The Thick of It: the nicknames

A compilation of nicknames from Armando Iannucci's brilliant 'The Thick of It' (series 1-3 and specials).
This video contains strong language from the start.
Series 4 nicknames:
• The Thick of It (Serie...

[@elsieclark1933]

My only complaint about this compilation is that it missed my personal favorite - when Malcolm calls Ollie 'a Quentin Blake illustration'

[@bethaniie_]

I've never seen an insult that's so undeniably true it's literal genius lmaoooo

[@douglasparkinson4123]

that's in S4 this vid is from before S4

[@bethaniie_]

Just seen in an interview that TWO script writers came up with this same joke on SEPARATE occasions… 😭😂

[@alexmayall8548]

That's not a nickname, going by the sentence structure

[@99dndd]

It’s not a nickname but it’s genius 😂

[@finlaybalfour1064]

The total confidence in which Jamie says "peter onion" never fails to make me piss myself

[@patrickplsxo]

I genuinely have no idea how they ever got through filming this.

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

Charlotte slowly but surely

[@NxDoyle]

Two main things: 1) It's their job and 2) time and budgetary constraints.

[@mael2839]

they must off laughed so much it was no longer funny

[@Casshern1456]

@@mael2839 I feel poorly as an Englishman my arsehole rolled up into a loop.

[@whette_fahrtz]

Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on PONCE!

[@SardonicALLY]

''Shitehead Revisited'' will always have a special place in my heart.

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

Philip Dunne Same

[@rebeccam9]

Tuckers swearing is like therapy for me

[@hannahmcgahan8920]

Same 😂😂😂

[@rebeccam9]

***** hahahaha - see it works..I'm smiling

[@timbogymbro66]

Same here.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Fucking Tucker. 😂

[@natashawhite1450]

Same 😂

[@firstnamelastname7113]

Therapist: Big Bad Malcolm Tucker isn’t real. He can’t hurt you Big Bad Malcolm Tucker: 4:54

[@samwstaylor]

Lemme come innnn!

[@LorenHelgeson]

My favorite is still that one from In the Loop: "Shut it, Love Actually!"

[@kirstymcgregor2194]

Do you want me to hole punch your face?!

[@Jack_OLanc]

That’s enough of the Oxford pleasantries!

[@Jack_OLanc]

@Ralph Macchiato 🥱

[@M1st3rB3nn]

"Bentally ill!" It's never been so easy to watch ten minutes of sentence fragments. Awesome compilation, makes me wanna fire it up again, cheers.

[@chrispy9229]

I think Ben's Glen was easily the most vicious and cold of all of them.

[@otterhero6229]

I adore that line. Malcolm standing up for Glenn makes my day.

[@MM-vs2et]

@@otterhero6229 I think he was standing up for Hugh

[@jimmy2k4o]

Malcolm stood up for Glenn quite a lot.... Until he joined the Lib Dem’s.

[@GenericUserNameHere]

I dunno, my vote is for the Beige Power Ranger

[@ItsSVO]

Osama Ben Laden

[@walrus3479]

not a nickname, but my favourite line in the show has to be when glenn is described as an 'elderly aid' in the newspaper and he says 'that makes me sound like a fucking stairlift'

[@tommacmillan8831]

it's not quite a nickname, but they describe meeting steve fleming for the first time as 'obsessive repulsive disorder'

[@harrycartwright99]

Lego policeman.

[@EskimoCreamKing]

The ghost of Christmas shit

[@ryanrtw]

'Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on ponce'. I cannot believe how good this show is.

[@coolgenious]

"You're Boromir, your horn is broken and shall be blown no more." What a beautiful reference that works on so many levels

[@talonschild]

Pity it's said by James May

[@mikew5795]

"The Fucker he coming. He coming to your town." Kills me every damn time!

[@choppernick]

Ollie calling Glenn "Uncle Bulgaria" will never not make me completely piss myself with laughter!

[@GiratinaofFury]

It's a good thing that Chris Addison is behind that pile of paperwork at roughly 8:57, because you can see him cracking a smile there.

