Hugh Laurie Got His Start in Acting with Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry
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Hugh Laurie is a gem that must be protected at all cost.
I totally agree with you ❤
Absolutely agree
Yes.
Yessss
I am truly in awe of all
of his talents.
I recall Stephen Fry saying that Emma Thompson was in love with Hugh during their time at school. She said he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. I think that was so sweet.
It's quite astonishing how utterly different he looked during different stages of his life so far. Early 20s Hugh was unbelievably a handsome jock-type!
He looked really different during much of Fry and Laurie, Black Adder, Jeeves and Wooster and House respectively... Hell, the difference between House and Night Manager was extreme, and I'm not talking about the toupet!
And they all seem to be great friends still.
His blue eyes
She said that she "fell for him like a ton of bricks".
@@RikardPeterson Yep, apparently Ms T still terrorises Stephen Fry with her body parts every chance she gets.
Seth's mom being a Jeeves and Wooster fan is completely perfect.
I loved him as Bertie❤️
I love Wodehouse. He was exactly what I had pictured Wooster in my mind. Fry wasn't exactly as I'd imagined the character.
I only wish he had replied "Toodle-Pip"
I love that he told Seth to say "What ho" to her!
@@ramyashastri I read some of the books. Hugh Laurie elevated the stories to another level, in my mind. What a prince of a man.
I still worship his performance on Black Adder. Amazing actor!
"Which one of us is Wellington?" So hilarious!🤣
I've had a crush on Hugh Laurie since warching "Jeeves and Wooster" with my mum as a child. He seems like such a charming, affable man.
"Hugh Laurie Got His Start in Acting with Emma Thompson...."
"Yeah, he did. That lucky duck! Duck. Luck, luck, luck. Luuuck-cluck-cluck CLUCK!"
go forth, especially
Season 3 of Black Adder is one of the funniest things ever put to film. Those collection of episodes are almost perfection. I adore Black Adder.
Fry and Laurie were great as Jeeves and Wooster!
I never get tired of those shows! Every time I re-watch one, I see things I didn't notice before. So brilliantly done!
Came to post this, leaving satisfied.
Yep, I re-watch it regularly.
They were great on "A Bit of Fry & Laurie," too! My favorite comedy show ever.
Perfect casting! If you look up "gormless idiot" in the dictionary, you will see Hugh as Bertie Wooster!
Of everything Mr Laurie has done, the Jeeves and Wooster series gives me the greatest enjoyment. Thank you.
Agreed!
Yes!
Check out the Blackadder series on WW1 !
Jeeves and Wooster was fantastic
👍👍👍👍
Most of my friends: "Hey look, it's Doctor House."
Me: "Row row row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Belts off! Trousers down!
Isn't life a scream?
Whoa!"
Oh! Good for you!!
Most People "Hey look, it's Doctor House"
Me: "Little Hi, Little Ho"
Permission to shout "bravo" at an annoyingly loud volume, sir?
University education, you can't beat it!
Soupy twist !
I’m impressed that Seth has watched the “Young Ones “.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson at their finest.
Makes you proud to be British. 🇬🇧
I did a double take when I spotted Ade Edmondson in star wars part 8
I’m impressed but not surprised. I think most comedians worth their salt have seen the classic British sitcoms, and Seth is of the generation that _The Young Ones_ chiefly served.
The Young Ones aired in the US (on MTV). As did Jeeves and Wooster and Blackadder (both on PBS).
I don't believe A Bit of Fry & Laurie ever did however, so less Americans will know it.
@@Wiley_Coyote it did, but I don't remember ever watching it.
Ah, but do you remember which episode it was? It's my second favorite!
What a gent. So much talent & self effacing humor. I can always listen to Laurie.
“What ho” lol that was perfect on many levels Bertie!🤣🤣🤟🏾💙
I've been hiding from 2020 by watching "Wooster and Jeeves" and listening to P.G. Wodehouse audiobooks every night (read by Jonathan Cecil, an accomplished British actor reads many of these, and his voices are SUPERB!).
I catch myself using slang and even the accents from these stories. I slipped and called someone "Old Thing" the other day, then had to try to explain where it came from. I felt like Bertie, trying to weasel out of something I didn't mean to say. I looked around for Jeeves to help me, but he never appeared.
Or "Toodle Pip" :-)
@@LazyIRanch Jolly good show, old thing!
The man is a class actor and musician. Always a delight to watch! Fry , Laurie and Thompson together can just take over the world. What a gift.
