QI is a comedy panel game in which being quite interesting is more important than being right. Stephen Fry is joined week by four comedians to share anecdotes and trivia and to answer some questions as well.
QI: Welsh racism with comedian Rob Brydon
Stephen: Rob,
what's the difference between a Carlisle Surprise, a Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, and a sheep tied to a lamp post in Cardiff?
Rob: Now,
this is another example of the institutionalised racism--
Stephen: That's
true.
Rob: --which
is accepted when it's directed towards . . . the Welsh. As it has . . . Is this
a reference to the joke about the . . . about: "What is a sheep tied to a
lamp post in Cardiff? . . . It's a leisure centre." Now, because . . .
because--
Stephen: It's
awfully good--
Rob: [pointing
to the audience, who is laughing] No! No! No! No! No! [points at Stephen] And .
. . and you, no!
Stephen: [puts
on stern face and pushes glasses to face] No.
Rob: [still
pointing] You, no--
Stephen: Mm.
No.
Rob: [points
to Alan] And you . . . no! No. "What is the difference?" The only
thing I have knowledge of is the sheep ti— . . . no, no, I me— . . . sorry, I have knowledge of Cardiff!
I don't . . . Well, I'm not really aware what . . . what a "Carlisle
Surprise" is, other than the shock of finding yourself at Carlisle, erm .
. .
Alan: Sounds
like, sort-of, an ice cream, I'd have thought--
Rob: --which,
surely is more of a delight, than anything else--
Stephen: Yes,
a total delight.
Rob: Erm, a
Reverse Canterbury . . .
Stephen: The
full name is a "Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Double". It's an
ancient English pastime.
Bill: Erm .
. .
Rob: A
Morris dance. Is it . . . is it a type of Morris dance?
Stephen: It's
not Morris dancing, no. It has musical nature--
Rich: Break-dancing.
Stephen: It's
not a dance. It's really big . . . as big a musical instrument as you could
ever find.
Bill: A
whale. See, with a whale, you just put your hand over the blowhole; You--[mimes
playing a whale, with whistling and bass noises].
Stephen: He's
making jokes about Wales!
Rob: [points
at Bill in an "I've got your number" way]
Stephen: Erm,
no.
Bill: Cheeky.
Stephen: The
name for this pastime comes from, originally, the Latin for
"countryside", but a particular part of the Latin countryside called
Campana. And so it's--
Bill: Oh,
bells, bells.
Stephen: --called
Campanology.
Bill: Ah,
it's bells.
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