Stephen Fry on American Prisons

[shaayecanaan]

Short (3 minutes) and well worth a watch

[midnight]

1. Slavery is alive and hidden.....

[beac]

2. K&R.

Exposes the ridiculousness and cruelty of our system-- a rather serious moment on the generally more lighthearted QI.

Funnily enough, we were just watching the "Greeks" episode from the series on youtube tonight. If you are history/science/animal/human behavior/urban myth/random trivia buffs like us, I'm sure you'll find all the episodes Quite Interesting.

[shaayecanaan]

3. Surprised to realise that QI is not available in the US

not even on BBC America or whatever. Its generally the only telly show for which I will make time.

[cyberpj]

5. Yes, well, we're the country that no one wants to educate any longer.

p.s. I LOVE Stephen Fry! Especially with Hugh Laurie in Jeeves and Wooster, LOL.

[ellenfl]

8. me too! would love to see THIS show. i watch graham norton every week.

i have always loved british tv, especially the humor . . . 'good neighbors', 'to the manor born'.

note to self . . . find qi.

ellen fl

[beac]

6. We discovered it when we were in the UK last summer and were delighted

to find the series on youtube when we got home.

We watched a "behind the scenes" episode that explained the idea for the show, how they come up with the questions and the fact the Alan Davies is actually quite a smart fellow. They also interviewed various British celebs about the program. Jeremy Clarkson said that, with both the new shows and re-runs, QI is basically on 24/7... interrupted only occasionally by "a ridiculous motoring program."

27/7 Stephen Fry = my idea of heaven.

[marble falls]

4. Privatization of prisons is union busting.

[beac]

7. And once there is profit to be made housing criminals, the

motivation to prevent crime is diminished-- hence the GOP's desire to keep a large segment of the population uneducated and desperate. A sickening cycle.

[marble falls]

10. and they don't even have to be criminal, just convicted.

[Canuckistanian]

9. "More 17-year old black males in prison than in college"