QI Series A, Episode 1, Part 1

[TOMHYLE88]

ooooh! what if the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil, was meat?

[Sakkura1]

They're mispronouncing Van Gogh in two different ways.

[TOMHYLE88]

@Sakkura1 I once saw a documentary wherein a man from Van Gogh's home town said his name. It sounded almost exactly like "Van Gear" sparking me to witticize (?) "Van Gear cut off his ear" hee hee hee Did it because it was the one he heard voices in and he wanted to prove to the woman he loved that he couldn't hear the voices anymore without it. Poor schizophrenic fellow.

[Sakkura1]

@TOMHYLE88

They've had a Dutchman on QI to pronounce it too. Sounded more like Van Horch to me.

[TOMHYLE88]

@Sakkura1 I saw that one too, but the guy I heard on the other show was from VanGogh's home town.

[lisamayavonB]

Hugh lookes like, what am I doing here...

[SimpleDaneC]

I love Alan! :D <3

[derrick11012]

666 LIKES!!!!!

[alexy7207]

@derrick11012 a true QI fan knows the number of the beast is 616, I can't remember the episode. Useless trivia is awesome lol.

[kingklabe]

@alexy7207 Yeah I learned that from QI too haha....and I pity the idiots who think they are paying homage to the devil with incorrect tattoos.

[alexy7207]

@kingklabe haha true, although Iron Maiden is still great lol

[kingklabe]

@alexy7207 Yeah one of my first LPs I bought it just for the artwork initially.

I loved the intro sample. The one on the other side sampled from The Prisoner was pretty cool too.

[janeaustenlover]

is it just me or does rich hall and hugh laurie have a similar sort of restrained smile...like their lips want to smile but their brain won;t let it :P

[davi55x]

@janeaustenlover rich looks identical to lou reed to me

[nja122890]

The one about not breaking the skin when castrating a sheep is only true for the elastrator band, the emasculator, or the emasculatome methods, and that's also not exclusive to sheep, as you can do it with calves as well.

[tazmon122]

Stephen pronounced Vincent's last name wrong. lol

[Sputnikvi]

@tazmon122 ...No he didn't.

[Scheffie88]

Wow, Stephen's pile of cards has seriously increased over the years!!! His stack on this episode is nothing compared to what he's fumbling with now!

[MangosLogic]

"Hugh Laurie" - I heard "Huge Lolly." ><'

[MrLichreaver]

Thumbs Up for a Blackadder Cast episode of QI, would be awesome :D

[animorphesis]

@MrLichreaver If you hadn't asked for a thumbs up, I would've given you one.

[fleuve0styx]

FRY AND LAURIE! :D

[StrangerToEarth]

Alan Davies you magnificent bastard.

[tAKiDA96]

Alan Davies for the win! :D

[YoNiQe]

sex 100 times a night? uhu

[TomVodkaCollins]

It's weird seeing Hugh Laurie clean shaven. LOL He's a sexy bitch either way.

[thegreatCOOPS]

i knew the one about noah and the sheep :) also i never heard the forbidden fruit was a banana... lots of other things though

[georgearkeeble]

If could host a dinner party, these guys would all be on the guest list.

[getblunted4life]

Thanks for posting these! I can't get these in America and the BBC always tries to stop me from enjoying these!

[Gingerpiebowtie]

LIKE IF NERDFIGHTERS BROUGHT YOU HERE

[QueenOfTheAubergines]

@Gingerpiebowtie it didn't, but I'm glad there are nerdfighters watching this xD dftba

[SheepAteMyFanBoys]

@QueenOfTheAubergines there are nerdfighters EVERYWHERE.

We're like apples.

[QueenOfTheAubergines]

@SheepAteMyFanBoys Haha, yeah, really nerdy apples :)

[nataliehall1215]

thanks so much for posting these!!!!

[thojoh370]

9:25 - Who was that...?

[akazombie]

@thojoh370 Uh... what was who? Or uh... who was what? Either or...

[LordLuKha]

if god was a MAN it'd taste of chocolate cause we obviously want women do blow us, duh!

[dabois85]

Is there QI XL Available for all the season or just later on



[Brendan9895]

@dabois85 I think it is series G that XL starts

[MoarCheezePleaze]

@dabois85 XL starts on Series F.

[AmyLDP]

oh alan davies

[bubblegumgirlsworld]

5.58 i love hugh laurie just giggling in the corner :P

[lotten1992]

(and i'm a girl so don't worry)

[lerasai]

@lotten1992 ... what would be worrying about it if you weren't?

[lotten1992]

@lerasai that people would think that i'm a boy(wich i'm not, hence my name, my real name is Charlotte, while Lotten is my nickname)

[lotten1992]

Hugh Laurie = Smexy As Hell

Stephen Fry = Still As Sexy As He Was In Blackadder(all of them and no special episode as my favorite)

[eqsmooth]

This show on its own illustrates just how stupid Americans are and I'm embarrassed to have been born here. It wasn't my choice of course. I would rather have been born in Minnesota, but one doesn't have that luxury does one?

