In The Loop: best of Jamie McDonald

[@spencerraney4979]

Imagine the terror you must feel if you have been in the presence of Malcolm Tucker, and then you hear you’re about meet the “Crossest man in Scotland”. Sheer terror.

[@thedrinkinggamemaker9749]

2nd crossest imo

[@terla2971]

I love how Malcom and him are super kind to each other

[@iratepirate3896]

It's called the Scottish Mafia. They turn against each other temporarily during Spinners and Losers when Jamie backs a rival candidate for party leader, but by the end of the episode Malcolm reins him back in.

[@seamusmurphy3356]

rachi 2 scotmans against the rest of England sounds about right

[@GallifreyanGinger]

"Missing you loads." "...I love you." Draw your own conclusions.

[@nunyabusiness7858]

Anna Rose Johnson They'd make a cute couple I'll give you that.

[@loxiearcane5299]

That's because THEY LOVE EACH OTHER #malcomandjamie4ever 💜

[@jamesrobtonyadams3345]

"It's just VOWELS! Subsidised foreign fucking vowels! The only reason you listen to this shit is because it's bad form to wear a hat that says 'I went to private school'!!!"

[@TheAnduril666x]

My favourite line!

[@SenselessUsername]

... about a classical english piece. Foreign to a Scot, I guess.

[@zoe-janesutherland4359]

@@SenselessUsername Well, technically yes, while Scotland is part of the UK, it is still a different country to England, so anything from England would technically be - checks notes - "foreign" to a Scot.

[@mrmidget44698]

malcolm and jamie are like the batman and robin of swearing

[@kettle_of_chris]

+sam midgley Excellent analogy! I couldn't have said (or written) it better myself!

[@SPECTRE_Madman]

sam midgley who is the joker then

[@trachtaire]

The psychopathic laughing man Steve Fleming.

[@LordPyro25]

Oh yeah! That's perfect!

[@123Crew123]

Bat builder

[@cruachan1191]

Malcolm's little laugh after "kid gloves, but made from real kids" is tremendous.

[@ryoryo9936]

I’ve always wondered if he means kids as in baby goats or kids as in human children.

[@Odilwerk]

@@ryoryo9936 human children, definitely human children.

[@eliazar_meru]

I've never wondered.

[@23poiuz]

really, I mean, "kids"? I always understood "cats", made from real "cats" - which would make sense, because the cats would be quite bitchy if used as "gloves" while still living? but I'm no native speaker ..

[@reservoirdude92]

I love how the best of Jamie is every single scene he was in haha

[@goldprime118]

Maurice Lee finally, someone actually gets it right. If your gonna add the best scenes of an incredibly funny character, add *ALL OF THEM*

[@tobytaylor5960]

I always loved that he and Malcom will scream the fuck out of elected officials, but are kind as hell to people like the janitor. And Malcom is so kind to his secretary.

[@samleather8254]

That's because they are responsible, competent individuals. And not manchildren who believe they are way more important and smart than they actually are.

[@egeerdem8272]

@murray1234567891011 thats some commie gobbledygook shit, the deal is that they have to intimidate and push others hard for them to do their work why would they give a shit about how janitors mop or secretaries bring a fucking coffee?

[@mightybison15]

He holds the incompetent and greedy people in charge to account. But he's kind to the little people.

[@DoctorProph3t]

Jamie and Malcom never wish horrific physical violence verbally on civil servants that don’t deserve it. True lawful evil.

[@FlawedFabrications]

It's because most of the elected officials and civil servants in the series and film are either extremely incompetent or morally reprehensible.

[@gatcollie]

That ‘there will be blood’ monologue is one of the finest things I’ve ever seen

[@gorgolyt]

Is this fucking going anywhere?

[@redacted3740]

​@@gorgolytThere was no fucking blood

[@GwresYnKernow]

"It's just vowels. Subsidised, foreign fucking vowels!" - Best description of opera ever. :D

[@aidankeogh9994]

"Catastrofuck" is officially the greatest word in the English language.

[@captainquark2272]

Omnishambles

[@silphaer5353]

No, it's "Fuckity-bye".

