The chapter in his book where he talks about doing panel shows is called "Being Myself." He talks about how nervous he was for his first QI appearance (Series C - Corby), and says it took him a while to relax and just be himself on camera after so many years of playing scripted comic characters. He also says he came to enjoy it so much that he keeps agreeing to do panel show appearances even when it's not a smart career move for him. So any time he's on a panel show from about 2005-2006 on, that's just who he is, perhaps exaggerated by excitement about being on the show.
@@salmjak In his words (paraphrased so I don't have to go get the book off the shelf) he said that he keeps doing them even when he seems over-exposed, and when the smart career move would be to create a scarcity of his presence. I assume he's referring to his appearance fees, but he didn't go into detail.
Seems to me the original Olympics were pretty gay. Only men allowed as either competitors or spectators, and everyone had to be naked. And they were Ancient Greeks, so...
@@tomdinning8549 Where did the 'wouldn't OF' come from? That has never been correct, but a LOT of Americans seem to mess that up. Also, you rarely saw the show with Stephen, apparently. They're TOTALLY different in how they handle the guests. Stephen was far more understanding that this is a COMEDY program with interesting information, not like Sandy who is apparently under the impression that it's a QUIZ SHOW full of jokes. Very different approaches. And dealing with a raunchy panel or guest isn't handled the same either...
Michael Berthelsen being an English man not an American, you can’t depict to me how much of a show I’ve seen, I grew up watching this show. Stephen himself has said that she is a perfect pick for the host.
@@thegoodgeneral He's behind you is just a common panto audience shout, since there's usually audience participation at pantos, since they're for kids basically. So it's just applying a common shout to the idea of porn :p
@@frankie-leighcollins7291 Ahhh, so it was "panto" they were talking about. I didn't catch that. I'm also sorry to say I'm not at all familiar with it, but I'm very grateful for your patient explanation! Thank you! EDIT: I listened to the clip another two times and *finally understood.* Phill: "And I still can't get fucking panto." Sandi: "I don't believe fucking *in* panto is all that popular." (Because it's for kids, GOT IT.) Phill: "He's behind you!" (OHHHHHH!) Good Lord that took me some effort but it was worth it. Goddamn Phill is funny.
@@gwishart Stephen Fry did the pilot, Palin was first choice to host, however, but he turned it down because he thought it would be too long of a commitment and interfere with his travelling shows.
She has grown into such the lovable mom hasn't she. I remember first seeing her on the shows, the strange intelligent outcast who was a little introverted due to being gay growin up, not quite fitting in, a little quiet, reserved, bad dresser lol. And turned into such a lovable amazing host who was just friends with everyone with a personality that finally was allowed to show up. For me i can remember when i thought that switch happened, when she went on the rant about the bananas shortening your life span lol
Pressing the Starfleet badge would not have worked anyway, because the communicator wasn't incorporated into the badge until the Next Generation era (circa 24th century); unless, Sandi was a member of Section 31 during the Discovery era (circa 23rd century, 10 years before the Original Series).
@@MsAMP1981 Yeah, when i was working in Cambridge, i was working with a bloke that won the handbag throw (i think). The was an article in the local paper and all.
You can't say that for certain, though. The colour you measured has gone through a camera, and possibly some post-production. (Not to mention how lighting influences the process.)
I think it's the other way around. Stephen the jester who brings the entertainment through facts and anecdotes while Alan the King being entertained and occasionally joining in when he can be bothered. Then, when he got bored of Stephen, he replaced him with Sandi
Susan had got the job to do the automated messages on all the Caledonian sleeper trains, but it hadn’t been released yet when they were filming. I got really confused when I heard it at 2 am when I went to the toilet on the sleeper and heard Susan Colman’s voice
1:03 "Susan Calman is the voice of..." that would be the Caledonia Sleeper then. (www.sleeper.scot/susan-calman-on-board-as-voice-of-new-caledonian-sleeper/)
Who knew the show would work without Stephen? I certainly didn't. But its nice to see. And to find yet another dane in England I've never heard about in Denmark. Theres so many now.
