QI | What Do You Call Someone Who Doesn't Laugh?

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This clip is from QI Series G, Episode 11, 'Gifts' with Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Clive Anderson, Jimmy Carr and Jan Ravens.

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  • @stephaniee1109
    @stephaniee11097 жыл бұрын

    "When I told them I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed. Well they're not laughing now." Lol, love that joke.

  • @kisbie

    @kisbie

    6 жыл бұрын

    I've long thought Jimmy Carr was this generation's equivalent of Bob Monkhouse.

  • @codyweaver1097

    @codyweaver1097

    5 жыл бұрын

    I read your comment before I even saw jimmy was on the panel and i thought it must have been him who cracked that joke

  • @billgowland3250

    @billgowland3250

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jackevans1092 Bob monkhouse had ledgers full of jokes from way back So it may even go back to musical Hall days

  • @billgowland3250

    @billgowland3250

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jackevans1092 Bob monkhouse collected jokes from as far back as music hall days But now you've got me thinking I to may have a false memory My brain is now connecting this little gem to Groucho marks in one of his appearances on the American version of what's my line Oh dear I won't sleep now

  • @billgowland3250

    @billgowland3250

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jackevans1092 who mentioned the Tory party

  • @aniforprez
    @aniforprez7 жыл бұрын

    this is one of those QI moments where the answer wasn't that interesting but the discussion around the question elevates the show

  • @TheoneandonlyDrops

    @TheoneandonlyDrops

    6 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that -a lot- ALL of QI though?

  • @craigriley1075

    @craigriley1075

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hence why it's called QI (Quite Interesting), and not BI or FI.

  • @SebHaarfagre

    @SebHaarfagre

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's not just one of "those QI moments" that's the whole point of the show :p

  • @gyped
    @gyped7 жыл бұрын

    Fry is such a gentleman. He already knew what echopraxia and echolalia was, but was delighted with the info contribution regardless.

  • @annashaw2156

    @annashaw2156

    7 жыл бұрын

    gypshyn how do you know he already knew? or are you inferring from his reaction?

  • @gyped

    @gyped

    7 жыл бұрын

    Anna Shaw he mentions it on a previous episode.

  • @WalterLiddy

    @WalterLiddy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Knowing Greek (corrected), the words would make sense to him, but to assume he already knew them is utter nonsense. In fact, usually they are used in the context of infants learning behaviors through imitation, so they don't exactly mean what she said. He just took her word/s for it.

  • @gyped

    @gyped

    7 жыл бұрын

    WalterLiddy he mentions it on a previous episode.

  • @DerEchteBold

    @DerEchteBold

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, of course he knew these. I haven't seen the previous episode where he talks about it but there's absolutely no question that someone like Stephen Fry has that particular bit of knowledge.

  • @khymaaren
    @khymaaren7 жыл бұрын

    Whether you like or dislike Jimmy's comedy, you have to admit that he knows his craft.

  • @kisbie

    @kisbie

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's very similar to how some people couldn't warm to Bob Monkhouse's smarminess, but there was tremendous respect for his broad-ranging and intensely nerdish interest in the art.

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    4 жыл бұрын

    My introduction to Jimmy Carr was actually his book.

  • @JayDee-xj9lu

    @JayDee-xj9lu

    4 жыл бұрын

    His laugh can be sort of annoying, but you also wonder is it real or a stage act laugh.

  • @lancer525

    @lancer525

    4 жыл бұрын

    If only he didn't affect that drunken bray of a fake laugh. It's annoying and phony.

  • @johnc3403

    @johnc3403

    3 жыл бұрын

    admit? How do you mean "admit"? Do you reckon there are hoards of us in denial?

  • @notmyname9261
    @notmyname92617 жыл бұрын

    2:23 Stephen's reaction when she mentions comedians feeling miserable in real life.

  • @tretsy

    @tretsy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Breaks my little heart

  • @xxGizmodioxx

    @xxGizmodioxx

    7 жыл бұрын

    Keep in mind the show is edited so that might not have been the only reaction, it might just have been cut out :)

  • @wobblysauce

    @wobblysauce

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @dtoaler

    @dtoaler

    7 жыл бұрын

    coughcoughsigh came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed

  • @malakai4800

    @malakai4800

    7 жыл бұрын

    what are you talking about ?

  • @lancer525
    @lancer5254 жыл бұрын

    A catholic priest, a muslim imam and a rabbit walked into a bar. The bartender asked the priest, "what'll you have?" "Wine" the priest responded. The bartender asked the imam, "what'll you have?" "Water, we muslims are forbidden alcohol!" The imam replied. The bartender asked the rabbit, "what'll you have?" To which the rabbit replied, "I have no idea, I'm only here because of autocorrect."

