Another quiet chat at a function in Yes Minister. British political comedy from the BBC. This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: www.bbcstudios.com/contact/co...
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@vallurirajesh2 жыл бұрын
"Subsidising self-indulgence" I lost it when he said it at the end while stuffing his face with food.
@hobbiesofstefs70852 жыл бұрын
Fancy imported cheeses no less.
@johnking51742 жыл бұрын
@@hobbiesofstefs7085 It was actually smoked salmon, as just before this bit started, Sir Humphrey asked the waiter for some nice smoked salmon along with their drinks.
@hobbiesofstefs7085 Жыл бұрын
@@johnking5174 Sorry, Hard to tell with pixels that large.
@raphaelalexandreyensen62916 жыл бұрын
humphrey, living proof that English is a unique language in that there are so many words to say nothing at all.
@jsteinman4 жыл бұрын
Raphael alexandre yensen oi, thats how some of us make a living!
@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai4 жыл бұрын
Whereas French is a language where there aren't enough words to say what you mean to say at all.
@connorharding33694 жыл бұрын
Francis Lai 😂😂😂
@boatfaceslim90054 жыл бұрын
Say nothing at all? No, much more subtle. You can appear to be saying one thing while actually communicating a different subtext, while the other person can appear to disagree with you while actually agreeing with your subtext. See 0:24
@tachikomakusanagi37444 жыл бұрын
i think he said rather a lot here
@bluesborn11 жыл бұрын
I don't know that I've ever seen another show --British or American-- that is as well conceived and written as "Yes Minister" and Yes Prime Minister". The acting is as flawless as the wit is brilliant.I am forever recommending it to friends who follow politics as it is as good a primer on the subject as you will find anywhere.It also holds up very well and is so layered that one discovers new things upon repeated viewings.
@MLaak862 жыл бұрын
I don't think there is another show that has ever understood and explained the realities of a political system as well as YM and YPM.
@Jaxck772 жыл бұрын
In the Thick of It dude.
@bozm99612 жыл бұрын
Flawless is the key 🔑 word here 🙌
@damienkramer Жыл бұрын
Australian shows “The Hollowmen” and “Utopia” come the closest I think
@CMOT10110 ай бұрын
Certainly not an American one
@tightcamper Жыл бұрын
I used to work for one of the UK paging operators in the late 80s. I was trying to bury some bad news using very veiled speech that I had learnt from Yes Minister. The MD told me I sounded like a politician. I considered that a great compliment.
@user-kf9cx1wl2r5 ай бұрын
Or like a civil servant?
@EroOtaku12 жыл бұрын
Broke up with my ex-gf using a Sir Humphrey-like line. I don't get why she's still mad at me. I heavily stressed the complacent nature of this decision which, not to put too fine of a point on it, with all things being considered and making all possible allowances was in the best interest of both parties involved in the said-partnership.
@rascallyrabbit7175 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Silversteen political speak for "we should see other people ", hope you did.
@JohnJ4694 жыл бұрын
It's been 7 years...Are you still alive?
@ansenabella69044 жыл бұрын
Maybe the epistemological spectrum of the aforementioned individual apropos of the influential field of thorough scrutiny of semantic hyperelementary plethoric approaches may slightly slide on the assurance of harmonious reconcilliation of the individual understanding of what clarity may implied to the highest degree of interpretation.
@HauptgefreiterB4 жыл бұрын
@@ansenabella6904 Huh?
@markfox15454 жыл бұрын
@Nicholas Millington - nice. 😉
@stephentrout78799 жыл бұрын
ironically roughly 25 years later money was taken out to rebuild wembley stadium.
@iMaajid8 жыл бұрын
+Kolin Salados That's not ironic.
@fp95568 жыл бұрын
+iMaajid True, it's rather tragic.
@MihaiViteazul1008 жыл бұрын
Appalling...
@hagamapama7 жыл бұрын
But fitting.
@pradyu1096 жыл бұрын
Problem my friend is that football is no longer the game of the masses. Thanks to the popularity of the premier league, the little guy has been priced out. It is not ironic or tragic, it is still very prescient.
@ruberthablackman394910 жыл бұрын
For ordinary people to enjoy themselves. Simply the best acting all round.
@amardave844 жыл бұрын
"We shouldn't let him out on the weekends!" Lol!
@jim1521514 жыл бұрын
My wife works on staff at our local city government. As we watch this series, we're rollin' on the floor laughing and I always ask her: "is that what's happening here, too?" Answer is always: Yes. A 30 year old series and nothing's changed... is it any wonder that people don't trust the government?
