Jimmy's Secret Army

[@eyelidman09]

RIP Geoffrey Palmer. A wonderful actor and a wonderful man. You will not be forgotten.🌞🙏🇬🇧🌞

[@bargepoled]

❤️❤️

[@randallpmcmurphy7501]

I loved him.

[@Jake-d8d]

David Nobbs. What a writer. And then to have his words performed by two powerhouse actors.

[@sfshinz]

I didn't get where I am today without knowing forces of anarchy when I see them.

[@neilus]

LOL!

[@robbieflynn8821]

Rest in peace, Geoffrey. A fine actor who's been around since I was a kid. Butterflies, The Fall and Rise...,Fawlty Towers, As Time Goes By, etc, etc. Great series all, great actor, always. R.I.P X

[@tomleslie4907]

What an acting clinic by the late Geoffrey Palmer and Leonard Rossiter

[@andybycz]

Yeah! The look in Palmer's eye as Jimmy borders on losing himself in his list of favourite undesirables... Talk about filling the character. Fantastic.

[@toncuz8291]

@@andybycz I said the same exact thing. The look on Palmer's face is priceless. "You mean, you're not with us!".

[@ajivins1]

I never saw much of Jimmy's own series, 'Fairly Secret Army'-have to find it, somewhere!

[@andrewhotston983]

I remember watching this episode when it was first aired - absolute genius writing and acting. So, so funny.

[@Villafarrell]

One of my fav scenes from this brilliant show! Two great actors doing their thing & having dimwitted Jimmy be the brainchild of the consumer revolution was a great touch :)

[@IJ215]

..........that was a party political broadcast by UKIP.

[@qetoun]

count me in!

[@COLDB33R]

LOL! :D

[@sianevans9690]

Oh they were brilliant together, what a tour de force.

[@toncuz8291]

This scene was stuck in my head for 30 years. Thank God for KZbin and the continual memory blasts.

[@paullavan6098]

My God, what talent.

[@timklay8540]

It seems more prophetic than funny now days.

[@andrewhotston983]

It's both - interesting, self-satirising times.

[@neilus]

Great scene but we miss the last bit, Reggie saying not only is it rubbish, its neo rubbish and crypto rubbish" - and Grot is born!!

[@sunnysonny8434]

just such an amazing piece of writing and performance.

[@tdsymes]

RIP Geoffrey Palmer TV's Best Grumpy Old Man.

[@falkowjn]

I am hoping this series makes it to DVD someday, thanks for posting this!

[@lulusaintly631]

RIP Geoffrey - you were wonderful.

[@danielemerson312]

Magnificent!

[@qetoun]

He forgot 'Taxmen'.

[@TheNamshubofEnki]

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

[@snelgrave101]

You may be on to something there 👍

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

1:01 - head shrinkers who ought to be locked up

[@70PaulK]

Thanks so much for that.

[@thomasjordan7627]

Masterclass

[@manann]

RIP Geoffrey Palmer! Thanks for all the laugh

[@tomduggan51]

Thanks David Very funny clip of Reggie and Jimmy- put my name down for recruitment!

[@SugarfreeYT]

"And not only that, Jimmy, it is neo-rubbish and crypto-rubbish."

[@breebw]

@COLDB33R Hey, its a great post, the bit at the beinnig with the guns provides the context that some miss. And good quality too! Thanks" I laugh at this every time.

[@eddie12454]

Superb comedy and acting.

[@thomasjordan7627]

Love Geoffrey Palmer. RIP

[@elspurso]

Very funny and based on a real person General Walter Walker KCB, CBE, DSO & bar

[@mattsears737]

Rear Admirals, queer Admirals !

[@breebw]

Redundant 2nd part.

[@johnbest7155]

Just brilliant.

[@CaptainNemo1701]

Crikey!....Jimmy IS Farage!!. Glad someone else spotted this!.

