Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie - Gannet Gets Fired

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  • čas přidán 6. 03. 2010
  • From 'There's Nothing To Worry About'.
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Komentáře • 126

  • @aaronhurst4379
    @aaronhurst4379 Před 7 lety +381

    Gosh, I actually felt sorry for poor Gannet :-(

  • @SnuffIt
    @SnuffIt Před 2 lety +96

    I’m realizing that Hugh has always had the ability to say everything with just those mesmerizing and expressive eyes of his, no words just one look and you know the feeling he’s trying to convey. I saw him constantly do that in House M.D but this is the first time I saw him doing it in a bit, it was really touching I want to hug Gannet now

    • @marzipan7755
      @marzipan7755 Před 2 lety +8

      2:37 the way he slowly frowns just a bit more 10/10

    • @hmq9052
      @hmq9052 Před rokem

      Mate, get a grip

    • @snowysnowyriver
      @snowysnowyriver Před rokem +6

      Equally, it's fascinating to see how menacing Stephen Fry can be with just a look. I'd love to see him do a really tough psychological thriller or horror film. I think he could a play a psychopath really well.

    • @SnuffIt
      @SnuffIt Před rokem +3

      @@snowysnowyriver oh yes, he would be awesome playing a psychopath because he has that calming voice that can be quite distracting to believe he's the bad guy

  • @mathugh11
    @mathugh11 Před 13 lety +142

    That's one HOT Stephen Fry!! And poor Hugh, he looks so sad and cute I just want to give him a hug!

    • @venusianblivet9518
      @venusianblivet9518 Před 4 lety +20

      It’s weird because Stephen looks young but sounds exactly the same.

    • @abigailflynn6400
      @abigailflynn6400 Před 3 lety +10

      @@venusianblivet9518 He's also very skinny here.

  • @P_Beard_5961
    @P_Beard_5961 Před 5 lety +162

    And then a few years later he fired terry

  • @colibri1
    @colibri1 Před 14 lety +149

    This was made back when people didn't just accept mass layoffs, before they'd become normal. Today it seems strange to hear someone say they expect to work for a firm their entire life.

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii Před 6 lety +10

      colibri1 although today you can't make someone redundant without a decent package, especially after 17 years at the company

    • @chrishill601
      @chrishill601 Před 4 lety +4

      I was wondering where the joke was.

  • @salwaaj1356
    @salwaaj1356 Před rokem +21

    Hugh can act the obnoxious agressor as well as the innocent passive fool very convincingly. I felt sorry for him, even more so bc he kept being polite and understanding while taking all that.

  • @Whovian1029
    @Whovian1029 Před 6 lety +94

    Wow, I felt really bad for Gannet in this one

  • @DeusExMamiya
    @DeusExMamiya Před rokem +10

    Don’t feel too sorry for Gannet! He went on to a successful second career, as part of the comedy duo “Fry and Laurie”.

  • @EdgyShooter
    @EdgyShooter Před 5 lety +37

    My god such a young Steven Fry!

  • @Wickerwoman-lh3vn
    @Wickerwoman-lh3vn Před 7 lety +96

    "She's the best secretary I have ever had on this Floor..." :-D

    • @Xezlec
      @Xezlec Před 5 lety +12

      There are at least two ways to interpret that line. I wonder if that ambiguity is deliberate.

    • @haru100
      @haru100 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Xezlec No ambiguity. He could have just said best secretary ever had, but he added "on the floor."

    • @feeeweeegege
      @feeeweeegege Před 3 lety +7

      @@haru100 The ambiguity is "Best secretary I've ever had [while working] on this floor" versus "Best secretary I've ever had [sex with] on this floor"

  • @janruudschutrups9382
    @janruudschutrups9382 Před 7 lety +119

    Reminds me a bit of General Melchett having Captain Darling send off to the front.

    • @Whovian1029
      @Whovian1029 Před 6 lety +8

      Yeah, that was a really bummer scene too

    • @KhudurLagamar
      @KhudurLagamar Před 5 lety +2

      And a sketch "Firing' from 'A bit of Fry and Laurie'.