@rascallyrabbit7175 жыл бұрын
jim15215 gov't can't change --only the people on the take do
@tachikomakusanagi37444 жыл бұрын
amusingly, when it was made 40 years ago, it was inspired by the fact that nothing had changed in the previous 30.
@andreww20984 жыл бұрын
@@tachikomakusanagi3744 sort of the point really, politicians come and go, the civil service remains forever!
@xsu-is7vq4 жыл бұрын
tachikoma kusanagi never mind 30 years, China have had a bureaucratic system like the civil service for more than a thousand years, and similar things were well known to have happened throughout that thousand year history.
@TS-jm7jm3 жыл бұрын
@@xsu-is7vq for example?
@Alfaduk4 жыл бұрын
People could learn so much about the actual workings of government, by watching this series. The writing and acting was excellent, entertaining and educational.
@1PaulG14 жыл бұрын
“Money taken for the arts and given to ordinary people to enjoy themselves” haha
@abhijitoka7 жыл бұрын
"Subsidizing self-indulgence"
@Levelworm3 жыл бұрын
While eargly putting one's fingers into the plate of smoked salmon sandwiches.
@j.m.s.59013 жыл бұрын
@@Levelworm triggered
@johnking51749 жыл бұрын
The great John Barron here is Sir Ian Whitworth permanent secretary to the Department of the Environment. Such a great actor. He was superb as CJ in the Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
@applejuice52727 жыл бұрын
I didn't get where I am today without being the Permanent Secretary to the Department of the Environment!
@TeaTimePhilosopher5 жыл бұрын
@@applejuice5272 oh jeez. I was going to bed, now I've got to watch some CJ....
@applejuice52725 жыл бұрын
@@TeaTimePhilosopher Sorry! ☹️
@acxezknightnite13774 жыл бұрын
AppleJuice lol! I didn’t realise that was him! I loved him in TFARORP. I need to find some on KZbin now!!
@johnbamford93943 жыл бұрын
He played the part of the dean in gas & gaiters. Could be a bit of a handful for the bishop to handle. Cannot recall who played the bishop, however Derek nimmo played the part of the most junior cleric.
@flaggerify4 жыл бұрын
When tv was made for adults
@sdprz78934 жыл бұрын
Nah it's when Adults weren't idiots
@flaggerify3 жыл бұрын
Freedom Lover - Woke.
@Jchathe3 жыл бұрын
Freedom Lover haha true (for me, at any rate!) 🤣
@MyLittleMagneton3 жыл бұрын
Now you've got superhero movies, lol.
@Levelworm3 жыл бұрын
Timeless, after so many years~~I'm sure this will still be relevant after centries.
@dmd85523 жыл бұрын
Until Prime Minister Google gets elected in a landslide 100% popular vote once online voting is put in place.
@deadfreightwest59568 жыл бұрын
The Romans understood bread and circuses.
@Arigator25 жыл бұрын
Do you? Not having people starve to death is good. Should we have them eat cake instead?
@readsomebooks6665 жыл бұрын
Your pathetic attempt at a straw man argument is noted. Also, you are a low class chav, regardless of what continent you’re on. Stop breeding.
@epiendless11285 жыл бұрын
@@readsomebooks666 Your pathetic attempt at ad hominem is noted. Please take your own advice.
@readsomebooks6665 жыл бұрын
@@epiendless1128 It wasn't ad hominem, I was simply insulting him.
@19MAD954 жыл бұрын
Why indulge in beard and games when giving the smallest bit of cheese is good enough?
@saffsuff3 жыл бұрын
1:34 he deserves an award just for the delivery of that line 🤣🤣🤣 It funny how now we need to take money from football to hospitals To TREAT OURSELVES
@pacificostudios2 жыл бұрын
"Thin edge of the wedge" --- That the phrase for which I was waiting. Just like the overuse of "slippery slope" in the States.
@MapleSyrupPoet Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the subtleties of the British people ...subtleties in their art 🎨 😊
@tiffles389010 ай бұрын
I actually agree with this. Also, mass popular stuff doesn't need government funding.
@williamdrijver414110 ай бұрын
World class skill in all aspects, this series was the benchmark. And still is.
@PommeFrite17 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite series. I like Nigel. Thank you for posting, BBC.
@mrpeel32393 жыл бұрын
Loved John Barron as CJ in 'Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin'.
@petyrkowalski98877 жыл бұрын
I didnt get where I am today by giving out planning permission.
