@@vivienneoneill5400 sometimes when we get overwhelmed Vivienne taking our shoes off doing gardening going to the beach. Anything to get our body to touch the Earth will ground us immediately.. just a thought🤷 💖🔮🪄🙏✨🦘
Bout a decade ago, I worked in IT with guy named Frank Dokter (=Dutch for doctor). We joked that he should have been in the medical field. To which he replied, and proved, that his little brother was indeed a doctor and thus called doctor Dokter. I think he was a pediatrician.
Not so much today, but back in the day unplugging the TV wasn't a bad idea. As a young TV repairman apprentice, we fixed tons of TVs after a bad lighting storm. It would blow the big capacitor over the yoke, an oil based, layers of ribbon capacitor, so the whole TV insides were coated with oil, with ribbon everywhere.
@markloveless1001 - Yes - If the TV Ariel is struck by lightening the TV set can be hurled across the room. Household insurance didn't pay for the case in My village 1961.
I was once in an ER waiting room when a guy strolled in and told the front desk he'd been shot. Raised his shirt to show them the hole in his side. Crazy.
I couldn't agree more about the Harry Potter books. I could never get in to them as they came out, then enjoyed the films. But when I was recommended to the audiobooks I was completely hooked and have listened to the series several times. Stephen Fry does a magnificent job narrating them.
@@rooty I grew up in the Antipodes and always pronounced forehead as forrid as in the following poem: There once was a girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead (forrid). When she was good she was very, very good But when she was bad she was horrid. I don't think the horrid pronunciation is unusual but I guess it depends on where you come from.
As an American, I can say first of all, they passed a law that gift cards can't expire anymore. Also, I kinda like them because if you just get cash as a gift, you can just spend it on anything (which, yes, is great, but you might not remember it, especially if you wound up putting it toward your bills). Like, my uncle gave me a gift card to a particular store decades ago, & I wound up getting a nice winter scarf I still have & still use. I never would've bought something that nice if it weren't for the gift card, forcing me to use it in that store. It also can be quite thoughtful if the person knows you well enough to know where to give you a gift card for.
At 18:10 Stephen Fry describes a photograph of lightning hitting the Washington Monument as lightning hitting Grant's Tomb. I hate when I notice mistakes like this because it makes me substantially more skeptical of all the information on the show.
For those wondering about the viking swear word that Stephen refused to elaborate on, it was an expletive word used to accuse a man of being a bottom in a homosexual sexual encounter. Surprisingly enough, the top in the sex act was not punished looked down upon but those accused or caught being a bottom were expected to challenge the accuser to a holmgang (fight to the death) and if they didn’t, they were bullied and ostracised from the community. It was the Viking version of the f-slur, essentially.
I couldn't pick up what he said but now that you have clarified, a ghost writer writes the material, and the other person puts their name to it. Lots of material is written that way. You may have a good idea but are unable to put it to prose and the ghost writer elaborates and formats it out for you.
Canada: Businesses are not allowed to put expiry dates on most gift cards, as per the Consumer Protection Act. All conditions of the gift card must also be stated clearly and visibly in writing. However, exceptions apply for some cards, such as the following: Gift cards for a specific service.
In 20 years if Steven fry doesn’t win another award for best supporting or best actor roll then all hope is lost. Since blackadder and all of the above not to mention V for vendetor Steven fry has been not been just himself over the years but has played an intricate part in portraying the years that he lived generations before himself and if anything is grown since his prime I truly feel that connection to art or growth has to be gained from everything bad and good no matter the cost
Stephen was in error when he was explaining lightening striking elsewhere than the highest part of a building. He said the building in the photo was Grant's Tomb, when in fact, Washington's Monument is shown in the photo. I never thought i would catch a mistake by Stephen Fry!
I preffered the english TV version of 1984, with Peter Cushing, to the American movie. There was even an American TV version with Eddie Albert that was pretty good.
