一点双人秀 第一季
由“英国国宝”Stephen Fry和豪斯大叔Hugh Laurie联袂演出,1986年至1995年间,在英国BBC-1台、BBC-2台合共播出四季26集。 不同于主流的情景喜剧,这个节目每集由几个独立小品构成,除了路人甲乙,Stephen和Hugh包揽了剧中的所有角色 :德国和英国军官,情报局头头和秘书,公司合伙人,五金店老板和顾客,心理医生和病人等等。 剧情以两人的对话展开,针对某一历史事件或社会现象,或明里挞伐,或暗中嘲讽,不时拿上层社会的贵族、政要和名人开涮,时任英国首相的撒切尔夫人、约翰·梅杰亦不能幸免成为揶揄对象。 除了重口味的政治笑料,剧中也有无厘头的冷笑话,英式双关语,以及最简单的肢体滑稽剧。值得一提的是,全部四季的剧本均由Stephen和Hugh两人撰写。《纽约时报》评论道:他们挥洒文字的自如程度,连《窈窕淑女》中的希金斯教授也会嫉妒不已,他们用语言创造出一个刘易斯·卡罗尔笔下的奇幻仙境。 虽然两位主角大多只是耍耍嘴皮子,但对白尺度很大,夹杂着直白的性描述和粗俗的俚语,曾经因为出现"c-u-n-t"这个单词而惊动BBC高层。除此以外,你还可以欣赏到青涩的House大叔弹琴飙歌,以及Fry大叔雷死人不偿命的舞姿,更不乏两位大叔让人YY联翩的JQ。 总而言之,无论你是想HC两位有才的英国大叔,还是想一窥英伦社会百态,抑或只是纯粹找乐子,一点双人秀都不会让你失望。
一点双人秀 第四季
A Bit of Fry & Laurie was a British television sketch comedy show, starring and written by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast by the BBC between 1989 and 1995. Running for four series, it totalled 26 episodes (including a 35 minute special in 1987).   Series four (1995)   [edit]Episode 1   Guests: John Bird, Jane Booker   Sketches:   Grey and Hopeless   Guests Introduction   Blame   Charter   Jane's Poem (NOTE: Script appeared in first script book as Stephen's Poem, but the poem is the same, except the line about his wife dying is changed to Jane's grandfather being murdered.)   Smell   All We Gotta' Do (song; Laurie performed this song when he hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2006)   Channel Changer   Wonderful Life   Cocktail Ending: Golden Meteorite   [edit]Episode 2   Guests: Fiona Gillies, Kevin McNally   Sketches:   Dog Hamper   Hugh's Bandage   Child Abuse   Guests Introduction   Going for Gold   I'm in love with Steffi Graf (song)   Lovers' Helper   Fascion   Avenger   Operational Criteria   Cocktail Ending: Long, Confident Suck   [edit]Episode 3   Guests: Imelda Staunton, Clive Mantle   Sketches:   Vox Pops   Guests Introduction   Barman   Interruptus   Little Girl (song)   Making Tea   For Some Reason Angry   Don't Be Dirty   Cocktail Ending: South Seas Vulvic Wart   [edit]Episode 4   Guests: Caroline Quentin, Patrick Barlow   Sketches:   Good Evening   Guests Introduction   Soccer School   Dalliard: Models   Hugh Interviewing Guests   The polite rap (song)   Head Gardener   Gelliant Gutfright("Flowers For Wendy")   Cocktail Ending: A Quick One With You, Stephen   [edit]Episode 5   Guests: Phyllida Law, Stephen Moore   Sketches:   Oprah Winfrey   Guests Introduction   Grand Prix   Tribunal   Red and Shiny   Pooch   Disgusting   Wasps   Cocktail Ending: Swinging Ballsack   [edit]Episode 6   Guests: None   Sketches:   Stolen Money   Young Tory of the Year   Variety   Gossiping Heads   Death Threat   What I Mind (Misunderstood) (Song)   Honda   The Duke of Northampton   Cocktail Ending: Silver Prostate   [edit]Episode 7   Guests: Janine Duvitski, Robert Daws   Sketches:   Guests Introduction   Religianto   Consent   Sophisticated Song (song)   Fast Monologue   Telephone Alert   Truancy   Cocktail Ending: A Modern Britai
衣领上的唇印
The main story is set in a British Military Intelligence Office in Whitehall during 1956, where a small group of foreign affairs analysts find their quiet existence disrupted by the Suez Crisis. Ewan McGregor plays Mick Hopper, who is doing his national service as an interpreter of Russian documents. Bored with his job, Hopper spends his days creating fantasy daydreams that involve his work colleagues breaking into contemporary hit songs. Louise Germaine plays Sylvia Berry, the blonde wife of the violent Corporal Pete Berry (Douglas Henshall). Sylvia is an object of desire for Mick's fellow clerk Private Francis Francis and a middle-aged pipe-organist named Harold Atterbow (Roy Hudd). Unlike the street-wise Hopper, Francis is a clumsy Welsh intellectual whose academic career has been interrupted by his army call up. The appearance of the bookish niece of a seconded American officer enables the two conscripts to pair off with suitable partners, after initial mismatching. Some of the side themes include the influence of American rock and roll on English society, the gulf between the senior analysts, who are regular army officers, and the conscripted other ranks, the work of Russian playwright Chekhov, and the appreciation of opulent theatre pipe organs. The unusual context — a military culture transplanted into a civil service style office environment — reflects Potter's own national service during the 1950s. While this piece has the form of a romantic comedy, unlike the less conventional works of Dennis Potter's middle period, it is not without graphic sex and violence, as well as Potter's characteristic flashes of dreamlike imagery. The centrepiece of this production is the surreal musical sequence set to the song In a Persian Market.
冤家成双对 第四季
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧,创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红(其实已经在走下坡路)的《Friends》,因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》,而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来,《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平,要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下,《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说,英剧的水准本身就高于美剧,这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的,美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧,以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥,编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化,老的走新的来,造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾,故事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化,缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff,头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士,以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane,Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”(包括和Jeff还有Patrick)过的Susan,Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系,Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系,Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展,还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事,等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止,而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平,无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸,在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。
*
*