QI | Sue Perkins' Best Moments

A compilation of Sue Perkins' best QI moments.
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00:00 - Sue's swear words
00:29 - A moose on the pull
00:52 - Sue's Shakespeare summary
1:08 - A horse with the hair of Tina Turner
1:46 - The brain of a juvenile fruit fly
2:43 - Stephen gets Sue's name wrong
3:30 - Sue's romantic entropy
4:15 - Sue loves a klaxon
5:04 - Jeremy Clarkson's love sounds
6:06 - Librarian goth
6:55 - Puzzle jugs
8:25 - Wet bottoms on the night bus

[@jameshoyle8950]

Why is it SO funny when Sue just goes "in for a penny" and proceeds to list as many swearwords as she can think of?

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

What she's saying is "say one, may as well say them all".

[@andreahogan3820]

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Knob gobbler.

[@2small4theMall]

@@sirandrelefaedelinoge it was a rhetorical question

[@SennaAugustus]

Sounds like a submarine being attacked.

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Her and Mel used to do that on Great British Bake Off whenever a contestant had a breakdown so filming would stop

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Love that they let 'knobgobbler' through!😂😂😂

[@namk19]

I know, I was thinking that too lolz

[@Belvie]

That's how it works in Britain, it's weird. They can't say blatant swear words but they can say it uncensored if they're quoting. So they let this through uncensored because Stephen quoted it after and it would lose context otherwise.

[@graemeyoung2784]

Belvie no no, It's just that knobgobbler is merely considered to be more of a rude word than a profane one.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

Belvie Brit checking in :) It's partly just subtle cultural differences with words. Even though it means the same thing 'cock sucker' wouldn't easily pass before the 'watershed' (9pm for mild to moderate profanity and 10pm for everything else). It's also because there are in fact two versions of each episode and this video will be sourcing from both. There's the regular QI that airs on or before 9pm and then an extended uncut version 'OI Extra' which is on later that evening or the following evening.

[@klaxoncow]

@@Belvie Actually, British broadcasting rules don't prohibit any particular words. It's all about context. Defined in terms of "causing offence". Whereas, in America, as George Carlin famously did a comedy routine about it, there is literally a list of words that are prohibited, no matter what. No context, no "special times" after which they can be said. They're just 100% prohibited, regardless of context, and can never be broadcast (on "network TV" anyway - different rules apply to cable and movies). You can say blatant swear words on British TV. If you watch chat shows like Graham Norton or Jonathan Ross, guests often drop f-bombs or say "shit" or whatever, without any censoring. It's a context thing. Such chat shows are shown after "the watershed" - 9pm is considered the time by which young children should have already gone to sleep, therefore things are allowed to be more "adult" thereafter - and it's the context of what's being said. A guest can casually drop that something was "fucking shit" in the midst of their anecdote, as that's just part of the story and is not aimed at offending anyone. Whereas, if a guest came on and just gratuitously repeated "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck" over and over, for no reason but to be offensive, then that would get cut. And, yes, if you're quoting someone else while you're swearing - so it's not you saying it, but you're just relating a story - then that would affect the context, and make it more acceptable to broadcast. Particularly if it's the punchline of a story. British broadcasting rules are contextual. They provide leeway and don't exactly specify prohibited words, but rather specify a general "look, don't be silly or offensive about it, and it's okay in passing". It's worth noting that, in this context, it's funnier to censor it. To leave it to your imagination. Even funnier to, indeed, censor them all, except for "knob gobbler" at the end. In this case, even if they could technically broadcast it (which they entirely can on the Internet, by the way, as those particular broadcasting rules don't apply to on-demand Internet video, so you could 100% put any type or amount of swearing they like on here without needing to censor any of it), they get that it's just funnier not to anyway. You don't have to hear Sue dropping her best "Anglo-Saxon" to know what words she's undoubtedly saying. It's actually funnier this way, and the editors realise that.