Grants tomb? WTF? 😂😂😂 Try the Washington Monument! How can you mistake it? It's so tall. You can probably see it from the top of English Parliament building that is an ode to the Timex corporation...
Thank you! I just nearly got gaslit into think that Grant was buried under the Washington Monument. That's the trouble with this show, you end up questioning things that are super obvious.
It is called Without You however it was actually written by Harry Nilsson who had a pretty big hit with it in America. And I was hoping someone would comment about that so thank you!
@@GoldenMomentsByJT sorry to have to correct you. It was written by Pete Ham of Badfinger. Please read the tragic story of this group. Two members committed suicide because their manager embezzled them and left them penniless. Harry Nilsson did indeed have a massive hit with hit, great version. You can check the writing credits, or even watch their videos on UA-cam, including their story.
1:30:09 Steven: "Hey, Joanne, can I kill this unicorn?" JK Rowling: "What..? No. You probably shouldn't do that." Steven: "Ah, you're probably right. I should kill this unicorn, she has her whole life ahead of her. In fact, I heard that she just transitioned to become a female unicorn, and is happier than ev-" JK Rowling: "-Kill it! Kill it now! Kill the unicorn!" 😂😅😢
I have to disagree about the gift-card thing. With a gift card, you're not obligating someone to pretend to be pleased about the guess you've made about what they like, and the message you're giving off about the kind of person you think they are. (Or at least as often, what the gift says about yourself.) A gift card says, "I want you to have something you want; something practical that you need for free, or treat yourself to something you want but wouldn't ordinarily spend your money on." I think everyone has their own version of this story: When I was about 12 or 13, I first came across a picture by M.C. Escher. "Oh, that's really cool," I said in the presence of family members as witnesses. Sure enough, for Christmas I got a book of M.C. Escher prints. Which was nice; not something I particularly wanted, but cool enough in its own right, and it was nice that they remembered that I liked it. Then on my birthday I got an Escher poster -- again, not something I dreamed of having in my bedroom, but cool enough. Then another book of Escher prints (i.e., the same prints but in a different book), then another, and another... Escher mugs, Escher sweaters, an Escher _lunch box_ of all things, luckily I was already getting beaten up at school for other stuff... It eventually petered out. But while I don't _hate_ the works of M.C. Escher, I like them considerably less than I did when I first saw one. Just get a gift card. It doesn't make you a bad person, just a reasonable one.
127--FunFact; to correct you Mr S.Fry. It has been proven, you can catch a multitude of diseases from a toilet seat...sit down before the other bloke gets up!--hehehe... ;p
The shooting thing is complete horseshit. There are certain places on the human body that if you're shot you have no choice but to submit to gravity. Most headshots, spinal shots, heart shots.
I've watched these clips so many times, but I still never get bored with them!
Can you help me understand what the posh yobbo screams @31:44?
All I can hear is: "Sky-high goose prices." Can't be right, can it?
Blue high Ghost writers. That's what im hearing
@@khalidrahman992Dont think so, same as mine. I'm taking it to the Comments- mebbe someone out there will know.
"They all hired ghost writers"!
That’s Dave’s entire business model
@18:15
That's the Washington Monument in D.C. Grant's tomb & monument is in N.Y.C.
Thank you!
That’s what they want you to think.
@@roberttfoley No, it's what I want you to think.
I watch these shows repeatedly and never get bored
Me too,I just love them,that take your mind of things you are worried about. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@vivienneoneill5400real
@@vivienneoneill5400 sometimes when we get overwhelmed Vivienne taking our shoes off doing gardening going to the beach. Anything to get our body to touch the Earth will ground us immediately.. just a thought🤷 💖🔮🪄🙏✨🦘
Me too 🫶🏻
Absolutely
Bout a decade ago, I worked in IT with guy named Frank Dokter (=Dutch for doctor). We joked that he should have been in the medical field. To which he replied, and proved, that his little brother was indeed a doctor and thus called doctor Dokter. I think he was a pediatrician.
