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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)
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)
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)
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?
Songs section is far, far too detailed and subjective. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Newshound ( talk • contribs) 03:41, 5 June 2007.
I am surprised that there is no mention of the street interviews that are interspersed between the studio sketches. I really enjoy them especially Fry as a lady who keep remembering that she 'left the iron on.' Grandma Roses 10:59, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry! I was not familiar with the phrase 'vox-pop.' Now that I have looked it up, I realise that my comment was erroneous. Grandma Roses 11:17, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Is "vox-pop" more common in the UK than North America? I've never heard the phrase before in my life, but I'm North American so that may be why? Here they're called "man on the street interviews". If "vox-pop" is an uncommon term in the UK as well it might be good to change it so that the intro is more easily understood. -- 66.183.71.64 ( talk) 03:21, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
During the pilot episode there is a sketch of William Wegman spraying deodorant under his arm. Should this trivia be included? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.146.130.17 ( talk) 21:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I've found that one cannot rely on DVD subtitles; the people making them don't have access to the script. Here I'd bet on "no principle" because it's funnier. — Tamfang ( talk) 19:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
This page (the article and the discussion) have been moved a couple of times now, and as a result the history of the article is now on A Bit of Fry and Laurie ( here), while the actual article ( without history) is at A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Does anyone know how to fix this? It would probably involve completely deleting one of the pages or something. -- Peti (me) 13:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
A minor point, perhaps, but surely it's "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" as depicted in the titles, and on the wording that appeared in the set of the first series.
In fact, the ampersand in question is the subject of a sketch in series 3 and great attention is called to it. What say you? Am I being too picky?
Speednik ( talk) 15:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
One other music change was in the "Countdown to Hell" sketch. On TV it used the real Countdown clock music, but on the DVD a bit of original incidental music was substituted. -- 88.109.7.78 ( talk) 09:15, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Am I alone in consistently hearing that as "sack it"? — Tamfang ( talk) 00:27, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
There was also a 1994 BBC radio series featuring selected sketches from the television series with an introduction by Hugh Laurie. Currently being repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra at time of writing (August 2021). The compilations are mentioned at the end of the Episode guide section of the A Bit of Fry & Laurie article but the Main article: List of A Bit of Fry & Laurie episodes doesn't mention it or give any details of the sketches featured.
TBC
82.32.16.48 (
talk) 12:57, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
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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)
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)
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)
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?
Songs section is far, far too detailed and subjective. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Newshound ( talk • contribs) 03:41, 5 June 2007.
I am surprised that there is no mention of the street interviews that are interspersed between the studio sketches. I really enjoy them especially Fry as a lady who keep remembering that she 'left the iron on.' Grandma Roses 10:59, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry! I was not familiar with the phrase 'vox-pop.' Now that I have looked it up, I realise that my comment was erroneous. Grandma Roses 11:17, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Is "vox-pop" more common in the UK than North America? I've never heard the phrase before in my life, but I'm North American so that may be why? Here they're called "man on the street interviews". If "vox-pop" is an uncommon term in the UK as well it might be good to change it so that the intro is more easily understood. -- 66.183.71.64 ( talk) 03:21, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
During the pilot episode there is a sketch of William Wegman spraying deodorant under his arm. Should this trivia be included? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.146.130.17 ( talk) 21:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I've found that one cannot rely on DVD subtitles; the people making them don't have access to the script. Here I'd bet on "no principle" because it's funnier. — Tamfang ( talk) 19:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
This page (the article and the discussion) have been moved a couple of times now, and as a result the history of the article is now on A Bit of Fry and Laurie ( here), while the actual article ( without history) is at A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Does anyone know how to fix this? It would probably involve completely deleting one of the pages or something. -- Peti (me) 13:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
A minor point, perhaps, but surely it's "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" as depicted in the titles, and on the wording that appeared in the set of the first series.
In fact, the ampersand in question is the subject of a sketch in series 3 and great attention is called to it. What say you? Am I being too picky?
Speednik ( talk) 15:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
One other music change was in the "Countdown to Hell" sketch. On TV it used the real Countdown clock music, but on the DVD a bit of original incidental music was substituted. -- 88.109.7.78 ( talk) 09:15, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Am I alone in consistently hearing that as "sack it"? — Tamfang ( talk) 00:27, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
There was also a 1994 BBC radio series featuring selected sketches from the television series with an introduction by Hugh Laurie. Currently being repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra at time of writing (August 2021). The compilations are mentioned at the end of the Episode guide section of the A Bit of Fry & Laurie article but the Main article: List of A Bit of Fry & Laurie episodes doesn't mention it or give any details of the sketches featured.
TBC
82.32.16.48 (
talk) 12:57, 9 August 2021 (UTC)