[theemeraldhour]

Hugh Laurie <3 *swoon*

[14597ojai]

Oh Steven Fry... U still so sexy...

[rockstaradio]

Mindfuck time. Suppose Adam is supposed to have a belly button, and God made Adam in his image.

God has a belly button.

God was born, from some other being.

Shitstorm go.

[14597ojai]

@rockstaradio XD hahaha you say that like shit storm is a pokemon XD

[SkyFortStudios]

Ooooooooooooooooooh fuck. What series are they on now? Don't tell me they reached Z because I think I have just found what I will be doing for the next month and a half of my life.

[Novetrix]

America REALLY needs this show. ;-;

[McFearsome2]

@Novetrix no it doesn't, they'll want to do their own version and completely ruin it.... red dwarf, anyone?

[ben091294]

@McFearsome2 Not to metion the God-awful Peter Cushing dr who movie.

[Novetrix]

@McFearsome2 Not so true, actually. First of all, America HAS their own version of QI, it's on National Public Radio weekly, and it's called "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!". Second, I said "needs this show", not "needs to reincarnate this show", meaning we need a cable station in America to show this UK show.

America has "Price Is Right", "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!". UK has "Blockbusters", "QI", and "Countdown". Nothing wrong with a little trading, says I.

[alphaprawns]

@Novetrix Well said mate, plenty of awesome shows on both sides of the atlantic!

[towneslives]

anybody else get the going to belgium joke?

[MayoraXSougo13]

I was quite surprised to see Hugh in this. As soon as I saw his face I thought, "HOUSE!". XD

[WiseTitan]

@MayoraXSougo13 I'm afraid you got that a bit wrong. It's House M.D... M... Yeah.

[MayoraXSougo13]

@WiseTitan

What? You mean as in the show's title? Cause it doesn't matter since his last name is "House" and everyone calls him "House" on the show...

[WiseTitan]

@MayoraXSougo13 Just commented on the kinda funny placement of your XD, which is relatively similar to MD. Really ruins the attempt to be funny when you need to explain yourself :P

[MyAlexDelarge]

This isnt actually the first episode, they did a pilot before this

[MayoraXSougo13]

@MyAlexDelarge

Pilots don't count as real episodes. They're pretty much tester babies shown to producers or whatever before it's decided that they will become a series, or whatever. =/

But since this isn't really a show with a plot, I don't see why it would matter much.

[GrissFan]

Hugh is so cute in this vid!

[josephfiennes14]

LMAO hughs face at 7:53 is like WTF is he on - LOBE HIM!

[lashao813]

@josephfiennes14 His face is PRICELESS there! Agreed! -LaShao

[MissGrapeNehi]

"As I don't really expect anyone to get any of them right, I shall be awarding points for being interesting along the way, regardless of whether the panel's answers are correct... or even relevant." xD

And so begins quite possibly the most sublimely ridiculous TV show in history.

[darris321]

they're all so young lol

[AsSheLikesIt]

John Sessions is LIMITLESS

[BlackRainDrops137]

I WISH HUGH WOULD COME BACK FOR ANOTHER EPISODE.

[08dhook]

@BlackRainDrops137 I think it's just because he's too clever, and Stephen's meant to be the clever one.

[BlackRainDrops137]

@08dhook LOL TRUE.

[Novetrix]

@BlackRainDrops137 Bwahahahaha WEEEE have Hugh Laurie now! He's a DOCTOR!

[BlackRainDrops137]

@Novetrix I'M SO GLAD HE IS. I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT HOUSE.

but when it ends (even though i hope it never will) we need him back on QI ^-^

[flynntheman90]

@BlackRainDrops137 he's too busy perfecting his accent on house 

[mtanousable]

@BlackRainDrops137 Hugh Laurie and David Tennant would be absolutely incredible.

[NiamhElspeth]

Omg Hugh Laurie looks hot!!

[nakedmambo]

@NiamhElspeth Stop this nonsense. If he'd been shown to you before house you'd have thought he was a geek.

[NiamhElspeth]

@nakedmambo Sorry love i don't watch House :P and i have seen him in other things

[nakedmambo]

@NiamhElspeth The best thing about this response is that you addressed me as 'love'. I feel a lot more calm now.

[NiamhElspeth]

@nakedmambo Glad you've simmered down pet :)

[arrghgarry]

he cou;d hanng glasses on it or a pencil or fag

[DantesSmirk]

1:25 Fry says "And I go to Belgium, for which I　profusely apologize"? Why?

[Silentjackal]

@DantesSmirk A little joke, he subtly suggests that the reason he goes to Belgium is for reasons he must apologize for.

