Hey, I'm a Yank, and I've followed Michael Caine's career from a long time ago, possibly before you were born, and I'm telling you that Laurie's grasp of our talk is remarkable. Caine's a great actor, but he's never achieved the "assimilation" of our speech patterns that Laurie has. The only other Brit who comes close, in my estimation, is the equally awesomely talented Tracy Ullman. ==