I sometimes tell my cat "you're the furriest one" in Phil Jupitus's Stephen Fry voice, but no one ever laughs because it's a pretty obscure reference and I live alone.
Do you even know what stroppy means? He’s smiling and playing while doing it, he’s not “bad tempered” in any way. And being ‘bad tempered’ is a key component to every synonym I found for stroppy. Ill tempered, grumpy, cantankerous.
@@Chimera_Photography stroppy is like when a teenager pouts and dramatically flops on the sofa after their parent says they have to do something or saying I hate you all when in reality you're barely even mildly annoyed it's not properly bad tempered or grumpy. Saying "You're all rotters and I hate you" is a perfect example of being stroppy.
@Kathryn Schauf Depends on the book and more importantly the age of the reader. The only books of hers that I know of are about children sleuths solving mysteries/crimes of one kind or another (The Famous Five etc) and as such will appeal the most to kids of that age range, around 8-12 year olds. I myself obsessively collected those series at that age, that's how much I liked them! Having said that, I personally do not think they would appeal to anyone older than that, this is not "young adult" category (let alone for proper adults) with layers & nuances... but not for preschoolers either, due to the crime element.
Phil Jupitus coming in almost instantly with such gems as "Madeira Pince-Nez" and "You're the shiniest one..." is one of the reasons why I'm always pleased when he's on. So great.
@@jashugg no they’re referring to different alcohols, as Stephen is “too sophisticated” to have the beer goggles, so as a result, he has Madeira pince-nez or a sherry monocle. Both Madeira and sherry are types of fortified wines. It does sound like “more, my dearrrrr?” So I understand the confusion
@@jordishima I understand the joke lol, but I also think Phil J is clever enough not to feel the need to repeat his Madeira line. So I’m confident his further line is more m’dear? !
Been reading the famous five with the kids and the way steven talks is very Blyton, tbh it's kind of rubbed of on me, I recently called something queer (as in strange) and was given rather weird looks.
I think Stephen could have made that good, his comment about shiny children - shiny, happy children, all shiny and new, bright and shiny, etc. - but it was far funnier the way it went. She broke him up, and everyone joined in. Stephen was along for the ride. An assembly line of children being buffed and lacquered is priceless! (Reminded me of school picture day when I was a kid.)
@@beenaplumber8379 And as someone else pointed out, when the initial conversation had been getting a bit awkward, it gave both parties a chance to get out of it and go along with the new joke.
@@grahamlive "Put your wine away!" xD (I hope you know about this section with Sandy and Bill Riley, otherwise this must be a rather weird comment to you ^^)
I have laughed at this hullo clip for ages. Yesterday I pulled back one of my son's hot wheelz cars and it zoomed off under the sofa. Out of nowhere it came back and hit my leg and I said "hullo". Damn.
shamefully, at first, i didnt really vibe with phil but by the 3rd episode i saw him in, i completely turned the corner and now hes like one of my favorite guests
@d R It sounds like the intro to some old tune in an old musical where you have "the musical question" of some kind before getting into the song proper. The Animaniacs cartoon show would parody riff off of that sort of thing all the time. It was one of the corniest conventions of the 30's to 50's musical theater, yet you kind of enjoyed it from time to time.
Just as funny as the time along the lines of me and mum having a laughing fit in the car a decade ago and she just goes - while driving - "I can't see I'm crying!!". Which just made me laugh harder despite the terror. We did manage to stop because it was a lonely country road but still...! That high pitched strained voice...! It's moments like that you wish you could preserve outside of your brain, innit?
"You beast, you beast, you utter, utter beast!" I love their banter so much. I also love how everyone but especially Bill, Phil and Alan pretend to smoke pipe with their pens whenever they are poking fun at Stephen.
A very QI factoid - Stephen was, in 2003, the last celebrity winner of "Pipe Smoker of the Year" as a title (only the outgoing president of the UK Federation of Pipe Clubs - Brian Mills - has won it since, largely as a mark of recognition for his long service).
"I know you think you're doing a voice, but that is how you talk." is still one of the quickest, funniest put downs I've ever heard. And the varnish bit is amazing. (Couldn't have happened without ALL the guests being creatively funny. Phil's imagination runs wild, but it's Sarah's "are they varnished? Can i varnish one" that kicks it off. And Alan's impression of a child encased in varnish really brings it.. to a high sheen)
5:15 At the risk of repeating myself, the quick wit with which matt Lucas gets back at Stephen and the delight that brings Stephen is such a mesmerizing moment! Watched it so many times, never gets old! Stephen actually is turned on by wit and intelligence!
Fry is such a true artist with the English language. He is a veritable master of the spoken word. Seeing him get his comeuppance from Lucas for being pedantic was a real treat.
And to think "They say of the Acropolis......" didn't actually make the final cut of the episode in which it was filmed. (It was put in an extras and outtakes episode that was bolted on to the end of the series to save making a Christmas special that year.)