[@janmots2829]

Clusterfuck is also a favorite word of mine but it's not mentioned in this or the TV show. 😂😂

[@ufotofu9]

"You know me Malc. Kid gloves but made from real kids."

[@komarkko1]

+Geoffrey Zoref haha

[@michaeljames4904]

It’s a great line because of course they are... the pelt of a young goat is particularly soft.

[@watervillegangmember]

"shut it, Love Actually" is one of the finest insults ever crafted.

[@iteamy]

truly

[@brandonlewisgaming6982]

It’s a sin that Jamie was only in season 2, the specials, and this, he is so fucking funny and I absolutely shit myself when he just walks in during in the loop I was so happy lol

[@9652danny]

"Have you ever seen a film where the hero is a builder?" i guess Jamie hasn't seen the Lego movie

[@xlr8442]

Imagine they got the idea of Emmett from this? It's a longshot, but who knows...

[@rufusgoldstein2655]

This was before the Lego movie, numbnuts

[@thebloxxerpilot1954]

shafi islam r/wooosh

[@Luke-ov4pi]

TheBloxxerPilot I don’ like this r/wooosh bullshit. It’s smug.

[@briancrawford8751]

@@Luke-ov4pi It's not just that. It's also childish.

[@InstallaFriend]

IT'S JUST VOWELS

[@eboooo]

Install a Friend it's bad form to wear a hat that says I went to private school

[@nopicks1]

Foreign subsidized fucking vowels

[@kgd9725]

What is the music playing in the background?

[@funk44]

Bach, specifically St Matthew Passion - Erbarme dich, mein Gott

[@kida4313]

@@funk44 WELL, THE ONLY REASON YOU LISTEN TO THIS SHIT, IS BECAUSE ITS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED BAD FORM TO WEAR A HAT THAT SAYS 'I WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL'

[@SnowSniper98]

Malc and Jamie need to be in more films. I'd watch the shit out of a movie starring 2 scots that swear more than the entire population of america together.

[@jdbeistline5230]

There Will be Swearing

[@jvsl1999]

there was hardly any fucking swearing

[@belurso5179]

There was *some* swearing.

[@allknowing145]

Belurso Oh, there was hardly any fucking swearing.

[@thenomadichistorian9922]

Unless you are watching a Joe Pesci movie!!!

[@finlaybalfour1064]

"Kid gloves, but made with real kids" is such an underrated line

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

I could listen to him say "fuck" all day. He turns profanity into poetry

[@MM-vs2et]

IT'S JUST VOWELS, SUBSIDIZED FUCKING VOWELS

[@lx4half751]

"...And I'm not going to be intimidated by some Cro-Magnon Scottish dwarf." Best comeback of the entire movie

[@GallifreyanGinger]

In a deleted scene, she THOROUGHLY owns him after that.

[@sumthingwikked4257]

Tough talk coming from Jane Austin's Squirting Flowers of Shittingham.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

They then start angrily flirting with each other later

[@sebastianemond5313]

3:02 "🤨😡Are we *exploring personal boundaries* here, you F-ing Stuck Up-?" *📱)))* "🙄Hold on, hold on. 😅Oh, hi. Listen, I'm in the middle of something. Can I ring ya back? Ta." 📱 "🤔Where was I? Oh yeah- 😡You F-ing Stuck Up, Toffee Puddin' B-ch!"

[@petergray7055]

Are we exploring personal boundaries here you fuc....

[@Givingitashot]

"Shut it Love Actually "

[@ThumpRat]

maybe my favourite insult from the whole of The Thick of It/In The Loop

[@jjgthechosenone1023]

Givingitashot. He said love Hercule

[@joshiajohns6462]

That is the line bruv

[@Octopetala]

@@jjgthechosenone1023 when?

[@darkassassin6457]

@@jjgthechosenone1023 that’s just not what was said...he was saying the 2003 movie Love Actually

[@inferneko]

Just imagine if they casted Paul Higgins as a companion for the 12th doctor in the new series...

[@goldprime118]

What if he WAS the doctor...

