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[@catofthecastle1681]

It’s sweet how Daniel is so hesitant to speak up in front of these people!

[@Fcutdlady]

Scared of the klaxon!

[@MoeAji]

He got very excited while answering. I would be too, if I knew the correct answer.

[@jonas1015119]

QI lives off the wrong guesses and anecdotes of the panelists, so if everyone knew the answers it would be fairly boring. Guess thats why he hesitated.

[@arm_613]

He is actually quite a lovely young chap. And talented, too.

[@keithdurran858]

Yeah, good actor.

[@giantred]

"Thief of Bad Gags" is a very underrated pun and I wish it had gotten a laugh.

[@LeafBug12]

Pun?

[@DodderingOldMan]

Ha, I was thinking the same, but then I realised that I preferred feeling smug because no one else got it :P

[@DodderingOldMan]

@@LeafBug12 A reference to the film 'Thief of Baghdad', which is also what Aladdin was sometimes called. I think.

[@kisbie]

When Tim Vine says “continue” I can’t help but feel insulted.

[@philipmonihan8222]

I got it. Funny stuff.

[@peterwalker6475]

Daniel Radcliffe was so nervous. I love it

[@paulm3952]

Apparently he was so nervous that they were going to ask him magic questions, so he studied up before he was there.

[@gavinwyllie7855]

He had dyspraxia which can cause anxiety.

[@BumMcFluff]

He might not have been drunk enough.

[@Pilsnor]

@@paulm3952 i guess he had to read up on some things, his time at hogwards was not the best time for learning ancient wizardry. But honestly he was great, that episode is golden

[@andreo.7633]

That's a dumb thi g to say lol

[@zyggy1997]

The QI KZbin team are keeping me alive during this lockdown

[@laurawillits176]

Me too! This and TwoSet Violin.

[@amelialikesfrogs5778]

Me too! This and Tim from grand illusions

[@linzmcd4485]

If you haven’t already, listen to the QI elves’ podcast, No Such Thing As A Fish. It’s fab too

[@zyggy1997]

Linz Mcd thanks for the recommendation 😁

[@chughes156]

A month late, but if you like this you'll LOVE CGPgrey on KZbin

[@itamarbaz9477]

At 7:30, anyone else think Fry slipped in an excellent pun: "thief of bad gags" from "thief of Bagdad"?

[@Jivvi]

That was probably the best one, and everyone missed it. There's no way it was an accident.

[@neskire]

Milton Berle had this as a title many, many years ago back in the 1950s.

[@ingc3852]

Alan, being on this show for so long, has learnt so much.

[@luttman23]

I'd love to see Mr. Fry appear as a guest on QI

[@Wabajak13]

It might get boring when he knows all the answers and corrects Susie haha

[@florrie2303]

@@Wabajak13 Who's Susie? Do you mean Sandi? I've watched QI since the 1st series, and there is a reason Sandi was asked to take over from Steven...and that she is just as intelligent as he is. The number of times she has come up with the correct answer to random and quite bizarre questions is amazing. I would love to see them both being guests to see which of them was the most intelligent. That would be Quite Interesting. :)

[@xxxenricop]

@@florrie2303 yeah... But quite a few times it was obvious she had been given the questions beforehand when appearing as a guest.

[@telectronix1368]

He's been a contestant once already.

[@Souledex]

@@xxxenricop lol uhuh, sure buddy

[@redmed10]

Tiger woods eating a Cornetto is one of Alan's best lines. Say what you see, say what you see.

[@philipmonihan8222]

I think Daniel was terrified he would set the claxton off the entire time he was answering, there.

[@c0ldc0ne]

There.

[@alicec1533]

@@c0ldc0ne And everywhere

[@brendanrydell4015]

The “Scott” bit was a bit like the Monty Python bit sorcerer. Mysterious sorcerer: “There are some who call me.... Tim”

[@dpk6639]

Interesting bit of trivia about that line, The actor was suppose to say this comedically long name but he forgot it so he just said "Tim" and they decided to keep it. The way I heard it the name was suppose to go on for a "uncomfortably long time".

