Maybe Baby Recap and Commentary from Hugh and Ben

[diysheep]

Maybe Baby

The Not very Informative Recap of Hugh Laurie’s Movie Maybe Baby or as it is called in Holland: ‘If Perchance We Are Making the Sex Manipulations Enough There Could Be The Possibility of a Small Human Child’.

Comments

[tourmaline1973]

I reckon the casting of Hugh Laurie went something more like this:

Ben Elton: Hugh, I want you to be in my movie because not only are you a very good friend, you're also the most fantastic and brilliant actor in the country, if not the world.
Hugh Laurie: Pssssh. You are a good friend too Ben, but I'm most definitely not the most fantastic actor in the country. What about our friend Stephen Fry? Or Alan Rickman? Or.... (continues in this vein for many months)
BE: I want you to be the leading man in my film, because you will be better than all of them. And besides, it's semi-autobiographical and I know you will give an excellent and sensitive portrayal.
HL: Why thank you. I will give the role my very best endeavour.
BE: Thank you, I know you will be fantastic. (Pause) About the role.... you will be required to take your clothes off a lot.
HL: !! All of them? A lot? Why?
BE: Because you are the most handsomest and best-looking actor I know, and lots of girls fancy you and would love to see you naked.
HL: I'm sure that's not true.
BE: It is true. You're a very sexy man.
HL: No I'm not. Even my wife doesn't think so. I think she would know.
BE: No Hugh, you're going to have to abide by your Director's wishes on this, and take all your clothes off when the script requires.
HL: Um, OK. If Joely Richardson is in these scenes too, no-one will be looking at my naked body anyway. I won't be when we record the DVD commentary.

[wihluta]

Bwahahhaaaaaa. Sounds believable. *rofls*

[diysheep]

Then later:

HL: I can't do it. I mean look at me!
SF: You look perfectly normal to me.
HL: I'm a string bean with a silly accent.
SF: Now Hugh, stop putting yourself down.
HL: Gangly.
SF: Hugh...
HL: Oddly proportioned.
SF: Hugh!
HL: I mean look at this nose.
SF: HUGH!
HL: ... and these arms.

Stephen hits Hugh

[chewy_101]

Lovely to this! It conditioned him for the humiliation later when he had to direct himself in the nude for Forty-something. I think he is more comfortable being mortified than anything else. The man has balls. I mean figuratively, of course.

Of course....

Wonderful, Sheep! What will you do next? I've read all of your recaps, but there are so many more deliciously terrible episodes of House to do, really. It's endless. Surely you don't want an actual job and a real life to get in the way of this, do you?

Excellent job...

[diysheep]

I'm nearly through the whole lot - a lot of senseless episodes, but also some good ones (which are the hardest to do), then the whole lot will be shoved together in an easily transportable form.

[chewy_101]

I like that you find your vote of the "good ones" the hardest to recap. It is definitely more of a challenge to mock something possibly worthy of some respect. Either way, though, a show like House can take it. I'm looking forward to them!