жыл бұрын
The part of John Cleese was played by Stephen Fry. Michael Palin, by Hugh Laurie. Female Librarian: Ethel The Aardvark
@jamesstuart33462 жыл бұрын
If you can have a town called Scunthorpe, you can have an author called Cunterblast
@robmckay57002 жыл бұрын
yep and it really deserves it. it was an awesome series. Xx
@rdgloveshouse15 жыл бұрын
This is my second favourite sketch from this programme.
@Sailorsega4 жыл бұрын
i love the "well apparently" and now i'm doing it all the time
@ahouseofpomegranates4338 Жыл бұрын
That Wainright female!!
@vigneshm48065 жыл бұрын
"Ted Cuntablast" @2:04 brilliant!
@stevebloodymckenna11 жыл бұрын
Is that Dorothy from Yes, Prime Minister?
@felicity47115 жыл бұрын
Yesss! She really should have been on more episodes than she got.
@sanketkadam54855 жыл бұрын
brilliant piece of satire
@andorei31814 жыл бұрын
It's 2022 and not much has changed.
@GordonEngels2 жыл бұрын
Daily Mail comment section in a nutshell....
@fba901306 жыл бұрын
As a Texan, I find this relatable.
@DrelvanianGuardOffic5 жыл бұрын
I can so much relate to this, the same thing happening in my country India right at present. Any criticism of the state and society is immediately branded as Anti-Nationalism, and any attempt at informed debate is dismissed with a rabid hostility towards all those with "fancy college degrees".
@mandaldeb2 жыл бұрын
Literally what I was thinking as an Indian. Really cannot understate how hard this hits. Ultra-nationalism is a disease.
@anonymous_4276 Жыл бұрын
Ahh! . . So the 'elite' are starting to take over India too. . . Dangerous times ahead.
@josephbloggss7286 Жыл бұрын
Found the bengali
@aaravtulsyan Жыл бұрын
Prof. Mijory Marjorie is one fine Librarian as well.
@enthusedtosing9655 Жыл бұрын
wow, very nice of stephen fry to link us here, as I don't have every sketch on the top of my mind (regrettably)
@Tropicaliak15 жыл бұрын
I recommend trying it ASAP.
@SonSkoji14 жыл бұрын
i'm going to use this in my next interview... see how well this goes. :D
@glebber870914 жыл бұрын
completely nonsensical and absolutely wonderful
@ahenmaxtae13 жыл бұрын
standard obligatory comment to salve the wounded KZhead machine. Liked@953
@embraceoblivion4367 жыл бұрын
Is Stephen Fry wearing the sweater he wears playing Brigadier Blaster Sump on The Thin Blue Line?????
@Jakegothicsnake6 жыл бұрын
This explains how they rushed headlong into brexit.
@martialme842 жыл бұрын
Well that was a very crack, secret, assault, crack, elite, secret, and crack sketch
@PenneySounds Жыл бұрын
"Did you enjoy it Sir?" - hahhaa
@LukePellen4 жыл бұрын
The beginning seems very similar to the 'joining the army' sketch in Monty Python, right down to the character joining another sketch at the end...
@UnaccountablySelfy12 жыл бұрын
The answers to the questionnaire sound like me when I sign up for a new e-mail account
@galexeqe2 жыл бұрын
Nailed modern america in the library sketch.
@kidShibuya11 ай бұрын
i didn't know piers morgan used to be a librarian.
@blaze41112 жыл бұрын
I wasn't expecting that 😃
@mogshade665 жыл бұрын
4:17 Her mouth doesn’t move once during her line! WTF her face is haunted! O,O
@leahl5007 Жыл бұрын
Fix your collar Fry!
@J.L.Media.9 жыл бұрын
Lady reminds me of Sybil from Fawlty Towers:)
@lightawake6 жыл бұрын
She was in Yes, Prime Minister. Dorothy, Jim Hacker's political adivsor
@arahman1376 жыл бұрын
feels so strange to see Bertram Wooster, Jeeves, and Dorothy in one scene.
@doctorpc15316 жыл бұрын
Certainly not Sybil!
@victoriousrufus67472 жыл бұрын
@@victoriousrufus6747 no, I think the OP agrees ("reminds me of...")
@bennylloyd-willner9667 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Sybil 🤔 That's a woman too. Good catch 👍🏻
@Plons0Nard8 ай бұрын
Is that Dorothy Wainwright, political advisor to Prime Minister Jim Hacker?
@timothyprice14072 жыл бұрын
Steven Fry playing an early version of Nigel Farage.