[FeltDownHard]

@DantesSmirk  good question :o

[AsqJimBob]

@DantesSmirk

Quite a few years ago, Fry suffered an episode of severe depression (after receiving poor reviews for a play he was appearing in in the west end) causing him to "run away" and hide in a small town in Belgium. I'm sure there are youtube clips of his documentary on depression in which he talks about it.

[maankindj]

1:00 and Alan Davies!

*Yeah claps along infront of the computerscreen*

[SPORE11165]

go alan

[Jarknark1]

"Of whom was it said" *

[VC106893]

The forbidden fruit was a banana? Isn't that nonsense? Banana's were cultivated only 1000 years ago? Even if the whole bible story has some truth to it, it's very unlikely they would have been eating banana's....

[lamontofnazareth]

@VC106893 You're mistaken. Like Apples, the bananas we eat today are in fact cultivars that have resulted from years and years of human influence, but that doesn't change the fact that they already existed before humans decided to make them more delicious. (By the way, it is more likely that the forbidden fruit was a quince.)

[eternity921]

@lamontofnazareth also, bananas used to be purple before humans interfered :)

[VC106893]

@lamontofnazareth Hmm, I thought bananas werent edible before they were cultivated...

[Jcreek1234]

I LOVE ALAN DAVIES (jonathan creek) <3 He is DAMN FUNNY!!!! XD Lol Alan's buzzer changes HAHAHA! xxxxxx to ALAN

[weirdlightsaber44]

9:23 Hugh's face is actually :3

[jerryhello100]

@missdancathon :)

[choaticllama]

i love this show

[casper123]

Is this show still on TV?

[DazzyDhesi]

@casper123 Dave xD

[casper123]

@DazzyDhesi Thanks, guessing no new eps then?

[scaryninja1693]

@casper123 Not until a new series, which will be commissioned.

[NawnExistent]

@scaryninja1693 The new series has already been recorded.

[scaryninja1693]

@NawnExistent Even better, any idea of when it will be aired?

[NawnExistent]

@scaryninja1693 Nope, I just know they finished recording on the 15th of June. There's no confirmed date, but episode 1 is a christmas special. Hopefully it'll just be played at the end D:

[Sboy200]

Haaaa I remember UKTV gold...

[Bubble734]

I love QI :) This older series had a lot more focus on points, atm it's more like they're having a chat then they say the points at the end-it's not particularly competitive lol

[dilwich123]

3 thumbs down = 3 idiots who cant learn.

[Psycho5275]

@dilwich123

3 dislikes = 3 americans who are pissed because they can't see this any other way

[Elisepalmtree]

@Psycho5275 But I'm an American that can only see it here on youtube, and I absolutely love this show.

Why would you be pissed if you could watch it on here?

[JervisGermane]

I'll have to use that "purely decorative" line myself - sounds much better than half deaf (enough irony in that statement for everyone).

[AnnatarYoung]

This episode makes me feel slightly strange due to my anti-theist hatred of anything Christian...and also my preference to Bernard Matthew's Golden Turkey Drummers.

[Tanru2000]

How does John Sessions know all those dates? Is he interested in that or does he have a savant-like memory??

[soundslave]

@Tanru2000 he cheats?

[hopebgood]

@Tanru2000 No, he's just a git.

[Sailorsega]

Why isn't Hugh Laurie in any other episodes? Everyone else has been back multiple times.

[Sonicblade128]

@Sailorsega -- Busy in the states with House, I suppose.

[BBobFrankk]

@Sailorsega He really didn't say much to be honest.

[Sailorsega]

@BBobFrankk I enjoyed him in this. And he's Stephen Fry's friend I thought he would have been welcomed back.

[ShadesOfKnight]

You know when John Sessions starts into his birth-death dates, I can't help but remember Monty Python's Decomposing Composers...  :)

[Amydahgbvheldhannaj]

this is a random question but ive been trying to fin d the episode of this where the question is which country has the highest suicide rate? does anybody know which episode it 'belongs' with. Please answer im desperate.

[Amydahgbvheldhannaj]

doesnt matter found out its the end of this episode :S

[jerryhello100]

they should get Karl Pilkington on here.

[davidrubiomartin]

@jerryhello100 no they shouldnt

[jerryhello100]

@davidrubiomartin Why not?

[davidrubiomartin]

@jerryhello100 coz he's an idiot

[ogirdora]

@jerryhello100 that's fucking brilliant.

[PGPaulson]

@jerryhello100 Genius!!

[killerkrosser]

i love alan

[DrEllipsis]

Buh.. if you hate yourself for saying it why don't you just..... not?

[glassoniongirl64]

ugh...john sessions is SMUG.

