Stephen Fry on University Challenge 1980

[Smithatron1001]

is it me or does he have the biggest hands ever

[PeterOwen88]

his voice hasnt changed at all!

[N64isgreat]

He sounds just like he always has.

[mikethedevil10]

If Britain was a religion, Stephen Fry would be God. (If he isn't already).

[UnitedKingdomify]

Did Paxman ever do University Challenge as a contestant? I wouldn't mind seeing that. And the Christopher Hitchens episode.

[matt121242]

It's like watching the young ones!

[fredb3]

Any one have a link to the episode?

[goldenfilly]

he's so sexy, i wish he wasn't gay

[HobbsO]

@goldenfilly He's so sexy he turns me gay

[DaruiAkaBlackNinja]

I like the bit when he comes naked in the new Sherlock Holmes movie

and Watson's wife tries not to look at his dick looool!

[TheEyegarian]

oh no that was the remake shut up ryan

[TheEyegarian]

pretty sure the answer is woody allen though

[NarutoRocks36]

His voice hasn't changed a jot since then :D

[mrmemanme]

Paxo would not stand for that!

[silversmith8]

Aww he was so cute!

[caberwacky]

Its the troll ololllololl guy!

[mushroomshrub]

He is absolutely adorkable. I just want to hug him. Only or three seconds though otherwise it'd be uncomfortable. XD

[cfcolly]

I this real? They all seem to be laughing way to much, clip from a sketch?

[atariman1988]

@cfcolly - Please refer to the video information.

[cfcolly]

@atariman1988 My bad

[8dunn]

@atariman1988 put him down a peg or two.

[matthewkoz]

@cfcolly Laughing way to what?

[cfcolly]

@matthewkoz much (mch)

adj. more (môr, mr), most (mst)

Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection.

n.

1. A large quantity or amount: Much has been written.

2. Something great or remarkable: The campus wasn't much to look at.

adv. more, most

1. To a great degree or extent: much smarter.

2. Just about; almost: much the same.

3. Frequently; often: doesn't get out much.

[matthewkoz]

@cfcolly Yeah, very nice. Now look up "to" and "too".

[cfcolly]

@matthewkoz Why ask if you weren't serious, I thought you were foreign or something, turns out you're a cunt

[EmmaOberst]

epitome of geeky sexiness <3.

[missx3heva]

God I fancy him.

[VisualLearningZone]

@missx3heva

and he fancys boys

[missx3heva]

@VisualLearningZone yes, i was aware

[CornishRicky]

@missx3heva

Well, he is only "90 per cent gay", you may be in with a chance yet :)

[PirateJessicaandcats]

"Queen Fry" xDD

[ExaggeratedCool]

@PirateJessicaandcats Lol! I was thinking the same thing.

[PirateJessicaandcats]

@ExaggeratedCool :D

[Eggs4Eva]

he has really big hands, ive never noticed that before and i watch QI all the time!

[FlyingRat1]

The last ten seconds...

What in the hell were they saying?!!

[PollyBreedDumb]

Anyone have this full episode?

That'd be sweet.

[LibraryDelights]

UK gold or challenge should re-run some vintage 70's/80's UC - At least then we could hear the theme tune which seems to be impossible to find.

[Clawaccio]

You can tell he's gay here! I still would though :D

[imonthedeadly60]

@Clawaccio you can sort of see his manic-side too

[mgeorge733]

Sounds like Richard Madeley!

[markyboy27able]

Call me cynical, but I reckon Fry was performing a little there. Anyone?

[JohnCoctoasten85]

Lord Monty, Lord Snot, Miss Money Sterling & Mr. Kendall Mintcake.

[The111DooD]

Holy shit, it's Stephen Fry! National treasure

[trisoutlaw86]

brilliant

[JackyRowe]

Paxman wouldn't have stood for that...

[popnfat]

The first and last time Mr. Fry has ever had any word on the tip of his tongue, he usually just fires words out, the correct ones.

[ecvanzuylen]

he has strangely big hands

[AMartins92]

@ecvanzuylen Well he is like 6'5 so yeah xd

[ksrm2]

BEEHHH

[skatscan]

Was Steve Fry out or even famous in 1980? It would explain the laughter after the comment "Queen's Fry".

[Exfenestracide]

@skatscan Read the video info! "This clip was shown as part of the BBC show 'Before They Were Famous' and this is all they showed. The laughter was added for that show, and would not have been on the original UC broadcast."

[dan333onlyhalfevil]

makes me think of the episode of the young ones he was in.

