QI - Sandi Toksvig
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She was fine, but as they observed, she did seem to be 'channelling' Fry.
Perhaps with Fry gone, they've decided to make Alan less of a figure of Blackadder style ridicule... or maybe it was one of those oddball examples of where he gets to know the answers and will revert to type next week?
M.
Perhaps with Fry gone, they've decided to make Alan less of a figure of Blackadder style ridicule... or maybe it was one of those oddball examples of where he gets to know the answers and will revert to type next week?
M.
Halb said:
Watched QI XL, it was funny, the bit with Sandi being every bit as smart as Fry was very funny, and the standout comedian was the Asian bloke, don't know his name, but he was very sharp. In fact that side of the room was excellent.
FYI http://www.romeshranganathan.co.ukGetCarter said:
Another one to add to the ever growing list of unfunny comedians that are labouring under the impression that they have any discernible talent what-so-ever.Got QI to watch tonight, Sandi is funny in her own right and will make a good host of the show. It just needs to be Sandi, not a Stephen ghost. It will come as the writing team etc all get used to the new dynamic of the show.
The cynic in me suggests with a female host means they won't have to have a token woman now
Agreed, see him on Mock the Week, and he's become a "do I watch it" guest
The cynic in me suggests with a female host means they won't have to have a token woman now
snuffy said:
GetCarter said:
Another one to add to the ever growing list of unfunny comedians that are labouring under the impression that they have any discernible talent what-so-ever.Mutley said:
The cynic in me suggests with a female host means they won't have to have a token woman now
I hoped that as well, but they had one this week on the panel.And now that the BBC has said token female, it does not matter if they are funny or not, because now I just think "You are only on this show to fulfill the BBC's gender targets". Just how patronising are the BBC to women ?
snuffy said:
I hoped that as well, but they had one this week on the panel.
And now that the BBC has said token female, it does not matter if they are funny or not, because now I just think "You are only on this show to fulfill the BBC's gender targets". Just how patronising are the BBC to women ?
It's not the BBC. They've been ordered to do it by the government.And now that the BBC has said token female, it does not matter if they are funny or not, because now I just think "You are only on this show to fulfill the BBC's gender targets". Just how patronising are the BBC to women ?
Derek Smith said:
It's not the BBC. They've been ordered to do it by the government.
I don't see any mention of the government telling the BBC that here. It says it was the BBC Trust that told them to do it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26107...
And on articles I've just found on the Telegraph's and Guardian's website on the matter make no mention of it either.
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