Comedy gold. Brilliant how they (Rob, Jimmy, Bill and Alan) just took it and ran with it, instantly playing off to each other and just instinctively know what to say at the right moment for maximum comic effect🤣
I am just in the middle of watching the new BBC documentary 'Who the Greeks were' and couldn't figure out for a bit why I was laughing to myself when the narrator talks of the Acropolis. Then I remembered and had to come back and find it and watch it yet again :D
Bare minimum, gets my cheeks hurting. I've seen this portion of the episode a few times before yet for some reason my eyes are watering from laughing. Incredible, I'd like to hear John Cleese's opinion on why this is so damn funny :P
Probably for the same reasons the legendary "Spam" is funny? When you repeat something a thousand times, especially with the same intonation and rhythm, it loses its meaning and sounds sillier and sillier... This is why actors in blooper reels keep messing up their lines multiple times over, too. (I'm no Cleese, but still)
I think it already starts with the fact it rhymes so that makes the spontaneous transition into song seem perfectly natural. And yet you know this whole thing was _genuinely_ spontaneous. It's brilliant.
I'd say it's so funny, because Stephen is always so authoritative and controlled that seeing him corpse this heavily has this surprising but deeply humanizing and relatable quality to it. The other guests finding new and innovative ways to bully him over it and enjoying the moment as much as we do makes it even funnier...
My face hurts, I need to blow my nose and dry my eyes from tears but at least I know what they say about the Acropolis where the Parthenon is !!! :D One of the funniest things ever, and that's no joke!!!
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'Bloody hell Stephen, this better be good'.
Do they?
@@nicholasimholte7359 \/ \/ Whatevahh!
I've watched this at least 10 times and it always breaks me up. A priceless classic.
I am probably at a hundred. And same...
Comedy gold. Brilliant how they (Rob, Jimmy, Bill and Alan) just took it and ran with it, instantly playing off to each other and just instinctively know what to say at the right moment for maximum comic effect🤣
It really is a masterclass...
I am just in the middle of watching the new BBC documentary 'Who the Greeks were' and couldn't figure out for a bit why I was laughing to myself when the narrator talks of the Acropolis. Then I remembered and had to come back and find it and watch it yet again :D
ONE of the truly great QI moments.
I'm reading Mythos written by Stephen Fry and whenever he mentions either the Akropolis or the Parthenon I immediately think; No straight lines!
Dying. Every time. Will never not be funny.
5 years later, only got funnier.
What's funny about this
@@ferv888They say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is…
@@zyxwvut4740 What do they say? What do they say?!
I’m watching this at breakfast for at least the 20th time, right before I go visit the Parthenon in Athens.
I’ve been watching this video for 12 years and it still makes me laugh
"what do they say, what do they say!"
'He's going to say, he's going to say!'
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Damn my cheeks hurt...
cheek cheeks or bum cheeks?
@@tomaszskowronski1406 What a cheeky response!
Bare minimum, gets my cheeks hurting. I've seen this portion of the episode a few times before yet for some reason my eyes are watering from laughing. Incredible, I'd like to hear John Cleese's opinion on why this is so damn funny :P
Probably for the same reasons the legendary "Spam" is funny? When you repeat something a thousand times, especially with the same intonation and rhythm, it loses its meaning and sounds sillier and sillier... This is why actors in blooper reels keep messing up their lines multiple times over, too. (I'm no Cleese, but still)
I think it already starts with the fact it rhymes so that makes the spontaneous transition into song seem perfectly natural. And yet you know this whole thing was _genuinely_ spontaneous. It's brilliant.
I'd say it's so funny, because Stephen is always so authoritative and controlled that seeing him corpse this heavily has this surprising but deeply humanizing and relatable quality to it. The other guests finding new and innovative ways to bully him over it and enjoying the moment as much as we do makes it even funnier...
I caught that series, good wasn't it! Like QI! When I someday visit the Parthenon I'm not going to think of anything but this clip haha
I'm only human, if this vid is recommended to me, I have to watch it
One of the finest tv moments!!
My face hurts, I need to blow my nose and dry my eyes from tears but at least I know what they say about the Acropolis where the Parthenon is !!! :D
One of the funniest things ever, and that's no joke!!!
I love it when Fry breaks up. Good stuff
Still funny as hell in 2024. ❤😂
i have never seen stephen lose it like that :p
"wha-evaaaah" xD
Cracks me up every single time...!
It’s alright Stephen. We love you. They’re just comedians. And so are you. 🎉
I love Stephen Fry. He is so funny. They say of the acropolis where the parthenon is.........
How can you not find this funny?!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
makes me laugh even when I am depressive.
Fight fight fight
Remember when TV could just be a bunch of comedians taking the piss out of each other.
NO straight lines?!! That was a 2 minute straight line!
Stephen Fry, National Treasure
A Christmas special I believe, I can't remember which year though. :)
And Brits giggled as London Burned
This is season 5 but which episode?
+Ty Webb It is from Episode 13 "Elephants" - which is a clip show of unused clips from the entire E series.
The first clip with Stephen in THAT outfit, which episode is that? :)
I think I pissed myself--yep, I did!
AND my stomach!!! hahahhha
... supporting roof - the roof, yah -
... and when they started building in marble - marble -
... they just echoed ... 🤦♂😅
Lightning in a bottle.
You mean good off him?
Which episode is this plssss?
Series 5, episode 1: Engineering
I love how it sounds like he's about to break into song in a musical.
They killed Stephen!
Marble
You do produce excellent dramas and sitcoms though.
@macrosent Oh you so hilarious, yank boy.
they are right about british humour... dont ever get it
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I just do not get British humor.
Incredibly unfunny
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