Room 101 - Rich Hall - Part 1, Mendelevium

[hello01582]

Oh Christ people - the opening statement, '...things that you hate, to do with the number 101' should indicate where this was going. I wish most of you were trolling, but from the looks of it...

[UnitedKingdomify]

lmFao @ people getting annoyed at Rich Hall jokes from a show that aired ELEVEN years ago! Ha ha ha ha. {=D

[nejtilsvampe]

this was kind of painfull, even for a comedy show.. No mentioning of quantum mechanics and its huuge implications on modern technology.. mobile phones and HD-TV? that stuff hasn't changed our lives at all right?

I know it's a comedy show, but you don't have to play ignorant to be funny.

[Glynnwat]

This comments section is depressing. He's just joking, people.

[Jackandweed]

Heh! I understood everything the lady said! Its hard to feel smart when it sounds so simple lol

[FcK2420]

God its people like this i hate.

There is no useless knowledge. Why do we study black holes??? To learn about the universe. Theres more to life than what clothes to wear. Knobheads.

Come on now!!!

[mikelheron20]

@FcK2420 It's supposed to be funny. But you'd have to have a sense of humour to appreciate that.

[FcK2420]

@mikelheron20 I dont think Rich was being sarcastic.

[mikelheron20]

@FcK2420 Neither do I. I think he was being amusing.

[FcK2420]

@mikelheron20 By being dumb, disliking science and human progress? Some humour you got there!!

[mikelheron20]

@FcK2420 You think Rich Hall is dumb? That says more about your IQ than his. He is being deliberately provocative to get laughs.

[Glynnwat]

@FcK2420 He is clearly just making a joke out of it, probably stemmed from his idea about pretending to think it was about "things involving the number 101 which you hate"

He is not just some idiot. He is just playing.

How can you miss the point so completely?

[FulgenceR]

Mendeleev is one who composed the periodic chart.

[immensecat]

Technecium's the kicker....Also, anything past 92 is man made, or 'transuranic'

[paultje2small]

if he does not like mendelevion hes going to hate ununoctium

[MrKarlifen]

"Sigh"

Arent we allowed to figure out things just for the sake of science and knowledge anymore? Dont get me wrong, i enjoy Rich Hall but he should stay away from science jokes for the time being.

[101Phase]

MOLECULAR structure of an ELEMENT?!

[KoreaRwkz]

@101Phase Some elements do exist as molecules so it's correct to say molecular structure for some elements. If I'm not wrong, any structure that has covalent bonds are considered molecules so for example oxygen and ozone exist as diatomic and triatomic molecules respectively. The real problem with the Mendelevium model in the video is that it's an element but the model shows different types of elements in the structure as shown by the black, yellow, blue, red and white balls.

[fritspas]

If you had Neil deGrasse Tyson explain the effects of the blackhole on the human body, it would be a lot more understandable and fun.

[IcEye89]

Rich Hall is awesome, but this is just wrong.

Science needs no point, it is the search of knowledge for the sake of knowledge.

[KiwiTibb]

@IcEye89 I so wish I could give this a couple dozen more thumbs up

[johnmcn90]

Love Paul's evil little laugh when Rich Hall says "We didn't have a lot of money in our school, so instead of using an anaesthetic we had to put a little nail in its head." 2:35 lmfao

[TerraFirma69]

"Invented by a man named Mendelev so he could get his name in the periodic table" Dmitri Mendelev invented the periodic table!!! Still love ya though Rich x

[TheOmegajuice]

molecular structure of an element....

How did I not notice that when I first watched this?

[TulipFarella]

Looks like he fell in a bucket of paint. Its Rolf Harris on acid.

[SuperBailey2009]

That is one ugly suit that Paul's wearing. And I thought Jonathan Ross was bad. Only a celebrity would get away with this. Looks like a pair of grimey curtains.

[toxic2k7]

shut up nerds ffs. who gives a fuck about the periodic table anyway? unless you are a fucking scientist, it has no importance to me what so ever.

[reznor12]

@toxic2k7 Rof, he says typing on a keyboard that wouldnt have existed without knowledge of the periodic elements...

