Re: The Laurie/Fry conlang sketch

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From: "Tim May" <butsuri@...>

Caves:
> >  > No, but I'd *love* to know where you got this.  I'm a Hugh
> >  > Laurie fan, but I don't know this sketch.  Was it on Jeeves and
> >  > Wooster?  No, probably not.  On a Saturday Night live?  A Bit of
> >  > Fry and Laurie?  Fry spontaneously inventing a conlang would be
> >  > hilarious to watch.
> Aha!  I managed to find a copy of the script online.
Bless you, Tim: :)

> http://www.geocities.com/mmemym/bits3/fal0132.htm
OH HA HA HA HA HA HA HOOOOH!!!!  If it's this funny on paper, I can't
imagine how funny it would be listening to them.  There are some very
playful concepts here.

> From the third series, in 1992, it looks like.
> http://www.geocities.com/mmemym/
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/bitoffryandlauri_7770745.shtml
>
> Of course, the performance was funnier than the script alone.
Well, naturally.  I wonder if they could be got on DVD.  Meanwhile, here's
another one on language: http://www.geocities.com/mmemym/bits1/fal0058.htm
especially Fry's speech at the end.

Sally