Not so much today, but back in the day unplugging the TV wasn't a bad idea. As a young TV repairman apprentice, we fixed tons of TVs after a bad lighting storm. It would blow the big capacitor over the yoke, an oil based, layers of ribbon capacitor, so the whole TV insides were coated with oil, with ribbon everywhere.
@markloveless1001 - Yes - If the TV Ariel is struck by lightening the TV set can be hurled across the room. Household insurance didn't pay for the case in My village 1961.
I've read 1984 at least 6 times....
Been living it for the last 20 years.
It should be mandatory.
And, ya, we're living it.
I think it's a bit closer to Brave New World. The population waving any flag than news tells them to
I made it a point to read it in 1984. I was in 7th grade. I should re-read it; I could use the refresher! We are living in it, for sure.
Did a book report on it in middle school and “I think it should be required reading “ was my summary. And yeah, never dreamed I’d be living it.
We're living in a cross between 1984 / a Brave New orld, and Yes Minister.
I was once in an ER waiting room when a guy strolled in and told the front desk he'd been shot. Raised his shirt to show them the hole in his side. Crazy.
I couldn't agree more about the Harry Potter books. I could never get in to them as they came out, then enjoyed the films. But when I was recommended to the audiobooks I was completely hooked and have listened to the series several times. Stephen Fry does a magnificent job narrating them.
I couldn't keep listening once he'd pronounced forehead as forrid
@@rooty I grew up in the Antipodes and always pronounced forehead as forrid as in the following poem:
There once was a girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead (forrid).
When she was good she was very, very good
But when she was bad she was horrid.
I don't think the horrid pronunciation is unusual but I guess it depends on where you come from.
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve listened to the series. Stephen Fry’s version and Jim Dale’s. Adore them.
The lava lamp has always been my favorite. " there is nothing funny about making people laugh" 😂
As an American, I can say first of all, they passed a law that gift cards can't expire anymore. Also, I kinda like them because if you just get cash as a gift, you can just spend it on anything (which, yes, is great, but you might not remember it, especially if you wound up putting it toward your bills). Like, my uncle gave me a gift card to a particular store decades ago, & I wound up getting a nice winter scarf I still have & still use. I never would've bought something that nice if it weren't for the gift card, forcing me to use it in that store.
It also can be quite thoughtful if the person knows you well enough to know where to give you a gift card for.
Splendid job putting this lot together, thank you!
During the 'Lightening piece' @18:22-- What did he call the Washington Monument??? Says "...hitting Grant's tomb..." ???
Larry Sprinkle was our meteorologist for ages in Charlotte NC in the US. Congrats Larry, you finally made it to the big time! 😂
Your comps are a highlight, so thank you 🙏
omg i love stephen fry. he's just awesome.
I've watched them repeatedly and still watching them 😂
I haven't read 1984. I have it on my Audible list. It's read by this guy called Stephen Fry
It may have been recorded, after the episode in which he claimed not to have read it...
At 18:10 Stephen Fry describes a photograph of lightning hitting the Washington Monument as lightning hitting Grant's Tomb. I hate when I notice mistakes like this because it makes me substantially more skeptical of all the information on the show.
My thought also with 'Washington Monument fail'... they are supposed to be 'top-shelf thinkers'.. a little double check research...
How dare they be human.
We were all Sue at 18:29 in this moment.
Oh wow. Nice catch, didn’t notice that. Is it possible Grant’s tomb is tall? Just checked and it’s tall-ish ….
Drawing a six while rotating foot is trivial for some people.
If you start the six from the middle (rather than the top), there's no conflict.
In that case try doing it the other way round...
For those wondering about the viking swear word that Stephen refused to elaborate on, it was an expletive word used to accuse a man of being a bottom in a homosexual sexual encounter. Surprisingly enough, the top in the sex act was not punished looked down upon but those accused or caught being a bottom were expected to challenge the accuser to a holmgang (fight to the death) and if they didn’t, they were bullied and ostracised from the community. It was the Viking version of the f-slur, essentially.
