At minute 12:20, there is an explanation for the word "Lament", it shouldn't be there, it should be further down the road. Enjoy! I want to make a correction, Yasser Arafat was anti-Isreal to start with, but he changed his mind to a more neutral stance it seems, later in his life that is. Wikipedia reads: "...and began to shift his approach from open conflict with the Israelis to negotiation. In 1988, he acknowledged Israel's right to exist and sought a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.."

We remember the silliness, of course, but Craig also brought a level of sophistication that no other late night host ever has. He’s really the only late night host I watched with any consistency.

The long segment where there is no studio audience is just brilliant. I would love it if Craig had a show like that now.

I’ve never seen Craig stay silent so long. Stephen Fry is the best story teller!

When Craig is with Stephen he shows how smart he really is, this leads to incredibly interesting discussions.

Stephen Fry is one of those gifts to the world we don't deserve

"The pathology of the human condition" - Craig has a great talent for putting his less erudite guests at their ease, but has no trouble keeping up with the heavyweights.

Just shows how enjoyable an interview can be without a whooping audience.

the non-crowd interview is absolutely phenomenal. could listen to them talk for ages. and as for the text and the images which some people in the comments seem to find patronizing or unnecessary - I'm not a native speaker of English, so I found some of them (if not most of them) very helpful. thank you so much for uploading this!

I miss Craig its 2022 and i still love the show. I was going through such a bad time and i remeber in the first 5 mins of watching I felt a giggle, and i had no idea what it was. He taught me to laugh again. All that aside his wonderful casual chats with his guests was brilliant. And I finally realized how adorable he is😄 and seeing Stephen Fry whom I respect and love also chatting with Craig was a great way to spend a Sunday morning and coffee. Then I realized they found my body farm 🙄 oopps my bad . Great to see them.🦋

Good to know Craig would be perfectly comfortable hosting an audience-less Late Show in 2020

JLF: "We know Stephen Fry can be a little bit complicated in his word usage and the range of concepts and ideas he will discuss. So I thought the text and imagery would be of help."... Fry: "It's nothing to do with the fact that it's for the American market, I assure you." Haha, perfect.

These days, a 3 hour interview is nothing on KZfaq. Back in the days Craig was breaking every rule possible. Great stuff!

Stephen Fry is a human treasure. He needs to live forever.

Craig used to be one of my absolute must watch ! In those days you had to actually watch the television at the time it was broadcast. I miss you Craig and I love you Stephen

Two very lovely, intelligent people. I can listen to Stephen talk for hours (even through occasional repeated anecdotes ;), and I miss Craig's wit and humour. Thanks for the wonderful post.

Love your little notations, and thank you for the clip of "Traumerei". I can rewatch Craig over and over, true talent and quality never fades.

What an incredible and brave experiment to attempt in a Late Night slot on US TV - a simple, honest, one-on-one, serious discussion - without an audience, a band, forced jokes written by a team of 20 writers, gimmicks, etc, nowhere to hide. And how extraordinarily well it worked! This was superb! Stephen Fry is well known as a unique force of nature in himself, but this shows just what an intellect Craig Ferguson ALWAYS has been, even if he often chooses to hide it behind absurdity and silliness.

Discovered this far to late. Now Stephen Fry is my absolutely favorite guest of the show. Sadly I know that it will most likely never happen but i would really adore a talk show with a concept like the interview without audience hosted by Craig joined by guest as interlectual as Stephen is.

And this compilation just shows how great Craig was as a host …. He let his guests speak openly and honestly…. And it’s a shame America and even the world wide that this isn’t a thing, silliness, frankness and openness are what makes for great television

Can we just get a full hour weekly of Stephen and Craig chatting in a room without an audience present?

How can Stephen Fry think that there are people that don't like him, he's a national treasure in the UK. He's one of the 5 famous people for dinner thing for me, I could sit and listen to him talk all day, so articulate and so honest, both things are a bit of a rarity these days. This format is outstanding, with no audience to have to consider they can get into deeper converstaions that they just wouldn't be able to with an audience present as it's more personal, it also helps they are long time friends.

