Alan's facial expressions while Stephen was ranting were just.... *chef's kiss*

1:29 "Sir! Sir! I know Sir!" That's such an appropriate buzzer sound effect for John Sessions.

Definitely bring back the Luvvie Alarm for Gyles Brandreth!

@jaykaramales3087

2 ай бұрын

It would go off multiple times per episode, for sure.

@lilymarinovic1644

2 ай бұрын

He now has his own special alarm

"He's right stuck up that Billy the Kid," said Sheriff Pat Garrett after he shot him.

You just gotta love Stephen

John is so missed. What an amazing actor. Stephen, you are the best...

@zapkvr

2 ай бұрын

HERE HERE

Ooh! Ooh! You gave me a start!

Lew Wallace was later U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire. An American clergyman named Mahan had published a life of Jesus, claiming to have translated it from hitherto-unknown ancient documents, one of which he'd supposedly studied at the Hagia Sophia. Wallace was called on to look into the claim, and found that Mahan had never been to Constantinople, and the manuscript did not exist. If he had read Mahan's book, he might have saved himself the trouble of investigating -- a noticeable portion of it was plagiarized directly from Ben-Hur!

@raynatullett7063

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's a brilliant nugget to drop into conversation with my friends.

@lilymarinovic1644

2 ай бұрын

Wow, one of the most interesting people that very few would have heard of ...

@viclange3826

2 ай бұрын

And he was a civil war general.

A quality, high-brow tantrum.

Jones the train. Evans the baker. Billy the kid. It was always right there all along, but we never noticed.

@deafeningoctopus

2 ай бұрын

'the' must be a more common middle name than I thought

@Tao_Tology

2 ай бұрын

​@@deafeningoctopusIt's welsh

@robertlibbiter573

2 ай бұрын

Ivor the engine. Jones the steam.

@melissamarsh2219

2 ай бұрын

Kermit the Frog

@deafeningoctopus

2 ай бұрын

@@melissamarsh2219 Winnie the Pooh

I really miss the Luvvie Alarm. They should bring that back before we get to the end of the Z season.

@OpinionatedSkink

2 ай бұрын

What does it do again? I must have missed this series

@Nullifidian

2 ай бұрын

@@OpinionatedSkink It's for anyone who goes on about the famous people that they know. Hence why it was sounded when the late John Sessions started talking about having had dinner with Robert Redford.

Hats off for Stephen Fry 🎉

Vale John Sessions.

Gore Vidal had an interest in Billy the Kid and wrote a couple of screenplays for early tv about him.

All men think about writing novels about Roman chariot racing

Who is the panellist next to Clive Anderson?

@hopebgood

2 ай бұрын

Phil Kay. It tells you in the info sarah. I wonder what he's doing now? I've not seen him for years.

@AndrewTBP

2 ай бұрын

@@hopebgood He's still around, appearing in regional festivals, says Wikipedia.

@sarahjones8396

2 ай бұрын

@@hopebgood Oh I’m sorry, I did look in the description but the pannelist names weren’t on there! 🙄. Thank you for letting me know. I did wonder if he was an earlier incarnation of Alex Horne, but obviously not!! 😆

@hopebgood

2 ай бұрын

@@sarahjones8396 Alex Horne. Yeah! I can see that. 😉

I think the correct term would be scolidng/ranting at Alan, rather than a throwing a tantrum.

He knew how to read, so yeah, he was able to write a very accurate (not perfect) historical foction.

Why’s the swearing bleeped?!?! 😭

@longbow857

2 ай бұрын

Probably for those American sissies.

It was good to see Alan shut up for a moment. Bravo, Stephen!

Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ

The question is does Steven like snails or oysters? I think we all know he's a fan of fast cars. That's right. Just look at how much he loves to watch the S Car Go. Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week, twice on Saturdays. Just save up the applause and give it to me at the end.

@MarieIsHere-rg3bv

2 ай бұрын

Very good, but isn't that Spartacus, not Ben Hur?

@matthewdavenport3520

2 ай бұрын

@@MarieIsHere-rg3bv Well, it's all the same to me, after all what have the Romans ever done for us?

@mattgilbert7347

2 ай бұрын

@@matthewdavenport3520 Hey wait a minute, I'm Matthew Davenport!

@mattgilbert7347

2 ай бұрын

@@matthewdavenport3520 No, I'm Matthew Davenport!

@matthewdavenport3520

2 ай бұрын

No, I"M Matthew Davenport!

This clip feels not-about-what-it's-about in a slightly weird way for me - namely that afaik this is an actual controversy in the literary world that, notwithstanding Fry's excellence and the legitimacy of his (side's) concerns, nor my lack of strong opinions, he would not normally have the last word on in the way he does in the role of host here

@misterwishart

2 ай бұрын

Or...he's an entertainer who knows how to act angry in an exaggerated manner for comedic effect.

@VilcxjoVakero

2 ай бұрын

@@misterwishart for better or worse he used the show as his soapbox plenty of times - religion, science, Shakespeare conspiracy theorists, overeating, EU stuff, Elgin Marbles, &c. and it could indeed be entertaining, as it is here. But it is definitely sincere too... maybe the awkwardness is that on QI the host is generally the authority - sort of moderator/encyclopedia/tutor, but then 10% of the time Stephen is basically being a pundit, but he's kinda speaking with the same authority? I *think* Sandi does less of this, but again, I do love them both

why do they all look like the same person with different snapchat filters on

I am so happy Stepen is the host anymore.

Oh goody, more Antiques TVshow 😛 st least it's not Sandi era.

@Balsiefen

2 ай бұрын

What?

@The-Demon-Cola

2 ай бұрын

What was wrong with Sandi?

@AdLockhorst-bf8pz

2 ай бұрын

@@The-Demon-Cola nothing much 😊 but after Stephen ... well ...

@vickiep4217

2 ай бұрын

She is the only person who could present it after Stephen. I grew up watching her as Ethel in No 73. Oh boy. I feel old now😮

@ThatFoxxoLeo

2 ай бұрын

​@@AdLockhorst-bf8pz Nothing much is wrong with Sandi, yet somehow her presence is offensive enough for you to comment "at least it's not her"?

Can't watch the ones with that smug git, Clive.