Best Of SPECIAL Guests On QI! Funny And Interesting Rounds!

[@wilson2455]

Stephen Fry has the most calming voice. You can imagine 50 screaming kids & Stephen saying, " c'mon children, let's all settle down.." then complete silence.

[@ojrmk1]

Unless one of those children is Phil Jupitus.

[@robinsmith5442]

He could probably recite some Harry Potter.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

nah ... he hates kids ... kicks them for little or no reason.

[@staxenglish]

I heard he once gave a toddler a concussion without provocation.

[@Shanks3103]

😊Q⁹❤+❤

[@WelderBarbie100]

I love Daniel Radcliffe’s real belly laugh when he was laughing at Graham Norton’s impression of the horse operating a camera lol

[@dragon_toad]

I just love how happy Stephen is when Trevor starts singing. I mean if you think about it, Stephen is basically a linguistics expert, and has travelled the world, writing books and giving talks all about the history and evolution and extinction of language. Language is his JAM. So to hear one which is that old, which he'd be unlikely to hear unless he went on a VERY long trip - he's in heaven. Sandi, on the other hand, has just decided that there are more seductive languages than French.

[@Farweasel]

Just a shame he has a tendency to write the same book twice and cobble two together eh?

[@Milamberinx]

Xhosa isn't an "old" language though, it's a living language, so what he said is brand new.

[@funyppl]

Xhosa is a very common language though. It's widely spoken across southern Africa. Over 8 million people speak Xhosa as their first language. It's one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

[@daftirishmarej1827]

Love Mr Tenant's humour! And the fact that he didn't pretend to know everything. 🎉

[@daftirishmarej1827]

@bobbybigboyyes pesky autocorrect!! Mr David Tennant has an excellent sense of humour. How's that? 😂😂😂(It changed 'Mr' to 'my'! 😐

[@EvelynBaron]

Just David Tennant and Bill Bailey what a combination thought I'd seen every episode tx !!!

[@Peacefrogg]

@bobbybigboyyeshe’s the doctor!

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Unlike John Sessions....

[@tesseract5569]

@bobbybigboyyes You're a special kind of person aren't you

[@anthonyburke5656]

Many years ago, as a lawyer, I acted for a former WW2Fighter Pilot, (his daughter was a good friend) he was applying for a pension as a disabled serviceman. He told me that while on “Operations” he drank at least a minimum of a bottle of Vodka or Whisky a day, often 2 or more depending on the operation. He described 2 “missions” for which he had been decorated. It turned out, that alcoholism was a recognised war injury for pilots, he got his pension with no problems!

[@grahammccready2647]

David of the famous brewing family 🙃

[@DehumanisedOnYT]

Stephen and Sandi's reaction to Trevor Noah's Xhosa is so fricking wholesome ❤

[@gggthsb]

absolutely same 💜

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

🥱🤮

[@synthonaplinth5980]

I dunno...Stephen looked mildly aroused.

[@mastaw]

​@@synthonaplinth5980 mildly?

[@deborahduthie4519]

The song sounded beautiful.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇦🇺

[@louisaaiton8559]

I’m from Devon and the Devon dialect word for a bumblebee is a drumbledrone

[@mfpendle]

And Parry Hotter is a great character!

[@tmalloy9]

Pristine info.

[@s_nunyabiznez]

I’m with Steven on Trevor Noah… that African language is GORGEOUS

[@EvelynBaron]

It reminded me of those camelot days when Peter Gabriel would do a Back to Front Tour and whether he wrote the songs they were EVERYthing those extraordinary musicians...... : I am actually making a contentious point in this a hilarious show that presupposes that all is well ... when it's not. Douglas Murray's book the Madness of Crowd presupposes that people only gather together against another group. He cannot understand when huge nos of people congregate for joy. .

[@andrewgalloway7344]

@@EvelynBaronwhat the hell are you on about ? when peter gabriel was in camelot ? plus ... you can't just run out a sentence with .................. we havn't a monkeys what yer on aboot |Evylyn ... don't drag Douglas into it either ... hardly his fault ....