[@filthycasual8187]

Dude he could play Jamie McCrimmon. Or maybe someone descended from him.

[@xxgotiashleyxx]

This something that was actually discussed and brought to Paul, but in the end it didn’t go anywhere. According to an interview. You have to admit; their chemistry is great, much better than Capaldi’s with Addison.

[@ValiantWrestling]

13th Doctor, not 12th. Even the BBC seem to forget John Hurt was the 12th Doctor in the 50th anniversary.

[@mynameismattfirered9276]

@@ValiantWrestling no, john hurt was the 9th doctor, but named the war doctor and isnt counted numerically because the doctor didnt want to remember that incarnation. capaldi is the 14th incarnation of the doctor and officially the 12th doctor

[@zmythos]

I wish we had the outtakes for these scenes because Paul Higgins looks like he was having a lot of fun, especially destroying the fax machine.

[@ogichi32]

Z Mythos bold of you to assume that they didn’t do that in 1 take lol.

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

"You see how angry I am with this piece of office equipment that leaked the document? Can you even imagine how angry I am with the PERSON who leaked it? Can you?!"

[@prn718]

The brilliance of “Cro-Magnon Scottish dwarf” finally washed over me yesterday while I was doing laundry and I just couldn’t stop laughing.

[@cruachan1191]

It's a shame Gina McKee wasn't in The Thick of It, she's such a great actress and her character is pretty much the only one ever unfazed by Malcolm or Jamie.

[@wkcia]

@@cruachan1191she’s basically what Malcolm is, but hired personally by the MP rather than the government. Also she’s good at her job and isn’t a psychotic Scottish lady so she has nothing to fear or hide

[@sebastianemond5313]

3:07 "🤨😡Are we *exploring personal boundaries* here, you F-ing Stuck Up-?" *📱)))* "🙄Hold on, hold on. 😅Oh, hi. Listen, I'm in the middle of something. Can I ring ya back? Ta." 📱 "🤔Where was I? Oh yeah- 😡You F-ing Stuck Up, Toffee Puddin' B-ch!"

[@mezykin]

She didn't move a muscle when Jamie came at her and yelled at her

[@lynzg6819]

"Right, I'm off to deal with the fate of the planet" says the Doctor.

[@blueeyes8849]

"You know me mob. Kid gloves but made from real kids" says the Doctor's should be companion

[@VangeistXIII]

brad clarke He actually says Malc.

[@blueeyes8849]

oh shit....sorry my mistake

[@otterhero6229]

@@blueeyes8849 I would pay good money to see that lol.

[@Garrett1240]

“What’s Oxbridge about saying hello” 😂

[@hallowseve4081]

Jamie is actually more terrifying than Malcom. I'd rather get shouted at by Malcom

[@SomeBritishGal1]

Malcolm gives vailed threats. Jamie would act on those threats.

[@TheJayson8899]

@@SomeBritishGal1 where's the evidence for that

[@gluck5869]

Malcolm can and will destroy your reputation and career but Jamie will just fucking stab you with his car keys lmao

[@joshuafarrell8516]

@@SomeBritishGal1 Didn't Malcom actually hit Glenn?

[@joshuafarrell8516]

@Ru paul I don't deny it, I just thought what he said was funny, because Malcom (unlike Jamie) actually hit someone on screen.

[@SinKimishima]

The fax machine scene and the opera in the background... So matching

[@lughildana]

It's like the fucking Godfather

[@NightmareTeeVee2]

OH LOOK EVERYBODY ITS LEAKY WOMAN!

[@MrLethalShots]

+Digimutant *cro-magnon

[@whosmansisthis5635]

YOU FUCKING STUCK UP TOFFEE PUDDING BITCH

[@fletcherxcx]

NightmareTeeVee2 The Leaky Fucking Minge Box.

[@the180crew]

“THAT is your career, and I think it might be fucked.” That has to be one of the best lines I’ve ever heard period.

[@curadhanpowell5007]

Here let’s just check to be sure. Yeah, yeah, it’s pretty fucked.