@KhanivoreQniba3 жыл бұрын
Truly ahead of its time and criminally overlooked.....
@Theguywhoalwaysdies4 жыл бұрын
This entire show is epic !
@DyleneC12 жыл бұрын
I love how smart British television is--breath of fresh air. :-)
@Blayze4 жыл бұрын
Was.
@Flagfalls11 жыл бұрын
Such intelligent & witty comedy. The writing is truly masterclass. I like Humphrey's style of talking. That drawl is unique.
@SuperEverton19762 жыл бұрын
' I didn't get where I am today by allowing ordinary people to enjoy themselves '
@0ceanicify3 жыл бұрын
I didn't get where I am today without knowing about the Environment!
@bimmjim15 жыл бұрын
Two retired government employees have told me that this show was very accurate.
@peterlee63744 жыл бұрын
Money taken from the arts and given to the ordinary people...... TO ENJOY THEMSELVES 😂😂😂😂
@RockyDave3 жыл бұрын
That's the thin end of the wedge! Whatever next?
@blxtothis4 жыл бұрын
Finely observed, beautifully crafted, superbly scripted, wonderfully cast and seemingly documentary like. Nothing of this quality has hit the UK sit com screens in decades.
@Levelworm3 жыл бұрын
It is so unique...very sad.
@andrewparsons74323 жыл бұрын
I didn't get where I am today without recognising CJ when I see him!
@countOfHenneberg3 жыл бұрын
Do you think of me as a monster, Reggie?
@BRADAGA15 жыл бұрын
Best most intelligently written TV show ever agree with you
@slight90917 жыл бұрын
wonderful> thanks Auntie Beeb!
@Arnon_Har_Lev2 жыл бұрын
Always spot on. 👌
@sean2val3 жыл бұрын
fantastic stuff
@tabutu114 жыл бұрын
Brilliant writing.
@msinvincible20006 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with them in this one.
@skfarouk3 жыл бұрын
There was an art gallery in West Bromwich like this
@allovdem3 жыл бұрын
You mean the one that was turned into a college eventually? Art and West Bromwich are two words which don't belong in a sentence together. Even your neighbours down the road in Walsall made good use of a decent art gallery.
@piratebri16 жыл бұрын
British comedies are so much more linguistic than American ones. I like it. :)
@wholeNwon3 жыл бұрын
The staging of the last line is just perfect.
@U2QuoZepplin7 жыл бұрын
He forgot to say " I didn't get where I am today by .............." Lolz
@degrelleholt63143 жыл бұрын
C.J.! He didn't get where he is today by knocking down art galleries in the Midlands!
@Jchathe3 жыл бұрын
Degrelle Holt 🤣
@tobyruncorn214 жыл бұрын
The funniest thing is that it is all true.
@guguigugu8 жыл бұрын
i actually agree. football players get paid millions and you're telling me there isn't enough money in football for a fresh coat of paint on the stadium every few years? honestly...
@beezlbobdestraint68698 жыл бұрын
LOCAL football club.
@guguigugu8 жыл бұрын
well let the LOCALS pay for it then
@beezlbobdestraint68698 жыл бұрын
Why not say the same about any other cultural institution?
@guguigugu8 жыл бұрын
i dont really think you can compare culture and sports. and i am not anti-sport or a culture snob. it just doesn't make sense to me that every time one is mentioned, the other is thrown in as well. therefore, i also don't apply the same logic and principles to both.
@beezlbobdestraint68698 жыл бұрын
KingDT2007 America has a stupid system for something shock.
@JuanPretorius16 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@10kingstreet13 жыл бұрын
@TalesOfWar Hurrah for BBC content you can access outside of the UK! Love, the colonies :)
@rascallyrabbit7175 жыл бұрын
10kingstreet greetings from Canada . yea
@hornetobiker16 жыл бұрын
With hindsight this seems more like a documentary.
@clickrick2 жыл бұрын
To those who worked in the Civil Service at the time, there was no hindsight involved in that observation.
@8DX13 жыл бұрын
Subsidising self-indulgence! hahaha
@leftcoaster674 жыл бұрын
Brilliant script as they are having drinks and stuffing their faces.
@deesplaylists69414 жыл бұрын
Love how actors pretend to drink by holding the cup up to their lips and that's it lol.
@blainoneill58614 жыл бұрын
Civilization versus barbarism!😂
@mikewibberley23804 жыл бұрын
Brilliant...
