QI | Alan's Impression Reduces Sandi To Tears 

I think she said about Susan once it was nice to have someone even shorter than her on the show. People always punch down more viciously don't they?

Didn't help that she started gargling towards the end :P

+kisbie As far as I know, they're friends as well as collegues - besides having worked together several times when Sandi was hosting The News Quiz, she attended Susan's wedding, and possibly the other way round, not sure exactly how long they've known each other - so it's more good-natured ribbing amongst friends than just a random jab. :) And yeah, her singing can sometimes go a bit off the rails, but I've also heard her belt one out beautifully on an episode of I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue, so I guess it just depends. :)

The look on Susan’s face... 😡

That was a proper burn and a half, that was!

It's like he's suddenly channeling a diety of laughter.

Too bad I couldn’t understand half of it… When when they enable captions?

Mmmm... definitely not always

Alan absolutely wreaked Sandi.

@@Lightraymuse is that like wreaked havoc? He "wreaked Sandi".

Yeah, she seemed to really enjoy it instead of just smirking in amusement.

Shawn Robert Doyle And keep in mind that's no easy task, him with his size 13 and her being so tiny.

Shawn Robert Doyle it's so nice and refreshing to see this comment for once instead of the usual, "the show is trash now," that I see so often on these videos. Sandy is doing a marvelous job.

Sandi is a fantastic successor to Stephen. They each hosted the show in their own unique way. Sandi's QI is a much more relaxed affair, yet still full of information and tons of laughs.

I was worried too but she's doing an amazing job!

Agreed!

Well it’s nice and I don’t get the sun but I wanna was a nice day

It's great too when Bill Bailey goes freewheeling !

@@keithf_ In his earlier appearances, he's pretended to be smoking a pipe with a pen.. Then he started bringing a pipe to look classy with when he's role playing.

@@Alacritous Yes, Bill Bailey certainly did that. Here are some of my favourite QI guest comedians :- Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, David Mitchell, Giles Brandreth

@@keithf_ RIP Sean

i'd like to have some subtitres or closed captions on this... i can understand spoken english, e.g. when stephen did the speaking, but here it is a bit too much...

syco me too! And the video with her confusion about the bananas! Something so brilliant about her losing her composure!

Same

I don't

@@bigjohnson9606 I think technically you can’t be sure, either you’ve seen this before, in which case you actually have found yourself coming back to this video, or this is the first time you’ve seen it, in which case you can’t be certain that in the future you may unexpectedly decide you’d like to see it again (maybe you’re in a delirium or something). Still, I admire your certainty. Keep it up!

As wonderful as this was, nothing will top hearing Sandi and the sadly late Jeremy Hardy on the News Quiz where he was making her laugh so much she was barely able to manage the sentence: "Please stop, I'm going to die" 😄

He's dead

@@windmillwilly Umm no he's not..

What universe are you from...?

Windmill Willy not really but ok

@@katybreen2939 Don't get it Shut up...

Was that on QI?

@@ptroinks No, it was on The News Quiz, radio show Sandi used to chair as well. Search for "Jeremy Hardy bright children" and it's the top result

Just a heads up- the names of the participants are always in the description below the video :)

la thanks didn't know that

"Ginger comedian" would've done it.

Probably

Well that's what i'm calling him from now on.

Is it?

there are no straight lines.

whatevahhhh!

I seem to remember that.

What do they say!? What do they say!?

She's very clever but as the show has progressed she is falling into Alan's pathetic humour. Shut him up Sandi, you don't need him.

I loved QI with Fry but I think Sandi is better.

@@TheGodlessGuitarist I like her more too. And BTW as english is not my mother tongue I understand her much better than Stephen.

Sandi improved it.

@@wendydawson697 How? You seem to imply something. A uterus is hilarious, of course.

