Fry and Laurie

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This article is about the comedy double act. For their television series, see "A Bit of Fry and Laurie".
Fry and Laurie
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Hugh Laurie (left) & Stephen Fry on the set of
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Medium Television, Film, Radio
Nationality English
Years active 1982-present (intermittent since early 1990s)
Genres Sketch comedy
Character comedy
Subject(s) Class relations
British culture
Influences Monty Python, P. G. Wodehouse
Notable works and roles A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Jeeves and Wooster
Members Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are a successful English comedy double act mostly active in the 1980s and 1990s. Having met in 1980 (whilst both attended the University of Cambridge), Fry and Laurie have since collaborated on numerous projects together, including Jeeves and Wooster, in which Laurie portrayed Bertie Wooster, and Fry portrayed Jeeves (Wooster's valet).

Although they have accomplished numerous successful solo projects (in the fields of acting and writing, among others), and it has been a while since they have actively collaborated, both have expressed interest in a continued partnership.

Contents

[edit] List of collaborations

[edit] Television programmes

[edit] Films

[edit] Radio shows

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The cover of Fry & Laurie - Bit No. 4

[edit] Published materials

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Fry and Laurie appeared together in a promotional video for ICL to promote the Series 39 mainframes in 1984.
  • Fry & Laurie have also appeared together in various television adverts, interviews, audio books, and other projects.

[edit] Trivia

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Laurie & Fry mystify Wogan with
"The Amazing Mystery of the Chosen Card"
  • At some point during their friendship, Fry and Laurie became interested in magic tricks. The pair were able to use their skills at card tricks to surprise and perplex TV host Terry Wogan during a televised interview with him. Fry and Laurie also worked with magician and skeptic James Randi on an episode of Randi's British television show.[1] Fry also appeared on an episode of Derren Brown's television show where he was amazed by the card trick Brown performed.
  • A preface to Laurie's novel The Gun Seller begins, "I am indebted to the writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry for his comments." Fry's novel Making History is dedicated to Laurie's three children (among others). Fry's autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, makes a few references to Laurie (although the book chronicles Fry's life before the pair met), and includes a picture of the two of them engaged in a chess match in Fry's college room in Cambridge. Fry's fourth novel, The Stars' Tennis Balls, is simply dedicated to "M'Colleague" - a sobriquet that Fry and Laurie began using during the fourth series of A Bit of Fry and Laurie to refer to each other.
  • At Laurie's 2006 win at the Golden Globes Awards (for his portrayal of Gregory House on FOX's successful show House), both his wife Jo and Fry flew from England to attend the ceremony with him.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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The cover of the DVD release for the first series of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie"
Retrieved from "http://india.smashits.com/wikipedia/Fry_and_Laurie"
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