[amn201]

Anyone else loving Paul's suit?

[joelomax]

mendelevium was probably named after Dmitri Mendeleev the guy who actually invented the periodic table, the structure famously coming to him in a dream

[AnnatarYoung]

Ah I love Rich Hall..

And that scientists really is the most German person I've ever heard! XD

[jeloopa]

Keep in mind, Alan Turing's work was also considered to be useless. His efforts were instrumental in defeating the Nazis.

We need more useless work.

[wcibbt]

@jeloopa

Absolutely. G. H. Hardy prided himself on the uselessness of higher mathematics. Ironically his two main examples, number theory and hyperbolic geometry are now applied in cryptography and general relativity respectively. The former protects all out of digital information and the latter may one day be applied in designing the first time machine or teleportation device. incidentally what is the usefulness of going to moon? I think the point was that it was supposed to be inspiring.

[TretasYT]

Not only is the "molecular structure" nonsensical (elements do have a base molecular structure, but obviously it's all made of identical atoms), but Mendeleev actually invented the periodic table itself (and died 48 years before the element was discovered and named after him).

I have a feeling that, if this show had been presented by Dara O'Bríain or Stephen Fry, Rich would have been punched.

He's still entertaining, but that made my nerd synapses hurt.

[9hello123]

@TretasYT It's just a comedy, he probably knows what he is saying is a load of shit.

[AJackalMan]

@TretasYT He's...a...comedian.

[AnnatarYoung]

She really is quite very very German, isn't she? XD

[evilmurderproduction]

So there is a place that turns old sofas into suits?

[soundslave]

I can understand Rich's point. It's like 90% of mathematics, totally useless.

[Freddyphelp]

@Jenopo I'm pretty sure he knows that, he is just saying it might as well be infinite as far as we are concerned

[archiemedes42]

Oh, the irony when Rich said that some guy called Mendeleev must have invented that element and named it after him "to get his name in the periodic charts," when in fact Mendeleev invented the periodic table and deserved to have an element named after him posthumously. Someone should've told Rich that Mendeleev's long-dead and great.

[masteryoda394]

@archiemedes42 I was going to say the same thing then I saw your comment.

[lostlemming]

@archiemedes42

shush thee :) that's not the point

[Henry1993bc]

"molecule", and therefore not an element

[bareakon]

@Jenopo the universe couldn't possibly be finite, as there's nothing outside of it to measure it against QED

[weonk]

Funny... but Mendeleev created (basically) the periodic table of elements. He couldhave put his name on every element. Like a scientific being john melkovich.

[bareakon]

on the "molecular structure" argument, i assume they mean the way the atoms combine in a mendelevium giant structure.

mendelevium is not a noble gas and therefore cannot exist as a single atom, only in molecules

what the different colours of balls signify is beyond me...

[jjferrit]

hah! thats the exact poster form my highschool chemistry class :D

Rich seems a little drunk here, actually :P or really hocked up on sugar and attention. especially first comming on.

[storkursyrra]

Holy crap!

That woman has suuuuch an annoying voice!

[jimmyPain2121]

most good comedians seem really smart...

[Darkdude929]

Mendelevium is an element, not a molecule, bah. But ah well, this isn't mean to be informational or anything, clearly just for laughs, and he achieved many from me, so GG

[littleleicesterfox]

Rich Hall is usually funny on things like QI but, as a chemist, this is like fingernails scraping down a blackboard!

[Leatherfacedcrbjocke]

Fuck Mendelevium.

[charms2]

mendelevium does not have a molecular structure - it is not a molecule.

[onomatopoetically]

There is no such thing as pointless research. You can never know where fundamental research will take you. Most useful stuff was found accidentally. I think researchers need to be free to mess around. But that's just me.

[thomasimon]

@onomatopoetically Well, I agree with you, but most scientists don't 'mess around', because they need to have a goal in mind to get the money for the research. But in that research, lots of stuff can be discovered accidentally

[henrytdsimmons]

We have that periodic table at school. :D

[kaganesa]

SO confused!! Mendelivium is an element, not a compound! how can it have a molecular structure!!! also, how the hell can u get mendelivium but bombarding helium with anything! that something jsut conviniently adds 99 protons i guess.

