The fact that I can look at that thumbnail and think "Oh, he's doing the camp horror bit there" means I've rewatched bits of this show WAY too many times.
Its actually quite amazing because for some reason when a beloved show gets a presenter change there's a massive uproar about it (usually with the radio 2 presenters) When it was announced that fry was leaving the usual well nobody can replace him he's the best blaa blaa blaa happened and then it was announced that its Sandi Toksvig everyone was like oh um yeah yeah thats a good choice makes sense we're ok with this. I just found it funny because it never happens like that.
FDR was furious about the segregated bathrooms , yet snubbed Jesse Owens after the 36 Olympics. The guy that did leaps and bounds for equal rights was Lyndon Johnson . Never gets talked about .
Probably because Lyndon Johnson was a complete and utter asshole in so many other ways and was probably behind getting JFK killed. Got the USA dragged into Vietnam war. So many other things. How about the fact that he actually blocked the original amendment to the 1957 civil Rights act which would have made the 1964 civil Rights act completely unnecessary? And did so deliberately solely so his political party could take credit for it.... And even said "we will have those (racial epithet)s voting for us for 50 years". Who did what he did for the civil Rights act solely to get a loyal voter base and not because it was the right thing considering he filibustered the original amendment that would have allowed Federal enforcement of the 57 act.
I saw a post once the guy was like 'decided to take a walk instead of a nap after getting to my hotel after the flight and look who i ran into!' With a picture of him and Fry. So jealous I bet he was friendly he always seems so genuine.
1:32:40 - William Topley has a song - Thy Will Be Done - with the line: "Church bells are ringing out those Pentecostal changes". I always thought he was referring to the chords of the song being played on the bells, referred to in jazz circles as "the changes". I wonder if ringing bells are the root of that term as well?
'Bell ringers practice a system of ringing known as change ringing, which evolved in the 17th century. They ring pieces, known as methods, comprising of subtly altering recurring patterns in which they try to avoid repeating each combination more than once.'
4:51:50 Waking up to wee. My friend was on a sleep apnea study and told that you don't wake up to wee. You wake up for another reason and your body thinks, "Well, now that I'm awake, I might as well go." It's probably possums in the roof.
Sorry nope, greenland sharks live an estimated 250 but possibly over 500 years. The only thing that lives longer are some tree's and types of fungus. But there is a type of jellyfish that can regenerate its cells completely so could possibly be immortal in the right situations but something that would be very difficult or even imposible to prove😳
@@michaelbishell7563 ok. So the joke premise, which you missed, is that as old as a tortoise gets, a Greenland shark can live 100s of years longer aka “Hold my beer” being the metaphor for “I can outdo you with little to no effort on my part.” I apologize in advance if you’re neurodivergent and have difficulty with non-literal statements.
Have I seen most of these multiple times? Yes. Did I see the video runtime and decide I'd still play it and enjoy the heck out of it? Also yes. I did see a few clips I hadn't before, so yay!
41:00 The word football existed long before the 15th century because there are records of laws being passed trying to ban it since the early 14th century.
Buamgartner's skydiving height record took place in 2012. It was broken two years later by Alan Eustace who didn't break Baimgartner's speed record on the descent because he used a drogue. @4:29:05 - It is incorrect that Bletchley Park gave the secret of Colossus to the CIA. That was impossible because, at that time, it didn't exist. It wan't ceated until 1947. The actual recepient was the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) which was the military inelligence agency of the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff). The CIA is a civilian foreign intelligence organisation.
"3 wars" Jimmy Carr for the win... 😂😂 The empty ox photographers were flipping hilarious!! I love them calling Jo Brand a redhead when obviously she has been every single color she has desired😂 1:50:31 Is it nuns? Oh Jo😂😂😂
Always hilarious. Is this show over? Is there no new material? I’d watch a compilation of the least funny bits if it included some I haven’t seen ten or twenty times!
1:22:58 So sarah pascoe has actually read "the first blast of the trumpet against the monstruous regiment of women"??? Well that worked out very well for this very specific episode of QI, didn't it???
