Ive's a good designer, and more responsible for Apple's success than Jobs was (in my opinion). But without Dieter Rams' designs, Ive would not be close to where he is today.
Mr Fry should chuck himself down the rabbit-hole for giving us Twitter... the proletariat location-tracker service, he sold it to us... he should f*cking get rid of it... I'd throw Farcebook (sorry Facebook) Twatter and all the other subversive corporate data-sucking wank-apps for smart-phones (so called, devices for 'dim-people') you c*nt Fry... you sold us all down the fucking river.
I love that when Stephen says "libraries", the BBC felt it necessary to show a picture of some shelves with books on. For the benefit of their younger viewers no doubt.
The part where they discuss speech particularly 'you can't turn round to me....' almost made me spit a mouthful of beer at my computer. I could not agree more.
Sunny Delight generation?! Stephen, you're dating someone from the Sunny Delight generation! Don't group us all together, the majority of us don't speak in AQI.
@91Holdem You are the reason why Stephen Fry wants "like" speak in room 101. There is also the reason that you cannot spell "library" right! Borrow a book, educate your mind and soul. Library's are the keystone of anybodies education. Learn from people who have mastered what you are learning.
If I won a dinner date for three, it would be me, Stephen Fry and a damn good sommelier. I think the evening would be - for me at least - memorable. Anyone who is capable of knowledgeably mentioning Amy Turtle and Wittgenstein in one brief exchange is ok by me.
and from the black hole formed from the destruction of room 101 a new show was formed in the intervening explosion of energy, and it was named.....QI!!!!!!!!
@TheEnglandrats1 Thanks, yours are decent too, although I'd have thought BMW drivers were the problem rather than the cars themselves. What about your Room Lovely? (I agree with Stephen on libraries.)
@Vehementi Yeh, I know, pretty irresponsible in my perfect opinion. They need to be careful. Doing stuff like that willy nilly is how we ended up with Barbra Streisand and Dido.
He says he liked them originally because the interface was so much nicer (before MS used GUI) and stuck with them ever since. I don't think he despises microsoft anymore - I think there are some favorable reviews from him on smartphones using windows floating about.
@33six The problem with Microsoft and Windows is it's still largely in the same mind set it has been for the last 20 years. It's a case of "it'll do". WIndows 7 and WIndows Phone 7 are a nice step in the right direction, but on the desktop we're still stuck with a lot of different UI elements and designs dating back over several versions of Windows which have yet to be updated to be consistent with the newer look. Their other software also isn't consistent in UI and so on.
Agree on all great and terrible things Stephen Fry stated on this show except the MAC bit, mac is user friendly and stylish, sure, but thats about the only advantage i see in it. Cant see anything wrong with PC if it's running on ubuntu or something of this sort :]. Not as user friendly but much more fun and wider possibilities.
"Well he was all like 'bam' yeah and I was all like 'bam bam' and then he was all like "ratata ratata tat' and I was all like 'ctch-ctch talk to gun 'cause the cockpit ain't listening.' "
"That's well bad, you must be really stressed out right now. That's like totally not what you need in your life right now."
my friend's mum once started talking to us about the word 'like' and how it is overused in conversation and it always make me thing about the word after I've used it.
Stephen and his Apple fetish. For someone with such depth, how can he like apple products? They are the hallmark of the shallow and image obsessed, an idol of form over function.
I'd say all good comedy, whatever the nationality, is a successful blending of the silly (rather than stupid) with the sophisticated. Whether Britain has more of a tradition for that than Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. is debateable. I probably only prefer British comedy in general because I'm more familiar with the cultural references it's based around. Why do you prefer it, coming from Canada?
I've finally found something I disagree with Stephen Fry on, and that's Eastenders. It's difficult not to sound like a snob here, but how and why would someone as intelligent (as far as the intelligence of human beings goes) as he is, possibly be able to find anything remotely likeable or engaging about a programme like that? Am I being unfair? Because all it seems to be, and seems to have ever been, is an endless cycle of affairs, fights, boozing, gossiping and empty trivialities.
@TheTommiesTheBand This is nearly a decade ago. Maybe Eastenders was better then? (Not that I've ever really been a fan, but I think the soaps have really suffered for quality since going to more than three episodes per week.) Or maybe he just really fancied Jack Ryder?
@TheTommiesTheBand Sometimes people like to switch off their brain and enjoy the simple things in life. Why do you think big action films are so popular? There's hardly anything you'd consider intellectual in them, just a bunch of explosions and killing and more often than not some hot blonde or brunette to perv at lol. Also, back when this aired Eastenders wasn't quite as trashy as it is now. it's gone down the ITV route for the lowest common moron.
Testosterone increases sex drive, but not attraction to women. In fact, the gender one is attracted to has nothing to do with testosterone levels. That's why so called "hormone-therapy" created by anti gay groups does not work. Testosterone effects the way the body develops, hair growth, and enlargement of organs, but behavior is mostly learned and attraction to a certain gender mostly innate (this is why people can identify as homosexual before puberty).
1:36 - The explanation I've heard for using "like" instead of "said" is that it implies that what is reported is an *approximation* of what was actually said. i.e. "He said something *like* this, but those weren't his exact words."