[@eviebradney2068]

I love little things like that in this show its brilliant for the observant eye

[@scottdain6647]

They didn't even need to hide it because the character Ollie would definitely be laughing, no idea how the rest keep a straight face throughout it tho

[@obiwankenobi687]

It’s not a mistake or anything though because he’s in character, so he would actually be laughing

[@sxxxxxlxxx]

@@obiwankenobi687 He could have broken character and started laughing, and they just kept it in the show

[@jonathangiles4854]

Hale and pacemaker and private Godfrey are my favourites 😂

[@davidwatkins5948]

Of all the hundreds of contenders, "Giant Gaystacks" is a clear number 1 for me

[@SchlumberttheHumble]

Better yet as I believe the same actor as played Ben Swain also played Giant Haystacks in some film or another about wrestling

[@ayatollahrocknrolla]

The Glenn-Ollie "Juliet Bravo" exchange is still one of my favourites from the last series.

[@djackmanson]

My all time fave, from In The Loop: Malcolm wants to bollock Simon alone. "The White Stripes, out!" *Simon, Toby and Judy go to leave* *Malcolm motions Simon to stay* "There's only two people in the White Stripes"

[@alfier1736]

"The beige power ranger" will always be the best

[@881greeny]

"sorry about the puffin" gets me every time

[@jimmyjim170]

Thank you, The Thick Of It, for giving me the opportunity to be more creative with my cursing and insults.

[@FAith9021]

"Me, Aragorn, the true King, you, Boromir: your horn is broken, and will be blown no more."

[@leowatkins1518]

"The little man in the red and yellow car" has always been my favourite line. The delivery, and camerawork, and acting of it.

[@sophieroberts3]

I don't know why but Malcolm hammering on the door and shouting "WIL-MAAAAAAA" always gets me.

[@jvsl1999]

"Can Teflon Tucker save the Nutters" easily one of the best Jamie lines and it's not even sweary

[@bmg_darby]

I named my fantasy football team Teflon Tekkers in honour of this. Most of my mates didn’t understand it.

[@AMinibot]

"Your horn is broken and will be blown no more" that's like. the only good burn Phil gets in in the entire show, I swear

[@tomclarke4530]

A lady policemen, did the last 30 years not happen to you

[@margaretfarquhar9567]

Listening to this, is when I get a laugh in my elderly solitary life Thank you for posting There is nothing like British comedy From an exiled Scot

[@simonsackett]

Hope you're ok, Margaret x

[@Matthew_Rushton]

"Here comes Laurel and Hardy, did you manage to get the piano up those stairs okay?" 😂👍

[@davidobrien5654]

For some reason that one in particular always kills me.

[@mikeymike42]

This, and "Ah, Bob Carolgees, how's the wee comedy dog?" Always get me

[@camman1056]

"I'm not just plain I'm self raising Lazarus" + "yoko ono and the two remaining beetles piss off" are my favourites

[@blueeyes8849]

I piss myself when Malcom says "Tin Tin's sexy sister"

[@Valerie24810]

Oh my God Glen's meltdown is killing me over here. "Well FUCK TINKY WINKY!"

[@docholliday1112]

"What do you know about Hitler?! Well he had a moustache and he lived over there!"

[@SchlumberttheHumble]

He is a man

[@brumav9779]

I’m irrelevant, I’m irrelevant, I’m irrelevant

[@ska2ol]

" The man once referred to as the "Gorbals' Goebbels" " so good.

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

"Don't panic, Orca! We'll get sandwiches."

[@tivednagol9127]

"There's something I do know, that you don't know. I'm Doctor fucking Who." You're damn right he is.

[@stevemcqwark7061]

WOW, you're a hard man mate.

[@tivednagol9127]

*****, why? What are we doing? The reason we're doing it is because the lead actor in _The Thick of It_ now stars in _Doctor Who._ It make sense, so what's the bother?

[@vyrnmn]

He says "Doctor No"

[@vinnywinnies]

The children's-themed nicknames for Ollie are some of the best, in my opinion. Andy Pandy, Tintin's Sexy Sister, The Unbaked Gingerbread Man, Tinky Winky, The Little Man in the Red and Yellow Car..... ChristoperfuckingRobin.