[@gwynt909]

He is a horrible little turd despised by his ex country men for telling lies about them

[@zetetick395]

@@EvelynBaron Don't worry Evelyn mate, I too sometimes watch old QI whilst smoking pot......Although you may have gone a tad far this time. PS: I believe the language Trev is speaking is called Xhosa 👌😸

[@WarriorHeart2024]

I adore David Tennant's natural voice with his Scottish lilt and burr. Just one of the most relaxing sounds in the world...I could put together a soundtrack of David, Billy Connolly and Sean Connery and it would contain the best sounds to lull me to sleep.

[@pennygleeson5029]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ agree 100% 🤣🤣

[@mikerd2]

He does the narration in the Doctor Who audiobooks in his native accent, with the English accent for when the doctor is talking. Relaxing as hell to listen too.

[@axthelm]

Working in a laser optics lab for safety we have a small shielding block to put in front of the laser emitter. This is to prevent someone being accidently blinded while working on the mounting hardware (which is often because it is horrible hardware) if something happens and the laser is turned on by the monitor & control system. Therefore, on the fine motor mount ('on a lazy laser raiser') we have the block to stop the laser beam ('lies the laser ray eraser'). There is your context!

[@brianharp4252]

Your impersonation of the missing Osmond brother sounds like a Monty Python "Gumby". LMAO

[@rockysquirrel4776]

They actually had two older brothers that were deaf and not in the act.

[@cynthiat6505]

I laughed so hard I had an asthma attack!

[@thatchoirgirl94]

Is every single guest not special in their own right?😅 I love this show so much and have learnt a lot from it thanks to some angels tirelessly uploading the episodes on here. 💖

[@trigonman3]

Yes dearie, every person is special, even you, especially

[@davespanksalot8413]

51:31 she’s actually correct I think. iirc Kangaroos, like the western reds, can halt the development of the zygote for a year or so. I remember it being called diapause or similar. It’s an adaptation to drought and irregular wet periods. And when there are good conditions the zygote kicks back into gear and starts developing to take advantage the extra feed that will grow.

[@Mediamarked]

I think it is more of a pez dispenser type thing, when the conditions are good, one pops into place. That's why you should never pick them up by the tail, they might spill their supply of joeys.

[@Gzeebo]

I think Cariad was basically right, but Stephen had the answer on his card, and once he'd explained it, the conversation moved on.

[@johnguppy2120]

Sandi showing why she was the perfect person to replace Steven.

[@ojrmk1]

Posh, gay, clever, 93% charm by weight. Probably the most successful change of a host on a show ever.

[@cynthiat6505]

My thoughts exactly!

[@tullimunurumba_1_132]

I loved Stephen, but I think Sandi is better.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

The only person. Ticked all the boxes.

[@Fidd88-mc4sz]

An Irish mate of mine would drink phenomenal amounts of Guinness. On his 31st Birthday, he drank 31 pints over the course of a day and still walked out - albeit with a pronounced list. Some months later he left the pub and crossed an unlit A road. He was hit by a Mk1 Land-rover doing over 50 mph. The land-rover was an insurance write-off, but he survived with no broken bones - just a ruptured spleen. We visited him in hospital a day or later, and left him a Nintendo game to pass the time. He laughed until he pulled his stitches, and the nurse threw us out. The game? "Crash dummies"!

[@ThorsonWiles]

Sandy's comment to Trevor about being on the turn ... I, fortunately, had just swallowed my beverage

[@DeinosDinos]

Love that you added all the bits featuring the 'missing Osmond brother' joke before you played the joke itself. Makes it funnier for some reason

[@juliewilliams6712]

I love that Jimmy Carr held Carrie to keep her safe from the experiment. Really lovely ❤

[@henrikcarlsen1881]

Had the chance been I would have done the same. Alas, I don't resemble Harrison, but I really liked Carrie.

[@azynkron]

What a wonderful program. Funny and informative.

[@JabesMcJabesface]

To mention, going into shock can kill you. That is a fair part of why being shot/stabbed while drunk is less likely to kill you, you are just more resistant to shock.

