What Did Madame Tussaud Do In The French Revolution? | QI

[@cyberomega6503]

That's not Jeremiah Brandreth, that's Nish Kumar.

[@sanaioelu826]

That’s who he reminds of!!!

[@sanaioelu826]

* reminds me of

[@AL-fl4jk]

😂 it’s 90% the expression

[@ericaschner3283]

Sandi putting on a master class on how to manage Giles. 🤣

[@dorkarama3135]

I didn't know Madame Tussaud was a real person. On another note, Giles seems to have a lot of notable ancestors.

[@CJT3X]

A lot of people have notable ancestors, it’s just a matter of research or bullshitting 😂

[@decodolly1535]

I think it was on this very episode that Jessica Fostekew remarked to Gyles Brandreth: "It's not a family tree, it's a family f*cking forest!"

[@TheGreatAtario]

He's the British equivalent of Peter Griffin's "my ancestor, ________"

[@Iamridzal]

And, of course, if you are of a certain class, records tend to be better kept

[@klaxoncow]

@@CJT3X In fairness, if you go far enough back, all of us have notable ancestors. The logic is quite simple, really. You had 2 parents, each of them had 2 parents - so 4 grandparents - each of them had 2 parents - so 8 great grandparents - and this sequence keeps on going, doing "the powers of 2", doubling each time: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536... This is an exponential sequence and, after 32 generations, for example, we're at over 4 billion ancestors. Thing is, 32 generations ago - taking "a generation" to be about 30 years, as is the usual metric - would be about a thousand years ago, and there simply were not 4 billion people on planet Earth back then. But the logic is not broken. The point is that we're not taking account of the fact that we could be double counting the same person. It's possible that you descend from the same person in multiple ways and you have more than one branch back to them. That your great-great-great-great-great-grandmother could also be your great-great-great-great-great-grandmother more than once, via a different branch of the family lineage. The mathematics of this is that, if you go far enough back into the past, the odds that you're related to that person - assuming that they had children and the family line didn't just end - tends towards certainty. Go far enough back and you find a generation where everyone alive today - yes, everyone - is related to this one historical person way back. That's true whether they were notable or not, but we tend to know the notable people from the ancient past. Indeed, if you logically extend this concept, then you reach the conclusion that every single human being in human history is a descendant of the first human being... which, if you think about it, is perfectly logical, right? Of course we are. And this was the revelation that Charles Darwin famously wrote. He drew a tree - "the tree of life" - and then wrote "I think...". The revelation is that the Tree of Life is just a gargantuan family tree. All life is related to each other. Which brings us to a neat revelation. Look out the window and do you see that tree outside? That's your cousin. And, no, I'm really not being poetic there. That is, technically, your actual familial relationship to that tree. Now, of course, this cousin is ridiculously distant and incredibly "far removed". We're having to go back hundreds of millions or billions of years to find that "share common ancestor" between you and the tree. But it does exist. And all life on Earth - all of it, including bacteria and fungus and everything - is family. Stupidly distant family, granted. But family nonetheless. "The Tree of Life" is a family tree. Your family tree. Everyone's family tree. It also has other interesting implications. As long as Gyles Brandreth's family line continues, then eventually - many, many generations from now, if humanity keeps going for thousands more years - everyone on Earth in that future will be related to Gyles Brandreth. All of them. Same would be true of you or me, if those family lines keep going, as well.

[@Ethan-Entah]

No one can out anecdote Giles & I bloody well love it. Such an interesting man & knows how to tell a story, even if it's going on a bit I'm hooked the whole time..also he has such a rich family tree

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Hmmm, there may be a tad bit of creative licence going on with some of Giles' stories...still loads of fun.