Jeeves and Wooster was my introduction to Fry and Laurie. Love them both.
hugh laurie is so humble by passing *the* Footlight as some small college gig... Footlight, the historic theatre club where most of Monty Pythons were, had contemporary legends such as David Mitchell, Sue Perkins, Richard Ayoade, and Simon Bird as presidents. what a legend
Oh well, after that delightful conversation it's time to rewatch Hugh Laurie on Craig Ferguson again
Thanks for reminding me!
Me, I will revisit Hugh singing. 🤗
Love the self-deprecation. "The ham in the doctor sandwich". Ham is another word for a bad actor, which, of course, he is most definitely not.
😂 I didn't even catch that double meaning! Good spotting!
He was damn good ham. High quality to where its no insult.
It's actually more appropriate to call it doctors in a ham sandwich. You name a sandwich by the thing that's in between. You wouldn't call an egg sandwich, a bread sandwich. It's an egg sandwich because that's what's inside.
The self-deprecation tho. So British. haha.
I'm with Seth and his mom, I love Hugh's comedy - Blackadder, Fry and Laurie, and Jeeves and Wooster will always be some of my favorite shows.
I’ve been rewatching House MD and he’s absolutely brilliant.
I love his character in House! He did such a good job in that show!
@@b.41879 He really did. Totally different person that in this interview.
@Dean Florey Including you I take it. How so?
The idea that people don't know he started with Stephen Fry, let alone Emma Thompson is a bit strange. Understandable but strange
It's a bit like saying that Sir Paul McCartney for his start in music with John Lennon and George Harrison
Muricans.
Most of my friends never even knew he was English when he played House. They wouldn’t believe me.
I know right - they went to university together - seems like basic common knowledge to me - but then been a fan of them all for ages...
It's because the things we used to get from the uk on television were normally period piece dramas. Pbs did show a few English comedies in the 90s and 00s. But the only ones I really remember are "keeping up appearances" and "Are you being served".
Hugh had a supporting role in Emma's movie "Sense and Sensibility." Ms. Thompson starred, and wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay.
Emma tells a great story on an episode of QI about how the computer she was writing her script on died. She unplugged everything and brought it to Stephen’s house and sobbed to him, “Find my script!!!” He fixed her computer and saved her draft.
He was super in Sense..... etc.!
Hugh Laurie is a great blues musician - released a couple of albums. Saw him live a decade or a so ago. Bit of a slip that Seth wasn’t aware, but probably hard to be aware of everything he’s done...
... and even if you're aware of it all, its hard to mention everything he's done and still have a conversation in such a short clip. Such a talented man.
Hugh has tremendous blues credit! Look him up.
Oh, Seth knew. He worked with him and Laurie is well known as a musician. Seth was just joking with the oblique reference to the piano. Laurie can rip on a piano.
Seths giggle really gave it away 😁
@Agent Fungus He's also a prize-winning rower, and his father won a gold medal at the Olympics for rowing.
I grew up in the UK and even though they only did I think 3 series of a bit of Fry and Laurie spread out over 5 or 6 years the sketches are timeless and the chemistry between them is obvious that you can tell they love each others company in real life.
I cling to the hope that one day they might reunite for 1 more series once Covid is over
it'll never happen but thanks for yr thoughts :)
@@IdoruFalls they said the same thing about Monty Python
What about Jeeves and Wooster?
@@kittycatmeowmeow963 That's great too but in ABOFAL they had creative freedom.
Jeeves and Wooster can make me laugh by just the expression on their face.
this is so cute! Seth is so in love with Hugh
Seth is such an anglophile! Love it. And nice to see Hugh Laurie again, charming as always
What a delightful human being Hugh Laurie is. Great interviewee and a great storyteller, too.
Hugh Laurie is great human being !
ONLY found Mr Laurie's work AFTER 'House' and fell in love with all of it!
Same here. I didn’t even know he was British!
Mr. Dalliard, we’ve been activated!
"Sit down, comrade, sit down. What news from Moscow? Comrade Stalin's in rude health, I presume?"
My favourite sketch ever
@@LACIPPO The Bishop and The Warlord's Light Metal is mine. I don't think Hugh says a word in it, but it cracks me up every time.
Mr Dalliard, Mr Dalliard
Good morning.
He'll always be Prince 'thicker than a whale omelette' George to me.
Yes, your highness your highness.
With enormous trousers of course.
