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Although in the episode about France it was pointed out that the French have a very solid military record, refuting the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys stereotype, and an episode on "Germany" instituted a special "Don't Mention the War" penalty (only for Stephen to go on to break it himself witha question about WWII)
Rob Brydon often takes umbrage at what he (jokingly) calls Stephen's offensive stereotypes with regard to the Welsh.
Stephen once made the mistake of mentioning his prep-school tailor, with obvious results
Dude, Not Funny!: Fry had to cancel a Japanese segment of a documentary about language and culture after poking fun at the bizarre luck of Tsutomu Yamaguchi.
Freud Was Right: In one episode, the audience laughed uncontrollably as the formula for paper folding comes up.
Stephen: What you need is length and thickness (to determine how many times you can fold a piece of paper).
This may qualify as a CMOF, as quite a few innuendos had been delivered by that point and Rob Brydon simply gave Stephen an innocent "Oh, really?" look...
Not to mention Doon Makichan absentmindedly miming eating a large deep-fried Curly Wurly. Two-handed. Linkski.
Hilarious in Hindsight: During the "Green" episode, Danny Baker urged the viewers at home to save electricity by turning off their television sets. That episode had one of the lowest audience figures of the programme's run.
When David Tennant was on the show jokes were made about Bill Bailey being on the Christmas special of Doctor Who. Come the 2011 Christmas special...
In early series, Alan Davies makes several jokes about being an oppressed and displaced Welsh person. And then, in the Europe episode, he reveals that he's found out that, despite his last name indicating otherwise, he actually has no Welsh ancestry.
Most Annoying Sound: Sean Lock's crying baby buzzer in "Imbroglio". Sure, it was invoked (all the buzzers were purposefully annoying), but while the first two buzzers were annoying in an amusing way, Sean's crossed the line into this territory. Judging by the reactions of Sean (he doesn't often lose his smile, but he did for this!), Stephen, and the audience, they all seem to agree.
Nightmare Fuel: The occasional segment, but the "Inventive" episode was pretty horrifying for anyone with a fear of ventriloquists' dummies.