[NonFlyingDutchman]

500 years ago people thought differential math was just useless inapplicable science, but today it's the basis of nearly every device we have.

Discoveries and inventions are worth keeping, you never know when you end up using them...

[anaemicandsweet]

WIKI: "As of 2010, the table contains 118 chemical elements whose discoveries have been confirmed. Ninety-four are found naturally on Earth, and the rest are synthetic elements that have been produced artificially in particle accelerators."

[efisgpr]

i thought only the first 92 were naturally occuring.

[blatspanner]

hell of a jacket.

[slysci]

man moth?

[FryNeedsCalm]

"Sorry!" LOL

[SiriusMined]

I miss Rich Hall. NNTN, SNL, and his standup.  He doesn't seem to do much here in the US anymore.

[TornadoCreator]

I love this show, but this little bit is outright fucking insulting. Mendelev created the periodic table itself... if he wanted it could have been called the Mendelev Table. Mendelevium is a damn element, so fuck knows what "molecular structure" they toated out there. In fact I can tell you exactly what it is.

3-Methyl-Ethyl 4-Nitro Sulphate 7 Ethyl Octane with most of the hydrogen missing.

It's an insult to anyone with even high school chemistry understanding.

[QuinnnniuQ]

@TornadoCreator Way to go with the nomenclature. How many chiral centers are there?

[guitarman87]

@TornadoCreator Christ, it's a comedy program. Take a day off.

[TornadoCreator]

@guitarman87

Yes, and comedy is generally funnier when it makes fucking sense. I'll take a day off, when everyone one else does a decent days thinking.

[guitarman87]

@TornadoCreator I respect and value your opinion.

Just kidding, you're a fucking retard.

[DontTouchMyVicodin]

Rich looks cute when he smiles.

[cowalarmclock]

plus, mendelevium doesn't have a molecular structure because it's an element, not a molecule.

[knules2]

ottis lee crenshaw whooo

[townsjim]

Paul Merton's dress sense is appauling at times. Truly Baffling

[godanselmo]

Lex Luger

[foleyisgod182]

=botchamania

[TheHappydead]

that scientist was kinda hot

[egonspoonrace]

the weight of the earth is eleven

[shadowblade9876]

3 years to work out the weight of the Earth? Why not just use F = GMm/r^2 ? :D

[sharkey4123]

@shadowblade9876 if it really were as simple as that, it would have been alot quicker than 3 years.

[shadowblade9876]

I really is as simple as that, trust me. :D

[brosue4]

@shadowblade9876 if you really are that simple, I may not ask you to help me with science ;D

Oh English, my dear friend. How I abuse you.

[TomMackio]

You still need to work out the Earth's mass to apply Newton's equation.

[shadowblade9876]

No, you use the equation to solve for M. That's the whole point.

[fearthegeeklord]

that is the EXACT same periodic table poster as the one in m' chemistry class.

\m/

[YouGotMailFood]

Damn, Rich Hall is friggin amazing

[MajikkaniHand]

That's not mendelevium. That's a molecule. *twitch*

That being said, this is still hilarious.

[schnappy00]

@MajikkaniHand I was a bit confused as well :/ Made a good joke though ;)

[danish93kat]

I was thinking the same thing... that's a molecule, not a single element on the periodic table :p

[littleleicesterfox]

@MajikkaniHand Dead right, I'm twitching too :s

[nexusparanoia]

@MajikkaniHand You know it has a significantly noticeable level of radioactivity, right?

[MajikkaniHand]

@nexusparanoia Yeah. I wasn't suggesting he hold a canister of the stuff--just that he not have a whole frikkin' organic molecule there. Especially since it's an element we had to make, and therefore isn't found in nature, so it would not be a major component of organic chemistry (or inorganic, for that matter). The chemistry nerd in me is weeping. ^^

[pakiboy6666]

Freak at 4:00 in

[williamwilson666]

@longbluefingers This would be a great QI fact!

[basherofnoggins]

@longbluefingers He didn't invent mendelevium itself, but he did predict the existance of several elements when he designed the modern preiodic table. A great guy, and I'm not trying to put you down, because you made a good point, but just clearing up a small detail.

