We truly lived in a golden age of comedians... Other than James Acaster, I dont see many young comedians who could shock an audience with laughter as much as Sean did
@@kirbysuperstar5494 Hard? Of course, as a superstar your standards must be very high indeed, but for the rest of us, the word "hard" would be insufficient. "Impossible" is the word needed here. A tip, try the episode "Films" with Emma Thompson.
To be honest, I don't like the young David Mitchell. He was too intense and absolute in his views and angry. It's off-putting to watch. He's obviously a very smart individual but he could be overbearing at times. Now that he's mellowed down a bit, there is a marked difference. Now that he has a wife and a daughter, he's not constantly angry at the world.
@@georgem3270 Ah, you have to see it as a performance. It's not real. He's playing a character that acts angry. If you see it that way, it becomes more amusing. Not that older, mellower David is not good too. I like both. And I think having enjoyed the angrier David makes mellow David even more enjoyable. But I understand that may not be your perspective.
David Mitchell always makes me smile, because he looks exactly like a late dear friend. And they share the exact same (large) argumentative bulldog nature. Swap an English accent with an Arkansas accent, and you get my buddy David Young.
After Steven Fry left QI I thought that was the end of it - he was unparalleled. Then Sandi Toksvig stepped in, and all my concerns were abated . Sandi is extraordinary, and brings in a great deal to the experience.
Sandi works. She was always very, very dry. She's better at host than panelist, and no diss intended there. Plus riding herd on any random given bunch....is one hell of a job.
@@raqueldobson1 I think David would be going to far into the lording it over you style of logical person - that's one of the biggest reasons people preferred Fry hosting over Sandi, because where Fry obviously delighted in weird knowledge and in other people discovering that knowledge, Sandi being so dry comes across as being delighted in being right. The problem is there just aren't many funny smart people on TV lately who have created a likeable style of persona, since it seems out of style. Lee Mack is just as smart as David Mitchell but plays off as the northerner moron, James Acaster and Richard Ayoade are both brilliant but have that crazy socially awkward schtick. Probably the best fit would actually be Victoria Cohen Mitchell rather than David. The other challenge is you either need to fit as the parent/school teacher/older sibling relationship with Alan Davies (which David doesn't at all), or find a new Alan as well, which would probably be much harder to do well.
I was disappointed they didn't tell Sandy why. Bananas are high in potassium, and part of that is the radioactive potassium-40. So it's the additional radioactivity that contributes to the micromort.. There's actually a unit called the Banana Equivalent Dose. Somebody, Fermilab I'm pretty sure, has the series Even Bananas Make Neutrinos. Because...they do.
i am glad they picked sandi as stephens replacement when he left. she has the right humor and insight for the show. i just wish i could get full episodes of stehpen's era in the US, we can only see sandi's stuff!
@@ghomerhust After feeling frustrated with the panel, Sandi said "People ask me what Stephen said when I took over the show. 'you have no idea'. I'm beginning to understand"
Sorry but come on. He wasnt any funnier than anyone else on it. Phil Jupitus and Bill Bailey were just as funny. Sean was silly, and yes it was funny, SOMETIMES.
@@andymumford9764 Dont think it was nice to make a show of him just because he was showing off his knowledge a little bit. I mean Im not a fan of his, but I thought Sean was being a bit mean spirited there.
@@paulinegallagher7821 Per another comment: "Rory McGrath asked to see the questions, or demanded. Hence Stephen's "that's exactly what I have written down" and then trying to catch him out"
I just came across this show a few days ago and am now addicted. I have found my kind of people. And I actually know some of the people on the show! Stephen Fry, of course, but also Alan Davies, whom I adore. But the lot of them are just plain hilarious. And I love all the different accents. Plus I’m learning new shit.
Hi, You are in for an amazing ride. I have watched every episode multiple times and we are now up to season “U”. 12-18 episodes for every letter since 2003, it still makes me laugh hysterically. Even though Stephen left as host half way through, Sandy, the lady who makes the comment, “who needs swear words when you have knock hole “, is a stellar host. The show is different under her lead, but still hilarious and informative. I envy you, beginning this journey and experiencing all the hilarity for the first time. I’m a British born Australian, so I relate to a lot of the show, but I think it’s universal and I will be sad when we get to the letter Z and the show ends. I hope it brings as much joy, (and knowledge) in to your life as it has mine, enjoy x
His Russian accent is superb. And that modern German accent. "Vher ist mein handi? I cannot find mein handi. Anyvon seen mein handi?" (Handi is modern German for cellphone, it appears)
The way he shut Rory mcgrath up from going on and on about bloody birds and the Latin words for them. Not being rude at all just realising that it was going no where and made the audience laugh.
My vote has to go to David Mitchell. His mind always brings clear logic forefront with such humour and yet David debates or berates it in your face! No wonder his section is the longest in this video.
Often when the Israeli PM is mentioned on the news, I imagine that his name is instead stated in the Stephen-as-Billy way. Takes the edge off of current events, ever so slightly.
Me too. The world just seemed like a better place with him in it, to give his unique slant to situations. No one else would have come up with the part where the dolphins piss off back to sea, leaving you and your therapists on the beach 😂
I absolutely adore Stephen Fry, but in my opinion Sandi Toksvig is an absolutely splendid replacement. As Stephen said she is a 'fountain of knowledge', and yet she is still eager to learn and she vibes well with the guests. Doesn't take herself too seriously, and has the same kind of condescending love for Alan 😄. Guest wise David Mitchell, Sean Lock, Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus are my heroes. Even after watching the same bits for the hundredth time, they still make me laugh.