Dear Jay Leno Fly, as an artist myself I cannot thank you enough for a remarkable and passionate work which reflects the spirit or Craig's show: quality communication, art of dialoge, great fun, Garbo without lack of good taste. This interview in particular shows what a special and profound man Craig is: a prefect mix of intellect and comedy. Keep the good work which gives us many great moments of joy. Regards from Italy

omg, this is literally my favorte guest of craigs, their conversations are staggeringly interesting and soo fucking thoughtful.

well twitter is certainly different now than that 2010 interview, it's probably one of the most toxic places you can visit online (thats mainstream)

Back in 2020, While I could watch Craig and Stephen over and over again, the last 20 min of this is some of the best of the Late Late show.

The sit-down interview they did was like an early version of podcasting. Craig was so far ahead because he wanted to be so different from normal late night shows

When Stephen eventually shuffles off his mortal coil, it will be a dark day for the earth indeed...

This compilation should be shown in schools - both in high schools for the kids, and the colleges that teach journalism so the students would know what a proper talk show should look like :) The JayLeno Fly, thank you so much for the upload!!!

If I was forced to pick one episode as my favorite. It’d be the Stephen Fry no audience episode. They are two of the best things to come out of the UK

This entire episode is one of the best I've ever seen. I AM RUINED. Not sure I'm ever enjoy another episode as much as this one. It has something to do with Stephen being one of my favorite people, but it was so interesting and engaging. The segment without audience was stunning. I love seeing a bit of a more serious side of Craig, he is also an exceptionally intelligent person! And of course I could listen to Stephen speak and talk 24 hours a day, yes even as I slept.

One of the most intelligent people in the world, every time I hear him speak I learn something.

"If you're subject to mood changes over which you have no control, it's very tempting to take some drug or substance which can control your moods. Because then you have a semblance, or pretence at least, of being able to control your moods."

I could listen to Stephen forever, absolute national treasure of Britain.

Stephen is like a cat. I love him. Such effortless class and intelligence. And funny, too. You gotta love him!

Stephen Fry is our planet's most precious non-renewable resource.

Stephen Fry is one of my favourite British comedians and actors. Absolutely amazing humour and a an absolutely brilliant mind.

What a lovely man Stephen Fry seems to be. Love these discussions - Craig Ferguson has an extraordinary ability to code switch, equally at home with intellectuals and ordinary people. Super interviews.

what an absolute gem of a guest. this show was truly ahead of its time. i’m i being dramatic when i say his show was criminally underrated? ok, it’s a little dramatic, but i wasn’t old enough to appreciate it at the time!

beneath the often sophomoric humor, there lies an intelligent, well read Craig Ferguson

If Craig was going to only do the audience-less show, Stephen Fry was the one to do it with. So delightful, both of them.

I really miss Craigs show. He was so great at conducting interviews. Fantastic stuff! Thanks for uploading!

This was phenomenal. This just went to #1 and Robin Williams comes in at #2

These suites of interviews are addictive. Thank you. Stephen's description of the cello player's incident with Mengele is food for thought in these increasingly troubling times.

I love the pop-in references of what they are talking about.

Neil Patrick Harris', Jeff Goldbloom's and perhaps Ricky Gervais' interviews are pretty close, but I think this might be my favorite... not a thing I am usually able to state with any degree of certainty.

I'm binge watching Craig , and must I say: thank you so much, truly sincere. Not only for uploading such amazing content, but also for this excellent editing regarding tricky words, idioms and quotations. I'm not a native speaker , and even though I'm fluent, some expressions are more challenging to grasp entirely.

How wonderful this is to see. Stephen Fry is the definition of erudition. Glad that so many appreciate a man such as he is!

I would counter that Mr. Fry is a gift OF the world and I think I deserve to listen to stimulating and thoughtful people and if you appreciate it as much as you seem to, SO DO YOU 🎉💐✌️

God, I miss this show! 😢😢😢 I always loved his segments with Stephen Frye.

