S5E11 1/3

[PollyJuice]

And that, Alan sweetheart, is why we Swedes use CAGES when we need to take our cats to the vet.

[MrZhabadasher]

I let my cat roam free in the car when I bring her to the vet. She behaves pretty well. She looks out every window once or twice, then sits behind my chair until I get there.

[TheBrontolith]

By far, the most annoying audience. That group of women that seem to find every joke worthy of screaming.

[pravkdey]

i have NO problem w/ the lady, she's funny as heck! but if Phil Jupitus was in her position this panel would be perfect, imo

[khasab]

I'm sorry I've tried to like Carr but I just think he's a cunt

[wastedjonin]

2:47 - NO! NO!! NOOOO!!! YOUR A BASTARD!

[kustomkure]

I can watch QI infinitely. Nothing gets me in good mood better than this show. Best forever hands down.

[Bunnyfantastico25]

What's this, what's this, what's this? Oh s**t it's a cat-Dara is amazing!

[Cadwaladr]

I always thought the S was for Simpson, his mother's maiden name.

[Roblynmaz]

Stephen has been quoted (I'm pretty sure it's even in his wiki page) as saying he loves wikipedia - as he points out, where else could he learn that he had died & that he is also currently doing ballet in China.

[Lamporre]

Is it just me or is 1:38 a particularly sinister moment? I mean you've got that piano piece playing, and Dara's got that look on his face, it's quite devilish in a humourous way.

[Aspire198]

lol I was screaming the answer at my screen about the genral who got sniped learnt it from jeremy clarkson documentry Inventions that changed the world, the gun

[bluejeckett]

Doon sure has a sweat going on on her chest there dont she

[Menegoth]

Anyone the song of Alan's buzzer?

[yda1740]

@Menegoth

It's Dudley Moore's parody of Beethoven,

search for "Dudley Moore Beethoven" on youtube, I don't seem to be able to post the link here..

[CrimsonToast]

"Mozzy bites."

You brits have absolutely adorable idioms.

[bluejeckett]

@CrimsonToast Er actually mozzy bite is an Australianism lol

[Rockrgrl350]

Hearing Stephen say "You bastard!" ah just brilliant!

[Lamporre]

2 cats disliked this vid.

[DutchBlood]

Alans buzzer FTW

[Tcrumpen]

v=GazlqD4mLvw

[Tcrumpen]

@Tcrumpen #t=3m33s (add that onto the end)

[isthatanidiot]

"No! NO!! You bastard!!"

[RyanLFC86]

Who's the dude in drag?

[USSCannonFodder]

For some reason I actually expect all four of them to be the Apocalypse Jockeys w/ Stephen Fry as the leader to the Promise Land

[xopenheartx]

Alan's buzzer is simply hilarious, haha

[ROBOCAM3000]

wood hav been brill if they had played the whole thing again every time he pressed it.

[UberMan5000]

Jimmy Carr always gets the best buzzers... besides Alan, of course. ;)

[bioangel339]

5:39 was not the right answer. It's true that S didn't stand for anything, but it was not his middle name. Grant's initials were H.U.G. I can't remember what the H stood for but he absolutely hated his initials so he stuck in the S (for Simpson which I believe was his mother's maiden name) for purely ego reasons.

[shuster]

@bioangel339 according to wikipedia, the "H" stood for Hiram.

[snelly69]

@shuster wikipedia is a great place to start research but not to end it i wouldn't be so sure it end it there

[shuster]

@snelly69 the thing that I like about wikipedia is that a proper wikipedia article has a lot of references attached at the end. The 3rd reference on the page takes you to a pbs page about Ulysses S. Grant that talks about the origin of his name, which says that his name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.

Of course I could read several biographies on Grant to have a more thorough answer, but as this is just a comment on a youtube video, I hope you'll forgive me for my shortcut.

[chrissme555]

"No, no, no, oh you bastard!"

Gotta love that Stephen Fry!