  • @supreetsahu1964
    @supreetsahu19646 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy Carr just kept firing jokes perfectly in context with the discussion. It's amazing.

  • @story3877
    @story38776 жыл бұрын

    My mother. She likes to shake her head, roll her eyes and scoff as if we're being naughty when we crack jokes. Sometimes she smiles. But all out laugh? Ummmm I'm 40 and I have no idea what her laugh sounds like. She's capable of finding things funny, it's just strangely silent (usually an open mouth gape) . My father once said to her, "what do you see in me?" And she smiled sweetly at him and said, "you make me laugh". My father cracked up and replied, "when?" 45 years of marriage and even he has no idea what she sounds like laughing. Lol, oh, mom.

  • @zapkvr

    @zapkvr

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is truly delightful

  • @wordzmyth

    @wordzmyth

    5 жыл бұрын

    She may not laugh but she does sounds funny :)

  • @eamonahern7495

    @eamonahern7495

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol😂 a great story

  • @munirahbakar4123

    @munirahbakar4123

    4 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother and cousin both have acute asthma. They say their chest hurts when they laugh.

  • @Throku

    @Throku

    4 жыл бұрын

    Never heard my grandmother on my dad's side laugh either, she smiled sometimes as a courtsey, but that was as far as it ever got.

  • @JackBous
    @JackBous6 жыл бұрын

    At 4:10 why does Jimmy start 3 sentences in a whole second 😂

  • @aarondaines6067
    @aarondaines60676 жыл бұрын

    Stephen's reaction when Jan Ravens mentions comedians are miserable broke my heart. Much love and happiness, Mr. Fry.

  • @DF-su8sj
    @DF-su8sj7 жыл бұрын

    I always liked the theory that laughter developed as a primal response to suspecting danger and then finding out that those suspicions were wrong, like when the grass is rustling and your animal brain thinks, "Oh! Maybe a tiger!" and then you find out it's just the wind. So you laugh as a way to shake off the feeling of dread and sense of danger.

  • @SundaraRamanR

    @SundaraRamanR

    6 жыл бұрын

    D F yes! That's the conclusion I came to after thinking about why humour comes from "benign violations", I'm glad to know it's been articulated by smarter people before. Do you know where I can find more about this theory and who presented it?

  • @luciusavenus8715

    @luciusavenus8715

    6 жыл бұрын

    DF then fuckun BANG, Tiger nomming on your neck son!

  • @animerlon

    @animerlon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lucius Avenus lol

  • @animerlon

    @animerlon

    6 жыл бұрын

    What an interesting theory.

  • @logancasner8467

    @logancasner8467

    5 жыл бұрын

    That makes a crazy amount of sense...

  • @The8347135
    @The83471357 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I've ever heard Jimmy Carr laugh. I'm sure he has a perfectly normal laugh :)

  • @thedanishgirl7683

    @thedanishgirl7683

    7 жыл бұрын

    The8347135 It is perfecktly normal if you are a sealion or a seal.

  • @The8347135

    @The8347135

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ja, jeg er faktisk en sel.

  • @Sigart

    @Sigart

    7 жыл бұрын

    ... er du en selv eller er du en sæl?

  • @t45tt4tr

    @t45tt4tr

    7 жыл бұрын

    hold kæft en sel. han er en vinduesvisker

  • @thedanishgirl7683

    @thedanishgirl7683

    7 жыл бұрын

    J awm En vinduesvisker efter regnen er stoppet 😂

  • @CharlieSpencers
    @CharlieSpencers7 жыл бұрын

    2:08: "I'm amazed at that, he was such a chirpy character" - One of the funniest things I've ever heard on this program.

  • @Terrezio

    @Terrezio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yet another example of british sense of humour being so heavily driven by well timed and well executed sarcasm XD

  • @hadorstapa
    @hadorstapa5 жыл бұрын

    I love how this becomes a fairly serious in-depth discussion amongst experts about their own profession.

  • @Jess-vw5mh
    @Jess-vw5mh7 жыл бұрын

    the answer: richard ayoade

  • @livb6945

    @livb6945

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jess 85 He does laugh! But rarely, I'll give you that.

  • @livb6945

    @livb6945

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jess 85 No bursts into wild laughter but definitely giggles :-) kzread.info/dash/bejne/oGmrudGplausp8Y.html

  • @danwic

    @danwic

    5 жыл бұрын

    He sort-of smirks most of the time. It's subtle though.

  • @gavin5410

    @gavin5410

    5 жыл бұрын

    What about Jimmy carr? You cant tell me he actually ever laughs.

