“I hear voices…” “Do you?” “But I ignore them, and carry on killing.” Sean was pure brilliance 😂

@henrikaugustsson4041

4 ай бұрын

Unrivalled in shock comedy.

@RUDDYHELL2014

4 ай бұрын

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

@fredelmo

4 ай бұрын

13:14 Oh how we wished that were true!

@henrikaugustsson4041

4 ай бұрын

@@RUDDYHELL2014 before the dark times….

Phill Jupitus brings out such an affectionate silliness in Stephen and vice versa. Fun.

How wonderful the Fry era was.

@kirbysuperstar5494

4 ай бұрын

It does have a type of magic that's hard to recreate

@ripdbtpoo1441

4 ай бұрын

@@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.

RIP Sean Lock, the king of the panel show

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.

@markloveless1001

2 ай бұрын

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.

@cannaweallgetalong7168

2 ай бұрын

I adore Sandi as much as Stephen on two different levels. 😊

@raqueldobson1

Ай бұрын

If Sandi leaves I hope they give David Mitchel a go as host…

@cannaweallgetalong7168

Ай бұрын

@@raqueldobson1 That would be awesome 👌

@vakieh4381

Ай бұрын

@@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.

Stephen Fry is simply astoundingly talented.

@paulinegallagher7821

2 ай бұрын

I loves when he says 'You're all rotters and I hate you'.

Stephen does a fantastic Australian accent, as an accent that most people screw up royally, he does a great job!

@mothersuperior6751

5 ай бұрын

Yes. I thought that.

@NbSkaz

4 ай бұрын

His Scottish accents are good too. Specific places within cities too. Nice :)

@spinal_capped

4 ай бұрын

Just don’t ask him to do a Welsh accent (innit)

@markloveless1001

2 ай бұрын

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)

"But how does the thousandth banana kill you?!" Easily the best line.

@markloveless1001

3 ай бұрын

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.

@ghomerhust

2 ай бұрын

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!

@markloveless1001

2 ай бұрын

@@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"

I love David Mitchell. His deadpan way of delivering fairly plain logic is hilarious. But this is awesome. You definitely picked some of the best.

@gmeachim3270

5 ай бұрын

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.

@GrahameChristianGould

5 ай бұрын

@@gmeachim3270 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.

@gmeachim3270

5 ай бұрын

@@GrahameChristianGould No, fair enough. If you put it that way, he was (and still is) quite the performer!

@Reac2

4 ай бұрын

It's like he's the straight man to all of humanity's nonsense

@markloveless1001

3 ай бұрын

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.

Sean locke.... he really was a panel show genius.... his mind just woked different..

@robbieballard8914

5 ай бұрын

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.

@lesliejackson149

5 ай бұрын

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.

@gmeachim3270

5 ай бұрын

@@robbieballard8914 It was rude but that guy did need to shut up. It's not one or the other.

@AndyJarman

4 ай бұрын

Where'd he hide all the bodies though?

@belindamay8063

4 ай бұрын

@@robbieballard8914 I shall always remember Sean Locke. He really was a genius - and genial at heart, I’m sure.

A magnificent parade of the comedic tour de force that was Sean Lock.

@paulinegallagher7821

2 ай бұрын

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.

Stephen's "modern, liberal German army" accent is just perfection.

@paulinegallagher7821

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to the BAAAFTAAAS

15:25 sean lock calling that guy a tosser is on national tv when it's out of place for is ruthless and i love it

@andymumford9764

3 ай бұрын

He just beat us to it. Bellend also works

@paulinegallagher7821

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@fraserclark274

28 күн бұрын

​@@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"

@Mercury_80_Hg

26 күн бұрын

​@@fraserclark274That was actually determined to be John Sessions, not Rory McGrath. An interview with Dara O'Briain proves it

Well, that's an hour of work I did not do while "listening" to this, as intended. Thanks.

sean's 'showjumping' always gets me and i can't stop laughing

@henrikaugustsson4041

4 ай бұрын

What is showjumping?

@DirtForester

4 ай бұрын

@@henrikaugustsson4041 horse jumping.

Phil and the sun mirage will always be one of my favourite QI moments 😂

@Mirily

5 ай бұрын

Same!! 👌🤣

@ripdbtpoo1441

4 ай бұрын

Yes. "So show us the round thing!" - delivered with splendid mock rage.

@kayecoleman1869

3 ай бұрын

But! It's there...😂

@paulinegallagher7821

2 ай бұрын

And his Stephen impersonations😂 'Youre a cracker, have another madeira'.

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! 😅🤣

@hesky10

4 ай бұрын

Your laugh can't be as annoying as Jimmy carr's

"Tossing" Ewoks into a lake of fart, and the road that brought us there, was amazing.

