@@polylyth Hm. How often would you say you find yourself asking these sort of prying questions? Do they ever interfere with your daily activities, or impact your work and family life?
@@kathorsees How often do you unnecessarily involve yourself in conversations between other people? Do you think it has resulted in you being unpopular?
@@CHRISDABAHIA you have to be a special kind of person to go and read comments before you watch the video and then complain about it being spoiled. I'll let you choose particular word to describe such a person yourself, if I did it, I'm afraid it'd be very unflattering.
@@Ennar and @CHRIS DA BAHIA please wait for your turn in the lobby. You can't rush in here like that. This is a comment section without search ONLY for bots to push scams.
that is a real problem with mental health issues, as soon as your state of mind is questioned by anybody.........trying to "prove you're sane" becomes really tricky - a couple of scary movies have been made on this premise.
Interesting! Does anything else in your life seem to be "going on and on"? So we have an obsession with perpetuity along with a constant questioning of women's qualifications. Mixed in I see a bit of nihilism ("Will we ever know?"). Now, your comment contains two interrogation marks. Interrogations marks are interesting, aren't they? They are round and curvy, a bit like breasts, right? And you used exactly two of them in your comment. Fascinating! Truly fascinating!
The script is brilliant, at first Fry doesn't contest any of Laurie's claims of him being the actual patient but in the second half Fry is the one who gets on the offensive and Laurie is ignoring all his comments, it really messes with your mind and the ending was just perfect.
Oh my God, I love this. Really makes you think which ones the real psychiatrist at the beginning. That twist at the end was worthy of a crime novel. Absolute genius.
i have a close friend who is schizophrenic, i have a carers certification as i've been looking after her for around seven years, a few months ago someone asked me if i am autistic, and not so long ago someone else asked me if i am bi-polar - it's contagious apparently....
@@HarryNicNicholasSchizophrenia and Bipolar are two distinct mental illnesses and Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition so yeah... Your comment doesn't really make sense. You could be a carer with Bipolar and/or Autism, that profession and those conditions aren't mutually exclusive.
"I don't want you to think of you me as your psychiatrist. I want you to think of me as a man who snuck in and killed your psychiatrist before you got here." - Frankie Boyle (Mock the Week)
I know, right? This world needs more F&L, Python, and especially Blackadder ... and at least 80% less of whatever is supposed to be funny these days. There are some intelligent things happening but they're hard to find.
@@brod2man Bender-Gestalt is a psychological test, widely used to assess visual - motor functions in children and adults (simplified explanation). It is also used to detect neurological (neuropsychological) risks, depending on criteria used (Hutt, Koppitz etc.). There are several adaptations of the test, as well as scoring systems. As a Psychology student you should be familiar with BG. I would recommend Patricia Lacks' book BG Screening for Brain Dysfunction.
It's a standard diversionary practice, answering a question with a question of your own. It makes some people feel quite smart but really they just look like prats.
The real twist is, it's you that delusionally believes you're watching a comedy sketch on the internet. You're actually in a real doctor's office where this is actually happening.
Having been mentally Ill for 60 years and having had 20 or more psychiatrists, I usually show myself to be mixed up like these two guys when I am seeing a mental health professional.
Apparently, something like this actually happened once. A group of psych doctors gathered a bunch of people who thought they were Jesus in a room to see how they would rationalize others making the same claim.
@@constantinosschinas4503 No, that's just called a congregation if they're all of the same type, or an interfaith conference if they're not. Anyone attending tends to walk away more entrenched.
Like an undercover agent attending a flat-earth conference and it turns out each person there is also "the only" undercover agent there... (Okay, I've been in a Flat-Earth gatherings RU-vid rabbit hole for hours now.)
You wouldn't be able to recognize between a lunatic and psychiatrist. The whole time you wer thinking one of them was not a lunatic. That's the genius of the sketch.
@@PaulaZF After a half a minute you're wondering who is the patient and who's the doctor. After two minutes the idea comes up that they both could be patients, which it turnes out to be. Pretty funny, but I think it would be even more brilliant if both were actually psychiatrists, none was delusional and that the fault was just with Rebecca scheduling them in the same office.
@@Rodytur10Haha, I really like your take and I hope some good actors (don't have to be pros, RU-vidrs would also do) will one day enact such a brilliant sketch! :)
Well, it always boils done to personal taste. These two are indeed great, but some of the Python sketches were equally brilliant. I don't see the need to try to rank order everything. It's enough, is it not, to just say top tier?
This is, to me, one of those rare comedy sketches that has far more depth and thought to it then you realise. Which one IS the patient? That makes you think....
I think read that they never had recurring characters in their show. So every sketch was original. It must have taken extraordinary creativity to come up with new sketches and scenarios for each show.
Intriguing! I had often wondered, over the years, what had happened to these three former patients of mine. Their identical joint delusional psychosis posed quite a challenge to me some years ago. Eventually all three of them quit showing up for their sessions with me, and I had assumed they had been committed to an institution, either together or separately. Now I see that they are all three together seeing another doctor. It is too bad he is not depicted here.
Two psychiatrists walk towards each other. One says to the other "Zyprexa?" The other says "Nah. clozipine" The patient keeps smoking weed and thinks that it's the marijuana that keeps him calm The patient is
i imagine this is what happens when a psychiatrist has to visit another psychiatrist. just 2 psychiatrists trying to read one another. and fry and laurie portrayed this hilariously too.
Ah, role-play. Very good, a useful exercise. Now in this scenario, I will be DougieJR and you will be DougieSR. I’ve spilt milk all over the new carpet, now what do you say?
I was 12 when I first saw this sketch and when Hugh said "masturbate", my brother told me NEVER to use that word, not even to ask my dad (who was a doctor himself) what it meant.
@@ereeye95 Let me tell you I had a very strict, religious upbringing. Up till the age of 10, my mum didn't let me watch many programmes after 9pm and I wasn't allowed to watch EastEnders. On the other hand, I watched A Bit Of Fry & Laurie with my brother who was older than me as well as Bottom and The Young Ones.
@@DDaSilva1980 The stuff about your family was kind of a joke but I appreciate the insight into what I feel is like a bizarre situation. Are you now as strict or religious as your parents were?
🤣 Having met both psychologists and psychiatrists myself I can see the funny side. I think Fry has had one and of course, everybody in this sketch is an actor. 🙂