Good grief, I sound petty in that little speech. Ahh well.

[longbluefingers]

@basherofnoggins i am very greatful for your gentlemanly correction which reminded me that I, a leader of many wrong people, should better wiki my facts before posting them :)

[jamesstone123]

@longbluefingers

actually, mendeleev came up with the modern periodic table of elements in terms of their order (ordered by atomic number)

he did NOT discover Mendelevium and he definatly didnt "Invent" it. Einstein did not discover Einsteinium. Same with Germanium, Europium and Americium - all named AFTER someone rather than invented by.

[bluemario2612]

@longbluefingers

usually "in some countries" expresion doesn't include usa :)

i think this was omitted in american schools because of the cold war between the and russia....

[greatscot24]

@longbluefingers fun fact? fun fact? who are you Stephen Fry or Stephen Hawking eh?

kidding, thank you, that was an interesting fact.

[hiskas]

@longbluefingers

the periodic table is different of Mendeleyev's table?

[bareakon]

@longbluefingers actually, you're not alone in being pedantic.

i was just about to comment that Dmitri did the whole table

[jakemuch]

@longbluefingers No shit. Anyone that knows anything about Chemistry knows about Mendeleev (no that's not incorrect spelling i'm not using the romanised (romanized if your american -.-) version whilst writing English).

[NicknameNotAvailable]

That's clearly not a Dutch accent. :o

[ntroup]

i LOVE rich hall, thanks for this!!

[Chaninebele]

He was born in Virginia. Besides that he's incredibly funny!

[ColtBarrettUSA]

What do you mean "besides?" VA kicks ass! I love everything about Virginia.

[Chaninebele]

Joking. ;) I bet Virgina is awesome!

[thomasimon]

Why does everyone say that scientist is Dutch, that's clearly not a Dutch accent

[jakamneziak]

What the hell is Paul wearing? Awful is not the word.

[aresnfish]

he's english

[romeosdistress]

he's probably wearing clothes that ought to be in room 101...

[HotDaymItsPingu]

@jakamneziak Is absolutely diabolical closer? Because that's the closest I can get

[classicdinner]

@jakamneziak curtains?? 

[pfalky2k]

@jakamneziak you're right. the word is "jacket" ;)

[mahound9]

@jakamneziak Who shot the couch?

[frickinradical]

@jakamneziak he really has worn some unfortunate suits

[lennic95]

@jakamneziak Looks like he dropped right out of the 70s

[BananaSandwich1]

it looks like someone threw up paint all over his suit

[Dudeness21]

@jakamneziak that suit will be back in in ten years, just you wait. Hooray for turn of the millennium fashion.

[Lindelamare]

@Dudeness21 I'm sure some kid's wearing it right now, but skinny fit with clear lens glasses.

[Vuurvogel2]

@jakamneziak

A new word needs to be invented to express my feelings towards these garments...

[Illuminatus42]

I finally figured out what the dutch scientist's accent reminds me of - the pantomime horse sketch in Monty Python's Flyging Circus!

[hennyM5]

Whenever someone speaks in english but with a Dutch accent it always sounds like they're saying something dirty.

Just listen to the scientist woman.

[johnkloppenburg]

That woman's accent is not Dutch

[aliensexgangchildren]

accents from the Netherlands sound hilarious to me

[niallmeldrum]

An element with a molecular structure? Guess we just need these two on QI more to set things straight.

[thetoobnoob]

Agreed, nerds ftw :P

[fsandt]

these two are as good as each other. perfect comedic match

[kathrynashworth1]

Rich Hall is such a dude, he's hilarious

[80schick67]

Rich Hall is so hot!

[BillyBobsEel]

The easiest way to weigh the Earth is just to turn some scales upside down.

[reventon12]

OMG look at that jacket..

[etocadet]

his best joke had to be the number killion

by the time you count up to it you'll be dead

[sisterofslaanesh666]

its a great suit!

[sweet518]

if i was Paul Merton i'd definately send that suit to room 101

[EmmaBeeba]

No he should send it to me. I need new curtains.