Josh and "I forgot you grew up in an Enid Blyton novel" - brilliant. Sandi is fantastic - without doubt the only person who could have taken over from Stephen - but these moments really made QI so funny.
I have finally figured out what is wrong with American television. Every one of these clips would have ended up on the cutting room floor and they’re the best bits.
AllUpOns13 I didn’t even look at their name why would that matter, I’m basing my observation on the fact they said “we” in response to a comment where the subject was America
@@kenopsia9013 they said "we" in relation to the idea of the British not cutting out organic moments of humour, thus embracing imperfection. This implies they're British/from the British isles. One of us, not American.
Who's the fourth panelist who seems to work with Bill Bailey a lot in the singing parts? I know who Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies are but I'm not sure who the fourth guy is.
@@ifacro Thanks. He seemed on the same page with Bill Bailey, though he's not shown as much. Wasn't he the second voice to the singing of "where the Parthenon is?" I can't tell if he says "you have to tell us" or Carr did.
I just realised there is another hilarious moment that should have been included: When Bill Bailey gave Stephen a hard time for copying books on a typewriter.
Sean Lock's incredulous comment 'You had a prep-school tailor ... what, for that suit you wear when you're five' leads to the most hilarious follow-ups. It's one of my very favourite QI episodes. Jo Brand (perhaps not seen in this montage) doesn't join in at all, but just collapses in floods of comic tears. Classic episode.
@@jackminton352 Stephen corrected Matt when he said less instead of fewer, so matt responded with the knock-knock joke that sets you up to say to who when proper English would be to whom, he was corrected in a jokingly pedantic way than forced Stephen into a situation where he was the one being pedantically corrected.
I will, in my entire life, never be able to (or for that matter want to) forget that what they say about the acropolis where the Parthenon is that there are no straight lines. A true classic moment of QI and TV in general!
QI with Sandi Toksvig is still an excellent programme, and I can't think of anyone who could have done anything like as well as she has done in stepping into Stephen Fry's shoes, but this collection of clips illustrates just what made the show such a joy to watch. It must be awfully difficult to be as "English" as Stephen Fry is.
-I think Phill Jupitus was probably the one guy who could get Stephen Fry so flustered. Personal favorite Jupitus-Fry moment is when Phil has the pencil in his mouth from this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YSIzXiPydPQ.html What a fun crowd!
Always loved it when Phil Jupitus was on, a winning combination as you knew it was only a matter of time before he started taking the mick out of Stephen Fry; his Madeira pince-nez and the hilarious child buffing workshop have me in stitches every time!
Watching this and nearly crying with laughter has made me realise how much I, and all of humanity will miss this great man when he eventually leaves this earth. But I hope that will not be for many more years to come. So dear Stephen, I know you will obliterate this cancer and you will continue to delight and educate us all. Fight for your life and don't let this silly little obstacle beat that beautiful soul of yours 💕
Of course, we do. How could we not? That said, since there had to be a replacement, we also have to acknowledge that Sandy is absolutely, utterly magnificent...!
James Chambers Honestly, I don't think she's that great. That being said, I also have to be honest and admit that I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who would work better than she does... Stephen is just irreplaceable, sadly. Or luckily, depending on how you look at it. ;-)
She's different, but I'm still getting just as much enjoyment from QI as I did with Stephen. I do hope Stephen will come on as a panel guest at some point though.
I love both hosts, they are wonderful, Stephen is a special entity in the world of entertainment. Especially when it has an educational bent! Sandi is dead funny and brilliant herself, love when she shares stories about her family, hilarious stuff.
Funnily enough I sympathise with Stephen over the "Hullo!" as a term of surprise. Me and my family use the Yorkshire version "Ey up!" which is both a term of greeting and surprise! Term of greeting: "Ey up, Lad!" Term of surprise "Ey up, what's going on here?"
How could you leave out the part where Phil flirts with Stephen and in answer to his questions "how many muscles are there in your hand?" say: "One, if you play your cards right..." That whole segent (from Fingers & Fumbs) is hilarious!
Maria Hammarström wrong on both accounts: the hand has no muscles in it, only bones, tendons, and blood vessels. Also, the human penis does have a muscle, but it's at the base, behind the testicles, everything else is just a bag of skin with veins and a central canal. ....it's 4:30 in the morning and I'm responding to months-old comments of a compilation clip from a show I never watched...
@@MartinTraXAA Hmm ... I'd say it's certainly referring to a penis in said hand. Of course the penis is not really a muscle but it's commonly seen as such and it still makes more sense for that joke.
"...That there are no straight lines." An indeed there were none in that whole bit! There were so many wonderful bits where the members all chipped in with very funny stuff. ... Another of my faves is the giant tortoise. .. It always seemed like a bunch of friends getting together for a friendly evening of fun.
