# QI - and Steven Fry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 7, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014 "2012-10-07T19:36:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014/21 "2012-10-08T20:28:25Z")

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Sue Perkins is quite funny, but holy crap, she cannot not talk. It’s less obvious on QI than on other shows she’s done, particularly radio stuff, but she often seems to feel that she has to get a few words in on every single subject that comes up. Yes, much more so than other panelists.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014/22 "2012-10-08T20:32:00Z")

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Me, I don’t need to hear Jo Brand’s story about getting fitted for a bra again. What was the name of the Australian comic who was on recently? Cal something? She was a hoot and I hope she comes back.

Also, what is even the point of the half hour shows when there’s an XL episode? Who wants less QI?

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014/23 "2012-10-08T23:24:11Z")

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Ross Noble is severely underrated. He is utterly incapable of not being hilarious.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014/24 "2012-10-08T23:47:27Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> What was the name of the Australian comic who was on recently? Cal something? She was a hoot and I hope she comes back.

Cal Wilson, a New Zealander who lives in Australia (just like me!) and whom I follow on Twitter. Very funny, one of my favourite local comedians.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qi-and-steven-fry/637014/25 "2012-10-09T03:55:22Z")

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> [@JackieLikesVariety](#):
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> thank you! and thanks to STEPHEN Fry, a fun guy
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> 😃

You are welcome, but I really did that by memory, I found out some of those are not correct, the correct episodes are not I-Spy and Explorers, but _Espionage_ and _Exploration_.

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