“Mr. Drip said it was the most exciting, mature work from a pupil he had ever seen. Don’t suck your thumb, boy.”
“I wasn’t, sir.”
“No, it was just a bit of general advice for the future.”
This sketch is a straight up MURDERER’S ROW of quotables, fam. “Terry. Terry. Terry. Terrence. Terry. I can’t pretend to be much of a judge of poetry. I’m an English teacher, not a homosexual.” It’s a perfect reminder that A: Most poetry is very bad, B: Saying “that’s what the piece explores” is the worst thing a person can do, C: Angry teenagers are hilarious, and D: Terry is an inherently funny name. “Who has been giving you heroin, boy? This is a matter for the police.”
Hugh’s ability to perfectly embody the slouch of a terrible, angry teenager (“you diseased boy”) makes me want to flail around until I DIE IN A SWAMP. This face (the hair! the slightly askew tie! the bugged-out eyes and the curled lip!):
And this line:
“I came to school to learn, but all I got was junk, instead of answers” are so beautifully matched they make me want to tear out my own eyes and replace them with black pearls.
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terry terry. terry. terrens. TERRENTIA.
Metaphor! Metaphor! How, metaphor!?
Every time I see these sorts of Fry & Laurie bits I pine to know about the people they are basing their performances on.
I’m pretty sure this one’s just taken verbatim from me in middle school. How they got the script I’ll never know
Oh! As long as we’re all unhappy bubbles of anal wind….
Oh! As long as we're all unhappy bubbles of anal wind….
Every instant of ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’ is gold and should be savored like a fine French wine.
Fry and Laurie Friday is the highlight of my week most of the time, but good god, I needed this.
Derek Bowie. That is all.
“You’re 15 years old, what’s going on inside you?”…..I have daily contact with 30+ boys of that age….I would NEVER invite an answer to that question!
"You're 15 years old, what's going on inside you?"…..I have daily contact with 30+ boys of that age….I would NEVER invite an answer to that question!
Still trying to figure out what in my life can most aptly be described as the “ass of the world’s mind…”