@leeshajoi Also, sometimes it's just meant to report a gesture or a look, eg. "I was like, no way!" meaning "I conveyed skepticism through my expression"
LOL I remember when I was watching Neighbours when I was a kid and someone quite clearly said that someone else had "had a strike". I asked my mum what a strike was, and she said that it was in fact a "stroke". Totally that "Oi noi" syndrome Stephen mentioned here!
@PandaDelight I doubt it. Of all the things one could use for that, I wouldn't suggest glue. Ouch. Honestly, though, there isn't a whole bunch someone can do for a ripped arse. If you have one, you're probably sticking it in sideways or something. Not enough prep time, perhaps?
Also, your grammar is atrocious and you should be ashamed.
UGH in america we call this speech habit up-talking. it is just.....repulsive. it sounds so condescending and stupid and. god. i hate it so much. thank you, stephen fry!!
AQI?! I thought I was the only one who noticed this as a fast growing trend.
Irritates the crap out of me. Nowadays it sounds patronising not less assertive. As if they're making sure you're keeping up with them. *5 palm punchs*
I think he appreciates the attention given to its design. You must admit that overall, Macs are prettier than PCs, OS and casing, whether or not you like to use them.
@mogur00 We have an Aussie in our big brother house at the mo and he talks like it constantly. We also get your biggest loser and everybody on there, trainers and host included, speak like it and several are from Sidney. My friends and I laugh our heads of at the contestants because they all speak like it. Maybe you are that used to it you don't even notice it anymore.
i think our libraries would be in room 101 rather than lovely as the majority of the contain half the books they once did to make room for coffee shops and babysitting facilities.
To throw my hat into the ring on the US vs UK TV issue. Why is anyone trying to have an intellectual debate about something that is so subjective as to render a conclusion utterly impossible? It depends ENTIRELY on your tastes. I prefer UK TV, but House, Dexter and Lie To Me are three of my favourite shows. I think the best TV comedy comes from UK, but George Carlin, Richard Prior and Bill Cosby are among my favourite standups. good and bad in both, they're just culturally different.
On the continuing debate about US/UK television, I'd say we are about equal with similar great/good/crap ratios. Just better at different things. The Americans seem to do better drama overall, while we do better news & documentaries.
Comedy is about level, though I'd say us Brits just shade it on the originality factor. Reality shows are also about equal.
Have to admit that I haven't seen much of US children's programming or sport coverage. As for commercials, just fuck off!
come on man what about south park ,flight of the conchords, family guy, the life and times of tim, the american office (possibly better than the original). South Parks the most original thing on TV. i love the Boosh,The office, peepshow,nathan barley,green wing, monkey dust,the inbetweeners,Partridge but now only two of these shows are still running. im english but at the minute american tv is better at almost everything 'cept news (obviously), factual science/wildlife/other.documentarys
No way in hell is the American Office better then the original! Especially with the episodes they've been turning out lately (I do have to say that I still enjoy watching it every week though lolx). But for the most part I agree with you. British television at the moment,is not doing the best...Overall though, It is. If you compared the greatest American shows to the greatest British shows of all time (I'm assuming you're talking about comedy), the British ones would definitely come out on top.
@TheHappydead My comment was meant to be read as 'across the board'. I feel our TV and comedy industries still offer comparatively more freedom for original ideas than they do Stateside.
Your examples of 'originality' include an unfunny attempt at a Simpsons/South Park hybrid and an American version of an existing - not to mention superior - British show.
I'll give you South Park, though it has been around for over a decade now. Chonchords is the brainchild of a New Zealand act.
@TheHappydead Not able to judge Life and Times of Tim as I've never seen it. (From reading the synopsis, it's already reminding me of Stressed Eric, but it could be completely different.)
I still maintain Britain produces proportionately more original humour shows for mainstream TV than America, on the whole.
@kisbie "We do better news." Jesus... that doesn't exactly fill me with patriotism. That's like saying our waste disposal systems are more efficient.
UK = superior comedy
US = superior budgets.
There. And the people who are saying it's all subjective are dull and redundant. Art ISN'T subjective. That's why a painting by Monet is worth millions, whilst the stick man drawing I did of myself in high school with a giant green knob was only worth a bollocking from my chemistry teacher.
@ukulazy You know, for all its faults, our TV news - well the BBC at least - is still the envy of the world. All the best news networks are basically trying to imitate its style. And I'd have thought having decent waste disposals was actually a reason to celebrate. (Whether they are up to scratch is another matter.)
@ukulazy Britain is rarely no. 1 at anything these days, but overall, Auntie is still the world leader in what it does. And mostly for the better. (Oh, and art isn't subjective because everything is art. Beauty is subjective.)
@kisbie True, beauty is subjective. And I'm glad I don't have to S&%T in a bucket. I also agree about the news thing, I just think that it's not something to be proud of really, rather it's something other countries should be ashamed of. Especially America, which broadcasts such tripe as 'Fox News'!
@kisbie American dramas used to be better, but I haven't seen a good drama lately from either. If you know of any, please tell me. As for comedy, I'd be hard pressed to find a good American comedy since Seinfeld. I can think of the odd few, but half of those came from British shows. British news and documentaries are definitely better. I do prefer American sporting events though :)
@Gleebo The British drama Life on Mars is excellent, as are many other series that sadly have to compete with awful reality shows. This means that they rarely get the same screen time or coverage that Simon bloody Cowell (that's his full name by the way!) manages to get. Reality shows take up screen time that could be far better used promoting intelligent and interesting shows, but unfortunately the public seem to prefer tat!