[@richardcochrane1966]

It is the pride Sue takes in setting off the klaxon! Actually met Sue through a friend once...an utterly charming and very funny woman!

[@notreallydavid]

I'm as pleased to hear that as I'm unsurprised, Richard.

[@JustCallMeKim84]

She's amazing. I've met her a couple of times. She's my idol

[@ConstantChaos1]

I'm insanely jealous Well and you have friends whereas I'm watching years old qi comps so yeah

[@richardcochrane1966]

2:55 "Jack bites Mel, and so on..." "Sue..." The sudden realisation from Stephen makes me weep with laughter every time...

[@imrau]

“Nobody noticed Hugh” 😂

[@no.1machopfan503]

What I'd love to see some time is a compilation of the best of the klaxon. There are so many funny forgotten forfeits, and to have them together in one video would be legendary.

[@mbbarnes80]

That would almost be the best of alan Davies. Lol

[@mikaelalexander2892]

oh boy do i have some good news for you

[@ishmaelwadee]

mbbarnes80 has

[@thomasnolastname8734]

@@mbbarnes80 How many times would "Blue Whale" appear?

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Would have to include David Mitchell arguing with the klaxon

[@MrGustaphe]

When he called Sue "Mel", there was construction noise outside my apartment. I thought there was an elf that was quick enough to make a "MEL MEL MEL" klaxon. Would have been impressive.

[@sstills951]

Fucking Nerd

[@opheliaismyname9180]

And the immediate response from Alan to call him Hugh

[@LucianoThePig]

Sue is one of my favorite recurring guests

[@SiriusMined]

I must admit to having a bit of a crush on Sue. She's awesome.

[@ShayDSoles]

If there was a Bayonetta film, Sue Perkins could play her to a T.

[@karinefonte516]

All the sass, but not exactly flexible. The voice, though!

[@witherblaze]

Amen

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

I see it. She needs more hair though. Like a couple more feet I believe.

[@sstills951]

If there was a shut the hell up, you should play it.

[@Hellwyck]

@@sstills951 Your safe space is outside and a few blocks to the right, snowflake.

[@xonxt]

3:01 I love how Jimmy laughs normally at first, but then remembers his "gimmick" and switches to his dying seal's mating call afterwards.

[@Michaila95]

He was hiding it for a while so this might be when he first started doing his real laugh in public

[@patrickelliott-brennan8960]

He's commented about how he often laughs on the 'in' breath, rather than the out and that's why it sounds that way. It's not a 'gimmick'.

[@lancer525]

@@patrickelliott-brennan8960 It is, however, the most annoying laugh imaginable. Makes him unwatchable.

[@CloneJFK]

The best part of Stephen mixing up Sue's name with her comedy partner Mel is at 3:10 you can hear Alan going "Come on now Hugh (Laurie), get on with the programme"

[@twilightshadow91]

She is freaking adorable.

[@saiken811]

I always find Sue's smile really really charming.

[@beaclarke8564]

“It’s. Got. HOLES. In. It” 😂😂

[@zbr76]

About time the channel shone the spotlight on Sue - she's frickin' hilarious and lovely!

[@neocitran9996]

@Eric Burkheimer Nobody says women aren't funny. Hitchens wrote an article years ago about how he thought that if you took a random sampling of 1000 men and 1000 women that a greater number of men would be funny. He thought that the possible explanation for this was that from a very young age men have more of a need to be funny. Men need it to make friends, to prevent other guys from beating the crap out of them and since the odds are that they don't look like Brad Pitt they need it so women will talk to them.

[@lancer525]

@@sstills951 And put your wine away...

[@decodolly1535]

Dream QI panel: Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck & Victoria Coren-Mitchell. Along with Sandi & Alan, that would be a hoot.

[@rowanaboat4523]

That would be great, but I think poor Alan would feel a bit outnumbered :-)

[@lauraakers3566]

@@rowanaboat4523 As opposed to how just about every female guest has felt?

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Liza could also be Jo Brand

[@decodolly1535]

@@rowanaboat4523 There have been other panels with three women - Alan can cope.