Stephen talking about Billy Connolly really makes me smile, truly two of the GOATs

@PlasticAstronaut

4 ай бұрын

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.

The phrase national treasure was created for Fry

@misc_channel

5 ай бұрын

A national embarrassment, given his support for the attacks on Gaza

@fingersTitan

5 ай бұрын

@@misc_channel QQ

@scerpalman

5 ай бұрын

​@@misc_channel nonsense

@ripdbtpoo1441

4 ай бұрын

Hate the expression now. Over-used. Stephen, Sean and so many others. Wait until dear Sir Ian leaves us.

@slake9727

3 ай бұрын

​@misc_channel is he not allowed to have an opinion that differs from yours? Especially when his is correct?

Stephen's Australian accent is close to perfect.

@147seconds

3 ай бұрын

Best non-Australian I've heard

@KickassUncle

3 ай бұрын

@@147seconds The key is not to exaggerate like RDJr.

The only thing missing was the Acropolis where the Parthenon iiiIS...

@freddier5376

4 ай бұрын

@@LOKEY-NLwadda they say, wadda they say?

@Oleg_K.

4 ай бұрын

*What do they saaaaaaaay?*

@markloveless1001

2 ай бұрын

He's gonna say! He's gonna say!

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.

@LisaRhoods

5 ай бұрын

My

@orwellboy1958

5 ай бұрын

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.

@fredelmo

5 ай бұрын

@@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!

@gmeachim3270

5 ай бұрын

@@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.

@ghostparty2062

4 ай бұрын

I just find sandi irritating and don't think she fits the role that well. But Hay ho

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!!

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.

@itcat_x2605

3 ай бұрын

Yeah his entire performance was just sad to watch, really ruined the show. Thank God they had Sean booked to balance it out.

@simonwhitlock9189

3 ай бұрын

this was ruined by Rory McGrath opening his mouth, arrogant man.

@wrightyy

3 ай бұрын

@@itcat_x2605 the list of people who only appear on QI once isn't very long. Ruby Wax was awful. Annoyingly Hugh Lawrie is also on that list.

@WS12658

2 ай бұрын

@@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?

38:22 OMG I am done!😂😂 Especially Stephen after... 😂

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.

@ 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... 💜💚💜

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.

@karencooper334

Ай бұрын

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

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.

@arktheball

4 ай бұрын

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.

Just brilliant - Thank you for sharing😊😊😊

God I miss Sean.... Can we trade for Sunak?

@noomade

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@noomade

5 ай бұрын

​@@salwaaj1356 barely though ​

@who_Is_faten_helmi

5 ай бұрын

it still brings me tears whenever I see him in a video. He's deeply missed.

@judeleese7783

5 ай бұрын

oh yes please..

@jenniferholden9397

5 ай бұрын

Sean was a gift but not to my bladder, once he started on a rift, I was gone, laughing so hard I’d be a quivering heap on the floor. Miss that man.

The last few months I have been saying to myself Benjamin Netanyahu like Billy Connolly a lot of times.

@rebefarfort1244

3 ай бұрын

Automatically read this in the voice.😂

I love Sandi’s grandfather’s glass eye story.

WORSHIP IT WORSHIP IT

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.

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

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.

David vs The Klaxxon is one of my favorite things.

@elizamccroskey1708

2 ай бұрын

I think Alan is the King of the klaxon. It’s his job and he knows it and and does it well.

Its refreshing to see such a long compilation with only steven fry hosting 😁

@ghostparty2062

4 ай бұрын

@@LOKEY-NL you are correct 😅

That was so funny and interesting, that I didn't even notice it was an hour and a half long. Let's have more of this please!!

my god i love stephen fry! what an amazing person! thats all i have to say

I do a Scottish accent by pretending to be Janet: "Yer breakfast's ready, Dr Finlay."

♥️🇬🇧😁 so much talent. SF is a beautiful human being. A true polymath.

No surprise Mitchell is in a lot of these clips.

@versusshows brilliant uploads, perfect for sleeping or cleaning or reading - thank you very much for uploading

I had no idea that Stephen Fry was a genius at impersonations Good God!

I almost cried when Sean fell off his chair. Like, oh no, I hope he didn't bump his knee.

Stephen’s face when Sean says about a bubble 🥲

Fry and Lock do China. That was an amazing show.

Peter Goras

Shame ian McKellen hasnt been on, his Maggie Smith impression is wonderful

Camp horror film - Carry On Screaming!!

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...

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?

1:14:16 that made me laugh so hard.. The Ice cream punchline.

Great fun

So glad Sean reminded Rory that it's supposed to be a comedy program and to stfu about his birds

Victoria Coren Magnificent

I am still waiting to see a "camp" horror movie. Dead Snow has moments that make it hilarious but it's not really campy.