@kisbie Nah. I disagree. The British have comedies nailed. America has a long way to go to catch up with gold like The Thick Of It, Outnumbered, IT Crowd, Black Books, Alan Partridge.... this list could go on and on.
@kisbie US children's programming has become an atrocity since Jim Henson died. Sesame Street is now a joke, and Nickelodeon and Disney are too concerned about pandering to parents to put any substance in their shows. Everything is literally a rehash of the same jokes, situations, and politically correct but educationally moot scripts. That's obviously not literally all of it, but everything mainstream and then some.
@Nerfi Phineas and Ferb is a pretty good show. And Little Einsteins, for the younger crowd. Interesting for the kids, and not so mind numbing as to force parents to leave the room.
@lewisner I'm talking about the current state of TV. If you think My Family is all we have left, then you're wrong. Admittedly, most good comedy on British TV now is in the form of panel shows, chat shows and stand-up - which are so popular now because we live in the age of reality TV, but that's another discussion - so perhaps Americans are currently doing better at sitcoms. But there's still Lead Balloon, Peep Show, Not Going Out, Miranda and more recently Roger & Val and Grandma's House.
@kisbie I don't count chat shows and panel shows as comedy I am thinking of situation comedy. Regarding Lead Balloon Jack Dee is OK as standup but I thought his show sucked.I've got to admit I stay away from BBC comedy it really is so bad.
@lewisner I'm always puzzled by the refusal of some to bracket panel shows (and chat shows hosted by comedians like Graham Norton) as 'comedy shows'. What else are they? Besides 'quiz shows' and 'light entertainment' of course. You can quibble that they're cheap and lazy compared to sitcoms and sketch shows, but that's a generalisation that is largely untrue I think. HIGNFY at its worst is far better than Horne & Corden at its best. (8/10 Cats wouldn't be much without Sean Lock though.)
@kisbie Eggheads is a panel show but it's not hosted by a comedian. I will agree with you that HIGNFY , QI and Mock The Week are very funny.Satire/lampooning/political are things we still do well.
I'll amend my statement to say that our situation comedies aren't funny.
@lewisner Eggheads is hosted by the brother of a comedian (I'd much prefer Tim Vine actually). I think we can agree that panel shows obviously aren't all comedy shows, but the celebrity ones tend to focus on being witty and funny above scoring points and winning the game, though hammed-up 'competitiveness' is a good source of laughs. We'll have to agree to disagree about the current state of sitcoms in Britain. I think we have a few good ones, even if America is out in front at the moment.
@lewisner By the way, you can't use Frasier as an example of contemporary comedy. Granted, it's still fairly recent, but it finished in 2004. The Simpsons is my favourite TV show of all time by the way. But let's not forget all the debates about whether that's been any good since season 10 (my view is still has enough good moments to stave off cancellation, but not as many as at the peak). At least you didn't nominate Family Guy!
@kisbie Our childrens programming is very mixed. On one hand, we have utter shit in which disney stars playing ten year olds with huge boobs and makeup tell non jokes punctuated by laugh tracks, on the other hand we have great educational kids' programs like sesame street and genuinely funny cartoons like ren and stimpy.
@Craxblorg Ren & Stimpy isn't a children's cartoon and they haven't made any new episodes for about 15 years! But at least you still have children's TV in the US. There's barely any in Britain now. Both the BBC and ITV have scaled their output back massively. A couple of good shows survive though.
Ive's a good designer, and more responsible for Apple's success than Jobs was (in my opinion). But without Dieter Rams' designs, Ive would not be close to where he is today.
blueelectricsmoke 4 days ago
Mr Fry should chuck himself down the rabbit-hole for giving us Twitter... the proletariat location-tracker service, he sold it to us... he should f*cking get rid of it... I'd throw Farcebook (sorry Facebook) Twatter and all the other subversive corporate data-sucking wank-apps for smart-phones (so called, devices for 'dim-people') you c*nt Fry... you sold us all down the fucking river.
pcvideogamer 1 week ago
divided by 0!
lordofutub 1 week ago
stop dissing buffy guys buffy is amazing
jimmy2k4o 3 weeks ago
The internet > Libraries. Too bad they're doing their damndest to stop people from freely sharing.
lneh 1 month ago
@lneh Buy sharing you of course mean pirating.
98smithg 3 weeks ago
@98smithg yarrr matey
lneh 3 weeks ago
I love that when Stephen says "libraries", the BBC felt it necessary to show a picture of some shelves with books on. For the benefit of their younger viewers no doubt.
thefudgeone 1 month ago
@thefudgeone I just love when Stephen Fry says "libraries", or anything. He is wonderful.
KungfuCow5 1 week ago
"was like" is a typed version of a semicolon.
Stephen: Hello
Peter: Hi, how are you going?
Stephen: Well i'm ok.
roidroid 1 month ago
No one in Australia pronounces "oh no" like that (oy noy). Sometimes Stephen does get things wrong.
odinssverd 1 month ago
@odinssverd I used to hear it on Neighbours rather a lot though! :)
AtheistBrit 4 weeks ago
@odinssverd I disagree. I've often heard it on various tv progs. It's a bit grating on the ears and not easily forgotten!
