Derek Fowlds's one liner quip is the best thing in Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister, and that always comes after a brilliant exchange between Hawthorne and Eddington.
Yup, they all should have been rewarded for their performance, they all are equally important cogs in the stories. I think also that Derek's part is the most important but by a tiny margin. The irregular verb at the end is another gem.
Yes, that quote of Jim’s from the national transport episode of yes minister is so apt in respect of the above clip. As Humphrey manipulates and made use of Jim’s jealousy and fear of Dudley as a political rival to sent dudleys plan up the swanny.
I understand the joke but I have trouble understanding what the "irregular verb" bit is. Bernard says: 1) I give ... (simple present) 2) You leak (simple present) 3) He's been charged ... (present perfect passive) How does this "work" as an irregular verb? To my understanding, the irregularity of a verb is only visible in present tense vs past tense vs participle, for example give - gave - given, but here Bernard uses only simple present and passive. If anyone has any thoughts about this, I'd love to hear them.
@@musmus-culus With regular verbs in romance languages, the verb forms between first person, second person and third person etc follow a set pattern , whereas irregular verbs don't necessarily follow any pattern. Take the verb "etre" or any of the "to be" verbs in any romance language, and you'll note that the verb conjugation doesn't follow any of the conventional rules for 1st/2nd/3rd person set out in any of the tenses.
@@felisd Oh, that makes sense. I only thought about the English language but I suppose Bernard probably did mean irregular verbs in some other language.
"When's he going to leak it?" Bernard has the 'nasty' habit of speaking aloud what's been intentionally left unsaid because he is still a wee bit honest
Paul Eddington had a wonderful glare, and he used it more often as PM than when he was just a minister. In the dressing-down he gave Bernard after Bernard made an indiscreet and embarrassing remark to the press, it would have stripped skin.
I work in the Education Department, in 1982 I listened to a speech by the Director-General of Education saying he and the minister enjoy Yes Minister but laugh in different places.
It got to the point that the writers would highlight certain lines in the script and write that Eddington could drop them in favor of facial expressions if he wanted to. ;-)
Humphrey explains on many occasions why government enquiries never report back. They're not meant to find anything out, they're simply meant to simulate activity.
@@GardEngebretsen And in the episode where Hacker actually wanted to know the culprit, Humphrey was dumbfounded because such a request had never actually been made before, and when the culprit was found, he really didn't know what to do because there was no precedent
Yeh, we were actually encouraged to watch this as one of the more accurate political comedies by our professor in Public Administration (in Canada), which was taught by a civil servant.
@@tee2567 One of the lawyers I worked with became minister of education where I live and I gave him Yes Minister, I don't know if he watched it or not lol He did not seek reelection after his only term lol
@@PrashantSingh-ju6ei No. No, I am not. I do not like the character, I do not like the show, I do not like the reference, and I do not like green eggs and ham.
I wonder whether the character started off called "Dudley" in the script or whether his name was fixed at the point when the writers thought of the seven Dudley sins line and changed the name to fit. I wouldn't mind betting it was that way round.
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Or it was one of those very very happy accidents, when (here) the name they came up with then lead them to this joke. We'll never know.
It would take me longer to read through the volumes which I have upon the bookshelf beside my desk to find the passage than I care to spend at this hour, but it is safe to say that the script writers - Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay - would have assembled a whole catalogue of such witticisms in advance and then engineered the stories to include as many as they could.
"the Service Chiefs are notorious for their indiscretion," let that sink in for a bit it's also funny to consider that while the Chief of the General Staff reports to the Soviets and the Chief of the Air Staff reports to the US, the First Sea Lord reports to Fleet
Hacker: And all this is honest and accurate? Humphrey: It comes from the Ministry of Defence! Reminds me of when Humphrey claimed statistics can prove anything, but when the Minister was critiquing his own statistics, he said ‘No, they’re government stat… they’re facts!’
Derek Fowlds is initially, to me, Basil Brush's wingman. But, in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, he displays his amazing comedic timing, which is why he is so loved by young and old alike.
Gone, but will never be forgotten. We still haven’t seen the likes of YM or YPM and it’s been over 40 years. As relevant as when they were written, and very likely to remain so. Hats off, and tremendous gratitude to all involved. ❤️
John Nettleton (Sir Arnold Robinson) is still around at 92, and Peter Cellier (Sir Frank Gordon) at 93. Both of them must have cheated the god of death.
Lines and deliveries like that make me wonder how the others managed to keep a straight face during that and not burst out laughing or at the very least, try to keep from smiling!
