Quite Interesting Links
For your enjoyment, an assorted set of links to keep your brain saturated and your fanship on warp drive.Websites- QI.com Official Website
The people behind QI are truly the nicest human beings you might hope to banter with. Check out the forum for an assortment of quite interesting conversations. - The BBC's QI Site
Also well worth a looksie. View hilarious video clips, and mark your calendars correctly for the next episode! - The QI blog
"All the latest news and everything you would want to know about QI: Quite Interesting."
Run by a veritable QI fanatic and regular on QI.com's "Talk" forum (look for "grizzly"), this blog endeavors to keep you up-to-date with all of the latest happenings surrounding the show, including news on its weekly column in the Daily Telegraph.
- Give Alan Davies More Points
The first established fan site. There are often promotions, contests, and giveaways, so it's well worth sauntering over often to make sure you aren't missing out on anything. - FRY CONTROL - A Stephen Fry fansite
Run by my friend Lisa/melchy, it's a haven for Stephen Fry-related media. - The Alan Davies Homepage
I was already familiar with this site before I happened upon its lovely webmistress by chance in the QI green room. What are the odds, you know? The site has been running for a decade and is still regularly updated. What dedication. Hop on over if you're a fan of the curly-haired one.
- Peter Cushing Lives In Whitstable
The website created by Deek McNeill, an original Jellybotty: the famous, Davies-popularised creators of the song "Peter Cushing Lives In Whitstable". After tracking him down on the QI Talk boards, I implored him put the original song online for general fan consumption, and he promised to keep me informed. As is so rare these days, he kept his word, and messaged me as soon as he had this site online. Get ready to jive to Mr. Cushing, his bicycle, and his vegetables! - qi_fans on LiveJournal
Brilliant comm, for Quite Interesting Fans Addicts. News, icons, general unabashed hilarity.
Shameless Plugging
- A Brief History of the Olympic Games, by Dr. David C. Young
I was one day Googling the past accomplishments of my fantastic Ancient Greek teacher, Dr. David C. Young (pic here), and discovered his apparent interest in the Olympic games. Remembering the Olympic-heavy content of episode 2x09, I quickly burned him a copy, along with a letter describing my interest in his input on it. Lecture next day, fortuitiously, split off into a tangent on the Olympics and the origin of our modern games. I quickly piped up, "1850, right? In Much Wenlock." I was awarded with the most astonished stare I've ever been graced with in my life. "Yes . . ." he managed, slowly, "but how did you know?" I quickly pushed my burned CD in his direction, under the perplexed scrutiny of my classmates, and said, "Watch it later; it's quite interesting; you'll soon see."
The next day, the first things Dr. Young's lips as he walked in: "I'd like to talk to you after class." (Unequivocally non-threatening, of course.) As promised, I approached him afterwards. "Sarah," I was informed, "I discovered this information in the 1980s." I reeled, and realized in that second why he had been so astonished when I casually mentioned the words "Much Wenlock," hitting the nail of his magnum opus (if I may use a Latin term in such a context) right on the head. It is, thus, my duty to and honor to tell you all that my dear Dr. David Young was the fellow who made episode 2x09 all the more interesting. He's also, I don't hesitate to add, one of the sweetest people I've had the fortune to meet. (But that doesn't make it any easier when you're trying to understand his argument for the existence of the third aorist.)