Before i started wathichng this, i though i knew how the english language works. Now im pretty sure I just watched a south african tv show who all speak africaans
English isn't a language, it's five different languages in a trench coat mugging other languages for their pocket grammar. Watch "English language" by Jazz Emu
45:44 Oats. The same is/was true about Australians and pumpkin. A Sunday roast isn't complete without pumpkin (true pumpkin, not the orange squash which passes for pumpkin in the USA). I knew a lady who desperately offended her visiting English mother-in-law by serving pumpkin. In England, pumpkin is fed to pigs.
flammable means can burn, inflammable means you can light it directly.... so diesel is flammable and ether is inflammable, you cannot simply hold a flame to most diesel
I’m afraid they are incorrect about it not being illegal to own a slave in England In 1102, the ecclesiastical Council of London banned the slave trade within England, decreeing “Let no one dare hereafter to engage in the infamous business … of selling men like animals.”
Wait giant turtles have no predators? Aren’t these guys the research people? They’re called sharks. They still wait for giant turtles to finish laying eggs so they can eat the exhausted moms on their way back into the water. They were always hunted by sharks. There are dozens of survival videos that actually show this right here on UA-cam.
Stephen was clearly getting tired of the whole gig by his last couple of series. The only way forward was to replace him, and I can't think of anyone better than Sandy!
I think it would be a lot funnier if he could manage to go an episode without bringing up brexit but maybe it's just a running gag for him, even though it feels forced. Like how Phil Wang has his haggling joke which really isn't funny at all after the third time.
So the delusional left with Trump derangement syndrome keeps claiming... Baselessly. There's cyanide in your Kool-Aid and you keep ignoring us warning you about it.
As I heard it, in Jesus' time EVERY ONE knew about the gate used at night, when the big gate is closed. If you wanted to enter the city you had to unpack your camel: the 2-gate system was for safety. Jesus' point was that your soul would have to be unpacked to enter heaven - and it would not be easy.. I also heard that it was a clever pun but I could not follow the explanation without making a chart..
The slave section is rubbish.. it has Ben illegal t hold a slave in England since William 1. However it was replaced by serfdom, which in many ways was worse than slavery.
I don't think so. People know all sorts of weird trivia that comes to the surface when required. And having an atmosphere of genuine surprise and amusement is the most critical part of making this kind of TV show. It is possible they are given a cheat-sheet of broad topics ahead of time but asking celebs to do homework is pointless.
@@joelonsdale But seriously, there's obscure and then there's obscure. The likelihood of ANYONE in this age having read that book, and then they get called to be on "that" episode of qi is so unlikely.
The full English dictionary is bloody enormous. It's volumes and volumes and volumes. I cant remember how many volumes it is but its not the oed that you buy in the shop. And I've heard many people say it has the most words of any language.
Just googled it Russia has less than half thw words of English. So no. You'd be wrong there. Always good to test ones assumptions before commenting definitely lest one look the tit.
It's amazing this show is still so great in spite of Alan Davies being on the show. Shouting, not funny, quite impressive all the others pull it up and cover him when he isn't shouting over them
I've sat in the audience and now know that they don't mic the audience and use a laugh track. People weren't laughing anywhere near as much, in fact there was quite a lot of awkward silence! It's kind of distracting and annoying once you know, you realise just how OTT the laugh track is when they often aren't saying anything to warrant such a big laugh.
He’s the perfect wingman to the host & he’s the light antidote who doesn’t take the attention away from the host or guests… Originally Alan was hired first & recommended Stephen as the host…
6:30 when I see a long qi video
The giant tortoise bit will always make me cry laughing. 😂
The fact that I can look at that thumbnail and think "Oh, he's doing the camp horror bit there" means I've rewatched bits of this show WAY too many times.
I came here to say the same thing. Such a great bit!!
same!
"Ooooh, you gave me a start!"😄
I'm the same with Mock 'Of' The week 😂
And yet they never mentioned Carry On Screaming..
Sandy is a smashing host and she’s done fry proud but Stephen Fry was made for this show and the show was made for him!
What would it have been like if Michael Palin had said yes?
@@alleeumalso good but very different
The last few series with Fry were the show's low point though. It needed a fresh start!
