American Reacts BEST OF DAVID MITCHELL on QI!

[@helenwood8482]

Grocer's is actually a shortening of grocer's shop, not groceries, but what Stephen is referring to is the grocer's apostrophe, which is when an apostrophe is used wrongly in a plural, such as in apple's or 80's.

[@masansr]

4:20 Rob Brydon is known for many things, but one of them is that he's really, really short. So "I have a friend" who "wears vertical stripes to appear taller" whilst he has a shirt with vertical stripes is such a layered joke.

[@pureholy]

5’7” is not really really short. Ronnie Corbett was really really short at 5”1’.

[@ErisRising]

I think they're only layers when they're horizontal.

[@masansr]

@@ErisRising But "This joke has lines" just doesn't seem like a good line.

[@ErisRising]

@@masansr How about "This joke has bars?"

[@ykkrasaoz9748]

Please for gods sake just watch through without pausing, we literally just want to see your live reactions, its so much more wholesome that way lol

[@rikmoran3963]

Arithmetic is a branch of mathematics dealing with basic operations like addition, subtractions etc. Hence, they said arithmetic when dealing with the discussion around proving that 1+1 = 2.

[@TheRedPeril]

I love you also explained why mathematics can’t just be described as ‘math’ whether you meant to or not!

[@leehallam9365]

Both Stephen and David went to Cambridge rather than Oxford, but not at the same time, as Stephen is 17 years older. Stephen's arrival was delayed by him been sent to prison. He had an early life designed for opening chapters of an autobiography.

[@livb6945]

His autobiography is a great read!

[@adamcashin4021]

They were also both members of footlights whilst at Cambridge. David Mitchel was president, Hugh Laurie was president when Fry was a member. The list of Footlights members can read light a whose who of British light entertainment. More than half of the presidents from the last 60 years have their own Wikipedia page

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@adamcashin4021 It almost acts as a feeder school - much like Eton is for members of the Cabinet. Almost exclusively, jobs for the boys. 😕

[@adamcashin4021]

@@221b-Maker-Street Jobs for the Girls as well. Sue Perkins (Mel & Sue) and Jan Ravens (Dead Ringers) are former Presidents. Other female members include Sandi Toksvig (also QI), Emma Thompson, Mel Giedroyc (also Mel & Sue) and loads more. Though its fair to say the successful alumni does skew male. But the big difference between Footlights, Cambridge and Eton, is that Eton is a very expensive private school. Cambridge University is a state education institute and footlights just a University Society. If you want a successful career in the entertainment industry its one path in. But its not the only one; and most are not successful.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

My friend was a sign writer. A new tattoo shop had opened in town and wanted some signs making. The shop was to be called Diamond Tattoo. And the owner had made all the designs that showed the name of the shop with some playing cards showing a full royal flush poker hand with the Diamond picture cards. But the own of the shop had wrote 'DIMOND' instead of 'DIAMOND'. My friend asked him 5 times if he was sure that's how it was to be on his shop signs. Each time he said yes. A few days later he opened his shop with the 'DIMOND' name and he was immediately laughed at on Facebook. The signs cost him almost £1000 and all the comments on the Facebook page said things like "who is going to get a tattoo off some one who can not spell?" Thousands of people commenting on the spelling mistake. Within 2 days the Facebook page was removed and a few days later the shop had all the signs removed and was boarded up and closed. lol.

[@c_n_b]

Did your friend specifically tell him he spelt diamond wrong, or just ask if that's how he wanted it?

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@c_n_b I suspect the latter, hoping for a follow-up job maybe. I honestly can't imagine - having been told that he'd spelled diamond incorrectly - that the tattooist would say, _'Oh go ahead anyway mate - who cares?'_ Also, 'lol' at someone going out of business because of a misspelt sign?

[@DruncanUK]

Jeez! You were so concerned with trying to spell Accommodation that you totally missed the whole joke…even after playing it through twice. 🤦‍♂️

[@vilebrequin6923]

Just what I thought!😅

[@Varksterable]

Not the first point he's missed.

[@JimShadyUK]

It's one of the most frustrating things about these videos - that and all the jumping around of the footage.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

16:08 - Arithmetic ≠ Mathematics. Arithmetic is confined to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and is a mere branch of the entire _field_ of Mathematics. Mathematics covers logic, measurements, quantities, proportions, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, mathematical theory, algebra... and arithmetic!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

With comedians, if in doubt, they went to Cambridge. Many of Britain's top comedians started in the Cambridge Footlights, the university's drama society. Digestive biscuits were originally marketed as being good for the digestion, but they're just a slightly sweet biscuit (=cookie) - they come in plain flavour, or with a milk chocolate or dark chocolate coating. They're one of the most common and popular types of biscuit in the UK.

[@jimb9063]

Never thought about the name, but I'm guessing it's because digestives have more of the bran left in the flour than usual biscuits made with very refined white flour, giving them more fibre?

