Soupy Twists!: The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie - Hardcover

Roberts, Jem

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783524510 ISBN 13: 9781783524518

Publisher: Unbound, 2020

Synopsis

Comedy history shows that it is our funniest double acts who receive the most love from the public, from Eric & Ernie and Pete & Dud to The Two Ronnies and Vic & Bob. But while all of these partnerships have been celebrated in print, one of the most beloved duos of all time – Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie – have not.

Jem Roberts, acclaimed chronicler of Blackadder and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, seeks to rectify this with an all-new official biography, timed to mark the thirtieth anniversary of A Bit of Fry & Laurie. Featuring interviews with the likes of Emma Thompson and Richard Curtis, he takes a fresh look at the duo’s journey from insecure Footlighters to international comedy heroes. Beyond this, the trials and tribulations of their remarkable subsequent career paths, from QI to House, will be entertainingly explored for the very first time.

Thanks to the generosity of both colleagues, the A Bit of Fry & Laurie archive has been opened up, revealing a host of tantalising titbits for fans – including what happened next for Tony and Control, which other shops Mr Dalliard’s friend ran, and the lost Laurie number The Ballad of Neddy Muldoon...

Above all, this is the tale of a true friendship, a deep affection between two very funny men; and a long-overdue celebration of the unique chemistry that produced the most outrageous, exciting and linguistically sublime comedy of a generation.

About this title

About the Author:

Jem Roberts was born in Ludlow in 1978, gained his first professional writing gig as a teenage games journalist, and has over twenty years of magazine toil under his belt. As a comedy performer, he has inflicted his noises on audiences from Edinburgh to Glastonbury Festival, solo and with his troupe, The Unrelated Family. His love of I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue led to his first officially authorised book book, The Clue Bible, in 2009, and a lifetime's obsession meant that the ultimate guide to Blackadder had to follow, with 2012's The True History of the Black Adder. In 2014, he became the official biographer of Douglas Adams, with The Frood marking his third release from Preface Publishing. Soupy Twists! is his fourth work of comedy history. Also published by Unbound in 2018 is Tales of Britain, the first British folktale treaty in over thirty years, which Roberts performs all over the UK.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Unbound
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1783524510
• ISBN 13: 9781783524518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400