Stephen Fry here perfectly encapsulates one of my most hated tricks teachers use. They ask for your ideas, then discount (‘shelve’) any perfectly reasonable idea you might have. They then try and nudge you towards their own idea, which may be no better than yours, or, sometimes worse. Hate them.
You think this is unique to English & Shakespeare? Think again! And spare a thought for poor Russian students stuck with exactly the same kind of teachers and several metric tons of Tolstoy on their desks... )) Professors/directors who do this kind of stuff seem to read from the same boring manual independent of the culture or language involved.. *shudders at the memories*
Nobody does this pretentious crap as well as these two. The tragedy is that although this is a wonderful skit, it is also true to life in some areas of the arts....
I think that a lot of British humour is exactly that. Life of Brian when he's painting "Romans go Home" and the sketch "What have the Romans done for us?" for example.
What a brilliant observation. Funny example of the kind of annoying way Shakespeare is taught. The bit about the way time is spelt is hilarious and apt. It is so presumptuous that Shakespeare meant what he wrote the way people have since claimed. Not just Shakespeare
Malicious schemers in several media organizations around the world are out to use me and control my life. They labelled me the "world" and say I am against "white teeth". And they have a secret electromagnetic over-the-air device that can trigger all reactions in the body, including disease symptoms and pain, to coerce me physically and physiologically. Somebody please help me. Please say no to torture and oppression and the media's secret electromagnetic offensive weapon.
Fry and Laurie totally brilliant, but Fry long ago sadly morphed into the very type of character he was always parodying. Still, good to see them when they were young and hungry.
Hugh Lauries' impression of a student in the headlamps of his tutors impossibly obvious questions is priceless. And Stephen Fry is, as ever, absolutely spot on. 'I think thats partly it, Hugh, but think' argh!
Such creativity that they didn't even know they had.
this was *Funny*, both in a conventional sense, and an abstract sense
Stephen Fry here perfectly encapsulates one of my most hated tricks teachers use. They ask for your ideas, then discount (‘shelve’) any perfectly reasonable idea you might have. They then try and nudge you towards their own idea, which may be no better than yours, or, sometimes worse. Hate them.
You think this is unique to English & Shakespeare? Think again! And spare a thought for poor Russian students stuck with exactly the same kind of teachers and several metric tons of Tolstoy on their desks... )) Professors/directors who do this kind of stuff seem to read from the same boring manual independent of the culture or language involved.. *shudders at the memories*
This was literally my Shakespeare teacher at drama school
How TF did I never see this video before? It's been here for 12 years and I only saw it just now?
Not funny
Brilliant... Totally Brilliant !!!
Nobody does this pretentious crap as well as these two. The tragedy is that although this is a wonderful skit, it is also true to life in some areas of the arts....
No no no no this brings back too many memories of university
@1:01 I'm really surprised the line "Before I strip you down and oil you, Hugh" didn't get a laugh!
“Can we shelve that raging debate?”
Lmao, i love english comedy
Is this a parody of the master classes with Trevor Nunn or John Barton? I would vote Trevor Nunn.
Teachers really make this art in absolute stinker even after all these years. (I know it’s a parody)
AS INTELLECTUAL COMEDY EVER BEEN BETTER PRODUCED?
Inspired perhaps by Ian McKellen Shakespeare master class?
So early, nearly 40-years ago. Fry was born 45-years old & wearing a cardigan. Both are brilliant.
Did nobody get the “before I strip you down and oil you”?
“Before I strip you down and oil you” got kind of missed by the audience it went by so quick
I see where they got the idea for the "ROOOAAARRRR!!! unaccustomed as I am!!" scene in Blackadder 3.
Isn't this recreated in an episode of Blackadder? czcams.com/video/42WFxAtoM-g/video.html&ab_channel=Siete16Guevara
This is how it feels for me to analyse a text for GCSE English ))
*Shakespeare
They are SO YOUNG! I feel so old.....
The sheer talent of these two is extraordinary.
Hugh Laurie is as intelligent as Stephen Fry
Too bad about the wrong aspect ratio. Probably because of converting from old video format to newer widescreen, but an unnecessary mistake.
intelligent comedy is rare..
I think that a lot of British humour is exactly that. Life of Brian when he's painting "Romans go Home" and the sketch "What have the Romans done for us?" for example.
Sounds like my college English 101 teacher being his typical pompous ass !!! (Key word - “cauterize”…)
What a brilliant observation. Funny example of the kind of annoying way Shakespeare is taught. The bit about the way time is spelt is hilarious and apt. It is so presumptuous that Shakespeare meant what he wrote the way people have since claimed. Not just Shakespeare
I realise I'm 10 years late, but it's Shakespeare, not Shakespear.
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You've misspelled Shakespeare, doofus.
It's called 'theatrical' .
I love Hugh Laurie’s guilelessness. Perfect match for Stephen Fry’s obsequious-meets-obnoxious-for-a-tea-party 🤣
I wish they were still working together; truly great. Soupitwist!
Gathering from the buttocks...
Magnificent!
"The serial killer is a professor. He cuts his victims into smaller and smaller pieces, until they die. You can call him 'The Deconstructionist'."
Am I the best nly one who wouldn't mind Steven fry stripping me down and oilling...me..
Malicious schemers in several media organizations around the world are out to use me and control my life. They labelled me the "world" and say I am against "white teeth". And they have a secret electromagnetic over-the-air device that can trigger all reactions in the body, including disease symptoms and pain, to coerce me physically and physiologically. Somebody please help me. Please say no to torture and oppression and the media's secret electromagnetic offensive weapon.
Fry and Laurie totally brilliant, but Fry long ago sadly morphed into the very type of character he was always parodying. Still, good to see them when they were young and hungry.
- What went wrong there, Hugh?
My goodness, they look like kids.... but Fry still looks like a professor
Amazes me the way Fry has kept that condescending swagger throughout his career.
I had a drawing teacher who had us draw a folding screen. Then he had a gory go behind it and we drew it again…🙄.
Love these two. So great to see some early stuff.
Hugh Lauries' impression of a student in the headlamps of his tutors impossibly obvious questions is priceless. And Stephen Fry is, as ever, absolutely spot on. 'I think thats partly it, Hugh, but think' argh!