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Room 101 inside Room 101, Room 101'ception. Even though Inception isn't about an in inside an in..
skulsaw 1 month ago
I'd put in people who pronounce Aitch as "Haitch".
BigJimUK 2 months ago 2
@BigJimUK I'd put in people who pronounce Haitch as "Aitch".
Readd1 1 month ago
@Readd1 "Haitch" is objectively wrong, I'm afraid.
MadOldPete 1 week ago
Definite bad hair day for Fry Secundus.
BigJimUK 2 months ago
the mac thing is the only thing ive ever disagreed with fry on, what a crock.
liamjd1 2 months ago
I'm watching this on a mac!
Opusjustitiaepax 3 months ago
The part where they discuss speech particularly 'you can't turn round to me....' almost made me spit a mouthful of beer at my computer. I could not agree more.
Swarmking 3 months ago
I feel like applauding every time Stephen Fry finishes a sentence. What a spectacular person.
ladyhugzalot 4 months ago 5
I would love to see more episodes of "Room Lovely"
GreyPersona 4 months ago
Stephen Fry !!! - I could listen to him all day - he is fabulous although he would probably correct me on my grammar :)
ShaunOggsBanjo 4 months ago
"Yo dawg i head you like room 101, so we put room 101 inside of room 101"
Room 101ception.
redman8903 4 months ago
Sunny Delight generation?! Stephen, you're dating someone from the Sunny Delight generation! Don't group us all together, the majority of us don't speak in AQI.
ErraticConduct 4 months ago
liabrays are great because anyone can go in a borrow a book, gawd pfffttt loser
91Holdem 4 months ago
@91Holdem You are the reason why Stephen Fry wants "like" speak in room 101. There is also the reason that you cannot spell "library" right! Borrow a book, educate your mind and soul. Library's are the keystone of anybodies education. Learn from people who have mastered what you are learning.
ShaunOggsBanjo 4 months ago
@ShaunOggsBanjo - should have read "libraries"
ShaunOggsBanjo 4 months ago
@ShaunOggsBanjo now we have the internet, liabarys are soon to be a thing of the past, the internets the new book innit?
91Holdem 4 months ago
@ShaunOggsBanjo Libraries not Library's. It's not possessive.
perseverancefairy 4 months ago
If I won a dinner date for three, it would be me, Stephen Fry and a damn good sommelier. I think the evening would be - for me at least - memorable. Anyone who is capable of knowledgeably mentioning Amy Turtle and Wittgenstein in one brief exchange is ok by me.
patrickcon1 4 months ago
His brain is so big!! I love Stephen Fry!
gemma5632 5 months ago
excellent.
wtfbollos 5 months ago
in soviet russia, room puts things in you
AdamBond7 5 months ago
and from the black hole formed from the destruction of room 101 a new show was formed in the intervening explosion of energy, and it was named.....QI!!!!!!!!
flynntheman90 6 months ago
Stephen Fry is absolutely excellent, but I find Paul Merton an unbearably unfunny man
MrSean677 6 months ago
My family does that whole "Turned Around" thing in conversations.
ElijahsImpact 6 months ago
5:39
Thanks, I forgot what a library was,
muffin8or 6 months ago
Haha, Jonathan Ive was 34 when this show was broadcast.
semireversed 7 months ago
Brilliant as always.
mackeymkay 7 months ago
Stephen Fry is so, so, lovely (:
Crumpets7 7 months ago
To say that he has "turned around and..." suggests to me that he has contradicted himself.
356pla 8 months ago
@356pla but it's never used in that way
TheAnxiousMan 7 months ago
@TheAnxiousMan How is it used?
356pla 7 months ago
@356pla Just pointlessly. Always in arguments 'he turned around and told me to leave' etc. I've only heard british people use it tho
TheAnxiousMan 7 months ago
Jamie and Sonya! Wow, that takes me back! Jamie was one of my first crushes. :)
Kayleigh
ghostmadlittlemiss 8 months ago
@TheEnglandrats1 People that don't brag about their IQ would not feel the need to clarify that they are in fact in MENSA ;)
consoler111 8 months ago 6
@TheEnglandrats1 Thanks, yours are decent too, although I'd have thought BMW drivers were the problem rather than the cars themselves. What about your Room Lovely? (I agree with Stephen on libraries.)
kisbie 8 months ago
@TheEnglandrats1 I'd have:
ABBA, golf, fags (as in cigarettes), rose-tinted specs, people who talk as though they were Winston Smith, and institutions & entitlement
And in Room Lovely:
American cartoons (except Seth MacFarlane's shows), surreal British comedy, association football and Fiona Bruce
kisbie 8 months ago
@kisbie
Spot on sir
The Simpsons, Futurama and South Park ftw!
JONNOG88 3 months ago
Who was on the picture that Paul was holding in tilte sequence of Room Lovely?
t4si0r 8 months ago
@t4si0r That would be TV's Alan Titchmarsh - from TV's The Alan Titchmarsh Show and TV's Ground Force. Particularly if that TV is owned by your nan.
kisbie 8 months ago
ah so thats why 101 is not on anymore
panzermort 9 months ago 4
OI NOI!
sd06vhl 9 months ago
Room Lovely should be a real show XD
madgirlsec 9 months ago
Stephen Fry should go into "room lovely"!