I worry that once they get to the end of the Z series of this brilliant show the schedule will be empty of stuff of this quality . They'll rerun this show on "Dave," until the end of the universe but will they go back to A and start again ?
I’d say that’s a light grey teetering on the edges of a pastel blue. It’s probably the lighting that’s causing confusion. I can definitely see it as being only grey and I can also see it as being mostly grey and somewhat blue. So, overall, I haven’t been helpful at all :p
It's comforting to see that David Mitchell is the exact same person pre-show as he is on camera.
There's a strange comfort in knowing he's entirely irritable in his day to day life
The chapter in his book where he talks about doing panel shows is called "Being Myself." He talks about how nervous he was for his first QI appearance (Series C - Corby), and says it took him a while to relax and just be himself on camera after so many years of playing scripted comic characters. He also says he came to enjoy it so much that he keeps agreeing to do panel show appearances even when it's not a smart career move for him. So any time he's on a panel show from about 2005-2006 on, that's just who he is, perhaps exaggerated by excitement about being on the show.
Jervis Germane Im curious how it could be a bad career move to be on any panel show
@@salmjak In his words (paraphrased so I don't have to go get the book off the shelf) he said that he keeps doing them even when he seems over-exposed, and when the smart career move would be to create a scarcity of his presence. I assume he's referring to his appearance fees, but he didn't go into detail.
@@salmjak Exactly what I thought as I read what Jervis said hehe
"Is 'Gay Olympics' a thing?"
_"Yeah, it's called Eurovision!"_
Incidentally, the Gay Games is a thing (essentially Gay Olympics)
Saoirse del Tufo I had always been under the impression that the normal Olympics were about half-gay
Driango don’t tell the Russians!
Seems to me the original Olympics were pretty gay. Only men allowed as either competitors or spectators, and everyone had to be naked. And they were Ancient Greeks, so...
oh shit.... hopefully we (the netherlands, probably one of the gayest countries in the world, can actually make it less gay.)
1:19 Susan is the voice of the caledonian sleeper train between London And Edinburgh incase anyone was wondering
I wonder why she didn't want to say
I thought that I have a hair on my screen...
I was wondering, thank you!
@@JervisGermane companies are weird with NDAs
@@mrkv4k Me too!
1:28 HOLY FUCK IT MADE IT IN. I'm really proud of that Eurovision gag.
omg is that you 😂
Lol nice one
I was just wondering if the person who shouted that felt chuffed that they’d made Sandi chuckle 😂
Good ojec
Legend 😂
More of these pre-show videos would be greatly appreciated. 😊
Could not of been a better choice to replace Stephen. Truly keeps his style and approach to the show, love her
Both would give you an equally stern reprimand for using could not of instead of could not have.
Dead Doll I type how I speak, I wouldn’t of used have there right or not, and you understood what I meant so
@@tomdinning8549 Where did the 'wouldn't OF' come from? That has never been correct, but a LOT of Americans seem to mess that up.
Also, you rarely saw the show with Stephen, apparently. They're TOTALLY different in how they handle the guests. Stephen was far more understanding that this is a COMEDY program with interesting information, not like Sandy who is apparently under the impression that it's a QUIZ SHOW full of jokes. Very different approaches. And dealing with a raunchy panel or guest isn't handled the same either...
Michael Berthelsen being an English man not an American, you can’t depict to me how much of a show I’ve seen, I grew up watching this show. Stephen himself has said that she is a perfect pick for the host.
@@tomdinning8549 He may think so, I'm just pointing out that they ARE very different, not the same.
I could have watched 10 hours of Sandi hugging people but I have to pace byself for the laughter : - )
"we share ventolin" killed me 😂
I could watch Aisling Bea on QI all day. She's so funny!
And damn pretty
weatherseed Oh I adore that girl! She’s my girly-crush! 🥰 She’s so darned funny 😂! Just L❤️VE Aisling to bits! ❤️🦋🙏
I could watch her all day even with the sound off.