[@danielemerson312]

Almost. But, unlike the Kwik-Save Quisling Farage, Jimmy genuinely believes he's saving the country, instead of selling it out for a nice little earner.

[@astragreen]

You lost you sad European!..

[@tristangarel-funk3236]

Magical. Look up Geoffrey Palmer’s reading of Addlestrop. Beats Richard Burton’s, in my view.

[@daleminaker1494]

RIP both

[@biblicalbroadcasting2639]

Infact, it's neo-rubbish and crypto-rubbish

[@rjjcms1]

The 7 dislikes must be the crypto-fascists. Or are they the neo-socilaists? Or the namby-pamby probation officers? Or the glue sniffers?

[@fifthera]

that end line is the best bit and its been cut off here!

[@maxpeterson8616]

Sounds familiar.

[@Grichal1981]

It's funny, Nigel Farage looked very different in the 70s, and he hasn't aged very much!

[@COLDB33R]

@MrBrooke66 - thanks for that info, I had never heard of that plot. Makes sense. Compare to the Business Plot of 1938 in the US which was thwarted by two-time Medal of Honor winner Smedley Butler. The bully boys will always try to thwart democracy if it doesn't deliver exactly what they want.

[@legodarknight101]

@falkowjn It is on DVD, try Amazon and HMV online.

[@MrVinylista]

High art.

[@michaelspencer6108]

When comedy may become reality.

[@petgerco]

So relevant today when we see such an upsurge in the vociferous right, they held a march in London yesterday!

[@catherineshaw1122]

Good. Wish they'd do it here in the states as well. Every day, until sanity is restored.

[@robertthomson4978]

Comic geniuses

[@benelliott9158]

rip

[@tripjet999]

@1:22 - Describing the slime balls attacking the Capitol Bldg.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Lol, that's hilarious. Seriously.

[@COLDB33R]

Hey! Im the bastage that cut off that neo-rubbish line. And very sorry I am, so don't shoot me. IIRC this was the first time I ever tried to edit any video, so give me a break.

[@guyhargreaves1595]

L

[@AthensGuitarLessons]

Repent and correct your error. Re-edit, include the line and assure your redemption. I didn't get where I am today by not knowing when to repent.

[@tullyDT]

There just isn't enough British comedies coming out nowadays I'm fed up with the endless supply of American sitcoms coming into Europe their writers just don't have the wit the writers of the British classics had

[@catherineshaw1122]

I worked in American television production for 10 years and you are so right, lol. There's no actual craft to it, just ego and attention seeking. This I'd why I have watched almost exclusively British television for decades.

[@noohoozfurra]

Jimmy joins Reggie...sigh...

[@KitGoldenlance-x7w]

In 2024 I see it wasn't rubbish

[@grahamnoble4887]

How UKIP was founded.

[@Bromley68]

RIP Geoffrey Palmer

[@gordonehosier3287]

A timeless sketch that would be quite relevant today regarding cryto-currency founder being in the dock pouring out the virtues of the pros and cons of extremism politics in a two minute rant before cryto-currency had been bargained for given a thorough thrashing the leftist the rightists and smack down the middle with both barrels for those who prefer to sit on the fence deliberating exactly what action to take achieving absolutely nothing as they pontificate the pros and cons sometimes action is required the old instrument used against industrial action is for the government to pitch them against the protection of the tax paying public disregarding those who are taking industrial action are also indeed tax payers it's a clear sign of desperation for a government with no public support to try and divide public interest the balloon has gone up the government has been found wanting sitting on the fence pontificating about what action would be appropriate back in the eighties the Conservatives already outlawed secondary picketing today they're threatening to invoke new legislation to combat industrial unrest that is threatening to overwhelm the government's ability to function how can they bring in new legislation to address basic human rights issues when until they introduce what the British bill for human rights something they were obliged to do as part of the Brexit agreement the real nugget behind all the discourse one of their own making to regain sovereignty over their own legislation they'd rather blame Vladimir Putin and his decision to invade Ukraine for the cost of living crisis which is affecting everyone except it seems the politicians who created the situation in an attempt to have more control now have none and now they're desperate to find a solution and the only thing that they have come up with is to shoot down the balloon of discontent for two minutes of ranting about the pros and cons of action and reaction this sketch gets to all of them

[@deanevans5346]

Turns out it wasn't rubbish.

