@@sambassist7602 Sure :), A cross section is when you cut something in half so you can look at everything inside from a side view (the picture of the shark is a cross section so you can see its organs and stuff) Sarah says that the shark doesn't look very happy, the word "cross" in English can also mean unhappy or angry, so when Stephen says it's "a very cross section" it's a pun on "cross" meaning 'down the middle' and also 'unhappy'
I'm afraid the contained righteous anger would be too much, the uploaded would corrupt and that corruption would spread like a rage virus. Eventually every computer is complaining about all that imported bandwidth, how it's not patriotic, and that we should be building our own bandwidth. I imagine David Mitchell just complains about middle class ideological problems when not on TV.
Until recently I was annoyed by people recapping the blindingly obvious but now I see it as a pleasant reassurance that I am not amongst those whom fall below the average intelligence.
"Every cell in my body when I see that says 'it is the ENEMY!'" This is the moment that made me a devout David Mitchell fan god knows how many years ago that episode aired.
@@AshleighKnott2891 I mean, that's obviously untrue... All living bony fishes, cartilaginous fishes and jawless fishes all obviously had a common ancestor. Every species that falls under those three classes is categorized as a fish.
April but those three groups are as separate and distinct as birds and mammals. So there is no single group ‘fish’. There are Teleosts, Chondrichthyes, etc. but no single group called fish
He reads english books on spotify, Sherlock holmes series, Hitchikers guide series and the Harry Potter series (where people get tortured) so youre in luck!
I have had the greatest fortune to witness great white sharks off Isle of Guadalupe; these fish are not to be feared, just respected. They are powerful; inquisitive and persistent. I'm grateful for the encounters.
I've seen a few different types of sharks while SCUBA diving. Some harmless and some not so harmless and I have always been too captivated by their beauty to be totally terrified. (until later)
When I was around 13 or 14 I had a shark swimming directly at me while scuba diving and it was rather terrifying but years later I realized it was probably just a nurse shark that was fed by humans before and was looking for a handout.
The nose is the common answer because sharks have a lot of nerve receptacles in their snouts, making them very sensitive. It may not be the best place to punch them, but it'll still be unpleasant for the shark. On the flip side, the eye thing isn't the best for all sharks; when the great white, for example, attacks prey, it rolls its eye back into its head to prevent it from getting hit during the attack. All in all, aim for the gills I guess.
I agree with his sentiment, but David’s point was equally valid. They are beautiful and scary creatures. Stephen does suffer from mild histrionics from time to time. He can’t just be right, he has to be passionately and overbearingly right sometimes.
The silent one actually scares me more than the music one. The music is at least a cue for my brain to prepare itself for what is coming. The silent one is too close to how it would feel to be diving & turning around to see that shark coming straight for you.
You strike a shark in the gills, and go for the eyes only if you can’t reach the gills or it isn’t working. The gills are essentially the lungs of the animal, and striking them is like having the wind knocked out of you. Never punch for the nose because you could end up feeding the shark your hand. I will fight every QI elf on this, sharks are kinda ma thang
The first time I saw a shark, I looked down whilst paddling off the beach on Vilamendhoo and there were twelve of the bastards (only tiny ones) swimming round my feet.
Shark flesh is readily available from fish and chip shops in Australia. It's delicious, known as "flake". I used to catch and eat small sharks. It's not true that the shark bodies are all discarded after removing the fins.
I need help with finding an episode i can't find it anywhere or anyone mentioning it, feels like i tripped out. There was an episode with rich hall, clive anderson, phil jupitus and alan davies and when rich hall was talking alan davies slipped out and shouted "Knob" aimed at rich by accident and then apologized the rest of the program was really really awkward and you can tell alan was embarrassed
The fact that all sharks think "Mitchell is an arse!" (well if sharks had views on when World War One and World War Two were called World War One and World War Two). Seriously funny bloke though and I somehow always like Noel Fielding more on this then any other show he's involved in. When Sandi eventually leaves for retirement, Ashling Bea would be an amazing host.
0:36 Aah yes I’ve been to New York, and I can’t tell you how many times a random homeless persons in time square has confused my leg for a piece of chicken. Instead of punching them I just give them $10 and tell them where the nearest KFC is.
He started doing the ominous tune from "Jaws", which is iconically used for "being chased by sharks", then he turned into the tune of "Can't take my eyes off of you" which is apparently seen as a gay anthem.
"They've got far more reason to be scared of a human" Only statistically speaking. I probably wouldn't be scared of a shark if I was stood on a boat with a harpoon gun, but that doesn't change the fact that my instinctual programming says I should fear sharks. If we were both stripped to the waist I imagine I'd lose that fight 10 times outta 10.
If the contortionist in the last clip were also a mystic - she could foresee her own end. Even if she wasn't a mystic, she could always be happy tickling her own fancy .