[@TheKira699]

The USS Kidd is the only US Navy Ship entitled to fly the Jolly Roger Flag. Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, was on board Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first American flag officer to die in World War II. Royal Navy's submarine service who still allow the flying of the Jolly Roger on vessels returning from a successful mission.

[@Gzeebo]

Rhys Darby listening carefully as Stephen explains all about that happens on pirate ships.

[@JustSad66]

I watched "Our Flag means Death" long after i saw the Rhys episode and then i got it! 😂😂

[@DeanMoxley87]

23:27 Daniel finding out he's a Muggle

[@staxenglish]

Pòor Frodo

[@seanmcmichael2551]

I can't get enough of the Osmonds' brother in the attic, writing all the songs. It doesn't get more surreal. If it was the Rolling Stones, that's just normal ! Needed to be the Osmonds.

[@chriscarson7384]

I learn something every time I watch these videos! Fly agaric mushrooms grow in my yard, and I know to steer clear of them. But I had never heard the story about Siberian reindeer eating them!

[@lennonlives1826]

Think you're alright to walk about, probably don't chuck them in an omelette though lol

[@misalife626]

​@@lennonlives1826 or do if you want a fun night lol

[@WarriorHeart2024]

That is an amazing thing. Ilearn much from UK shows. I think, as a whole, British TV and performers are allowed to be intelligent and not pander to the lowest common denominator in the country's intelligence.

[@AceMusubi]

22:08 Daniel looked as if he met a new professor for the term

[@c28baby]

I’m like, “pamplemousse? Isn’t that a flavor of La Croix?”

[@pfranks75]

Funny French name for grapefruit.

[@cynthiat6505]

My favorite flavor!

[@Ramonatho]

Not be confused with people from Quebec, Pampered Moose

[@neilacrabtree1617]

Isnt that a grapefruit? I took French in high school. Never used it. 😅

[@pennygleeson5029]

' now ' is what everyone experiences all the time - ask Sir Terry Pratchett ❤️❤️🤣👍

[@n1nj4l1nk]

GNU Sir pTerry!

[@ct5625]

How is it possible to have a special guests of QI video without including Corey Taylor of Slipknot? He had to be one of the most unexpected delights of all the series!

[@trigonman3]

We await your highlights show with bated breath. Go on then, make your own, then we'll watch it. Until then, we've got this, from people who know what they're doing.

[@AssailantLF]

@@trigonman3 ok weird random passive aggressive guy

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

I think "special guests" was made before Mr Taylor's appearance.

[@MrMann0123]

Sandie showing why she got Stephen's job

[@cynthiat6505]

My favorite episode of QI.

[@Gzeebo]

I'd never heard of Trevor Noah when I originally saw his first appearance on QI. I now know he was already huge in South Africa and known on the live comedy circuit. I can't help thinking this appearance, and especially Sandi's interaction with him, might have had a hand in his international success.

[@RoronoaZoroSensei]

I've never took notice of Brian Cox before, but he's so pleasant! Very soft-spoken, obviously knows a lot about physics, I could listen to him talk for hours

[@ColaMixx3000]

What I learned here today: If you get shot, you better be drunk ! So it's not alcoholism, it's for my own safety 🥴🍻

[@CrabbyO]

Eddie Izard on ghosts is like fundamental Christians on the fossil record. 😂❤❤❤

[@Laudon1228]

I remember an enunciation tongue twister from an acting class: “She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in.”

[@colewest7096]

8 tries. And I didn't go at my normal, by which I mean fast, talking speed. It doesn't seem tough, but it surprised me.

[@ggbirdymill1618]

That was a fun watch! One of my favourite shows

[@zetetick395]

Don't think I've ever caught the pingpong barrel explosion before! NICE!