I worked with a fish farm researcher called Prof Barry Munday - like the fish Barramundi !
31:44 Jack says "they all hired ghost writers". The bit about only connect. Anybody else struggling to understand that?
I couldn't pick up what he said but now that you have clarified, a ghost writer writes the material, and the other person puts their name to it. Lots of material is written that way. You may have a good idea but are unable to put it to prose and the ghost writer elaborates and formats it out for you.
Canada: Businesses are not allowed to put expiry dates on most gift cards, as per the Consumer Protection Act. All conditions of the gift card must also be stated clearly and visibly in writing. However, exceptions apply for some cards, such as the following: Gift cards for a specific service.
Thank you!
Did the guy next to Alan in the first clip say anything? 😅
I fast forward through the jack bits
I loved this so much ❤
In 20 years if Steven fry doesn’t win another award for best supporting or best actor roll then all hope is lost. Since blackadder and all of the above not to mention V for vendetor Steven fry has been not been just himself over the years but has played an intricate part in portraying the years that he lived generations before himself and if anything is grown since his prime I truly feel that connection to art or growth has to be gained from everything bad and good no matter the cost
0:58 what happened there? can someone explain? seems like stephen ruined a joke of alan but i don't get it
'deploy the troops' is pretty good too
Who is the American woman @43:30? Carrie Fisher? How old are these episodes?
That's her but I don't know the year.
Thanks not Grant’s tomb. It’s the Washington Monument.
When I was a child we had to cover all the mirrors in the house so the the lightning wasn't attracted to them.
And unplug stuff…luckily there wasn’t much to unplug those days
I remember that too, taking the plug out just incas😅
What about the Aztecs?@@vivienneoneill5400
1984 was one of the books they made us read when I was in highschool
The grub story reminds me of watching what happens in the tour de France within the teams and the front of the packs.
Now heres a funny thing, when the last advert came on, we were treated to stephen fry telling us to buy sainsburys christmas food.
I had a typing teacher called James Plunkett and a gynecologist called Dr Hiscock and a dentist call Dr Chu
I dont get the first one
Is that Lloyd Langford sitting quietly by in that first clip? Gotta go find that episode, back in a tick.
That's a photo of the Washington Monument. Grant's Tomb is in New York City.
It's QI. You shouldn't come here for facts. Especially when Fry just repeats an urban myth as a fact.
Im pretty sure that lightning bolt was hitting the washington monument not grants tomb.
Stephen was in error when he was explaining lightening striking elsewhere than the highest part of a building. He said the building in the photo was Grant's Tomb, when in fact, Washington's Monument is shown in the photo. I never thought i would catch a mistake by Stephen Fry!
What happened with series G, H, I, J and K?
ua-cam.com/video/AMBz8D9A1Vg/v-deo.html all in here! and more to come :))
I have actually read 1984, we did it in year 9 at school
the purchase of a gift card is taxed, the item bought with the gift card is taxed, ''the man'' makes money regardless.
Our gift cards are not taxed as they are a form of money and therefore not the end product or service.
I was going to sleep....2am PST...now, not so much.
You fool! You made your own bed 🙃. Be awake and watch
Omg same!
12:10 gift cards cannot legally have expiration dates in the United States
Grant’s tomb?
Dear Lord.. It wasn't Malaysia's Got Talent.. It was Bulgaria's Got Talent (and if I recall correctly, it wasn't even called that at the time)..
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
Sue the linguistically magnificent
I preffered the english TV version of 1984, with Peter Cushing, to the American movie. There was even an American TV version with Eddie Albert that was pretty good.
Fry, come off it, you do the heartburn thing all the time.
Somehow doubt he's reading these comments lad. What an odd thing to pick out.
Grants tomb? WTF? 😂😂😂
Try the Washington Monument!
How can you mistake it? It's so tall. You can probably see it from the top of English Parliament building that is an ode to the Timex corporation...
Thank you! I just nearly got gaslit into think that Grant was buried under the Washington Monument. That's the trouble with this show, you end up questioning things that are super obvious.