David Mitchell is 100% justified in thinking sharks are scary. Because they are. They may also be beautiful, magnificent etc, but their potential for doing severe damage easily qualifies them for scariness. Stephen Fry needs to back off with his "I'm the sole voice of reason" horseshit that he constantly seems to be riding. No, we shouldn't slaughter sharks, but we need to acknowledge the danger they represent, even if it is not malicious.
Totally agree. I've surfed for over 3 decades but I stand alone when I say to fellow surfers "I hate sharks they're scary" but as usual it's 'current' to say they're beautiful and should never be harmed. Odds of chance say that each time I go out alone I have alot higher chance of being attacked.
@@EvilTomte Yeah he was in a party called the Lib Dems and they did a sort of team Government with this other party but it was all the other party's stuff that got through
9:26 when Stephen says "it's a very cross section" is the most underrated joke in this video
Could someone explain it to me? English isn’t my first language
@@sambassist7602 Sure :),
A cross section is when you cut something in half so you can look at everything inside from a side view (the picture of the shark is a cross section so you can see its organs and stuff)
Sarah says that the shark doesn't look very happy, the word "cross" in English can also mean unhappy or angry, so when Stephen says it's "a very cross section" it's a pun on "cross" meaning 'down the middle' and also 'unhappy'
@@MrPluron7 thanks a lot !
@@MrPluron7 He's called "Stephen" and not "Steven" but that aside it was a very well written explanation. 👍
"It's cartilaginous matter...or cartilage as we would say...in England" I love Fry softly mocking his own vernacular in that moment.
I love when the screen elves troll Micthell XD
we need a compilation of that
5:31
David's animosity towards the Klaxon is a beautiful thing.
I'd love a compilation of Mitchell vs the Klaxon
Search TH-cam for "Mitchell vs the Klaxon"
It will be the first result. You won't be disappointed.
Spottydog714 🤫
not a compilation tho
I'm afraid the contained righteous anger would be too much, the uploaded would corrupt and that corruption would spread like a rage virus. Eventually every computer is complaining about all that imported bandwidth, how it's not patriotic, and that we should be building our own bandwidth.
I imagine David Mitchell just complains about middle class ideological problems when not on TV.
"he doesn't look very happy, does he?"
"No, it's a very cross section."
Gosh, thanks for pointing that out. Stephen’s puns are genius.
The cleverest joke in the clip and it passes almost unnoticed. I'm glad someone commented on it 👍
crunst 🤫
Read it as he said it! Brilliant!
Until recently I was annoyed by people recapping the blindingly obvious but now I see it as a pleasant reassurance that I am not amongst those whom fall below the average intelligence.
"Every cell in my body when I see that says 'it is the ENEMY!'" This is the moment that made me a devout David Mitchell fan god knows how many years ago that episode aired.
“No a fish”
But if Stephen had listened to the elves he’d know there’s no such thing as a fish...
What how ?
Listen to the QI podcast the elves do called “No Such Thing as a Fish”, explains it all
@@AshleighKnott2891 I mean, that's obviously untrue... All living bony fishes, cartilaginous fishes and jawless fishes all obviously had a common ancestor. Every species that falls under those three classes is categorized as a fish.
April but those three groups are as separate and distinct as birds and mammals. So there is no single group ‘fish’. There are Teleosts, Chondrichthyes, etc. but no single group called fish
@@jsworpin Pisces?
"Different orgasm, same trout."
A statement never uttered before this.
a real humdinger of a hapax legomenon
Lol I read this comment as soon as Allan said that
I caught a fish once. Best sex I ever had.
Lavatories kill more people than sharks because nobody knows where to punch them.
I’m pretty sure you hit them in the ballcock
speak for yourself peasant
Ok I laughed at this. Ty
@@roddor8462 Don't you mean the baaaaaall...cock 😅
Ah 😂
Mitchell: It is the enemy!
Sharks: Are we the baddies?
Alan really is a national treasure.
David Mitchell v the elves, a fight I can’t get enough off 😂
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Stephen has such an amazing speaking voice. I could go to sleep listening to him read about people being tortured
He reads english books on spotify, Sherlock holmes series, Hitchikers guide series and the Harry Potter series (where people get tortured) so youre in luck!
Late to this but he also reads sleep stories on at least one app. He’s been my sleep story choice for about 5 years now, works every time 😊
Noel Fielding when he sees a shark:
"What are ya doin in my waters?"
Ever been to a club where people wee on each other?
I'm Old Greg.
I love the fact that one of the recurring gags is David Mitchell's long running feud with the people who control the Klaxon.
Thank you too the Qi elves another great compilation!
I’m with Stephen; sharks are incredible.
This is like a normal QI compilation BUT WITH SHAAAAARKS!
I have had the greatest fortune to witness great white sharks off Isle of Guadalupe; these fish are not to be feared, just respected.