@@egggoboom why are johns always sexist AF 🙄
@@rusparks3329 why was that sexist?
Phil is an absolute crack up.
"He's behind you!"
Whom were they referring to there? I didn't catch the reference.
@@thegoodgeneral He's behind you is just a common panto audience shout, since there's usually audience participation at pantos, since they're for kids basically.
So it's just applying a common shout to the idea of porn :p
@@frankie-leighcollins7291 Ahhh, so it was "panto" they were talking about. I didn't catch that. I'm also sorry to say I'm not at all familiar with it, but I'm very grateful for your patient explanation! Thank you!
EDIT: I listened to the clip another two times and *finally understood.*
Phill: "And I still can't get fucking panto."
Sandi: "I don't believe fucking *in* panto is all that popular." (Because it's for kids, GOT IT.)
Phill: "He's behind you!" (OHHHHHH!)
Good Lord that took me some effort but it was worth it. Goddamn Phill is funny.
Just, that lead up to it, too. I know Sandi's wee but Phil on his knees is barely shorter than her! Goodness she must be no taller than my ex. 🤣
God I love Aisling Bea, she's gorgeous & funny, she seems very friendly & kind too.
i like her a lot, shes a funny goof ball but looks that hot.
I really couldn't imagine anyone else successfully taking over from Stephen Fry. Sandy is perfect, the only one who could have done it.
Michael Palin (the original host of QI in the pilot) could probably have pulled it off.
@@gwishart Stephen Fry did the pilot, Palin was first choice to host, however, but he turned it down because he thought it would be too long of a commitment and interfere with his travelling shows.
She has grown into such the lovable mom hasn't she. I remember first seeing her on the shows, the strange intelligent outcast who was a little introverted due to being gay growin up, not quite fitting in, a little quiet, reserved, bad dresser lol. And turned into such a lovable amazing host who was just friends with everyone with a personality that finally was allowed to show up. For me i can remember when i thought that switch happened, when she went on the rant about the bananas shortening your life span lol
great stuff - always fun, I see, on and off camera ! ! Keep up the great work Sandi and Alan
We should have more like this please, if you have it.
I love these! Preshow pandemonium is one of my favourite videos XD
If Alan Davies is the KING of QI, surely Stephen Fry is the High Priest
Well, he is gay, so... (hahaha, oh man, I even made myself laugh on that one.)
Fry is the Pontifex Dei
Well Latin'd Poxy!
Surely Stephen is the Queen
Lethal AND fabulous
These are always fun to watch!
We need so much more of this.
Possibly the best upload you guys have done, thanks!
Absolutely fekkin awesome.
Loved this, so much!!
I love QI!♥😊
English subtitles please🙏
When sandi got the "sippee cup" its the same shirt she spilt the water on last series I think.
similar shirt. (05:14) ruclips.net/video/UINxNr1oKso/видео.html
Fcutdlady Eh? Doesn’t make sense.
Same color yes, but the dribbling water on her shirt video...the shirt had lacing on the sleeve and a white collar...
@caralama08 if you mean my i.d, It's because I'm a lady who supports the footbal team fc united of manchester. Hence, I'm a fc utd lady
Pressing the Starfleet badge would not have worked anyway, because the communicator wasn't incorporated into the badge until the Next Generation era (circa 24th century); unless, Sandi was a member of Section 31 during the Discovery era (circa 23rd century, 10 years before the Original Series).
I like you
Is this the Nerd Olympics?
Is that a thing?
It should be a thing.
Section 31 always gets all the cool stuff. No wonder DS9 could never detect them.
@@telectronix1368 Ogre
I remember Sisko tapping his chest, getting confused, and whipping out his communicator.
“Is gay olympics a thing?”
Sandi, you do know where the olympics originated right?
Soho?
Greece.
How did I know just from the title this was going to be quite a lot of a Phill?
You always get a lot of Phil.
There's allot of Phill to get
I could watch these all day
FYI In New Zealand they have the gay olympics. Two of the events are the hundred metres dash in high heels and the handbag throw.