Its actually quite amazing because for some reason when a beloved show gets a presenter change there's a massive uproar about it (usually with the radio 2 presenters) When it was announced that fry was leaving the usual well nobody can replace him he's the best blaa blaa blaa happened and then it was announced that its Sandi Toksvig everyone was like oh um yeah yeah thats a good choice makes sense we're ok with this. I just found it funny because it never happens like that.
@@jondoe-qi3vo man I remember that, the uproar ended basically instantly lol.
'Oh they got Sandi? Sold.'
FDR was furious about the segregated bathrooms , yet snubbed Jesse Owens after the 36 Olympics. The guy that did leaps and bounds for equal rights was Lyndon Johnson . Never gets talked about .
Probably because Lyndon Johnson was a complete and utter asshole in so many other ways and was probably behind getting JFK killed. Got the USA dragged into Vietnam war. So many other things.
How about the fact that he actually blocked the original amendment to the 1957 civil Rights act which would have made the 1964 civil Rights act completely unnecessary? And did so deliberately solely so his political party could take credit for it.... And even said "we will have those (racial epithet)s voting for us for 50 years". Who did what he did for the civil Rights act solely to get a loyal voter base and not because it was the right thing considering he filibustered the original amendment that would have allowed Federal enforcement of the 57 act.
Stephen Fry is dripping with charm and enthusiasm! I so wish I could meet him.
Second that! ❤ his work and authenticity
I saw a post once the guy was like 'decided to take a walk instead of a nap after getting to my hotel after the flight and look who i ran into!' With a picture of him and Fry.
So jealous I bet he was friendly he always seems so genuine.
He's dripping with something not sure I'd call it charm nor enthusiasm, more likely just plain 🐂💩.
1:32:40 - William Topley has a song - Thy Will Be Done - with the line: "Church bells are ringing out those Pentecostal changes". I always thought he was referring to the chords of the song being played on the bells, referred to in jazz circles as "the changes". I wonder if ringing bells are the root of that term as well?
'Bell ringers practice a system of ringing known as change ringing, which evolved in the 17th century. They ring pieces, known as methods, comprising of subtly altering recurring patterns in which they try to avoid repeating each combination more than once.'
Classic!!! Stoked on this compilation.
david really enjoyed that tortoise segment so so much
4:51:50 Waking up to wee. My friend was on a sleep apnea study and told that you don't wake up to wee. You wake up for another reason and your body thinks, "Well, now that I'm awake, I might as well go." It's probably possums in the roof.
2:13:40 Alan does what Alan does best.
He listened to Mr. Delicious' advice😊
Absolutely love Stephen Fry
Me too he is great.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
now this, this is good content.
1:34:16 had to double take to make sure there weren’t two Sean Locks
Rest well, Sean Lock.
for fucks sake
@@linebrunelle1004 You alright?
Tortoise lives 255 years. Greenland shark: Hold my beer…for about 100 years
Sorry nope, greenland sharks live an estimated 250 but possibly over 500 years.
The only thing that lives longer are some tree's and types of fungus.
But there is a type of jellyfish that can regenerate its cells completely so could possibly be immortal in the right situations but something that would be very difficult or even imposible to prove😳
@@michaelbishell7563 ok. So the joke premise, which you missed, is that as old as a tortoise gets, a Greenland shark can live 100s of years longer aka “Hold my beer” being the metaphor for “I can outdo you with little to no effort on my part.” I apologize in advance if you’re neurodivergent and have difficulty with non-literal statements.
@@courtneyacoleman
OH OK🤗 thats why i didnt get the joke💁 cause it wasn't funn🤭
@@michaelbishell7563 no. It’s because you have no sense of humour and lack of understanding of metaphor. Plus, your pedantry is tedious.
Courtney? Michael? Age is just a number. And the two of you? Glad neither of you work for QI.
Have a bleah day.
At 4:21:15 when Jonathan says his motorbike was stolen. He is indeed telling the truth. i looked up his registration. hahaha
It's still registered as SORN, so he never got it back.
Stephen is more than just cool he’s a national treasure ❤
Yes he is great,love him.❤❤❤❤❤❤
We love QI! Have also seen the shows over and over!' Desperate to see seasons "A" thru "G"!!!!
