Talk:A Bit of Fry and Laurie

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Don't forget "Mr. Dalliard". —Ashley Y 21:49, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Aye. I'll whip up a section in a short while. Thanks for the reminder. Palaeologus 10:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

According to Amazon.com and some other sources I have seen, the DVD of Series 2 is scheduled to appear June 19. Is this sufficient to add the information? Additionally, how about a more detailed episode guide, listing the sketches in each episode? I could get started on it tonight or tomorrow, unless anyone thinks it unnecessary/pointless/unfavourable. Gengulfus 12:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

  • I would suggest putting the list on its own page, with a link on the main article. If you are going to make such a list, I also suggest that you use the official titles for each sketch. The titles can be found in the script books that Fry and Laurie put out a few years back. Digresser 13:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Sounds like a good idea - the scripts site linked to on the main article would be useful in such a project. Palaeologus 00:59, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I've created the page, complete with format (as I saw fit - anyone is, of course, welcome to change it to something better/clearer/more stylish), and added information about the first two episodes of series 1. I've used the script archive where possible, taking care to use official titles and linking each one to the corresponding script (is this a bit too much? I thought it might be a nice touch). Where I couldn't find a script, I've come up with a concise title of my own. I hope it's all in order, and please go over and help out with the list! Gengulfus 19:55, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Looks good to me, so long as the person whose site you're linking to doesn't mind. -Digresser 19:58, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DVD Title

Can someone with the new Season One DVD please take a screencap of the title screen of one of the episodes for the article? The image there at the moment is from one of my VHS recordings and a bit miserable.

Cheers. - Palaeologus 02:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Pilot

I would like to see the source for the comment that the "date of the pilot is often listed incorrectly as 26/12/86" but was in fact broadcast in 1987. Both the idmb and the BBC Guide to Comedy list the pilot as first airing in 1986, and I should very much think the latter is an authorative source. --Kronecker 06:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I can offer you this much. The BBC's page (from where I believe IMDb got its info) lists this for the pilot: Special (35 mins) 26 Dec 1986 BBC1 Sat 11.55pm. Now, this information is clearly wrong as the 26th of December 1986 was a Friday, not a Saturday. However, the 26th of December 1987 was a Saturday. Given the choice between the two dates, it seems far more likely that the 1987 date is accurate, as the first series would then have been scripted and filmed the following year, to be aired beginning in January of 1989. I seem to recall either Stephen Fry or Hugh Laurie mentioning in an interview the year it took them to write and film, but I can't remember the source. Perhaps someone else has a more definitive answer? -Digresser 04:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Are you thinking of the Comedy Connections special? I think I remember one of them saying it in that. I don't have any way to find out for sure at the moment, though. --Bertieismyho 18:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
It appears that it was definitely 1987. I have found a TV review article in The Times from Monday 28 December 1987, which begins "A Bit Of Fry and Laurie (BBC 1, Saturday), was an amiable half hour with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie...". Clearly this was describing a brand-new series, so the first transmission date was Saturday 26 December 1987. 143.252.80.100 15:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm 99% sure that the Roman Numerals at the end of the pilot say 1987, not 1986--GurTheFred 01:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
In fact, it must have been 1987, due to the song Hugh Laurie sings, "Mystery". One verse goes: "Dead since 1973, you been dead now, let me see... fifteen years next January, as a human being, you are history". 15 years since 1973 would be 1988, thus the sketch/song must have been performed in 1987. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GurTheFred (talk • contribs) 05:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
I'm not going to alter the article, but all of this is original research, which is forbidden under Wikipedia's arcane rules. If the source is wrong, we still have to cite it in lieu of a correct source. -Ashley Pomeroy 20:54, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question about the Amazon release

The Amazon.co.uk release of all four series contains 4 DVDs, while the box set for the 4th series has two DVDs on it. Can anyone confirm that the Amazon release contains all the material in the series, as presented in the separate packages?

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