Rob Brydon makes a rather embarassing choice of words whilst discussing the relationship between a cricket's chirping and the temperature. Taken from QI XL Series H episode 11 - Highs and Lows
I love the way Alan just leans back and smirks. It shows how well he knows the regular guests because he just sits there and waits for Rob to put the other foot in it as well, all leading to Sandi's perfect punchline. I wish this show was on all year round!
Has anyone ever seen Rob Brydon's humor? He intentionally makes these mistakes all the time because it's good humor and he plays the fool to elicit a good comeback from others. It's literally his entire comedic schtick.
I wouldn't say that's true at all. His comedic schtick was also his many great impressions of other people. But more than that, I recommend you watch the show "Would I Lie to You", he's perfectly capable of delivering one-liners and zingers as well. Hanging out with Lee Mack and David Michell for years has definitely improved and diversified Brydon's comedic skills.
My friend once joked that now that Sandi's hosting the show, all the previous episodes where she was a panellist feel like watching someone go through a paid internship.
@ Mark Dallinger, that is the art of a quick wit, to make people think you cannot have possibly come up with that response that quickly. It is a gift, and a talent, and sadly one that I do not posses, but one which Sandi has in the bucket loads. Not scripted at all, just top level comedians and as you say, a fantastic show.
These people are comedians for a reason, they have extremely quick wits. Do you not have experience in which you just come out with a perfect retort almost instantly?
British comedy is Actually Funny, where as American comedy (which is the other major "western broadcast") would need a fake background laugh to cue people to laugh
oh of that i'm convinced. and he tweeted me once. BE JEALOUS (no u dont have to be jealous...dont kill me for being such a geek). XD it was all i could do not to type in 'omg you're so adorable' in all caps. but i figure that's quite rude to tell that to a grown man. i think i deserve an award for how hard it was to not type that. sigh
Kinda funny... As soon as he mentioned the cricket, one outside my window started chirping, and I learned he this was true. It's hot as hell, and he's chirping his damn legs off.
@patient451 you forgot the office. lol i find the american one better, but that is really it. i like the british humor anymore it seems, i don't know why. as for what you said about whos line is it anyways, I agree, but only because of the people involved, I suppose they played on the uk version aswell so... not in the prime tho.
Hypothetical question: What would it take to screen QI on every tv channel in the english speaking world at the same time every night of the week? and How much better would the world be?
@nejtilsvampe And "Getting off" is orgasm-ing, basically. But what he was actually saying was, when it's hot, and you can't get to sleep (get off), so you're restless (tossing, as in tossing and turning).
"At 13 exactly, it chirps at about 60 a minute." You don't have to throw in "exactly" if the amount of chirps varies. It's a bit misleading. All they know is that crickets ballpark the number of chirps-per-minute based on the temperature. It's not exact at all.
At exactly 13 degrees it begins to chirp - at a rate of about 60 a minute. The rate varies, the minimum temperature point, at which they begin, does not. What's so difficult to understand about that?
Right, but that's only useful if you want to know if it's above 13 degrees. Since the number of chirps is "about" 60, you couldn't determine the temperature with any real accuracy. All you'd know is that it's above 13 degrees. They're implying that you can tell the temperature based off the number of chirps per minute. But the chirps are varied, only the temperature at which the chirps begin is accurate. See what I mean?
QI is one of my favourite programmes but I wonder how much of it is scripted. I don't care whether or not it is because it's still so entertaining. The howls of laughter at times from Phil Jupitus and Jimmy Carr plus Stephen Fry's correcting of Alan Davies leads me to believe it's mostly ad lib but the Rob Bryden comment and Sandy Toksvig's response seemed a bit too quick.
This isn't true btw... it was a practical joke played by some British scientist, fooled almost everyone with it. He was working with The Royal Society at the time.
@lincolndcg That is Rob Brydon you fool. Ben Miller is the other one you are thinking of... please look it up before posting stupid replies. I am with @morthasa here.
