Well at least you have a very cultured cat.

This is literally the funniest thing I've ever read

I often find myself singing "Florence it's a lovely morning" because it's an even more obscure reference. Point for anyone who gets it.

No, you live with your cat.

I did that with my sister's cat and she turned and gave me a confused voice because Phil Jupitus sounds nothing like me.

We've all seen GREECE, the musical, Whoops, the wrong one! 😆😅🤣

@@colinmackenzie6277 👺💅🧜‍♀🕸🥧

Alan coming in with the West Side Story-esque "What do they Say what do they SAY!" is absolute genius and kept it rolling for another round haha!

​@@colinmackenzie6277 Greece lightning!

It's fantastic

OOOO BURN!

Miles Jupp also has the same effect on David

@@pedromendes5022 Miles Jupp cracking up is one of the funniest things to watch on these shows.

I dont think I've seen anyone make miles laugh harder than Frankie Boyle

​@@dylanhopwood3773 Oh you have to watch Miles with Sean Locke then. It even breaks Jimmy it's so funny.

Alex Everett-last brains like Einstein, skin made of kevalar, send him well wishes, he has cancer :(

Ben Phone Yeah I heard, awful news. Still, I don't think it's too serious so hopefully he'll be okay.

That one tore me UP. Hilarious!

"no, its 'to _whom'"_ XD

I really don't find Jimmy Carr funny at all.

They never let him forget about being the last "Pipe Smoker Of The Year".

*hElLo! WeRe OuT oF mIlK!*

They're armed and ready.

Even when the pipe prop wasn't supposed to be in that series

Brits never the leave the house without their trusty pipe

Catherine R “I can’t wear these: he’s got a mole on his face.”

​@@DrewSavo "Not many people know this but all of Stephen's suits are lined with butterfly pubes"

@@LeafShade hand-crafted by the Queen's tailor.

And now he’s gone, rest easy Sean Lock

RIP Sean Lock

the delivery on that line is spot on

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

Alan is so often sharp in a clever and new way

🤣🤣🤣

"I can't breathe! My tummy hurts!"

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.

Yeah me too: I would start shouting and embarras myself... like Sandi. 😶

The absurd comedy of people arguing about what "being" stroppy is or is not is quite something.

@@Chimera_Photography do you know what the qualifier "mildly" means?

I'm a well-educated British person. And you, sir, are a beast.

Your more likely to be called a wanker since some people would take beast as a compliment.

@The Tusk Force - wow that turned sinister quick. Why so angry. No one's insulting anyone except you. Chill out.

@@Aloyus_Knight it's 'you're' as in you are. You wanker. 😂

You rotter

Phil accuses Stephen of living some kind of Dickensian Life, cooking on a Agar and polishing his copper kettles, with rhubarb !!

When Josh Widdecombe roasts you....

So Is she worth reading?

@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.

@@RIXRADvidz he also has his clothes made on a loom by exquisite boys lol

I genuinely think about that phrase at least once a month

The ‘pumping custard’ segment in hysterically funny!! 😂😂😂

The way the words "Moooore Madeira?" just kinda bounce out of his mouth is so satisfying.

@@SuperJNG18 I think he is saying “More, my dear?”

@@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? !

Oh, I was wondering what the mad scientist chef was doing there :P

five go mad in dorset

Enid Blyton's Famous Fry.... What a missed opportunity there XD

He actually had a fairly troubled youth, ended up going to borstel.

‘Dawn raid’ Was Stephen part of a fighter squadron? Or do you think he was in the bombers?

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.

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?

He can’t read it, he dead.

@@mariestreeting4213 in US of A they get all the news. If they haven’t heard of it, it’s not important. Or they bomb it.

RIP, Sean.

@@cruellaclose722 too soon?

He had the sickest burns on here, maybe because they were always delivered with a completely straight face?

Just the noise Stephen makes after that! He's laughing so hard he's in genuine pain!

Him and the great, late Sean Lock are always gold. My favourite is Phill showing how a donkey could mate across a field is genius pantomime.

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

she always makes me laugh, even if she's not telling a joke

I love her laugh...

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”I can see my face in your face” knocked me out 😂

@@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.

I was watching another short QI compilation earlier in which Fry said (when talking about centipedes) "less legs". He's by no means immune.

I had a good laugh to that

@@exessex3522 I thought centipedes had claws You're now telling me there's no Centi Claws?

*The bees' knees

He nailed it

i dont get it

In a few of these, Bill actually had his pipe!

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).

Phil ran with the joke that Sarah made, I don't think he saved anyone.

@@andreahogan3820 He definitely elevated it beyond awkwardness into outright comedy

"Moooore LACQUER, little boy?" NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

@@andreahogan3820 Well it would have gotten more awkward if they didnt move on quickly.

Kishore Shenoy You spelt “hello” wrong.

Someone didn't watch the video before comment trolling.

Hullo, someone's a failed troll!

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.

@@europeanbourgeois8223 actually, you pronounce and spell "hullo" wrong.