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

3 ай бұрын

Evil dead 2

@nancykraus5127

3 ай бұрын

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 Thanks. I will go look for that one.

30:25 is easily the best joke

@chimpinabowtie6913

5 ай бұрын

You beat me to it 👏😎👏

RIP Shawn sad watching him now

@stephen Fry You were the best Brandy drinker in the Hobbit!

Rory McGrath, though. 🙄

@andrewt836

5 ай бұрын

By all accounts he wanted to know the questions before he went on the show so he could get the answers right. Bellend

@james-xf1ox

5 ай бұрын

All accounts? ​@@andrewt836

@MB-dg3lr

5 ай бұрын

Only 2 episodes of QI I couldn't watch are those with him, he's just repulsive.

@marikasdaughter6263

5 ай бұрын

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..

@ripdbtpoo1441

4 ай бұрын

Never asked again. Not even by Toadwig.

4:39 Churchill

Johnny Vegas reminds me of buddy hackett in acting and looks or Lou Costello!

WHY DOES THE THOUSANDT BANANA KILL YOU

@sjinzaar

5 ай бұрын

"I'm feeling unwell"

Did Victoria create the future by effecting a change in the program with her dream story!!!1 Time paradox!!!

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!

Honestly, these clips prove that Sandi was the natural option to take over from Stephen.

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.

I'm off to buy cornflakes and gloves,...... brb 😊

Honestly, Victoria Coren Mitchell is just absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

@ 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.

30:40 😂

Rollo rounded side triangle is used in car...Rotary engines because the shape touches the connections without the need for pistons. for over 40 years.

But how does the thousandth banana Kill you?!?

Re the German army , gynecomastia is a well-known side effect of steroid abuse btw.

Ross Nobel reminds me of myself when I used to do cocaine….

Love Stephen's scottish sccent . Not at all bad.

Do fish have eyelids Mr David Mitchell?

WHY hasn't Billy Connelly been on QI??? WHY WHY WHY??

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

3 ай бұрын

Schedule, he didn’t live in the UK, maybe he didn’t want to.

Sandi toskvig just isn’t the same as Fry

@ghostparty2062

4 ай бұрын

Not even close.

@jimmygoodrich9590

16 күн бұрын

Well stephen is a man and Sandi is a woman

32:39 Don’t give bees honey. They need sugar water

29:52... for the next 30 seconds she inadvertently answers the question, until saved and simultaneously bodied by jack

13:15 what we wouldn’t give…

Fuck stephens aussie is great... not overly hollywood bs aussie... approved... by an aussie

@slingshotdingo

4 ай бұрын

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?

@slake9727

3 ай бұрын

​@@slingshotdingois Sandy still trying to be fake English?

What happened to all the happy days.

damn the outro was so loud. Good compilation though

33:11 bees don’t drink honey….they drink water!!! Never feed a bee honey, to help it find its way home.

@lesliejackson149

5 ай бұрын

I once saved a bee from a birdbath. It was alive but truly spent. Next morning... found it still in resting in the grass so I gently put it up on the top of a coneflower (for its pollen). This bee sprang to life and noshed all over the coneflower head. Checked an hour later and had flown away. Bees, particularly the knackered ones, need POLLEN.

@jimmygoodrich9590

16 күн бұрын

Nectur

29:49 point proven over the next 20 seconds 😬

@13.18 ....... not anymore

1:25

Bring back stephen fry !!!!!!!!

"Sometimes in prison, women will ask for vertical rather than horizontal stripes..." That sounds like urban myth bullshit being repeated without a thought.

I had stopped thinking of Victoria as gorgeous, she is so intelligent and accomplished - cool Chick / Woman?? I'm drinking.

@barneysaunders1533

5 ай бұрын

people can be both my friend

@elizamccroskey1708

2 ай бұрын

Even more gorgeous because of her accomplishments and intelligence.

But I do love

At 00:14:15 ish, regarding the use of a Goose as a fancy, expensive toilet paper...(!) 🚽💩🪿 🤔🤨😆🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ _Something_ tells me that that person was writing satirical comedy! 🤔😁🤷🏻‍♂️ Because there's NO WAY on Earth that he put an irrate Goose 🪿 in between his legs and arse cheeks, and wiped his shit all over the poor Goose's neck! LoL! 😂😆🤣🤦🏻‍♂️ Definitely that person's idea of amusement! The more dummies that believe it, the better! ✌🏻😊👍🏻

At least we tried! :D

I love all of them except that Carr guy with the ridiculous laugh

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

3 ай бұрын

Noted. He is by quite some distance the most commercial successful comedian they have on.