Death of the british bee - Qi - BBC

[o2UglyKJ]

what is worse, unloading a free-to-air taping, or watching the ads placed on videos -becuase ofthe copywrite complaint, makes no sense, since free-to-air sharing was an infringment. Explain. No wait, I don't want to start a dumb found hypocrete rally.

[drdisarper]

@Mistersamsam- forgive us for only having shitty TV in our country. Tell you what, you take Jersey Shore and we'll take Doctor Who. That's fair, yeah? Oh, you don't approve? That's because the BBC is frakking better! Americans are allowed to appreciate that. Being an elitist British prig really doesn't help anyone.

[raverdeath100]

@drdisarper well said mate!

[MJLongman]

"Are you telling me that bees are aliens?"

DOCTOR WHO QUOTES WIN :D

[JaytheOstrich]

@MJLongman Don't be daft.. Not all of them!

[MJLongman]

@JaytheOstrich Very clever, sir, very clever ;)

[CheckAttitude]

Dear BBC,

The word British should be captilized. Please use proper grammar for your own section of the world.

Sincerely,

Exhasperated Canadian

[mrhenk007]

1:27 what does he say?

[joequarterback86]

@mrhenk007 "yeah fuck'em they're only bees"

[Johny40Se7en]

@mrhenk007

"A million bees and only 1 hive?"

- "yeah f**k 'em they're only bees" =P

I love QI, so chilled out so helps me relax a bit and think, I'd love to have a box set, I'd need an entire book shelf for all of them though haha =)

[tidalwave2k11]

@mrhenk007 i think he say s f**k em there only bees

[mrhenk007]

@mrhenk007 He says "Yeah, fuck em! they're only bees."

[Mistersamsam]

Efff Americans saying how much they love BBC is as annoying as 12 year old commenting on how much they love old music..

[RelativelyHostile1]

I don't understand why people from the USA cannot understand English, they speak the same language and yet England was its origin (i assume) so clearly english ppl speak it best and so it should be quite easy to understand

[ballerKMH2]

@RelativelyHostile1 People in England and people in America use the same language but they pronounce the words differently. I'm sure that's why they can't understand. Though I find it quite easy

[RelativelyHostile1]

@ballerKMH2 Yeah, i can understand americans and english people, except for those extremely chavvy ppl who don't actually speak proper english in england :P

[MrBobsnotyouruncle]

well that guy died this day all those years ago.

[lezwitch]

American Bees aren't American, either. There weren't any. The colonists imported them from France.

[BAMFPiccPimp]

what was the punch line to alan's joke?

[dedokta]

@BAMFPiccPimp F$@k 'em, they're only Bee's.

[Axerty1234]

@BAMFPiccPimp fuck 'em they're only bees.

[allylaureng]

@flyoverangel Yay! I'm not the only one :)

[Ya0ifanboy]

New Zealand Honey can cure anything it's great



[aleatharhea]

Can someone explain the wasp in the window?

[TreeHouse3575]

@aleatharhea The joke is pretty much explained already below but to save trouble... a wasp has got stuck in the window of a shop where they display the merchandise, a man goes in to the shop and asks to buy a wasp assuming that because one is in the display window the shop sells them. That is really it... its funny because it is a really really really over used joke that everyone has heard a billion times :) X

[aleatharhea]

Love this show. I'm American. Is there any way I can see it in more than little bits on youtube? flyoverangel, I have no idea who the hell Kardashian is, but I sure have been seeing that name all over the place lately.

[tuttifrutti91]

@aleatharhea Some very kind Youtube users have uploaded complete episodes of QI - you can look up NickFromFulham, or gloomyoutlook, their channels have entire episodes :)

[magglyn1]

Ha Ha, now bees are being imported into England from the Isle of Man because our bees are healthy. They are not as you may think bright yellow and black but just more black. Yet another thing the Isle of man gives to the world.