That's not Grant's Tomb. That's the Washington Memorial.
That was not Grants tumb. That was Washingtons monument
Thank you!
the song isn't called Can't Live. it's called Without you. Written and performed by Badfinger. tragic group
It is called Without You however it was actually written by Harry Nilsson who had a pretty big hit with it in America. And I was hoping someone would comment about that so thank you!
@@GoldenMomentsByJT sorry to have to correct you. It was written by Pete Ham of Badfinger. Please read the tragic story of this group. Two members committed suicide because their manager embezzled them and left them penniless. Harry Nilsson did indeed have a massive hit with hit, great version. You can check the writing credits, or even watch their videos on UA-cam, including their story.
@@adriang3498 interesting. I will check my facts. Thanks!
1972 aye good tune for him
1:30:09 Steven: "Hey, Joanne, can I kill this unicorn?"
JK Rowling: "What..? No. You probably shouldn't do that."
Steven: "Ah, you're probably right. I should kill this unicorn, she has her whole life ahead of her. In fact, I heard that she just transitioned to become a female unicorn, and is happier than ev-"
JK Rowling: "-Kill it! Kill it now! Kill the unicorn!"
😂😅😢
Josh Widicombe knows his medical knowledge on liquid nitrogen.
mrs Mitchell would have been a better host than the dane.
I disagree, she's not light hearted & smiley enough to host QI. I really like her though.
@@gilliankirby I disagree, shes´ awesome. The dane is OK, not shit! But not more than "ok" in my opinion.
ai don't believe it's Grant's Tomb (New York?)being struck by lightning > More like the Washington Monument.(DC).
Bill's helicopter is in front of my grocery store
I have to disagree about the gift-card thing. With a gift card, you're not obligating someone to pretend to be pleased about the guess you've made about what they like, and the message you're giving off about the kind of person you think they are. (Or at least as often, what the gift says about yourself.) A gift card says, "I want you to have something you want; something practical that you need for free, or treat yourself to something you want but wouldn't ordinarily spend your money on."
I think everyone has their own version of this story: When I was about 12 or 13, I first came across a picture by M.C. Escher. "Oh, that's really cool," I said in the presence of family members as witnesses. Sure enough, for Christmas I got a book of M.C. Escher prints. Which was nice; not something I particularly wanted, but cool enough in its own right, and it was nice that they remembered that I liked it. Then on my birthday I got an Escher poster -- again, not something I dreamed of having in my bedroom, but cool enough. Then another book of Escher prints (i.e., the same prints but in a different book), then another, and another... Escher mugs, Escher sweaters, an Escher _lunch box_ of all things, luckily I was already getting beaten up at school for other stuff...
It eventually petered out. But while I don't _hate_ the works of M.C. Escher, I like them considerably less than I did when I first saw one.
Just get a gift card. It doesn't make you a bad person, just a reasonable one.
I visit a doctor called DR Pain.
I had a dentist called Mr Nash as a kid
Me too
But the Spartans lost that battle
127--FunFact; to correct you Mr S.Fry. It has been proven, you can catch a multitude of diseases from a toilet seat...sit down before the other bloke gets up!--hehehe... ;p
The best audio books of the Harry Potter series is read by Jim Dale.
The UK version is read by Stephen.
Jim Dale’s performance is astounding, you are right about that! This makes want to hear the Fry version though too.
I don't find it the least bit entertaining.
The shooting thing is complete horseshit. There are certain places on the human body that if you're shot you have no choice but to submit to gravity. Most headshots, spinal shots, heart shots.
Sew
I looked up the meaning of Viking word rassragr.....erk... nasty... No, I won't tell you what it is... look it up yourself!
A couple of segments, then endless ads. Unwatchable,
I got an encyclopedia every Xmas & loved them 🤪so interesting & I'm full of useless information now 💌👀💜🤍💜🤍💌🎄🤶🎄🤶
Grant's tomb?