[@KenworthW900HG]

*anecdote 😆

[@AnttiBrax]

@@lilymarinovic1644 Well if the choice is between truth and a good story, an entertainer's choice is always obvious. 😀

[@Bakkland]

more like a family fucking forest

[@Ethan-Entah]

@@KenworthW900HG fucks sake it's taken me a year to notice😅😅

[@Bob_the_Jedi]

Wishing Sandi a speedy recovery

[@setharnold9764]

0:32 a very rare insurance of Gyles not knowing someone! Well done elves!

[@onlyme219]

You learn something new everyday, this was mine today and will tell everyone at work what I've learned tomorrow, fascinating fact

[@Maya_Pinion]

Do they appreciate your daily *fact* storie?

[@OriginalPiMan]

Amusing that there are three different spellings of Gyles Brandreth's name in the few comments here so far. Also amusing to think that he's related to a revolutionary Luddite. Because just about everything about him screams "old money" to me.

[@aaronwebb1548]

His great great grandfather invented the phrase "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" and made a fortune.

[@jamesedmonds7519]

He was a Tory MP... Nothing more to add.

[@chrishei3111]

Alan is a treasure

[@carltonleboss]

Good old Gyles Brandreth

[@isabellaangeline2175]

Gyles is adorably wonderful. ☺️

[@MedEighty]

He is.

[@brianm6337]

I went to a Madame Tussad's in St. Augustine. The place gave me the ultimate creeps. It was also almost empty that day, which made it far *worse*.

[@Maya_Pinion]

Been there. Totally agree.

[@WhiskyOctober]

Gyles is QI's version of Bob Mortimer

[@TJCals]

I'd forgotten I've seen this clip before, but when I saw Giles in the thumbnail I knew an interesting anecdote was forthcoming.

[@louiscookson7811]

Has Jiles written a biography? Because if not he needs to.

[@homagetogorto]

"Odd Boy Out", recently released. He narrates the audiobook himself. It's really engaging - and more than just name-dropping.

[@CymonTempler]

It would be thicker than War & Peace, I think 😂

[@slake9727]

He does have a book about the late Queen coming out next month

[@stevevasta]

@@CymonTempler 🤣🤣🤣

[@decodolly1535]

@@slake9727 It's out now! Weirdly, I'm just home from buying a copy for my Mum's Christmas present.

[@matthewposton3243]

Ironic that Jeremiah Brandreth was a revolutionary against the government and Giles was an MP

[@lilymarinovic1644]

And a conservative MP at that ...

[@johnpaulcawley4079]

Love Jyles ❤️

[@gyido2718]

Love Guiles, fantastic quite interesting all day

[@maryvirnig8118]

I think Giles autobiography would be about 20 volumes long.

[@NewMessage]

"Let them eat cake... And make me into the candle on top!" -The rarely posted Marie Antoinette complete quote.

[@deaddoll1361]

She never said "let them eat cake" so your complete quote doesn't have a beginning.

[@sstills951]

At first I didn't really care for Gyles but the dude has grown on me.

[@davidhull1481]

Sounds more like a Would I Lie To You segment.

[@EebstertheGreat]

Giles tells so many true stories that nobody has the energy to check him anymore. So I wonder how often he makes things up to slip in just to see if he'll be caught.

[@Esquarious]

To save room when putting wax works in long term storage they decapitate them and cut off the hands as those are the hard bits to replace. Nice to see them paying tribute to their legacy.

[@laytonjones2093]

I love Gyles

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

I don't know.

[@michaeldarby3503]

Giles is an amazing personality, the only Tory i ever liked.

[@AwakeDirector]

As someone struggling with trans/gender “issues” i have found great comfort in your channel. I love your gentle take on the bullshit that is out there. I almost accidentally disliked this video because of the first part. I am glad i didn’t and can keep your positivity in my life. Please keep standing up for trans people. We need more people like you ❤️❤️❤️

[@FroggyTerrie]

Is this youtube being buggy or is this on the wrong video?

[@qwertyTRiG]

I wish you luck and compassion, but somehow this comment has landed on the wrong video.

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

I cannot watch any episode with Brandreth on. Despise the man.