Dare I say this is a relief from Craig flirting with gorgeous women and its good to hear that he has an intellect

This compilation -- more than any other -- proved to me that the best present I could ever have would be a week of conversations with Craig Ferguson. I always loved him because he was so quick witted and nutty. But my word, he is such a deep thinker and so erudite. I sit here and write down the names he mentions so I can read up on them!

I could listen to Mr Fry speak...forever! His vocabulary is amazing!

I've watched all of Craig's ingenious interviews over the years. This was the clear winner in pure wonder

Stephen Fry....bowing down. Craig brilliant. Classic conversation. Worthy of archiving.💙💙💙

I’ve never payed attention to a video that was this long and wasn’t a movie. I wish I knew half of what Stephen knew. That man is just so intelligent and witty. I need to find more of his stuff to watch. That video was brilliant.

Stephen Fry is always interesting, authentic and entertaining. Great interview.

The way he talks about Wagner... makes even me fall in love with the composer even without listening to it. It almost made me well up. I want there to be more people like Stephen in the world.

Wow, their conversations were fascinating, and they got better over the years.

I am always in trouble when I watch or read someone like Stephen Fry because I find I have to stop so often and go look up definitions of words or make notes on things to find out more about later. What a guy!!!

Around 20 minute mark, the discussion on being well-educated in tweed, reminds me of The Young Ones "University Challenge" episode. Post-punk anarchic British comedy, showing I think for the first time a remarkable line-up of actors playing the upper-class toffs, who are still remarkably successful and famous: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Ben Elton (more well known as a writer these days).

I can't explain how much I love Stephen! And Craig, he's the best when it comes to hosting

It's nice not having an audience constantly interrupting the interview. They do make it fun but it's much better to be able to really focus on the interview now and then

"...to pinch the loaf of that thought, as it were..." 🤣 Best line I've heard in a long long time.

I love both of these gentlemen. They're so smart, quick sense of humors.

The conversations between Craig and Steven were an absolute joy. Thanks. Really miss the show.

These Stephen Fry interviews were such a pleasure. The exchange between Craig and Stephen were so amazing. I hung on every word. Thank you for making this compilation.

It's like watching two old friends having the greatest lyrical waxing ever.

a well spoken ,well educated,intelligent man "English" .i could listen to Stephen Fry talk for ages

A true "Renaissance" man born out of his time. Both an erudite and funny individual whom many more people would benefit being exposed to.

Fun Fact: We had the creator of the Body Farm testify at trial in a case. FASCINATING person.

Devouring these provocative conversations with Craig and Stephen Frye.

I met a handful of Americans when I lived in Vancouver. Unfortunately, they were not very pleasant people. It was the height of the summer holiday season in London when I returned home, and one could have been forgiven for thinking one was in America. Every single American I met, without exception; was friendly, polite, respectful, all in all, utterly delightful, and Mr. Fry is here to prove it.

Thoughtful, intellectual, thought provoking and utterly interesting this is what a talk show should be a template of sort one thats asks questions and answers honestly and beautifully thank you Craig and Stephen a joy to watch

My goodness! I've been watching your videos over the past couple of weeks - and thoroughly enjoying them, of course. However I must say that the amount of work that you've put into this one is simply outstanding. Thank you Thank you Thank you, The JayLeno Fly - you deserve and award of some sort for what you're doing, in particular for what you've done here. XLxoV

I cannot look away. Both of them extremely present, honest, and vulnerable. What a beautiful thing to watch

I don't think I have ever watched a more fascinating conversation in my life. The sheer depth and breadth to the topics discussed was immense. I loved every minute. Thank you so much for sharing it.

Two very interesting, intelligent and gorgeous men - I could listen to them forever ...

Thanks for posting this - Much as I love some talk show hosts, there are very few I would watch an old show by and of those I think conversations with Stephen Fry must be one of the best reasons to do so.

These two learned and enchanting gents are simply a wonderful to listen to. I am so very happiness to render my time to them, as I feel I have gained something or remembered something I had lost long ago.