  • @rusemode

    @rusemode

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gavin5410 HYOA HYOA HYOA

  • @grease_monkey6078
    @grease_monkey60784 жыл бұрын

    I liked that analogy of killing the joke when analysing it, spot on Jimmy Carr

  • @-Gorbi-
    @-Gorbi-5 жыл бұрын

    I love how generous Steven Fry is with pretending he didn’t know what echolalia or echopraxia was

  • @CalLadyQED

    @CalLadyQED

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, she's wrong about what they mean, so...

  • @StKozlovsky

    @StKozlovsky

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CalLadyQED Echopraxia is the involuntary imitation of someone's actions, in her example, a walk. And echolalia is, like she said, the same but with words. Where is she wrong?

  • @doesyomamaknowtho1468

    @doesyomamaknowtho1468

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StKozlovsky she was talking about "having the urge", not suddenly doing it without her control.

  • @221b-Maker-Street

    @221b-Maker-Street

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@StKozlovsky Echolalia is not about the imitation, it's about the simple _repeating_ of their words - not in an attempt to sound like them or be them. It's recognised clinically as an adaptive coping mechanism, or even dysfunctional form of communication. Typical cases are experienced by patients after an acquired brain injury, or experiencing severe amnesia, as they try to regain their speech and language abilities. It's also a common feature of children living with autistic spectrum condition as they attempt to learn language in a different way. It's a symptom of being unable to communicate effectively because one struggles to express one's own thoughts. Someone with Echolalia might only be able to _repeat_ a question rather than _answer_ it. In most cases, Echolalia is an attempt to communicate, learn language, or practice language. What Jan is describing is *_The Chameleon Effect_* - an urge to imitate people, which is not Echolalia. See Chartrand & Bargh's 1999 paper on the Perception-Behaviour link for more. [Source: I am a Clin. Psych.]

  • @MsKK909
    @MsKK9093 жыл бұрын

    I laugh out loud in the middle of the night while watching QI videos..... and I’m alone! I’m so glad I found this channel!

  • @JJONNYREPP

    @JJONNYREPP

    11 ай бұрын

    QI | What Do You Call Someone Who Doesn't Laugh? 0531am 3.8.23 magnetic field, he say: " child with the toy boat geller measure yellow glad check mirror love thought "

  • @vivienneoneill5400

    @vivienneoneill5400

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too.❤❤❤❤

  • @rufusgreenleaf2466
    @rufusgreenleaf24666 жыл бұрын

    Echolalia is something i have then. Most of the time when i talk to someone, doesn't matter what region they're from i'll talk to them in their own accent. Sometimes i have to stop myself but i always endup slowly tweaking towards their accent again mid convo. I can't help it, even if i don't manage to 100% mimic their accent i still hear the slight changes in my voice. This doesn't happen all the time but with most accents.

  • 6 жыл бұрын

    You just have a death wish.

  • @howey935

    @howey935

    6 жыл бұрын

    Seán O'Nilbud haha

  • @Taramushi

    @Taramushi

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same. I pick up he tempo and cadence of the person I'm talking to, but I don't think I've ever met someone who's done this to me. Worst off after watching all of these English panel shows, like a sponge, I end up soaking up how every one speaks and it takes me an hour or so to wring it all out.

  • @pareesgillard

    @pareesgillard

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh me too! That's how no one can tell what accent I have anymore because mine is constantly changing 😓

  • @ragnarokangaroo

    @ragnarokangaroo

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think that's a little thing everyone does. Might have to do with how we acquire new words and fit into new speech communities. Genuine echolalia seems to be a more serious affair where you uncontrollably repeat the other person's words verbatim. Toddlers do this when they're learning (probably as a way of processing what was said) but in adults it can be the sign of a disorder.

  • @dazzaboy04
    @dazzaboy044 жыл бұрын

    "What do you call someone who never laughs?" A miserable bastard

  • @youngdolo8

    @youngdolo8

    3 жыл бұрын

    First thing I thought of as well

  • @onemercilessming1342
    @onemercilessming13424 жыл бұрын

    Well...I, for one, am at home, alone, binge watching these snippets of QI and--especially when Alan gets going--I am laughing just as hard as anyone in the audience. After all, who is here to hear me, or be disapproving, or attempt to stop me?

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy4 жыл бұрын

    Although it isn't mentioned in this video I always felt that one of the greatest comic devices was pointing out the truth which others have either failed to observe or shied away from; as demonstrated by the likes of Billy Connolly or George Carlin.

  • @Formedras
    @Formedras3 жыл бұрын

    "There's a sort of epilepsy where you- *sudden scary laugh*" Oh yay, Stephen Fry is The Joker.