Bertie Wooster for me, but only because that was my first series of his... until House came along, of course.
In that role he outfunnied Rowan Atkinson, which is like outrunning Usain Bolt.
Axel Lukkien stealing scenes from Rowan Atkinson and Robbie Coltrane is art itself
If you've never seen Fry and Laurie stop what you're doing now and go watch. Maybe start with "Formula 1" or "Pre-coital Agreement" or "A word, Timothy"
Surely you have to start with the The Understanding Barman?
I think the Michael Jackson interview is a great starting point. :D
I quite like "Your name sir?" Just because they try so very hard to keep straight faces in it.
I really loved their fake vox pop segments.
@@mrpositronia haha - yes!
It's so strange to see Americans discovering Hugh. He's been such a staple of British comedy for the last 30+ years!
many Americans already knew him from Black Adler, usually the same people who like Python and other British comedy like that. I had friends with VHS copies of Black Adler back in 1992 or maybe earlier. He really became popular after "House" because that was a more mainstream demographic.
He made an American programme for years called House
@@cboscari Blackadder
@@triarb5790 yep my mistake
I'm American but I am also a big British comedy fan so I knew who he was and loved him back when he was in Blackadder!
It is my one wish that if I'm in the hospital for any mystery illness that's not lupus, Dr. House will come in to cure me and belittle me for my feelings.
Right? I have a rare and hideous disease called Trigeminal Neuralgia (aka the "suicide disease"), and had it more than 2 years before I got a diagnosis (16 years ago). I had brain surgery 10 years ago that helped some with the pain level and frequency of attacks, but left me with double-vision and weak eyesight in my right eye and a tendency to run into walls.
TN causes sudden severe pain in the right side of my face (like an electrified, sharp knife). It felt like the worse toothache ever, except it would come and go. I had several root canals and 2 teeth pulled, only to find out it had NOTHING to do with my teeth!
When I watched "House", I always hoped they would have an episode with a TN patient, but I think it's not quite rare enough, and many people would have figured it out too quickly because the symptoms are so bizarre, yet common to those who suffer with it. I can be fine one minute, the next I feel like I've been hit with a taser and crumple to the floor, trying not to scream.
I still think they could have made an interesting episode with that. I think there was a segment about TN on 20/20 once, but most people have never heard about it.
@@LazyIRanch my heart goes out to you. I suffer from multiple chronic pain conditions that all exacerbate the others or when one calms down the others act up. I know about TN as I have researched it due to an online friend with it & I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone. Healing hugs to you.
@@erikacallahan2824 Thank you! I'm so sorry you are in pain, I have a sister who has fibromyalgia, likely caused by untreated Lyme disease 30 years ago. Her doctors don't seem to believe her, though. It's frustrating to see her suffer.
I actually had a bit of a "miracle" last May. I got very sick with what turned out to be bacterial meningitis, but I thought I had Covid. When I finally got bloodwork done 2 months later, found I had Acenobacter Baumanii, aka "Iraqibacter" because it's common with injured soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's what almost killed journalist Bob Woodruff.
Usually, our immune system fights it off, but I got a load of it because I tripped and fell down a hill, ground dirt into my knees and elbows (this common bacteria lives in desert soil). I'm lucky I was able to recover and it didn't turn into flesh-eating bacteria. One of my baby goats got this years ago and had to be euthanized.
I swear, there's a point to this... I realized the 2nd week I was sick that I had not had any TN attacks. Now 6 months later, I STILL haven't had an attack!
I don't know why, after 18 years of daily misery, it's just gone! I suspect the infection had something to do with it, since it affects the nervous system too, but my doctor didn't think so.
What if it did, though? Maybe a new treatment could be developed from bacteria? I've heard stranger things!
It would make a good story for "House", it was even comical how I got infected, tripping over a baby goat I was frolicking with and taking a head-over-heels tumble down the hillside. I could see that kind of scene in a "House" episode! LOL
@@LazyIRanch 0
It’s never lupus.
"And to your mother i would say 'What-ho?!'" Ahahahhahah *fangirling over Jeeves and Wooster
I was grinning like a fool through this entire interview; thank you both!
That room. If you were ever in doubt how English he is. It looks like my father in law's study.
Isn't it great?
😄
Jeeves and Wooster is awesome!
“What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.”
I still have a huge crush on Hugh Laurie!
🙏🏼👌❤️🤷🏻♀️
Is this normal?