[@ironvlogger9712]

David's suit❤

[@Writeous0ne]

18:50 when i was a kid there was one of those stone balls from the top of a wall post in the middle of the street, a guy was walking past and thought it was me and my mates football, he ran up and blasted it, went flyin over it LOL

[@Justmemyownself]

I love how he asks how did the words go, and the loudest person is mmmmfmmmmfmmmm to the tune 😂

[@emils-j.3586]

56:00 Stephen is wearing a purple suit and is definitely emperor of the show. How did no one make that joke? ☺️

[@ItsAuntNiNi]

I'm so happy to see classic QI again. 🥺 In America I was lucky if I got the new episodes, nevermind going back to the classics

[@marietarnowski8761]

Britbox

[@LAAbacon]

@@marietarnowski8761even BritBox omits the first 10 seasons -in America

[@toddmarryatt443]

One of my most disappointing Christmas presents was a Donnie Osmond record. He was 10ish lol.

[@TallulahB58]

I got a Davy Jones record :(

[@PrettyCureFox]

20:35 Daniel has defiantly been reading A history of magic

[@texfarmer567]

Imagine the laws he defied by doing that.

[@crit7514]

Them: "Such a gift and a curse at the same time!" me: "Autism innit"

[@jzwadlo]

ive rinsed most uk gameshow folklore last year and i am loving going through QI at the moment!

[@fatty_owls]

i adore hugh laurie sm 😭 wish hed done more panel shows but House got in the way 😔

[@jimines6422]

RIP Carrie FIsher

[@brianpaterson6585]

To be fair to Lee's taxi cab story, I've ridden in cabs in Amsterdam and high or not I've never been more scared for my safety.

[@synsrfem4428]

Synes in norwegian is the verb to know in opinion, like English sense, I perceive, reckon...many norse words were adopted into scottish bc protracted trade and families, inter married. I'm Canadian and both western norwegian and northeastern scottish and both sides have both sides right up into modern times. So auld Lang syne to me suggests reflecting on our perception of times gone passed. Remembering the old days. Makes sense yes?

[@synsrfem4428]

Lang is long obvs. Auld is old, so old long considerations if you want a literal. But long is likely the adverb so it's long considerations, meaning reflecting on the past in its entirety

[@markdalton8365]

No

[@gilesparkes2922]

8:30 David Tennant describing Santa Fanta.

[@pennygleeson5029]

Omg Trevor Noah ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ravensrevenge7245]

The missing osmond brother joke killed me!!!

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Then who wrote your comment ?

[@ravensrevenge7245]

@@Rugmunchersauce3 👈😁👈

[@Laudon1228]

Interesting, thank you.

[@vickywitton1008]

Alan was so cute!

[@wyvernette]

42:34 what piece of music is this? And singers? As the answer is hiding behind the curtains in my brain. And id love to hear it in full again many thanks.

[@starlight8554]

Misere A 9 according to Shazam

[@rootsquare]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJS6oGSegK2oapI

[@spadebraithwaite1762]

I was Hagriden. I completely understand.

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

Damn! I want Trevor Noah to teach me Xhosa. 😅

[@painta76]

I'd like a a cup of coffee from a a proper copper coffee pot.

[@ojrmk1]

Spot me lobbing tea pots at your poncey, rotten coffee shop!

[@doughtywylie2]

If I can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot I'll have a cup of tea :)

[@this.is.a.username]

IIRC that episode and the Graham Norton episode are 2 of Carrie Fisher's last appearances before her heart attack. RIP space mom, miss you

[@Diablo_Himself]

Trevor Noah is a great comedian.

[@andrewaway]

I fell off my bike twice when drunk. I was in incredible pain but in the end there were no continuing injuries.

[@girllady6939]

Trevor Noah is so humble and is my hero. You were fortunate to get him.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

I was at a scene of a car accident with my companions cousin she suffered a hit and run - she was drunk but this saved her. My companion was also very drunk and she babbled about her cousin being in an accident before walking round the corner. Strange night.

[@stgildas1]

I need you to explain !🧐

[@daftirishmarej1827]

When you're drunk you're more flexible and less tense in an accident situation. I'm so chuffed with my knowledge! Probably because I've seen it before 😂

[@carolefreeman2544]

I remember this happened to some of my friends on graduation night, when they drove over a cliff. The police said that they survived because they were drunk.