  • @matthewsermons7247
    @matthewsermons72474 жыл бұрын

    So Joaquin Phoenix's Joker had a type of epilepsy.... Neat....

  • @tarantula_7u863

    @tarantula_7u863

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think it was more than that, but still.. points! :D

  • @tommyparker3459

    @tommyparker3459

    4 жыл бұрын

    shut up

  • @fourteencrows1244

    @fourteencrows1244

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tommyparker3459 dink

  • @Eralen00

    @Eralen00

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think he was using the word epilepsy as a sort of colloquial approximate word that was close enough to convey the idea.

  • @Antony_Jenner
    @Antony_Jenner6 жыл бұрын

    Isaac Newton looks like Brian May

  • @AdmiralofU2

    @AdmiralofU2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, Brian May is also a physicist........

  • @libbyc4302

    @libbyc4302

    4 жыл бұрын

    Joseph Gallagher *astrophysicist; even closer in a way!!

  • @redfive5856

    @redfive5856

    4 жыл бұрын

    No. Brian May looks like Isaac Newton.

  • @AdmiralofU2

    @AdmiralofU2

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@redfive5856 Hahahahaha!! Ever since I've been a Queen fan, I've always noticed his hairstyle seemed to look "Old fashioned Aristocratic" but now you've pointed it out, I realise he has the same hairstyle as Newton!!

  • @EleanorPeterson

    @EleanorPeterson

    3 жыл бұрын

    Continuing the guitar and music theme: there's some nice old-school artwork of Ritchie Blackmore and his chums as 'long-haired gentlemen' on the cover of Rainbow's 'Long Live Rock & Roll' album (1978.) Brilliant in parts, and some cracking vocals from Ronnie James Dio. :-)

  • @xonxt
    @xonxt6 жыл бұрын

    Actually, many of Stalin's contemporaries mention that he laughed and snickered a lot, excessively even.

  • @medievalist

    @medievalist

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's interesting. Maybe he just though Zhukov's jokes were shit?

  • @Lattamonsteri

    @Lattamonsteri

    4 жыл бұрын

    If the Death of Stalin film is anything to go by, Stalin even died laughing :D

  • @marccolten9801

    @marccolten9801

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is the most terrifying thing about Stalin.

  • @scoffslaphead7246

    @scoffslaphead7246

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kruschev's career is proof that stalin laughed.

  • @jakovbrizic
    @jakovbrizic5 жыл бұрын

    Like for Victor Meldrew on the screens in the background. One foot in the grave was a brilliant show. BRILLIANT!

  • @AdelioNightstorm
    @AdelioNightstorm5 жыл бұрын

    Danes have a lovely term for people who are prone to laughing; "grinebider", which literally translates to "laugh biter"

  • @johnhall3867
    @johnhall38676 жыл бұрын

    " Lots of comedians don't laugh." That look on Stephen Fry's face right after. Battles depression. Nothing said, or edited out. I winced as he did.

  • @zapkvr

    @zapkvr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Groucho was a famous depressive.

  • @fredh1720

    @fredh1720

    5 жыл бұрын

    Having depression and not laughing are not the same thing. She didn't say anything controversial. Depression is incredibly serious.

  • @ClaudeSac

    @ClaudeSac

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or edited in... Not a single second in these shows is 'by accident'.

  • @brokenwave6125

    @brokenwave6125

    4 жыл бұрын

    That moment was clearly edited though...

  • @shotforshot5983
    @shotforshot59837 жыл бұрын

    Then there is genuine nervous laughter, even inappropriate laughter. Varying levels of those from basically "I screwed up, please sympathize with me! Don't punish me!" To laughing at a dire circumstance. As if "normal" signals are crossed.

  • @howey935

    @howey935

    6 жыл бұрын

    shot forshot I laugh inappropriately when I get told about someone's death I hate it but it just happens and I can't stop it even when I was told about my dad dying a laugh came out.

  • @pauldamienbrady9058
    @pauldamienbrady90583 жыл бұрын

    The debate on why we laugh reminded me of Ken Dodd’s take on Freud’s analysis of comedy, “but Freud didn’t play Glasgow Empire on a Saturday night “

  • @mooncowtube
    @mooncowtube4 жыл бұрын

    I was watching on my own, and I laughed out loud when Jimmy Carr said people don't laugh on their own.

  • @Lord_Skeptic
    @Lord_Skeptic3 жыл бұрын

    4:24 I like 2 fish in a tank. One says to the other how do you drive this anyway.

  • @knightad33

    @knightad33

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the other one goes "Aaargh, a talking fish!"