Think they are available on BBC iPlayer depending on your location access…
Am I going mad or is the chip and pin/nuclear code bit in here twice? Yes, I did watch the whole thing in one sitting LOL - that’s why I’m not sure!
"Sometimes I stay up very late..." 😄
I imagine there is an "Alan" button in the control booth, solely for the blue whale response klaxon.
Have I seen most of these multiple times? Yes. Did I see the video runtime and decide I'd still play it and enjoy the heck out of it? Also yes.
I did see a few clips I hadn't before, so yay!
Wait, wait… Ada Lovelace deserves to at least share the spotlight with Babbage, the first programmer and designer (hardware and software).
But she didn’t invent the computer 🤷♂️
@@conormurphy4328but she did invent the mathematical process all computers are based on…
@@raqueldobson1 but did she invent the computer? You struggling with the concept over there?
@@conormurphy4328 - drop the sarcasm kiddo!
Stephen Fry swearing - probably the most joyous sound known to man.
How did they miss disgruntled? How? It’s the best orphan word of all.
5 hours of fun! Wowzer :)
Dang dude, how long did this take to render???
41:00 The word football existed long before the 15th century because there are records of laws being passed trying to ban it since the early 14th century.
I love how the chapters stop after an hour
Oh well
Who is the lady who was mentioning "the help" and "the eye of sauron"?
She has such a wonderful laugh! 😅
Susan calman.
@@nybbleme Ohhh thanks for your reply!! I gave up hope :D
I love how the AI chapter thing UA-cam does tried for a while and then just gives up
Doesnt have to be ai, probs someone working on it manually
Any chance of adding closed captioning?
1:49:20 it does explain why public German toilet seats are absolutely covered in pee for when the ladies arrive
Alan Davies has found the fountain if youth.
good bless comfort vids
Buamgartner's skydiving height record took place in 2012. It was broken two years later by Alan Eustace who didn't break Baimgartner's speed record on the descent because he used a drogue.
@4:29:05 - It is incorrect that Bletchley Park gave the secret of Colossus to the CIA. That was impossible because, at that time, it didn't exist. It wan't ceated until 1947. The actual recepient was the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) which was the military inelligence agency of the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff). The CIA is a civilian foreign intelligence organisation.
Thank you for taking one for the team. The QI channel will absolutely come for you though. Good luck
20:10 Victoria has a point
"3 wars" Jimmy Carr for the win... 😂😂 The empty ox photographers were flipping hilarious!! I love them calling Jo Brand a redhead when obviously she has been every single color she has desired😂 1:50:31 Is it nuns? Oh Jo😂😂😂
some people didn't remember that if you had an emergency, dial 112 anywhere in europe
you the real MVP
Always hilarious. Is this show over? Is there no new material? I’d watch a compilation of the least funny bits if it included some I haven’t seen ten or twenty times!
No, not over. New episodes weekly. It can't end now until they reach the letter Z.
1:40:04 Always thought Alice Levine is smoking hot… can’t figure out who she’s looking at (maybe Alan) - but f*cking hell!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Why don't we see more of Ross Noble?
In the original QI days he was a guest a lot… Think he lives with his family in Australia now hence not seeing him on the more recent QI’s…
@@raqueldobson1well hopefully we will at least see him on taskmaster Australia if not the original
Ross Noble would be phenomenal on Taskmaster Australia
Anyone else catch “horse nipple clamp” at 44:00?
38:02 that's pretty much johnny english, isn't it?
That Mick Jagger story of Giles was the only time I enjoyed listening to him….usually it’s just here we go again and roll my eyes
3:18:41 it’s not Malaysia’s Got Talent, it’s Bulgaria’s Got Talent
1:22:58 So sarah pascoe has actually read "the first blast of the trumpet against the monstruous regiment of women"??? Well that worked out very well for this very specific episode of QI, didn't it???
To be fair, she’s done a *lot* of research into women’s studies - even written two books of her own on the subject - so, yeah, I expect she has. ❤️
illegal anywhere in the British empire to own a slave, means you could not have Allan as a slave you just could have sold him into slavery overseas
I fear you have stumbled on the essence of the legal mentality!
