Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late show Stephen Fry PT2

[SheStillRuns]

correction: "reaping and singing ALL BY HERSELF, stop here or gently pass", and that's even worse :P.

[wttwmusic]

This is fun.

[Chinaboatman]

Ban clothes for women.

[bobdy9988]

@Chinaboatman Approved.

[dan11009]

I am almost certain that this took place as a sort of audition for the larry king show,

[jeanniethegrinch]

Craig Ferguson talks too much, interrupts his guests. It's the guest we want to hear not Ferguson's comments. He should take note from Michael Parkinson (former British chat show host) He got the best out his guests.

[LoramirOfGondor]

@jeanniethegrinch I think he's got a good balance. This feels like an organic discussion between two people rather than a host reading questions, a guest answering, over and over. Stephen is of course a fascinating person to listen to, but I find Craig Ferguson a witty and intelligent person as well (the reason I watch his show), so I feel like together they have a very interesting conversation and bring out things you might not get just from a rote Q&A format.

[gadiac89]

Did this format stick?

[littlemissmello]

stephen also has a snakemug!

[lyco46]

How nice is it to just not hear morons in the backround clapping like obedient seals on que

ahhhh

[registradus]

we are so fucked up

[PorroFirst]

I would've wanted to hear Stephen Fry say fuck.

[jamieelynnx]

@PorroFirst Watch more british things he's on then..

[Namaechan]

Of course we use words like agony and torture casually. It's desensitizing.

[supahfreeak]

And just look at him. He was expelled from school, and quite possibly is smarter than many who have college degrees. It just proves that life experience is the true teacher, not a classroom. 

[somberlight]

@supahfreeak you shouldn't ignore the basis though. stephen fry is actually crystalclear about it, look for "QI UNAIRED" it was number 2 i think.

[supahfreeak]

@somberlight the basis of what? What are you talking about...

[somberlight]

@supahfreeak of life, knowledge and everything. i dunno, just felt a bit off with that comment "It just proves that life experience is the true teacher, not a classroom." yeah, school is not the end all be all solution for everything, but it's a start.

[supahfreeak]

@somberlight Having some form of schooling is crucial, but you can be an incredibly smart and well read person without having ever set foot in a college classroom. I can tell you're one of those "higher education preacher" types. Which is fine, but you're biased in that regard. We are all different and have experienced life in our own unique way, consequently college is not for all of us. And I still stand by the statement, true experience comes from LIVING.

[somberlight]

@supahfreeak oh don't mistake me for an academic type, i'm a regular underwater welder. my job is as non-academic as it can be. i just oppose the view you obviously do not hold, i mean the one where school = system / establishment = thing to be generally opposed or ignored. i guess i'm just old fart like that.

[somberlight]

@supahfreeak lets put that the other way: take the path you chose to its logical end, and see yourself to a beginning of good life, how and whatever it may be. you seem to agree to some extent and i find that a good thing. very lovely, even im a bit of old fart :)

[supahfreeak]

I relate to him so much. The way that bipolar has affected my life. I have abused coke and have bipolar disorder, the coke would calm me down immensely. I am sober now of course. I struggled in school and was always getting suspended and getting detention. I could never claim the intelligence of stephen, but bipolar truly brings out a creative and intelligent side when you learn how to harness it. And despite all of those things I truly am a smart person. He is an inspiration.

[MikeinSanPedro]

This was a fantastic conversation. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[rainbowmonochrome]

gawjfljslje aefjo; I love Stephen Fry so much

[Juraga2]

Only one person disliked this: Stephen Fry's first girlfriend.

[MalusSimius]

Wow. I have to say i´m pretty blown away by this conversation. I never thought of it this way.

[yngguy4u]

I wish he was American, then he could run for president. He should run for political office in Britain. He's so eloquent and his references about life are so vast that its not only delightful to listen to him but its impressive as well. How many people in today's society can any of us say that about?

[mindingosafado]

If everyone was like either Stephen or Craig, it would be heaven on earth.

[VoiceofCthulhu]

Heh, Craig referenced the Cary Grant message. That's obscure for you.

[1TheSocraticMethod1]

I love that Ferguson keeps forgetting it's an interview; the best interviews are just excellent conversations. Period. And what a brilliant conversation too!

[gdanendrah]

what's the rating for this episode?

[StylesDark]

I remember having a thought like this in school ages ago, i used to get in trouble with swearing. i never saw the problem with swearing as much as the teachers. and when a teacher compeared a racist word to swearing one i royaly told him to go fuck himself. Im a wise man but in saying that im not as wise as i could be and so on. I like to think of myself as a person of free thought and wide understanding. But i dont think i could of put the meaning of Stephan's words into words of my own.

[StylesDark]

@StylesDark thank god for people like him.

[lovelyspringweather]

what a lovely interview. thank you for the upload.