  • @Lord_Skeptic

    @Lord_Skeptic

    3 жыл бұрын

    2 Muffins in an oven. One says it is hot in here and the other one says fuck me a talking Muffin.

  • @Species1571
    @Species15715 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy is right. I spend most of my time on my own and seldom laugh out loud even when I find something funny. Telling somebody about it the next day, I will be more likely to laugh along while talking about it.

  • @sharonready5102
    @sharonready51023 жыл бұрын

    I sort of laugh inwards .....I’m at home watching this on my own , and when a funny bit happens I sort of think “Hahahah” but it happens inside of me . I don’t laugh out loud . I enjoy it just as much ! Does anybody else ‘ laugh inwards ‘ ??..??

  • @rogerjahn2236

    @rogerjahn2236

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most of the times I do. Especially when I'm with other people. Though, I do tend to laugh out loud at my own imaginations, when I'm by myself in my apartment or out-and-about. You get kind of funny reactions from people nearby when you're walking all alone and laughing by yourself. :)

  • @IstasPumaNevada
    @IstasPumaNevada2 жыл бұрын

    "He was very old-fashioned about what women should and shouldn't do" The absolutely most gentlemanly way you can say "despicably sexist".

  • @marcusreading3783
    @marcusreading37836 жыл бұрын

    Supposedly, HP Lovecraft was Agilastic...although considering I read that in a fanfiction of the Lovecraft Mythos, I'm not sure how accurate that is.

  • @Magmafrost13
    @Magmafrost137 жыл бұрын

    I find I'm the opposite to what Jimmy Car described, I can only laugh when I'm alone, I cant laugh around other people

  • @tin2001

    @tin2001

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm not quite that far, but I will laugh a lot more alone than in company.

  • @Egg-mr7np

    @Egg-mr7np

    7 жыл бұрын

    I had to teach myself to laugh with other people but it was worth it. It feels great to laugh together.

  • @rich1051414

    @rich1051414

    7 жыл бұрын

    Does Jimmy Car laugh at all? He is such a dry comedian, I can't even imagine what his laugh would sound like.

  • @Magmafrost13

    @Magmafrost13

    7 жыл бұрын

    Richard Smith he's laughed in a few episodes of QI. Its a... controversial, laugh, I guess you could say. Lots of people seem to really dislike it.

  • @TheDominantSloth

    @TheDominantSloth

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy laughs all the time?

  • @jeffnarum1373
    @jeffnarum13734 жыл бұрын

    I just found this show and love it!

  • @Aaaaaaaaaaaaa558
    @Aaaaaaaaaaaaa5585 жыл бұрын

    What he talked about is the concept of circle of expectations versus circle of possibilities. Which is the base of all comedy and stand ups.

  • @dustscatter3619
    @dustscatter36197 жыл бұрын

    I sit here and laugh by myself. Then cry into a pillow. I'm all alone.

  • @cyberpleb2472

    @cyberpleb2472

    7 жыл бұрын

    If you'd like, I could laugh at you... errr, with you. ;)

  • @tedbreckner

    @tedbreckner

    5 жыл бұрын

    You are not alone. You are with all of the people who are watching this clip and enjoying it.

  • @zapkvr

    @zapkvr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Youre unhappy and you know it. More than can be said for most people

  • @zapkvr

    @zapkvr

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cyberpleb2472 im not laughing at you. Im laughing toward you

  • @cyberpleb2472

    @cyberpleb2472

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zapkvr Yikes. I must have been rather drunk when I made my comment. That was rather nasty (and I have absolutely no recollection of it). Hang in there Dust Scatter! By all means, fart or laugh in my general direction. ;)

  • @ElLenadorLA
    @ElLenadorLA3 жыл бұрын

    I dated a girl that wouldn’t laugh. I purposely took her to a comedy club, I couldn’t stop watching her, weirdest thing ever.

  • @RevJamesCostello

    @RevJamesCostello

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds cruel.

  • @Alex_Mitchell
    @Alex_Mitchell5 жыл бұрын

    "What Do You Call Someone Who Doesn't Laugh?" A Presbyterian.

  • @gavinreid5387

    @gavinreid5387

    3 жыл бұрын

    A Republican

  • @Alex_Mitchell

    @Alex_Mitchell

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gavinreid5387 Nope. They're busy laughing at the eejits that still vote for them against all reason.

  • @dementare
    @dementare4 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else notice this has *BOTH* the new Joker's "condition" the uncontrolled laughter, *AND* the line "When I said I wanted to be a comedian, they all laughed. Well they're not laughing now" from the Joker movie... wonder if they saw this episode.