[TheLexyboy]

my local indian restraunt neads new wallpaper

[thatdrattedcat]

Paul's suit !!!

[ovavoo]

lol..i think i prefer rich's shirt

[ovavoo]

Rich hall was hillarious in this!! i would like to put the entire planet earth into room 101

[zanderkov]

that suit is epic

[busessuck1]

he's like moe from the simpsons

[vegardhe]

Its the other way around, Groening based Moe off Rich.

[tselspa]

Seriously? That is awesome!

[HEXMETAL]

"Isn't she just taking the piss out of Stephen Hawkins" XD

[FSMUnicorn]

What's wrong with science with no practical outlet? :(

They wouldn't say that about art, or music. Science can have an aesthetic value too.

[tselspa]

Name one aesthetic value of science.

[FSMUnicorn]

To use the title of one of Richard Feynman's books: "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out".

Why should the knowledge of how a rainbow is formed, or the state of the universe milliseconds after the big bang, or observing the courtship dances of cranes not be as exciting and aesthetically pleasing to some people as Beethoven's Ninth, the poetry of Keats, or the art of Titian?

[FSMUnicorn]

It may be an apocryphal story, but it still has a point: when asked what use his electrical devices were, Faraday was supposed to have responded "What use is a new born baby? And besides, one day, you will be able to tax it."

[FSMBUCKETHEAD]

and he said it to William Gladstone no less!

good on him.

[FSMUnicorn]

It probably is apocryphal. It is attributed to Ben Franklin as well.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Didn't he just put the book of pub games into room 101 as well?

[icantstopdoingthis]

How can an element have a molecular structure??? Surely someone in the BBC would have thought about that.

[SaiyanShinobi666]

one of the QI elves most likely

[crypticpickle]

Yeah that's a good point, it looks like its made up of carbon and hydrogen and some other randoms... yeah wtf

[chawk111]

Use tax dollars to have a Bohar (sp?) model commissioned, or go to the nearest chemistry classroom.

[icantstopdoingthis]

Do you mean Higgs Boson? If so its not molecular its sub atomic and is completely based on theory. Somehow I doubt that it matters as this is just a comedy based talk show and this is some pretty heavy physical chemistry shit. but hey ho, love the vid. I remember watching this when Room 101 was still on the BBC. 'twas a great show.

[FSMUnicorn]

What? Nowhere was the Higgs Boson mentioned. They're talking about Mendelevium.

Anyway, the molymod structure they had was mostly carbon with a bit of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur. WTF?

[freshlyshowered]

it was just in for the puppy joke.

[tselspa]

Does it genuinely, positively, amazingly important they had the right molymod structure? Nooo. No it isn't :I

[FSMUnicorn]

It shouldn't have ANY molymod structure. ;)

I meant the comment light heartedly - I was just being pedantic because I get annoyed at the general level of scientific illiteracy shown everywhere. As Carl Sagan said, we live in a society utterly dependent on science, yet hardly anyone has even a basic understanding of it.

[sausagedogmcgee]

That was a pretty good effort to make Mendelivium be interesting or funny for 5 minutes.

[obsidian348]

dimitri mendeleve INVENTED the periodic table!

[supermang88]

i think he knew it, he is actually very smart

[obsidian348]

I'm sure he is but it just annoys me.

[rorrt]

Which periodic table?

the one we use now, in order of reactivity...

[obsidian348]

yup, it wasn't perfect, more elements have been added and a few things got jiggled about, but yah, and he predicted the propertys of seveal (at the time) unknown elemnts such ans germanium.

P.S. whoever gave me a thumbs down, I don't dislike rich hall, I'm actually quite fan it was just one of those things that niggles at the back of your mind to point out to people weho believe him, also to make myself look smart XD

[DyerMedia]

lol you can watch your dog run away for 3 days

[DanRaccoon]

blake 7, our version of star trek with a much bigger budget XD

[freelanceherbalist]

Man, Blake's 7 was amazing when I was a kid.

[sammcg93]

Rich Hall is awesome

[Ultramarine646]

Rich seemed quite happy here.

[threecardmontegirl]

I dont care if he is like moe syzlak,he is a little bit hot!