[@decodolly1535]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 I can take or leave Jo Brand these days. I used to really like her but now I'm bored with the repetitive lines about "I'm fat & my husband's useless". Jo's an intelligent woman and great comedian - I get really frustrated by the lazy & obvious when she's capable of much better humour.

[@mbbarnes80]

That swearing bit is her best stuff on qi. Non stop klaxons

[@Yeesha0000]

mbbarnes80 it'd be even better if they didn't bleep it in this clip

[@aussiebloke609]

Especially at the end. "@^&#, @&%#$, &*$$#, $%#& _knob-gobbler!"_

[@oliverhees4076]

How many points did she end that episode with (haven't seen many full QI episodes)?

[@mbbarnes80]

Oliver Hees she didn’t end up with many. Quite a few minus points since the klaxon kept going off 😆

[@oliverhees4076]

mbbarnes80 that's what i was implying (thinking -50 or whereabouts or different)

[@U2QuoZepplin]

I’m looking forward to reading “Wet Bottom on The Night bus 🚌” very much!

[@302Diane]

I'd buy it.

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Sue is awesome. If Sandi hadn’t been made host, she would have a brilliant as well!

[@liamwalton4183]

She's one of the few female comedians I actually find enjoyable. Actually uses wit and is quite an intelligent lady

[@alhambralions5985]

Liam Walton Oooo. We are so grateful for condescension.

[@OttoMack1]

@@alhambralions5985 See?! Not funny.

[@liamwalton4183]

@@alhambralions5985 -Doesn't know how to tag the person in the comment so types in my name instead. -Calls me condescending for perhaps insulting her intelligence. Ah the irony

[@jacobluatuanuu8910]

Liam Walton it doesn’t matter he didn’t tag you, you still responded you idiot😂😂😂😂😂

[@pollyrg97]

Came here from a Ted talk about how it you waste your 20s you've basically fucked up your life. Hearing Sue Perkins open with a fantastic amount of swearing (even though it was bleeped) instantly improved my mood.

[@sassora]

Polly RG 😂😂😂 well one fucked up life coming up. Gotta laugh about it, I did literally nothing in my 20s.

[@lilymarinovic1644]

As someone who is nearly fifty and only really started un-wasting my life in my 30s, that is a load of horse shit

[@RIXRADvidz]

I"m sorry for anyone that doesn't find Sue entertaining. she always brings the laughs and sparkle when she's on screen, or maybe it's good editing. I love she knows she's klaxon bait and revels in it sounding on her behalf.

[@ch3burashka]

I love how she immediately fucks up the water cup challenge, and then proceeds to repeat it 3 times.

[@ianjones9961]

I'm sure Jodie is gonna knock it out of the park, but I'd have still loved for Sue to have been the first female Doctor.

[@GrijzePilion]

A female David Tennant? Sure!

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

Jodie didn't

[@donaldfrankcheadlejr.1244]

SUBHA GHOSAL hardly her fault, the writings been trash for a while and the new guys even worse

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

@@donaldfrankcheadlejr.1244 Maybe, that's what it is. This doctor doesn't feel like 'The Doctor'. I always hated when they changed the actor but loved it in the end. This is the first time I couldn't like the Doctor.

[@donaldfrankcheadlejr.1244]

@@hop-skip-ouch8798 honestly the writings been pretty subpar since Matt Smith, Moffat was a hack but he made some decent episodes, Chibnall is just a hack minus any redeeming features

[@ashleyp.4932]

Poor Sue, she often gets called Mel by people. Read her autobiography and she says it happens everywhere she goes, someone will call out "All right, Mel?!" or similar.

[@zbr76]

A stripper at her surprise 30th birthday party called her 'Mel' also. Awkward!

[@rooty]

Honestly, she looks a lot more like a mel than a sue, and vice versa for mel

[@chattycathydoll]

Stephen has Prosopagnosia (face blindness). He was at the BAFTAs and called Ben Miller Rob (Brydon) after they'd even been on the show and joked about getting mistaken for each other. Rather sweetly he didn't correct him as he knew it would embarrass him.