Since when is guava yellow?
Watching that bit about Erasmus. Can someone with more money than me please commission a portrait of Stephen?
"100 Hilarious Rounds of QI!"
*clicks on the video*
"When did slavery become a criminal offense..."
Before i started wathichng this, i though i knew how the english language works. Now im pretty sure I just watched a south african tv show who all speak africaans
English isn't a language, it's five different languages in a trench coat mugging other languages for their pocket grammar. Watch "English language" by Jazz Emu
Greenland shark lives to over 500 years
1:35:40 3:53:22
Ive read "The monstrous regiment " by Terry Pratchett, does that help?😂
Don't know about help, but a bit of Pratchett never hurts.
@@Dave1507if it does hurt, you're doing it wrong or you're laughing that much.
@@nybbleme That's what the word "never" in my sentence is for. It means it does not hurt. But you're right, it's funny af.
We still have gas powered appliances…in RV’s
I like how they just gave up on the time stamps
Can confirm marijuana made the contronyms way cooler man
Dear god I hope Grover Cleveland remains the only president to serve non-consecutive terms… (I’m writing this in March of 2024).
Amen!
I hope you're wrong.
@@paualdinicolasad, loser.
It’s people who still believe in fake things like god that elected him …
I would think most of the world is hoping that Cleveland remains so. Another term for Cult 45 is unthinkable.
(02:06:36) The Portuguese revolution occurred on the 25th April 1974. Sorry Terry but you don't know what you're talking about.
45:44 Oats. The same is/was true about Australians and pumpkin. A Sunday roast isn't complete without pumpkin (true pumpkin, not the orange squash which passes for pumpkin in the USA). I knew a lady who desperately offended her visiting English mother-in-law by serving pumpkin. In England, pumpkin is fed to pigs.
the up and down in volume is getting quite annoying
Quite interesting what used to pass as facts
Bhutan television was mainly Rupert Murdoch's so actually they wanted to be Australian.
Danny to was the epitome fun loving guy.
1966? That’s worrying
4:13 yes'nt
flammable means can burn, inflammable means you can light it directly.... so diesel is flammable and ether is inflammable, you cannot simply hold a flame to most diesel
Rasputin - Joe Wilkinson separated at birth
10:30 3
It would be so lovely for me, being deaf, to see what they're saying...??
Bananas in Tagalog is Saging
Hang on is England not included in the "British empire"? and if not, it must have been an oversight in the law?
I’m afraid they are incorrect about it not being illegal to own a slave in England
In 1102, the ecclesiastical Council of London banned the slave trade within England, decreeing “Let no one dare hereafter to engage in the infamous business … of selling men like animals.”
Owning a slave and selling someone as a slave aren't the same in the eyes of Law oddly, you'd think it'd cover it but laws aren't open to grey areas
I believe the point is that while there were various laws related to it, as previously mentioned, there was no law specifically banning it.
Well to be fair in London there are different types of slaves - ask any Tory MP 😝 or Private Dungeon Owner…
I’m not even religious and got Sister…
Please make video with ONLY Steven hosting 🙏. EVEN 1ST 2ND SEASON PEOPLE WILL NOT REMEMBER
Calm thyself. Wait until the alphabet end is achieved, then the change in hosts and the beginning of a new QI series with NUMBERS. I so decree. 😊😊😊
Way way too many adverts between short periods to watch!
2:39:57 my dad is one of 11 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Wait giant turtles have no predators? Aren’t these guys the research people? They’re called sharks. They still wait for giant turtles to finish laying eggs so they can eat the exhausted moms on their way back into the water. They were always hunted by sharks. There are dozens of survival videos that actually show this right here on UA-cam.
A Tortoise is not a turtle...
It’s horrible of me, but I want more Stephen and less Sandy.
Not really that horrible, Stephen was just far far better.
I agree
Don't fret. Sandy is great, but Fry is just...something else. Irreplaceable.
It is awful. Sandi is fabulous. They’re not better or worse than each other. They’re just different. Both fabulous but different.