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Cookies are soft, biscuits are harder - being twice baked (bi-) Digestives are biscuits, not cookies,

[@seanmcmichael2551]

7:30 Hilarious that Conor went Whaaaat ?! Should have stopped to reflect on correcting Stephen Fry 😂

[@MrWhiteApples]

What happened with Swedish Ranger Jägarsoldat series? I can only find 6 episodes?

[@MrBulky992]

Arithmetic is a subset of mathematics (just the basic operations). When I was at school we learnt arithmetic until the age of 11 and mathematics from then on. It was divided into mental arithmetic, mechanical arithmetic and "problems" (applied mechanical arithmetic). I seem to remember that, in Scotland, you used to be able to sit not only "O" grade mathematics at the age of 16 but also, as a separate subject, "O" grade arithmetic whereas the English examining boards only offered "O" level maths.

[@Zardagbum]

"Why do you have to say language just say speak"

[@Thisandthat8908]

The radio show btw is "The unbelievable truth". David Mitchell hosted it for many, many years now. And it's quite funny. They even had a little (fun) fight with QI once, calling each other out for mistakes. They settled that with a special Christmas Episode of the unbelievable truth with the QI cast (Fry,Davies, John Loyd, the producer, and Rob Brydon). It was cool to have Stephen in a (kinda) quiz situation without that little helpful QI monitor in front of him.

[@lukespooky]

I feel like you're trolling at this point

[@allenwilliams1306]

Mitchell went to school in and near Oxford. He went to university in Cambridge.

[@oufc90]

Hey Connor not all of us Oxfordians are students. Most are regular town folk like myself 👍

[@stevehartley7504]

Its that Stephen gets so excited when he talks to really intelligent people you could see how animated he was! People. Were laughing at his enthusiasm

[@Thisandthat8908]

cutting his best of to less then 2 hours is a crime! Also i'm sure he and Stephen in a interview situation could have a normal conversation. There is a Rob Brydon podcast where he talks with David Mitchell for an hour or so.They don't try to be funny, they just have a chat. There are quite a few of these Rob Brydon podcasts with comedians and others and it's a nice look behind the funny people on the funny shows. The ones on KZbin are edited down to 15-20 minutes, but have video.

[@ripplesinthefield]

How did you manage to jump from the middle of when was world war one was first called ww1 to the number of lungs some people have? Please take the time to edit your videos correctly, seems like a rushed job. Don't confuse your audience.

[@markwalford-groom]

wearing a shirt in hommage to David

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

The word is Maths not math, Maths is short for Mathematics (the science of numbers, not the science of a number)

[@magnolia7277]

If you have a good memory it's easy being a good student, I know lots of things but can't remember them 😅

[@mickbird2392]

Too many pauses on this one Conor, I do watch a lot of your videos though.

[@martinbynion1589]

He's like a small dog who won't stop snapping at your heels....and arithmetic is a subset of mathematics, as are algebra and geometry.

[@kenworthington_5001]

Some sharp cuts in there

[@kristena9285]

Probably after Connors rant about the wrong war.. ;-)

[@lukespooky]

wish he had cut out all the accomodate nonsense

[@lukespooky]

and the obligatory getting the bottle of water

[@10thdoctor15]

Digestives are the best biscuits.

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

I don't know whether Digestive Biscuits were ever a digestive aid ,they are just a biscuit now , nothing more nothing less ❤.

[@Chrisjames504]

The generation game might be worth a reaction

[@CyanicusTwice]

The thing you said about 50% of people having 3 lungs is not true. Billy Ocean has three lungs though but he isn't 50% of people

[@LoneRanger100]

They were only laughing at Stephen saying get out like that.

[@LoneRanger100]

If you like Hugh and Stephen you might like their portrayal of Jeeves and Wooster, eps are on yt

[@fiddea3151]

Too bad, you ruined the whole video by pausing som much. Listen to all the jokes, and dont paus every second. Very frustrating!

[@gavinhall6040]

Mitchell and Fry were Cambridge

[@gavinhall6040]

Connor - Dave and Stephen ate both Cambridge

[@221b-Maker-Street]

I sense - Gavin - that David Mitchell would never _ever_ refer to himself as 'Dave'. 😳 Also it's true they've both put on weight since this compilation, but I'm not sure they ate Cambridge between them!

[@dufflepod]

THREE LUNGS?!!?!??!? WTF!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Connor, has to, pause, frequently, in order, to inflate, his, third lung ?! 🥺😊

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

Connor not a doctor, then.

[@livb6945]

What in the world happened at 12.50???

[@phwbooth]

Mitchell was at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He didn't get a very good degree.

[@cpmahon]

When you were telling your bee story I was expecting a sting in the tail!

[@stirlingmoss4621]

because Connor there is a distinct difference betwixt mathematicS (mathS) and arithmetic

[@Zyperior]

Love you videos man.. keep it up!

