What do you want Bernard ? I want to have a clear conscience. A clear conscience ? Yes When did you acquire this taste for luxury ? Classic 🤣🤣🤣
@boraradicevic19112 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@aleksanderfinstad57852 жыл бұрын
😂😁🤣
@solaodebunmi94922 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😅
@apomekhanes297 Жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey (Nigel Hawthorne) was phenomenal - the writing and Hawthorne's portrayal consistently excellent. But, "A clear conscience... when did you acquire this taste for luxuries?" is an absolute highlight. Hardest laugh I've had in the past month. I watched both series (YM and YPM) in their entirety some years ago, but didn't remember the details of this scene ... wasn't quite prepared for the level of perfection there. 🤣🤣🤣
@jimspink2922 Жыл бұрын
@@apomekhanes297 There is another scence where Sir Humphrey is talking with Sir Arnold who having retired from the civil service was Chairman of the Freedom of Information Committie and Sir Humphrey ask him..How things were going at Freedom Of Information and Sir Arnold replies without missing a beat replies Sorry cannot say
@GlasgowKissTwo2 жыл бұрын
“You need to get behind someone before you can stab them in the back” Wonderful writing and acting
@AzguardMike Жыл бұрын
Odo: you'd stab a man in the back? Garak: of course! its the safest way to be sure Sir Humphrey: Mr Garak, you excell yourself once again!
@thatguyfromcetialphaV Жыл бұрын
Just Garak... Plan, simple... @@AzguardMike
@ministry_of_love10 ай бұрын
9:11
@Olyfrun5 ай бұрын
That we watch it in 2024 is testament to the excellence of all those involved.
@georgefernandez75582 жыл бұрын
"The universities, both of them ..." A gem.
@maryasabeaashun2012 жыл бұрын
My fave!
@briananthony40442 жыл бұрын
The two he attended no doubt.
@johnking51742 жыл бұрын
It is the pause in the sentence which makes it even better. The universities ... both of them.
@sevenpolar34832 жыл бұрын
one day that joke might not be relevant anymore and people will wonder what universities Humfrey was talking about, the fact that the joke has survived so long is a testament to just how powerful those institutions are.
@rotboy1012 жыл бұрын
@@sevenpolar3483 Oxford and Cambridge are the 2nd and 3rd oldest universities in the world. They've been around for centuries (800ish years) and will probably still be around for centuries to come.
@kyle38100010 ай бұрын
Arguably the most consistently well written series in television history.
@tolepАй бұрын
And it ended at the right moment, which is very rare. For example, "Married with Children" and "House MD" should have ended half as long.
@Mububban232 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey really was the role of a lifetime. Such amazing writing, perfectly delivered every time
@jeremythompson53222 жыл бұрын
True, but I don't think the performance would have been as good without Hacker, or even Bernard. It's a role that doesn't really work in isolation.
@kodhaivaradarajan21542 жыл бұрын
All three of them. All three.
@profdc95012 жыл бұрын
The shows (Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister) were one of the few gems that provides an insight into political life. The West Wing was a more idealistic take on the executive. If only more voters understood how the sausage is made.
@DomWeasel2 жыл бұрын
That's why the remake was so awful. None of the actors were any good with their roles and they had zero chemistry.
@Mububban232 жыл бұрын
@@DomWeasel There was a remake?!? never heard of it. I guess politics never changes really, but this show was absolute perfection so not sure why they bothered
@psr04592 жыл бұрын
"You must appear to offer them your full support. After all, you need to get behind someone before you can stab them in the back". …. 😂
@MarKeMu1258 ай бұрын
Keir Starmer vs Corbyn? Lolol
@jkerman5113 Жыл бұрын
"The official secrets act is not to protect secrets, it is to protect officials."