@julianfoot874810 ай бұрын
The second sketch will be always actual.
@mokkorista Жыл бұрын
I seem to recognize the woman in the sketch as Sir Humphrey's foil in some episodes of "Yes, Minister".
@shelbynamels9732 жыл бұрын
Yep, Deborah Norton was great there too (nerdy point: it was in Yes, Prime Minister tho, but it was the same brilliant comedy)
@bennylloyd-willner9667 Жыл бұрын
Alternative facts, innit ?
@paghal117 жыл бұрын
I beg your pardon, but did you say "Inuit"?
@JanetStarChild6 жыл бұрын
JanetFunkYeah I thought they said "dimwit". But maybe that's just my hearing.
@Fofo-sr2xu5 жыл бұрын
It’s almost like a discussion on KZhead: so much missing, and never agreeing with my pet theories... 3:51 “I am a librarian, but I am also an Englishman...” I’m here in March 2022, and it seems like Russia has not lost a game of cricket since the war... I love how much humor the Algorithm has, bringing these videos up at the right time...
@Stadtpark902 жыл бұрын
“As for me, If you want to know what I think: I’ll show you something...” (Monty Python “The French Waiter”) kzhead.info/sun/oN6lc8iProukZYE/bejne.html
@Stadtpark902 жыл бұрын
Important for the SAS & SBS ... Looking good in black ! 😂
@phmwu73682 жыл бұрын
Wroughton! I went to school there, sadly.
@drmoss_ca11 ай бұрын
How it is like to talk to an English cricket fan. It's 2022 and not much has changed.
@Banzybanz2 жыл бұрын
I wish Stephen Fry would go under my desk! ^,~
@Ellisaphant14 жыл бұрын
SAS is also an acronym for "sweaty arse syndrome" and Fry keeps saying "crack". Was expecting him to say "World War Number Two", but I guess that would have given away the joke too obviously.
@scitechian7 жыл бұрын
world war number 2? they are not americans
@ransherman16117 жыл бұрын
Huh? We call it World War 2, not "World War #2." Which Americans have you spoken to?
@TheKtwStudios6 жыл бұрын
have you read the book before? then how do you know bits are missing? can't argue with that.
@donsurlylyte2 жыл бұрын
Deborah Norton, turning 80 next year (2023). Hilarious in the 12 episodes of "Health and Efficiencies" as hospital administratrix. Btw. a Google search shows a picture of her looking lovely in a flowery mini dress in her twenties.
@jdrancho1864 Жыл бұрын
This is actually really good commentary on how university students execute discourse
@syzygy9725 Жыл бұрын
@arseman1024 You seem to have forgotten to use the space button, sir.
@maagiapall14 жыл бұрын
Are we sure this isn't a library in Texas or Florida? 😆
@TheGeekViper Жыл бұрын
It's crazy that this is a comedy sketch but this shit is actually happening in the US right now!
@praharmitra6 жыл бұрын
A man looking for facts gets browbeaten by the custodians of knowledge who want him to follow another narrative. Very prescient.
@slobodanreka10882 жыл бұрын
I'm curious what in particular you're referring to?
@jacketofdiamonds Жыл бұрын
@@jacketofdiamonds Just go and have a look at any news piece which has a headline that contains the words "experts say" or "fact checkers", and you'll have a general idea.
@RabbiHerschel Жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel ...don't...trust...experts. Got it. Anti-intellectualism at its finest.
@jacketofdiamonds Жыл бұрын
@@jacketofdiamonds cope and seethe
@RabbiHerschel Жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel yeah, as the one who approached this conversation with an open mind up until you said to distrust experts on the basis of being experts I'm the one coping and seething
@jacketofdiamonds Жыл бұрын
seems nothing's changed! wow
@sheikhusman311 ай бұрын
A bit Monty-Pythonesque, this one. Still fully original, insanely brilliant and poignantly comic in a way that we can only arrogantly scoff at today.
@mattr226410 ай бұрын
British comedy is so much more fres and original than american comedy
@MrBalaki975 жыл бұрын
Mrs Pert.
@darthkek19535 жыл бұрын
Oh how the library segment has aged! It has become reflective of social and political norms now! It's not comedy, it's prophecy!!
@sa25-svredemption982 жыл бұрын
it's funny how at the end he says "it's a bit of an exaggeration" well, not anymore xD
@blaze41112 жыл бұрын
funny that you're the second person to take me seriously, happy xmas
@stevolution66615 жыл бұрын
Is it that Wainwright female?