  • @chris-dl2pj
    @chris-dl2pj Před 6 lety +18

    My boss just asked me into an alley ,told me thats it,you have no council job,"its nothing personal",and shook my hand,and left me standing. Nice one Mr Jones.Thanks again.

  • @wendus93
    @wendus93 Před 14 lety +46

    Aww Hugh and his baby blue eyes :) I don't agree with those who say he wasn't sexy back then.

    • @kosmosyche
      @kosmosyche Před 3 lety +9

      Who says such drivel? Hugh was born sexy.

  • @DemonSmiter16
    @DemonSmiter16 Před 13 lety +26

    Aww HUGH!!! It's the 'Please-stop-hitting-me' face!
    How I do love Fry and Laurie :)

  • @mikepen3477
    @mikepen3477 Před 7 lety +39

    "Since you're not too popular around here we didn't raise anything" lol

  • @themoonwalkingbear3581
    @themoonwalkingbear3581 Před 10 lety +58

    "Well, I won't mince around the bush any longer...." XD

  • @JohnDoe-dj3lw
    @JohnDoe-dj3lw Před 4 lety +31

    Always loved these two, and I like this sketch (the secretary and floor wordplay was genius), nevertheless this was also quite sad. Surely it was intentional (Hugh Laurie's performance is key here) still...I laughed but I left with more sadness

  • @englishcockerspaniels2522
    @englishcockerspaniels2522 Před 5 lety +26

    How young they were ♡

  • @oliveringram3056
    @oliveringram3056 Před 3 lety +4

    'Due back in a fortnight'.....brilliant.

  • @XxBtsyxX
    @XxBtsyxX Před 13 lety +26

    Aww how can u fire him look how sweet hughs little face is when hes sad and his blue eyes AWW x

  • @Plons0Nard
    @Plons0Nard Před 2 lety +1

    This proves that 1 plus 1 can make 10 😊👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱

  • @DUSTINISMS
    @DUSTINISMS Před 12 lety +28

    This is so sad

  • @TheCatBilbo
    @TheCatBilbo Před 2 lety +3

    "I won't mince around the bush"
    Shades of Python, they do office-based so well.

  • @themoonwalkingbear3581
    @themoonwalkingbear3581 Před 10 lety +14

    Oh, poor Hugh. How I miss cruel Stephen!

  • @el6178
    @el6178 Před 4 lety +6

    They are so young!

  • @BritishComedyUK69
    @BritishComedyUK69 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for the video!

  • @MercuryMay94
    @MercuryMay94 Před 14 lety +14

    Naaw.. they are so young

  • @user-hg8jz6pp4n
    @user-hg8jz6pp4n Před 7 lety +5

    This feels so Kids In The Hall. I could totally picture Dave and Kevin in Stephen's and Hugh's respective rolls.

  • @jimhughes1962
    @jimhughes1962 Před 4 lety +3

    So young!

  • @Shazzkid
    @Shazzkid Před 5 lety +18

    "somewhat harsh"

  • @Kris.G
    @Kris.G Před 4 lety +7

    poor Gannet had his birthday that day

  • @Kris.G
    @Kris.G Před 4 lety +3

    the way he says 'Gannet' every time

  • @robo6548
    @robo6548 Před 6 lety +8

    Before the invention of zero hours contracts...

  • @irinapopovamezzo
    @irinapopovamezzo Před 2 lety

    Super.

  • @tsaszymborska7389
    @tsaszymborska7389 Před 6 lety +7

    Poor man.

  • @bluesque9687
    @bluesque9687 Před rokem +1

    Hugh Laurie is a very talented man.

  • @egorkotkin
    @egorkotkin Před 8 měsíci

    Why is this so sad 🥺

  •  Před rokem +3

    That... that's not humour. That's a reality. Sure, he's unlikely to leave without a pay but still... kinda sad.

  • @AVMamfortas
    @AVMamfortas Před 2 lety

    Industrial Carbofluids? Shirley that is Bastards Incorporated.

