What Happens When You're Read The Riot Act? | QI

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This clip is from QI Series R, Episode 7, 'Revolutions' with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Gyles Brandreth, Susan Calman and Jessica Fostekew.

[@jacklovejoy5290]

I swear Gyles has a connection to everything, he's like a British Forrest Gump

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

In this episode they couldn't get through introducing the buzzers before Gyles had to interupt with an anecdote.

[@definedphotography]

I used to find him annoying the way he'd tie any story to something from his past, but now I find a lot of them actually interesting and/or very funny

[@paddotk]

He just wants to be heard. All the time.

[@metacarple]

I suspect that the elves choose the material to fit with Giles when is on the show.

[@andrasszabo1570]

A shame that the clip ends there, we never learned which relative of Gyles invented the Riot Act or knocking policemen's hats off... 😂

[@Tao_Tology]

You fool!! NEVER ASK GILES A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

The note in my script says to see if Gyles can be persuaded to reminisce.

[@Yngvarfo]

What is the current maximum length of a KZbin video, and would it be enough for a Gyles Brandreth anecdote?

[@jacquelinedavis6607]

Oh my, he can go on talking until the cows came home, but the man is super intelligent and has been to many places!

[@WaluTime]

@@YngvarfoThey mostly undid with maximum lengths a while ago. You can find whole readings of the bible that are literal days long worth of video.

[@zingzangspillip1]

Susan, Alan & Sandi are such a great triple act. If Alan were ever to leave QI, surely Susan must take his place.

[@zapkvr]

Dont make me ill

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

No don't say that.

[@Dendarang]

The '68 "riot" that Gyles is describing is one of the largest protest movements in history in terms of percentage of population mobilized, btw, something like 20% of the entire French population, not just the adults or workers but the of the entire population, came out to protest and it caused the country to completely stop and de Gaulle fled the country expecting imminent revolution.

[@MxCraven]

The French do riots properly... Us Brits don't really do a lot...

[@thomasdalton1508]

Or, as the French call it, "a quiet Tuesday afternoon".

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

Why is the unfunny guy doing the advert get steven fry who does 95% of them thats for a reason!

[@olivertunnah3987]

The French are always revolting.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

That is literally a riot

[@PanzerFalcon2232]

I love how alan just shouted "Get tae fuck!" 😂

[@ofmanynicknames]

Obligatory reminder that Susan Calman is actually a trained lawyer.

[@daddymuggle]

Trained, you say? It has long been my understanding that lawyers are quite untrainable. What sort of tricks are we talking about here? Roll over? Sit up and beg? File an affidavit?

[@Spfinator]

Imagine getting her and Bob Mortimer in the same show.

[@roberto8650]

@@SpfinatorI want to see this.

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

She must gets some jokes out of that profession.

[@dcflake5645]

And former Smurf

[@Calum_S]

I think Gyles has been getting instruction from Bertie Wooster about how one starts a riot.

[@stevevasta]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SpeccyMan]

What Ho! As far as I can recall, Mr. Bertram Wooster only knocked off a policeman's helmet on Boat Race night.

[@brydon5721]

If Alan ever decides to leave then they need to get Susan Calman in as the permanent panelist, her and Sandi together are always hilarious.

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

She's the most annoying one on

[@JulieScanlan-s1d]

I loved it when I heard Sandi being called Sandra. Absolutely hilarious.!!! 😂

[@76ToneCrome]

Susan Calman was reading everyone the riot act.

[@Torana-gz5ls]

Love Susan, very funny.😅

[@Nabend1402]

She both fantastic at being funny and at being made fun of. Maybe my favourite QI guest of all. I wish she'd stay off cruise ships long enough to film a bit more QI...

[@ldf4064]

Clare Balding, you mean.

[@Tenebrio_molitor1]

@@Nabend1402 I agree, she is absolutely phenomenal at playing the butt of the joke. It's a shame she doesn't appear on series U...