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absorbingdonor5f4 10 months ago
And this, friends is why QI is in existence...
JonnoGradian 10 months ago 60
Putting Room 101 inside Room 101...?
Fuck!
Black hole!
Vehementi 1 year ago 62
@Vehementi We need to go deeper.
Fab4Sunrises 8 months ago
@Vehementi INCEPTION!
Schlurble 6 months ago
@Schlurble BWOOOOOOOOOOOM
friendofidiocy 6 months ago
@Vehementi Yeh, I know, pretty irresponsible in my perfect opinion. They need to be careful. Doing stuff like that willy nilly is how we ended up with Barbra Streisand and Dido.
theriggermortis2400 4 months ago
Holy crap this is 10years ago it seems so recent I miss this era
xierotron 1 year ago 4
Fucking hell Stephen Fry, why do you have to love Apple and hate PC? PC wasn´t designed for incompetent retards, I expected more of you.
EinherjarServitor 1 year ago
@EinherjarServitor
He says he liked them originally because the interface was so much nicer (before MS used GUI) and stuck with them ever since. I don't think he despises microsoft anymore - I think there are some favorable reviews from him on smartphones using windows floating about.
33six 11 months ago
@33six The problem with Microsoft and Windows is it's still largely in the same mind set it has been for the last 20 years. It's a case of "it'll do". WIndows 7 and WIndows Phone 7 are a nice step in the right direction, but on the desktop we're still stuck with a lot of different UI elements and designs dating back over several versions of Windows which have yet to be updated to be consistent with the newer look. Their other software also isn't consistent in UI and so on.
TalesOfWar 11 months ago
Agree on all great and terrible things Stephen Fry stated on this show except the MAC bit, mac is user friendly and stylish, sure, but thats about the only advantage i see in it. Cant see anything wrong with PC if it's running on ubuntu or something of this sort :]. Not as user friendly but much more fun and wider possibilities.
borntorot 1 year ago
"So how did your dogfight with Steven go?"
"Well he was all like 'bam' yeah and I was all like 'bam bam' and then he was all like "ratata ratata tat' and I was all like 'ctch-ctch talk to gun 'cause the cockpit ain't listening.' "
"That's well bad, you must be really stressed out right now. That's like totally not what you need in your life right now."
AnnatarYoung 1 year ago
my friend's mum once started talking to us about the word 'like' and how it is overused in conversation and it always make me thing about the word after I've used it.
LeoDeGrand 1 year ago
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Stephen and his Apple fetish. For someone with such depth, how can he like apple products? They are the hallmark of the shallow and image obsessed, an idol of form over function.
soundslave 1 year ago
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soundslave 1 year ago
i take it Stephen isent a pc gamer then
TheAntman2006 1 year ago
The way he spits after saying "PC" and "Windows" delights me.
bondfool 1 year ago 4
I'd say all good comedy, whatever the nationality, is a successful blending of the silly (rather than stupid) with the sophisticated. Whether Britain has more of a tradition for that than Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. is debateable. I probably only prefer British comedy in general because I'm more familiar with the cultural references it's based around. Why do you prefer it, coming from Canada?
kisbie 1 year ago 2
I've finally found something I disagree with Stephen Fry on, and that's Eastenders. It's difficult not to sound like a snob here, but how and why would someone as intelligent (as far as the intelligence of human beings goes) as he is, possibly be able to find anything remotely likeable or engaging about a programme like that? Am I being unfair? Because all it seems to be, and seems to have ever been, is an endless cycle of affairs, fights, boozing, gossiping and empty trivialities.
TheTommiesTheBand 1 year ago
@TheTommiesTheBand Realism/escapism.
FeedsNoSliesMusic 1 year ago
@TheTommiesTheBand This is nearly a decade ago. Maybe Eastenders was better then? (Not that I've ever really been a fan, but I think the soaps have really suffered for quality since going to more than three episodes per week.) Or maybe he just really fancied Jack Ryder?
kisbie 1 year ago
@TheTommiesTheBand Life, then.
BulletMagnetOWI 1 year ago
@TheTommiesTheBand Sometimes people like to switch off their brain and enjoy the simple things in life. Why do you think big action films are so popular? There's hardly anything you'd consider intellectual in them, just a bunch of explosions and killing and more often than not some hot blonde or brunette to perv at lol. Also, back when this aired Eastenders wasn't quite as trashy as it is now. it's gone down the ITV route for the lowest common moron.
TalesOfWar 1 year ago
leave it to Stephen Fry to find a way to blown minds.... I'm sure no one had thought to put Room 101 in Room 101 before...
TVLover1995 1 year ago
oh yes, some people still say the "turn around" thing and it is truely irritating!!
Anetchen87 1 year ago
@mongolenpup
Testosterone increases sex drive, but not attraction to women. In fact, the gender one is attracted to has nothing to do with testosterone levels. That's why so called "hormone-therapy" created by anti gay groups does not work. Testosterone effects the way the body develops, hair growth, and enlargement of organs, but behavior is mostly learned and attraction to a certain gender mostly innate (this is why people can identify as homosexual before puberty).
skyerune 1 year ago
@mongolenpup
How so? Testosterone has nothing to do with which gender one is attracted to. There are all kinds of gay people.
skyerune 1 year ago
I hate Macintosh XD
AnnatarYoung 1 year ago
We don't quite talk that Stephen...lol.
mooneepondskid 1 year ago
I love Stephen and Kathy <3
PocketRocketPRP 1 year ago
Stephen gets his wish to have a show about stuff that's cool. It's called QI.
