Most of you probably know Hugh Laurie as the irascible, cynical, and humanity deprived Dr. Gregory House on the awesome TV show House MD. Laurie is lesser known (particularly in the US) for his 90s comic carreer. There are several shows in which he shined, the most amazing (to me) and strange being "A Bit of Fry and Laurie".
On "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", Hugh Laurie regularly performed musical numbers, with or without his acolyte Stephen Fry. Most of the time, it's hilarious as well as musically convincing. Here's one I decided to share with you, a hillbilly parody called There Ain't But One Way. And it features Stephen Fry on harmonica of all things...
Way to bring virtually any blog content under the "harmonica" rubric, Ben.
I think we have to say HL is a fine allrounder. Comic, musician, straight actor, scriptwriter, and probably a dairy farmer in his spare time.
I preferred them in Jeeves & Wooster myself, but that's the kind of corny individual I am.
Posted by: Murray | March 29, 2007 at 02:06 PM
Jeeves and Wooster rocks, although releasing them in non-subtitled format was a bit rough on us non-natives. You can understand most of what Jeeves says, but Wooster and his friends are nigh incomprehensible.
Tally-ho !
Posted by: Benoît F. | March 29, 2007 at 04:26 PM