I know it's a sketch, but I've always hated this form of teaching. The lecturer holding the students hostage to their obtuse questions, framed within a paradigm only they know, and outside of which answers will not be accepted.
You know, I don't think Stephen has ever not looked fatherly and professorial. I mean this is thirty whole years ago and he still looks how he always has. It's like the man was born to be wise and witty from the very start.
Having specialised in literature at university I can safely proclaim this is a very accurate representation of the “over-analysis” of every word of text that goes on every single day
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!
Genius comedy. The timing, the expressions on their faces, the language (who else could make the mannerisms of Oxbridge dons so hilarious or the satire of a university Shakespeare tutorial so funny)
I know it's a sketch, but I've always hated this form of teaching. The lecturer holding the students hostage to their obtuse questions, framed within a paradigm only they know, and outside of which answers will not be accepted.
"Before we strip you down and oil you ..." nobody laughed at that! It was hilarious!
You know, I don't think Stephen has ever not looked fatherly and professorial. I mean this is thirty whole years ago and he still looks how he always has. It's like the man was born to be wise and witty from the very start.
Having specialised in literature at university I can safely proclaim this is a very accurate representation of the “over-analysis” of every word of text that goes on every single day
They invented the overanalyzing English teacher meme 30 years before the internet did
He seems a promising young actor, this Laurie chap.
As someone who teaches Shakespeare...this is hilarious and I know the type.
Watching this right after watching Sir Ian McKellen teaching actors how to deliver the Time speech in Macbeth is PRICELESS. Thank you CZcams.
I love Hugh Laurie’s guilelessness. Perfect match for Stephen Fry’s obsequious-meets-obnoxious-for-a-tea-party 🤣
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!
Seeing this famous comedy duo looking so youthful has had me wistfully reflecting on TIIIIIIMMME!!
This is eerily similar to my English Literature classes.
“What went wrong there?”
Fry is insufferably good at this!
Anyone who’s worked at any level of theatre has met a director like this
Not only hilarious - this is a spot on parody of a master class
“What went wrong there, Hugh?”
every English and drama teacher ever
Genius comedy. The timing, the expressions on their faces, the language (who else could make the mannerisms of Oxbridge dons so hilarious or the satire of a university Shakespeare tutorial so funny)
Having spent a year in drama school, I can so relate to this experience.