I watched House BECAUSE I loved W&J... and I loved W&J with Laurie because I loved seeing him in BLACKADDER... and I liked Blackadder because I loved the YOUNG ONES and NOT THE NINE OCLOCK NEWS... and I loved those shows because i was a big PBS nerd who loved Doctor Who, which opened me up to all the British stuff around 1979. And I loved PBS because in the day the regular 3 were just such crap that I outgrew them by the time I was in 6th grade.
Never saw the HHG movie. Dreaded seeing it, knowing it wasn't the original TV series or radio play, and that they played games with the characters.
You will see it, because stephen fry narrates the whole damn thing, and because the guide graphics are somehow like katamari damacy, tho slightly less colorful.
I like House, but Hugh Laurie's two characters are so different that I'm not sure I can like one "because" of the other. Both have good, fast-paced dialogue, so in that way they're the same O_o And that is one of the main reasons why I like both so much.
Still haven't seen black adder.
When does Fry narrate in HP? It's been bugging me ever since I saw that on IMDB. I don't recall those movies even HAVING narrators.
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie would pop up in American stuff every so often, like Fry as the romantic Bellamy of IQ, and Laurie as that dad in STEWART LITTLE. But, neither rolls were particularly stunning, and it seemed like the directors were making them be sedate and characterless. As if the directors or producers saw his reel and said, "YES! WE LOVE YOUR PERFORMANCES, NOW NEVER DO THAT FOR US, AND ACT BLAND."
When HOUSE came out I assumed the American director knew Laurie from the stuff he did elsewhere and hired him on that reasoning. Then I read an interview that the creator of HOUSE watched audition tapes and saw Hugh Laurie, and commented, "Now, THERE is a compelling AMERICAN actor." And hired him.
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Next reu I go to, I am TOTALLY bringing Jeeves and Wooster.
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Never saw the HHG movie. Dreaded seeing it, knowing it wasn't the original TV series or radio play, and that they played games with the characters.
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I like House, but Hugh Laurie's two characters are so different that I'm not sure I can like one "because" of the other. Both have good, fast-paced dialogue, so in that way they're the same O_o And that is one of the main reasons why I like both so much.
Still haven't seen black adder.
When does Fry narrate in HP? It's been bugging me ever since I saw that on IMDB. I don't recall those movies even HAVING narrators.
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When HOUSE came out I assumed the American director knew Laurie from the stuff he did elsewhere and hired him on that reasoning. Then I read an interview that the creator of HOUSE watched audition tapes and saw Hugh Laurie, and commented, "Now, THERE is a compelling AMERICAN actor." And hired him.
9.9 ~Whee.
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