Stephen Fry in America - the most verbose cowboy in the West
Posted by: Chris Hails in Comedy, Cowboy, TV Add comments
I caught the tail end tonight of the latest episode of Stephen Fry’s coast to coast travels across America and have to say it was hilarious.
The comedian and all round brainiac arrived at the Old Tucson Studios to take in the spirit of the True West and ended up in a mock show down with the local Marshals.
Fry managed to out monologue your average Bond villain and distract the deputies long enough to take out two of the lawmen. But when it came to fastest on the draw he failed and took a slug to the chest.
What followed was one of the most underplayed death scenes I’ve ever witnessed, but a career in westerns surely beckons. In fact, if Alan Rickman isn’t reprising his uber villain role for Die Hard 5 then I’d suggest Fry audition for the next stereotypical Hollywood Brit baddie.
I’m going to watch the first half now on the marvellous BBCiPlayer - it’s free to watch the 5th episode online until 23 November which includes New Mexico, Los Alamos, staying with the Navajo in Monument Valley and visiting the Tucson plane boneyard.
You can buy the book Stephen Fry in America at Amazon.co.uk where it’s currently number 25 in the Christmas shopping charts and read an excerpt on his website which is impressively Web 2.0 with podcasts and Twitterings too!