@MohanPillai-c9g3 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@lucianfrostbane6 күн бұрын
Reminds me of his chat with arnold Hows things going with the freedom of information act committee Sorry i cant talk about it
@iandhr12 жыл бұрын
I’m an American and Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister is one of my favorite shows of all time. Two of my favorite Sir Humphrey lines are “controversial means this will cost you votes, courageous means this will cost you the election. And “half of them are your enemies and the other half for the sort of friends that make you prefer your enemies.”
@MrBenzcdi2 жыл бұрын
Those are great! Mine is “a mistake can only be seen as such, at the time, without the benefit of hindsight”.
@clairee49392 жыл бұрын
“Minister, I don’t know what you don’t know, it could be almost anything” “The ship of state is the only ship that leaks from the top” “The Official Secrets Act isn’t there to protect secrets, it’s there to protect officials”
@bobbrewer51822 жыл бұрын
Favourite* Time for Americans to learn the English language.
@iandhr12 жыл бұрын
@@bobbrewer5182 "Yes, the English speaking nations can be said to include the United States....With a certain generosity of spirit. " - Bernard
@clairee49392 жыл бұрын
@@iandhr1 “two nations divided by a common language” Winston Churchill. Which just reminds me of when Hacker starts talking like Churchill lol
@tim70522 жыл бұрын
Nigel Hawthorne acted as Sir Humphrey Appleby in both series. His mastery in faultlessly delivering complex speech, his diction and timing will always underpin this,his legacy. His delivery was so superb that he created in the Civil Service the vernacular of "doing an Appleby". Such a credit to the English language is very rarely coined: which is a testament to his brilliant acting skills!!! R.I.P Sir Nigel. 👍
@annatamparow4917 Жыл бұрын
I have had the honour of meeting Nigel Hawthorne in his role of The Madness of George III, and he accepted my humble gift with a handwritten note which I treasure to this day! May he rest in eternal peace!
@MrDarkweaver10 ай бұрын
Let's not forget the writing he delivered so well. Nigel Hawthorne was part of a trio in that series that were absolutely perfectly cast, and each of them were brilliant. But the writing they delivered was comedic genius. How else can you explain something so funny, witty, and satrical about something as dry as minsterial politics?
@MyMusic-cd3do7 ай бұрын
One of the things that made this series outstanding was that they were theater actors. Nigel Hawthorne said that he could still remember many of the monologues years after the show. The writing was genius, the triple threat of Eddington, Hawthorne, and Fowlds and the relevance of the show made it one of the best series ever. I bought the box set of DVDs and never get tired of watching it.
@tim70527 ай бұрын
@MyMusic-cd3do I bought the boxed set too!! Brilliant, and timeless, comedy!!
@RagnellAvalonАй бұрын
It may interest you to know that the bureaucratic middlemen who infest all layers of government, especially aid programs, are in Australia almost universally referred to as "Sir Humphreys", although none of them have the original's wit or intellect.
@jtaylor8606 Жыл бұрын
Nigel Hawthorn really was a first class actor - absolute genius level performance.
@stavrosk.28682 жыл бұрын
"Both of them" .....after 20 of 30 years, still cracks me up. Timeless. Classic.
@saradhiv34672 жыл бұрын
Could you care to explain the joke to the non-English? Thanks
@johnwilliamson81102 жыл бұрын
@@saradhiv3467 certainly, he is referring to Oxford and Cambridge. By implication he doesn’t regard anywhere else as a university.
@saradhiv34672 жыл бұрын
@@johnwilliamson8110 I understood which two Unis. Over the course of time, its shown that he favours his own alum and I thought he preferred one over the other and when he said "both of them" he was making a one time concession.
@highvoltage77972 жыл бұрын
@@saradhiv3467 Nah it’s what John said 😂
@arcticchrisx77242 жыл бұрын
@@saradhiv3467 it was more than that even. He only really regarded another chap as being of sound standing if he was an alumni of the exact same college within Oxford Uni.
