Apart from being very funny, due to the panels being stacked with comedians, plus various other guests, Qi is one of the most educational programmes on TV. It is absolutely crammed with little facts, delivered in a way that sticks in your mind. As teachers, you should appreciate this.

@jericoba

27 күн бұрын

I LOVE this show.

Robert Newton famously played a memorable Long John Silver in Treasure Island and went on to play Blackbeard in several other films with some great one liners which established the stereotype embraced today . He was also Mr Fox in Around the World in 80 days with David Niven.

You have to realise that ports like Bristol and Plymouth where pirates set sail from were west country. I think black beard was from Bristol and Francis Drake, who was basically a legalised pirate was from Plymouth. All would therefore have the west country accent. Funnily enough Cary Grant was from Bristol but he of course changed it for his Hollywood career.

@saintdon4461

9 ай бұрын

yep people from the west country had two choices of jobs, work the land or join the navy

@matthewwalker5430

9 ай бұрын

Yeah but in reality they came from all over the U.K, not just West Country. Henry Every was also from Devon but Bartholomew Roberts was from Wales as was George Lowther, as was Howell Davis and Henry Morgan, Anne Bonny and Edward England were Irish, Captain Kidd was Scottish and then there were LOADS from London too, like the infamous Ned Low who came from a family of criminals well documented on London’s streets. Many we don’t actually know where they were from, other than “England”, and so are either assumed to be from the West Country or London - Blackbeard is a good example because everyone says Edward Teach/Thatch came from Bristol but no record of him has ever been found in that area.

@saintdon4461

9 ай бұрын

@@matthewwalker5430 yep..pirates as we know them today in films ,cartoons etc, were all based on blackbeard, who was from bristol..me hearty

@Supersleuth42

9 ай бұрын

“The West Country accent” Our accents differ from county to county. We don’t all sound like we’re on the set of Doc Martin or Green Green Grass! It’s not generic.😂

@Bosspigeon230

9 ай бұрын

Indeed, superb sailors who could cope with the Atlantic!

The guest next to Stephen (his left) was Rhys Darby. He's a Kiwi actor and comedian who was in Flight of the Concords and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, among other things. The bloke next to Alan Davies is a physicist called Brian Cox who has presented a few docos.

@empsmith

9 ай бұрын

Rhys Darby also played a pirate in Our Flag Means Death

@g.d2450

9 ай бұрын

he also played the character Norm in the Jim Carrey film 'yes man'

@jemmajames6719

9 ай бұрын

Also Yes Man, a well known film!

Not only did that actor lay the foundation for the pirate character trope, it also ultimately inspired 'International Talk Like A Pirate Day' (19 Sept)

@saintdon4461

9 ай бұрын

blackbeard was born in bristol..so he def had a west country accent

@steveross8364

9 ай бұрын

Arrr! That be right enough, it be!

@grabtharshammer

9 ай бұрын

@@saintdon4461 Brizzle

The reasons for lights out at 8 were to decrease their visibility to other ships at sea while at the same time make it easier to get their eyes accustomed to the dark to see other ships, and to aid navigation by the stars.

@mlee6050

9 ай бұрын

How they navigate in the day? Must be a pain lights out at 8 these days on ships

@HughShower

9 ай бұрын

@@mlee6050 Dead reckoning using the position of the Sun.

Don't forget that everyone's idea of Sherlock Holmes, with the deerstalker hat & calabash pipe is based on ONE performance of Basil Rathbone in the 'Hound of the Baskervilles', which is part based on a single line in the A.C.Doyle book.

A pirate was also known as a privateer, although there was one distinct difference... The line between pirate and privateer could be very blurred... A pirate was outside the law, a privateer was under government control and pillaged on their instruction. Spain, Portugal, France and England all used privateers to project power across the sea. Less a navy more an independent force of loosely aligned ships, with the ability to disavow their activities if politically expedient.

The guy to your right of Stephen Fry is the kiwi Rhys Darby who played band manager Murray on Flight of the Conchords.

As Nick has forgotten Qi stands for Quite Interesting. These outakes are ok, but they don't work as well as the longer Wilty ones do. Wilty has 3 or 4 sections per episode. Qi covers more ground and has perhpas a dozen or so qurestions per episode. As such you would be far better watching Qi by episode rather than in disconnected clips.

The last thing pirates want is to bring the authorities down on them, so the prudent lady was an important rule in that regard.

Jack Rackham, one of the most famous pirates and Anne Bonny's lover, came up with the skull over crossed sabers 'Jolly Roger'. The actual design with two bones was invented by a lesser known pirate, Emmanuel Wynne.

