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thehustler posted:I have a hard time figuring out why people hate Toksvig, she's lovely! She seems nice and everything but I've never found her funny at all.
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Paperhouse posted:She seems nice and everything but I've never found her funny at all. The show is called QI, not QF.
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Oct 14, 2015 13:52
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She's fine as a guest but she doesn't have the same verve and energy that Stephen Fry brings. Fry is adorable.
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njsykora posted:most people I speak to think the News Quiz has been steadily getting worse since she took over. Happy days for them since she left years ago. It's some, uh, posh guy now. Paladinus posted:The show is called QI, not QF. That's why it's stuffed with Britain's foremost thinkers.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Happy days for them since she left years ago. It's some, uh, posh guy now. aka Archie the Inventor from Balamory
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thehustler posted:I have a hard time figuring out why people hate Toksvig, she's lovely! For many people, you'll find both reasons about a foot under her chin
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Oct 14, 2015 14:11
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Why has Karl Pilkington not been on QI though?
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Tsaedje posted:aka Archie the Inventor from Balamory Toksvig only left at the end of the last series, I guess about 4 months ago, and Miles Jupp is killing it (as in is very good). I wonder now if Toksvig knew Fry was leaving and made the time for the gig.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Why has Karl Pilkington not been on QI though? Because Alan Davies is already there to play the fool
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Tsaedje posted:Because Alan Davies is already there to play the fool I want multiple fools though
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Oct 14, 2015 14:21
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I want Rich Hall on QI every week.
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Oct 14, 2015 14:22
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Just a friendly reminder that the QI Podcast No Such Thing As A Fish with the QI Elves is both vastly more interesting and funny than the QI show ever was: http://qi.com/podcast/ Also the advantage of unemployment is that I was able to listen to all 80 episodes in about a week and a half.
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Ok so the Apprentice starts tonight! is there going to be a dedicated thread this year? Despite losing enthusiasm for the format I still like to have a good old chortle at the quote:“Me and Lord Sugar will work together because you’ve got age and beauty and those two go hand in hand all the time. Sugar’s got the age and I certainly am beautiful.” 
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Oct 14, 2015 14:27
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I'll miss Fry on QI, never been a big fan of Toksvig but eh, could still be good. Seconding the recommendation for No Such Thing As A Fish, it's terrific. ElectricWizard posted:Time to reinvent QI.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Just a friendly reminder that the QI Podcast No Such Thing As A Fish with the QI Elves is both vastly more interesting and funny than the QI show ever was: http://qi.com/podcast/ Go and see them do a live recording if you get the chance, I saw one during the Fringe and it was a hoot.
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thehustler posted:Go and see them do a live recording if you get the chance, I saw one during the Fringe and it was a hoot. First Fringe in the last 4 that I didn't go to. Absolutely gutted. And London tickets are almost impossible to get.
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Moaning of Life 2 was pretty great. Karl was even pretty positive about some things.
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thehustler posted:Go and see them do a live recording if you get the chance, I saw one during the Fringe and it was a hoot. Yeah, saw them in Manchester (Salford) and they were great. Lots of chat about semen.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Why has Karl Pilkington not been on QI though? Because he's awful? Toksvig is basically Stephen Fry in lady form. Very interested to see how she does. And I too prefer Fish to the actual show these days.
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Those QI news were really unexpected. I like Sandi Toksvig and she fits the role, but I'm not sure if QI will ever be the same again  .
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Gorn Myson posted:I want Rich Hall on QI every week. Going to see Rich Hall 'Hoedown' this weekend, can't wait.
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QI is one of those shows that I never felt went bad, but because it was essentially the same thing each week I just got bored of it about 10 years ago. Maybe I should watch what will be Fry's last season just to give it a send off. How far through the alphabet are they now? Must be about O or so? e: ah M, not bad for a wild guess. EL BROMANCE fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Oct 15, 2015 |
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Oct 15, 2015 13:38
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QI is still what it always was, the clue is in the title.
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In non-QI news, the ever-delightful Lucy Worley is on BBC4 right now, in a programme about the history of Romance and Romantic novels, and has managed to raid the BBC dressing up box to admirable effect. We're 14 minutes in and she's already worn a dozen different wigs, dresses, crinolines, bonnets and shawls, as she dresses up as 400 years worth of female heroines. She has the jolliest job in the world, she really does.
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Oct 15, 2015 21:17
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If anyone is into Come Dine With Me and hasn't been following this week (County Durham) should, there are some truly awful people on and it's fantastic.
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Ireland Sucks posted:If anyone is into Come Dine With Me and hasn't been following this week (County Durham) should, there are some truly awful people on and it's fantastic. I was watching the Costa Del Sol one earlier on repeats. Holy poo poo they were horrible people. Especially the psychotic guy who put the fake finger in his starter. Why are so many expats just complete dicks?
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Lucy Worsley's slow transformation into high-brow TV sex kitten is really weird. It definitely seems like she's encouraging it as well.