@igregmart2 жыл бұрын
I served in NY (USA) state government law enforcement for 30 years until retiring from it about 10 years ago. I always made a point of watching all the episodes when they were released for both Yes PM and Yes Minister. They were very helpful in my government service ;)
@Stinger9132 жыл бұрын
Based
@miloholmans96652 жыл бұрын
Bet you can still remember the first African American you hit 🤢🤢
@WhatsInAName2225 ай бұрын
This has to be arguably the best TV show ever made. The writing is so sharp and the acting impeccable. I have been watching these episodes and these clips for the last 40 years and never tire of them. I know all the lines and yet just watching and listening to these brilliant actors deliver them is a treat every single time.
@MarkPayne-k7l3 ай бұрын
Best after Fawlty Towers
@pauly3 ай бұрын
Completely agree.
@davidlingwood48732 жыл бұрын
Nigel Hawthorn as Sir Humphrey is an absolute legend and genius. Superb performance and superb writing.😊
@Emilpoika Жыл бұрын
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
@passiveaggressive61752 жыл бұрын
“Universities-both of them”😅 pure comedy gold
@AtomicHombek3 ай бұрын
What I like is that Bernard isn't dull. Sir Humphrey is just brilliant. Fantastic writing.
@captainfrandad11385 ай бұрын
As a former minute-writer I can fully appreciate Sir Humphrey's advice to Bernard.
@lukashavel76902 жыл бұрын
"I need to know everything." Great Palpatine moment there!
@ThePamastymui6 ай бұрын
Timeless and overlooked. With the state of massive surveillance, this line becomes more relevant everyday.
@budapestgambit89466 ай бұрын
Fun fact. A polling company actually did the Sir Humphrey National Service questions and got the same results as Sir Humphrey said.
@mattwho815 ай бұрын
“Neville Chamberlains was very keen on peace!” :D pure genius!
@Michelle_Schu-blacka2 жыл бұрын
A timeless classic. So well written albeit disturbingly close to reality, although today's politicians aren't this intelligent.
@lauterunvollkommenheit43442 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey isn't a politician.
@Michelle_Schu-blacka2 жыл бұрын
@@lauterunvollkommenheit4344 It's a weird one because Civil Servants are effectively the government.
@Your.Uncle.AngMoh2 жыл бұрын
@@lauterunvollkommenheit4344 Spot on.
@raifthemad2 жыл бұрын
Both Bernard and Sir Humphrey are in fact unelected bueraucrats from civil service.
@jesperengelbredt2 жыл бұрын
This should be shown to all kids in the higher grades in school to prepare them for the bullshit politicians are pulling all the time.
@lucybarnard39543 ай бұрын
Humphrey’s facial expressions are brilliant, he doesn’t need to say things. Great writing, and acting
@applejuice52722 жыл бұрын
*Sir Humphrey:* "...the National Theatre into a carpet sale warehouse?" *Bernard:* "It looks like one, actually!" *Sir Humphrey:* "We gave the architect a knighthood so that nobody would ever say that!" 🤣🤣
@RagnellAvalonАй бұрын
I looked it up and it REALLY does
@NJJ773 ай бұрын
I always catch bits I didn't remember whenever I rewatch - "Lossimouth is that a place?" "What do you think it was?" "A dogfood" !!!! X-D
@JGalt-em4xu Жыл бұрын
14:20 As an Oxford man, Sir Humphrey very broad minded to acknowledge the existence of a second university.
@mhug1629 ай бұрын
Not so suprising, Hull is a great instituition. Larkin, you know.
@AthelstanEngland9 ай бұрын
LOL very good sir... "both of them" one of the best lines of the whole series, short and concise compared to Sir Humphrey's regular soliloquies.
@ruthmeb7 ай бұрын
You spelled "better" incorrectly.
@granthurlburt4062Ай бұрын
Hilarious!
@TunaFreeDolphinMeat2 жыл бұрын
Still rate this as one of the best sitcoms ever made.
@liamclarke57612 жыл бұрын
Best political sitcom that is
@Captn_Slow2 жыл бұрын
What? I thought it was a documentary!