"Do you like 'em tied up with string? I'll bet you do, girl! I'll bet you do! What's a deer, what's a female deer? Come on! Oh Julie, (I can't make out the rest of the sentence over the laughing, all I can hear is "please with the loan", which doesn't make sense so he must have said something else). I'll get the puppets out, I'll get the puppets out, do you wanna see the goatherd? *badly impersonates the song The Lonely Goatherd* It wasn't me singing. *keeps singing* I'm on with Maria - I'll be back with ya - on Maria. What's up, Julie?"

Alice Orwell That makes more sense. Once I heard it as "please with the loan", my brain couldn't hear anything else

Also the last bit was "I'm... Maria. I'll be back with you. I'm Maria!"

Privacy Lover you got it all! ❤️🦋🙏

I think she's saying "oh, "Julie", leave me alone. I'm Maria, i'll be back with you, I'm Maria. Which is the charachters name in the film, apparently she can't let it go

Emotions and get a little while and I think it’s a nice little bit late

Adriano Vaz Rich Hall probably delivers the most laughs per sentence than any other QI regular, even though he’ll remain quiet for long spells. He also once defined his job as “talking about intelligent things stupidly and stupid things intelligently”.

@@kisbie Ironically, so did Adriano, in his last sentence

Adriano Vaz I adore 🥰 Rich Hall! ❤️🦋🙏

Indeed, it's been many moons since Rich was on.

@@kingbeauregard Yeah, but which moons are we *talking* about, Beau?

Ian Kirkham: I used to love watching No 73. That's where I first saw Sandi, been watching ever since. She's so funny, I love her when she laughs.

"Ethel" - that was her character's name on No. 73. I didn't know she was called Sandi for a long time or that they had 'character names' on No. 73 back then.

@@LittleMAC78 I was exactly the same, all those years ago now...

Nathan Dehnel Lol, a video entitled "Jon Richardson's WEAK insult is HILARIOUS!!" is a suggested video from this one for me

Oh no, Angor has taken over the QI channel!

Or "Sandi Toksvig LITERALLY reduced to TEARS by Alan's HILARIOUS Julie Andrews impression."

and there'll be about 5 minutes of other clips that have no relation to the title whatsoever

And they'd find excuse for slipping in the glory holes clip.

I've never seen it either because it's crap. . How do I know if I've never seen it ? Because its a musical and they are all crap.

I’ve never seen it either and have no intention too

I’ve seen it - omg it was horrible!

I’ve seen it once

Robin Garrison Northern? Cockney? What?

North London? obviously OP thinks London is centre of universe :D

Julie Andrews is well known to speak in very industrial language off camera, so Alan was probably tapping into that. Think it may even have been mentioned before on QI.

Robin Garrison The confusion is understandable - Cockney and Northern are basically opposites.

Norf Laaaanden.

Compare and contrast to Jimmy Carr who'd have something on standby to destroy her. Not a huge fan of his standup but in person or on the spot when he's improvising, he's genuinely witty and especially cruel with putdowns.

I don't think she was irritated that she couldn't think of a comeback. It was more of "Damn, well played" and it was cute.

When she appears on I'm Sorry I haven't a clue she proves she cannot sing.....

focuselp, she carried the tune, but went off a couple of times

focuselp My mom's line was: "I always wished that I could sing. Now I with that _you_ could sing."

I agree. 2 cushions even.

Might be a generational thing, I wasn't sure of it either

Alan was quoting lines and lyrics from the movie " the sound of music" but he was doing it in a rough northern almost cockney accent. He was also doing it in a way filled with innuendo. Which if you've seen the movie is well out of place, for who'd be singing the lines. In most cases Julie Andrews. It was quite funny to an old fogey like myself, or in this case Sandy, who's heard all the lines before. Think of your favorite frilly little character who's always prim and proper and then all of the sudden they sound like your chain smoking drunkard uncle when they open their mouth. It's a shock to your senses and can make you laugh. Comedy is like food. Everyone likes something different. Or has a different point of view they are seeing it from. But just because I don't like bell peppers doesn't stop stores from selling them. or people from stuffing and cooking them. My two cents hope this helps.

"a rough northern almost cockney accent". Elaborate please.