@jakubsedlak21735 жыл бұрын
Which should push the viewing figures up by a few thousand in a matter of minutes ;o)
@MrCantus15 жыл бұрын
Did you get your wish?
@rockycomet45872 жыл бұрын
5 people are librarians... :P
@EuskaltelEuskadi13 жыл бұрын
I thought Hugh was going to socked again by Fry.
@SirChivalRegal Жыл бұрын
What's that annoying ringing sound in the background???
@fisherking77985 жыл бұрын
Ted Kunerblarghst
@Elitist202 жыл бұрын
Some people do worry about the fate of their home country, indeed.
@JaneXemylixa10 жыл бұрын
Was the lady librarian in Yes Prime Minister series also?
@samsarasagaram Жыл бұрын
Yea as the wainwright woman
@omnishambles59565 ай бұрын
I look good in black :P
@LilFed6411 жыл бұрын
Oh I knoooooow.
@DarthRushy10 жыл бұрын
Oh look...its UKIP supporters.
@slitor7 жыл бұрын
Wow, she's "Dorothy Wainwright" from Yes, prime minister.
@nezapamatovatelne14 жыл бұрын
Damn... The librarian has a good point! He's the strawman, for sure, but the strawman has a point...
@VestinVestin5 жыл бұрын
The actress looks like Eleven from Stranger Things, but grown up.
@SacredDaturana5 жыл бұрын
Lol this is post 9/11 America too
@forgetfulfunctor12 жыл бұрын
2:50 Is it me, or does Stephen look a bit like John Major here?
I love how Laurie just walks into the next sketch.
Very Monty Pythonish...
@@BadWebDiver Bugger. I was going to say Pythonesque.
@@funkyalfonso Pythonic
Pythonian, Pythonarily, Pythoniptic
I love how they transition to the next sketch by making him go through the door as part of the previous one. That was clever.
I believe that Monty Python's Flying Circus did the same thing 50 years ago...
@@hemiolaguy Did what thing?
@@baronvonnembles Transitioned to the next sketch by having someone go through a door as part of the previous sketch. I'm not saying that Fry & Laurie are plagiarizing Monty Python -- it could be a homage to them, or my memory could be faulty. I think Fry & Laurie are amazing comic geniuses!
Cutting out words in a book to make it read something else is so funny, I hope my library thinks so too.
So you're the little rascal.
@@wayneurquhart7192 I read War & Peace twice yesterday at morning tea.
So engrossing, I finished the entire work in one sitting!
@@shotforshot5983 You should read "The West Indies, a Nation of Cricketers", by Ted Cunterblast next. You will be enthralled.
Well, here in Norway we already do that. Classic children stories, Roald Dahl, etc is being dissected and censored east and west for containing words such as brown and fat. I think the problem is that we as a nation are too much a bunch of pussies to gather round and decapitate leadership and place their heads on stakes outside the parliament to ward off other potential leaders.
That woman's voice is delightful
I knew a girl who had a similar spine tickling voice. When she spoke, I had trouble keeping from tilting my head sideways, like a dog who hears someone whistle
Very much like Basil Fawlty's Sybil, I thought. Delightful...in that context.
Ted Cunterblast! One of the greatest comedy names ever. How on earth Fry & Laurie got away with the first syllable, and kept saying it through the skit, without the BBC censors kicking off, is beyond me. Brilliantly funny, still.
I was nine years old when I saw this sketch, and...umm: I rang the nearest library requesting said book. (The libarian was rather cheesed off with me and asked if it was a joke and being a naive wee chap I repeated my request and was quite jilted when the dial phone gave a disconnected tone.)
@@SiliconBong / Don't give up the day job will you!
"I envy you, sir, I can never read a book twice..." ....waaahhhahhahhhhaaaa
Right?! Hilarious. 😂😅
Deborah Norton, what a gem ❤️👍🏻🇳🇱
She was a superb addition to the cast. . Amazing performances always!
She has that kind of accent that just makes me want to hear her say, "DIRTY BOY! DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY!!!"
I just can't help but see her as Wayne Wright all the time.
That transition- pure first-series Python.
That was a first-class link between the two sketches.
That woman was off Yes Prime Minister, right? Dear Lady
"Just so these people can keep their marriages intact" Ooh such scathing social commentary, Fry and Laurie are quality AND substance.
“Go ahead and take issue with him”
According to Wikipedia the current post-war iteration of the SAS exists because "there was a need for a long-term deep-penetration commando unit." Hmmm...
well can't do that without a propper crack assult force
@@ransherman1611 They have a good arsenal..😁
You forgot secret and elite.