@siriondil47392 жыл бұрын
After all these clips got recommended to me I finally started watching it in full, am almost done with series 2 of Yes, Minister now, and I fully agree. I think it’s certainly one of the finest comedies I’ve ever seen.
@liamclarke57612 жыл бұрын
@@siriondil4739 what about only fools and horses
@greggweber99672 жыл бұрын
A great primer for politics on both sides of the Pond.
@lamaisontokyo469611 ай бұрын
Funny because intelligent. One of my favourite shows.
@SilverSurfer51504 ай бұрын
The writing of this series is simply unrivalled! You can watch it over and over and never become weary of it - and bearing in mind it’s done talking about the most boring subject on earth, politics, it’s beyond astonishing! Watching this clip on the 27th of September 2024.
@vhawk1951kl2 жыл бұрын
it just goes to show how easy it is to rig an opinion poll, and is done beautifully elegantly
@damienocallaghan26482 жыл бұрын
If Sir Humphrey was American he would ne DONALD TRUMP
@vhawk1951kl2 жыл бұрын
@@damienocallaghan2648 those that abuse capital letters emphasise nothing but the hysteria of the abuser. I doubt someone with the wits of Sir Humphrey could possibly arise in America.
@alfredthegreat95432 жыл бұрын
@@damienocallaghan2648 Eh? Appleby is highly intelligent, Trump is the only idiot in a village populated by baboons.
@oliverschoneck77502 жыл бұрын
Humphrey is far more intelligent and would be down right furious at being compared to that nincompoop.
@Voron_Aggrav8 ай бұрын
@@damienocallaghan2648 you made the poor chap roll in his grave... anyone with that level of sophistication and ability would after being compared to that...
@warringtonminge41673 ай бұрын
The scariest aspect of this last century programme is that it's still true and timely which is a massive tribute to the unreal skill of the writers as well as the three principals.
@MarkJohnson-ro1ed2 жыл бұрын
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister were marvellous documentaries!
@julianaylor43512 жыл бұрын
😁😆❤️
@v1e1r1g1e12 жыл бұрын
Yes... or, rather, exposes of what goes on behind closed doors.
@AzguardMike Жыл бұрын
according to the doccumentry, the episodes were based on leaks by three MP's close to the PM. So Humpy and Hacker saying Number 10 is the only ship that leaks from within, is very true
@MarkJohnson-ro1ed Жыл бұрын
@@AzguardMike It was worse than that. There were apparently several senior members of the civil service that were sending the writers all the background information that they needed on a regular basis.
@dandy-lions57887 ай бұрын
@@AzguardMike "The ship of state, Bernard, is the only ship that leaks from the top."
@blackpoolbarmpot Жыл бұрын
One of the best written, best acted, best researched comedy's of all time.
@jshaers962 жыл бұрын
One thing that strikes me about this show is the length of the scenes - it's closer to theatre than TV. They go on for quite a long time but we don't really notice because they are so well-written and the actors know what they are doing and can keep the energy up. I doubt TV directors would allow a scene to last more than a couple of minutes now because they would be frightened of the audience getting bored. Most TV now is made so quickly that there's no time for rehearsal, so that if a longish scene works it will usually involve very experienced actors. Otherwise they will break up scenes and intercut them with other ones so that the time doesn't drag so much.
@mdhazeldine2 жыл бұрын
This sitcom ages like a fine wine. With every government it becomes more like reality.
@matthewparker9276 Жыл бұрын
It always was reality, governments have just gotten complacent in putting on a front.
@Haztagz2 жыл бұрын
40 years later .. and its scarily more accurate today .. Some shows are truly timeless
@Cloudberry462 жыл бұрын
Apart from being one of the best series ever, it also stands as the best insight of how government works.
@someb0dy22 жыл бұрын
You mean how government STILL works.