[@lightchipster]

After only seeing Tim Vine on Taskmaster, good to know he's still doing the puns and dad jokes.

[@lizab.stough9396]

I'll have to look for that. I first saw him on The Chase.

[@benjammin9471]

Check out his stand up

[@ewanwatson5732]

That's all he does basically he's known for one liners

[@gage7575]

The Thief of Bad Gags is one of the greatest puns I've ever heard and no one batted an eye

[@edpalmer7995]

That was actually Milton Berle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnWvnGOtqMmEaNU

[@gage7575]

@JamesGiantPeach you must be fun at parties

[@joebleasdale5557]

Lee’s way ott *OH MY GOD!!!!* always gets me 😂😂😂😂

[@BumMcFluff]

Yep, much more entertaining than the trick itself.

[@DutchDread]

I have the feeling that trick was done differently with an OX.

[@TheCheese1988]

"Alright, I have chopped off the ox's head. Now, if you'd just turn around for a few minutes, I will magically restore it to life!"

[@jonathangarmuth8975]

I would release Moses and his people if I saw that.

[@Dilkingt0nne]

That’s a magician with an enormous top hat

[@Pilsnor]

@@jonathangarmuth8975 i read Moses as mooses 🤦‍♂️ so now i have a mental image of someone doing this trick with a moose 🤣

[@CONEHEADDK]

MC tube as the rubber band

[@Dasharr]

That Debbie McGee joke was brilliant, and what made it even funnier was how Lee misread the room and had to walk it back. When Stephen mentioned that hieroglyphs had no consonants and he said Rameses, I thought his punchline was going to be "Remiss".

[@liamwalsh4008]

*vowels. How Rameses of you.

[@rosieposie1760]

How have I literally watched every bit of QI available, and still laugh my ass of at it?

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Because funny is funny, and seriously funny can stand multiple viewings

[@joebleasdale5557]

HIP bath HIP bath La va to ry la va to ry Bi det bi det *DOUCCCCCCCCCCCCCccccccche...*

[@TheKopakah]

Hmm yes

[@SmashPortal]

Oh, I thought he was saying B-Day because I'm from the U.S.

[@trustjah]

We know what a douche is in the US. We are just so mature we use it as an insult. 😄

[@ThaSlymes]

@@SmashPortal I hope you're joking?

[@AltheFolker]

Apparently he learned that from Donald Sinden. I'd have loved to hear Mr Sinden do it with his wonderful voice.

[@maiNmusica]

How did I not know that Daniel Radcliffe had been on QI??

[@Alcagaur1]

I love Alan's "Eric Morecambe caught out by 'Mr. Preview'" face when Daniel Radcliffe comes out with the Westcar Papyrus and Dedi.

[@TheThirdPrice]

The "get stuffed" moment never fails to make me grin like an idiot

[@BumMcFluff]

Yep. And I like to think that no Australian would have heard an insult in it.

[@laughercake3156]

knowing how the trick with the bird worked, i wanna know how the hell someone did that with an ox

[@livelifeincolour]

How does it work?

[@kieranbennett7453]

@@livelifeincolour in the video, watch the magicians left hand holding the bird. He conceals its head under his finger and the “head” he pulls off is a fake one in his other hand, the rest is all a bit of showmanship. So how the old magician managed to hide an ox’s head is miraculous

[@livelifeincolour]

@@kieranbennett7453 I had to watch the video at the slowest speed and I just barely saw the slight of hand...

[@juandiego9164]

Love Stephens outfits

[@Ciara_Turner]

Brandreth strikes again. Douche had me laughing quite a bit.

[@jacobseager4897]

@Eric Burkheimer Went on a weird tangent there

[@decodolly1535]

@Eric Burkheimer I once tripped on the stairs at a theatre and the gentleman who caught me was Gyles Brandreth so I'll vote for him being a decent chap. (If politically misguided) He could easily have stepped aside and watched me bounce all the way down to the foyer.......

[@anumeon]

The old HIGNFY episodes with him are always funny to rewatch.. :) That man sure knows how to use himself for comedic effect.