That sounds like the drag Olympics.
@@GiratinaofFury Yeah, that would be more on point. I knew a guy in Hamilton that entered. He had a blast.
They missed the chance to call that hundred meter dash "Drag racing"
I'm from NZ and didn't know that but I am all about that hella yes!! Sounds epic 👌
@@MsAMP1981 Yeah, when i was working in Cambridge, i was working with a bloke that won the handbag throw (i think). The was an article in the local paper and all.
I LOVE behind the scenes stuff!
Just when I thought I couldn't love Sandi anymore! She's so amazing!!! I feel so lucky to have met her! 😫❤ I'd marry her!!!!
Sandi is such a gem
"Unexpected moistness" LOL
I love everything about QI...
More of these please. 😍
5:07 Lol she reminded me of when I was a kid. Points and then "How did you get that?!"
4:20 Not in the slightest bit blue. It's #504450
You can't say that for certain, though. The colour you measured has gone through a camera, and possibly some post-production. (Not to mention how lighting influences the process.)
So you're saying it's slightly over one third blue, then.
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated no
@@Nilguiri I mean, the blue value in your hex colour code is 50, not 00, I was being pedantic for comedic purposes 😄
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated Ah! OK, I get it... sorry!
Do you go through all of the comments making pixel-related wise cracks? :)
Alan isn't the King of QI, as that position is held by Stephen, Alan's position shall always be the jester or the humble Prince.
Or the Royal Pet
@@Ukie_Hags_World Allan is a corgi.
@@eastvandb LOL. How appropriate. Corgis can act-out and nip.
I think it's the other way around. Stephen the jester who brings the entertainment through facts and anecdotes while Alan the King being entertained and occasionally joining in when he can be bothered. Then, when he got bored of Stephen, he replaced him with Sandi
@@willsunnyf1 LOL. Could be, could be. Hadn't thought of that.
Oh, I didn’t know Sandi was colorblind. Now it makes more sense why she talks like she’s in a black and white English movie
No she put on the accent when she was sent to school in England so she didn't feel different and it stuck.
MsPinkwolf I know this, but she also did learn it from a black and white movie
Okay, now I'm concerned. David's shirt isn't blue, is it? It seems more gray-purple-ish
Maybe a little bit of blue/purple in there, but looks mostly grey to me.
Definitely grey to me.
it's black and gold
@@PureZOOKS *Laurel
Blue Steel.... or Magnum... they all look the same to me
I'd share my ventolin with her.. and my advair too. * wiggles eyebrows *
I'd never even heard of a ventolin before. Are they a common accessory for dealing with asthma in the UK?
An Aisling Bea best bits video is well over due QI people, sort it out please 👍🏻
These are my favourite videos
Im still in love with Sandi.... wrong tree? who cares?
Sandi absolutely looked like a giant baby with that sippy cup
Perfect corona comedy to cope with the confinement ♥️
I adore Aisling Bea, she's wonderful
I wish we could see more of this stuff
There needs to be more videos like this😃😃😃
Why are they dressed as Star Trek characters? Because of Q? I'm all excited now
"Quest" ?
Quasar?
quantum
I love that Alan is a red shirt!
Susan had got the job to do the automated messages on all the Caledonian sleeper trains, but it hadn’t been released yet when they were filming. I got really confused when I heard it at 2 am when I went to the toilet on the sleeper and heard Susan Colman’s voice
oh, is that what it was!
prolly snagged her a nice chunk 0'change.
‘See if we can get a deal through’ 😂
0:25 🥖 😂
Did anyone else spill their drink at 0:25 when they saw the shadow of Phill’s hand!
That’s 0:25
Interesting to see the new studio setup.
I loved this!
more behind the scenes stuff please!!
I can't wait for this!!
Omg! I just heard that honesty joke for the first time just two days ago.
That’s a hell of a big audience if you ask me.