[AnonymousUbiquity]

Seriously? Nobody's baffled by the 1:35 bee joke?

WTF?!

[TheLinktolife]

@AnonymousUbiquity What baffles you about it??

[AnonymousUbiquity]

@TheLinktolife

The whole thing.  Is there just a wasp's nest in the window or something?

[TheLinktolife]

@AnonymousUbiquity I believe ur thinking to hard about it. The joke being in a way, quite a stupid one. A wasp has just flown into the display window of a cake shop and the joke being that the guy thinks that because it is in the display window he can purchase it. That's pretty much it. The reaction Stephen and all have to it is due to the fact that it is in essence quite a simplistic joke to make and therefore they receive it with a joking appreciation.

[AnonymousUbiquity]

@TheLinktolife

Thanks- I thought it was a British thing.

[severusloaf]

@AnonymousUbiquity It's how he tells the joke that makes it funny

[colourblindkid96]

What bee makes milk? a boobee :D

[1p2o3i]

Wow, I dont get the joke, even with the provided transcript of the punchline... :(

[SentientRaven]

Censorship ruins again.

[DragonSporks]

The British bee died out in the First World War; they had to be imported in from Melissa Majoria.

(anyone? anyone?)

[inglebug]

It's amazing the human race has last this long with medicinal cures such as these ;)

[MissAlua]

<3 Stephen Fry

[LiMaoTang]

The glory of the Roman Empire has been fried in under 10 seconds

[workwithnature]

Ah the poor bees

[MtheGate]

So basically you're screwed if the lump of bread caught in your throat is the last of the loaf.

[JoJea007]

0:01

[bfoaliali]

I learnt more from this program than school.

[timmy47]

i believe it was on over here, well maybe only in canada. i believe it used to be on the game show network which im not sure if that network is still running.

[colemyst]

QI is truly the best. Coming from the US, many of my friends and family don't seem to understand the UK english - LOL but I've never had a problem . As a one time fountain of useless information, which QI now shows me is obsolete as well as useless; I enjoy the jokes from QI far more than the moronic dribble filling our airspace or digital cables. I wish we had something similar but without Mr. Fry it would be such a sad imitation not worth the mention. Thanks for uploading such a great show!

[rakketakke]

@colemyst that is because of your high iQ

[doctorwhofreak128]

what episode is this from cos i want to watch the full episode cos it looks realy funny lol :)

[Muloc7253]

I don't get Alan Davies joke

[t1mel1ne]

@Muloc7253 it's because the first guy obviously gave the bees room to move and fly about, whereas the other one clearly just rammed a million bees into one hive :P

[Adii30]

Hah HAH! Dangly bits.

[CaptVickHartnell]

By the way, the New Zealand honey he mentioned is called Manuka honey (from the Manuka plant) very rich and delicious. The best brand is Aritaki.

[carlsunshine]

@CaptVickHartnell NO THE BEST BRAND IS FUCKING CUNTHONEY DICKHEAD

[stellachann]

... I know all those things about Plinius because I had to translate the letters his son wrote about him .__.

[spudnick3490]

Americans would clearly understand this...Stop talking about stereotypes..

I am British...

[flyoverangel]

Some American's, like myself, love this show. Others are brain dead idiots watching the Kardashians,

[AlphyLM]

@flyoverangel Don't worry, we have our idiots too... unfortunately ;)

[hempartist420]

@flyoverangel as a fellow American I'd like to correct you... *most are brain dead idiots ; )

[harry911tk]

@flyoverangel yes, you are so much better than they are

[xddjx]

"A cow's testes..." 

[supahsnuffy]

Does anybody else love it when stephen fry comes out with a really eloquent phrase and then swears? xD he's one of the few people that sounds good swearing.

[jamielees62]

Americans wouldn't understand this show.

[CWScott24]

@jamielees62 I love this show and im an American.... sadly i can only see clips on youtube.

[revolver3838]

@jamielees62 im british and have many american friends through the army who love this show.