Brilliant conversations & tears in my ears from laughing. I miss Graig Ferguson on late night tv. When he was doing stand up I loved it but his exchanges with people he respects. These longer interviews. Conversations is such a better term. Throw a few actresses and/or actors on the show and he can be entertaining. Give him the whole show to talk to one interesting person & it’s compelling & stimulating tv. Not everyone can keep up with Stephen Fry and even impress him at times. Craig is truly one of my favorite people✌️💚

1:11:36 for the record, the 'Brazilian Senator' he's referring to here is current-president Jair Bolsonaro

thanks for the uplaod and all the work you put in!.I really do appreciate all the time and effort that goes into your videos, so if it ever gets frustrating just remember how happy you make us.

Wow, just came across this tonight. I'm sending links out to friends and family. Stephan Fry, incredible! Stephan Fry and Craig Ferguson, fantastic! Craig you are sorely missed on late night tv.

After commenting that the tablets in the dressing room are acid, "It works surprisingly tennis racquet." Is such an underrated joke.

Best host ever. Best guest ever. Period. The no audience one should be going on forever.

Could listen to Fry all day, it's a bit worrying.

I have problems sleeping, where i am awake until 6 am, or later, then i sleep for 12 hours; when i wake up, I am immediately in a bad mood, because I have "missed the day." Today, in addition to that, the weather is cold, grey and drizzling. I get up, anyway and turn to KZfaq and see this video, intending to watch just enough to save it in archive, but instead, I watch the entire video. Hearing Stephen Fry speak did not "cheer me up" (that would be asking too much of anyone), but, it helped me to reach a more balanced state of mind, which I think is the most that one person can do for another, and he does it so well. I'm sure, somewhere in Shakespeare there is a line about "the sweet voice of reason"; well, I think when Reason speaks, it is in the voice of Stephen Fry.

Thank you. You have done us all a vast favour by assembling these wonderful shows. I have enjoyed them so much.

1:15:20 The story of Walfish playing cello for Mengele is so horrifying and moving, and the detail of hearing Traümerei with it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.

1:15:26-1:17:30 The audience is absolutely silent. A testament to Stephen Fry's talent for bringing people into the story. The subject obviously plays a part, too.

A pair of BRILLIANT, Adorable Characters conversing and reciprocating with one another- ESPECIALLY when it comes to Substance Abuse, It is SO IMPORTANT to express the Fundamental functions of two people who can UNDERSTAND why they have Over-Indulged. This is a VERY IMPORTANT Compilation. I applaud and Relish in that; 'The Jayleno Fly'. You have just earned yourself a New Subscriber!

Craig Ferguson should do long form interviews. He’s got that light in his eyes of not just humor but a kind of modest genius lingering there. You know that when he’s in the mood to talk to a friend those conversations are gold. So he should do that. Someone please tell him for me.

Stephen is great. I've always been in awe of people like him who can quote so much from literature just like that. I mean, I have read books and other texts from a lot of sources but mostly I can never remember the exact quotes nor who said them. Of course I have my own principles and aspirations and I can try to explain them in my own words, but never in quotes from other people.

Boy oh boy that was a heavy watch wasn't it? Stephen Fry makes you feel like an uneducated, ignorant dunce. The amount of knowledge he possesses and the way he articulates it is awe-inspiring.

I am glad that I stopped and watched this video. This one to one interview was really food for thoughts and interesting different perspective to see from. Thank You!

Will save this video like a great book to read again and again on a regular basis for educating my self with good english vocabulary. For me as non native English speaking person this show was high school lesson. And with most beloved hosts in person. Plus the huge, abnormal thank you for those informative descriptions made by author of this youtube channel. Please do not delete this video. Will watch it for many times in the future :)

1:15:21 I've heard Fry tell this story multiple times. Gives me chills every time...

This video is a masterclass for all TV hosts. Craig Ferguson is just the best of the best. Nobody could compare to him.

This smart/mature yet comedic/childish dynamic they have is just so wonderful to listen to I wish more mainstream conversations were like this