Normal? Not only is it normal, it's inescapable! How could you NOT love this man??
Yes!
I'm almost 31 years of age and he's older than my parents but he's a beautiful older man.
Yesss of coz!
Not having a crush on him would be abnormal.
A doctor who once played in the Von Crap Family band should totally specialize in gastro-intestinal medicine!
Also Hugh Laurie is so awesome!
So glad to see this. I am 6 seasons deep into a House binge (again) and have Roadkill next in my queue straight after Everyone Dies. There is just something safe & comforting about Hugh Laurie at the moment that I've snuggled in for the near future.
It took me a moment to realize that was a title and not you waiting to live out a Last Man on Earth style scenario.
You forgot Friends. Hugh sitting next to Rachel on a plane: "I'm with your friend 'Phoebes' on this one; you were on a break!".
And Stuart Little
Peter's friends?
The only bad thing he's ever been in?
Seth watched the Young Ones?! Very nice.
@Sarah Jane he was talking about their university challenge episode which was great
He was so great on Black Adder.
Respect be to mr. Laurie. My favorite actor.
So glad to see Seth being such a fan of Hugh. I loved his concert/tour with the Copper Bottom Band. I love his albums
I just love Hugh Laurie, excellent actor, handsome, funny, intelligent and I love his voice 💕
he looked like such a snack in that stuart little movie
Fry, Laurie, Thompson AND Sandi Toksvig!
All are UK national treasures
Wasn't Rowan Atkinson around the same time as well? I remember him saying something about trying out stand-up comedy in University around the same time as Ben Elton. I might be wrong..
@@KabirChattopadhyay1991 I think he was a couple of years older than the Footlights trio of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson.
Sandy from the Great British Baking Show?
@@KabirChattopadhyay1991 Rowan went to Oxford and Hugh and those other guys were at Cambridge
A great actor and what a great trio Hugh, Emma and Stephen. They all have given us so many laugh and tears. What brilliance.
Wowser! I stood up and cheered when I saw who was on!
I wish I could binge Blackadder on Netflix.
Uses to be hulu. Idk if they've removed it
Now on Amazon Prime in the US
Legendary actor, comic, and musician.
I like that Seth is well versed in British comedy. I'm saying this as a citizen of the US, but I feel like a lot of late night hosts don't really pay attention to non-US stuff.
@Marina E Pity indeed. Either you seek it out or not.
I could listen to High Laurie all day. Please invite him back soon!
One of his generation's best!
cool to see Seth has great taste in British comedy!
That’s everyone’s favorite episode of The Young Ones
Especially Toxteth O’Grady 😉
It's my second favorite, actually. "Nasty" wins the top prize!
@Nicky Poundtown if anyone else asks me that, I'm gonna stick their head through a window!
@@antipatsy same here! featuring the damned too, can't beat that :)
World's stickiest bogey 😁
Thanks, Seth, for having Hugh Laurie on your show! Brings back lovely memories... When I was in Uni back in early 1990s, I absolutely loved Fry & Laurie, Jeeves & Wooster, and Blackadder. Still do. I introduced them to my daughter who she was 8. Absolute classics!
I only know Hugh Laurie from House which I have seen every episode of, but he never spoke in his accent. I knew he was British just never heard him speak with the accent and have to say I was taken back a bit lol
All he did in House was talk in an accent! this is him *without* putting on an accent ;)
Just got done with rewatching season 1-7 of House on Peacock. He did it for 8 seasons and I never had a clue. His ‘Midwest accent’ is clearly special as I never suspected he was actually British, except for his role in The Man in the Mask when he actually ‘didn’t’ speak in an accent. Now That’s impressive. Could any American actor pull off a Scouse or any British accent for 8 years without anyone being the wiser? He’s a national treasure.
I'm really liking this quarantine facial hair.
I could have listened to him forever. Great interview!
I know HL yes from comedy, and yes as house, but every day from my Amazon Playlist with his amazing music
I'll have to check out his music!
@@jocelynjohnston8257 saint James infirmary is a good one and weed smoker's dream are a good start. Kisses fire is also gr8
I love this scene from "Wooster and Jeeves", where he shows off his comedy AND musical skills. He's messing up the song on purpose, of course!
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Thanks, you guys!
I've watched every episode of House MD twice and I am sure in the future, I will watch it again. Modern day classic!
Me too! Love him in House MD and have watched the show quite a few times. Love it!
