These last couple of weeks I developed a Quite Interesting obsession! Literally!!! 
Are you familiar with QI ? QI (as in Quite Interesting) is a BBC "comedy panel quiz" (sic) presented by Stephen Fry. Each episode features four panelists/guests that try (and mostly fail) to find the answer on all kinds of impossible questions that Stephen Fry and his "elves" come up with.
So why do I like QI that much? Well, because:
a) it satisfies my Trivial Pursuit "hunger - I am a sucker for all these tidbits of information about everything and anything (and it shows when I play Trivial Pursuit with my friends 
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b) it is presented by Stephen Fry who is absolutely brilliant in his role and totally in his element
c) it is so laugh-out-loud funny 
I highly recommend it to anyone - Season 1 and 2 have been released on DVD and then of course there is (surprise, surprise!!) YouTube.
For example, try this one & then this one
& finally this one .
I close this post with Fry's introduction of QI from Episode 1 of Series 1
"Welcome to QI, the questionnaire where the answers are much more interesting than the questions, but the questions are completely impossible, as I don't really expect anyone to get any of them right, I should be awarding points for being interesting along the way regardless whether the panel's answers are correct or even relevant. So, let just meet the panel who want to commit intellectual suicide tonight."
PS the post's title is a Stephen Fry quote
Comments
)and what is even more important ,I guess, it's intelligent game show (oh, and that Alan guy is really good in given part of Fry's joke-sparring,cute,but not the brightest straw.. ),but...(why I have always(almost ) have to have a "but"
),I guess, I wouldn't watch it on a regular basis - it's still a game show and I think it's just not my thing -the atmosphere of a contest ,buzzers,competition as a concept - there's something about it that always bothers me. must be some deep childhood issues...but thanks for the links,anyway - I've just come from Fry's blog,so QI felt like kind of a visual for my latest read
However this one, IMO, is quite different and of course Stephen Fry is responsible for a very big part of its ... interestingness (wow, the speller did not underline this word - does this means that it actually exists????
), its ... funniness (this one too??? ) and success. And Alan is very good in his role of Stephen's alter ego, offsetting Fry's refined wit, manners, humour and use of language. claudette: I think you should. If you like Stephen Fry, you will definitely enjoy watching a couple of these.
olgkap: I know what you mean about their use of language and references (I won't pretend I get all of them every time
) but I do enjoy Fry a lot and Alan is kind of puppy/boy cute as well !!)Emilia: I would bet anything that Fry does not care AT ALL about money and DVD sales, so no need to worry
. However, he does appreciate (in his own way) our enjoying and appreciating his work
I always knew they have one crazy-funny speller in here...and it's good to know they are legit -because I,actually, like them a lot.
It makes perfect sense !!
once in a while i cheat by reading what's been said; putting on the subtitles makes it more easy for me to understand
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I think their airing reruns right now... or a new show? I should watch it on dvd though, cause every now and than a joke gets waisted in background noise of a home.... (grrrrr)
Funny enough the quote... It's how the Dutch version of 'Not the Nine O'clock News' gets introduced!!
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