Fry on "Star Trek", 42 and whatnot

[Godotornotgodot]

Great interview and man. Who did the lighting tho? Got struck by a resemblance due to the shadow under his nose. Hilarious.

[Angelhead91]

God, Stephen Fry is just brilliant.

[mattthewcook]

28:40 Blissful!

[Emeralsha]

oh why is this so amazing? oh wait, I know. It's Stephen Fry :D

[Nenadior]

Dobar video :)

[FiskyJay]

At 28:43 Fry discribes me.

[zalmanusa]

Damn, she looks so intensely turned on at 2:20 by his trekkiebabble.

[CombinationError]

My love for this man knows no bounds. 

[nfields03]

And in America we interview f'n Kim Kardashian... :(

[Madsocks2112]

A tim-tam is like a hench 'penguin' - as in the chocolate bar!

I love Fry soo much he is such an amazing person! :)

[FmMan33]

1:40 - Woman was looking at him like "What the fuck are you saying?"

[qwertzu3]

tl;dnl

[ErichoTTA]

Woah, one of the most insightful talks I've ever heard in my life!

[originalmaja]

@ErichoTTA Stephen Fry...

[KillerGuitar007]

Why 42? T_T

[SgtSanchez]

@KillerGuitar007

It's "the meaning of life" - a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[KillerGuitar007]

@SgtSanchez Noo, a Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy just used the number. It existed before that. but noone knows why 42

[SgtSanchez]

@KillerGuitar007

Well, yeah, of course the number existed before Adams wrote the novel... He still chose it randomly.

[KillerGuitar007]

@SgtSanchez No, I mean the number already existed as the answer to the universe

[SgtSanchez]

@KillerGuitar007

No? Again, Adams chose it randomly. It has nothing to do with anything else.

[KillerGuitar007]

@SgtSanchez If you say so, you must know best ¬¬

[Inimoulleb]

That is one bent nose...

[A3roboy]

Can someone explain to me the Tim-Tam part?

[originalmaja]

@A3roboy "Tim Tam" is a chocolate biscuit thingy. Australians love it. Ask Wikipedia.

[FunkeyBiscuits]

one person is a catholic priest

[Farris2k7]

Every time I watch a video about Stephen Fry, I go home and watch Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

[goamerica76]

@Farris2k7 Every time someone watches the Hitchhikers Guide I die a little inside. Then I read the book and all is well with the world again.

[Knobiknows]

coincidently Stephen Fry is the answer to all questions of the universe!

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

Yeah... Stephen Fry: Me, but more British, Male, and with a better vocabulary. Just better, come to think of it.

[todayinlondon]

Stephen looks jetlagged here.

[jeremyshambles]

thanks kindly for sharing this video, i really enjoyed it and one always learns quite a bit from simply listening to mr. Fry speak, cheers from san diego

[zalmanusa]

@jeremyshambles Ah... Discovered by the Germans, 1904, they named it San Diágo... Which of course in German means a whale's vagina.

[jeremyshambles]

@zalmanusa obviously..........

[originalmaja]

I find it that bit very funny. It is sth. unexpected to hear in this setting that most experience of humanity may be expressed in "Star Trek" plots. Highly entertaining. Nice one.

[stitcha123]

why are the audience laughing at his star trek story? its not funny, nor is he trying to be.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@stitcha123 becuase he's using star trek as a comparison for describing a big part of life, that's why

[stitcha123]

@fuckamericanidiot it was rhetorical. it wasnt a genuine query, u bell piece.

[stitcha123]

@fuckamericanidiot thats not a reason. you've only restated what actually happened. hahaha

[fuckamericanidiot]

@stitcha123 because he's using star trek as a comparison for describing a big part of life. it's star trek! you don't get it?

[stitcha123]

@fuckamericanidiot i get that it seems a perfectly acceptable analogy not worth laughing at, even in a jovial sense. dont YOU get it?

[fuckamericanidiot]

@stitcha123 it is a perfectly acceptable analogy and i'm sure most of the people there (including the laughing ones) agree with me

[stitcha123]

@fuckamericanidiot all you've done is reiterate what ive just said.

[Muffinmanv2]

@stitcha123 Yea I was confused also

[ginkarasu]

@stitcha123 same here. I thought are these people even listening what he's trying to say?

anyway, great video! Thanks for sharing! :)

[LackingSaint]

@stitcha123 Laughter is as much a show of enjoyment as it is humour; people probably liked the story and the way he was telling it.

[Uinb]

@stitcha123 It's true what he's saying but he is kind of presenting it in a funny way. I know what you mean though.

[quedasobravo]

@stitcha123 I think they're laughing at the use of the example itself. Maybe it's unfair, but most people don't think of Star Trek as a legitimate subject for a philosophical essay. I think that's mainly it...

[stitcha123]

@quedasobravo lol i suspect you're right, but theyre wrong! its is! it is!!!!! lol