QI (TV Series)
Discoveries (2006)
Alan Davies: Self - Panellist
Quotes
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Stephen Fry : [looking a picture of a man in a leotard] We can thank this man for two inventions.
Alan Davies : Shorts and socks.
Stephen Fry : His invention is his name.
Arthur Smith : Ted Tights.
Stephen Fry : Well, yes he is Ted Tights, but he really was Jules Leotard. He invented the leotard, but he called it a maillot.
Clive Anderson : You said two inventions.
Stephen Fry : Well, he also invented the somersault through the air .
Vic Reeves : He also invented humas, which they found when they pealed off the leotard.