[@gregoryborton6598]

3:26 "Okay fat man who's name I still can't remember, get on there" "It's Alan" "What is this a fucking speed date? Just get on it, piggy!"

[@garsm2290]

What do you expect? They're builders!! "We put up temporary buttresses, you flailing walrus fuck ..."

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

I love that little laugh Malcom gives before he leaves

[@QueenofCheesecake]

It always cracks me up when Simon says 'Don't rise to that, Toby' after the 'see you later, masturbator' comment. I'm not sure why, something in Tom Hollander's delivery of that line just gets me every time.

[@hoilst265]

Also "Aaaaah, right. There we go."

[@Elnont]

Love the fact that Malcolm and Jamie r so buddy buddy with each other.

[@nbvw3]

X years later, and the "Batbuilder, Spiderbuilder" still kills me!

[@casskop]

Nobody can swear with the verve of a Scotsman. I lived in Leith for a couple of year's and it was an education

[@MrNikolidas]

NO EDUCATED ENOUGH TO DROP THE FUCKIN' NEEDLESS APOSTROPHE THOUGH EH, HECTOR McFUCKIN' BREATH? Woah, sorry.. I think that was Jamie and Malcolm. It just happens to me sometimes.

[@casskop]

Jonathan Charles hahaha

[@casskop]

I have the same problem my Doctor says i've got Multipleslerscotias

[@WerewolfLord]

@@casskop I guess Peter Capaldi was your Doctor?

[@NoxiousRob]

Ha, I was born and raised in Leith, long before it started to become gentrified. Swearing is definitely an art form for us, and the accent makes it sound so much more intimidating.

[@carlosbarton763]

Higgins deserved an Oscar nod for this, perhaps more so than Capaldi (who was also excellent).

[@simonjeste]

+Carlos Barton ...and then go check out his contrasting performance as a much more ... calm... personality in the series "Utopia". Fantastic actor.

[@jamespfitz]

TV show. It's a TV show. They don't give Oscars for TV shows.

[@hobowithashotgun48]

In the Loop is a movie, you're thinking of The Thick of It

[@zoe-janesutherland4359]

Capaldi already had an Oscar before the conception "The Thick of It".

[@HamburgerTime209]

"SHUT IT, LOVE ACTUALLY!"

[@rhidiandavies1991]

3:28 "it's Allan..." I felt so sorry for poor Allan. Just a bloke doing his job.

[@buk1237]

Kid gloves made with kids.

[@ImLegenWaitForItDary]

I laugh Peter Capaldis' little chuckle after that.

[@RachitiqueBoy]

ImLegenWaitForItDary Yeah, I love how thoses two can understand each other with all that hate inside of them xD

[@Hoppy5454]

BearClawTN Lol, nice one.

[@JuzoInspired]

5:33 best way to say "person" ever.

[@onesevenninewest]

Mike Shimo more like “pearsun”

[@ogichi32]

Especially how his eyes open up so much like they were gonna pop out due to his anger. XD

[@thunderpussy8956]

Makes me so proud to be Scottish.

[@rmac8378]

These boys are brits, scottish is a national identity and if you’re a brit, how can you be a scot?

[@philmcclenaghan7056]

@@rmac8378 what in God's name are you talking about?!? So it's impossible to be Scottish? Even if you're from Scotland? Weirdo

[@GrandPrixDecals]

@@philmcclenaghan7056 they’re some right nutters about ain’t there. He’s an idiot

[@oight]

@@rmac8378 state of yer display pic, get tae fck ye walloper. how deep in pro unionist shite are you 😂 scotland has been a country way before it was part of the uk and it’s still it’s own country now with it’s own powers and completely different voting styles with a clear cut border. british is a national identity, but someone can be welsh and someone can be northern irish at the same time. are you really trying to convince yourself that being scottish isn’t real ye beast 😂🖕scotland is a part of britain, they’re no opposite things that you can only be one or the other ye rangers numpty 💔

[@jardc5108]

@@rmac8378 You’re a fucking weapon pal.

