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Pilot

Episode Number: 1    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Saturday December 26, 1987    Prod Code: n/a
Sketches include:
Customs Camera, Holiday Photographs, Problems around the Eye Area, The Privatisation of the Police Force, Critics (“Argue the Toss,” “Up the Arts,” “Oh No, Not Another One”), Deodorant, “How Lovely I Was”, Soup/Suit, Mystery (song), You Can’t Make an Omelette without Breaking Eggs (1st Gordon & Stuart), The word “Gay.”, Toy Car Showroom, Tales of War, Australian Soap Opera

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Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Star: Stephen Fry (Various Roles),  Hugh Laurie (Various roles)
Guest Star: James Ottaway (Waiter),  William Wegman (Deodorant Sketch Voice-over)

Notes

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The original pilot is 36min long (intact on the Season One dvd) but was frequently cut back to 29min for re-airing purposes. (edit)

Quotes

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(in a terribly fake Australian accent)
Stephen: Look, I don't know how to tell you this mate, it's hard for me to say. The fact of the matter is, I've been having, well, affair it's the only word, I've been having an affair with you for some time now.
Hugh: What!
Stephen: It's true.
Hugh: You bastard!
Stephen: Look mate, you had to find out sooner or later, I just rather it came from me, that's all.
Hugh: You mean we've been sleeping together all this time, behind my back. (edit)
Stephen: I am lovely in a fluffy, moist kind of a way. (edit)

Trivia

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During the Critics sketch, Stephen & Hugh are exchanging outfits between cuts. (edit)

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