QI - John Hodgman

[Jumbuck]

Why has he been included as a 5th panellist in the show?

[Nummy]

No idea, but i don't think it worked very well...he didn't contribute very much,

i got the impression the whole thing was thrown slight off kilter, that the others just didn;t know quite what to do because of the change.

who is he anyway?

[Postdog]

and why did he win?

[VHG]

There is a QI web site and forum.

http://www.qi.com/

It is discussed on there.

[society]

sorry to interupt - VHG can you take a look at my question in 'Computers' please?

[VHG]

It says here (see below) that he has been trying to get QI shown on American TV, so I suppose they offered him a place as a sort of "thank you"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hodgman

All the QI episdoes are discussed here

http://en.wikipedia.o...i/List_of_QI_episodes

[Postdog]

Can it be dumbed down enough for Americans?

[Jumbuck]

Thanks VHG for the link and it seems like the producer had overbooked.

As to the scores - well they don't matter with panel shows.

At least there was a bit more of the panellists this week. The first programme of the series last week seemed to be far too much of Stephen Fry reading various bits of trivia, most of which were not interesting at all.

[VHG]

>Can it be dumbed down enough for Americans?

I think they are actually trying to get the UK ones shown on Public Television (a sort of un-funded BBC).

I think that it would also work if made for American TV. Many of their comedians are very clever (Steve Martin etc) and I think it may work as a late night show. Not all Americans are stupid and they love "clever" comedy like Monty Python etc.