[@jnrworrier3491]

i love how tame malcom and jamies conversation was since we never see either of them talking about meaningless shit with anyone else

[@nicknickb]

2:36 i love how the guy shits himself and drops the papers when jamie comes in, its little things like that that make in the loop and thick of it so brilliant

[@Lasergridable]

I also love the subtle nods to lemon zinger that appear throughout both show and the movie.

[@PreLeisureTrax]

“The Only reason you need to listen to this shite is because it’s bad form to wear a hat that says ‘I went to private School’”

[@DralosVos]

The way hes running while saying " Are we exploring personal boundaries?" xD priceless

[@MrSquidman007]

OH LOOK EVERYBODY! IT'S LEAKY WOMAN!

[@awesomekmf20002003]

I haven't seen some of those scenes before. Amazing, just amazing.

[@sdmiii1102]

“Ok your phones off, but there’s been a catastrafuck here.”

[@benjaminodonnell258]

"Gentleman's fluffer" - I died.

[@benjaminodonnell258]

Um, google? It's an *American* term, in the porn industry, for a performer who doesn't appear on screen but instead assists male performers to be, um, ready to perform.

[@lesmup2159]

Delicately put, sir. 😆

[@jamblpaints8453]

"That's why you never see a superhero with a hod" is the best punchline of all time

[@Stitch216]

I think it's quite telling that the 'best of Jamie McDonald' clips from In The Loop are every single scene he appears in.

[@missyaero]

Soooo many quality scenes with Jamie but I have just realised that he says "Hey Horse of the Year" to that girl when he walks in over the leak. I almost died laughing. He also goes. "It is bad form to wear a hat that says I went to fucking private school." when he is turning the music off.

[@leeroyjenkins5754]

“Are we exploring personal boundaries here you stuck up.... ..... oh yeh, you stuck up toffee pudding bitch” 😂😂

[@amyf3418]

I hope you can play the spoons, because you are too old to go back to being a gentleman's fluffer....CLASSIC

[@browncello]

"You wouldn't believe an inanimate room could scream, but it will! There will be plaster!"

[@dtfootball14]

The way he says it makes it even better

[@TheBlueMotel]

Such a shame so many of his scenes were cut out. Best parts of the movie

[@missyaero]

And of course "Enough of the Oxbridge pleasantries" and the face he makes. Sigh. I wish I could say stuff like that daily

[@DoctorWonka]

I should try the Jamie McDonald technique at work. My last day at work! Because I wouldn't be there long after that, but it might be worth it!

[@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266]

Think you’d last the day ?

[@connorbevin2834]

The death of the fax machine to classical music is amazing

[@Shizushin786]

Will never understand the omission of the last part of Jamie's intel collecting scene with Judy

[@Samwell-L]

I love how Jamie pronounces “temporrrray” with a Gatling gun-like “r”

[@ailsayoung239]

"Hang on, hang on...oh hi hi I'm in the middle of something can I ring you back?"

[@nskeow]

why is shut it love actually the funniest line to me i have no idea why

[@brucetimbers]

This is pure bliss

[@manchesterblue2007]

'it's just vowels'

[@TheAlps36]

I love how he says the phrase "temporary buttresses" it's like every syllable causes him rage

[@BroKEnCaPSLoCk1]

"Hey Horse of The Year, was it you?!" God-tier shit right there

[@sinogarcon]

The crossest man in Scotland. Ha ha, hilarious.

[@SeanFHoward]

"Shut it Love Actually", gets me every time

[@jjstewart4341]

“I’m off to deal with the fate of the planet” underrated line

[@joshuaevans4714]

"Hey Horse of the Year, was it you?"

[@reiark3846]

Was what me?

[@jenniferfox5586]

“SHUT IT, LOVE ACTUALLY” remains the best insult ever delivered.

[@eviebradney2068]

I wish Jamie was in the show more he was by far my favourite character, closely followed by Malcolm and Ollie

[@SimonFoston]

It's like Malcolm is diminished a bit in Series 3 by his absense, which may have been part of the reason for not having him in it.