[jamielees62]

Americans wouldn't understand this show.

[Jeorney]

We'll have to call our bees abeja el Mexico now.

[swimstud567]

thanks for the ad in spanish

[rossvideosprint]

Fuck 'em, they're only bees!

[throwingknifeladd]

@rossvideosprint LOL best comment ive seen i a long time

[hideyourloveaway128]

"It's strange that we think of the Romans as noble architects, soldiers bestriding the arrow-straight roads and the coliseums of their vast empire, when clearly they were mostly at home with the sniffles, festooned with the dangly bits of wild animals, and sipping hot toddies made from their piss." God, Stephen Fry is the best!!

[lezwitch]

Did you know that the American Honeybee isn't American? They are actually from Italy.

[Soviet20]

@lezwitch F*cking italian bees! They ruin teh country yah know! With their stereotypical mobster families and honey combed pizzas... damn them!

[superstrok99]

ima bee, ima bee, ima ima ima bee

lol joke im a wasp

[willygolder]

@superstrok99 its LOL JK fool! :P

[delacote60]

Howard Goodall, as well as writing the music for QI (and Red Dwarf), did an excellent series exploring and explaining music to lay people like me. I encourage you to look up his excellent exploration of The Beatles.

[thomatude]

I'm reading the comments on this video and i was just thinking if you like Q.I you should probably check out a show called Spicks & Specks, its an Australian Q.I like show but with a focus on music.

[DPx111]

1:29 wt does he say .. fuck the wat??

[rayhs1984]

@DPx111 he says "yea fuck em' they're only bees"

[GoneWithTheSinners]

It's shows like these that make me proud to be British.

[ConradMcBad]

manuka honey. cures everything.

[sabken1]

I agree ...there are so many reruns on BBC America, why can't they show something clever like this program.

[ScientiaVeritasEtLux]

Alan's joke was great. hahaha

[benjamingelad]

i have a man crush on alan

[mrbeanaswell]

you're gay then

[Forkez]

We're all gay (happy).

[000KR4SH00]

3:15 LMFAO..

[jeppy1243]

Alans face at 0.33 haha he looks completely confused

[Tink2127]

Cheeky bugger always looks confused! LOL

[PesiCool]

"The Bee n p!"

[dark0fday]

Yep plus if you listen he says "fuck em they're only bees!" too :)

[ConfusedDavid]

I love Danny Baker

[silvergooseman]

he said " fuck em they're only bees!"

[DPx111]

@silvergooseman idnt gt it lOl

[thoostorm4]

@silvergooseman your xhat born

[Clarestovold]

I couldn't hear Alan's punchline to that joke...

[TheOnlineOrgy]

Erm...Cows don't have testicles :p

[Kakareen]

Considering the other stuff Pliny said, it doesn't sound all that stupid.

[kophamel]

@TheOnlineOrgy

That's bull

[TheOnlineOrgy]

lol...assuming that was a joke

[kophamel]

yeah glad someone got it

[blodden1]

BeeNP lol

[omega4104]

Personally, I would kill for this program to start showing in America.

It combines my love of comedy, useless factoids, and, of course, Stephen Fry

[AernoutMJC]

I heard ABC is going to broadcast it, so it might be your lucky day. Hope you haven't killed anyone.

[TheColoncancer]

I'm not sure why the BBC over here doesn't play it. Would love to see it over here, hopefully a bit later so it doesn't get edited a lot.

[TheEVILutionist]

I think you can get the back catolog on tv links . something of surfthechannel . com along with most other things on tv anywhere

[delacote60]

@omega4104 Your wish may be granted: the producer, John Lloyd, has been in discussions with HBO for Stephen Fry to host a show with "four American Alan Davieses". Source: llewtube(dot)com and scroll down the right for John Lloyd's "carpool". If you like this format, there are offerings by other QI luminaries like Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Phill Jupitus. (In a slightly different vein, John Lloyd has also done a TED presentation, which you might want to look up.)

