No Such Thing As Jesus' Magic Wand is the sixty-first episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the ninth episode of the second year, and the twentieth 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[]
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Benjamin Franklin's massive bed, knife-wielding referees and the longest movie in the world.
Facts[]
- Instead of being one of the founders of the USA, Benjamin Franklin almost stayed in Britain to found a swimming school on the River Thames. (Ptaszynski)
- Sumo wrestling referees carry a knife on them so in the event they make a bad decision during a match they can kill themselves. (Schreiber)
- The trailer for the longest movie ever made, Ambiancé, is 72 minutes long. (Harkin)
- In the Middle Ages lots of churches had statues of Jesus Christ which had moving arms so that Christ could be taken down from the cross and carried around the church. Other statues had the Virgin Mary with a working belly from which you could take a model of the infant Christ. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- The Edinburgh Festival Fringe episodes are first promoted. They ended up becoming the podcasts between 76 and 80.
- The name "Everard Digby" is mentioned for the first time on the podcast.
- Moving the end of the Olympic marathon for the Royals was discussed in Episode 10: No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk.
- Segar Bastard is discussed - he was Harkin's extra fact in Series 1, Episode 5 of No Such Thing As The News.
- Murray's fact was contributed by an audience member from the live show at the Atomium, which was broadcast as Episode 38: No Such Thing As A Super Mario Love Hotel.
- The possibility of developing the camera film from Mallory and Irvine's attempt to climb Everest is discussed. This comes up again in Episode 192: No Such Thing As A Restaurant Menu For Hats.