[@geoffthedonkey2295]

The music playing at the end was Ebarme Dich from Bach's St John Passion- interesting choice considering the aria is all about Peter betraying Jesus, very clever I think!

[@swanningabout]

Harry S don't care

[@michaeljames4904]

Thanks, I was wondering what it was! But the scriptwriter really, really is. Armando Iannuci comes from a Scottish working class family and having done one PhD at Oxford he became a comedy writer while completing a second at Cambridge!

[@rwb966]

Matthew Passion.

[@Anna-es1kp]

They should do a new series now with the Brexit clusterfuck going on. Now that Capaldi's leaving Doctor Who he'll probably have the time

[@iHuzza]

Anna They can't really, unless they do a total reboot. At the end of series 4, pretty much everybody was fucked and unlikely to be in government afterwards, including Malcolm Tucker.

[@spacepenguins8939]

Huzzamossi Yeah Malcom is out So if they wanted to they could always do it with Jaime in his place with Dan and Ollie still in their places as the opposition

[@thegrimmretails3777]

Jaimie McDonald: The reason Chuck Norris is afraid to go to London.

[@micaharchacki1370]

Go to Glasgow

[@Eirikasacredstones]

"Ya want me to hole punch your face?" Love him. xD

[@CaptArcadian]

Malcolm tucker deals with the fate of the planet like a monday. i love it

[@Gazmus]

Cant believe they cut so much of Jamie out of the film :( Easily the second best character ever.

[@garyhill565]

"Fat man whose name I've forgotten" completely floored me haha.

[@thesnakeman8006]

Whenever the characters Malcolm and Jamie appear together magic seems to happen, wouldn't you agree?

[@timothycahalan1540]

I love how Tom Holland is so passive in this, then reappears as the Fucker at the end of the thick of it Series 3 where he behaves just like Jamie

[@Whiteythereaper]

Hollander*

[@josephicha9150]

*You know me, Mal. Kid gloves, but made from real kids.* Malcolm: he he

[@jonnnyren6245]

0:33 most iconic this man has been.

[@frankrtwiw]

It's almost as if the AVGN was Scottish and gone into politics.

[@jasonsprague5213]

this movie is too epic... and the "There will be plaster" cracked me the f up

[@Lythgoemania]

I'm going to get hate for this......but Jamie is even funnier than Tucker. Yep, I said it.

[@theZEUShub99]

I agree.

[@stennerjs]

SHUT IT LOVE ACTUALLY!

Jonathon Stenner I just wanted to say the same >.

[@tobytaylor5960]

Totally agree.

[@DrSnook]

I was a bit fucked off when he was written out. Always wondered if it was because he actually upstaged Capaldi.

[@YorkeTchock]

Hahaha, 'spider-builder' killed me. Jamie is bloody brilliant.

[@kiva_kaze]

Malcolm's "haha" was so careless it's funny.

[@murdomaclachlan]

2:37 - Jamie starts talking, the guy instantly drops all the paper out of his folder.

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

There is something quite soothing about Jamie destroying a fax machine with opera in the background

[@dtfootball14]

You mean subsidised foreign f***in vowels

[@chriswyatt9869]

“It’s just fucking vowels” got me the hardest belly laughter out of the whole movie lmao

[@Isleofskye]

" I love how Jamie goes from super angry about to kill, to gentle tone and then back to killer mode "..............seen a legion of Men do that in my 45+ years at work since I started in '71 lol.......Recent one was at the Racetrack where a Guy was talking amicably to the gathered ensemble and said " Would you excuse me for one moment ",,,He then went over and decked a Guy who had just turned up and with him lying on the floor he returned to the gathering and gently said " Ah ! where were we ? " :)

[@amattchronism]

I like how Foster mumbles "i can see it's a walrus" at 1:01 like he's still too daft to get the pun

[@UhYeahNoThanks]

"WE PUT UP TEMPORARY BUTTRESSES: SAYS FLAYLING WALRUS FUCK!"

[@TheCobaltOcean]

I don't think I've ever quoted so much of a video in my daily life than what's been sourced from this :D

[@BonkersEveryday]

Jamies got the sexiest accent I've ever heard.