Stephen Fry

[Crackle]

I really enjoyed him in Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster.
He's been up front and honest about his mental health etc and I applaud that.
No-one's perfect, everyone has their faults....so what if he is a bit pompous etc?
IMO it makes him more 'human' than your average celeb/actor.

Jeeves and Wooster, I'd forgotten about that. Made P.G. Wodehouse readable. I just imagined those two as characters.

 

[glenn forger]

He went to the same school as me.

Never met him, like him a lot, like his books and A Bit Of was one of the funniest programmes ever. An acquaintance met him on London Street Norwich and asked for a photo, Fry was patient and kind and suggested a better angle to make a more composed shot. He didn't have to, my acquaintance was nobody special, but he was very kind. Seriously, watch this and try not to laugh:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdGwfMD8u8

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I find him a bit Meh now but I think that's just over exposure...less is more and all that

DO YOU HEAR THAT 3BM...LESS IS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmph.

 

[Peteaud]

In Blackadder i can put up with him, otherwise, he is a ****

 

[Archie_tect]

When he's not being a pompous luvvie he's great... like the time he took on the Catholic Church during the 'intelligence2' debate.

 

[Haitch]

watch this and try not to laugh:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdGwfMD8u8

OK, done that. Now what?

 

[glenn forger]

You're either mad or both.

 

[thom]

He's a twat that writes advertorials for Apple. Read this and make up your own mind: http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...one-6-verdict-most-exquisite-mobile-ever-made
so that Apple kiss his arse and give him free stuff.
I bet he doesn't declare this to his employer, the BBC, as he's supposed to. That would likely put him in the same league as Clarkson.

 

[swansonj]

I get him muddled up with User in my mind.

Does this help?

He's a good actor. I too admire his mental health work. I love it when he hosts the BAFTAs, he's hilarious. His position in the meeja means his more stupid pronouncements get a lot of air, so he's always going to be a bit Marmite. He believes in kindness, but as coffeejo says, he's very flawed. OK by me.

 

[Fubar]

NB I haven't ticked any of your boxes, OP, because I'd say he was something between 1 and 2.

That's exactly what I was thinking...

 

[MisterStan]

What really annoys me is when he's described (usually by the Guardian) as a polymath. Being a comedian that is familiar with Apple products does not make you a polymath.

Edit 1: (Wikipedia's examples of polymaths includes Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Hildegard von Bingen,Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Galileo Galilei, Benjamin Franklin, Rabindranath Tagore,Paolo Sarpi,[2]Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Walter Russell, Thomas Browne,Jose Rizal, Michael Servetus,[3]Ibn Khaldun, Ibn al-Haytham,[4]Avicenna, and Omar Khayyám.[5] No mention of Stephen Fry)

I've just edited Wikipedia to show him as a Polymath. That's how Wikipedia works, isn't it?

 

[Archie_tect]

My mum can recite any times table backwards... I'll add her later.

 

[PaulB]

He's a good writer.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Sometimes he makes me laugh, sometimes he doesn't - beyond that, I have nothing further to contribute.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

He is the person the word nobber was invented for.