They are powerful; inquisitive and persistent. I'm grateful for the encounters.
As a New Yorker I find the statement that we're all rabid and prepared to bite another human's leg off 100% accurate
A compilation I didn’t know I needed
3:13 But...but...Stephen: Didn't you once say that there's 'no such thing as a fish'?
I'm going to suggest that ominous music makes far more of a difference out of water than if you were face to face with one...
I dunno, if I was out in the ocean, there was a shark and out of nowhere I'd hear that music, I'd actually be rather terrified.
@@naphackDT In that case, the shark would never find me, as the water would suddenly be extremely cloudy and probably smell bad.
David fighting the klaxon is always my favourite.
Sharks are basically the misunderstood dogs of the ocean.
I can’t stop watching these, these funny and informative.
I've seen a few different types of sharks while SCUBA diving. Some harmless and some not so harmless and I have always been too captivated by their beauty to be totally terrified. (until later)
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When I was around 13 or 14 I had a shark swimming directly at me while scuba diving and it was rather terrifying but years later I realized it was probably just a nurse shark that was fed by humans before and was looking for a handout.
Maybe ominous music is scary because it's always played along video of sharks!
Haha I think you're on to something!!
I know one thing for sure, if you're in the water with a great white, it doesn't need a soundtrack to be terrifying.
I love Sandi's top at 5 and a half minutes with the parrots!
sharks have every reason to attack us. we're the ones coming into the ocean and trespassing into their home; it's 100% self defense
*ohhhhhhh... ohhhh...*
Alan's impression of a shark having an orgasm makes me laugh every time
Sax Rendell He is annoying AF. Zero comedy.
Sharks aren't mean or horrible, they simply do what they do.
I've learned more from this show than all my years in school
I really like how the drums at the start sound like 'Firestarter' by Prodigy
The description is awesome!
This is fintastically jawesome!!! Sharky xxx
I love Sandi's shirt at 5:17. I want to know where she got it.
H&M
Humans: Kill 120 million sharks a year
Sharks: Bite a dozen people a year
Humans: EVIL FISH
The nose is the common answer because sharks have a lot of nerve receptacles in their snouts, making them very sensitive. It may not be the best place to punch them, but it'll still be unpleasant for the shark. On the flip side, the eye thing isn't the best for all sharks; when the great white, for example, attacks prey, it rolls its eye back into its head to prevent it from getting hit during the attack. All in all, aim for the gills I guess.
Idk I'd just swim away. Why would anyone fight a shark
@@muskateer12345 it's if you get bit. plus you're not gonna outswim a shark
@@assassintwinat8 yeah but why would you want to get bit. Just swim away
@@muskateer12345 .....
You're fucking with me aren't you?
All in all stay on land. Safe as fuck.
Stephen defending sharks was beautiful
I agree with his sentiment, but David’s point was equally valid. They are beautiful and scary creatures. Stephen does suffer from mild histrionics from time to time. He can’t just be right, he has to be passionately and overbearingly right sometimes.
"Is everything okay at home Alan?"
The silent one actually scares me more than the music one. The music is at least a cue for my brain to prepare itself for what is coming. The silent one is too close to how it would feel to be diving & turning around to see that shark coming straight for you.
BEST COMPILATION IDEA
They’re so interested in talking about sharks, no one noticed Stephen’s comment about “lavatory accidents” 🤣🤣🤣
Billy, what's your favorite episode of QI?
I like the one where they talk about fish orgasms for a LOOOOOOOONG time!
5:36 I'm literally crying
10:18 best part
I love that Alan can’t help himself with the shark noise
Little known fact, sharks only attack wet people. Have a nice shower.
But mostly in knee deep water!
The basking shark does make life easier for her dentist.
You strike a shark in the gills, and go for the eyes only if you can’t reach the gills or it isn’t working. The gills are essentially the lungs of the animal, and striking them is like having the wind knocked out of you. Never punch for the nose because you could end up feeding the shark your hand. I will fight every QI elf on this, sharks are kinda ma thang
Hard to believe that in 2020 some adults STILL don't know that a dolphin isn't a fish. Smdh.
7:43 -- funniest damned thing. She is AWESOME!!
The chances of a shark coming to YOUR home is very slim.
I missed the "Everything tastes like chicken."
-"Yeah. To a shark!"
I blame Spike Milligan for people thinking you should punch a shark in the nose and send them to shark nose hospital
I'm slightly upset that the "Is that a nurse?" one didn't make it into this.
I'm remembering Bill Bailey going "Argh! Nurse!". Does anyone know which episode that's from?
TheBlackDemon1996 🤫
After 7:50, disappointed that no-one said, "I'll have what she's having."
You can put a shark on the tele with benny hill in the background it’s still scary.
