James Mitchell shares this video taken from the British sketch comedy show A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Stephen Fry (on the right) shares his insights on language with Hugh Laurie (on the left, who you might know from the American TV show House). Fry is an expert on the use of language for comedic effect. The word play is quick, but the payoff is worth paying attention for. Perhaps it isn’t surprising that in a film he portrayed another British writer famous for his word play, Oscar Wilde.
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