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RodRinehart Says:

May 7, 2010 - This .... is ... awesome.

minetruly Says:

May 11, 2010 - Most of this is actually a perfectly valid linguistic discussion... with a laugh track tacked on. 2:15 -- 2:40 is a completely valid statement with a perfect illustration. He is, in fact, demonstrating the thing which distinguishes human language from animal communication-- the ability to produce infinite unique sentences. Examples from my Linguistics text book:"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.""Ida saw something sinister.""Noam died in agony.""My cat thinks you are crazy."

MultiSmartass1 Says:

May 14, 2010 - Obviously reminiscent of Beyond the Fringe's Oxford Philosophy sketch with Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett except this is done as a chat show. Fray and Laurie are terrific comedians and brilliant performers. Products of Cambridge Footlights which has become a pathway to showbiz in England. Beautifully verbose sketch.

MultiSmartass1 Says:

May 14, 2010 - @minetruly I think you're right. Reminds me of books by Chomsky I have flipped through.

Karmara7 Says:

May 16, 2010 - Simply orgasmifuckingtastc. I just add a new word to the ever expanding repitoir of the English language, btw. Oh the possibilites, possibilities abound. Note that.

SunshineInWoods Says:

May 26, 2010 - The last minute is a wonderful assonance!

5starcomment Says:

May 28, 2010 - one of my favourite shows...i'll watch anything with either of these two in it...

Blossom2k8 Says:

Jun 2, 2010 - 2:20 :) ah, this man is an utter genius

EdjeBos Says:

Jun 3, 2010 - How does he memorize it all?????

AlbanZap Says:

Jun 7, 2010 - @FlippinBooks the queen, i guess.

Emzo99 Says:

Jun 10, 2010 - @EdjeBos I know this off by heart :)

EdjeBos Says:

Jun 11, 2010 - @Emzo99 How long did it take you to achieve?

Emzo99 Says:

Jun 11, 2010 - @EdjeBos it actually took me like three hours looking at it and listening to it solidly... I have no life :L

EdjeBos Says:

Jun 11, 2010 - @Emzo99 lol But nice effort. Nobody can say you've done nothing with your life.. :)

Emzo99 Says:

Jun 11, 2010 - @EdjeBos aha yes ive always got /something/ to show for it :P

rudolph502 Says:

Jun 18, 2010 - just amazing. I can listen to him talk all day.

ForwardN2Unknown Says:

Jun 20, 2010 - That is a truly wonderful sketch. Stephen Fry is one of the most creative people in television today, I believe.

rchlboyd Says:

Jun 24, 2010 - ha ha. Someone should post a link to the actual Magee interviews ... a you tube gem and so is this.

LadyBeex3 Says:

Jul 4, 2010 - lmao wtf is this i like it =]

ZeroTolerance4BS Says:

Jul 7, 2010 - if it wasnt for hugh i would have no idea what Stephen is talking about. lol its funny but confusing

wid85 Says:

Jul 15, 2010 - If you like this, try to get a recording of the radio show Saturdy Night Fry. It is quite possibly the most closely written thing he ever did.

OmgitsNeens Says:

Jul 18, 2010 - This is hilarious and everything but actually really interesting/educational!

lamestguyintown Says:

Jul 20, 2010 - Britain kicks america in the teeth and america says thank you.

farizzal Says:

Jul 22, 2010 - I don't think this is funny, I actually thought it was very interesting an educating. I find myself spending two minutes with a dictionary after Stephen Fry just says one sentence.

TaskMaster619 Says:

Jul 22, 2010 - wooo! i live in dorset! go stephen fry is a legend