[@RainbowSunshineRain]

Deco Dolly So in your opinion, the purpose of a good polititian is helping people that are tripped on the stairs? How does that qualify anyone for any job? Imagine a paralel world where these are the exams 😂😂😂

[@lachyt5247]

​@Eric Burkheimer Did you get lost on the way to the comment section of the Guardian?

[@zetetick395]

The whole "Akkio Scott!!" bit was *very* reminiscent of 'Calling down the Dove from Above' on good, old _Shooting Stars_

[@whistlingbanshee5038]

Wait... Did Daniel Radcliffe actually have to sit History of Magic when he was filming Harry Potter? This seems like an answer to an obscure OWL exam.

[@violacola]

I think he actually knew that from doing Now You See Me 2. The trick was feature in the movie. I think he likes magic movies.

[@VaiskiH]

@@violacola The film came out in 2016, this episode in 2010.

[@sebastianadams]

@@VaiskiH time travel

[@johnluujl]

@@sebastianadams"52,560 turns should do it"

[@TheExplorder]

@@johnluujl My god, you actually calculated this

[@DSe7en]

Maybe hapi was actually female and the frogs were all in denile. I'd like to take this moment to apologize for that joke...

[@koalabandit9166]

"No curse". Cause of death: *shaving accident.* Fine, but I'm not going there.

[@ilicythings]

I love the QI youtube channel!

[@awesomefrankrapid]

Daniel Radcliffe is such a bloody gent. Does the UK proud

[@williamfothergill6212]

Wow, the video editing skill's in this video are great! i'm very impressed

[@dkraus15]

That magician looks like a cross between Simon Pegg and Fred Astaire

[@TheTruthKiwi]

And a bit of Paul Daniels too I thought

[@joebleasdale5557]

I always thought Anubis was when they play lots of episodes of Coronation Street back-to-back on Sunday morning?

[@esquilax5563]

No, it's a haemorrhoid cream

[@r0bw00d]

You're unsure if you thought that? Come back when you are, then.

[@turquoiseafro1520]

Damned auto-correct of British London.

[@amethyst1826]

"If all the frogs were getting it on and one whipped out a camera" had me in stitches!

[@OpreRoma]

My answer for "name a common Egyptian character" was Mohamed al-Fayed

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you.

[@wheelz-2997]

God Bless this channel. I can watch (some) QI in America without paying Jeff Bezos or using a VPN.

[@ofmanynicknames]

So Hapi’s harem was in fact a hoppy one

[@JD_13]

Everyone talking about Daniel Radcliffe, but Lee's Debbie McGee joke was 100% brutality xD

[@_Mentat]

After watching in slow mo, I can reveal that "Scott" pushed the dove's head forward with a finger so it looked decapitated while gripping hard so the bird seemed dead. He pulled a fake head out of his sleeve.

[@SquarebobSponge-Pants]

ok yeah I need

[@FanFicnic]

I love that Daniel knows that because of Harry Potter.

[@geoffreygriffin3015]

I feel like at certain points of history, doing this trick would have gotten you killed for sorcery. Lol

[@anitadavidson1266]

Great fun, as always, cheers guys!! 😁🙌🏻🌈

[@mafi8360]

The Algorithm brought me here after searching for "how to escape a zip tie".

[@LyleAllbritton]

Ted you had one job. "Hapi's frogs must have been hoppy" You're right that was poor

[@mvl71]

Reminds me of Jay Leno (I think) making a joke about the frog that was found in a McDonalds snack: the hoppy meal

[@LyleAllbritton]

@@mvl71 oh no please don't let me turn into Jay Leno lol

[@polish_filipino]

I was actually expecting the magician to restore the head of something bigger than a dove. Like a goose, I was thinking an ox but that would be hard to film in the studio for like 20 seconds

[@HellaGust]

Honestly I'd really like to see it done with an ox. I feel like sleight of hand becomes a lot more impressive when the object in question can't actually fit in your hand. Or how you'd hide the real head of the ox since not only is an ox head relatively large (whereas birds... not so much) before we even start considering the horns. And most oxen don't even have wings, so there's not a lot of hiding places. It's of course possible that the ancient scroll wasn't *entirely* factual.