TacticusPrime 1 year ago 6
Jony Ive was 33-34 when this program went out...
markdr123 1 year ago
1:36 - The explanation I've heard for using "like" instead of "said" is that it implies that what is reported is an *approximation* of what was actually said. i.e. "He said something *like* this, but those weren't his exact words."
leeshajoi 1 year ago
@leeshajoi Also, sometimes it's just meant to report a gesture or a look, eg. "I was like, no way!" meaning "I conveyed skepticism through my expression"
greengrendel 1 year ago
LOL I remember when I was watching Neighbours when I was a kid and someone quite clearly said that someone else had "had a strike". I asked my mum what a strike was, and she said that it was in fact a "stroke". Totally that "Oi noi" syndrome Stephen mentioned here!
AtheistBrit 1 year ago
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"glue that mends your ripped vinyl" does Fry use it to mend his ripped ass?
PandaDelight 1 year ago
@PandaDelight me thinks you are a bit of a prick..fuck off troll
welshhibby 1 year ago
@PandaDelight I doubt it. Of all the things one could use for that, I wouldn't suggest glue. Ouch. Honestly, though, there isn't a whole bunch someone can do for a ripped arse. If you have one, you're probably sticking it in sideways or something. Not enough prep time, perhaps?
Also, your grammar is atrocious and you should be ashamed.
kileXemoXboy 1 year ago
UGH in america we call this speech habit up-talking. it is just.....repulsive. it sounds so condescending and stupid and. god. i hate it so much. thank you, stephen fry!!
shakequothdovehouse 1 year ago 2
AQI?! I thought I was the only one who noticed this as a fast growing trend.
Irritates the crap out of me. Nowadays it sounds patronising not less assertive. As if they're making sure you're keeping up with them. *5 palm punchs*
superhamzah85 1 year ago
He knew that Macs are going to take over the world! ;) go stephen Fry, this man is incredible!
herminio1234 1 year ago 3
@herminio1234
It's perfectly alright to like Steven Fry but disagree with his opinions, I, for example, hate Macs.
Soundfrequency 1 year ago 2
@Soundfrequency
I think he appreciates the attention given to its design. You must admit that overall, Macs are prettier than PCs, OS and casing, whether or not you like to use them.
skyerune 1 year ago
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Ironically that mac can't watch this youtube video.
richardmaudsley77 1 year ago
Completely agree about the libraries. I am grown up but still feel that excitement.
sidekickmarie 1 year ago 3
I don't even watch tv anymore because there's so much utter crap like glee being imported, I just watch old clips and stuff on youtube now and again
sami2503 1 year ago
He hates windows. I told you he is not Perfect haha haha haha
Machineghosts 1 year ago
My room lovely would have Stephen Fry =)
PurpleFunnyChocolate 1 year ago 4
I could listen to stephen talk all day...
emma2121212121 1 year ago 94
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@emma2121212121
"I could listen to stephen talk all day..." And as it turns out, I just spend all day. Lets see what the night brings ...
wimscheers 1 year ago
Stephen Fry is the new Jesus christ
Greig1424 1 year ago 35
@Greig1424 you might be missing the point. dont try and turn intelligence into sometihng FUCKING MINDLESS
stephan is the new allahhhhhhh
treytoshable 1 year ago
@Greig1424 He is jew...
Rilu666 1 year ago 3
@Rilu666 lol very true
Greig1424 1 year ago
@Greig1424 He'd probably frown on such a thought.
ShanksDChopper 1 year ago
@Greig1424 No, Stephen Fry existed. And indeed still does.
ShadowxBoi 1 year ago 3
@Greig1424 what a non point.
melvinwhitewest 10 months ago
i want the 'room lovely' sign for my bedroom door x
truepoisson 1 year ago 4
im australian from Sydney and I dont know ANYONE who speaks the way Stephen mentions. The only thing we do say is "like"... young people especially
mogur00 1 year ago 2
@mogur00 We have an Aussie in our big brother house at the mo and he talks like it constantly. We also get your biggest loser and everybody on there, trainers and host included, speak like it and several are from Sidney. My friends and I laugh our heads of at the contestants because they all speak like it. Maybe you are that used to it you don't even notice it anymore.
clemo2879 1 year ago
Maybe Q.i. is Stephen Fry's solution.
nitramgnal 1 year ago 2
Oh Stephen. I would watch Room Fluffy as long as you were hosting it
ByzantineByron 1 year ago 4
YaY!!! some Apple Love!! Fuck all Apple-haters - Stephen Fry has spoken!
ukulazy 1 year ago
:'( If I ever meet Stephen Fry I'll have to remember not to speak to him. I'm Australian.
fittedtee 1 year ago 2
@fittedtee
You can talk to him, he's polite enough to overlook your terrible accent ;)
Personally, I like the accent, as many Americans do.
skyerune 1 year ago
I love Kathy!
And the Library! They are sexually exciting. XD <3
fangirl8392 1 year ago 3
Let's just be happy that despite their TV differences, both countries speak English so we can enjoy a bit of both!
