No Such Thing As A Good Gift For Gordon Brown is the 32nd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 32nd episode of the first year, and the 47th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest Ash Gardner of Emperor Yes. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Instead of the usual theme tune, "Wasps", being played in-between facts, this episode used clips from other songs from Emperor Yes' album An Island Called Earth, including the entire song "Monkey King".
Description[]
Dan (@schreiberland), James (@eggshaped), Andy (@andrewhunterm), Anna (#getannaontwitter) and the composer of our theme tune, musician Ash Gardner (@emperor_yes) discuss useless Presidential gifts, great big arrows, Tom and Jerry’s sweet ending, and a passport carrying pharaoh.
Facts[]
- In 1060BC, the entire Egyptian city of Pi-Ramesses was moved 20 kilometres to the north because part of the River Nile dried up. (Gardner)
- In 1864, a friend of Charles Dickens had a flat-pack Swiss chalet sent to his home as a Christmas present. (Ptaszynski)
- "Cosmos"
- Neuroscientists can tell if you are a musician simply by looking at your brain. (Harkin)
- Jack L. Warner, head of Warner Bros., spotted that from the air his studios looked identical to a nearby aircraft factory, so on the roof he painted an arrow and the words "Lockheed: that way". (Schreiber)
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first and only appearance of Ash Gardner.
- Gardner is promoting the Emperor Yes album "An Island Called Earth".
- As there are no absences from regulars, Andrew Hunter Murray is fact-checking.