Sorry I can't agree, I think Victoria would have been a perfect replacement. I doubt Sandi had much to do with it but the quality of guest has dropped too.
@@orwellboy1958 Victoria would have been amazing too, no doubt about that! But she has her own quiz so that was never going to happen... I totally agree about the guest quality, it's not the same as it used to be. And, I haven't even been able to see the T series, because for some stupid reason it's banned from YT? I'm not from the UK so I have NO idea how to watch it now. Shame. Luckily there ís at least a new Big Fat Quiz!
@@orwellboy1958 Yes but at least it's less pretentious these days and the guests who go there aren't intellectual snobs. It's unbearable to watch the early seasons of QI.
a camp horror film. starring alan carr. sign me the hell up, that would be funny as foo! the ice cream bit, possibly one of the funniest bits ever. and bill coming in at the end haha
I saw Ross Noble on tour a week after the "Toblerone Rolo Combo" episode aired and one of the pinnacles of my career as a human being is that my asking him if he had had one yet caused him to say it to us live!! 😂👌 Later that same gig he did take the piss out of my laugh and describe it as a "Medieval Restaurant Worker" (?!) but still... right up there in life experiences! 😅🤣
Stephen is a complete one-off. I know he’s a huge admirer of Oscar Wilde. I think Oscar would like Stephen very much if they’d ever had a chance to meet. His Winston Churchill ‘Guardsman’ joke is, unforgettably, hilarious. I’m 11 minutes into this clip, looking forward to the rest.
I cant imagine why. Oscar Wilde was, well to call him a vile pig would be an insult to vile pigs, a terrible person who was good with words. The fact that he was homosexualish couldnt be less relevant.
@@wrightyy"Annoyingly Hugh Lawrie is also on that list." - because he was bad on it, or annoying because he was good and you'd like to see him on again?
@ 12:34 Stephen: "There is absolutely no clear evidence, whatsoever, that people behave oddly, during the moon...." Sean: "So.... Why do I go around killing, then?" Me: 🤣😆😄😅🤣🙂😄😊😆😄☠️☠️ RIP Sean... 💜💚💜
Sean was one of a kind. Best of friends with Bill Bailey. Bill I have been a fan of since I watched every “Blacks Books” episode more times than I ever counted. But Sean on 8 out of 10 cats was always hilarious!!
Can we just appreciate the difference between Roy knowing all about the topic in 15:10 and David in 48:00. Where Roy comes off as a stuffy know-it-all, David doesn’t and is almost endearing in sharing his knowledge.
There's no question Stephen Fry was an amazing host, but, for me, the main reason the earlier seasons worked so well was because most episodes had one or more of this regular bunch of panelists (Sean Locke, Bill Bailey, Phil Jupitus, Jimmy Carr, Rob Brydon, Jo Brand, David Mitchell, Dara O Briain, and, later on, Ross Noble) who either already had or developed great chemistry with each other, and with Stephen Fry and Alan Davies. The are a couple of people on that list whom I don't really care for on otherwise, but they all contributed to making QI head and shoulders the best panel show at its peak. It's a shame they stopped doing that in later series, as there actually are a few new (for QI) faces I actually really like on QI, like James Acaster (whom I'm a big fan of anyway) and Rhod Gilbert, and I wish they appeared as often as the names I mentioned earlier did back in the day, and there are others whom I think have potential if they were allowed to build the same level of rapport with each other and the host as the regular guests did back in the day. But it looks like they're actually moving away from the idea of regulars as (I think) the last time anyone appeared even twice in a series was in 2021.
You know, there’s a famous pub in Chester called the Marlbororough arms. Still pronounced correctly but sign writers made a cockup decades ago, which was left.
My favorite Billy Connelly quote is “never trust a man who finds himself alone in a room with a tea cosy and doesn’t try it on”. I would replace man with person, but I agree wholeheartedly. Can’t you just see him sporting a tea cosy?
Would a spider really smoke 8 tiny cigarrrets? Maybe it would smoke 4, if we assume that we have two legs and smoke 1 cigarrete at a time, so we would be multiplying by four. Or, maybe, just 2! Assuming that our arms count as limbs, so 1 cigarrete per every 4 limbs would result in 2 tiny cigarretes per spider. How would they pick up the lighter with 8 limbs occupied with the cigarretes? So many questions...
I thought I'd see this comment, and wasn't disappointed... Guy is a twat. It's not a serious game show, it's supposed to be funny and he sucked the life out of those shows... Glad he wasn't brought back after that..
The more I watch, the more convinced I am that Sandi Toksvig is my ideal woman. That wide ranging intellect, coupled with that smile, oh my. And yes, I know, I know. It's as Platonic as it gets, but still.
Victoria Cohen Mitchell was the only guest to manipulate the show in her favor. She most likely researched the jackrabbit fact and created the story of the anxiety dream só that She would seem smarter than Stephen and the other guests. Nicely played!
@ 1:25.20 re: when does the Sun set? You could argue that it actually happens 8.3 minutes before even that because it takes that long for its light to get to us so it's a WAY below the horizon when we actually detect it.
"Sometimes in prison, women will ask for vertical rather than horizontal stripes..." That sounds like urban myth bullshit being repeated without a thought.
Too right mate. The only American I've heard do our accent halfway decent is Robert Downy Jr. And I s'pose Mel Gibson could remember it, if he tried hard enough. What about Anthony LaPaglia, is he still trying to be a fake American?
