Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, sometimes known as That Guy From Bones and House, or Jeeves and Wooster. They were Cambridge boys, and - as seems traditional - ridiculously tall, members of the Cambridge Footlights (see also Monty Python, The Goodies, Peter Cook, Douglas Adams... and a host of others), and consequently on the BBC.
Their first major claim to fame in the UK was with A Bit Of Fry And Laurie, a comedy sketch show (although A, being a comedy buff since forever, remembers seeing them on the 1983-84 show Alfresco, with Robbie Coltrane, Ben Elton, Siobhan Redmond, and Emma Thompson. I'd never heard of it, myself). By the time Fry and Laurie were asked to play Jeeves and Wooster, they were familiar to the British public as comic partners. That's what I think of, when I think of Fry and Laurie.
To illustrate, one of my favourite of their sketches:
ETA: It occurred to me this morning that this might sound all "I know him better than yooooooooooou!" - it's not meant that way. I just want more people to be aware of the delightfulness of ABOFAL, that's all. :)
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Language is, indeed, my checkout girl.
And yes, I haven't watched it yet, but I recognise it anyway. And can possibly quote it word for word.
Second is Dancercising.
Heh, yes - anything with Stephen Fry attempting to dance is inherently funny.
I love all the ones with Tony and Control. I don't know why - they just make me extraordinarily happy. :)
Tony and Control are just happy. And so polite and eeee!
I love the vox pops, really. ("Well, we took the caravan down to Dorset, and we.. pushed it over the cliff")
EDIT: And the songs. And I've just found the Australian soap sketch. And this is not writing my dissertation. *has been sucked into Youtube madness*
My in-laws are very into House. I can't get into it, and I think one (small?) part of the problem is that I always think, "Why is Bertie Wooster doing an American accent?"
I may have to look for more of these on YouTube, as I never saw the show and have only seen one or two other clips from it.
ABOFAL is well worth seeking out on YouTube. The dancersizing sketch, as mentioned by Caladria, above, and Mr Nippl-e, and... oh, all of them, really.
I just don't want people missing out, you see. I know a lot of people know about Hugh Laurie's other stuff, and about Stephen Fry, but I always feel that it's not enough. Too many people don't know of Fry and Laurie's delicious nonsense! *g*