[Rachiejane1]

@delacote60 No! Please tell me you are kidding? No offence but when we sell our stuff to America they change it into something unfunny and it just fails. We should stick to our own comedies and do them well

[willygolder]

@omega4104 I am kinda glad that it doesn't air in America, it is nice to have our own things, we need to get so much of America's programmes these days...

[reallyconfused]

@omega4104 word.

[USSCannonFodder]

@omega4104

I agree with ya 100% but as opposed to most American shows that are the definition of "useless factoids" minus factoids

[PrehistoricLoathing]

@omega4104

Fun fact: Factoid actually means a false fact.

[PlatformRacing2Art]

@PrehistoricLoathing That is a factoid!

:3

[indvs3]

@omega4104 watch out with saying things like that. some people ended up on the world's evening news for lesser issues ;-)

[WalterLiddy]

@omega4104 Facts, not factoids.

[pacmandem]

@WalterLiddy No it is 'factoid' not 'fact. QI = Quite interesting, implying a degree of insignificance. A factoid is, by default, considered insignificant, irrelevent or trivial.

[ZarlanTheGreen]

@pacmandem No it's not. To quote wikipedia (because I'm crap at explaining):

"A factoid is a questionable or spurious—unverified, incorrect, or fabricated—statement presented as a fact, but with no veracity."

[pacmandem]

@ZarlanTheGreen Don't quote from wikipedia. It's unreliable, and if you submitted work based on evidence gleaned from wikipedia for a college or uni assignment you'd be laughed out of the room.

[ZarlanTheGreen]

@pacmandem Don't quote from scientific journals, textbooks or encyclopaedias. They're unreliable.

[cheesyNwaffle]

@pacmandem To be fair, I don't think anyone would edit the Wikipedia page for "Factoid"

[imasinnerimasaint]

@pacmandem I think if one is prepared to accept correction, you can quote from Wikipedia in conversation, IRL or otherwise. I'm pretty sure I'd be automatically failed if I quoted wikipedia in a uni assignment, and I get very annoyed if someone refuses to accept the correction of other people just because Wikipedia disagrees with what the other people are saying, but quoting an entry in Wikipedia as an explanation for a belief is acceptable, provided they are willing to be told that it's wrong.

[Raventoll]

@omega4104 As long as we got the British version. I don't want an American QI

[Fortevn]

@Raventoll Well, if you think about it, they may just kick Hugh Laurie in to host the show.

[Raventoll]

@Fortevn As much as I like Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry is the perfect host for QI. There is no substitute.

[TheSaintAza]

@omega4104 As-long as it is the same British version i agree, an American version would destroy it.

[Turigamot]

@TheSaintAza It depends really. Most of the time the American versions of stuff is ruined due to shitty casting or hiring the wrong writers. Stephen Colbert would be a great host, for example.

[TheSaintAza]

@Turigamot Yeah true, I suppose I'm ignorant when it comes too intelligent American stars, the media in most country's do not paint you lot out too be a bright bunch I'm afraid :(.

[Turigamot]

@TheSaintAza

Well, that drop from 1st to 17th in education isn't a lie either, I'm afraid. I blame Texas.

[ayuan227]

@TheSaintAza Yeah true, I suppose you're also ignorant when it comes to the spelling of the word "to". Your comment does not paint you out to be a bright person I'm afraid :(.

[TheSaintAza]

@ayuan227 Sounds like my comment hurt someone's ego, Ah wait! I forgot you judge someone's intelligence level by picking out there miniscule spelling mistakes don't you, oh damn it! I guess Einstein must be a complete and utter moron because he made numerous spelling mistakes in his lifetime of work. Oh dear :(.

[ayuan227]

@TheSaintAza Well no, I was just going to let it slide as a typo when I noticed that you spelled "to" as "too" two times (see what I did there?). I was merely amused by the fact that you were commenting on a country's intelligence while repeatedly making a very simple spelling mistake. I actually quite agree with the point you made. The media does in fact make America look quite stupid, and to be honest, they are not entirely incorrect. Sarah Palin almost became vice president, so point taken.

