QI Series 18 XL: Queens | With Colin Lane, Sarah Millican & David Mitchell

[@jcortese3300]

23:44 -- This whole bit never fails to make me laugh out loud, partly because of Mitchell's reaction. When he catapults forward in laughter after she goes, "Is that the sort of thing you're after?" I just lose it. 🤣

[@nekograce7914]

I love this show. I laugh and I learn random crap. I love learning random crap.

[@hollybigelow5337]

I agree, but I will warn be careful with what you “learn” on this show. Even the people at QI admit they get things wrong. They have even done an episode where they added points or taken points away to correct for previous mistakes in scoring.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@hollybigelow5337 Getting things wrong isn't too bad, it just happens, but sometimes they twist the facts a bit or leave out important details in order to make it funny, that's understandable cause it's for comedy but it's also quite fishy without clearly stating over and over that none of this is reliable information, because lots of people take it for that.

[@hollybigelow5337]

@@DerEchteBold Yes, it is also true they often present the fact in what I would call a half-truth way to make it funnier. None of it bothers me as long as everyone knows this is primarily an entertainment show that is maybe 85% accurate. It only becomes a problem if people forget that and treat it as primarily an education show presented by a team of experts who are prioritizing accuracy over entertainment. Yes, even experts prioritizing accuracy will get things wrong, and fortunately QI is completely transparent that although they do a lot of research they are not employing experts in all of these fields and they are prioritizing entertainment, but I just have to regularly remind myself that everything I “learn” on this program should not be treated as anything else other than an interesting anecdote unless I have done the effort to solidly verify the fact with an independent source. That being said, I have been impressed both with their transparency about their accuracy and also with their commitment to still try to get things as accurate as possible even when they are prioritizing entertainment.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@hollybigelow5337 Well, you may call it transparency but you only find such an explanation if you actually search for it, so lots of people do take what's said on the show more serious than it is, you can see it here or there in the comment sections. What I meant was that the only truly honest thing would be to have clear statements about the possible inaccuracy of information at the start and end of each episode.

[@hollybigelow5337]

@@DerEchteBold Maybe. I don’t know. Personally, the reason I know about it is specifically because they have mentioned it in several episodes, and it could get old having to hear the disclaimer every single episode, but I also admit I have been watching a very long time and a lot of those disclaimers go back to early episodes. I don’t personally believe the QI team is deliberately trying to hide it. I suspect like me that they remember all of the previous disclosures and assume by now that everybody knows. But I admit that although it would be a bit annoying to hear it on every episode, if so many people clearly don’t understand that fact it would be better to have the slight annoyance of a regular disclaimer on every episode than have perhaps millions of people relying too much on the information presented. However, let’s be realistic. Even with a disclaimer there will still be people who take every fact presented as gospel truth, and there also is no source of absolute truth (at least that I have found), so people really need to take ownership of their own knowledge and always be checking with multiple sources and regularly updating their information with the latest research for anything that actually matters or they will be at risk for believing and spreading misinformation. But I will still concede that although the program has already stated it is primarily entertainment and they aren’t experts in every field and although I believe people should take more ownership in questioning all sources of “knowledge,” it probably would be a good idea for them to start every single episode with some kind of disclaimer that although they do their best to be accurate they are not experts and are prioritizing entertainment over accuracy.

[@mhansl]

Sarah Millican and David Mitchel at the same table is genius. They should have their own show.

[@nesmuelmnostromo5295]

I'd watch that

[@CarlosBenjamin]

I initially thought this was a compilation of queen questions over time, instead I find that it’s a whole episode and the very first one I’ve had the pleasure to watch.

[@mrfsealah]

Alan looks beatific in that crown! 😊😊

[@MrJimheeren]

Qi is posting whole videos now? Well that’s great

[@janicenewton3667]

Great decision to watch this episode while eating!

[@chriscarson7384]

This is brilliant. I live in the US and just discovered it. Now I'll have to find all the other episodes!

[@annnee6818]

There's A LOT. They started at A. Enjoy, friend!

[@MummaMarsh]

There's also the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish done by some of the show writers/elves

[@gumshake689]

the older ones are available on Tubi (US) for free, im not sponsored by the way, i just love the show

[@linengray]

David Mitchell has a great new book "Unruly" which is all about the history of British monarchy. It is hilarious and informative.

[@luminair11]

Love David Mitchell......ha always cracks me up!

[@theatheobhv]

… with his anus of facts?

[@basementdwellercosplay]

My family once had a bee swarm in front of our house, its beautiful but does feel like you're witnessing a plague of Egypt. Shout of to the beekeepers we called and took the hive to a new place for free, and apparently didnt get stung. Apparently they had two queens are were about to spilt off so they put one queen in a hive and let the bees choose where to go

[@whispersmith]

Swarming bees are actually relatively peaceful

[@noatrope]

29:30 When Europeans first heard of the giraffe they called it a camelopard as in "camel that's spotted like a leopard". Furthermore, the name of the narwhal comes from the Old Norse for "corpse-whale" because of the mottled pale white of its skin.

[@AriaHarmony]

..I have chosen the wrong episode to watch while eating 😂

[@elzc06]

The nail bit just made me laugh like crazy 🤣

[@retrofeniks7635]

Another great episode to watch! Thank you!

[@AND-od5jt]

6:38 I hardly ever disagree with dear Sir David, but dandelion honey tastes quite different, as well as wood honey or the one made from only apple blossoms... it ain't just honey! (sorry if I miss some cultural reference -- maybe to a commercial) 8:08 Whoa O.O Sandy! Death by cuddeling is one of the best ways to go!

