QI | What Was Your Great Grandmother Doing Down The Back Of The Sofa?
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2016
- 14 September: On this day in 1852, the Duke of Wellington died.
From QI Series J, Episode 18 - 'Just the Job'
With Jeremy Clarkson, Jason Manford, Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies
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"Ford." "Yes." "I think i'm a sofa." "I know how you feel."
That's probability drives for you.
Best. Comment. Ever.
It's alright I'm turning Into a penguin
Aaaaaahhhh!
I adore that photograph of Wellington, really makes history seem that much closer
Stephen had shaken hands with someone (can't remember who he said it was), and that someone had shaken hands with Bertrand Russell, whose aunt had danced with Napoleon.
I met a fellow who died just a few years ago (2012), who's father fought in the First Battle of Bull Run ( US Civil War in 1861)
His facial features kinda remind me of Stephen Fry.
About ten years ago my dad met John Tyler's (10th U.S. President) grandson. Tyler had children well into his 70s as did one of his sons.
Phireo Appropriate then that Stephen played Wellington when he appeared in Blackadder.
I was hoping Stephen would burst into his Duke of Wellington from Blackadder III, but I suppose it's just not the same without Hugh Laurie to punch around.
“NONSENSE!! I barely touched the man!!”
That “Heroin” line killed me
That is why you should never do lines of it.
@@titanuranus3095 STOP IT
Even better, Jeremy wasn't far off! They would often give laudanum(opium) to babies to calm them down.
The BBC should just face it and start posting old episodes on this channel. Judging by the millions of total views channels get from QI episodes, there may even be reasonable ad revenue in it.
Funnily enough, BBC themselves might not have the rights to do that.
+Baiko True dat. Hope whoever owns the rights gets with the times, tho :)
I remember John Lloyd saying one of the issues was acquiring the distribution rights of the images on the screens for each country they want to broadcast it in...
@@stephenmitchell8665 other countries have agreements to allow them to show qi in their territories... paying them willy nilly on CZcams would disrupt that
@@stephenmitchell8665 Actually, their podcast are funded in part by ads outside the UK. bbc.co.uk has no ads but if you check the website outside the UK you will sent to bbc.com that has ads too. So all they would need would be to make the episodes unavaillable in the UK on CZcams (just have them on BBC iPlayer).
"Go stand with that ghost."
Not as creepy as photographing dead people looking like they are alive posing with their families
Sarah Kinsey I came for QI but stayed for your profile pic of The Division Bell :D
that's a myth. there's very few photos that are actually real because actually propping up a dead person was ridiculously difficult
Lauren G it's not a myth. There are loads of them, they would be propped against other people or furniture. It wasn't that hard
@@laureng9364 Try looking some of these up on the internet. Some are indeed alive, but a significant number are clearly deceased. The concept was called "Momento Mori" which is Latin for "memory of the dead" The "level of difficulty" had nothing to do with it, as someone who is dead couldn't feel anything.
Lucy P staples!
When I recognized it as Wellington before them I felt so smart
“Was she a borrower?” XD
Memento Mori photograhy was the other 'big thing' in Victorian times. Photographing dead loved ones , usually with family members, creepy but fascinating. There's plenty of them on CZcams.
I always thought Wellington looked like Stephen Fry from the 2 times he played him in Blackadder...
As a history fanatic I first saw that picture of Wellesley many years ago and have seen it multiple times since, but every time I do I'm still amazed by it. It's extremely rare to look upon the actual face of such a prominent historical figure.
On a similar vein, the US has a similar thing: one of our earliest presidents and son of a previous president was John Quincy Adams and he has a rather famous photograph done in the 1840s.
I recall when we had my daughter's first photos at 6 months that they had me sit on a table in the studio, covered me in a ruffled baby blanket, and then placed my daughter in my covered lap.
Wellington looks a lot like Pandit Neru in the Movie about Gandhi's life. (don't know the actor though) but surely others must see this too...
Nobody points out that Stephen played Wellington in Blackadder?
A wild Jeremy Clarkson popped up at the end.
Me father's a Scotsman and me mother's an ottoman.
Those two first people ever photoed look really creepy.
Creepy shadow people!
And they thought smiling portraits were creepy...
Bring on the 10-minute selfie.
Why don't the mothers just take the photos together with their children?
It's more likely that the nanny was the one under the blanket.
itsudesuka it ruins the photo
@** yes the point was to have the children photographed on their own. Much like we so now with babies?
@@vorbo01 Now young mother's quickly snap a photo on their phones to show on Facebook, and go on with their Facebook.
