QI | Alan Has A Meltdown!

This episode was called "Quiet"...


This clip is from QI Series Q, Episode 10, 'Quiet' with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Jimmy Carr, Andrew Maxwell and Sara Pascoe.

[mathiasfoldager]

I KNOW IT IS IN REVERSE, I PUT IT THERE MYSELF!
Most relatable thing ever.

[bramtahasoni]

Alan: screaming at the top of his lungs
Jimmy: horrified AF
Sandi: laughing her guts out

[DrOmni]

Whoever adjusts Alan's microphone sound levels has to be a nervous wreck.

[EelcoWind]

Never thought I'd see someone with such a hairdo and shirt so confidently utter the words "RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah...".

[CelticMike]

Sara’s brilliant “The Silence of the Fridge” goes unfortunately unnoticed here!

[mastershifu]

Surprised it took him till the 234th episode to finally have a proper meltdown😂

[obiewanchrinobe]

turns out it is Jimmy's Mum who voices the current smoke alarm sound, its just censored.

[likebot.]

"♪Wake up, the house is on fire."
OK, I'd better leave then.
"♪I'm sorry, I cannot let you do that, Dave."

[Milamberinx]

Did you just hear Jimmy's full name? He's an entire New York gangster movie all on his own. Jimmy Tony Paddy Carr.

[SpeakerGeneral]

“Wake up, the house is on fire” is something I would hear in my nightmares.
Alan Davies ranting would be a great fire alarm.

[theaussiebackflipboy]

While QI is possibly the greatest show on TV, it is these moments with Alan or David Mitchell going off on one of his rants that has me doubled over with laughter. Sometimes my abs are just so sore after watching some episodes.

[klaxoncow]

This reminds me of a thing on the Stargate Atlantis TV show, where the bad guys are these aliens called "the Wraith" and they are "colony" creatures, like bees or ants, having a "Queen Wraith" and "worker Wraith" and "soldier Wraith" and so forth.

And what I liked - a nice touch of detail - was that the alarm sound on the Wraith ships sounded like the Wraith Queen screaming. Kind of like the idea of having a baby's cry as an alarm sound, as it's a sound that we're evolved to be unable to ignore. But, for the Wraith, it's the sound of their Queen in pain that triggers the whole colony into action.

I liked the attention to detail and lore in that. Instead of just some lame "red alert" sound, the writers did actually put something thought into it - and I guess it's actually somewhere between the "woman's voice" and "a baby crying" ideas, but for aliens where the woman is their colony's "Queen" (and a rare artefact to be protected at all costs) and all would lay down their lives for her.

[thetowerstillstands]

In Canada it would say: "I'm sorry to tell you this but the house is on fire. You really should leave. Please."😆

[ZondaFRoadster]

Jimmy hasn't looked that scared since his last phone call from the tax inspector!

[hollylynch]

Never thought I would see someone with that hair and that shirt have a total meltdown.

Love this.

[Tillyard]

If is told my four year old niece “wake up the house is on fire” she’d just ask “why?”

[EmmaRiddle]

Why do I find his face adorable when he had the meltdown. 🥰🥰🥰. 01:50

[deadstick]

It's so funny when Alan goes off the rails. It reminds me of my dad, growing up, when he was made at the phone company and he would yell and say what we thought was some funny stuff and us kids would be laughing out loud, we couldn't help it.

[PronatorTendon]

Whenever someone posts anything about a blue whale in my biology discussion groups, I respond with an image of Alan and a few people have gotten it

[hks]

Allan’s reaction to the car beeping is so relatable! 😂 Mine only beeps when reversing but it’s so incessant it’s more of a distraction than a help.