[AvalaDemson]

i swear it was 'they couldnt hit a BULL at this dist-'! I trust bill bryson more than stephen fry :)

[SofJae]

*Alan presses his buzzer*

Stephen: You Bastard!

[TheGr1mSqueaker]

aww I love Alan's mimes

[janeeyre1990]

I knew the answer to the first and second questions! I have never felt more accomplished.

[swanseajackthe3rd]

Alan's buzzer is great but Stephens response is better :P "NO !! NO !!! YOU BASTARD !!!"

[Llynok]

They should have just put Smarties tubes on the cats legs.

[IoEstasCedonta]

Stephen is wrong. I'm sure Sedgwick finished his sentence, and I remember hearing somewhere that even those weren't his last words, but rather he survived long enough to babble somewhat.

[armegeddis]

Jimmy covered that.

[IoEstasCedonta]

@armegeddis I mean Sedgwick, specifically. Although the babbling thing might be a cryptomnesic insertion from Jimmy; if Stephen is right about him being shot under the eye, he probably didn't live long enough, and I can't think of a reason he'd have included that detail if it weren't true. I am sure he finished his sentence, though, since contemporary accounts all agree on this, the grim slapstick of him being cut off mid-word not seen until decades later.

[lestephenois1]

don't call me stupid but was that Bach?

[Fishmorph]

@lestephenois1 Look up "Dudley Moore Beethoven sonata parody" on YouTube.

[KirieB666]

fucking awesome

[Sahoniwaya]

Ulysses Sugertits Grant

[jennie8908]

Ulysses S. Grant's middle name wasn't his "S". Ulysses was his middle name, and Hiram was his first... Some random (or interesting?) info for u! :)

[AkiraChan24]

@jennie8908 I was just thinking that! So glad someone mentioned it xD

[UberMan5000]

I love how Stephen's getting so indignant at Alan's buzzer.

[jodiefostersarmy]

It's the Jerry Garcia guitar solo of buzzers.

[2pacsrevenge]

Maj. General of the union armies sir Ulysses Sausage Grant esq.

I love it.

[hughjazz2008]

best buzzer ever

[operafanatic26]

Alan's cat story = hilarity. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw him actually do an impression of the cat. XD

[counting21fish]

Anyone know what piano concerto that is?

[lennic95]

One that won't end

[TheLonelyWolf9]

It's still being played to this day XD

[DragonSporks]

It's Dudley Moore's "And The Same To You."

[drfoxcourt]

Although Ulysses S. Grant was in fact born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he used "Simpson" for his middle name.

Interesting point is that he was known as "Sam" Grant.

I want a points

[leglesstheelf]

@drfoxcourt Was he the original Uncle Sam?

[drfoxcourt]

The original Uncle Sam was a meat packer named Sam Wilson. He stamped & packed meat for the US army in the 1812 war. His stamp, "US" was said to stand for Uncle Sam.

The personification was invented by cartoonists shortly thereafter.

Grant was called Sam from his West Point academy days, probably as a nickname. "Good old Sam" was cultural character of early America like "Tommy soldier" and "John Farmer". Good old Sam denoted a somewhat sullen but reliable pal.

[leushy]

Common myth - rats carry no more diseases than any other wild animal in the world. You're actually more likely to catch the plague from a badger than a rat. Rats are actually surprisingly clean, spending longer of their lives grooming than cats do.

[nonameisacat]

Even if that's true, wouldn't their large numbers and proximity to humans both spur the rapid transmission of disease for more than a solitary ill badger?

[Cleopatrastomb]

My cat couldn't stand being in a box for 6 hours when I drove from NSW to Victoria and screamed all the way. Luckily she is still alive.

[raizersabre]

alan's best buzzer ever...maybe aside from that one time in i think series a when he set off the forfeit when he pressed his buzzer XD

[sugacilic]

what episode was that?

[Kulgur]

That is an EPIC buzzer.

[brighttomorrows]

Cat in a box with a parachute...sounds like a strange variant on a Schrodinger experiment.