  • @DanDownunda8888

    @DanDownunda8888

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's an old joke by Bob Monkhouse, as Stephen said and Jimmy acknowledged. :)

  • @professorsypher6174
    @professorsypher61744 жыл бұрын

    4:36 I knew I heard that joke somewhere else. They used it in the Joker movie and I though it sounded familiar.

  • @cijmo
    @cijmo3 жыл бұрын

    I love the story that Sandy told that someone wrote in and asked them to bring the studio audience back because the canned laughter was annoying. They HAD studio audience but they heard Jimmy Carr's laugh and said "that HAS to be canned laughter."

  • @ripley2075
    @ripley20756 жыл бұрын

    I laugh on my own all the time, sometimes i laugh aloud just from thinking of something funny

  • @ahmedelakrab
    @ahmedelakrab2 жыл бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @markrowland1366
    @markrowland13664 жыл бұрын

    I laugh out loud at QI but once was alone on a wet night in a small cinema and felt self conscious and could hardly laugh.

  • @sharonerigonia2917
    @sharonerigonia29177 жыл бұрын

    Rats have been found to giggle when tickled! :O

  • @alephbunchofnumbers

    @alephbunchofnumbers

    7 жыл бұрын

    classic Hans

  • @nofacee94
    @nofacee945 жыл бұрын

    Here's a different version of the frog joke: "explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog, you learn more about it, but it dies in the process"

  • @stuartyoung5110
    @stuartyoung5110 Жыл бұрын

    “That bloke!!!” That poor man in the front row getting bullied🤣🤣

  • @VenomBurger
    @VenomBurger4 жыл бұрын

    I can see that Jimmy Carr lives in a Society

  • @DavidTheRoss

    @DavidTheRoss

    3 жыл бұрын

    bottom text

  • @EsquilaxM
    @EsquilaxM6 жыл бұрын

    2:20 oh poor Stephen.....poor soul

  • @richmarsh5029
    @richmarsh50294 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant show

  • @mzansime
    @mzansime3 жыл бұрын

    This discussion was actually VERY interesting!

  • @OfficialSmifi
    @OfficialSmifi6 жыл бұрын

    Anthony Trollope invented the postbox and inadvertently allowed women to start corresponding to others without their father's knowledge. Does anyone think this is where the term 'trollope' came from? A slang word for 'loose woman'.

  • @rach_laze

    @rach_laze

    5 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts exactly though I did use the word slag not loose woman 😂

  • @notdaveschannel9843

    @notdaveschannel9843

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Neil Smith I had the same thought but Merriam-Webster has the first use in print of 'trollop' as 1621 so I guess not.

  • @louispks

    @louispks

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant analysis mate.

  • @asterix7842

    @asterix7842

    3 жыл бұрын

    There doesn’t seem to be any definite etymology online for trollop. A common theory is that it came from the verb “troll”.

  • @lavrentivs9891
    @lavrentivs98917 жыл бұрын

    German field marshal von Moltke is said to have laughed twice; when his mother-in-law died and when he saw the fort of Vaxholm.

  • @him050
    @him0504 жыл бұрын

    What Jimmy is saying is so true. I can sit on my own in the house and watch Blackadder, Life of Brian, Eddie Izzard stand up and not even crack a smile. I’m entertained, but I’m expressing no emotion to it. As soon as my flat mate starts doing something in the kitchen or joins me on the sofa then I’ll be falling about laughing. It’s kind of a way of showing how you get the joke so no one thinks you’re stupid. Alongside of course giving off that, oh look how social and happy I am! Accept me please!

  • @AutomaticDuck300

    @AutomaticDuck300

    2 жыл бұрын

    I stopped caring about what people think of me long ago. I still laugh my ass off if I'm watching something alone. It's just that I laugh more when I'm with people. Maybe I'm weird like that.

  • @StevieObieYT
    @StevieObieYT3 жыл бұрын

    What would you call someone who never laughs? That bloke 😂

  • @cloudsparrow7729
    @cloudsparrow77294 жыл бұрын

    to be fair, someone saying "what's the point of studying Euclid?" is pretty funny

  • @rogerjahn2236

    @rogerjahn2236

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. I would probably react in the same way. Or if I was asked ''what's the point in studying *any theoretical subject/theorists thoughts*?'' That's the only response you could give to a question of that nature.

  • @osuscyan3143
    @osuscyan31434 жыл бұрын

    Oh shit, here I am home alone on KZread laughing out loud with full lung capacity. Maybe I have hit a new level of loneliness

  • @justincronkright5025
    @justincronkright50256 жыл бұрын

    Why do people immediately say that immediately mimicking someone's speech or behavioural patterns is wrong or inappropriate. I bet the definition has nothing to do with the inappropriateness of the action, it's just the action itself. Truly, there are plenty of potential reasons for why mimicking would actually be a good thing. Not only for the person doing it but for the person being mimicked. Probably many if not most of them have ''Theory'' Stylised names attached to them already!

