As Stephen Fry says in his autobiography, the Saturday Live audiences were more interested in how their hair would like on TV than anything happening on the stage.
So young. So brilliant. Adore both of them. I feel as though I am commenting on a Charles in Charge episode, perhaps a bit late to the gate. But this is genius in precisely the way Charles in Charge was not.
This is on Spotify podcast.. i discovered it today. While listening to this segment, I really missed their faces and expressions. Thank You, RU-vid . 💜😎
I gave that a like just for being recent. It's true though. Their conferences are also very similar to those 'networking' events. Halfway between a Bafta ceremony and a religious cult meeting. Actually, those are probably *all* the same thing, ultimately... Also when scientists describe their colleagues before a talk. I don't know how those colleagues don't just throw up all over the desks. Every time one replies sarcastically - like 'I, on the other hand, have always found Professor Dinkeldorf to be a vacuous self-promoting trust-fund dweeboid, and I have no regard for his work' - I believe that angels dance around on the clouds and scatter the earth with good things. :)
I wonder where these smooth-lipped corporate confectionery high-fliers are based out of now? Sure, we know what happened to Betty Tomlinson two years on, but this question is a knob that still needs turning. Nutters!
@@frankshailes3205 I make the observation that the sketch references a now-defunct airline, has placing its performance pre-1988. The use of BCal over say British Airways, I would conjecture, is based on Laurie's character trying it on with a stewardess and BCal's ad campaign based on the Beach Boys "California Girls' with the strap line 'I wish they could all be Caledonian girls' . Other references in the sketch that date it was the bragging about using a car phone. Precision comedy of its time. That is what. Thanks for commenting.
No, he's parodying the American mannerisms adopted by these small-time executives. Like the way they say "based out of " instead of just "based in", and the US sports phrases they use. British people adopting American ways is a recurring theme with Fry & Laurie. Ironic in Hugh's case, I suppose.
Wow, I've never seen this before. that WAS hot! and I hope they have made out before, that would seriously make my day...actually, more like make my life!
The script-writer deliberately writes rubbish jokes and stories to poke fun at corporate humour. Of course these sales execs aren't funny: that's not their job. The sketch is steeped in irony, that's what makes it funny.
It's mocking a specific subset of industry / sales folks. If you've ever worked with that group, you recognize the parody of the usual good ol boy back slapping humor...
@@Jotari The two "it's" in your comment are talking about different things. If you said "The sketch is funny because the jokes are very intentionally not funny" that would be correct. :D
