Worst QI guest?

corblimey

Love the show even the shambles Dave makes of it when it shows it in WS and makes Stephen Fry look about 8 foot wide. But I've found that whenever Phil Jupitus is on, I end up fast forwarding through his bits. It's easy cos they're so freaking long. Laugh at some fact just revealed by Stephen...funny voice...allude to Fry's sexuality...funny voice...laugh at own joke. He never says anything interesting or even Quite Interesting, and I wonder if these are the bits that are left in by the QI editors, how long did he drone on for at the recording? Is it just me?

(In second place has to be Sandy Toksvig who just repeated everything Stephen said in an 'amazed' voice and then told an uninteresting anecdote)

Minstrel27

Joe Brand annoys the **** out of me.

Skid

That American guy they had on this year (John Hodgman,when they had 5 guests on one show) wasn't up to much.

I agree about Phill Jupitus, he interrupts the others way too much with lame gags. Ruins the flow.

phasers

Phil Jupitus definitely. Who told this guy he's a comedian and how has he had such a long career? He's never made me laugh on any show he's been on

ziedth

Johnny Vegas is always painful too

Creamy Goodness

phil jupitus is the worst by far, next being johnny vegas but he was only on it once so it's not that bad.

RobertFoster

Vegas was on it recently and it was painful to watch.

I tend to fast forward through Frys intro now. I find his "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening" so annoying.

quickbeam

Jo Brand. A lot of the one-off guests aren't great either.

Best - David Mitchell, Dara O'Briain, Rob Brydon.

Love the show.

Papa_Lazarou

Can't stand Joe brand!! The woman is just not funny. I don't mind Phil Jupitus,he has his moments.

My favourites would be Dara O'Briain,Bill Bailey,Rich Hall and Rob Brydon

Creamy Goodness

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

Can't stand Joe brand!! The woman is just not funny. I don't mind Phil Jupitus,he has his moments.

My favourites would be Dara O'Briain,Bill Bailey,Rich Hall and Rob Brydon

who is Joe Brand? don't think i've seen him on the show before.


best are bill bailey, david mitchell, rich hall and roy bremner.

efb

Worst hmmm Sean Lock

Best Our Dara!

I care not for Rich Hall or Rory Bremner

I also like Brydon, Mitchell and Bailey

mike65

The calibre/nature of the guests has changed a bit from those early days - John "Dear Johnny" Sessions, Clive Anderson, Jeremey Hardy, Howard Goodall, Danny Baker used to be fairly regular only Baker and Anderson have been sighted recently I think. Jo Brand has been there since the off. David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Rich Hall and Andy Hamilton are my favs in recent times.

When the newsreaders and weathermen get invited on, we'll know its hit the buffers.

Papa_Lazarou

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

who is Joe Brand? don't think i've seen him on the show before.


best are bill bailey, david mitchell, rich hall and roy bremner.

Half the time she looks like a man so im not editing my post!!! :pac:

tony1kenobi

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

who is Joe Brand? don't think i've seen him on the show before.


best are bill bailey, david mitchell, rich hall and roy bremner.

Who is roy bremner.....and so on....

Jupitus in sh*te on that show.If he is ever any good I've missed that part of his career.

Creamy Goodness

jeez don't know why bremner jumped into my head i of course meant rory mcgrath

Skid

quickbeam wrote: »

Best - David Mitchell, Dara O'Briain, Rob Brydon.

Love the show.

Yep, If any of those three are one you know it's going to be good.

They were on the same show this year whch was a treat (Series G, episode 1)

WindSock

Not a fan of Rob Brydon. Like Jo Brand though. Agree that Jupitus isn't great. Bill Bailey is the best at everything.

Morgans

Jupitus is the worst recurring guest. Just isnt funny or informative. Must pinch himself every morning to see himself classed as a comedian. Brand poor, but still preferable to Jupitus.

Worst guest though for me was Roger McGough - some list of people must have cried off for him to sit on set for half an hour.

The more Ronni Anconna on the show the better. Mitchell very good. Sessions (when he was on it) was very good. The person who surprised me most was the one show Johnny Vaughn was on, he was as good as any guest. And a lot better than most of the "comedians".

Papa_Lazarou

Morgans wrote: »

The more Ronni Anconna on the show the better. .

Funny and gorgeous...........the things i would do to that woman.....:pac:

Aidric

Jo Brand by quite a stretch.

efb

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

Funny and gorgeous...........the things i would do to that woman.....:pac:

Ronnie's stream of consciousness on the word obsqurity was epic. Booby thing was ok. Quality guest.

Dont be at yourself

efb

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Darling of Radio 4?, Never!

darragh666

I like most guests including Jupitus. Jo Bland is by far the worst guest.

Earthhorse

Thing about Rich Hall is he doesn't contribute much when he's on. For the most part he speaks only when spoken to. Hugh Laurie was a guest on one of the early episodes and wasn't up to much either. I don't think any of the regular guests are great either. Maybe Clive Anderson and Rory McGrath but were either of them ever regular?

darragh666 wrote: »

Jo Bland is by far the worst guest.

Good one.

My name is URL

Rob Brydon simply for his incessant referencing of his socks a few episodes back

pixelburp

Funny, I don't mind Phil Jupitus that much, even if ordinarily I can't stand the man.

Now Jo Brand on the other hand, yes indeed I agree with a great many people that can't stand her. Nearly every sentence coming out of her mouth is a knob joke and it was stale back in the 80s, nevermind now. Often she doesn't even bother getting into the swing of things, just takes any opportunity for the obvious single entendre.

Rich Hall can be funny enough, his manner can come across as vaguely disinterested, but that's his delivery anyway (isn't it?)

I did catch Johnny Vegas on the show the other - whose bright idea was that?

Das Kitty

Favourites: Rory McGrath, John Sessions and Howard Goodall.

Basically people who aren't on much but always have something quite interesting to contribute.

Of the more regular guests I prefer Bill Bailey. I actually don't mind Jo Brand so much, she is funny but her delivery can be annoying.

Least Favourite is Johnny Vegas, he goes on and on and on. Not too gone on Rich Hall on it either (love his standup though) he seems to hate being there.

Sergeant

Rory McGrath - his nasal tone drives me demented.

My favourites are David Mitchell, Dara Ó Briain and Bill Bailey.

I had to look up Ronni Anconna to see the face behind the name, she was a good guest, funny without trying too hard to be.

expectationlost

rory mcgrath, ruins fun
rich hall doesn't say enough

expectationlost

Ronni Anconna is brill

Jip

phasers wrote: »

Phil Jupitus definitely. Who told this guy he's a comedian and how has he had such a long career? He's never made me laugh on any show he's been on

Yip, he's just the worst guest in general, not specific to QI, for every show really.

quickbeam wrote: »

Jo Brand. A lot of the one-off guests aren't great either.

Best - David Mitchell, Dara O'Briain, Rob Brydon.

Love the show.

Not Rob Brydon, he's just boring now, he's basically the 'character' from Gavin and Stacey, there are no differences between them. I do think Jo Brand is good on it though. I like Rich Hall too and that American comedian whose name I can't remember at the moment, the big guy. Sean Lock is always good, but I like him in general.

The Recliner

I seem to be in a minority, I quite like Phil Jupitus

Worst guest for me has to be Vic Reeves, he can actually be quite interesting but ruins it all by trying to be oh so eccentric and a bit of an arse