[@JoelJoel321]

The beige Power Ranger.

[@artyb27]

Description rather than nickname but "looks a bit like a Quentin Blake illustration" absolutely killed me.

[@Hysteria98]

@@artyb27 FAR and away the best one. One of my favourite lines in the entire show.

[@tedcrilly7243]

I think I can confidently say, this is the best comedy of all time

[@theF1oracle]

I can't really put into words how much this makes me laugh 1:35 Thank you scotland for giving the world this amazing accent

[@johnd4587]

Your welcome

[@roryhungrrr]

it's ny fave line, not many end with such a sassy fuck off at tthe end

[@PurushaDesa]

"What's up booboo?" David Haig as Steve Fleming is so fucking creepy.

[@jackpenguin3112]

PurushaDesa omg Steve Fleming is so insanely funny. his flipping out about Andy Murray kills me every time.

[@briansmith5239]

I CANNOT BELIEVE THE ENERGY GOING INTO ANDY MURRAY!!! This one cracks me up.

[@georgeohunt2263]

@@briansmith5239 WOULD YOU PLEASE FUCKING WELL

[@Slypaperclips]

They missed my favourite, "Noncey Sinatra"

[@PickleSurpriseVEVO]

Aimed at Hugh? lol

[@JohnSmith-gu1dq]

Flouncy Sinatra

[@tomclarke4530]

Forget what mummy says , do what daddy says

[@mattbrooks90]

I'd be preaching to the converted to go on about how sublime this show is ... so I'm primarily commenting to take my hat off to the person that compiled and editted this video. Even bearing in mind the richness of the source material you have done a superb job here. Thankyou.

[@danpackman6195]

‘Deep Beige’ is severely underrated

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

The most underrated British comedy series ever.

[@TheOneWithTheHair1]

"My little phony" got me.

[@Adam-wl7nv]

Peter Onion is so stupidly funny lmao

[@Panda三さん]

See Peter Capaldi say "Lucile Ball-bag" made my night 🤣🤣🤣

[@tochno_navernoe]

I have no idea why, but "deep beige" and "Wilmaaaaaa" has me in stitches every time

[@ronandynan1228]

The fact that I only understood a third of them and yet it was still one of the funniest videos ever is just brilliant😂😂

[@warlocksarewatching]

"Ooh hello, the Golden Girls!"

[@MrCustardbeast]

"All you are is Ben's Glenn" is the best line ever

[@Krushtykon]

"Sorry about the Puffin" xD

[@clockwork9827]

find me this.

[@yannatoko9898]

It's about 57 seconds in.

[@siegfriedetzkorn2256]

We all should swear more at each other. This would return more honesty in some conversation. Lovely to see Malcolm be frank.

[@josef2012]

All-time great show.Might get lost due all the "of that era" references,but if you get them,it's gold.

[@maximumlvl5001]

Yoko Ono and the two remaining Beatles always gets me

[@oooooooooorly]

"At least I know how to use a stick, mr. Floppy!" That's funny on so many levels...

[@rahulpatel7391]

This is a bloody great compilation.

[@ivanpb1983]

This is the bloody fucking best way to learn English.

[@danielbliss1988]

it's how Figo and Ronaldo taught David Beckham Spanish!

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

"Me, Aragorn the true king. You, Boromir. Your horn is broken and will be blown no more. " lol

[@kitpalmer1583]

"Remtard Remmington" ...yeah, I'm sold. gonna watch this show now.

[@kitpalmer1583]

watched the whole thing in two days. genius.

[@steve-marsh]

Richard Stilgoe will always be my favourite :D

[@mekrabj2901]

"Hey, James fucking May!" I spit my drink all over my lap top!

[@tangerinesky06]

I’ve been watching this perfect compilation of insults since it was posted. It got me to watch the show.

[@LifeOfRy]

1:04 is genius in its double meanings. Genuinely genius.

[@georgeohunt2263]

It's significantly cleverer but weirdly still not as funny as the immediately following "Ooooo hello, the Golden Girls" haha

[@LifeOfRy]

@@georgeohunt2263 I also very much enjoy Cack Efron and the beige power ranger.

