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Title: Stephen Fry lets us all down Post by: david3103 on December 05, 2012, 02:14:16 PM Caught a bit of QI on Friday night and heard Stephen Fry opine that 'Sainsbury's is really good because it keeps the scum out of Waitrose'
Now, that's a) a rip off of the late great Alan Coren from a 2007 edition of the News Quiz and b) crass in using the word scum instead of the original which was 'riff-raff' Reminded me of the Monty Python sketch about Oscar Wilde in which Wilde says "I wish I'd said that" and the cast respond "You will Oscar, you will" I'd held Fry in high regard till lately - he appears to have become ever more snobbish and ever more prepared to make lazy jokes about people's names; appearance; beliefs and faiths. QI is beginning to become Quite Ignorant Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: kinboshi on December 05, 2012, 02:15:33 PM He said it tongue in cheek, and there was the implied nod to the original. Well, that's what I thought anyway.
Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: AndrewT on December 05, 2012, 02:22:29 PM QI has gone to shit in recent series.
Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: david3103 on December 05, 2012, 02:29:19 PM He said it tongue in cheek, and there was the implied nod to the original. Well, that's what I thought anyway. use of the S word suggested otherwise to me, but I was only half-watching since most of my attention was on the live stream from Genting Stoke as Lucy tore up the field in their Friday night £30 FO. She was on the feature table throughout and it was invlauable. I've played with her for years and saw more of her hole cards in those few hours than I have seen in all the time I've played with her! Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: RED-DOG on December 05, 2012, 04:36:08 PM QI has gone to shit in recent series. So has the prose and elegance of your critiques. Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: outragous76 on December 05, 2012, 04:42:59 PM QI has gone to shit in recent series. So has the prose and elegance of your critiques. He said it tongue in cheek, and there was the implied nod to the original. Well, that's what I thought anyway. ;) Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: snoopy1239 on December 05, 2012, 04:48:26 PM I would have thought they have a team of writers who script the majority of what he says.
Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: The Camel on December 05, 2012, 05:09:40 PM Tired programme, well past its sell by date imo.
Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: Karabiner on December 05, 2012, 05:11:37 PM Shocking waste of a perfectly good apostrophe.
Title: Re: Stephen Fry let's us all down Post by: david3103 on December 05, 2012, 05:18:16 PM Shocking waste of a perfectly good apostrophe. just noticed that myself - am very ashamed!!! and rushing off to edit Title: Re: Stephen Fry lets us all down Post by: Tal on December 05, 2012, 05:47:25 PM Fry also appeared in some tea adverts, in which he explained how posh he is and how only such fine things as Twinings Tea leave him adequately satiated.
My view was that he plays for comic effect on his perceived poshness (which is partly justified but he isn't exactly nobility) and that the QI gag did little more than continue the theme. I assume that's why people laughed...couldn't have been many who thought he actually meant he thinks Sainsbury's keep the scum out of Waitrose. Must be one near the Emirates, I'd imagine. |