Our Special Forces troops have to first graduate from.....Speshul skool.
Those two can deeply penetrate our commando units in Australia any time.
I love how Hugh's voice gets high when he says "anybody" at 4:48. Oh, and his facial expression is terrific too. =)
I find the latter sketch a bit far-fetched, really. I mean, what sort of name is that for a man to have? 'Ted'? Honestly, I ask you...
***** And they say Americans don't have a sense for irony.
***** Be that as it may: "Ted"? "Ted"?
***** Strongly recommend you watch Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones--( Not the Nine O'clock News) in their terrific piss -take of --Mr. President (Ronald Reagan) meets the Press. This applies to All US Presidents since.
How dare you sir ?! As a Cunterblast from a long line of Cunterblasts going back to the Norman Conquest, I take strong exception to that comment ! Blast your eyes !! And a pox on your house !! Many of my ancestors have been named Ted. I demand satisfaction, sir !!
If you would defend your honour, I must accept your challenge, Sir. Sword or pistol?
"snide university?" "or wherever you went."
I've always wondered how they got away with Cunterblast.
Kunerblarghst.
At least it's not Dikkyblast!
...especially if it was spoken before the 9:00pm "watershed"... as one of Stephen's vox pop characters asked about..! In this case "Who keeps water in a shed? ... And what's that got to do with cunt blasts?"
This episode is from the time when West Indies was one of the best in cricket
I have watched the library sketch a dozen times! It is so well written!
She'll always be Mrs. Talliot to me.
That's Mrs. Toilet to you!
That ending was so freaking brilliant!
fabulous. love em both!
As a librarian, I'm appalled at their lack of customer service.
Lol, full circle for me when I read "appalled". Deborah Norton was great in Yes Prime Minister too where Bernard, Hacker, Humpy and "Weasel" all were just that, "appalled" in an episode 😁
If it had been at the Swedish Post Office it would've been "documentarish" accuracy 😁
as a non librarian, i'm just appalled.
It's always good watching clips like this as a Welshman.
I'm pretty sure I'm studying at Snide University, though evidently they've changed the name.
I knew Ted in school, he was handy with the ladies, I can tell you that!!
I'm a westindian and I find this offensive and true.
It's Mrs. Toilet.
Will you be in for tea ? 😊👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱
That's my absolute fave sketch!
The part of John Cleese was played by Stephen Fry. Michael Palin, by Hugh Laurie. Female Librarian: Ethel The Aardvark
If you can have a town called Scunthorpe, you can have an author called Cunterblast
yep and it really deserves it. it was an awesome series. Xx
This is my second favourite sketch from this programme.
i love the "well apparently" and now i'm doing it all the time
That Wainright female!!
"Ted Cuntablast" @2:04 brilliant!
Is that Dorothy from Yes, Prime Minister?
Yesss! She really should have been on more episodes than she got.
brilliant piece of satire
It's 2022 and not much has changed.
Daily Mail comment section in a nutshell....
As a Texan, I find this relatable.
I can so much relate to this, the same thing happening in my country India right at present. Any criticism of the state and society is immediately branded as Anti-Nationalism, and any attempt at informed debate is dismissed with a rabid hostility towards all those with "fancy college degrees".
Literally what I was thinking as an Indian. Really cannot understate how hard this hits. Ultra-nationalism is a disease.
Ahh! . . So the 'elite' are starting to take over India too. . . Dangerous times ahead.
Found the bengali
Prof. Mijory Marjorie is one fine Librarian as well.
wow, very nice of stephen fry to link us here, as I don't have every sketch on the top of my mind (regrettably)
I recommend trying it ASAP.
i'm going to use this in my next interview... see how well this goes. :D
completely nonsensical and absolutely wonderful
standard obligatory comment to salve the wounded KZhead machine. Liked@953
Is Stephen Fry wearing the sweater he wears playing Brigadier Blaster Sump on The Thin Blue Line?????
This explains how they rushed headlong into brexit.
Well that was a very crack, secret, assault, crack, elite, secret, and crack sketch
"Did you enjoy it Sir?" - hahhaa
The beginning seems very similar to the 'joining the army' sketch in Monty Python, right down to the character joining another sketch at the end...
The answers to the questionnaire sound like me when I sign up for a new e-mail account
Nailed modern america in the library sketch.
i didn't know piers morgan used to be a librarian.