[@markgibbins23]

'There he is Bob Carolgees. Hows the wee comedy dog?' Utterly brilliant.

[@goawayimsleeping509]

"Pontius Pilate, with the emphasis on ponce."

[@LusciousTwinkle]

I was out of the country for much of the 00's and missed this....Got a WHOLE Iannucci comedy to catch up on!!! I bet it was better watching when it went out though....

[@0vaDaWudz]

how could you leave "foetus boy" out hahaha?!

[@AlienWithABox]

I call people Foetus Boy (among other things) because of this show.

[@jj_b5400]

That was In The Loop not The Thick of It.

[@TheIkaraCult]

I know its not a nickname, and its from In the Loop, but when he goes "Ah Mr Ambassador with your big baldy head you are really spoiling us" it wrecks me every time.

[@geo24793]

The Node of Nodehall gets me every time 😂

[@jordyw441]

Am I being threatened my Harold fucking Bishop!?

[@AIreadsmydiaries]

Hale and pacemaker always gets me 😂

[@darrencain5221]

"Sue Barker's little sister" will always be my favourite

[@gclancy51]

Don't know why, but "you're Ben's Glenn" always has me in pieces...

[@Holic1337]

Season 4 had some gems. "You know, me and the Inbetweeners!"

[@CaladonianQueen]

Malcolm calling himself 'Daddy' does things to me.❤

[@LegalVampire]

'You fucking jazzy bastard' always gets me ✨

[@OminousVoice]

You missed 'Baldymort'

[@themightyboush]

That was from In the Loop. This is only nicknames in the TV show.

[@angelicank13]

+OminousVoice haha yeah, one of the best, but is from the movie "In The Loop"

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Ah, that makes so much more sense now.

[@VC-xj1fs]

I will make it my life's mission to call somebody Lucille Ballbag.

[@MegaFafnir]

3:34 "Why is ZIPPY still talking?!?!" LOL!!!

[@DontFeedTheDrummer]

"sorry about the puffin" one of my fav

[@kukuricapica]

"Wilmaaa!" that fcking Flinstone reference always kills me I've actually done it to my ex and I regret nothing...

[@deanoward]

first time i saw "sorry about the puffin" i was crying with laughter

[@crayoneater6034]

"Isn't that David Dickinson?" "Oo, nice taaan." Fuckin ruins me every time

[@lewisvann1]

About 7.00: "Oh here comes Laurel and Hardie. Did you manage to that piano up the stairs ok?"

[@jonnnyren6245]

8:18 always love the crossest man in Scotland, well aside from his "shut it Love Actually."

[@Comet12864]

I always fall apart at "Well FUCK Tinkie Winkie!" XD 8:56

[@Hannah-ic5wv]

Terry's clockwork orange will always be the best

[@kiranraichura8665]

"Hey, twat-features...and I mean that literally" Have always loved that one and used it 😂

[@amorembalming]

Sorry about the puffin is a wonderful line.

[@vinnywinnies]

And Stuart.. what a brilliantly realised caricature he is.

[@ABWG_ZePequ]

9:34 The unbaked gingerbread man hahaha

[@goldenharefilms1941]

'Uncle Tom's Cabinet' and 'Pontius Pilate, emphasis on Ponce' are absolute classics.

[@D4K44R1]

Doctor Who? Malcolm Tucker: Doctor fucking Know!

[@gregoris69]

The Tardis!

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

More straightforward insults than nicknames as such (apart from "the fucker") but always worth visiting

[@Rossy167]

2 of my favs are for Phil, Ollie calling him “James Fucking May” and Fergus calling him “Malfoy” they are so simple yet so fucking perfect.

[@simonfuller7331]

Brilliant script!!! My personal favourite: Virgin West Coast

[@kiranraichura8665]

I just realised how random and yet hoe amazing that is! Like if you used it in real life people would be like WTF! But it just suits the character and the programme so well!

[@Strangletusk]

"your horn is broken and will be blown no more". Brilliant.

[@luella_OK]

The fucker he comin, he comin to your town