[@weirdunclebob]

6:56 I thought Tim was going to say something along the lines of "are you sure the god's name wasn't Hoppy?"

[@LOCKEYJ]

The Vice President of the magic circle should pay more attention to where the cameras are located 😂

[@spiritusmundi70]

Dada. Well done Harry.

[@goonerOZZ]

10 points to Gryffindor!

[@whistlingbanshee5038]

Not to diss the magician but you can see him tucking the birds head under his left thumb and taking the white cotton ball out from his right hand... Bad camera angles for shooting a magic trick...

[@HDreamer]

I think it was kinda intentional.

[@ramsesbams]

pretty sure he also threw the fake head into his sleeve as he "restored" it onto the bird

[@jamesdspaderf2883]

ya very transparent, and someone said 'intentional' - why would it be 'intentional'

[@Schnutzzz]

Worst execution of trick and bird ..ever.

[@OldNew45]

I noticed that they switched cameras then very quickly switched right back. Someone on the production team said "did we just do that?" To a chorus of "noooooooooos"😄

[@ckhawk00]

So you mean to say that in the thousands of years Egypt ruled the area not one lower kingdom sent them a jackal as a gift for tribute? Got to love how science works now a days.

[@Kernel15]

3:23 Sandi: "wtf did I just hear?"

[@msul78]

You should put in a couple more adds in these videos

[@parkeydee]

@2:51 jimmy holding back a cocaine joke 🤣🤣

[@offtheleashman]

I've figured out how he did the trick at the end! He's got a fake head palmed in his right hand with the bird. Then he picks up the bird with the other hand and pushes its head under, while one finger holds onto the rubber band on the fake head. Then when he throws it back he actually palms it and let's the bird go with his left hand

[@Abigart69]

Nah he just glues the head back on after ripping it off

[@CMOT101]

No really??? Gosh. Its not like its bleedin obvious or anything.

[@offtheleashman]

@@CMOT101 bro you don't have to do the accent. we get it, you're british 😂

[@darthmarticusLFC]

Stephen’s ‘Thief of BadGags’ went unnoticed :(

[@headtripindustries-aminor5657]

so...a simple question..."the rug pull"

[@paulm3952]

This probably wasn't intentional, but Sandi said "a saw," they did a close up of the symbol for feather. It kind of looks like a saw, so I'm not sure if I should give the BBC the benefit of the doubt.

[@_Mentat]

These things are always intentional. Video editors at the BBC get their kicks like that. They do it on all programmes including the News.

[@LapinPete]

I would really like to see this trick done with oxen.

[@DarthBil1]

Dan is so nervous.

[@Brasswatchman]

Daniel Radcliffe, silently saying thank you to whatever History teacher covered Egypt when he was in school. 😁

[@ChuckChasesTheFacts]

Nice shirt Steven (purple one)

[@rosemorris7912]

I'd love to see Stephen on Jeopardy.

[@tanilorn]

i watched that on .25 speed and still couldnt see how he did it

[@LouisHaynes2]

Cannot believe nobody went for "Who's your Deddy"

[@JohnTyson46]

There should be a BBC comedy channel on Mexican Sky 🥺

[@alorachan]

the QI guys gotta find a way to equalize the audio on this... I'll watch 4 "best of" in a row, with my headphones, and have to change the volume with every episode. Last episode (best of planets) was quiet, had to turn my headphones up. This one right near deafened me.

[@adrianclark2734]

Daniel Radcliffe with the clevers

[@nicholaschriss1706]

11:09 Graham Norton has made a good point...lol

[@Ranger1812]

Should've answered with "toadally".

[@Ranger1812]

A year later, I didn't think of that, but did think "Are you sure his name wasn't "Hopi"?

[@RayTheInsane]

OH MY GOD! HE WASN'T THERE AND THEN HE WAS THERE WHAT HAPPENED!?