[@Tao_Tology]

"And if i MAAYYYY"

[@lhfirex]

Alan is a riot in this clip!

[@Maerahn]

Never mind Gyles, you ALMOST got to tell us about your Adventures in Parisian Rioting...

[@MisterItchy]

Alan was relentless to Susan in this one!

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

Susan is confusing riot for protest. Riots are violent by definition.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

George carlin talks about every day expressions that don't make sense. "when your father gets home he is going to read you the riot act. Tell him I already read it and I found it wordy and poorly thought out"

[@allenjenkins7947]

And it literally gives you an hour to stop misbehaving and then go quietly to your room 😅.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

@@allenjenkins7947 oh, that's good

[@Ocker3]

I thought that Sandy was going to read Gyles the riot act!!

[@georgee6303]

Love Susan Calman!

[@carl65ca]

The Riot act still exists in Canada. Once it is read you are given 20 minutes to disperse. If you think I am kidding look it up.

[@hschwartz9277]

"I've come to help with the rioting"

[@bazza945]

Yeah, there was at least another chapter to Gyles' story - there always is.

[@just-tess]

I believe a lady with a hat is a very astonishing figure 😂

[@ericwolff6059]

Funny stuff indeed.

[@kevbrown2532]

More likely the person taking the paper gave a Glasgow kiss in exchange.

[@johnnunn8688]

I would duck, as I knew mum’s slap around the lug was coming.

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

The Tasmanian Criminal Code Act 1924 still has this type of formula that theoretically needs to be read out.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

run away run away

[@dehro]

you know you're friends when you get away with calling her a dog on national television

[@khymaaren]

Nah, I don't think he called her anything.

[@petejones879]

In all fairness to little people like Susan... The Munchkins wore hats

[@madaug4389]

I love gyles.

[@Andosier]

Does the audience laugh more if the guests laugh harder?

[@hopebgood]

My heart sinks when Gyles Brandreth is on this show. He's such a xxxx.

[@bazza945]

Four XXXX is an Aussie brew, mate.

[@Elitist20]

Yes, he's refreshing and intoxicating.

[@gwishart]

He certainly is a very charming man, I can see why you want to kiss him. Presumably your heart sinks because you'll probably never get the chance.

[@LostCylon]

Reading the Riot Act to these people? If they weren't actually rioting before Sandi, they would be after :p

[@MoominDoogie]

This clip reminds me why i stopped watching QI. Alan just can't let anyone speak without jumping in with some loud shouty "comedy gold". Every 5 seconds it's "look at me, look at me!" I used to find his bits funny but the level of interruption got too annoying.

[@geordiewishart1683]

I was thinking the very same thing the last time I watched a full episode. Then I felt bad due to the horrific childhood he appears to have had.

[@Falstaff1893]

Remember him when he was on the tv wearing those kids jumpers then he got into Westminster as MP for Chester which is owned by the Duke of Westminster so he was spooned into that job he's now on BBC radio aka the licence fee gravy train where all the old dead wood Tories end up filling the pension pots

[@mirthenary]

Imagine that funny thing from the romanian episode of top gear about the cop's hat, I can't type it, youtube keeps deleting it🤬

[@angeladavies993]

Gyles is funny but I find his constant story telling on the show, which I am happy to watch repeats of, becoming boring.

[@WestCoastWilliam]

Susan Calman is about as funny as being shat on

[@khymaaren]

Well, to each their own. I'll choose Susan, if given the option.

[@mrfocigaz]

Please don't have Giles on the show any more.

[@johnnunn8688]

Why are they laughing at Alan?

[@Tenebrio_molitor1]

What do you mean?

[@johnnunn8688]

@@Tenebrio_molitor1 what he said wasn’t funny.

[@muls9571]

​@@johnnunn8688 it wasn't funny to you

[@gwishart]

Because of the amusing and humourous things he said.

[@chariscreighton-duff9424]

I'm guessing you meant about the Hat moving down the street on it's own? It's cause Susan Calman was talking about wearing hats and she's REALLY short so to anyone who's just below average height or above it'd look like the hat was moving on its own....