  • @kels777able
    @kels777able Před 5 lety +10

    God, gorgeous young, Laurie...I mean he was soooo beautiful. Yummy, Hugh!

  • @barquerojuancarlos7253
    @barquerojuancarlos7253 Před 3 lety +4

    "... My board has asked me to reduce my staff by 50% ..." what if that firm wasn't a tyrannical institution and employees had a say in the matter ...?

    • @andyventures6574
      @andyventures6574 Před 3 lety

      Probably if the firm was struggling the same thing

    • @doger944
      @doger944 Před 3 lety +4

      "The union has decided you'll be made redundant because you don't pay them a member's fee."

    • @Alresu
      @Alresu Před rokem

      @@andyventures6574 What makes you think they were struggling? Often it's just a matter of optimising profit.

    • @andyventures6574
      @andyventures6574 Před rokem

      @@Alresu please note my second word was IF ..which , for clarity, means "on the condition or supposition that; in the event that....." Try looking up hard words if you don't understand them before replying .

    • @Alresu
      @Alresu Před rokem

      @@andyventures6574 The message conveyes (if itentionally or not I don't know) was, that it's likely it would've been the same thing. Which I don't think it is.

  • @user-yw5nv8ky5m
    @user-yw5nv8ky5m Před 7 lety +1

    Хью Лори и Стивен Фрай такие юные здесь! особенно Хьюшенька!)

  • @corbysloan7934
    @corbysloan7934 Před rokem

    Can't have too many secretaries I see.

  • @chrisburton8079
    @chrisburton8079 Před 2 lety +1

    Gannets on minimum wage I would complain

  • @EleanorGouldingify
    @EleanorGouldingify Před 8 lety +5

    Ha...ha...ha

  • @EddieGaster
    @EddieGaster Před 3 lety +1

    There's Nothing to Worry About served as the pilot for the sketch show Alfresco.

  • @RYN988
    @RYN988 Před 6 lety +2

    There’s no check at all loool

  • @deanronson6331
    @deanronson6331 Před 2 lety +2

    If you want to see a really good movie about the harsh realities of employees being fired in America, check out Up in the Air with George Clooney.

  • @ShopFloorMonkey
    @ShopFloorMonkey Před rokem

    Strange, this only feels like half the sketch. No closure.

  • @felicitas2143
    @felicitas2143 Před 6 lety +5

    7,500 pounds? Am I missing something here? Were wages a lot lower in those days?

    • @BigMacsm245
      @BigMacsm245 Před 6 lety +5

      7500 pounds in 1989 was worth the equivelent of £13000 today

    • @saxbend
      @saxbend Před 6 lety +1

      Silly Ellie probably more!

    • @lawrence142002
      @lawrence142002 Před 6 lety

      Here in the United States, at that time period, it still would've put him below the poverty line. I can't imagine he'd have been doing particularly well on that salary at the time, either.

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii Před 6 lety +3

      In the UK, £13000 today is about minimum wage for a full time job. Low, especially for someone of his age, but not unheard of

    • @tmjcbs
      @tmjcbs Před 6 lety +9

      Just checked with the 'Historical UK inflation calculator' (inflation.stephenmorley.org/) : 1 pound in 1989 is equivalent to 2.46 pound now, so that makes a salary of (appr.) 18450 pound now.

  • @nocturnal1147
    @nocturnal1147 Před 2 měsíci

    Well that was depressing for a comedy. Poor George.

  • @merfymac
    @merfymac Před 2 lety +1

    Good grief, these comments... can't move for the middle aged estrogen and nostalgia oxytocin

  • @mhoney7899
    @mhoney7899 Před 3 lety +3

    Well isn't hugh laurie devastatingly good looking in this clip.

  • @dilibau
    @dilibau Před 5 lety +1

    Year?....

  • @notthedoctor8621
    @notthedoctor8621 Před 4 lety +1

    7.5k a year ???

  • @marcushendriksen8415
    @marcushendriksen8415 Před 5 lety +16

    You poor sods. A lifetime of cheap humour has you all looking for the punchline, blind to the subtle humour perforating the dialogue.
    (Intended to sound pretentious, but really, it's true.)