@marknoonan38543 ай бұрын
"The Universities...both of them" lol
@mikethatguy21032 жыл бұрын
Weve always loved this show. Back then it was political satire, watching it now seems like reality television. LOL. An extraordinary brilliant comedy.
@raifthemad2 жыл бұрын
It was reality TV back then as well, the guy that Humphrey was based upon was cooperating with the writing staff and some of the events are based on actual ones, like getting drunk at the arabian reception for instance.
@tariqsyed4452 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest series, ever ! Humor and truth, manipulated together, so brilliantly !! One of my favorites !!
@silenciothequiet34712 жыл бұрын
YPM wasn't entertainment, it's priceless life lessons about the reality of political power at the executive level.
@Voron_Aggrav8 ай бұрын
not just that, but also how to approach situations, that's the beauty, it works on any level of management as long as you can steer things
@ministry_of_love10 ай бұрын
4:41 Bernard: I thought you only needed to know things on an need to know basis. Sir Humphrey: I need to know everything! How else can I judge whether or not I need to know it.
@arturs2436 Жыл бұрын
Not to be surprised but Dame (and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Margaret Tatcher was a big fan and loyal watcher of both series and: 1)By 1984 she made sure write a sketch which you can see here/Yt named"Yes Real Prime Minister AKA The Thatcher Sketch"(performed on the National Viewers and Listeners Awards in 1984)with herself. Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne involved in it. and 2) When the producers asked persmission to tape a segment outside the real Downing Street 10 facade (part of Season 1 of Yes Prime Minister, Eppisode 4"The Key"(1986)), she allowed it to happen.
@warrenookland81692 жыл бұрын
I have watched this dozens of times, both on TV and on line, it still holds up.
@sg_hokkien_opera2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite all time shows! I rewatch the whole series every few years.
@trooperdgb972211 ай бұрын
Bernard.... come and sit down... LOL
@aviramvijhАй бұрын
The beauty of the English language. ❤
@thatguyfromcetialphaV2 ай бұрын
'This is a BRITISH democracy, Bernard!' I was rolling.
@mistywolf3122 жыл бұрын
My American friend was confused as to why i wasn't worried about Boris resigning, I told him to watch some yes minister clips on KZbin, he came back to me with, but its a comedy and I replied so was MASH ! Now he understands.
@TheGrenadier972 жыл бұрын
The very best of british comedy, no doubt about that.
@maryasabeaashun2012 жыл бұрын
The very best of comedy, not just British. Period.
@denisemcdougal644511 ай бұрын
I simply love British humor ❤ Well written, excellent delivery
@23theseeker502 жыл бұрын
The more I've watched this gem of a comedy I realise what genius the writing and brilliant acting of these characters they make politics fun to watch utterly compelling true genius all the lead actor's are sorely missed BRILLIANT, AMAZING, WONDERFUL CAN'T PRAISE THEM ENOUGH.
@DarkFire5155 ай бұрын
The perfect script delivered by the perfect cast. Genius from start to finish!
@markgibbins41432 жыл бұрын
Never grows old ,superb writing
@timmygrace12 жыл бұрын
a clear conscience, when did you acquire this taste for luxuries. 😂
@Johnny-dz6vl2 жыл бұрын
2022 and still relevant today. Brilliant 👏
@andreashaynes33462 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey in his element. Outstanding 😂👍
@coolersmoke7 ай бұрын
"The Universities.. both of them" 😀 The very best script writing of all time.
@arabellamileham99785 ай бұрын
Forty years on and it's still brilliant!
@bonfacefundafunda58416 ай бұрын
‘Bernard come and sit down’.. start of a lesson from Sir Humphrey!
@petermostyneccleston28842 жыл бұрын
"The Universities, Both of them." I always thought that Sir Humphrey was wrong about that, having lived near Oxford, I have only been able to count 1 University.
@diestormlie Жыл бұрын
That just goes to show the even-handed, far-sighted nature of the Civil Service.