[@zapkvr]

I cant stand Calman. Funny as cancer. And I have cancer

[@peterclarke7240]

Never mind. It'll all be over soon.

[@junbh2]

Then you should not watch this? Seems a little masochistic.

[@khymaaren]

Is it a funny bone cancer, perhaps?

[@LazyStory]

Crap Susan Calman is annoying.

[@johnstephens6120]

QI just isn't funny any more.

[@Jayzon666]

YOU'RE not funny anymore. QI still is.

[@mandalorian957]

Awfull people

[@adpirtle]

According to Wikipedia, the act was read in Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1919, several months after they attempted to read it in Glasgow, and it was also read in Airdrie in 1971, where it wasn't repealed until 1973, but there's no citation for either event.

[@johnnunn8688]

It’s Wikipedia, not Britannica.

[@safebox36]

@@johnnunn8688 it's also usually better sourced according to Harvard bibliographers

[@zapkvr]

​@@safebox36which of them? Im sure there's more than two

[@johnnunn8688]

@@safebox36 , it’s NOT better sourced, when there’s no citation.

[@InternetEntity]

Citation Needed, different show - that Yom Scott fellow.

[@cyberomega6503]

I love Susan, she always makes me smile.

[@sarahjones8396]

Alan’s comments about Susan wearing a cowboy hat were hilarious but if Susan hadn’t found it so funny I think he could have been in trouble!

[@zapkvr]

Its recorded ya know

[@franzfanz]

They must be really good mates.

[@khymaaren]

I think if there was any chance of Susan not liking the joke, Alan wouldn't have made it. Besides, compared to some of the other jokes he's made at her expense, this one's rather tame.

[@rafezetter8003]

She's known for having an excellent sense of humour with little ego or sense of self importance - which is different from self confidence.

[@richardgornalle4536]

People who do not find this clip funny are just not funny!

[@homagetogorto]

Still my favourite episode of all time.

[@cruz1ale]

By the order of The King, SOD OFF!

[@carltonleboss]

I love Gyles Brandreth.

[@CBitsTech]

QI is the funniest show on TV. Has been for years. Desert Island DVDs, for sure.

[@khriss867]

I am not from the UK but isn't the riot act why the police can't drag off those pr!cks from 'just stop oil' that block traffic? They basically have to wait an hour before they can forcibly clear them. Like I said, not from the UK, so that's just the info I remember from a few online articles and youtube videos about it.

[@bigblue6917]

I remember there was some consternation when the end of the Riot Act was announced. Apparently there were many who thought they would be murdered in their beds. When it was reported that it had not been used since 1919 this did not seem to calm things down at all. Still the thought of all those old colonels spitting out the tea and toast when they read about it in their morning paper made it all worth while.

[@GeorgeKemp]

I love QI but the outro's by Sandi are incredibly annoying.

[@theaussiebackflipboy]

Susan Calman has to be the funniest QI victim ever.

[@MrSlapdash243]

My mother reads the riot act all of the time.

[@animaltvi9515]

Well now you can tell her it was repealed in 1967

[@KarlBunker]

Does she finish with "GOD SAVE THE KING"?

[@Fcutdlady]

I can imagine you would take the piece of paper with riot act on it off the police officer who would read it, by whatever means possible . It would prevent the riot act from being read. Thus, the crowd wouldn't have to disperse

[@stephenleighton6349]

It's a Justice, not a policeman!!!

[@curiousgangsta]

One of the best episodes of QI

[@roberto8650]

Alan's a riot.

[@liketheroman]

“To be feeeuuurrrrrr” Go home scotty

[@theaussiebackflipboy]

Susan Calman has to be one of the best post Stephen Fry panelists. Together with Alan and Sandi, she's just the best.

[@LazyStory]

I find her awful. She is not funny and just talks a lot of boring stuff.

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

I can't watch an episode if he's on.