[@gloryguyful]

when i was at school arithmatic was a total different class from mathematics which included geometry , trigonomatry, calculas and algebra...... wish i had studied more in English...sure a lot of spelling errors in this statement

[@lyndarichardson4744]

Connor, David Mitchell went to private schools before he went to University.

[@bonbon4eva2007]

Kia ora koe - Maths includes a whole lot of fields - logic and algebra and game theory and topology and...and... google it. Arithmetic is the bit that manipulates numbers - real numbers and operations like addition, multiplication etc

[@10thdoctor15]

Accommodation

[@Walesbornandbred]

A good way to learn things is to listen more that you speak. That way you don't miss things, that are being explained to you.

[@matthewjamison]

I knew how to spell "Accommodation". But I'm stoned & the more you were saying letters. The further i was away from spelling it again 😂

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

Bees like that offten need help, a littl bit of honney are sweet water in a tiny container given to the Bee wiii revive it. Save the Bees.

[@rosaliegolding5549]

🤣full of English Banter and Sarcasm 🤣the pink strips not to be taken seriously it was all Add lib as they were going along ,Stephen Fry with the guests all well known for Banter and thick with Sarcasm🤗. Yes it’s alive and Well and not to be taken seriously or be offended by it 🤣👍👏👏 🤷‍♀️

[@markwolstenholme3354]

My mum always said stripes down 😅.

[@Rob_Morrison_GB]

You've already done David Mitchell. Do Johnny Vegas QI or Phil Jupitus QI

[@lukespooky]

wouldn't understand a word of vegas

[@enemde3025]

David went to SCHOOL at ABINGTON SCHOOL. But he went to UNIVERSITY at OXFORD. A green GROCER sells fruit and vegetables. Who the hell told you that 50% of people have 3 lungs !!??🤦‍♂ MATHS ....PLURAL !! Because there is more than 1 discipline. Arithmetic involves addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Mathematics involves signs, symbols etc as in Algebra, calculus geometry and trigonometry. DIGESTIVE biscuits are my favourite for dunking in tea. But the HAVE to be McVities. The term digestive derived from the belief that the had antacid properties around the time the biscuit was introduced due to the use of sodium bicarbonate as an ingredient. So basically Conor , as we say in the UK.....you were on the THICK TABLE !! (Peter Kay)

[@livb6945]

No he went to Cambridge

[@enemde3025]

@@livb6945 my mistake. He lived in Oxford with his lecturer parents.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@livb6945 Correct. He actually got rejected by Merton College, Oxford and went to Peterhouse, Cambridge...

[@annother3350]

2 'm's in accommodation matey

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Maths is Maths _NOT_ math, Connor!! Mathematics - plural...and right. Mathematic - singular (& wrong).

[@paulbromley6687]

The First World War must have been the first enjoyable war that’s why they called it “ The Great war” that’s why they wanted another one so soon after but couldn’t very well call it the Super War or the even greater War. I know let’s just start numbering them,Yes.!

[@Sophie.S..]

Connor trying to spell accommodation was hilarious.

[@bexbugoutsurvivor]

maths

[@jnne4048]

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[@Jopp211]

Best intro yet!

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

My husband is a total slob, and yet he washes out the teapot.

[@Derry_Aire]

You'd be great as a sign-writer as you got the grocer's apostrophe wrong and the spelling of accommodate. It's a career.

[@nadeansimmons226]

You are missing the point. Correct answers aren't the point. The humour is the point

[@curtistaylor8364]

Maths not math

[@phwbooth]

Maths includes arithmetic, algebra and geometry.

[@0x2A_]

And that just scrapes the surface :)

[@reluctantheist5224]

2 Cs 2Ms 2Os

[@cmcculloch1]

"why not say math" - cause were British and correctly say mathS Conner.😈😈

[@dcoughla681]

We’re not were.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

Had to give up.. Couldn't keep watching a man take jokes soo seriously. While somehow missing the point so many times. This has to be trolling now, no one can be that immune to comedy

[@paulbromley6687]

Please stop! It doesn’t matter and you constantly pause it is driving me insane

[@odorikakeru]

I get your frustration, but for better or worse this is his video. We are here to see him react and he is indeed reacting and adding his own thoughts, etc. (as opposed to countless other KZbin videos where people just upload themselves watching the original and laughing a lot big without adding anything, like some watch party). The conceit here is that we’ve all already watched the original video and are not interested in watching it again, just watching him.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Connor: best not to try to engage in English lessons...you're an american you don't understand our language

[@morbidsnails1913]

So true, the Yanks have bastardised our beautiful language 😒

[@dcoughla681]

Stop being so rude.

[@necessaryevil3428]

Terrible editing dude 🙃

[@Codex7777]

That was painful to watch. Gave up around 9 minutes... I couldn't take almost half an hour of watching you completely missing the wit and humour, killing every joke stone dead and obsessing over inconsequential minutiae, again and again and again...

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Water, frequency of, drinking surely, Oh Connor, d.i.a.b.e.t e.s. check ?! 😮🤔💦💧🥤💉💊🚰