I wasn't expecting that 😃
4:17 Her mouth doesn’t move once during her line! WTF her face is haunted! O,O
Fix your collar Fry!
Lady reminds me of Sybil from Fawlty Towers:)
She was in Yes, Prime Minister. Dorothy, Jim Hacker's political adivsor
feels so strange to see Bertram Wooster, Jeeves, and Dorothy in one scene.
Certainly not Sybil!
@@victoriousrufus6747 no, I think the OP agrees ("reminds me of...")
Hmmm. Sybil 🤔 That's a woman too. Good catch 👍🏻
Is that Dorothy Wainwright, political advisor to Prime Minister Jim Hacker?
Steven Fry playing an early version of Nigel Farage.
The second sketch will be always actual.
I seem to recognize the woman in the sketch as Sir Humphrey's foil in some episodes of "Yes, Minister".
Yep, Deborah Norton was great there too (nerdy point: it was in Yes, Prime Minister tho, but it was the same brilliant comedy)
Alternative facts, innit ?
I beg your pardon, but did you say "Inuit"?
JanetFunkYeah I thought they said "dimwit". But maybe that's just my hearing.
It’s almost like a discussion on KZhead: so much missing, and never agreeing with my pet theories... 3:51 “I am a librarian, but I am also an Englishman...” I’m here in March 2022, and it seems like Russia has not lost a game of cricket since the war... I love how much humor the Algorithm has, bringing these videos up at the right time...
“As for me, If you want to know what I think: I’ll show you something...” (Monty Python “The French Waiter”) kzhead.info/sun/oN6lc8iProukZYE/bejne.html
Important for the SAS & SBS ... Looking good in black ! 😂
Wroughton! I went to school there, sadly.
How it is like to talk to an English cricket fan. It's 2022 and not much has changed.
I wish Stephen Fry would go under my desk! ^,~
SAS is also an acronym for "sweaty arse syndrome" and Fry keeps saying "crack". Was expecting him to say "World War Number Two", but I guess that would have given away the joke too obviously.
world war number 2? they are not americans
Huh? We call it World War 2, not "World War #2." Which Americans have you spoken to?
have you read the book before? then how do you know bits are missing? can't argue with that.
Deborah Norton, turning 80 next year (2023). Hilarious in the 12 episodes of "Health and Efficiencies" as hospital administratrix. Btw. a Google search shows a picture of her looking lovely in a flowery mini dress in her twenties.
This is actually really good commentary on how university students execute discourse
@arseman1024 You seem to have forgotten to use the space button, sir.
Are we sure this isn't a library in Texas or Florida? 😆
It's crazy that this is a comedy sketch but this shit is actually happening in the US right now!
A man looking for facts gets browbeaten by the custodians of knowledge who want him to follow another narrative. Very prescient.
I'm curious what in particular you're referring to?
@@jacketofdiamonds Just go and have a look at any news piece which has a headline that contains the words "experts say" or "fact checkers", and you'll have a general idea.
@@RabbiHerschel ...don't...trust...experts. Got it. Anti-intellectualism at its finest.
@@jacketofdiamonds cope and seethe
@@RabbiHerschel yeah, as the one who approached this conversation with an open mind up until you said to distrust experts on the basis of being experts I'm the one coping and seething
seems nothing's changed! wow
A bit Monty-Pythonesque, this one. Still fully original, insanely brilliant and poignantly comic in a way that we can only arrogantly scoff at today.
British comedy is so much more fres and original than american comedy
Mrs Pert.
Oh how the library segment has aged! It has become reflective of social and political norms now! It's not comedy, it's prophecy!!
it's funny how at the end he says "it's a bit of an exaggeration" well, not anymore xD
funny that you're the second person to take me seriously, happy xmas
Is it that Wainwright female?
Which should push the viewing figures up by a few thousand in a matter of minutes ;o)
Did you get your wish?
5 people are librarians... :P
I thought Hugh was going to socked again by Fry.
What's that annoying ringing sound in the background???
Ted Kunerblarghst
Some people do worry about the fate of their home country, indeed.
Was the lady librarian in Yes Prime Minister series also?
Yea as the wainwright woman
I look good in black :P
Oh I knoooooow.
Oh look...its UKIP supporters.
Wow, she's "Dorothy Wainwright" from Yes, prime minister.
Damn... The librarian has a good point! He's the strawman, for sure, but the strawman has a point...
The actress looks like Eleven from Stranger Things, but grown up.
Lol this is post 9/11 America too
2:50 Is it me, or does Stephen look a bit like John Major here?
lol
Those books aren't quite cricket.