[@Mediamarked]

And yet it doesn't seem to help russians at the front, probably genetics.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

@@stgildas1 the shock is lessened as you’re in a state of semi awareness when you’re drunk

[@bucketree]

Carrie, miss you beautiful person 😢

[@ricardobimblesticks1489]

Levitating Lucy of diamond fame was one of my neighbours on lake shore drive.

[@karensealy9782]

Thankyou 🎉

[@just-tess]

34:45 ahhhahaha love Stephen being pedantic in French too

[@shakesfirst2443]

I caught a neighbour in my flat after climbing across our adjoining balconies stuck in my flat because the front door was a security door and security screen. He had my PlayStation under his arm.

[@thepeaksandthetroughs]

Wow, how long was he stuck ? and what occurred after, did the thief get arrested ?

[@shakesfirst2443]

@@thepeaksandthetroughs A couple of hours was all we got out of him and yes he was arrested and also evicted. I have a small camera set up in my home but turned the monitoring off because if the sun moved it set an alert on my phone or the curtains and wind. He put my shit down strolled out the door saying I couldn't prove he was in my place. So we had video of him climbing in and helping himself to my stuff. The idiot had my Playstation 2 that I got for free under his arm and hadn't even touched my PS5 as well. And this was when they were in short supply.

[@thepeaksandthetroughs]

@@shakesfirst2443 The thief sounds like a moron. Stay safe.

[@FaradayBananacage]

One of the more clever sobriety tests I've seen on cop videos is to ask the presumably inebriated person to say the alphabet from F to T, and then ask them to count backwards from 68 to 50. They can usually do the first part correctly, but when they start counting backwards it'll be 68 ... 59 G H. Think about the syllables involved there. First step - from F to T increasing. Second step - counting down to FifTy nine and then if you're not paying attention you start with the alphabet again.

[@gabbleratchet1890]

Scott Penrose was there to show them how he hides a fake head in his right hand while tucking the bird’s actual head under his left hand?

[@trigonman3]

Sure.

[@evilkk3029]

1:09:00 im wondering if this is the birth of our flag means death

[@deborahduthie4519]

Fellows of the Pipe Smokers of UK, followed Stephen secretly timing Stephens Smoking habits, being Aficionado's themselves, witnessed Stephen Fry walking around some type of Street Market Smoking his Pipe, not needing to stoke, or relight his pipe, 'continuing smoke' for over 50 minutes. A superior Pipe Smoker Indeed. Not the usual relighting, refilling, stoking etc., Pipe Smoking habits

[@avinotion]

48:26 How did they not have a klaxon for that one? How did nobody think of that?!

[@trigonman3]

Same way I think of things that you don't.

[@Ubique2927]

Shaka Zulu was one of the biggest slavers in history.

[@michaelneal6589]

Thanks Sarah

[@reallyitdoesntexist]

alan is sucha cutieeeeee

[@janbounds911]

Hate to tell Alan Davies but he's wrong about the cannabis being seven times worse than tobacco. I we have legal cannabis and we grow organic in Washington State. Doctors here know that it is not bad for you. Their actually thrilled because severe road accidents have gone down and people aren't using opioids the way they were. Win win.

[@Kalenz1234]

Now I wonder if being extremely drunk can help prevent infections. Imagine if the way to deal with Corona would have been to make everyone in the world drunk for an entire month.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

I thought everyone was !

[@cathemeraltheenby6840]

Theoretically yes, but the amount you'd need is toxic to humans.

[@cathemeraltheenby6840]

Theoretically yes, but the amount you'd need is toxic to humans.

[@BaldMancTwat]

Ethanol is used to clean bacteria, so there might be something to that.

[@Kalenz1234]

Yeah I know it kills bacteria. It's also used to preserve food and used in some medicines and sanitisers. But I always though the level of blood alcohol was way too low to have any effect (since it would kill your own cells otherwise) but the study seems to suggest it actually helps. I now also wonder if drinking alcohol can prevent food poisoning. Especially since it would be more concentrated in the stomach. @@BaldMancTwat

[@M32Mirach]

The mention of Stephen being pipe smoker of the year...😮

[@Legionmint7091]

19:49 You are less likely to go into shock if you’re drunk and experience a trauma. 1 in 5 trauma patients die of shock.