@samlee55492 ай бұрын
My favourite part here is that the other civil servant isn’t pressed about the Art Gallery going itself- he says himself he’s destroying loads of them, and was even shocked that the Art Gallery was expected to stay in the first place. The only appalling thing about the plan to him is that the money from the Art Gallery would go to Sport. All this talk about culture, and they’re not even committed to protecting it!
@patrickwright112 жыл бұрын
Support the Arts!
@RD199020102 жыл бұрын
Hilarious how back then football and stadios were seen as primitive and unimportant. Once the mony arrived, corruption and political interest followed.
@lettucegod13 жыл бұрын
@Ardentor I concur sir.
@motaltockery51914 жыл бұрын
I'd never missed old Sir Humphrey Applebum until he was gone... Was he a contributing writer? ~ He sure knew what to smile at ;-)
@motaltockery51913 жыл бұрын
@Qwfwq66 Duh, it's "WE" don't think so...
@motaltockery51913 жыл бұрын
@Qwfwq66 Woo yeah, and 'WE' are not amused...
@Zik217 жыл бұрын
I like it :D
@schokoladeroeschen15 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree with you
@dansaunders16554 жыл бұрын
Everyone suggesting that British television has dropped off in quality in recent years, please watch Iannucci's "The Thick of It".
@MrLego31604 жыл бұрын
ah yes, that recent classic., its only *checks notes* a decade ago.
@eleSDSU3 жыл бұрын
Nice, thanks for the recommendation, I loved "In the loop" and "The death of Stalin" and don't even get me started on "Veep".
@x--.3 жыл бұрын
While I love The Thick of It, I'm not sure it is of the same caliber, really. I love it for taking absurdist ideas and attitudes to extremes and then squeezing them. _Yes, Minister_ does take things to extreme but with the taste of truth, it's easy to imagine this conversation being lifted verbatim by the political class showing the duplicity so often in politics (The "oh we would never be so crass as to 'fix it' by bribing and threatening when we can manipulate the desperate and wanting into doing our dirty work for us"). So yes, it is quality but not of the same quality as Yes, Minister which indicts the political class for the things they really do, not extreme and exaggerated (to delicious absurdity) versions of their actions.
@eleSDSU3 жыл бұрын
@@x--. yeah, you are spot on. Watched "The thick of it" and it feels like a proof of concept for the other mentioned, specially "In the loop" for obvious reasons, but is still great to see how Iannucci progressed and refined his idea and style. Yes Minister has a quality of dialogue rarely found and even rarer paired with good performances, actors and directing
@HMservant14 жыл бұрын
'... taken from the Arts and given to ordinary people... to enjoy themselves!'
@TalesOfWar13 жыл бұрын
To those going on about the advertisements on this channel. This is BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm. This is NOT funded for by the TV license, it's a private company funded privately via commercial means, hence this material being available around the world for starters rather than limited to UK IP addresses.
@lionsroar98113 жыл бұрын
And so it goes on so true to real politics
@alistairbarclay31164 жыл бұрын
Why oh why are the two complete series not shown again on Dave or somewhere?
@Levelworm3 жыл бұрын
Because it's too relevant?
@WoodyLivesOn14 жыл бұрын
@CalyxAsgard There is. It's called The Thick Of It. Little bit more swearing though!
@celestinekhasatsili98144 жыл бұрын
So what do you want me to fix😆
@patrickpaganini4 жыл бұрын
I didn't get where I am today, talking about the environment!
@MCshlthead15 жыл бұрын
Thatcher was a fan of this series. she said it was VERY lifelike, after her term in office was over.
@somethinglikethat21763 жыл бұрын
Both Blair and Cameron also spoke positively about it.
@rossnolan46505 жыл бұрын
Wnat episode was this? Got the box set and can't recall it.
@johnking51745 жыл бұрын
"The Middle Class Rip Off" - Yes Minister, Series 3 from 1982. Hope this helps?
@ronwilliams41842 жыл бұрын
The thing is, I totally agree.
@drh36516 жыл бұрын
The amazing thing is that this series (after 20 years?) is more relevant than ever, now that No. 10 spin has become totally out of control!
@simtill3 жыл бұрын
What would you say about No. 10 now, in 2020, given Brexit, Corona and Boris Johnson's daily circus?
@bloggsie45 Жыл бұрын
@@simtillCompletely psychotic.
@ihathtelekinesis11 жыл бұрын
At 1:48 I kept expecting Not Humphrey (sorry, can't remember that character's name) to say "I didn't get where I am today taking money from the arts and giving it to ordinary people to enjoy themselves!"