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netally posted:I was watching the Costa Del Sol one earlier on repeats. Holy poo poo they were horrible people. Especially the psychotic guy who put the fake finger in his starter. Why are so many expats just complete dicks? My parents went to Spain over a decade or so. You have no idea. They bitch about (Moroccan/German/Irish/etc) immigrants, pitch a fit about nit getting walls sausages or PG tips with their full English breakfast, read their Daily Mail or Express salvaged from the Airport, and click their fingers r shout for service. I am happy to report that my parents, redolent in faults as I am, don't put up with that sit and side with the correct people who were born there.
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Comrade Fakename posted:Lucy Worsley's slow transformation into high-brow TV sex kitten is really weird. It definitely seems like she's encouraging it as well. Well, compare how many shows she gets to the uh... the history of rome person, who was trolled on twitter for being ugly.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Well, compare how many shows she gets to the uh... the history of rome person, who was trolled on twitter for being ugly. Mary Beard, who is awesome.
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There's Bettany Hughes as well. She's done some Roman stuff on the BBC and is alright. Apart from the time she slagged off the GeoPhys team on Time Time because they didn't manage to find something that wasn't there.
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feedmegin posted:Mary Beard, who is awesome. Mary Beard is great, I love her. That programme she did on the lives of ordinary Roman citizens was wonderful. I also like Janina Ramirez, the professor who does a lot of the medieval and art history programmes on BBC4 (she wears lashings of black eyeliner, is terribly enthusiastic and I think one of the posters here went to school with her?)
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The weird thing about Lucy Worsely is not so much that she's being put forward as attractive, which she is in a "weird crush" sort of way, but that she doesn't seem to be being pushed or pressured into it at all, but instead seems to be very enthusiastically seizing that mantle herself, as if she's constantly ringing up BBC commissioners and pitching BBC 4's A Cheeky History of British Dildos. It's a bit odd for a respected academic. In other news I just watched the first episode of the new TFI Friday revival and it was bloody awful, just a ramshackle mess and not in a fun way.
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Comrade Fakename posted:The weird thing about Lucy Worsely is not so much that she's being put forward as attractive, which she is in a "weird crush" sort of way, but that she doesn't seem to be being pushed or pressured into it at all, but instead seems to be very enthusiastically seizing that mantle herself, as if she's constantly ringing up BBC commissioners and pitching BBC 4's A Cheeky History of British Dildos. It's a bit odd for a respected academic. The show got commisioned for a full series before he got the Top Gear gig I think, so I would imagine his mind is more on that. He's already said that there won't be any more TFI past this run whilst he is doing Top Gear as he doesn't have the time.
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Irisi posted:I also like Janina Ramirez, the professor who does a lot of the medieval and art history programmes on BBC4 (she wears lashings of black eyeliner, is terribly enthusiastic and I think one of the posters here went to school with her?) that would be me and however enthusiastic she is on TV is nothing on how she is in real life
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netally posted:I was watching the Costa Del Sol one earlier on repeats. Holy poo poo they were horrible people. Especially the psychotic guy who put the fake finger in his starter. Why are so many expats just complete dicks? That guy was one of the worst people I've ever seen. Just completely unlikeable and pathetic. One of those 'I just tell it like it is' dicks. The Cardiff one was pretty funny though, mainly for the one woman I've seen around town a few times who loses it and starts having a major strop because they're talking about food and she feels excluded. They were nothing but reasonable to her and she threw a little fit. She also runs a B&B that was shown a few times so I wonder if it hurt her business. Anyway River was disappointing. There's just much better ways to handle the material than the way they do. It also majorly cheats in the first few minutes for no reason. After the end of the opening chase it reveals that his partner has been dead the whole time. Ok, well done, that establishes the premise of the show. But then a moment earlier we see her, on her own, calling for backup. I thought it was going to be a Detective version of Bringing Out The Dead but sadly it's just every cliche cop show ever, except this time he's literally haunted.
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There was one come dine with me episode on a few years back where they had this absolutely vile gay bloke, he cooked first and then basically trolled for the rest of the week, and because he marked everyone low he ended up winning it. It was fantastic... I should find it again.
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Nettle Soup posted:There was one come dine with me episode on a few years back where they had this absolutely vile gay bloke, he cooked first and then basically trolled for the rest of the week, and because he marked everyone low he ended up winning it. It was fantastic... I should find it again. My friend's hairdresser was on Dinner Date and won. She went on a few more dates with the guy but it turned out he was a bit strange and loved just doing everything on his own. I always wonder how many people actually apply to these shows. I know they have auditions and etc beforehand but surely it's not that many? I can't even imagine enough people watch it to keep a decent stock of new contestants especially if you're auditioning them and cutting out the boring ones.
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Taear posted:I always wonder how many people actually apply to these shows. I know they have auditions and etc beforehand but surely it's not that many? I can't even imagine enough people watch it to keep a decent stock of new contestants especially if you're auditioning them and cutting out the boring ones. There was a dating show being filmed at a bar I was in a couple of weeks ago, it was awkward as gently caress and I'm amazed anyone wants to put themselves through that. What exactly do you get out of it? (I suppose they pay for the meal??)
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