Looks like some good lineups this series
I’m watching this while wearing a blue outfit 😂
me too lol but instead it's a blue pyjamas set
David's shirt is not as blue as the famous stone of Alveston.
How blue is it?
“Underpants on a goat 🐐!” Pmsl 😆 🤣😂🤣❤️🦋🙏
More videos like this please!
More videos like this one please!!!
At 2:43 I swear Josh is channeling Jeremy Hardy. Eerie.
crinbob Josh is “eerie” anyway! 😒
R.I.P Jeremy Hardy. And Sean Lock too.
0:55 What's the song that plays when Sandi introduces Alan?
More of this!!
I love Phil , miss seeing him on tv.
5:25 DIVISIOOOON! Clear the lobby!
4:34 that blazer is ruddy gorg
I don't think I've ever seen Sandi in a shirt that fits
Hides a multitude of sins. Also known as, “If you can’t hide it, decorate it,” :)
I always assumed she was going for the artist's smock effect!
4:18 At last! My claim to fame is here: I share a feature with Sandi Toksvig and a quite rare one too!
When you see the massive shot of the audience, there's a mirror on both sides walls which makes the audience look three times as big
1:03 "Susan Calman is the voice of..." that would be the Caledonia Sleeper then. (www.sleeper.scot/susan-calman-on-board-as-voice-of-new-caledonian-sleeper/)
I too looked that up after hearing that
Who knew the show would work without Stephen? I certainly didn't. But its nice to see. And to find yet another dane in England I've never heard about in Denmark. Theres so many now.
I worry that once they get to the end of the Z series of this brilliant show the schedule will be empty of stuff of this quality . They'll rerun this show on "Dave," until the end of the universe but will they go back to A and start again ?
I don’t know who she is. But the presentator is amazing and lovely.
It’s Sandi Toksvig. Have you never even watched the show‽
What does she say at around 1:10? The audience reacted but it's too quiet for me to make it out.
“You can’t say it out loud”.
I love sandi!!
Ommigod, I could share my asthma medicine with Sandi and Josh 😱😄
Sandi is too funny...
Where can I get that penguin jumper?!
It is grey!
So which voice part was Susan going to play?
The king of QI is Stephen, not Alan. He's the court jester!❤😉
Which series is the one with the star trek buttons?
Is David's outfit really blue?
I'm blue/green colorblind and can't tell if they're just messing with him.
I'd say that it's a light grey. Not really any blue in it at all.
I’d say that’s a light grey teetering on the edges of a pastel blue. It’s probably the lighting that’s causing confusion. I can definitely see it as being only grey and I can also see it as being mostly grey and somewhat blue. So, overall, I haven’t been helpful at all :p
@@channelnametakenalready I enjoyed reading that. Thank you very much.
For a minute when I heard Aisling, I thought "Holy shit, they got Karen Gillan on the show?"
Definitely grey
Is that a Star Trek episode in series ‘Q’??
MarxistKnight - yes but it hasn’t aired yet...
1:51 Sandi protecting herself from Coronavirus a year early
in which episode were they wearing the Star Trek shirts?
Hasn't aired yet.
Quests 2
😂 Must catch up on this series. 😂
It only started airing last week.
Which episode is the star trek outfits from?
Hasn't aired yet.
are some of these from new eps? don't remember seeing the star trek one
Yes, it’s “series Q pre-show banter” and season Q is what’s airing right now! We still have the Star Trek one to look forward to. :D
"worn by Josh W. on QI". would sell, I bet. or any of them
What's the episode where they're dressed as Star Trek characters?
Quests 2
4:03 when the camera zooms put, is that a headless person walking past? I’ve paused and checked. I see shoulders but no neck of head
He's holding a camera mate. And you can see forehead.
Either that or ive completely missed a joke
Yeah, I thought he was carrying something at chest height. Totally missed the fact I’m seeing hair and a forehead.
they put underpants on a goat, funniest shit I've ever seen
Jeg kunne godt tænke mig at høre Sandy tale til de andre på dansk fra tid til anden 🙂
I'd call David's shirt blue-adjacent