I think of all the late night hosts Seth is doing the best with these remote interviews. Nice pacing and a great sense of when to interject without any of the awkwardness I've seen elsewhere.
Hugh is a legend!
I always wish more people talked about the film Peter's Friends. It's peak Fry/Laurie/Thompson/Staunton/Branagh for me.
One of my favourite films.
it's a great movie. he was also good in Sense and Sensibility
What a great interview! Thanks for being a fan of your guests, Seth. :)
He is fantastic!
Of course Seth's mom would be so cool as to reference Bertie Wooster and get a "what ho" for us. 🐾🐾
He looks younger now than when he starred in House. He looks great.
he is rocking that full beard
Yay!!! I love Hugh Laurie! Great interview!
Also, GREAT JOB on your classy zoom 2-screen shot that you just did with Mr. Laurie, ell done. It's the classiest and best looking one on all of TV. Thanks!
Yes ,
Thank you for this . Love Hugh , great interview .
His voice 😭🌟
Love Hugh Laurie. Still hoping House will make a return.
My heart couldn't take a House return without Wilson.
House wouldn't survive nowadays. Twitter would cancel him 2 episodes in. People are too sensitive for jokes.
@@lux3226 House saved Wilson. We just didn't see that part.
Fun fact apparently unknown in the US: Mussolini never fulfilled his promise to run trains on time.
Hugh adores Jeeves and Wooster, I can see Seth's mention of it came as a lovely surprise to him.
Hugh looks stunning now! This look reminds me Dr House times, maybe it's time for a sequel ❤️
he was always stunning, but looks different.
@@NellieKAdaba well he's 63 now so he's bound to look different.
It was quite a shock to us Brits when Hugh Laurie became "Sexiest Man". Who? The one from Fry & Laurie and Blackadder? *That* Hugh Laurie - are you sure?!! After knowing only his comedy, which utilised his musical talents at times so we knew that, it really was surprising to see him morph so well into Dr House. With the beard hiding his comically talented chin and his well crafted ultra-Englishman dopey expressions covered with irascibility and sarcasm (that other side to the British personality). But he did make that leap very successfully - just goes to show kids, you never know what's coming up in the future for you!
I still love a bit of Fry & Laurie, and Jeeves & Wooster .... well no one could ever do justice to PG Wodehouse's work better than those two.
Don’t miss Hugh Laurie in The Night Manager. He’s plenty plenty in this role. 😂
His doll face and those incredible eyes. And the overwhelming talent. What's not sexy about that?
Que gusto me dio ver a Hugh Laurie, me encanto la entrevista, gracias.
Hugh Laurie is the greatest actor of all time 🙏🙏🙏
This room is Very British.
If a little large. You should know that essentially we all live in Hobbit holes.
We need another series of Roadkill. It was simply brilliant.
The "What ho" part absolutely made my day! I'm going to rewatch Jeeves and Wooster now
I still love this man!
I love him so much
This was AWESOME!!
I love this man he is a brilliant man
One of my favourite actors! Such a wide range of talents. Brilliant actor, superb musician. This man can play amazing Blues. Do yourself a favour and watch his Let Them Talk - A Celebration of New Orleans Blues . Wonderful stuff...
My kids were raised on Black Adder and Bertie Wooster. What’s Bertie doing on House one child asked. Hilarious guy.
Parenting: You're doing it right!
My mom raised me watching British sitcoms. That's why Bertie Wooster was my first crush.
I LOVE Hugh Laurie! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love to the comedic trio from US! So underrepresented!
Always thought that a House episode should have had a cameo from Rowan Atkinson (*as a wondering psych patient) who cornered House and refuses to call him anything other than Darling. But alas that never came to pass
That would have been amazing.
What a national treasure, here and there. Hugh can't have enough Hugh on your show, Seth.
We’ve been rewatching all of House 👍 👍
Seth perhaps isn't aware that the Cambridge Footlights, the university review show, has been a route into comedy and show business since the 60s.
Truly. And it’s 'revue'!
Jeeves and Wooster simply cannot be beaten
Wooster and Jeeves introduced me to Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, P. G. Wodehouse, and Gypsy jazz, which led to Django Reinhardt.
The Young Ones, that was gold!
This guy is on my short list of non-family member people who make life worth living. He has brought me so much joy over the last 30 years... I'm forever in his debt (which I'm never going to repay, of course, but, still...)
Seth's favorite Young Ones episode is called Bambi. Took me a few decades to realize it was Hugh Laurie in it!