Edward Teach( Blackbeard) was from Bristol England, hence the West Country accent.

Hey Nick & of course, the stunning mini Jodi, lol! 😂 Jodi, are those piercings real? If not, it a shame because that look really suits you. However, with the work that you do, I can understand why they may nor be real. I was good seeing you get Nick back too, about time after all the times he teases you, ahhahaha! 😂😂 You have yourself a firey one there Nick, watch out, ahhahaha! 😂😂 I was surprised to hear the rules that the pirates had, not what I had imagined although I new the part about their voices. Imagine if pirate movies did stay genuine to the real material, they would be so different. A great video as always. Have a fantastic day, take care.

Nick, most pirates were deserters from official navies (usually the British navy), so if they were captured, they would be hung. They had to have rules to make sure they didn't do anything to really get the authorities in their case. Imagine if the French or British navy sends 3 or 4 ships after you.

Nice one guys👍🏽great watching these snippets back, you should maybe try and watch a whole episode, always good whoever the guests are👍🏽❤️❤️

Are you aware that the typical pie in Jamaica is cheaper than in Barbados? Those are the pie rates of the Caribbean.

Why are pirates called pirates? They just arrgghhh

Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, was from Bristol, and would have had that west country accent.

Brian Cox was sat next to Alan. He was also in the band D Ream. The skull and cross bones was the cap badge of the SS and also the cap badge of the British army regiment the 17th/21st lancers.

The Jolly Roger, or Skull-and-Crossbones, was first used by a French pirate, Emmanuel Wynne, about 1700. The term "Jolly Roger" itself may have originated from the French term "joli rouge," meaning "pretty red," which referred to a red flag used by early pirates. Reply

I just looked up Robert Newton and to me he is very recognisable. The accent, however, is quite a sensible one to use, given that it is a UK west country accent, and that Cornwall was a piracy hub.

Always a very fascinating and entertaining show.

That’s Rhys Darby. You might recognise him from Flight of the Conchords and many things since.

06:20 that was actor and comedian Rhys Darby he played the Werewolf leader in the film "What we do in the Shadows" been in others, lots of voice acting. Looks like Hugh Jackman's long lost brother from New Zealand.

No loud music/lights out = ship can't be detected from a distance Rules of conduct = very required on a ship where everyone has to depend on each other and live with each other in confined spaces for a long time Think "organised crime" rather than "crazy street gang"

I think Jodie is coming off her meds! 😂😂😂👍👌

@adz_b

9 ай бұрын

I’m just glad Nick is her carer 😆

I’m pretty sure the ‘Westcountry Accent’ as it’s now known was the more prevalent accent of the the time across much of the south of England. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Elizabeth the First’s accent has been proven through her poetry (rhyming words and so forth) to be closer to a modern Bristolian accent than anything the south east has to offer. The US accent of the eastern seaboard is also a relic of the same with heavy influence from many other nations. Think of the elongated low vowel sound in ‘hard’, ‘h-aa-rd’ or ‘word ‘w-oo-rd’. It doesn’t take much to link the two.

Loving these reactions 😍🥰👏🏻👍🇬🇧

The Jolly Roger is a generic term. Each pirate ship had it's own interpretation of The Jolly Roger. Calico Jack had a Skull with crossed swords. Capt. Morgan had a skeleton piercing a heart with a spear and on and on....

Rhys Darby, kiwi comedian/actor. Very funny man. He does a great stand up bit you might like about his time in the New Zealand Army that ultimately lead to him being a comedian and actor.

The same thing happened with Arnie and his accent for Terminator (the Austrian accent sounds very yokel to Germans apparently, the German equivalent of westcountry English)

Guys, have you ever reviewed The Two Ronnies? If not, look up their sketches such as “Fork Handles” or “Mastermind” or “My Blackberry is Frozen”. Or try Morecambe & Wise and their sketch “The Stripper”

The skull and crossbones was an international warning flag that there was disease aboard the ship. It was a way of keeping other ships from navy's like the French and British away. Another fact; pirate captains were elected by the crew and could also be voted out if they didn't deliver booty.

@greygreen5610

9 ай бұрын

not true although it is used these days to warn of hazardous materials. The Jolly Roger, or Skull-and-Crossbones, was first used by a French pirate, Emmanuel Wynne, about 1700. The term "Jolly Roger" itself may have originated from the French term "joli rouge," meaning "pretty red," which referred to a red flag used by early pirates.