@Bhanz1 Жыл бұрын
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister was an education in politics
@DanielWright-np3fq7 ай бұрын
This entire show should be mandatory viewing in all schools. It is a perfect primer to government.
@CrazyRevАй бұрын
"The universities - both of them." Superb!
@williamdrijver4141 Жыл бұрын
A timeless masterclass acting and how bureaucracies all over the world operate. Superb quality in every aspect!
@Maisiewuppp9 ай бұрын
Yes, it really is universal but so well clothed in British-ness.
@markc74402 жыл бұрын
The best ever documentary about British politics.
@brucemckean284811 ай бұрын
Only British?
@stefan64124 ай бұрын
The writing of this show is superb.
@bonfacefundafunda58416 ай бұрын
‘The universities ..both of them’😂
@Fourevrlearning Жыл бұрын
Bernard is quite brilliant and underrated.
@veelat6176 Жыл бұрын
I’m crying - subtitles for sir Humphrey is ‘hungry’ and ‘Batman’ for Bernard 😂😂😂
@srbicelis2 жыл бұрын
min 09:29 change his mind: 1) express absolute support 2) list praise worthie qualities that makes him unsuitable for the job 3) make those become a vice by labeling them 4) name the bad points by defending them with excuses... wow!!!
@valicourt2 жыл бұрын
I heard a minister say on radio 4 about Boris J. before he was forced out of office: “Yes he is a liar but his heart is in the right place.” That was point 4 taken care of.
@sue70147 ай бұрын
Pure politics
@nottimhortons2 жыл бұрын
You could label this as a documentary program on PBS and the people will not blink.
@MrEst19532 жыл бұрын
The very best of British Comedy.
@AlexanderPacker9 ай бұрын
Humphrey's "hands of the barbarians" jeremiad is perhaps the greatest distillation of Establishment tenets ever achieved.
@DJ-ll4mq11 ай бұрын
Such delicious writing and faultless delivery.
@petroskalligas71862 ай бұрын
Simply awesome and, almost, eternal!
@cherisewiltshire52322 жыл бұрын
Best sitcom of all time!
@idiot-cd6pl7 ай бұрын
Many a true word spoken in jest. This was Margret Thatcher's favorite TV program.
@neilmcginn20742 ай бұрын
I don't know where I prefer Derek more - as Bernard or as SGT Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat 😂. He is just GOOD! Rest in peace.
@jeg5gom8 ай бұрын
As a fan of Machiavelian methods, Humphrey is my non-plus-ultra favorite! He's so despicable, one can only admire him 🤣🤣👍 🇺🇲🤝🇬🇧
@laszlokaestner57662 ай бұрын
In these clips Bernard plays the part of the pupil to Sir Humphrey so that we the audience can learn something. In other scenes it is different and Bernard comes into his own as a very capable operator in his own right. in the cannon for the series Bernard eventually becomes Sir Bernard and is promoted to Cabinet Secretary (Humphrey's job) himself.
@wotireckon2 жыл бұрын
This ought to be on the national curriculum.
@Lawesp7 ай бұрын
Some of the best tele I’ve ever seen 😂🎉
@partharege4402 жыл бұрын
This is gold very grateful to all the folks at the bbc 🙏👍
@Bawheidbob2 жыл бұрын
Let's not go too far lol
@Pwills2 жыл бұрын
@@Bawheidbob I bet none of them have ever had that said to them before 😂🤣😂
@ihsandujaili85152 жыл бұрын
Without any doubt "Yes, minster" is the crown 👑 of the BBC sitcom, l borrowed it many times from the library till I end up buying the complete collection to say the least!
@michaelmeredith94702 жыл бұрын
This would never get commissioned today
@b00le2 жыл бұрын
Always good to be reminded how perfect the writing and performances were. Just noticed how bad the lighting was.
@nobel87able Жыл бұрын
"If the right people don't get the power, the wrong people will get it" That sounds right.. And yet somehow i am sure that i will get beaten if i used it as campaign slogan
@nobel87able Жыл бұрын
P.S I think this is why the regional government major hire the people but the central government or the overseer aka the governor paid/approved their salary payment.