Stephen was clearly getting tired of the whole gig by his last couple of series. The only way forward was to replace him, and I can't think of anyone better than Sandy!
Nish Kumar, the diversity hire of comedy.
I think it would be a lot funnier if he could manage to go an episode without bringing up brexit but maybe it's just a running gag for him, even though it feels forced. Like how Phil Wang has his haggling joke which really isn't funny at all after the third time.
Jack `whitehall absolute **** cant stand him and his Tory dad
He's middle class vomit
God I Pray that there is still only one Gap in the presidential numbers of presidents. Because if 45 comes back it will be the last one.
So the delusional left with Trump derangement syndrome keeps claiming... Baselessly. There's cyanide in your Kool-Aid and you keep ignoring us warning you about it.
You repeate stuff in the same video your editing is awful do a marvel movie they will love your editing
does anyone actually find Nish Kumar funny?
Yes
Nish Kumar
Yes.❤
As I heard it, in Jesus' time EVERY ONE knew about the gate used at night, when the big gate is closed. If you wanted to enter the city you had to unpack your camel: the 2-gate system was for safety. Jesus' point was that your soul would have to be unpacked to enter heaven - and it would not be easy.. I also heard that it was a clever pun but I could not follow the explanation without making a chart..
The anti-cat Sandy can glue her mouth shut.
Sorry I love Sandy, and love cats and dogs❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The slave section is rubbish.. it has Ben illegal t hold a slave in England since William 1.
However it was replaced by serfdom, which in many ways was worse than slavery.
Ha…suicide
It's so obvious when you see some of these "guests" speaking that they've been given the questions in advance.
You just figured that out? That television is scripted?
I don't think so. People know all sorts of weird trivia that comes to the surface when required. And having an atmosphere of genuine surprise and amusement is the most critical part of making this kind of TV show. It is possible they are given a cheat-sheet of broad topics ahead of time but asking celebs to do homework is pointless.
@@joelonsdale It's not Pointless....it's Q. I.
@@GirGir183 Nice one centurion!
@@joelonsdale But seriously, there's obscure and then there's obscure. The likelihood of ANYONE in this age having read that book, and then they get called to be on "that" episode of qi is so unlikely.
4::13. Ironic huh ,, Biden the crook and traitor , while Trump will fix all Bidens horrible failures. And you get 4 more years of jokes . Yay !! 😂
It's always ruined by shouting and intruptions, especially alan Davies, Phi jupitus, Johnny Vegas, so nobody learnes anything
We're supposed to be learning?!?!?😮
Not a fan of Sandi. Fry all the way!
Jo Brand and Sean Locke are useless, IMHO ... I skip episodes they are on, just can't abide them
That is sad we are all different, they can be so funny, I do hope you are not missing out on to much darling. ❤❤❤
English definately doesnt have the most words in dictionary, russian language alone has more than double of what the english dictionary has
Can you point to the word, “definately,” in the dictionary?
The full English dictionary is bloody enormous. It's volumes and volumes and volumes. I cant remember how many volumes it is but its not the oed that you buy in the shop. And I've heard many people say it has the most words of any language.
Just googled it Russia has less than half thw words of English. So no. You'd be wrong there. Always good to test ones assumptions before commenting definitely lest one look the tit.
This isn’t even close to true, Vladimir.
Not a lot funny about this show if your not 11
It's amazing this show is still so great in spite of Alan Davies being on the show. Shouting, not funny, quite impressive all the others pull it up and cover him when he isn't shouting over them
I've sat in the audience and now know that they don't mic the audience and use a laugh track. People weren't laughing anywhere near as much, in fact there was quite a lot of awkward silence!
It's kind of distracting and annoying once you know, you realise just how OTT the laugh track is when they often aren't saying anything to warrant such a big laugh.
@@Gecko.... oh wow! Now I'm interested to see what it looks like knowing that!
@@Gecko.... That's not true, they've had a show about them not using a laugh track. During the pandemic they didn't even have an audience.
He’s the perfect wingman to the host & he’s the light antidote who doesn’t take the attention away from the host or guests… Originally Alan was hired first & recommended Stephen as the host…
@@raqueldobson1 why does he have to shout/scream all the time, if he is "light"??