Comedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie perform a variety of comedy skits and the occasional musical number.
Despite the talented individuals involved, their outstanding achievements in comedy and drama and the fame this series has I found this series a fair bit underwhelming. While there's some great skits and parodies and Hugh Laurie's musical numbers confirmed for me the genius that he is, there's also a lot of stuff that simply falls flat.
The worst stuff tends to be pretentious nonsense where Fry and Laurie (especially Fry) seem more intent on showing off their wordsmithery skills than making us laugh. Self-indulgent stuff that's drawn out beyond belief for no reward as there's no punchline (or it's a very bad one).
Overall then, a bit of a mixed bag.
Despite the talented individuals involved, their outstanding achievements in comedy and drama and the fame this series has I found this series a fair bit underwhelming. While there's some great skits and parodies and Hugh Laurie's musical numbers confirmed for me the genius that he is, there's also a lot of stuff that simply falls flat.
The worst stuff tends to be pretentious nonsense where Fry and Laurie (especially Fry) seem more intent on showing off their wordsmithery skills than making us laugh. Self-indulgent stuff that's drawn out beyond belief for no reward as there's no punchline (or it's a very bad one).
Overall then, a bit of a mixed bag.