You won't anyone in the UK call it Quite interesting always QI

Professor Brian Cox the astrophysicist, he has been on US TV before....

Robert Newton took as Long John Silver in Treasure Island a great Actor!

The man you recognise is Brian Cox he’s a Physicist.

To be fair, a lot of sailors would have had a West Country accent because a lot of sailors hailed from there. It is said that the Jamaican accent is heavily influenced by this due to historic trading.

@richardedgar9670

9 ай бұрын

I don’t know about the Jamaican accent specifically, but if you want to see first hand a major influence on the West Indian accent as a whole ( I’d always wondered where such an accent originated, I’d always thought west African mixed with contemporary European.), I’d suggest you watch Tommy Tiernan’s interview with Michael Healy-Rae, a politician from Kerry. It’s on KZread and it’s an absorbing interview in its own right, but the rural pronunciation is of the Caribbean and it helped to fill a hole in my knowledge.

Beautiful couple love from England 😎😇

QI is well worth doing reactions to.

Many pirates came from the west country of England like 'Blackbeard' Edward Teach, who would have had the Pirate accent, RRR.

Google "How to compress audio." Loud reaction, ultra-quiet clip. So. Easily. Fixable.

Jodi is correct, even Al Capone had rules

The guy you wanted to know about is Alan Davies. He’s a comedian/actor. He played the lead in the detective series Jonathan Creek (as the title character). He also appears every week on QI. He is the one constant from the series. All the other guests dip in and out. Alan is a fixture because he is not the brightest, and they set him up as the foil for the genius of Stephen Fry.

@ajkgordon

9 ай бұрын

On the contrary he is very bright. He just isn’t classically educated and generally knowledgeable like Fry.

@pteppic76

9 ай бұрын

Also, he is on the left

@nadeansimmons226

9 ай бұрын

Alan is bright . Pretending he is not is just part of the show.

@happilyeggs4627

9 ай бұрын

@@nadeansimmons226 Yeah, we all got that. That is why

@happilyeggs4627

9 ай бұрын

On the right of Stephen.@@pteppic76

Pirate ships were surprisingly egalitarian and democratic: captains were elected and could be voted out, and loot was shared out almost completely equally. It's also worth remembering that the "honest" people who the pirates were robbing from were typically slave traders, plantation owners, and conquistadors or various sorts who were, legally, pillaging the New World. So it's not nearly as black-and-white as you might think. Sam Bellamy, a pirate captain, gave an amazing defence of the philosophy of individual liberty and critique of the oligarchy of the time which would not be out-of-place in the American Revolution, when faced with a merchant captain who would not defect to piracy: "Though you are a sneaking puppy, and so are all those who will submit to be governed by laws which rich men have made for their own security; for the cowardly whelps have not the courage otherwise to defend what they get by knavery; but damn ye altogether: damn them for a pack of crafty rascals, and you, who serve them, for a parcel of hen-hearted numbskulls. They vilify us, the scoundrels do, when there is only this difference, they rob the poor under the cover of law, forsooth, and we plunder the rich under the protection of our own courage. Had you not better make then one of us, than sneak after these villains for employment? [Beer replied that his conscience would not let him break the laws of God and man, and Bellamy continued] You are a devilish conscience rascal! I am a free prince, and I have as much authority to make war on the whole world as he who has a hundred sail of ships at sea and an army of 100,000 men in the field; and this my conscience tells me! But there is no arguing with such snivelling puppies, who allow superiors to kick them about deck at pleasure."

The man got P'WNED! 👍.

Rhys Darby is the name you are looking for.

Please watch Doc Brown on Russell Howard's good news

Dudes, you need to up the volume on the vids. Have to turn it up hugely then all your reactions are incredibly loud.

Lights out early is a good precaution. A light in the dark, at sea, can be seen for miles.

I'd pound it !!!😮😊 Gorgeous ❤

What’s happened to Jodi. She’s become a goth 😮🤷‍♀️

@almitchell8187

5 ай бұрын

Midlife crisis

Australians don’t make good pirates. We can’t say our “RRRRs.”

Inbetweeners.

Really disappointed why you don’t even react for Leo songs trailer etc

I wish my wife would still beg me to "pound it" Don't take her for granted pal, especially when made up Nu metal 😉

"Tell us who's in the clip" You're supposed to be educators, read the description under the video you watched. Which subject do you teach? Finger painting?

@HughShower

9 ай бұрын

It’s the first time they’ve seen the clip - that’s why it’s called a reaction channel, you muppet. I’m guessing you failed finger painting by drinking the paint. 🤦‍♂️

allan davies most unfunny