[fampie2008]

I don't get Alan's bee joke, I've seen it so many times but I've never got it!

[omega4104]

He says "Screw them, they're only bees"

[tominator999]

its just a bit silly really. It's basically just one of those jokes which is the answer is a bit obvious and blunt. E.g.

"What do you call a man with no arms and no legs floating in the middle of the ocean?"

"Fucked."

[oakr8r]

What did he say at the end of the joke?? After "fuck"?

[RoxieLee123456]

Basically 'eff them, they're only bees'. Took me a while too XD

[oakr8r]

Yeah thanks,

I got it after reading the comments under mine.

[crazypianolady]

The boy from Outnumbered reminds me of Alan Davies ^^

[vonmetford]

me too! i thought it was his lad fer a while!!

[noirgris0]

Open the windows,close the doors eh?

I said theres one in the window!

[katerush]

alan davies is great in this show

[Zwobert]

Is this show still on T.V?

[hudsomi1]

Yes, the repeats are on "Dave" and they recently finished filming a new series.

[metalheart666532]

look on dave

[tolchock1984]

yes there currently filming Series G (7)

[youxknowxyouxluvxit]

HAHAHAHA funniest joke ever

its clearly "fuck 'em, they're only bees"

LMAO

[VintageRunnerBeans]

I've showed this to like 3 members of my family and none of them have got it! Morons.

[lemonylover13]

I actually knew all that stuff about Pliny the elder! It was in a stupid IGCSE practice for English.

[Swifty6288]

what does alan say F***ing ____ bees whats the ____

[timverdel]

He says: Yeah, fuck em, they're only bees.

[ragasm]

f***n' randy bees, is what I think I heard

[malarbusto]

I don't think it would have been funny if he'd said it but the fact that's what you heard throught the beep is funny as hell

[fromwkfsmouth]

I like Howard Goodall's remarks in this clip - not to mention him starting a bit of a buzzer war between his fellow panelists! I love that guy - he's humo(u)rous! LOL!!! XD

[atabattre]

beenp

[oneworldfamily]

There must be a strong breeze in that studio with Jo Brand's pad of paper blowing about at 1:56.

God, I've gotta get a life! Spend waaay too much time on Youtube!!

[MilesBennetDyson]

Well observed there, Pliny.

[phrawgg2]

Shit i'm never gonna get anything done today thisshit is too funny!

[sfocelot]

"its obvious.. when you think about it"

lmao

[Tropicaliak]

wasp in a window? what does that mean?

[ACE0HUNTER]

It's a general joke that pertains to window shopping. It usually refers to the idea that most items sold in a shop can be seen in the window of the shop, presumably the wasp had flown into the window, hence the punchline "there's one in your window"

but the object or animal is interchangable.

[Tropicaliak]

thanks, now I understand the whole joke! that was a nice explanation.

[sfocelot]

.. that it was in the window....???? lmao

[rvfharrier]

What happens if you choke on the very last piece of the loaf of bread?

[Risauna]

That's exactly what I thought. Oh well, I guess you choke to death. lol.

[ACE0HUNTER]

You're pretty much gonna die.

[BillyBobsEel]

Stephen looks like that guy from the church in Dads army.

[wheresmysanity]

New Zealand honey is amazing... I live in NZ and you have not tried honey until you have tried manuka honey....

[iamnakedclaire]

i'm a vet and we use manuka honey as a dressing for wounds. it's amazing stuff.

[finehomemadewine]

what a dictator-like jacket Mr. Fry´s got. Looks a bit kinky..

[Dillej]

Hang on, what was the punchline of Alan Davis's bee joke? I couldn't hear because of th beep...

[jackblakeman1234567]

yeah fuck'em they're only bees