[Scratchyjam]

LENIN

[applecross20]

I was waiting for him to say in a high pitched voice, "It's...it's me isn't it?"

[Zombievomit]

*Buzzer*

"SCUMBAG, VYVYAN."

*Cut to Vyvyan messing with his buzzer with a screwdriver*

"..................What?"

[812gingerable]

"It's me, isn't it?"

[LihAniaih]

Lol, man hasn't changed a bit.

[mf2230]

will 50 pounds do?

[bradboy98]

is it me?

[GreenmanXIV]

5 point penalty! Paxman would have nailed him... OOPS

[srslycurious]

omg is that score for real. that is so messed up you guys.

[GoldBloded]

I like how even then, in my parents lifetime how people actually bothered to dress up smartly on the occasion. Todays university challenge is certainly a far cry.

[wesmatron]

Daddy's got a Roller!

[pionstail]

@wesmatron I've got a porsche, Daddy sends hugs.

[landocalrision]

@pionstail its not an automatic

[weatherallc05]

bless stephen fry, he felt devastated about getting it wrong and then recovers. now we see why hes so clever

[weatherallc05]

as if they used to laugh on university challenge

[thebeardedjohn]

its funny because Fry is a Queen

[jenzahara]

That guy really does look like Bambi.

[JasonRadley]

Fry, reading gay porn...

[TheFinisherMrC]

Paxman would never have let him get away with that!

[jaylias]

this is classic footage showing 'tip of the tongue' phenomena. you can see how stressful it is for people when the brain knows the answer, but just can't quite get the words out! wikipedia is so awesome :D:D

[KelloggsMaria]

Oh my goodness, he's beautiful.

[Sweetlittlemystery]

"It...it's me isn't it?"

[Crozzling]

Did he get the points for this then?

[Unadmiserable]

I watch this again and again just to see Fry baffled.

[hoffmanshades]

Rah! Rah! Rah! We're going to smash the oiks!

[Avath]

I wonder why he thinks he's so unattractive? When he so clearly has that nerdy sexiness.

[Syniqal]

@Avath And, indeed, he still does, in a strange sort of way. ;)

[Nat4Brendan]

@Avath Well that "nerdy sexiness" has only really become popular in the last few years so...

[ThisIsEnglaaand]

@Avath i agree! he's beautiful here haha

[themillenia]

@Avath Back in the day, during this era specifically, Stephen looked so fine. He was the epitome of my dream guy: intelligent, hilarious, tall, thin/lean, handsome. And those sleepy bed eyes. I could stare into them for hours.

[lisbethburge]

@Avath How can he think he is unattractive when the internet is overthrowing with people praising his nerdy sexiness?

[fannymcslap]

@Avath I imagine it's the manic depressiveness/depression

[AsphaltClub]

@Avath he was so hot! now he's cute :3

[pennydesouza]

@Avath I know, it's a shame.

[muffinsniffer]

i'm responsible for at least 100k of the total views on this clip. i'd do anything to watch the full episode.

[SneverusSnapers]

lol#

[gmaccruyff55]

Pity he wasnt as funny as Walter Matthau.!

[SIngli6]

@gmaccruyff55

Well... not then.

[chemical93girl]

omg he actually was cute !

[insanic1]

jew...

[mattfaulkner]

LAD

[xGummiBearsx]

Omg...he is so sexy!

[gbrading]

Queens' are demolishing Imperial. Look at their lead!

[Rosty122]

who does everyone laugh when they say his name?

[jacque123ish]

egg

[graemeoliver84]

Lester looks much more like a teacher than a student.

[graemeoliver84]

God, he was so slim back then.

[graemeoliver84]

Lenin!!

[zerker12568901]

He went to Queens because he is a queen

[Ya0ifanboy]

@zerker12568901

More like a GOD mate.

[timpriddy73]

KIN I GOE TWO DA TOILET

[Orygyn]

It should say Snot.

[phlarrdboi]

wow jeremy paxman looks way better these days.

[henryhill86]

"I'm sorry, if you buzz you MUST answer!"

[BingtheLizard]

I love how they spoofed this with the Young Ones; also with Stephen Fry.

[randomchild81]

Griff Rhys Jones was the best presenter the programme ever had ;)

[xyLoveyx]

Queen Fry hahahaha XD

[plantguy666]

record number of marshmallows stuffed up one nostril? 604, Toxtith O'Grady, USA.

