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June 3rd, 2009

marcmagus: Me playing cribbage in regency attire (Default)
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 01:34 am

I think I'm becoming disenchanted with QI. For those who don't know, it's a comedic "quiz show" hosted by Stephen Fry where the question are about obscure or commonly misunderstood facts, and the panelists get points for giving either correct or interesting answers, but lose points for giving answers which are both wrong and predictable.

What I'm coming to realize is that this isn't actually a show for people who like to know obscure and interesting things. It's really a show for people who like to know things other people don't know. And bonus points if you can show someone up who thinks they know such an obscure thing, but it's actually completely untrue.

The most recent episode I watched notwithstanding, I still enjoy putting it on and kind of half listening to it, it does occasionally get quite funny (generally when they stop talking about interesting things and start getting into sexual humor, really), and once or twice an episode they do sneak in something that's genuinely interesting. But I'm beginning to think it's neither as great nor as interesting as I used to believe.

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