[@marknewbold2583]

The forming of UKIP

[@LordZontar]

"Not only that, it is neo-rubbish and crypto-rubbish."

[@cn6219]

Geoffrey Palmer RIP

[@alrightythen214]

you cut off the punchline at the end!!!!!? its neo-rubbish and crypto-rubbish

[@MasimbaMusodza]

They cut off the bit where he adds, "not only that, but it is neo-rubbish and crypto-rusbbish!"

[@DarrenBonJovi]

Islamic State: Watch the fuck out!!

[@simonatford1]

I know who Clive Jenkins and Roy Jenkins were but what on earth is a crypto-loyalist?

[@COLDB33R]

Crypto means 'secret,' so a Crypto Loyalist would be someone who is a Loyalist (described by Uranus Skywalker) but keeps his Loyalism well hidden, I suppose.

[@rjjcms1]

Down in the crypt,then.

[@StandardGoose]

Why post the joke and then cut off the punchline it was leading to? When he says "it's absolute and utter rubbish; not only that, Jimmy, but it's neo-rubbish and crypto-rubbish" is the line the whole scene has been building towards.

[@marcbiff2192]

Antifa and BLM should be added to the list.

[@emm_arr]

You're supposed to laugh at Jimmy, not agree with him!

[@gordonbrownpm3853]

@@emm_arr "Supposed to" This illustrates why the left can't meme and BBC comedy is dead.. BTW don't know Palmer's politics but Rossiter was right wing.

[@emm_arr]

@@gordonbrownpm3853 ""Supposed to" This illustrates why the left can't meme and BBC comedy is dead." I am one person - not "the left". Your reasoning is shyte.

[@catherineshaw1122]

@@emm_arr alas, he's entirely correct.

[@emm_arr]

@@catherineshaw1122 No. You're just effed in the head.

[@snelgrave101]

This sketch was rubbish, not only that crypto rubbish 😂 rubbish? Rubbish? Hush Hush not time nor place 😂😂 genius sketch to be honest

[@garyw930]

Alone And Asleep by Oh Sam Bin Laden - controversial new publication.

[@toncuz8291]

Your average Trump supporter

[@tlangdon12]

Perhaps Trump thought support might be difficult, but someone convinced him otherwise.

[@COLDB33R]

It would certainly help me in whether I decide to do that or not AthensGL if I had some idea just where you are today. For all I know you're advice is coming from a cozy windowless bedroom in your mother's basement. Besides, being a card-carrying Neo-Trotskyist I don't think I'm inclined towards any bourgeois assessment of my frankly proletarian efforts. Besides, I'm not sure that I still have the file on my drive.

[@augustusbetucius1572]

It seems you may have failed to pick up on the tongue in cheek nature of AthensGuitarLessons comments. They referred back to CJ in that last sentence.

[@dickyboyryw]

Errm... Lmao. Very funny.. But.. Very politicaly incorrect, in today's world. Still. The world of 1978/79 was different to 2021.

[@dickyboyryw]

Oh dear. OK. It's outdated now. Politicaly, incorrect. But so funny. 2 comic geniuses, do there stuff!

[@emm_arr]

"It's outdated now." It's more relevant than ever.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Not at all, we need Jimmy now more than ever.

[@emm_arr]

@@catherineshaw1122 No. You're just effed in the head.

[@georgewynschenk]

With Corbyn nearly getting in, 'Jimmy'' nearly had a point.

[@warrencrawfordart]

Oh yeah, and things turned out great under Johnson, didn’t they..? 🤡