SamezXD 1 year ago 4
Thou shall not question Stephen Fry (8)
AnonymousNI 1 year ago 8
i think our libraries would be in room 101 rather than lovely as the majority of the contain half the books they once did to make room for coffee shops and babysitting facilities.
davidgoodman85 1 year ago
To throw my hat into the ring on the US vs UK TV issue. Why is anyone trying to have an intellectual debate about something that is so subjective as to render a conclusion utterly impossible? It depends ENTIRELY on your tastes. I prefer UK TV, but House, Dexter and Lie To Me are three of my favourite shows. I think the best TV comedy comes from UK, but George Carlin, Richard Prior and Bill Cosby are among my favourite standups. good and bad in both, they're just culturally different.
FulchesterUnited 1 year ago 5
stephen s a man of genius...all i have tosay
daryalezhay777 1 year ago
If Steven Fry ever stops doing QI, I hope he starts doing "Room Lovely."
Fry would be a fabulous host. He'd keep the guests honest and remind the world what a wonder it is.
drfoxcourt 1 year ago 3
@drfoxcourt Room lovely?
djduchesse 1 year ago
@drfoxcourt Never mind, hadn't watched the whole clip.
djduchesse 1 year ago
"his testicles have barely descended.."
lovely way to say "his balls aint dropped"
kool4eva 2 years ago
Don't see much of Kathy Burke these days. Wonder what she's up to.
sens19861 2 years ago
The video keeps pausing itself at 0:52 and then refuses to budge. Anybody else experience that?
cottonwhiskersuk 2 years ago
Same here, maybe there's a problem with conversion?
NPChilla 2 years ago
mark webber does but he's a legend hahaha. I love that steven wen't straight to kathy on room lovely she deserves such praise great actor.
QuiteDrunkOnGin 2 years ago
as a kiwi im loving watching stephen take the piss out of the aussie accent.
cheers! :)
harlequingirl1990 2 years ago
Oh god Mark Webber does this
Sephirius 2 years ago
On the whole Like thing, I also hate it when people use like as a filler word. Usually after each comma in a sentance.
WolfmanNougat 2 years ago 7
OIH NOI! hahaha
eimearoconnor 2 years ago 9
On the continuing debate about US/UK television, I'd say we are about equal with similar great/good/crap ratios. Just better at different things. The Americans seem to do better drama overall, while we do better news & documentaries.
Comedy is about level, though I'd say us Brits just shade it on the originality factor. Reality shows are also about equal.
Have to admit that I haven't seen much of US children's programming or sport coverage. As for commercials, just fuck off!
kisbie 2 years ago 81
come on man what about south park ,flight of the conchords, family guy, the life and times of tim, the american office (possibly better than the original). South Parks the most original thing on TV. i love the Boosh,The office, peepshow,nathan barley,green wing, monkey dust,the inbetweeners,Partridge but now only two of these shows are still running. im english but at the minute american tv is better at almost everything 'cept news (obviously), factual science/wildlife/other.documentarys
TheHappydead 2 years ago
No way in hell is the American Office better then the original! Especially with the episodes they've been turning out lately (I do have to say that I still enjoy watching it every week though lolx). But for the most part I agree with you. British television at the moment,is not doing the best...Overall though, It is. If you compared the greatest American shows to the greatest British shows of all time (I'm assuming you're talking about comedy), the British ones would definitely come out on top.
rdgloveshouse 2 years ago
youre probably right
theres been a few great micheal scott moments in the last few eps............
Scissor me
TheHappydead 2 years ago
heehee
rdgloveshouse 2 years ago
@TheHappydead My comment was meant to be read as 'across the board'. I feel our TV and comedy industries still offer comparatively more freedom for original ideas than they do Stateside.
Your examples of 'originality' include an unfunny attempt at a Simpsons/South Park hybrid and an American version of an existing - not to mention superior - British show.
I'll give you South Park, though it has been around for over a decade now. Chonchords is the brainchild of a New Zealand act.
kisbie 2 years ago
@TheHappydead Not able to judge Life and Times of Tim as I've never seen it. (From reading the synopsis, it's already reminding me of Stressed Eric, but it could be completely different.)
I still maintain Britain produces proportionately more original humour shows for mainstream TV than America, on the whole.
kisbie 2 years ago
ohhh you need to watch life n times of tim its amazing.
theres a few full eps on youtube.
TheHappydead 2 years ago
"American TV is better at lamost everything, except for..."
Doesn't really work if you have to add exceptions involving entire genres.
DarioBattisti 1 year ago 3
@kisbie "We do better news." Jesus... that doesn't exactly fill me with patriotism. That's like saying our waste disposal systems are more efficient.
UK = superior comedy
US = superior budgets.