  • @884dan
    @884dan3 жыл бұрын

    Marvellously entertaining

  • @zbr76
    @zbr767 жыл бұрын

    3:45 to 3:48 - so Monty Python then!

  • @stayforthepeelpronpls4774
    @stayforthepeelpronpls47744 жыл бұрын

    Rowan Atkinson I believe.

  • @philipmonihan8222
    @philipmonihan82224 жыл бұрын

    Loved the presence of Victor Meldrew.

  • @Telstar62a
    @Telstar62a7 ай бұрын

    There's a brilliant episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that sort of touches on this. It was called "Chuckles Bites the Dust" and it revolves around Mary's reaction to a colleague dying. Often cited as one of the best examples of US television comedy.

  • @yelar7753
    @yelar77534 жыл бұрын

    0:24 so that's what the joker had

  • @baskoning9896
    @baskoning98967 жыл бұрын

    'animals dont show this' Pardon me? Ever been sad around a dog? Dog will be sad to. Happy? Dog happy. Angry? Dog angry. Animals WILL mimic the emotions of other living beings.

  • @moonwalker4696

    @moonwalker4696

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bas Koning he said they can't laugh not be happy

  • @bingola45

    @bingola45

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not dogs. Dogs are always happy. They haven't the mental capacity to be anything else. "Yip Yip! Foul-tasting dog food...my favourite! "Yip Yip! Fetching a stick for my master...my favourite! "Yip Yip! Going to the vet to be gassed..."

  • @bingola45

    @bingola45

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gassing is the answer to the domestic dog problem. The domestic dog is a product of mankind's stupidity, and has led to an unmitigated nuisance. Mass gassing on an industrial scale will START the process towards a society free from these worthless freaks.

  • @TranscendentLion

    @TranscendentLion

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm not quite sure why you think stupidity is the reason domestic dogs exist - if anything, it was a practical thing for our many-times-removed ancestors to tame and domesticate wolves to give human societies a survival advantage. Granted, some breeds today exist for more cosmetic purposes, but I would have said that dogs were originally bred because they were useful.

  • @bingola45

    @bingola45

    7 жыл бұрын

    There probably was sense in taming the wolf; but it was a long time ago. For every useful dog now, there must be a hundred or more with no purpose but to stink and be fluffy.

  • @drewlovelyhell4892
    @drewlovelyhell48923 жыл бұрын

    Look at Stephen's reaction at 2:23 when she says "Lots of comedians are miserable in real life."

  • @walterwalters154
    @walterwalters1547 жыл бұрын

    Most sociopaths never laugh. They just put on fake smiles, or rather smirks.

  • @GGMCUKAGAIN

    @GGMCUKAGAIN

    6 жыл бұрын

    Walter Walters course we dont lol

  • @jamesbishop1610
    @jamesbishop16105 жыл бұрын

    I generally laugh more on my own than when in company. Whenever I see stand up I find myself not laughing even when I find something funny, always checking on myself.

  • @rohitanand14
    @rohitanand146 жыл бұрын

    1:24 hey! I laugh when watching QI, alone.

  • @6luealreadydead
    @6luealreadydead4 жыл бұрын

    1:00 (ish) I like how he's giving out points just for fun facts LOL you don't see that on the newer shows🤷‍♂️

  • @haydenwhite7352
    @haydenwhite73527 жыл бұрын

    Morning all

  • @fds7476

    @fds7476

    7 жыл бұрын

    Morning, Major.

  • @sargent9968
    @sargent99686 жыл бұрын

    You can see, that her comment bugged him about comedians being miserable.

  • @pauldog
    @pauldog7 жыл бұрын

    i love the analogy of the frog. I'll use that next time someone doesnt get a joke

  • @bunnygrill
    @bunnygrill4 жыл бұрын

    I have a personality disorder, and I tend to laugh more when I'm watching something on my own than when I'm with other people.

