British Comedy Murderers' Row

November 6, 2009 7:49 AM

Safe Sex - A sketch performed by Dawn French (previously), Stephen Fry (lots of previously), Hugh Laurie (previously that's not also about Fry), and Rowan Atkinson (previously 1 2).
posted by kmz (16 comments total)

Hate to say it, owing to the talent of all involved, but God that's creaky.
posted by dhartung at 8:48 AM on November 6, 2009

It's European.
So it's good.
posted by jouke at 8:49 AM on November 6, 2009

Flagged as unfunny.

Cant wait for your Vicar of Dibley and Chef! posts.
posted by the cuban at 9:06 AM on November 6, 2009

This is better: Rowan and Cleese.
posted by Skygazer at 9:21 AM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]

Wow. rough crowd.

I thought it was pretty funny, but that could be just because I've seen Eric Idle's version. (Which, being only a series of photographs, was even drier. though it did include actual naked people.)
posted by lodurr at 9:30 AM on November 6, 2009

Is it me, or....was this already posted once a few months back?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:40 AM on November 6, 2009

I liked it, and so did the Largely Mythological Husband.
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:59 AM on November 6, 2009

Those four could recite the phonebook and I'd crack up.
posted by GuyZero at 11:40 AM on November 6, 2009

Tough crowd, indeed. Maybe because I love words and Fry and Laurie have a way with them, but I actually laughed out loud in my squalid cubicle. Luckily no one is around today to wonder why.
posted by tommasz at 11:54 AM on November 6, 2009

it was the deadpan, unison turn-and-look at the audience that really got me.
posted by lodurr at 12:30 PM on November 6, 2009

I think all of them are hilarious, but that was pretty terrible.
posted by empath at 12:50 PM on November 6, 2009

This is cute.
posted by sandraregina at 12:52 PM on November 6, 2009

That was almost Canadian Broadcasting Corp. level unfunny.
posted by Keith Talent at 12:53 PM on November 6, 2009

Nothing is that unfunny. Not even the CBC.
posted by unSane at 1:59 PM on November 6, 2009

I liked #1 & #2, but then it felt like it was trying too hard. A solid "Yeah, ok."
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:11 AM on November 7, 2009

Funny, but not super funny. HOWEVER led me to Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie's "Shakespeare - a small rewrite" which was hella funny.
posted by mkim at 3:18 PM on November 8, 2009