[TigerWalrus26980]

Respond to this video...I told you that, Michael, you bloody cheat! :)

[plantguy666]

@TigerWalrus26980 who produced the world's stupidest bottom burp? Rick, Britain!! It is not!

[twistedlordi]

Rodney trotter.

[RustlessPotato]

Lol at the scores. No surprise there

[Mayna00]

He sounds exactly the same still, bless <3

Also, does anyone else see a bit of Bowie in his mannerism here?

[gloomyoutlook]

He sounds the same xD

So beautiful though

[mlawren7]

The laughter of the audience seems fake and off time to me...

[JSCwrd]

@mlawren7 It was being played to an audience as part of a clip show, they weren't in the University Challenge studio.

[marksoutof10]

I've got a Porsche!

[JJJMMM1]

blue whale?

[spartanses]

exactly the same voice omg thats scary

[hjenkinz]

@spartanses yes it's weird how human beings are the same human beings throughout their lives

[woundedtiger40]

hahahaha

[wannabegangsta2011]

BLOODY HELL!! WHERE'S RIK MAYALL?

[Nebagram]

Battle of Bannockburn!

[totnesmartin]

Vegetable rights and peace!

[paddywhacky]

Oh Aye! Up scumbag!

[unicornsification]

What exactly are they saying?

[MrLazyEyes]

Jee, he was flimsy.

[harrywatson13]

wow look at the score

[PinkPanther1512]

He's so goddam sexy....

[PianoWizzy]

Stephen is GORGEOUS. Always has been. Always will be.

[koopafruit]

i wonder how much money ACTUALLY got back handed to win this??

[1985snowball]

I've got a porche!

[urbanfriend666]

i read an article recently in the independent from 1996 about stephen's disappearance that said he was on a special anniversary university challenge where he scored more points than the other contestants put together. does anyone know anything more about this?

[galipooh]

... and then 14 years later Stephen would go on to star in IQ with... Walter Matthau!

[DayDreamAscent]

I'm straight, is it wrong to have unbiblical thoughts of Bamber Gascoigne in a schoolgirl's uniform

[Olekander]

I swear the old jeremy paxman here said everyword through his nose.

[blondfromfinland]

The amount of times I have watched this video is frankly quite scary. Oh Stephen, the things your silly face makes me do.

[MissMiffed]

He was (and still is) such a cutie :)

[VeggieVampires]

Thou shalt not question Fry.

[lambonastickdead]

he's such a dildo

[YesItsMeNayeli]

He should have answered "It's me, isn't it?" xD

[JodeciMaori]

@YesItsMeNayeli hahaha! brilliant!

[RupertDCD27]

Hilarious that he appeared on the Young Ones episode "University Challenge" and was an actual contestant, Eh?

[crouchend524]

Fry went on to work with Mathau in "IQ"

[SophisticatedLunatic]

IT'S BAMBI!!!! :''''D

[jeevesthepunk]

the closest stephen fry has ever come to getting an answer wrong...

[pgbrown]

Hurrah Hurrah Hurrah! We're going to smash the oiks!

[jaybone23]

Oh, and nice tux-tee on the dude at the end. Must have been newly minted and thought to be very funny.

[jaybone23]

All I'm hearing is, "Hawm mawm mumuhmum hah mawm hawm mummuhmum mum mum uh hamum".

[1thinkexist1]

God, the Queens team is all so beardy!

[slushpuppie19]

SO handsome and adorable! Sadly, so homosexual.

[bakerstray]

Fuck me, that quiz master is posh.

[Medeasbiggestfan]

Paxman wouldn't have let him get away with that.

[retrogamerist]

@Medeasbiggestfan Who?

[Medeasbiggestfan]

@retrogamerist

The current host.

[retrogamerist]

@Medeasbiggestfan I didn't know this was still running.

[Medeasbiggestfan]

@retrogamerist

There's a series on at the moment - Mondays at 8pm, on BBC Two.

[cuntylishus]

\m/ Bamber Gascoigne \m/

[BraniusBalki]

Sitting on stephens right is a young rolf harris....

[LvndrHppE]

Wow, what a find. And yes, Stephen was very handsome back then. He still is.

[Richd213]

Paxman would not have put up with that time-taking shit.

[iamDavidVilla]

haha he still resembles the exact characteristics as of today, would love to hang with that guy at uni and get fucking pissed out of my head

[baraxor]

Lord Snot blows it again

[UniweriaZekt]

Hipsters

[livstar93]

he looked so handsome

[GiniBaggins]

Awww he must be like 23 at the time :))) cutie!

[totallymargeaux]

All hail Queen Fry.