[mckeyifyable]

At the end, the most ironic censor bleeps imaginable.

[IcksDeee]

I adore him. So much!

[David1994Daly]

Anyone notice when you comment on Stephen Fry videos that we tend to inject more

vocabulary into our comments.

[ghstenor]

@David1994Daly Indubitably!

[ExaggeratedCool]

@David1994Daly Oh no, you're right, he's making us more intelligent! D:

How dare he.

[sukstansky]

@David1994Daly And you cannot even imagine how insufferable challenging it is for a russian :))

[JonnyChannel]

Stephen Fry is an intelligent gentleman.

ps: good Idea without the audience in the room...

[fleuve0styx]

Stephen Fry's socks are pretty exciting XD

[jimmy27paul]

I love Stephen fry, hes so likeable its insane.

[katiedouglas1]

Craig sounds so smart when there is no audience, it's blowing my mind!

[sn3192]

@katiedouglas1

it seems he really knows how to adjust to his guests. he's usally kracking superficial jokes with movie stars and the sort. and with a really intelligent person like stephen fry he's on a completely different level, almost seems like a different person.

[PhantomStella]

Yes. Intelligent conversation! What a concept...

[tetranoob]

this is therapeutic for me

[cisseshairdresser]

How nice to listen to 2 genuinely intelligent people talk.

[tetranoob]

@cisseshairdresser i totally agree :o)

[cisseshairdresser]

Stephen is my God.

[DDX1944]

Wow i think I just became smarter just listening to Stephen talk...Or maybe I'm under the delusion that I learned something, doesn't matter really Stephen Fry is still a fucking genius.......see what I did there lolz the f-word as a whole new meaning to me xD

[prettyinthenightime]

I find it awkward how Stephen constantly explains some phrases/concepts to Craig - or maybe to his viewers, which is more likely. I can imagine this being uncomfortable for Craig, I mean it's as if Stephen thought people listening to him were stupid. (fan of both Craig and Stephen here, not a troll ;) )

[Hartiism]

There are two snake mugs?

[jypsyjulia]

My IQ just increased tenfold.

[528491Inception]

stephen fry is the man

[flowers976]

cyclothymic, tautological, pleonastic..Stephen sure knows his greek! fabulous as always.

[raimarulightning]

Craig is actually very intelligent.

[Thor222]

Transcription of the alien bit (part 3):

... and irresponsible and a bad influence to children. Now, we are part of this culture so we often don't question it, but if you think of someone from outside it it is very strange.

We are very weird fucks indeed.

[Thor222]

Transcription of the alien bit (part 2):

And they would say that how odd that the language for the awful things is used casually all the time. "Oh, the traffic was agony", "It was hell", "It was cruel", "Oh, It was torture waiting in line". They'd say "they use words like torture - that's the worst word!". And yet if we use the 'f word', which is the word for generating our species, for showing physical affection one to another then we are taken of air and accused of being wicked ...

[Thor222]

Transcription of the alien bit (part 1):

If aliens were looking down on us and inspecting our language, they would see that the worst thing we do on this planet is we torture, we kill, we abuse, we harm people. We are cruel. And those are the things of which we should be ashamed. Amongst the best things we do is we breed children and we raise them, we make love to each other, we adore each other, we are affectionate and fond of each other. Those are the good things we do.

[grizelhalberstadt]

is there nothing craig can't do? He's a excellent interviewer too.

[LyricalWax]

He's hardly an early adopter of Twitter if he joined a year and a half ago. It's been around since 2006 and gained popularity by '08. I myself joined in '09 but wouldn't call myself an early adopter.

[ryspirit]

The censoring guy at the end didn't get what stephen and craig was talking about at all.

[coercingcoexistence]

@ryspirit Not so much a guy as it is an organization run by men who adhere to beliefs from the Bronze Age and because of wealth and what it entails in this society, which is political power and power of opinion, have the undeserving ability to force their convictions upon the rest of society.

I can't wait until the next generation holds political power and we'll finally have an opportunity to do away with with many idiotic governmental mandates.

[WhoIsaiahTrek1]

He is going to play Mycroft Holmes! :)

[Skinscorcher999]

I actually quoted this part in a paper for my Human Sexuality class this past semester.

[pmorrisjr20]

I find this harder to masturbate to without the audience.

[smurfbane]

I'm gay for Stephen Fry.

[nafester]

@smurfbane Tbh, anyone who's *not* gay for Stephen Fry is totally gay dude.

[TOMS1ESSON]

I will believe absolutely anything Steven says

[70sgunman]

@TOMS1ESSON i don't think stephen would like you saying that

[TOMS1ESSON]

@70sgunman True, but dont you agree.

[regularjon]

I wish craig would stop interrupting steve.

[whowantsabighug]

@regularjon He's interested... like all of us.

