qi-related stories
Posted Aug 11th 2009 3:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming, Interviews, Game Show, Reality-Free, British TV
John Hodgman's public lambasting of the BBC for not bringing
QI to America didn't explain the network's reason for their decision, other than Dumb Ol' America is so dumb (how dumb are we?) that when we go to a sperm bank, we ask the teller for a BLANK.
Thankfully, Hodgman isn't the only man coming to the U.S.A.'s defense. John Lloyd, the show's executive producer, feels the same way so much so that he was willing to interrupt his vacation in Turkey to chat with me about it.
"Garth Ancier (BBC America chief) is convinced that Americans 'won't get it'," Lloyd said in an email. "We disagree (of course!)."
Continue reading Executive producer John Lloyd explains BBC's import impasse of QI
Posted Aug 8th 2009 2:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free, British TV
John Hodgman seems like a gentle and mellow soul who uses wit, grace and intelligence to make his arguments, instead of more American methods of debate, such as yelling, name-calling or
numb-chucks nunchucks.
However, when something gets stuck in his craw, he can unleash an unholy tornado of rage and seething anger. He can muster the unstoppable force of an undersea volcano and spew forth a raw stream of pointed arguments and reasoned thinking that could melt the butt off of an Eastern gray squirrel.
This time, Hodgman pointed his pressure washer of wit towards BBC America for refusing to pick up a comedy panel quiz show called
QI.
Continue reading Hodgman activates rage gland against BBC America for not picking up QI
Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:34PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: The Daily Show, Web, Festivus, Reality-Free, British TV
This is my first Festivus. So I hope you can allow me to be a little more wide-eyed and naive, much like the small child who believes a large fat man can break the space-time continuum to bring him presents on Christmas morning.
My wishes are very simple. I want peace and happiness throughout the universe. I also want the entire movie and television industry to heed my warnings and follow my commands as if they have been written on stone tablets with a giant fiery pen from God's stationary set. I also want an army of obedient zombie knights to enforce these commands, and clean up my house, say around once a week.
Continue reading All Danny wants for Festivus
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