[@NicolasMogensen]

You know what,, sure, nobody can beat Stephen Fry as hosting this but Sandi gives it one hell of a good shot. Can you imagine they got Joe Lycett, Noel Fielding or David Walliams to host? It would have been a disaster.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Not sufficiently polymath. Few are.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

And again: Stephen and Sandi's OTHER aspects in common; 1. A certain age (no insult, I'm a year older than SF). 2. Being gay. Great ! Michelangelo blah blah... 3. Oh, I did the polymath one. Soo... find another middle - aged gay person of wide learning. Not easy- peasy, is it, especially as our person must, realistically, be WELL - KNOWN ALREADY.

[@linrob1312]

I could imagine Julian Clary doing a camp version of this very well....lol 😊

[@Setsuna161616]

I think Noel would have done a good job. Joe less of a good job and Walliams would have been horrific. I don't even hate Walliams like a lot of people seem to but I can almost guarantee he would have made the show 100% worse.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

@@Setsuna161616 I agree with you. It's a hell of a problem for the management, which means Mr Lloyd, I suppose. If Toksvig isn't coming back, l can only think of one of the Mitchells, brainy as they are. However,they don't seem quite right, and they're both busy (although David could easily drop the rubbish he's doing).

[@joek81981]

The way she just told *everyone* about the toenail.

[@moi5219]

Of all shows, how does this glorious one hot have captions?

[@batTorah]

My dad was a SeaBee in WW2. Built Guam AFB.

[@nicopillay4059]

Colin looks like a mix of Joe Lycett and Adam Hill. And he sounds like Jack Whitehall doing an Aussie accent

[@pata299]

The episodes are placed higgelty piggelty all over... why can't you sequence the episodes IN ORDER?

[@Phylaetra]

I had always knew of Tarot as fortune-telling, but then a friend had learned the actual game and had a deck (it is still played in France). It is a wild trump game with betting and a hidden partner!

[@CarlosBenjamin]

“Olivia Coleman plays her in the movie.”

[@captainboots]

Let's be honest, that story about Inês de Castro being dug up and put on a throne is a good story for the time of year they put up this video!

[@incurvatus]

How so?

[@Nixx0912]

Who wouldn't like to be called "eternal bosom of hot love".

[@OhNoNotFrank]

In Vera they say “us” for “me”… is that common?

[@MrJimheeren]

I shouldn’t be eating ramen while watching this episode

[@whispersmith]

Tell me about it, I was all set with my bowl of honey glazed termites

[@sjinzaar]

How is it possible that David is 2nd???

[@MKR5210]

It's not an intelligence test....

[@mariahhenry9432]

Alan looks lovely in his tiara

[@annnee6818]

Yes it suits him, good face for a tiara

[@waxknucklebearingjuice5592]

I'd be so happy if American tv had this level of intellectualism... but no we get 9 shows about obese people who can't leave their homes , ancient aliens or is this house haunted?... such a low bar for entry in US tv...

[@davidbeyea9006]

The UK has those shows too, they just don’t come over here.

[@jessicashackle595]

I do wish that captions were a thing here

[@NancyDrew56]

Yes, it's incredibly disappointing that QI would choose not to be accessible

[@annnee6818]

​@@NancyDrew56Probably doesn't translate to KZbin and the uploader didn't add them either

[@bgsu5052]

Charlotte of Mecklenburg. That's how you have Charlotte NC. And Mecklenburg police

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Termite Kings: DEATH BY SNU SNU! "I never thought I'd go out this way, but I'd always hoped!"

[@SuperMariposa91]

Indlovukazi is a direct translation yes, but understand the geography and history of that word. The elephant is a great animal, difficult to hunt and strike down. Consider how majestic it is. This the word. If you directly translate most African languages directly into English it’ll never make sense because English is a straight forward language. How do you explain “I have seen you” as a greeting. You can’t.

[@dianecheney4141]

God of hot love sounds like a tinder name

[@ONEDVSDVIT]

Funny And Gross

[@andrewrivera1054]

This feels like the 10th time this episode has been uploaded on the official channel over the last few months.

[@archstanton6102]

I think we had original shiw, a Q compilation and now XL. Plus clips.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

What makes you think it is Official? I assumed it was some nerd uploading it and using QI, It is a BBC programme and the Beeb do not post on YT. So Any BBC programme is a Bootleg.

[@archstanton6102]

@hogwashmcturnip8930 Not strictly true: BBC News, BBC comedy greats are just 2 of the channels that are available. However they do not appear to run specific channels for individual shows.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@archstanton6102 The BC does not have a stand alone You Tube channel. You can pay $64.99 for channels like BBC News and BBC America. They most certainly do not have channels like this

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@archstanton6102 I repeat, the BBC do Not have a stand alone You Tube channel. Apparently you can pay $64.99 to get the likes of BBC News and BBC America, along with other channels, but they do not have anything like this ,so for anyone to claim to be 'Official' is illegal. They often shut people down for using their content.

[@bradseeker]

why's the interlacing so bad on this episode in particular, even on the official channel? i don't mean to sound ungrateful; reliable quality is the main thing that shepherds me away from pirate channels

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Because it is NOT an official channel? Very little on YT is. Why on Earth would you think it is? It is all basically pirated or bootlegged. Do you Really think TV channels broadcast inferior programmes?

[@bradseeker]

​@@hogwashmcturnip8930 i have terrible news for you: this is both the verified QI channel and linked to on their website. just read the screen next time; might avoid making a fool of yourself

[@aharblz]

It literally is an official channel.

[@annnee6818]

​@@aharblzHow do you know? Any dunce can call a channel with bootlegs QI and put a logo on. None of the official TV presences on KZbin upload full episodes.

[@human_shaped]

It's amazing just how far this show has fallen since the days of Stephen Fry. I think it's time to just cancel it. We'd all be better off.

[@FlawlesSanshiro]

Another great episode to watch! Thank you!