A Bit of Fry and Laurie - The Complete Collection... Every Bit!

More Than A Bit Funny

If you like British humor, this pair does a wonderful job of keeping you laughing. I still find it hard to believe that Hugh Laurie can be the harse Dr. House on American TV when he came from such comical beginnings. Enjoy. June 9, 2008

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

Gets better as it goes along, but many of the jokes and skits are, I think, parodies of British TV shows that we don't get--so, though I think they're both wonderful, Jeeves & Wooster was SO much better. April 27, 2008

Fry and Laurie - Absolutely Perfect

I purchased this DVD box set after reading the scripts for this series. It does not disappoint. If you are a fan of British Comedy and/or a fan of Messrs. Fry and Laurie, you will thoroughly enjoy this box set. April 21, 2008

Great show, but a bit pricey

Overall, this show is very enjoyable. Some sketches are really silly and so absured (Derek Nippl-e, anyone?!), that you laugh quite hard watching them. My favourite parts of the show were the musical numbers with Hugh Laurie, and the endings of the last two series with Stephen Fry mixing up cocktails and dancing hilariously as Laurie plays the piano.

As far as my ratings go: Even though I'm a huge fan of British comedy, and that's basically all I buy in way of DVD collections, I found this one a bit hard to understand being a Yank and all. This show was on air when I was about six years old as well, so I'm not sure if it's a cultural or time-lapse difference that makes certain sketches go over my head.

For a collection of four DVDs, the price is quite heafty as well. For about the same price, you can find the 8-disk Jeeves & Wooster series in Amazon's "new & used" section. What would have made the boxed set worth the price would have been a collection packed with extras (left-over sketches, bloopers, behind-the-scenes stuff, etc). Though, the one extra this set did have was the Cambridge University Footlights Review Special that aired on the BBC featuring early works by Fry & Laurie. This special is quite hilarious, and Stephen Fry shines, in my opinion, during a seven-minute monologue simply titled, "The Letter". Very witty stuff, indeed!

March 3, 2008

Jeeves & Wooster It Isn't

For those used to the brilliant writing of either Jeeves & Wooster or House M.D., this series will be a serious disappointment. Though sometimes genuinely funny, it sadly relies on profanity and sexual humor far too much of the time. January 7, 2008

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