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    From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english,soc.culture.british on Thu Jan 1 21:17:18 2026
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    QI (UK TV) with Stephen Fry, Gyles Brandreth, ......... (and Sue Perkins?)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0BrTXFflxA&t=40s

    Who is the man in Orange shirt?

    Around 45 sec. he says [He (Proust) was buoyant] --- Why is this funny?


    and then the Audience shouts something... What is that?
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  • From Mike Terry@news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english,soc.culture.british on Fri Jan 2 03:37:22 2026
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    On 01/01/2026 21:17, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    QI (UK TV) with Stephen Fry, Gyles Brandreth, ......... (and Sue Perkins?)

    Yes Gyles Brandreth.
    Yes Sue Perkins.



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0BrTXFflxA&t=40s

    Who is the man in Orange shirt?

    Bill Bailey. He'll surely have loads of other clips on Youtube (he's a stand up comedian who often
    combines playing musical instruments into his routines).


    Around 45 sec. he says [He (Proust) was buoyant] --- Why is this funny?

    They had been discussing how Proust was gay, and Stephen had just mentioned how Proust only wrote in
    a cork-lined room, being very "sensitive". Bill suggests he was bouyant. Ho ho, well corks float!
    And also Proust was gay, so he liked buoys/boys?



    and then the Audience shouts something... What is that?

    I don't know, but they don't generally do that so it must be part of some ongoing game being played
    - one of those things that would be obvious if we saw the whole episode.

    Mike.
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  • From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english,soc.culture.british on Fri Jan 2 19:31:53 2026
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    Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> posted:

    On 01/01/2026 21:17, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    QI (UK TV) with Stephen Fry, Gyles Brandreth, ......... (and Sue Perkins?)

    Yes Gyles Brandreth.
    Yes Sue Perkins.


    How did G.Brandreth get so chummy with the royals?
    Was he always close to Charles?


    She is SO good here. (So quick and sharp)

    I think maybe this was filmed (and aired) almost 10 years ago?




    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0BrTXFflxA&t=40s

    Who is the man in Orange shirt?

    Bill Bailey. He'll surely have loads of other clips on Youtube (he's a stand up comedian who often
    combines playing musical instruments into his routines).


    Around 45 sec. he says [He (Proust) was buoyant] --- Why is this funny?

    They had been discussing how Proust was gay, and Stephen had just mentioned how Proust only wrote in
    a cork-lined room, being very "sensitive". Bill suggests he was bouyant. Ho ho, well corks float!
    And also Proust was gay, so he liked buoys/boys?


    The way he said it, it sounded like Boyt (Boy't) --- what accent is that?




    and then the Audience shouts something... What is that?

    I don't know, but they don't generally do that so it must be part of some ongoing game being played
    - one of those things that would be obvious if we saw the whole episode.

    Mike.


    Thanks... I've never read anything by Andre Gide...

    Was it Bill Bailey who said ... A rechercher a temps perdu ?

    THis clip really blew me away... I sent it to a Lit Professor
    with this comment that ...............

    __________________________

    re: Smullyan 's appearance on the Johnny Carson show----

    Johnny Carson says [Free Guest] -- what came before about this [Free] thing?
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Tue Jan 6 09:29:40 2026
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    On Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:17:18 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    and then the Audience shouts something... What is that?

    In the show QI the contestant's buzzers are allocated audio clips, rather
    than just buzzing. I don't think the audience shout anything, I think it
    is a contestant (possibly Giles) pressing their buzzer. I can't make out
    what the clip is, but that'd have been covered at the start of the show,
    in the introduction to the contestants.
    --
    David Entwistle
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  • From Mike Terry@news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com to rec.puzzles on Tue Jan 6 17:11:17 2026
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    On 06/01/2026 09:29, David Entwistle wrote:
    On Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:17:18 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    and then the Audience shouts something... What is that?

    In the show QI the contestant's buzzers are allocated audio clips, rather than just buzzing. I don't think the audience shout anything, I think it
    is a contestant (possibly Giles) pressing their buzzer. I can't make out
    what the clip is, but that'd have been covered at the start of the show,
    in the introduction to the contestants.


    Ah, that must be right. I came across a transcript of that show somewhere, and the buzzer
    assignments were recordings of the audience cheering etc..

    Mike.
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