[DrEvilmonki]

@glassoniongirl64 so he should be

[THEAUFPET7]

Good God Hugh Laurie is sexy ;)

[STEPASAUR]

Danny Baker, the staple of a pilot episode

[Radioheadhead90]

So this was the very first episode?

[iv5620]

i love alan in this he looks so happy and excited and interested! or that's just my fabrication :) i love them and hugh laurie on it makes it all the more special they should do an episode with him more recently too :) i wonder how alan was decided to be a main guest on the show?

[cywyhot]

"Of who was it said"--OF WHO??? Oh, Stephen!

[AnnaDeeDee]

@cywyhot he said whom, you can hear it (dimly)

[DanRaccoon]

WHEN IS HUGH LAURIE GONNA SAY ANYTHING!!?

[StrawberryScream179]

Yes I Have One On Now! =]

[moceanu]

i love hugh's shirt

[Iamdanny0]

John Sessions is such a smug prick.

Absolutely love QI though.

[Vilemk0]

You know who would have been great on this show? George Carlin. Omfg I would jizz but it's so sad.. he .. *sniff*

[7SDice]

@Vilemk0

R.I.P. George Carlin

Epicest man on earth

[sparkkle2]

Jesus, the only thing that's changed with Alan is his hair length. It's hilarious.

[Tinklou86]

Oh Hugh.

Oh Stephen.

<3 <3 <3

[lIlLLinIlI]

He recycled the Belgium joke =P

[jammiedodgerify]

mikeymans channells been taking down... do you know anywhere else I could watch A-c?

[buffynum1]

YES! I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THIS! :) Thank you! :D

:O And I have just noticed that Stephen Fry does the audio tapes for HP. x]].

[AnotherTeenagedRebel]

I just got a brilliant image in my head. I love the idea that the baby in one of the pictures, during the opening, is now like a 13 year old, and his friends are currently fucking him about all day because his baby picture is on tv all the time :P

[monkeyaround92]

he has lost so much weight!

[alixinthemiddle]

he said, "sperm would taste of chocolate." just as i was taking a bight of a chocolate bar. thanks, Stephen. thanks.

[mrmole28]

I'm surprised that hugh didn't come back for the 100th episode

[joshjrgong1]

the comments on here are the greatest youube have to offer!

[lillyshak]

I now see Alan has always been funny. It's nice to see Hugh.

[parklabwho]

entertainment for the years to come

[TomasOakland]

To be honest, in all respect to the adorable Mr. Sessions. Gustav Mähler's birth-place was not, as he stated, strictly speaking in Austria, but in what is now the Czech republic, eastern Bohemia, in fact. Even then in 1860, the place would be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, not Austria.

Burshing this petty detail aside, I must join you, guys, in expressing my huge positive whats-its when watching QI. Genius. I wonder if in a million years there will be anyone worthy of brushing Fry's shoes.

[TomasOakland]

To be honest, in all respect to the adorable Mr. Sessions. Gustav Mähler's birth-place was not, as he stated, strictly speaking in Austria, but in what is now the Czech republic, eastern Bohemia, in fact. Even then in 1860, the place would be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, not Austria.

Burshing this petty detail aside, I must join you, guys, in expressing my huge positive whats-its when watching QI. Genius. I wonder if in a million years there will be anyone worthy of brushing Fry's shoes.

[Smallvillefan67]

Idk, maybe it is the child in me, but every time I hear the theme tune I just have to bop up and down to it. :D

It makes me inexplicably happy. Thanks for the upload!

[hughandtimrock]

Hugh Laurie looks sooooo sexy here. ;)

[EllysaE]

Hugh Laurie,

[Parkerkun]

Komm Süßer Tod?

[xopenheartx]

Alan is so adorable in these earlier episodes

[Anthonyk312]

People I want to meet who are British or live in the UK:

David Tennant, Stephen Fry, Charlieissocoollike, Hugh Laurie, Nerimon, Alan Davis, the queen, in that order.

[bluejeckett]

Is this the actual very first episode of QI? And if so whys it called series A and not 1?

[NorBlackie]

@bluejeckett This is the first. The series are named after letters, and the main topic of the episode starts with that letter. They're on Series 8, referred to as 'H' , the eighth letter of the alphabet.

[ynneppenny]

Fry: "and i go to belgium"

...........AWKWARD

[DyanneEllen]

I don't know why everyone thinks Alan Davies is soo great. Every time he speaks I just want him to STFU! He soo badly wants to be Eddie Izzard and tries to copy Eddie's delivery and I just think it's pathetic!! 

[bluejeckett]

@DyanneEllen Yeah to be honest I've never seen what people see in Alan Davies. I enjoyed his acting as the socially retarded hermit of sorts in Jonathan Creek but when I found out he was actuallly a stand up comedian I didn't find it particularly believable.

[issystardust]

hmmmm.... john sessions hair gets browner as the series progress...