@nickbryars60226 жыл бұрын
ihathtelekinesis The character was CJ from the fall and rise of Reginald Perrin. It was the same actor, but different show.
@philnashbroker54605 жыл бұрын
Ha.. who will get that connection
@NoosaHeads3 жыл бұрын
Many a true word spoken in jest.
@JasonJason2104 жыл бұрын
The environment guy is CJ...
@mwfp19872 жыл бұрын
I almost always agree with humpy
@ledichang97083 жыл бұрын
Jaime MacDonald woulda thrown a fit at this.
@DraculasHenchwoman14 жыл бұрын
@CalyxAsgard If only another Sir Humphrey existed! Alas!
@JohnDoe-ts5gl5 жыл бұрын
But how good and clever was this series written and why don’t they learn from this nowadays
@amoral_minority Жыл бұрын
Funny thing - they were knocking it down anyway, but decided against it just to avoid subsidizing sport
@cestrian52943 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey talking to CJ.
@hdholl96963 жыл бұрын
For all those aspiring to move in higher circles one day: watch carefully how Sr Humphrey hands over a bank note to the bar tender. Not keeping it firmly and miserly between thumb and forefinger, leaving the taker in doubt whether you really want to part with it and will loosen your grip so that he can indeed take it, but fishing it elegantly out of your wallet stuffed with money, holding it loosely between forefinger and middle finger and flipping it dexterously towards the bartender, as if you were a croupier distributing cards at the poker table. Money is not the evidence of hard work, it is a commodity possessed in abundance and exhibited to the lesser mortals as a token of your success. How much of this subtle symbolism is lost in the contactless payments in this digital age.
@johnking51743 жыл бұрын
People like Sir Humphrey as permanent secretaries earned far more in salary and expenses than any MP or peer would. It is the same situation today in 2021. The basic MP salary before taxes in 2021 is £81,932. The basic salary before tax for a Permanent Secretary currently stands at a whopping £160,000 and that is a conservative estimate.
@asmodeus58514 жыл бұрын
And are they? I mean the masses... ;)
@soundslave12 жыл бұрын
@lima33ful that response proves me wrong and wins the argument...how?
@HeroSquadComedy12 жыл бұрын
Come check out our pokes at environmental issues!
@Tokyorosebiz13 жыл бұрын
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PARTY OF SLEAZE BY TOKYO ROSE
@homerthegreat4613 жыл бұрын
@Meldrew2008 same happens if u type in stephen fry !!!!!!!
@MCshlthead15 жыл бұрын
i liked the bit when you said your arse is shaped like the grand canyon, dunno about the rest
@ruberthablackman394910 жыл бұрын
Only intelligent people will get and appreciate this series. Even the supporting acts were in a league of their own. I love Nigel Hawthorn he owned this role.
@ruberthablackman39499 жыл бұрын
So very true
@ArchibaldBagge9 жыл бұрын
The greater truth is only intelligent people can spell his name correctly. But it was an amusing attempt my dear.
@ruberthablackman39499 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insult shows your character have a good one
@ruberthablackman39497 жыл бұрын
Oh well I guess I should be taken out back and beaten for not being able to spell or maybe I just hit enter really quick after typing. Either way it did not merit an insult but this is the age of insult from behind a keyboard. i still think the humor(American spelling ) was ahead of its time and relevant today.
@U2QuoZepplin7 жыл бұрын
sir Humphrey Applby is Nigel Hawthorne's greatest legacy and memorial. No one can improve on the guy nor should they try.
@JonatasMonte5 жыл бұрын
They sound like romans... oh wait
@flappospammo5 жыл бұрын
stewart lee wishes he could write comedy at this level
@gracehowell.4 жыл бұрын
Arts money always bloody goes to sports. I'm on the 'dark' side for this one.
@hornetobiker15 жыл бұрын
Now say something to suprise me.
@Polano117 жыл бұрын
Does it remind anyone of Meryl Streep's speech at the Oscars?
@josephfarrugia23507 жыл бұрын
No, not in the slightest. What on earth are you babbling about?
@irkhanbasc5 жыл бұрын
Something about the importance of support for the arts. She said that without it, all that would be left in America would be football and mixed martial arts, and they are not “the arts”.
@PiperStart3 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear, ... quite so old chap.
@EmaiaE17 жыл бұрын
Tony Blair should play Humphrey now that he isn't PM
@oscarmalibu52154 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@billse1014 жыл бұрын
@CalyxAsgard - changes? No .... 'Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis Except .. we don't have to change much for this to be relevant today. Especially the Yes PM opinion polls bit ...