QI | What Is The Thatcher Effect?

3 January: On this day in 1988, Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the century.

This clip is from QI Series F, Episode 07, 'Fingers and Fumbs' with Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus and Dara Ó Briain.

[marks.]

This whole bit was clearly set up simply to get some comedic reactions to Thatcher and Jo Brand didn't disappoint.

[Ebbagull]

I love Jo's comment about the "Lady Thatcher" XD

[nosuchthingasshould]

This makes Allan look like one of those Japanese paintings of an angry samurai.

[benrobson]

The Brazilian Lady Thatcher ( not available in Argentina)

[snape]

Crazy to think that years after watching this clip for the first time I'd end up at the university of York being lectured by Pete Thompson on this very topic

[JoeBleasdaleReal]

"In the middle of a soixante-neuf" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Pfisiar]

"Burn the witch!"
"Which?"

[Harrylechat]

Second time I've seen a reference to Peter Thomson at York.  Very nice bloke he is too.

[Solarn]

The Marlene Dietrich toast is real, but deliberately made. The guy made a griddle in the shape of Dietrich's face and made the toast on that.

[awkwardsean]

They couldn't bury her, the binmen were on strike at the time.

[Luminous]

Very disappointed they edited out the part about the University of York who always claimed that the city has the largest plastic-bottomed lake in Europe.

[danhaws]

Anyone else think that Alan with his features upside down looked like Heath ledger?

[DesertSun]

The Thatcher'd Alan looks like Beavis from Beavis and Butt-Head, to a frightening degree.

[crassenti]

Awww did they cut out the part about the largest plastic bottomed lake in Europe? That's the best part :)

[TarasButrie]

How did Phill not get Klaxoned with his opening response?

[chriskaprys]

what was the third picture from? looked a bit like an ultrasound.

[BaronCemetery]

Technically what people claim to see in the Mars one is something resembling an ancient Egyptian.

[SchwarzeWitwe]

Noo :( Why'd you remove the bit about York University?

[geoffsimpkins]

One on the right looks like Judy Garland on Wizard of Oz

[zbr]

Surely 0:05 to 0:12 is now the May Effect?