[@glennbargery7420]

there was the old Egyptian cart wash, it was called, Toot and Come In

[@rawlinsonboy]

Can't believe they missed "crocol harum"

[@Allhailourking]

That trick was soo easy to look through lol

[@nofacee94]

Do remember to subscribe is quite interesting.

[@FirstNameLastName-gh9iw]

10:43 is hilarious how you can just see the string

[@KIWIchix0r]

Dad jokes are quite unusual on QI!

[@petergaskin1811]

Give it up for Daniel.

[@TacComControl]

No one caught Steven's Thief of Bad Gags joke and that makes me sad.

[@TacComControl]

@JamesGiantPeach I'm going to refrain from taking advice on what is or isn't humor when the person dispensing that advice has no idea how proper diction and grammar works.

[@erq96]

3:03 what's this guy's name? his voice is awesome

[@MorbidCrow666]

Gyles Brandreth

[@donei132]

I never knew Cal Wilson appeared on QI. 😢

[@Lightning_Lance]

Daniel was great as Harry Potter, but today I learned he would have made an even better Hermione.

[@the-chillian]

Camera: focuses on hieroglyphs depicting water and feathers Sandi: It could be a saw of some kind. And of course you can write without vowels. Hebrews and Arabs got by without them for centuries, and Jews still read from the Torah without them. This is because Hebrew, like all Semitic languages, forms words from consonant-based roots -- usually of 3 consonants -- with shades of meaning indicated by the vowels. (There are also affixes and particles that can affect the meaning as well.) This means that, in writing systems designed for such languages, all related words will be spelled similarly. It was the fact that this was not the case in Babylonian cuneiform that clued historians to the idea that cuneiform had not been designed for their Semitic language. This led to the discovery and decipherment of Sumerian.

[@paulm3952]

You caught exactly what I was thinking. It could be a coincidence she said "saw." We also can guess the vowels from other context clues, but with sound shifts, they might change. Some reconstructions aren't anywhere near what we expect.

[@the-chillian]

@@paulm3952 We also have the advantage of a late stage of the language written out in the Greek alphabet, with vowels.

[@jeffreyau9751]

What was that banshee shriek at 6:10?

[@AndrewTBP]

Julia Zamiro

[@nikhilsrl]

Who's the guy in blue shirt in the bit that talks about Hapi the Egyptian God (starting 5:25)? He is quite quick witted.

[@nikhilsrl]

Never mind. Someone had already mentioned that in the comments - Tim Vine.

[@Redman-2490]

So apparently Harry was listening to Hermione at some point.

[@alamo350]

Who's a real Wizard now Harry.... Lol

[@ellelk2443]

It's a shame that trick was ruined on camera although maybe it looked better irl I really can't bring myself to properly appreciate "magic" tbh especially when you can easily see what's really going on

[@JohnFoley1701]

There are those who call me...scott.

[@woodybob01]

I had a dream once that my name was actually Aidan Anubis

[@BuckyOhYeah]

7:31 - Was this missed, or am I the only one that liked the pun?

[@limyohwan]

How would you do that to an ox

[@whistlingbanshee5038]

I defy anyone who did not dramatically say ''Hip Bath, Hip Bath, Lavatory, Lavatory, Bidet, Bidet, Douche'

[@r0bw00d]

So noted. Your punishment will be coming forthwith.

[@KingofKlubs]

I get how you can 'pull off the heads of doves' to restore as its a factor of their anatomy, but an OX?! How the hell is that done?!

[@jasons2023]

"Hapi was a male god with breasts" Johnny Vegas?

[@Jezidka]

Scott the magician could have done the trick smoother

[@McC1oudv2]

So you mentioned doing that with an ox

[@jonathangarmuth8975]

Sorry, me mum couldn't make it to the show tonight.

[@dalvid26]

I bet Graham has pulled more than a few heads off in his time....

[@kamilarosinska5404]

Scott looks like Sinatra haha

[@benoitpellet1657]

Wow, he does!

[@richorichards4655]

Hearing a former Blackadder cast member mention a shaving accident, made me slightly giddy

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

I'm still waiting for Steven to give someone a court marshalling