  • @RubelliteFae
    @RubelliteFae5 жыл бұрын

    Non-human animals certainly laugh, Clive. I know for a fact other primates do

  • @gavincurtis1364
    @gavincurtis13646 жыл бұрын

    An audience member at a Michael McIntyre gig

  • @marycanary86
    @marycanary866 жыл бұрын

    sod off jimmy carr im in stitches every time i watch qi even if im sat alone

  • @LtMarx

    @LtMarx

    6 жыл бұрын

    mary canary 7hghjjkt ??lohhlblbh

  • @adamlancsak6606
    @adamlancsak66064 жыл бұрын

    It's so true and so strange that, yes I find the show really funny but I always watch it alone and have hardly laughed out loud

  • @emilygilbeyful
    @emilygilbeyful7 жыл бұрын

    I do that copying accents thing I saw a Scottish friend and greeted her back och hyellloooooo!! so embarassing

  • @tomnow92
    @tomnow927 жыл бұрын

    what's the answer in the begining??

  • @fandude41

    @fandude41

    7 жыл бұрын

    *points to a guy in the audience* That bloke.

  • @tomnow92

    @tomnow92

    7 жыл бұрын

    thanks man, still learnig English ^^

  • @PandeyPrashant

    @PandeyPrashant

    6 жыл бұрын

    Agelastic

  • @ClaudeSac

    @ClaudeSac

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for asking, and thanks for answering everybody, I had the same question.

  • @kennyn1992
    @kennyn19924 ай бұрын

    If Trollope was laughing a lot at the post office then the jokes must have been hysterical as it wouldn't have been the delivery.

  • @scottgordon1781
    @scottgordon17814 жыл бұрын

    I laugh at all this alone , hilarious , am part of the audience .

  • @CaptChrispy
    @CaptChrispy7 жыл бұрын

    Did he say Trollope was the one worrying about girls being promiscuous?

  • @Johnny-Joseph
    @Johnny-Joseph6 жыл бұрын

    A german

  • @KijasFX
    @KijasFX5 жыл бұрын

    Stephen Fry and Jimmy Carr. Two sides of the same genius coin.

  • @gregorylambrihgt2757
    @gregorylambrihgt27574 жыл бұрын

    Happy!

  • @zhukov2116
    @zhukov21166 жыл бұрын

    Why are there so many pictures of Stalin with a big grin on his face?

  • @brokenwave6125

    @brokenwave6125

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why wouldn't there be? He was probably a happy person.

  • @hmoham
    @hmoham5 жыл бұрын

    I thought the answer was Jack Dee.

  • @TheRegret
    @TheRegret6 жыл бұрын

    this is the most meta video about comedians that ever, a quintuplet of comedians, did make.

  • @resplndnt
    @resplndnt4 жыл бұрын

    That laugh epilepsy sounds terrifying

  • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6

    @QUARTERMASTEREMI6

    3 жыл бұрын

    (I'm no expert), it's called Gelastic seizures or laughing seizures because "they may look like bouts of uncontrolled laughter or giggling." (Epilepsy Foundation).

  • @rockymckay1705
    @rockymckay17057 жыл бұрын

    animals do laugh actually

  • @animerlon

    @animerlon

    6 жыл бұрын

    SavageArfad Go watch a few orangutans laughing at card tricks then come back & tell me if you need more proof.

  • @Dragonair08

    @Dragonair08

    6 жыл бұрын

    They do but not usually for the same reasons we do.

  • @brokenwave6125

    @brokenwave6125

    5 жыл бұрын

    @SavageArfad It already has been proven, dipshit

  • @freshswash9934
    @freshswash99346 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else watching this who isn't british?

  • @luciusavenus8715

    @luciusavenus8715

    6 жыл бұрын

    In Britain?

  • @freshswash9934

    @freshswash9934

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's a rather british show so I was wondering if people from around the world watch this

  • @JustinCase99999

    @JustinCase99999

    6 жыл бұрын

    Fresh Swash Me.

  • @veronikap.7081

    @veronikap.7081

    6 жыл бұрын

    As I usually read the comment section of QI videos, I notice that plenty of nonbritish people are watching the show and being genuinely interested in it. BTW, hi from the Czech Republic! :-)

  • @JustinCase99999

    @JustinCase99999

    6 жыл бұрын

    Veronika Polčíková I love Prague.

  • @zapkvr
    @zapkvr5 жыл бұрын

    I laugh to myself all the time. I also talk to myself all the time. Im very amusing

  • @lobsters12111
    @lobsters121115 жыл бұрын

    I work with a russian guy who speaks english enough to talk with but not 100 percent well and i talk like he does when i talk to him. Im glad i know theres a word for that.

  • @Jennyfisch
    @Jennyfisch6 жыл бұрын

    People who never laugh are sociopaths

  • @eleSDSU

    @eleSDSU

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not true, sociopaths also laugh, not all of them the same way not all of non-sociopaths can or do laugh.

  • @zapkvr

    @zapkvr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Im a sociopath I laugh all the time.

  • @SilentChaos713

    @SilentChaos713

    4 ай бұрын

    You really need to study more psychology

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