The Understanding Barman - A Bit of Fry and Laurie - BBC 

I'd go every day if my wallet allowed for it.

I would not drink somewhere where the barman handles the ice with his fingers.

@Rick O'Shay Well, if you tell him "Keep it coming" first - who knows.

sure thing i would do the same and i dont even drink!!!!!

and every monday morning you would be walking like john wayne.

Is there e non-sexual meaning to that sentence? Because if there is, I can't think of it.

That one definitely doesn't work as well as the others. Passage can indeed mean a sort of corridor, but the tongue is a bit unfeasible for the scene.

@@Kraftwerker1 i believe the joke is that it gets more absurd as it goes. E.g. another disgusting old tart that should've been disposed of ages ago

Jackson Percy you can have tongue (of cow, etc) as a snack or sandwich filler

@@Kraftwerker1 cow tongue is a (rather old-fashioned) snack. He basically meant "I've got some tasty cow tongue hung up (drying/curing) in the corridor at the back of the bar."

"Why in the blazes would you hang on to that?!" "Yeah, you're the one to talk..."

Disposed of ages ago

I thought the whole sketch was hilarious, but this one life went over the top.

He didn't sell that tart well..

So great you forgot it

Well, that is the joke..

I don't think thats what people mean when they say "comedic timing"

It really is. That kind of timing and spot on tone throughout the whole sketch...

Not to burst your bubble, but I heard John Cleese say they spent an hour editing each minute of Fawlty Towers. I rather imagine this is the same, as one has to take longer pauses for a live audience than works on TV. Just saying...

I suppose... It's built into the sketch though; it's not exactly on the spot comedic timing. It's a rehearsed piece 🤷‍♂️

This reminds so much of Austin Powers.

That’s why there is a cut after each comment from Fry lol

When Fry said 'peanuts?', Laurie was close to cracking up

What happened?

@@ackeeble There were no further talent shows.

Was it because they fell about laughing too hard or they found it offensive?

@@ackeeble The latter, but they didn't like us enjoying ourselves too much.

😂😂😂 I would have liked to be a fly on the wall in that school meeting

JDLupus Actually I thought this was a quite poor, lowest common denominator, cheap laughs, smutty 2 Ronnies type sketch. They are capable of much better stuff. But each to his own, I guess.

As has been said, this is immediately apparent as a ripoff of at least two Two Ronnies sketches - the Your Nuts m'Lord sketch and the in the pub sketch where Ronnie Barker keeps finishing Ronnie Corbett's sentences. Fry and Laurie are very talented nonetheless.

@@foddyfoddy UP YOURS

Philip Croft A fine, intellectually well-argued (and capitalised) response.

@@foddyfoddy u dman what m8 ill sort u out ok

Do you still love them 10 years on ?

I'm 11 years late- oh wait if i discovered this as a child...---

truebluekit - haha... funny. Hope your eye is better...

I misread this comment as "Understanding Barman" and went back up to check that I had read the title correctly.

Yeah me too. I expected Hugh as Batman and Stephen as Alfred.

Only Joker truly understands Batman...

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Anas Al-ameen i miss House 😩

ah, but you're just faking being American.

3110loopylou this indeed is masterclass

But not for the last 20 years. No good comedy or music comes from these shores anymore. It's all gone-goodbye.

@@salvadormarleywhat absolute twaddle

Why? It's nothing to do with you how funny Fry and Laurie are, just because you were born on the same approximate lump of land they were. Doesn't mean you're clever or funny. Where's the pride in that? You were born in the same political division as Fred and Rose West, does their skill at getting away with horrific sex murders make you ashamed of yourself? Does Harold Shipman bumping off dozens of grannies mean you ought to do a month or two in prison for murder by association?

Must be, since it is on the rocks.

Like the marriage.

Nobody said they were free....

It's a generous spread, I grant you.

If all those sides are free that drink probably cost like $50.

@@JustaGuy_Gaming That is his seventh.....so even a cheap one is probably adding up.

They taught it when I studied acting. I missed most of the class though, because I was late.

@@crimsondragoncj5467 That’s some pretty bad timing then isn’t it.

@@crimsondragoncj5467 Not as late as you were to this comment thread.

@@bourbon2242 You did it. You saw the joke. And then you stated it outright.

@@Mythraen This was 10 months ago. I don’t even remember writing the comment.

I learnt my english with ahows like these.

Omg! Me too. I'm Peruvian and Graham Norton was my first bite of British comedy and here I am. This duo is the best 🔥❤️

Cause part of the sketch is missing.

Jon Taylor Yeah, that's the joke Jon.

howdj sorry for the question, but whats rhe joke wit the drink? not familiar

Its just a child's cordial, dilute to taste.

ajivins1 and how exactly are fruit cordials "child's" ? No age related harm is done by liking them at any age, and a lot of pointless emotional harm is done by having conformist values that kids should like this and adults should like that.

Hah!

maybe he changed after each drink, eg first one with, second without etc.

zenzombie72 Your nuts m'lord

Clearly a homage