Yellow Pages advert spoof- A Bit of Fry and Laurie- BBC Comedy

BritGirlJay Says:

Jun 2, 2009 - Years ago there was a Yellow Pages advert with an old guy who 'wrote' fly fishing' (his name was JR hartley) - it was a very popular advert and it got spoofed to death. This is very 'of the time' and 'UK audience' specific

666satanification666 Says:

Jun 2, 2009 - I'm from the UK, but apparently not old enough to get the joke. Ah well.

BritGirlJay Says:

Jun 2, 2009 - if you search youtube for j r hartley you should find the ads :) (there were 2 or 3 I think)

BigLee92 Says:

Jun 18, 2009 - hahahahahaha classic j.r hartley......

efagels Says:

Jun 19, 2009 - no he's better in the classics

donepearce Says:

Jun 21, 2009 - The campaign took hold so deeply that in the end somebody actually had to write the book. Don't know if it is still in print, though.

donepearce Says:

Jun 21, 2009 - Sorry to reply to myself, but it is available from Amazon.

lulululuqtqt Says:

Jun 26, 2009 - Over all I prefer him in this. But that's just my OPINION.

whyaretherenoneleft Says:

Jun 26, 2009 - It was a bestseller for years because of the ads.

ImeldaLumos Says:

Jul 9, 2009 - Haha, the old man plays a role in "Jeeves and Wooster", they recruit persons from all TV series they appeared in around that time - which isn't very illogical, I suppose. I found this sketch very curious, same goes for all the other sketches by Fry/Laurie. And I love curious. Somehow, I really like the way he says: "Splendid", wagging his finger... It's like finding a little Donald Trefusis in him.

alaswoeisme Says:

Jul 20, 2009 - I didn't quite get the end. :(

SneverusSnapers Says:

Jul 28, 2009 - Yes, Jeeves and Wooster is hilarious, and ead the books if you haven't...although, Jeeves and Wooster is one of the few TV programmes that beat the books... they are that good! What they do is encorporate about 5 seperate stories into one episode...it makes it even more difficult a situation to escape from!

SatanCinque Says:

Aug 2, 2009 - whatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhat! or is that a ? good old mellow ages.

MrsRichardArmitage Says:

Aug 6, 2009 - LOL

Prokaryon Says:

Aug 7, 2009 - Funny. Also funny how Laurie's head has become more hairy over the last 20 years.

SweetDissident Says:

Aug 8, 2009 - ROFL!!!!

worotan Says:

Aug 8, 2009 - There was an advert in the 80s that this is a spoof of. The customer was in the advert, getting book shop numbers from the phone book (yellow pages) to try and get a copy of his book. I used to love A Bit Of Fry Laurie, one of the few good things from the 89s. The scripts book is great too!

Phavonic Says:

Aug 9, 2009 - Is there an an actual script book of the shows available? There should be.... The great thing about this show was that there was a slight surreal element to the dialogue.

worotan Says:

Aug 12, 2009 - Yes there is a scripts book, and it's well worth it. They set the mise-en-scenes very wittily. Dunno if it's still around, tho'.

JohnEllery Says:

Aug 15, 2009 - probably best to try on abe books. second hand books from bookshops all over the world. There are loads of fry+laurie books on there for 60p

CheesesPeaks2U Says:

Aug 29, 2009 - 'Fly-Fishing' by JR Hartley.

TheDaredare2 Says:

Sep 3, 2009 - lol, had to watch it twice to get it... good stuff

emilybyeight Says:

Sep 4, 2009 - =P Oh man, I love these guys!

turbulente007 Says:

Sep 14, 2009 - spread this everywhere check out watch?v=P9YtVQCu-Ww its a youtube that everyone should know about

JDLupus Says:

Oct 3, 2009 - Oh, man, a blast of nostalgia and a killer punchline at the same time...!