Q.I. - crap or not crap?

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Q.I. - crap or not crap?

Post by Rum » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:38 am

I watched it last night for the first time in ages. Now I like Stephen Fry, but it was crap! Him showing of his huge general knowledge (with the help of a script!) the the panel members looking dumb and ignorant and making lame jokes while looking just a tiny bit uncomfortable.

Yes?

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Post by FBM » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:45 am

What's Q.I.?
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Post by PsychoSerenity » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:25 am

It varies. Sometimes it's hilarious and other times it's meh. I usually learn something quite interesting while watching it though - for instance, last night I learned that between lions and hyenas, hyenas are more likely to hunt and lions are more likely to scavenge.
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Post by Rum » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:31 am

FBM wrote:What's Q.I.?
An old episode.


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Post by stripes4 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:35 am

It depends on the guests. Mostly I find it to be entertaining, enjoyable, witty and often informative. I love Sean Lock, Alan Davies, that dry american guy, Ross Noble, as guests. Steven Fry is an excellent 'foil' to their disruptiveness and the whole thing just works, for me.
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Post by normal » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:47 am

stripes4 wrote:It depends on the guests. Mostly I find it to be entertaining, enjoyable, witty and often informative. I love Sean Lock, Alan Davies, that dry american guy, Ross Noble, as guests. Steven Fry is an excellent 'foil' to their disruptiveness and the whole thing just works, for me.
I've never seen it, but I usually love Bill Bailey. Isn't he good at it?
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Post by stripes4 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:49 am

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stripes4 wrote:It depends on the guests. Mostly I find it to be entertaining, enjoyable, witty and often informative. I love Sean Lock, Alan Davies, that dry american guy, Ross Noble, as guests. Steven Fry is an excellent 'foil' to their disruptiveness and the whole thing just works, for me.
I've never seen it, but I usually love Bill Bailey. Isn't he good at it?
Yes. I couldn't recall his name and I couldn't be bothered typing 'that long haired little bloke that looks a bit like a gnome and is in Black Books' but now you made me do it. :sighsm:
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Post by normal » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:55 am

stripes4 wrote:
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stripes4 wrote:It depends on the guests. Mostly I find it to be entertaining, enjoyable, witty and often informative. I love Sean Lock, Alan Davies, that dry american guy, Ross Noble, as guests. Steven Fry is an excellent 'foil' to their disruptiveness and the whole thing just works, for me.
I've never seen it, but I usually love Bill Bailey. Isn't he good at it?
Yes. I couldn't recall his name and I couldn't be bothered typing 'that long haired little bloke that looks a bit like a gnome and is in Black Books' but now you made me do it. :sighsm:
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Post by stripes4 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:07 pm

What does he patrol? Sorry... Speak up
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Post by stripes4 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:23 pm

You fuel.
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Post by Deep Sea Isopod » Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:27 pm

I love QI! But be careful. Sometimes they get their facts wrong. So double check them if you're going to use them.
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Re: Q.I. - crap or not crap?

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Deep Sea Isopod wrote:I love QI! But be careful. Sometimes they get their facts wrong. So double check them if you're going to use them.
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Post by klr » Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:17 pm

stripes4 wrote:It depends on the guests. Mostly I find it to be entertaining, enjoyable, witty and often informative. I love Sean Lock, Alan Davies, that dry american guy, Ross Noble, as guests. Steven Fry is an excellent 'foil' to their disruptiveness and the whole thing just works, for me.
Absolutely. I remember one episode with Jonathan Ross as one of the guests. He clearly didn't getting with the program (too serious and self-centred) and was not surprisingly never asked back.
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Post by Millefleur » Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:35 pm

I usually enjoy it, sometimes a bit crap but mostly good, plus I'm rather fond of Stephen Fry and his big juicy brain. That voice too.. I don't care which way he swings, he's on my celebrity sex dungeon list.
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