No Such Thing As A Swear Word on the Moon is the 8th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 8th episode of the first year, and the 8th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
This week in the QI Office Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland), James Harkin (@eggshaped), Anna Ptaszynski (@nosuchthing) and Alex Bell (@alexbell) discuss NASA Vs Nature, Coney Island's oddest ride, Harry Potter's Chinese adventures & more...
Facts[]
- One of the last things that NASA had to do before launching space shuttles was to detach their inflatable owls that were used to scare woodpeckers. (Bell)
- The music used on the You Wouldn't Steal a Car anti-piracy advert was stolen by the people who made the advert. (Schreiber)
- According to the government website of the Czech Republic there are three symbols of Easter in the country: Easter eggs, the Easter lamb, and whipping. (Harkin)
- At Earl's Court tube station in 1911, a one-legged man named "Bumper Harris" was hired to ride the escalator. (Ptaszynski)
Trivia[]
- Schreiber's fact is false - the music in the advert was not pirated. What is true is that the composer of the music (Melchior Reitveldt) had had a different song of his pirated by the makers of a different advert.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Alex Bell, the second QI Elf after Molly Oldfield (other than the regular presenters) to appear on the podcast.
- Bell is the most frequent guest on the podcast, appearing in 36 episodes.
- Regular presenter Andrew Hunter Murray is absent.