Does the BBC QI pins like the one Stephen has on his lapel in the last clip?
The first time I saw a shark, I looked down whilst paddling off the beach on Vilamendhoo and there were twelve of the bastards (only tiny ones) swimming round my feet.
What is the original title of that "gay shark" joke? I can't seem to remember it
Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli
Thx
@@FaeAmber No problem. Fun fact: he played a mafia mobster in 'The Sopranos'.
Just Vin Better version is by Andy Williams💕💕💕
How dare they not leave in Joe’s impersonation of a shark
In another episode Stephen told us there was no such thing as a fish
Hello my friend!
*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* ...
My plumber is called Graeme Hall.
More Americans die from lavatory accidents than shark attacks. And how many Americans take a crap on a shark once a day?
The whole US or just Florida? Because they might wreck the curve.
Shark flesh is readily available from fish and chip shops in Australia. It's delicious, known as "flake". I used to catch and eat small sharks. It's not true that the shark bodies are all discarded after removing the fins.
I need help with finding an episode i can't find it anywhere or anyone mentioning it, feels like i tripped out. There was an episode with rich hall, clive anderson, phil jupitus and alan davies and when rich hall was talking alan davies slipped out and shouted "Knob" aimed at rich by accident and then apologized the rest of the program was really really awkward and you can tell alan was embarrassed
Series B, episode 3 'Bombs' had that line-up, can't remember it though.
pog shark
pog shark
But how many people dont get bit in new york every year? How many people that swim near sharks dont get bit every year?
Bloody Nestle, and their Toblerone,!!!!!!!!!!!! ,its feckin' hurts this triangular chocolate
The fact that all sharks think "Mitchell is an arse!" (well if sharks had views on when World War One and World War Two were called World War One and World War Two).
Seriously funny bloke though and I somehow always like Noel Fielding more on this then any other show he's involved in.
When Sandi eventually leaves for retirement, Ashling Bea would be an amazing host.
0:36 Aah yes I’ve been to New York, and I can’t tell you how many times a random homeless persons in time square has confused my leg for a piece of chicken. Instead of punching them I just give them $10 and tell them where the nearest KFC is.
Sandi's shirt at 5.30. Anyone know where this is from?
H&M
5:01 alas, I dont get it.
He started doing the ominous tune from "Jaws", which is iconically used for "being chased by sharks", then he turned into the tune of "Can't take my eyes off of you" which is apparently seen as a gay anthem.
Rambard Look up “Boys Town Gang” and you’ll know why it’s loved by the gays
120million wow
"They've got far more reason to be scared of a human"
Only statistically speaking. I probably wouldn't be scared of a shark if I was stood on a boat with a harpoon gun, but that doesn't change the fact that my instinctual programming says I should fear sharks. If we were both stripped to the waist I imagine I'd lose that fight 10 times outta 10.
3:27
*SHARK POG*
5:02 please help me i dont get it
3:29 Imagine the possibilities if you owned a baby basking shark. Goodbye, Fleshlight!
Duuun dun...
Shark Pog
5:00 😂😂
Actually here in Australia we eat shark , cutting the fins off them is illegal as here as we're after the flesh
Ohhhhh... Ohhh!...oohhhh??
Sharks are a sandpaper covered uppercut with teeth. still my first choice for a tattoo though
that chap with the black hair looks like richard III
That guy is Noel Fielding current hosting The Great British Bake Off with Sandi Toksvig
@@tiamariajones6634 ok, but he does have a medieval hairdo.
Who also looks like Lord Farquad.
Sharks
I had shark for dinner!
Thats a pretty flawed study on the silence vs music.
Just don't call them fish.
If the contortionist in the last clip were also a mystic - she could foresee her own end. Even if she wasn't a mystic, she could always be happy tickling her own fancy .
David Mitchell is 100% justified in thinking sharks are scary. Because they are. They may also be beautiful, magnificent etc, but their potential for doing severe damage easily qualifies them for scariness. Stephen Fry needs to back off with his "I'm the sole voice of reason" horseshit that he constantly seems to be riding. No, we shouldn't slaughter sharks, but we need to acknowledge the danger they represent, even if it is not malicious.
Totally agree. I've surfed for over 3 decades but I stand alone when I say to fellow surfers "I hate sharks they're scary" but as usual it's 'current' to say they're beautiful and should never be harmed.
Odds of chance say that each time I go out alone I have alot higher chance of being attacked.
Whale sharks are much larger than basking sharks
What is a "nickleg"..? @8:30
Nick Cleg
@@ThePlatinumMatt thanks. Some insider political joke I presume.
@@EvilTomte Yeah he was in a party called the Lib Dems and they did a sort of team Government with this other party but it was all the other party's stuff that got through
Nick Clegg lmao
Me being so fucking confident saying nose for the first one. Idk who told me nose but fuck them for giving me the wrong info.