[@uremawifenowdave]

Was her autobiography called “Wet Bum on the Night Bus”?

[@ryanclark6402]

4:43 The GIF I didn’t know I needed in my life.

[@sararadley7189]

You gotta love Sue Perkins

[@shaalis]

Ya it would be cool to see her host one of the letter series.

[@leanneyoung8067]

Yeah I agree love sue Perkins she's fab and bin a brilliant actress comedian ect

[@BrooklynJackBlue]

Proof, if proof were needed, as to why I think censored swear words are HILARIOUS.

[@tanukiman3855]

They should call the buzzer “Jeremy Klaxon.”

[@copperdragon9214]

Ayyyyyyyy

[@ultimateninjaboi]

Knobgobbler, honestly, is like... the PERFECT Anglo-Saxon swear

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

"Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish!"

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

“Mine says ‘You’re an idiot, Perkins’” 😂

[@SSS_413]

Petition to make all of Shakespeare’s works translated by Sue

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

That was it, that's all of them.

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

She was actually pretty hot doing the librarian goth bit

[@HarlanDaleAbsher]

She's actually pretty hot.

[@Darklazer230]

I just have a thing for odd milfs

[@lancer525]

Yes indeedie... What a shame I'm not her plumbing choice...

[@Supertimegamingify]

what a quality thread

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

@@Supertimegamingify We aim to please ;)

[@TheDrugOfTheNation]

Neil Nunes, BBC continuity announcer, once called her “super kins”.

[@GrijzePilion]

I love it when Sue gets cynical.

[@brydon5721]

QI does have some amazing guests on it, Sue is always a highlight.

[@eggarts9158]

If sandy was the host while sandy was drinking from the cups she would be significantly less calm that Stephen, I can just picture her shouting “stop drinking it!”

[@stevevasta]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Can we get an uncensored version of the Saxon swear words because that would prove the BBC knows what humour is

[@302Diane]

If you look carefully, you can see her lips well enough to read a few of them.

[@thomasnolastname8734]

@@302Diane That's effort though

[@NoahSpurrier]

Librarian goth is a thing.

[@coferre]

absolutely my favourite guest! love her!

[@capt.samvimes768]

😂 🤣 😂 That was a very quick 10 minutes...

[@GaH.Hassan]

The only compilation I've ever needed

[@annother3350]

Superkins!

[@frankrives9964]

She's just delightful. Funny, whip-smart and utterly charming.

[@flyaround312]

"He hated when people didn't pull the flush in his lavatory." Gee, how unreasonable.

[@brianabraham8726]

If only when Stephen called Sue Mel and said "I'm so ashamed" she replied "Hi Ashamed, I'm *Sue*" 😅 missed opportunity ^.^

[@RobynJG]

She needs to come back!!!

[@trinadubya3406]

I would like a "Best of Dara O'Briain," please and thank you.

[@GabrielKnightz]

Love her.

[@karenglenn6707]

Love Sue Perkins!

[@survivor648]

Such a gem I found by following Jennifer Saunders

[@U2QuoZepplin]

To be fair to Stephen Fry on this occasion Sue Perkins was sporting a slightly more Mel Gedroich hair style than usual on this occasion.

[@MaiaMirabell]

I adore Sue, want more of her!

[@anderss8027]

"I'm married, everyone's dead" lolololol 🤣

[@jopioeverest3175]

Gotta love Sue.

[@xenolalia]

Rather bizarrely, the image at 2:25 depicts adult fly brains (and ventral nerve cords), which don't look nearly as phallic as the larval ("juvenile") ones that they're talking about. Compare, e.g., www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/16/704734/F1.large.jpg.

[@CathyKitson]

"A bladder the size of a spaceship!"

[@maxmatthews2463]

Tell Sue i love her.

