A Bit of Fry and Laurie News

"A kind of muscle memory takes over" ... Stephen Fry as small-town solicitor Stephen Kingdom.

Before he became cane-wielding sarcastic genius-doctor House , Hugh Laurie was half of the legendary British comedy double act Fry and Laurie during the 80s and 90s.

How about that shipping day yesterday? With over a dozen new titles in stores, there's got to be something for everybody in there.

Before he found U.S. fame as the cynical, wise-cracking doctor Gregory House in the eponymous series -- now in its sixth season -- Hugh Laurie had a very different sort of showbiz rsum.

Although his comic persona is often smug, occasionally overbearing and sometimes even mannered, the multi-talented Stephen Fry is quite unlike that in real life.

Judge Gordon Sullivan is a cold, calculating reviewer. Note: This is a pre-release review.

British actor and comedian Stephen Fry says he has lost more than 80 pounds in the past six months, trading his "appallingly corpulent" body for a leaner one.

'Jeeves and Wooster' - Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves. Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/ITV / Rex Features On Sunday two of Britain's national treasures, whose surnames have been entwined in the public consciousness since their comedy show A Bit of Fry and Laurie first aired on BBC2 in 1988, compete for our affections.

Judge Gordon Sullivan could use a butler to keep him out of predicaments...or a small army.

That peculiarly British phenomenon the comedy sketch show is alive and well and living mostly on the BBC.