There. And the people who are saying it's all subjective are dull and redundant. Art ISN'T subjective. That's why a painting by Monet is worth millions, whilst the stick man drawing I did of myself in high school with a giant green knob was only worth a bollocking from my chemistry teacher.
ukulazy 1 year ago
@ukulazy You know, for all its faults, our TV news - well the BBC at least - is still the envy of the world. All the best news networks are basically trying to imitate its style. And I'd have thought having decent waste disposals was actually a reason to celebrate. (Whether they are up to scratch is another matter.)
kisbie 1 year ago
@ukulazy Britain is rarely no. 1 at anything these days, but overall, Auntie is still the world leader in what it does. And mostly for the better. (Oh, and art isn't subjective because everything is art. Beauty is subjective.)
kisbie 1 year ago
@kisbie True, beauty is subjective. And I'm glad I don't have to S&%T in a bucket. I also agree about the news thing, I just think that it's not something to be proud of really, rather it's something other countries should be ashamed of. Especially America, which broadcasts such tripe as 'Fox News'!
ukulazy 1 year ago
@ukulazy I was your Chemistry teacher, and I only gave you a bollocking because the stickman was naked.
williamwilson666 1 year ago
@kisbie American dramas used to be better, but I haven't seen a good drama lately from either. If you know of any, please tell me. As for comedy, I'd be hard pressed to find a good American comedy since Seinfeld. I can think of the odd few, but half of those came from British shows. British news and documentaries are definitely better. I do prefer American sporting events though :)
I'm Canadian, by the way.
Gleebo 1 year ago
@Gleebo The British drama Life on Mars is excellent, as are many other series that sadly have to compete with awful reality shows. This means that they rarely get the same screen time or coverage that Simon bloody Cowell (that's his full name by the way!) manages to get. Reality shows take up screen time that could be far better used promoting intelligent and interesting shows, but unfortunately the public seem to prefer tat!
baileysan75 1 year ago
@kisbie Nah. I disagree. The British have comedies nailed. America has a long way to go to catch up with gold like The Thick Of It, Outnumbered, IT Crowd, Black Books, Alan Partridge.... this list could go on and on.
teabagbob 1 year ago 3
@kisbie US children's programming has become an atrocity since Jim Henson died. Sesame Street is now a joke, and Nickelodeon and Disney are too concerned about pandering to parents to put any substance in their shows. Everything is literally a rehash of the same jokes, situations, and politically correct but educationally moot scripts. That's obviously not literally all of it, but everything mainstream and then some.
Nerfi 1 year ago
@Nerfi Phineas and Ferb is a pretty good show. And Little Einsteins, for the younger crowd. Interesting for the kids, and not so mind numbing as to force parents to leave the room.
TacticusPrime 1 year ago
@kisbie British comedy is DIRE. What have we got? Doc Martin or "My Family as opposed The Simpsons, Frasier and Ellen?
lewisner 1 year ago
@lewisner I'm talking about the current state of TV. If you think My Family is all we have left, then you're wrong. Admittedly, most good comedy on British TV now is in the form of panel shows, chat shows and stand-up - which are so popular now because we live in the age of reality TV, but that's another discussion - so perhaps Americans are currently doing better at sitcoms. But there's still Lead Balloon, Peep Show, Not Going Out, Miranda and more recently Roger & Val and Grandma's House.
kisbie 1 year ago
@kisbie I don't count chat shows and panel shows as comedy I am thinking of situation comedy. Regarding Lead Balloon Jack Dee is OK as standup but I thought his show sucked.I've got to admit I stay away from BBC comedy it really is so bad.
lewisner 1 year ago
@lewisner I'm always puzzled by the refusal of some to bracket panel shows (and chat shows hosted by comedians like Graham Norton) as 'comedy shows'. What else are they? Besides 'quiz shows' and 'light entertainment' of course. You can quibble that they're cheap and lazy compared to sitcoms and sketch shows, but that's a generalisation that is largely untrue I think. HIGNFY at its worst is far better than Horne & Corden at its best. (8/10 Cats wouldn't be much without Sean Lock though.)
kisbie 1 year ago
@kisbie Eggheads is a panel show but it's not hosted by a comedian. I will agree with you that HIGNFY , QI and Mock The Week are very funny.Satire/lampooning/political are things we still do well.
I'll amend my statement to say that our situation comedies aren't funny.
lewisner 1 year ago
@lewisner Eggheads is hosted by the brother of a comedian (I'd much prefer Tim Vine actually). I think we can agree that panel shows obviously aren't all comedy shows, but the celebrity ones tend to focus on being witty and funny above scoring points and winning the game, though hammed-up 'competitiveness' is a good source of laughs. We'll have to agree to disagree about the current state of sitcoms in Britain. I think we have a few good ones, even if America is out in front at the moment.
kisbie 1 year ago
@lewisner By the way, you can't use Frasier as an example of contemporary comedy. Granted, it's still fairly recent, but it finished in 2004. The Simpsons is my favourite TV show of all time by the way. But let's not forget all the debates about whether that's been any good since season 10 (my view is still has enough good moments to stave off cancellation, but not as many as at the peak). At least you didn't nominate Family Guy!
kisbie 1 year ago
@kisbie Our childrens programming is very mixed. On one hand, we have utter shit in which disney stars playing ten year olds with huge boobs and makeup tell non jokes punctuated by laugh tracks, on the other hand we have great educational kids' programs like sesame street and genuinely funny cartoons like ren and stimpy.
Craxblorg 1 year ago
@Craxblorg Ren & Stimpy isn't a children's cartoon and they haven't made any new episodes for about 15 years! But at least you still have children's TV in the US. There's barely any in Britain now. Both the BBC and ITV have scaled their output back massively. A couple of good shows survive though.
kisbie 1 year ago