Comments on: Vital Statistics

By: Cass-dawg

Cass-dawg — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:25:46 +0000

Hello Stephen,

This is officially my first post on your brilliant site, so despite the overwhelming, nerve-racking possibility that you will read this, I thought I’d take the opportunity to say thank you, thank you, thank you for the work you did with Hugh Laurie during your ‘Halcyon’ years. It’s been just over a year since I was first introduced to the comical genius, hilarity and insanity that you two created. I cannot express how grateful I am for those sketches and how they, in all their ‘wtf!?’ glory, have made my life just that extra bit better.
In particular, some of the sketches that are my absolute favourites are: ‘My dear boy’ (the modeling one), the ‘Mr Dalliard’ sketches, Tony and Control (all of them), dancersizing and everyone of the sketches in which you go off on a completely non-sensical, yet highly intelligent and slightly logical spiel which left poor Hugh seemingly lost.

I really hope that you are able to write another series with Hugh, even one sketch would be spectacular! I also hope that you get the opportunity to get a guest spot on House M.D. you could maybe have a ‘Mr Burmie’-like character, which would annoy House no end! Ahh the possibilities.

I should stop rambling now. Once again, thank you for making the world richer with your comedy gold, and I look forward to seeing your future works.

With deepest respect,

Cassie

By: Vasiliy

Vasiliy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:56:29 +0000

Of cource, i just have a hope that Stephen would read it. I want to give my gratitude to him. His books recover my interest to the literature. I’ve just read his “Liar” and i wanna say that this book became one of my favorite books. Stephen, if you read it, please – write me back. From Russia with love – Vasiliy Trofimov.

By: SilverDove

SilverDove — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:55:40 +0000

Strangely you don’t mention “The Ode Less Travelled” in your list of published works.

I found this book only recently in one of those moments of lucky happenstance and am now loving every word of it; it is made all the better, for my, by hearing it in your voice as I read it.

I will keep you posted as I progress but after 50 years of writing trivial verse with no instruction whatsoever I am finding your book as valuably instructional as it is entertainingly absorbing.

By: Moa

Moa — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:29:14 +0000

Thank you for your words and works Stephen.
Being a misfit I have found you to be somewhat a kindred spirit especially so after watching the series you made and broadcast on Bipolar, it made me feel not so alone. There are stars such as yourself who report they have Bipolar (or have the maddness as I say on the odd occasion to reclaim the language) but you have shared this in a personal way and reached out to other Bipolar folk in a caring way. I have been fearing I have lost the plot and worse others have well noticed but since I have come to this site I have found some peace, thank you.
Moa wench

ps As a New Zealander although you are and were well known, your works were not so much here on the screen. I recall Fry and Laurie but did not actually watch it for which I will self-flagellate as soon as I have finished here of course. Brits can always do it better than the Americans (do= anything you like but especially TV and other media.)

By: annafdd

annafdd — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:21:32 +0000

Hi Aurora, as far as I know only The Liar is available (I bought if for my mum). You’ll have to read them in English, I’m afraid… Feltrinelli International should have them, or at least be able to get them for you.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:37:25 +0000

I live in Italy, and unfortunately your books here are almost “unknown”,I’d like to know where I can buy them ..
p.s. I don’t have credit cards.
Thank you!!!