[@nickmail7604]

Interesting bit about dore meaning a humming insect, when I was a child staying at my grandmums in Newmarket there were scarab beetles that used to show up very late spring that were known as "mid summer dores" at the time, I think they were part of the Cockchafer genus of scarab beetle.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Does this mean they considered Frankie Boyle a "special guest"?😂

[@lavleaf]

christ david tennant was so fit

[@LPKelly380]

I love that they count Frankie as a “special guest” just like the movie stars they’ve had on. Legend!

[@c.r.p.968]

Simply not true about cannabis being more carcinogenic than tobacco. From the American Lung Association website: Although not as carcinogenic as tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke contains toxins and carcinogens similar to those in tobacco smoke. So secondhand smoke has similar issues, but not from actively smoking it, as with tobacco.

[@rootsquare]

Combustion of most materials creates carcinogens and other undesired substances. Increasingly people are moving to vaping cannabis instead, check out Storz & Bickel

[@bcaye]

One thing though-smoking paralyzes the cilia in the airways that help push out mucus and debris. Marijuana smoke does it twice as long as tobacco.

[@fableagain]

I don't even know what they're talking about but 6:09 had me laughing harder than I have in literal YEARS

[@peterb2272]

When at school we had a police officer come to give us a talk about the danger of drugs. He tried to tell us the "Lucy" was a reference to LSD. Even after being laughed at by the entire class he gamly carried on.😂 Then a student got up and started wrote on the board. He explained to the cop it was a chemical formula for the synthesis of LSD and then explained that unfortunately the calculated yield was very low. At that point the cop realised he had been beaten and left. (P.S. That student got a scholarship to Cambridge and is now a Professor).

[@bamleith3095]

my favorite tongue twister is a simple: Unique New York

[@CreativeCache101]

yeah the title of the song may have come from the drawing but all the lyrics and sound of Lucy in the sky with diamonds scream LSD😅

[@m.rogers9490]

THATS HOW TO TELL AN ANGEL, TOO.

[@jeffwenberg4321]

Sandi is awesome!

[@WillLauzon]

David tennant be looking like john pertwee in that suit

[@heyysimone]

Wow Hugh is young in this, jesus

[@SquidandCatAdventures]

Love this video. Just wanted to add that kangaroos can have embrionic diapause - delayed implantation. I'm a fan of Stephen but in this case, he dismissed her thought thinking that it was mutually exclusive to what he wanted to talk about.

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

You can see when Mr Fry gets a little bored by the squalling element and wishes they'd just shut up... doesn't say "for God's sake shut up and come to the point", but his face says it for him.

[@null6634]

It takes a lot of patience for highly intelligent people to wait for the rest of us to get to the same conclusion that they had reached minutes ago. He's a highly intelligent man, but also very civil. Think of Data from TNG waiting for someone to explain something when he already figured it out a while ago. He's actually using that time calculating all the speed and direction of each quark in the room to keep himself busy.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

​@@null6634 plenty of QI moments where he's uncivil and rude to guests (and sometimes weirdly bigoted). I wouldn't take one instance of apparent patience as proof of his restraint

[@lunatic5162]

​@@DaveDexterMusiche comes that way, yes. I think I've heard people say he's very polite but rude at the same time. Proper Brit, I guess 😂

[@dianecheney4141]

I used to work for a guy that made biodiesel from used grease and he kept a bottle of vodka at the refinement plant, I think you drink it for methanol poisoning, I think

[@WarriorHeart2024]

While I don't usually like Trevor Noah's comedic take on most things, he seems to be a very nice and interesting person in everyday life. If I had not seen his comedy here in the US, but seen him here first, I would really look forward to seeing him in other things. I guess that is why I love British/UK comedy so much more than any here in the US...other folks think I am nuts. They don't see the humor.

[@just-tess]

32:30 Hugh is v skeptical 😄