[@udaswoop]

She have the most beautiful smile :)

[@rooty]

You know it's going to be a good episode when Mel is there

[@NickOwens]

I’m amazed they could resist making a joke out of sucking from the “secret hole”.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Well, now I can't watch that bit anymore.

[@StevenBanks123]

The editing left out the answers. I know they are beside the point, and yet, please satisfy me if you will.

[@cyclpiancitydweller9517]

Love when Sue Perkins drops the F bomb.

[@mickelamanuel7330]

ngl, she looks stunning

[@aleksandarstajcic2363]

i love her

[@leanneyoung8067]

Love sue Perkins too she's fab and bin a brilliant actress comedian ect

[@frightfullyawesome]

In for a penny... £?#%!

[@JackDManheim]

7:16 He calls her "Mel" again.

[@aariapoor]

Love her no matter what

[@Kevin-yh8ol]

Nice outro

[@sillysongs19]

she is just lovely :)

[@sea2side]

Do love a bit of perky Perkins.

[@sassora]

sea2side we call her Superkins.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I think Sue invented some swear words!

[@ConstantChaos1]

I love sue

[@Aloyus_Knight]

Alan was close with the banana, all he needed were the plums.

[@changeisgonnacome6642]

Stephen Fry looks like Lenny from Shark Tale :D)))

[@themonsterbrat]

Dig the Twelfth Night summary; which episode is that?

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

Rachel L Immortal Bard in the I series

[@timalder8940]

The best bit ofSue Perkins is her brain!

[@billyandrew]

Hilarious and absolutely stunning, what's not to like?

[@BradyPostma]

6:29 - Librarian goth is my type.

[@kelseyheckman9786]

"Don't tip it!!"

[@theninestraycats4603]

If Alan ever retires, I nominate Sue or Ross for the seat.

[@HAZARDOUS88]

Mel is so funny!

[@jb888888888]

Wait the video says "best of Sue Perkins" but I only see Mel Giedroyc here??

[@konayasai]

What's with all the censoring? Where do you think we are - the US?

[@mulrich]

It was done as a joke.

[@erfgoedgidsveenhuizen]

It is about demonetising by Google

[@grease_monkey6078]

can't go wrong with Sue

[@nannyturtle7342]

Love that toilet idea

[@vilstef6988]

Librarian Goth-great stuff!

[@namewastaken360]

8:20 is Stephen a giant?

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

He is pretty tall ...

[@TheValeyard92]

He's 6′ 5″

[@sarasteege2265]

Wonder if there's a best klaxon reaction compilation. That bask! And twice!

[@kalinaphillips9779]

I would love to do the lock and flash combination in my sharehouse! 🤣

[@octagonocologist]

I definitely would.

[@CashelOConnolly]

My favourite lesbian comedian with glasses and dyed black hair

[@emmamiele5850]

Radical Rainbow do you know what color her hair really is?

[@nika-og4vu]

that Mel guy is good

[@rosemorris7912]

She's got Shakespeare pegged.

[@michaelkluko3660]

Can someone tell me what the 4 buzzers had in common? ( obviously, I have not seen this episode)., and thank you 🙏… I like Sue a lot too. ❤

[@Koko-pm4qq]

Sue gave me Bayonetta vibes

[@scottcampbell96]

When Sandy finishes the alphabet, Sue would make a great host if they start back at the letter A again.

[@una_10bananas]

No mention of "ground squirrel"?

[@dismith73]

it's a condiment

[@mitchweiner]

Smart,funny and pretty! What's not to love?

[@EebstertheGreat]

In the first clip was anything Sue said translatable? Was she repeating the same word or saying a bunch of different ones?

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

EebstertheGreat It must have been a bunch of different ones because once she got the klaxon for the first one, she wouldn’t have gotten it again if she repeated it.

[@alhambralions5985]

Shane Fell Nope. Just the one.

[@alhambralions5985]

EebstertheGreat Sorry. Rewatched it. They are different, but I think bleeping them makes it funnier.