@AttilatheNun-xv6kc5 ай бұрын
Bernard is such a pivotal character.
@thejfg77412 жыл бұрын
People say that this is a reflection of politics, actually it’s about power. It’s genius, but it’s about power in all its forms
@schubertuk2 жыл бұрын
The exercise of power is about politics (with a lower case 'p') - they are eternally entwined.
@WolfieRich12 жыл бұрын
Exquisite writing and acting.
@vhawk1951kl2 жыл бұрын
I doubt if any contemporary actor could remember and deliver the following lines from the episode: "what a tangled web we weave" as well as Nigel Hawthorne : "Unfortunately although the answer was indeed clear, simple and straightforward, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement, inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts, in so far as they can be determined and demonstrated, is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear." I also doubt that many contemporary beings have a sufficient attention span rather longer than that of the average goldfish or garden furniture, to understand them or find them amusing. I'm almost certain that no contemporary American could possibly follow them, although the immortal Dorothy Parker would have relished them with delight. Anyone that can write: “Those familiar with the novels of Miss X will look forward to her next novel with the sort of enthusiasm generally reserved to that of the fatted calf when contemplating the return of the prodigal son.” could also have written those words delivered so perfectly by Nigel Hawthorne. Wits such as those are rare in any land let alone America.I doubt if contemporary America can produce another wit like that of Dorothy Parker, although tthe writers of the big bang theory do indeed come close at times. There are indeed some that sneer at Americans but they forget some of the wonders that America has produced, not least Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker - real cynics are not common in contemporary America, as far as I can determine. The predisposition of contemporary Americans to sentimentality would have to be excised before another Dorothy Parker might be possible.
@trooperdgb9722 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful hearing Humphrey tell Bernard that HE never comes to the point!
@leecarney437316 күн бұрын
Comedy is famously the artform that holds up the left well over time Other than the suits and the wallpaper this show could have premiered yesterday and would still work Shows what genius the writing is
@romeyburgin72212 жыл бұрын
This is not a sitcom, this is reality then and today
@samil56018 ай бұрын
"This is a British democracy!" How painfully true after all these years.
@davecap26418 ай бұрын
Always loved this clever script. Still relevant today.
@vallee31402 жыл бұрын
So clever it could have been made today, and the acting is superb.
@robdykes36592 жыл бұрын
No it couldn't according to the woke agenda you would have to have half if them black,some black woman in it,a man in a wheelchair,a transgender arsehole for the LGBT+ mob a asian person,just to get pass the planning stage,so your not accuse of racism against minority people,this why tv is shit today
@sonnylambert48932 жыл бұрын
So clever it would not be allowed to be made today particularly criticizing progressive liberal Marxist governments in Western civilizations
@michaelmeredith94702 жыл бұрын
There are no writers around today let alone actors that could make a series of such subtlety
@richardarriaga62712 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmeredith9470 Not true. It's a studio exec problem.
@rkgaustin2 жыл бұрын
An entire political education in one show.
@redset112 жыл бұрын
I want to go back to the days when people were more intelligent and programmes like this were very popular.
@abhaygsingh44052 жыл бұрын
Intelligent media gives rise to intelligent patrons, intelligent patrons expects its government to be accountable to people. Now we can't have that can we Bernard.😉
@amoral_minority2 жыл бұрын
When was that? People were always stupid. If anything, they are slightly less stupid now, but that isn't saying much.
@abhaygsingh44052 жыл бұрын
@@amoral_minority true, just trying to be coy
@amoral_minority2 жыл бұрын
@@abhaygsingh4405 not talking about your comment, yours was funny
@HDreamer2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there's a site that has the number on how many people actually watched it back in the day.
@avantelvsitania33592 жыл бұрын
4:37 - Didn’t know German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was a British actor in the 80s, but honestly he hasn’t aged a day.