No Such Thing As Old Mother Bastard is the fifty-ninth episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the seventh episode of the second year, and the eighteenth episode of 2015. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
In a special UK General Election episode, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss animal politicians, saunas in the Sinai desert, and the first 'thing' ever.
Facts[]
- The first thing was a parliament. (Harkin)
- One of the largest majorities in a Brazilian local election was won by a rhino. (Ptaszynski)
- Finland's parliament sometimes makes decisions in their sauna. (Schreiber)
- In British electoral history, only 8 candidates have been awarded no votes at all in a general election. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- This episode is the 2015 UK Election special. The next Election special was 2017's Episode 168: No Such Thing As Lord Cauldronhead, but that was recorded the day after the election, whereas this episode was recorded the week before.
- Jón Gnarr is discussed, and is brought up again in Episode 108: No Such Thing As Samurai Olaf.
- Jack Mytton paying people to vote for him is discussed. This was a VisitEngland quiz question in Belgium v Algeria.