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The Best Episodes of A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1

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The Best Episodes of A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

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    7.6/10(253 votes)

    #1 - SAS

    S1:E1

    Fry as a put upon headmaster and Laurie as a Puritanical parent who wants to exchange his 'soiled' son kicks off the premiere episode. Useful tips for making poetry convenient is followed by a bookshop in which all the books have been edited for greater British glory. Laurie turns in a great performance as a fraudulent psychic, and the duo round out the episode with description of a censored sketch and its boorish replacement.

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    7.7/10(203 votes)

    #2 - America

    S1:E2

    Fry is an information stand attendant who knows too much. A man whose last name is the sound of a cigarette lighter dropping on a desk tries to file a police report. A cad of a talk show host gets his desserts. We meet the very pleasant and expositional commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant. The episode ends with an aerobic workout for hands, and a very dramatic corporate takeover.

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    7.6/10(190 votes)

    #3 - Doctor Tobacco

    S1:E3

    Fry steals Laurie's brain as a practical joke, but Laurie never notices. A pleasant Greek lunch is spoiled by Laurie's insecurity and lack of self-esteem. A tobacconist posing as a doctor prescribes cigarettes. The commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant are back for a chat. Two unwavering detectives demand to know the whereabouts of an unmarried woman's husband.

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    7.7/10(185 votes)

    #4 - Trouser Competition

    S1:E4

    An episode rife with controversy: several of the sketches are canceled after an audience member demands they are his stolen intellectual property. A teen poet helps his headmaster to accept the head's own repressed longing to express himself in metaphor. The polite M.I.5 boys return, and a young entrepreneur is denied a bank loan for his drug operation. Fry names his nipples, and, with Laurie's help, tells us how a floppy hat can save you from being killed by a bus.

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    7.7/10(177 votes)

    #5 - Christening

    S1:E5

    As a service to the public, Fry and Laurie provide two TV critics to deride the show. A lesbian-obsessed lawyer, a miserable English teacher, and a young couple who baptize their infant for business reasons provide plenty of fodder for the critics' self-absorbed rambling. As an added bonus, Laurie walks us through his very favorite sketch, and, with Fry's help, celebrates Swiss week.

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    7.6/10(165 votes)

    #6 - Marjorie's Fall

    S1:E6

    A waiter keeps interrupting the punchline of a joke and a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"SAS" is the best rated episode of "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 253 votes. Directed by Roger Ordish and written by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, it aired on 1/13/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "America".