Robin Garrison I'm a huge fan of Alan and Sandi, but although I'm an Anglophile, sadly I'm an American one. I'd 'seen' most of the joke in Alan's impression but was confused, since Julie obviously doesn't talk that way. Your comment helped me see that this is precisely why it was so funny to Sandi, thanks.

Much like Rich's reaction to that emotional rollercoaster of a credit card advert.

Thanks a million! I saw this video about 50 times çause it's so funny, but I couldn't hear all the words. String and goatherd. Thats a relief. Thanks again for your trouble.

He’s saying “I’m Maria” not “on Maria”

You leftie snowflakes would laugh if your arse was on fire ,shite .

@@garymay799 Some sense of humor you have. Sound like the type who can clear out an entire pub in about 5 seconds...

@@f123raptor And you sound a right arsehole .

Alan committed to the bit a Long Time Ago, he'll be here for the last Z show.

I just 💚 Alan D - he is BrillJant imo ~

@@RIXRADvidz And if he leaves, we could always replace him with Josh...

@Hubert Cumberdale ?

Hubert Cumberdale and you’re watching this show... why? I mean, I’m not saying everyone has to enjoy watching Alan Davies, but for someone who feels that strongly about it, I’m a bit baffled why you’d be watching QI at all, never mind a highlight reel advertised as specifically being Alan Davies doing a bit...

Ouch.

It wasn't that bad at all. Leave the humour to Sandi.

Slithery creatures That crush entire nations Bright lazer bolts And loud EX-TER-MIN-ATion.

@@deaddoll1361 did you not hear the weird voice breaking sound in her mic? Sounded like a robot for a second...

@@deaddoll1361 - The Dalek bit was funny. You're a curmudgeon.

... going on seventeen?

Janne Aalto I listened to it 3 times and was able to get most of what he said, if you're wondering: "Do you like 'em tied up with string? I'll bet you do, girl! I'll bet you do! What's a deer, what's a female deer? Come on! Oh Julie, leave it alone. I'll get the puppets out, I'll get the puppets out, do you wanna see the goatherd, you wanna see the goatherd? *badly impersonates the song The Lonely Goatherd* It wasn't me singing. *keeps singing* I'm on with Maria - I'll be back with ya - on Maria. What's up, Julie?"

@@nowandaround312 "I'm Maria", no? Makes sense her thinking she's Maria irl.

​@@michaellejeune7715 It does sound like "I'm Maria" but Alan was pretending to be someone interviewing Julie Andrews (and calling her Maria). He says "I'm on with Maria" and gestures as though there's someone there, then turns to the audience and says "I'll be back with ya" and then turns back to the imaginary Julie and says "on Maria" meaning he's continuing the interview.

Privacy Lover Maria is the name of the main character in the Sound of Music played by Julie Andrews..

Indeed we do, so much so that it's gotten to the point that i'm afraid most of you hethens are simply driven insane by even a small dose of the Queen's true comedy. In fact during the cold war we actually used the members of monty python to torture information out of suspected russian spies.

@@RAFMnBgaming you managed to make everything unfunny

+Archimedes Your face managed to make everything unfunny.

Meow

@@AbsoluteAbsurd I'm with you

In French the title was translated to "The Melody of Happiness" (La Mélodie du Bonheur).

These are beautiful.

That's interesting, they're all so different, except "The Melody of Happiness" is very similar to the original title. Somehow "The Sound of Music" also became All Together Passionately, Smiles and Tears, and The Bastards Got Away.

In Portuguese it was translated as "Música no Coração" meaning Music at Heart roughly

Daniel Hackett - Superb sir! My neighbours must be wondering why I'm screaming with laughter at 12.20am , with no-one else in the flat.

2:16

Like the Vapors album? Did they dub "Turning Japanese" over one of the songs?

Now according to Google translate "Happy days"

Alan Green So what do they call ‘Happy Days’ in Turkey?

It's called "a noviça rebelde" in portuguese, which means "the rebel novice"

+kisbie "These are a few of my favorite Fonz"?

Brill...Drop in to see "Song Potion" if you're ever in Iceland ;)

or No Sound of Music... :)