Guess it wasn't that good since Allan Davis' reply was "Whatever" which sadly was cut out of this video.

@@scipioafricanus5871 It's on the "Musicals" clip.

Read this comment right as they said it 🤣👌

the most pressure stephen fry had ever felt under in his whole career

one of the most perfectly timed bits of comedy ever. Alan is so underrated

Poor man looked on the verge of tears 😂😂😂🤣🤧

Which show is this one in?

The first time I saw it, I almost did, too. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard.

I suppose for me it was the rhythm of the way he said it, several times, then the others picked up on that and took off. And then kept going.

@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.

RMC Videographers What do they say, what do they say!

Oh, these ones must be yours then.

I just did a little wee. PMSL!

RMC Videographers “...that there are no straight lines!” “...wha’evaaaaa”

Michiki Yeung Q: Why do the columns of the Parthenon appear straight? A: Because they are. *Johnny Vegas meltdown*

I'm glad you spelled that because until now I genuinely had no idea what Phil was saying to him. Now I know. Every day's a school day. :)

A Dom Perignon magnifying glass.

ha

@@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 ^^)

A.... smaaall.... sherry 😏 🍷

Michael Gibb Madeira Pince-nez!

Then Stephen revealed his plans for a child-buffing workshop.

Stephen's confusion at "Canny" was absolutely amazing.

Michael Gibb - I so agree, nobody beats Phil at that game (certainly not that unfunny bully Sean Lock, who only comes across as mean).

Michael Gibb the acropolis bit is as boring as batshit. Its horribly contrived and overly drawn out. It lacks imagination and all wit

Sir, I suggest a cummerbund for Geography

I cried laughing

In case you missed it in the video

my favourite haha

Quality banter

Naw.

ayyyy

No, they are not 10 years old.

Pun has no age, my friend.

hello. fancy seeing you here instead of some Medtner/Beethoven video

Paulie Jay that is true

Those are my favourite bits! His facial expression is legendary and the way his hair bounces is the cherry on top!

Ah yes, the Dalai Farmer

@@thomasnolastname8734 He made that into a rap, in case you didn't know. UKposts it.

Adam Brekka Baaaa

Where craftsmen will get toddlers to a high sheen. "More lacquer, little boy?"

Samuel Mazo *lacquer

Bahahahaha! You're the SHINiest ONE.

Best QI moment ever

7:31 is adorable

@@stayforthepeelpronpls4774 ENGLAND! _CRICKET!_ *rubs kettle furiously*

This is a prime example of why I love British humour.

Matt Lucas is a Very clever chap. Saw him on the comedy circuit before he became famous and he really is as sharp as a very sharp thing.

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.

I'd say John Cleese... he's not dead yet, is he?

NilsMcCloud Yes! Definitely an instant classic!!

madeira pince-nez is on Urban Dictionary now😂😂😂

A s'mall sherrry!

Utter classic rebuttal.

Slarty Bartfast don’t get that joke.

@@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.

Michael Gibb Oh yes!!!!

And the "You beasts, you utter beasts!" bit, that one is completely missing too.

And Jupitus' Geordie Cavalryman joke.

That was so good. "You're not like other people, are you?"

Do you know which episode that would happen to be by chance?

I miss Sean :')

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.

@@lisakaz35 Rob Brydon

@@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.

That's now a household phrase round our way

IMadeThisToComment but I still prefer it to be bright...

Brighter anyway...

Do you think we embrace imperfection more?

Saoirse no you just have shit comedy: “Hurr durr loud is funny and it has to be scripted”

@@kenopsia9013 I think you're badly misjudging what country a person named Saoirse is likely to be from.

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.

Hell YES

Hannah Hassall u

It wouldn't be Poking Fun at Stephen Fry without it! :p

"Acropolis clip to crop up" ... imaging Stephen trying to say that on a QI retrospective...

Hannah Hassall cos your an idiot?

@@zapkvr "You're" - as in "You're an asshole."

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.

Michael Berthelsen Hopefully they’ll have Stephen back on the show some time like they have had the actual creators of the show on once or twice.

gitsurfer27 haha true. Love that quote

It’s TV perfection!!

Hullo, another Brit!

@@dillerud95 I didn't know it was a quote lol i was just saying it....who said it?

Wa'eva!

First episode of QI I ever watched!

What do they say, what do they say?!

THAT THERE WERE NO STRAIGHT LINES!!!

THAT IT J Robert Herrick's "To the Virgin

"nearly understood half", meaning you almost understood half, or "understood nearly half", meaning that you understood almost half?

almostfm I understood almost half

America and England two countries divided by a common language.

Keep watching and reading until you can get most of it. Makes things funnier.

Goddamn, man. Way to make the rest of us Yanks look bad. 😂

Phil always goes 1 or 2 times too many on the same joke and starts to kill it. Needs to wrap it up sooner.

Karl Clemmy That’s Why I’m watching this today.... ☺️❤️🦋🙏

@@caralama08 hope it helps, stay positive