  • @johncronin3432
    @johncronin3432 Před 2 lety +1

    It's mega funny; that's all you can say!

  • @PrinceWesterburg
    @PrinceWesterburg Před 6 lety +8

    Did this lead into another scene? As a piece it doesn't have a punchline or resolve in any way.

  • @darthmarticusLFC
    @darthmarticusLFC Před 2 lety

    Audiences were awful back then

  • @rollinskjohn
    @rollinskjohn Před 5 lety +11

    This wasn't funny, there's a much better version in which Laurie happens to be the HR manager and where Fry tries desperately to fire Laurie who
    happens to be the HR manager.

    • @Kris.G
      @Kris.G Před 4 lety +5

      Much better VERSION? This isn't the same sketch though. There are no versions.

  • @danielelford6767
    @danielelford6767 Před 8 lety +11

    Why is every comment about how handsome people are? Seriously, who actually gives a shit?

    • @jamesgatz6553
      @jamesgatz6553 Před 8 lety +13

      +Daniel Elford Humans give a shit. Why do you seriously think people care about it? Because we're all playing at something? Humans care about looks, just instinct, no need to get all up in arms about it.

    • @danielelford6767
      @danielelford6767 Před 8 lety +3

      It's not basis for anything though, it's just bullshit.

    • @Nyaliva
      @Nyaliva Před 7 lety +3

      Well you obviously mustn't be very sexy.

    • @Nyaliva
      @Nyaliva Před 7 lety +10

      Honestly though, you do realise this is the youtube "comment" section, not the CZcams "review" section, right? If people's only contribution is vapid, what's it to you?
      Besides, young Stephen is so VERY dashing, it would be a crime NOT to mention it.

    • @Lucifronz
      @Lucifronz Před 6 lety

      It is a waste of comment space, for sure. Then again, the people so obsessed with how attractive these two were in the past likely wouldn't bother commenting otherwise if they passed up talking about it.

  • @roberthanlen6036
    @roberthanlen6036 Před 4 lety +3

    Odd sketch. Started somewhere and didn't really end anywhere.

    • @nikhilreddy8550
      @nikhilreddy8550 Před 4 lety +2

      I was waiting for the punch, instead it just got back sad memories. 😕

    • @Kris.G
      @Kris.G Před 4 lety +1

      True, I keep coming back here to witness the amazing acting.

  • @violentinstincts
    @violentinstincts Před 6 lety +3

    ..hmm .. where is the punchline ?

  • @MegaAniLinkFan
    @MegaAniLinkFan Před rokem

    How is this a comedy sketch? it was more a drama. No punchline,

  • @ivonnatrolue6747
    @ivonnatrolue6747 Před rokem

    I like hugh laurie but this wasn't funny at all. And don't give me that bullshit about subtlety. It was just sad.

  • @JollyGraham
    @JollyGraham Před 3 lety

    Not very funny!

  • @zachsmith5515
    @zachsmith5515 Před rokem +1

    what was the point of this zero comedy sketch?

  • @sheolcodemonkey4027
    @sheolcodemonkey4027 Před 6 lety +7

    I... I don't get it... was this supposed to be funny? I love Fry and Laurie but I was expecting some kind of actual... event, rather than just a guy getting fired

    • @rishivachaspathyastakala866
      @rishivachaspathyastakala866 Před 5 lety +8

      The devil is the details. There are a ton of ironic statements and moments.

    • @dewittbourchier7169
      @dewittbourchier7169 Před 4 lety +1

      And that is part of the routine. There is nothing funny about being fired and people who fire people often enjoy it too much and don't care at all what this will mean to the person they are firing. It is also pointing out that staff costs may look huge at the macro level but on the micro most people are not really paid that much. It is also having a go at the zeitgeist of glorying in mass layoffs ... unfortunately that continues to this day.

  • @boneappletea3858
    @boneappletea3858 Před 8 měsíci

    Wtf? This wasn't as funny as it was just sad. No punchline as much as a gut punch.