Not sure which baby was luckier.
Childhood death rates were very high at the time, so parents liked to have an image of just the child as a keep sake in case of death. To immortalise the child as it were. Children were often depicted as cherubs and angels for this reason, so many early photographs are actually of nude children dressed with wings and such.
Re: Duke of Wellington - its surprising in many ways but there again, its not like there's not photos of the US Civil War so if one were alive and important enough c. 1860, there might well be photographs of one.
2:59 Baaah!...
I am so disappointed the subject did not progress to the Victorians photographing their dead relatives.
I'm pretty sure QI has debunked the propped up dead people in Victorian photos idea in another episode.
Did you do a segment on death pictures where people would take pictures with dead loved ones before burial.
And a card for mothers on Mother's Day is never enough.
My Aunty Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers... ... ...
Duke of Wellington? I thought he'd look more like Mr Fry.
Not really sure why it was so important for the relative to be disguised. Just have kids who won’t sit still take a picture with their family member until they’re able to do it alone. Why try to hide the relative? Seems odd to insist on pretending the child is alone.
When we took the passport photos of our infant children, I had to do something very similar to hold them still and not be in the picture
Creating my grandmother
I never understood the English calling someone "the Duke of Wellington" meaning a single person. Surely there has been nine Dukes of Wellington to date but only one Arthur Wellesley?
He was the first. And don't call me Shirley.
It's a title, like being the Governor of Idaho.
He was the first and most famous, so when someone says 'the Duke of Wellington' it is presumed that they are referring to Arthur Wellesley, unless they specifically say they are talking about another Duke of Wellington.
Joe Kennally The
Arthur Wellesley was the Famous one to hold the title.
The others are not remembered.
My great grandmother called it the davenport, not a sofa.
Dad called them chesterfields.
thx.. now I have something to hunt while I watch the game.
"why chesterfield"
Ive heard davenport too quite a bit years ago. is it a two seat?
@@00BillyTorontoBill I believe that “Chesterfield” is a style of sofa, so I wonder if it became a more common word for a sofa, rather as “Hoover” became a common word for a vacuum cleaner despite it being a brand.
@@sarahjones8396 Never did actually look it up. but did now.
"Why is a sofa called a Chesterfield?
it is said that the style was originally commissioned by Lord Philip Stanhope, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), from whom the sofa got its name. ...
@@00BillyTorontoBill Ooh, thank you for the update! I do like to know where these things originate. Now I must look up Davenport, because I thought that was a style of desk, rather than something to sit on! We live and learn...
@@00BillyTorontoBill Call me someone with too much time on my hands (I really haven’t, I’ve loads to do!), but I’ve found out: The name Davenport comes from a 19th century Massachusetts furniture maker, A.H. Davenport and Company. This is the origin of the Davenport sofa, but there is also a style of desk, also named a Davenport.
Look alikes Wellington and Nehru
Doesn't look much like Stephen.
Ninja Training re-invention failed it seems.
But why not take the photo with the child
Lolicon Loyalty because it would ruin the idea of having a picture if your child on their own
It's terrifying; it's like a woman in a burka.
Looking for her teeth
Ah, it kills me! Every time Fry gasps for air, sucking wind between his teeth! When will he get that busted club foot in the middle of his face fixed so he can breathe?!🤣
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"They're terrifying! It's horrible!"
"It's like a woman in a burka."
I don't think you're allowed to say things like that on the BBC.
Why not?
@@jameshughes9234 It could be seen as criticising Islam. That's strictly forbidden at the BBC.
@@ClarinoI criticising elements of the Qur'an or Islam itself would be fine. Discriminatory language against Muslims would not be fine. I bet I know which of those YOU'D like to see on the BBC
@@davidb5173 You would lose your bet.
@@ClarinoI It *was* actually broadcast on BBC, which goes to show that what you think of BBC is just in your imagination.
She was offering Jessica Alba and I cookies.
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Ah he isn't really Irish.
Chick Norton You’re thinking of Mark Lawrenson.
True. It is like saying to the Protestants of Northern Ireland that "you are Irish!". You would certainly get severe telling off if you did! Welllington was certainly more English, or British say, than Napoleon was French. He was from, until recently at that point, an independent Italian speaking and cultured island, nothing to do with France.
@@leod-sigefast umm u can call northern Irish unionists Irish and wellington was Irish his family were in Ireland 300 years at the time of his birth
Third
Trailing off in the middle of a sentence? It is a great photograph but the editing isn't