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Contents:
- GREAT SKETCH #2: “THE WORD ‘GAY’,” FRY & LRIE
- FRY AND LRIE: THE WORD 'GAY'
- A B OF FRY & LRIE - THE WORD "GAY"
- COMEDY CLASSIC – STEPHEN FRY & HUGH LRIE: “THE WORD GAY USED TO BE A LOVELY WORD”
- FRY AND LRIE: THE WORD 'GAY'
GREAT SKETCH #2: “THE WORD ‘GAY’,” FRY & LRIE
The Fry and Lrie of the tle are wrer/scholar/gay in/general force for good Stephen Fry and Hugh Lrie, known to most as Hoe but also a mician and adorable scffball his own right. Drsed matchg trenchats and apparently playg olr men (although there’s no real attempt to portray this) the two of them lament the fact that “gay” no longer means what ed to mean.
FRY AND LRIE: THE WORD 'GAY'
And so, turns out, were several other words, before they were overtaken by same sex hedonists, cludg “pouffy”, “arse band” and even “homosexual”. The punchle, that the two men are about to go meet some “screamg benrs” for gay sex, is evable but not overly predictable, and everythg leadg up to opens like a trapdoor om one latn to the other. The punchle also pots at the rank hypocrisy that pecially seems to crop up among those who target homosexual people as long as their own liv don’t have to change.
You n see the joy of performg immediately here, and be more evint as the two of them get to swch voic and flectns to give exampl of different sentenc “My word, Jane, the garn’s lookg que homohsexual this morng”) throughout their rant. Camp Gay: Simbold Cleobury of the "My Dear Boy" sketch, who opens the door wh that enthiastic greetg—he's theoretilly a pater who wears a drsg-gown, dy his hair lavenr, fills his hoe wh louche art and tigersk gs, and boasts that his "Morocn Sunrise" cktail has ed many a son of Moroc to rise.
Have a Gay Old Time: Parodied a sketch where Stephen and Hugh pla that "gay" ed to be such a lovely word, but 's now ed... Then say the same about other words like "poofy", "arse band" and even "homosexual" But now, of urse...
A B OF FRY & LRIE - THE WORD "GAY"
Hugh: People thk you mean homosexual. Stephen: When was the last time you uld e the word homosexual s proper ntext?
COMEDY CLASSIC – STEPHEN FRY & HUGH LRIE: “THE WORD GAY USED TO BE A LOVELY WORD”
Hugh: "My word, Jane, " I ed to say to my wife, "the garn's lookg very homosexual this morng.
" In a Vox Pop segment, a woman talks about the fact that her parents named her 'Gay', which didn't have the nnotatns back then that do now.
FRY AND LRIE: THE WORD 'GAY'
The punchle is that she's had her name changed by ed poll — to 'Rampantly Homosexual'.