[eXcommunicate1979]

I enjoy the irony of them being censored at the end.

[JayD544]

i love this shit whats the f word

[JayD544]

i love this shit 

[SuperSkullDog]

I love Fry, but I don't think he's taken his own argument far enough, I love swearing by the way, but the problem with the word 'fuck' isn't that it is a sexual word and we don't like it, it's more that it's used as a slur and thus essentially corrupts the sentiment, sort of like the verbal version of fucking out of wedlock, the traditional view being that sex is fine in a marriage but immoral out of it. Like I said, I'm all for swearing, but that's my take on why some people aren't.

[mercurymay]

@SuperSkullDog I agree, it's also a very evocative word, used in anger, frustration and sometimes in stupidity for when someone doesn't know any other way of phrasing a sentiment. And we tend to prefer pleasant and intelligent thoughts, not overly positive or overly negative ones, which is to say that saying "this is fucking incredible" is as inappropriate as saying "this is fucking terrible."

[Leaveyou88]

I happen to have a friend that in my mind outshines stephen on thinking outside the bounderies of our ordinary life. But, yes there is a butt here, as a backdrop to his(madhatter of a friend I got) ideas there is very little reason and most of all lacking strucutre. Sad to see people like me friend being looked down upon just because he can't simplify and parapharse is such a skillful manner as brillant Fry here. hehe other guy named Fry is less smart than bender pz

[JakenJragin]

His is the Mind that will pierce the Heavens!

[tiemedown]

I'm sure if I got a passing glance at his mind, my head would explode

[usergently]

Cheshire!

[darksnow07]

If Fry were a college professor, I would sign up for his class any day. Just amazing how his mind connects pop culture with relevant references from the past.

[kuryamtl]

This is amazing. What I love about Craig's show, is his zzanieness wackiness and the fact he doesn't give a fuck and willing to do anything and try anything. And he is truely funny with excellent sense of timing. But what I also love about him is how sincere he is, and I know he is intelligent, it comes across in bits here and there, but is nice to see it demonstrated here, in this conversation with Stephen Fry.

[HoomanOfTitus]

I would just like to get this off my chest:

FUCK!

[Jogerston]

Stephen Fry is my favorite person. This interview just made it official.

[kiwitoothpaste]

lol cocaine and scrabble

[hmcomsat]

@kiwitoothpaste Yeah imagine playing the physical board game not a computer generated rendition when coked up. *to himself* "...and with a quivering hand i place the first letter of the first word for the last half hour. shit this is hard!"

[idnwiw]

How pathetic that they censored them after that statement.

[FandPrulethesky]

Stephen is amazing in this interview. I'd say he comes over as a great example of a human being. But I think Craig should be mentioned. I love his show, and how wacky he is, but in this interview he really shows his intelligence. It's also a very good interview, more like a genuine conversation then a interview.

[hopeathlete]

How an alien looks down on us... Where does he come up with these things?! No one, and I mean absolutely NO ONE, can explain things with such simplicity and imagination other than Stephen. And I've never thought about our language like that. That's very interesting. Love this man.

[dJoeG111]

@hopeathlete & @stupidguyaabbcc I think he got this from Steven Pinker, the linguist. See his google talk about swearing.

[Efreeti]

There was Carl Sagan.

[aaron9099]

@hopeathlete I think you'll find it's actually Quite Interesting actually.

[Cr33perville]

@hopeathlete What about Douglas Adams?

[thegraffix]

Pleonasm is one of the most common words in my country's language (Greek, πλεονασμός)...Isn't it interesting how languages mix and how a word that is common in one language can be a ''difficult'' word in another?

[WackoRhailent]

@thegraffix Common also in Portuguese (Pleonasmo).

[caberma]

Stephen Fry is a very interesting person, I mean, you can have a real conversation with him.

[incuboy1337]

hey he's got his guest a snake mug too!

[ptracerfastlane]

Part 1 is here, I don't know why it was so difficult to find

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[ELuhn]

@ptracerfastlane What I do with these sorts of things is I go to the channel page and choose view all. Then I right-click each clip and open it in a new tab. That way I can watch straight through without having to hunt around for the next bit.

[stupidguyaabbcc]

wow. the way he described the alien looking down and the good/bad stuff. blew my mind.

[OyvindBjorgo]

@stupidguyaabbcc That comment from Stephen was truly awesome, and also illustrates the big challenge, but also the most fascinating aspect of trying to analyse society.

Hm. Maybe I should write my master's thesis on profanities and social control mechanisms.

[Unitronus]

It is strange how we say the F-word in anger and someone takes offense, now that Stephen mentioned it.

[tn270585]

It looks like 1/4 of Stephen Fry has run of with 1/3 of Desmond Tutu. Now how mny noticed that one comming.

[marrydruli]

Mal...where's part 1?

[SourExplosion]

Where's part 1?