"Don't all fuck off" might be Dave's funniest single moment.

37:52 he even does the hand movements, a man ahead of his time

Fun fact: Dave Gorman is one of the most successful Jewish comedians in the world.

Wow, my book is the source of a "fun fact"! I feel fulfilled!

Charlie Brooker once described David Dickinson as an "ageing Thundercat". I hope that makes someone here laugh as much as it did me.

“You read that correctly.”

“No I didn’t.”

The slow burn on that audience laugh was just delightful.

Fun Fact: You can always remember whether polar bears are from the Actic or not (they are), by learning a bit of etymology,. Arctic comes from άρκτος <arktos> which is Greek for "bear" (which is from PIE *rktho- "the brown one"). and ant- meaning "negative" is where we get Antarctic. So the Arctic Circle is literally "The circle with bears" and Antarctic Circle is literally "The circle with no bears".

Having read Dave’s book, “Too Much Information”, and thus already knowing about the Richard Branson list, I was very much looking forward to hearing the audience’s reaction to why he’s considered to be a family man.

When in doubt, Stephen Fry is your guy!

Weirdly, I happen to know how to say “Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu.
I am actually from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Anglesey and it was something I just learned as a kid.
I havent said it for years until now, and I was amazed I remembered it straight away.

Dave G is unique. I love his style and delivery.  No one else has ever taken this stance and the thing to never lose sight of is that the research is what makes it ... and his lead-ins from his prep are quite brilliant.

If anyone wants it for some reason, here is Dave's whole mnemonic for Taumatawhakatangi written out:

The angriest uncle makes a terrible auntie when having a kiss and tickling a naughty girl.
I have a nice grandma and kindly older aunt.
Unfortunately, an uncle or two are mean, and their elderly aunts take umbridge regularly.
Independence party UK are kind about polish immigrants.
Kind? I mean are unkind.
Now, get a helpful older relative, or not helpful kindly uncle.
Prepare all the kids and infants while helping elderly non-uncles (aunts).
Keep it tight, and never agitate the angriest hairiest uncle.

Bangkok's original full name is the multiword record - Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

In defense of the "Stephen Fry...?" lady, it's honestly a pretty decent answer if you think of the Ten Commandments you'd actually like having.

This is why I don't do pub quizes. Even if they do have a science round, I always fear the annoying "That's not what it says on the card" excuse : - (

An American couple were holidaying in Wales and one day after several hours on the road they pulled into Llanfair PG and went to find somewhere to eat. While they were there they said to a member of staff “Hey, could you teach us how to pronounce the name of this place and please say it slowly so we can learn it right, we wanna impress our friends when we go home”, so the server said “sure, no problem, it’s bur …… ger ……… king!!” 😆

10:24 who left the kettle on next to the mic?

Thank you so much for uploading these. Only upon watching them now do I realise how much Critical Thinking they contain.

My favorite sentence in The Witches of Eastwick" by John Updike. "The room's one window, too high for a woman not standing on a stool to peer out of, had lozenge panes of leaded glass, thick glass bubbled and warped like bottle bottoms."

Glad this episode is on YouTube now,
The “same as always” bit has always been my favourite moment of the show