@@jeremyadler9620 sometimes they didn't. Watch the episode when Hacker, Sir Humphrey & Bernard discuss who reads which newspaper. There's a couple of twitches at mouth edges & a cautionary rubbing of a top lip on display when The Sun reader's attributes are discussed......
brilliantly written and with the perfect casting. a joy to watch, from the 1st episode to the last. this together with 'spitting image' were two of the success stories of 1980's tv. thatcher's government were ripe for satire and lampooning
Actually a lot of it was based on the Callaghan and Wilson governments (the first series of YM was originally intended to be shown in 1979 but was held back owing to the election). The incident with the "emergency communications room" full of booze, for example, had happened under the previous administration. Mrs T was a big fan of YM/YPM, and the writing team were about as far apart from each other politically as it was possible to get!
Indeed he did; Sir Arnold retired in the eighth episode of the third season, and struck a deal with Sir Humphrey that allowed the latter to become Cabinet Secretary. At the end of the episode, Jim Hacker has been appointed by the Crown as Prime Minister, so it ends with the words "Yes, Prime Minister".
The 80's sound like they were an interesting time to be alive. I don't remember Prime Minister Hacker, but how did they get all this footage out of Westminster? ;)
He’s certainly seen the episode at the Kumrahni embassy, the “ dry” reception where they were summoned to the comms room as “Mr Johnny Walker is on the phone “
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"I'm Prime Minister aren't I?"
"Indeed you are!"
Humphrey treats Hacker like he's a child.
1:09 "It's one of The Seven Dudley Sins..."
You can just make out Sir Humphrey's reply to Bernard over the laughter!
Hacker's expressions, Humphrey's long dialogues, Bernard's deadpan humour.....
The perfect combination!
👍yes it was a good mix. Well said.
Derek Fowlds's one liner quip is the best thing in Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister, and that always comes after a brilliant exchange between Hawthorne and Eddington.
"Sun readers don't care who's running the country, as long as she's got big tits."
Yup, they all should have been rewarded for their performance, they all are equally important cogs in the stories. I think also that Derek's part is the most important but by a tiny margin. The irregular verb at the end is another gem.
Absolutely ‼️
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Always loved those irregular verbs.
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 He is a common man stuck in between
"the ship of government is the only one that leaks from above"
The ship of STATE
"The ship of state is the only ship that leaks from the top", if I remember correctly.
Yes, that quote of Jim’s from the national transport episode of yes minister is so apt in respect of the above clip. As Humphrey manipulates and made use of Jim’s jealousy and fear of Dudley as a political rival to sent dudleys plan up the swanny.
"So it could be honest and accurate?" Lol
The casting in this series couldn't be more perfect. Their deadpan delivery never fails to make me laugh out loud. It's deliciously funny!
The best comedians are those who do not have a sense of humour.
"Prime minister, you are not being indecisive, are you?"
"No,no. No, I just can't make up my mind." 😅
Bernard's "irregular verbs" have always been my favourite part of YPM.
I understand the joke but I have trouble understanding what the "irregular verb" bit is. Bernard says:
1) I give ... (simple present)
2) You leak (simple present)
3) He's been charged ... (present perfect passive)
How does this "work" as an irregular verb? To my understanding, the irregularity of a verb is only visible in present tense vs past tense vs participle, for example give - gave - given, but here Bernard uses only simple present and passive. If anyone has any thoughts about this, I'd love to hear them.
@@musmus-culus With regular verbs in romance languages, the verb forms between first person, second person and third person etc follow a set pattern , whereas irregular verbs don't necessarily follow any pattern. Take the verb "etre" or any of the "to be" verbs in any romance language, and you'll note that the verb conjugation doesn't follow any of the conventional rules for 1st/2nd/3rd person set out in any of the tenses.
@@felisd Oh, that makes sense. I only thought about the English language but I suppose Bernard probably did mean irregular verbs in some other language.
@@musmus-culus You're over-analysing somewhat, but Bernard had a classical education, so he would most likely have been thinking about Latin or Greek.
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I am
you are
he is
"When's he going to leak it?"
Bernard has the 'nasty' habit of speaking aloud what's been intentionally left unsaid because he is still a wee bit honest
Bernard is capable of tact, but he has to work at it. And the editorial function between his brain and his mouth cuts out intermittently.
Kudos to the editors: 1:13 it just HANGS on Hacker's reaction. OTOH, I've decided Bernard is my absolute favorite and he should be running things.
The stare Bernard receives from the PM can kill.
Paul Eddington had a wonderful glare, and he used it more often as PM than when he was just a minister. In the dressing-down he gave Bernard after Bernard made an indiscreet and embarrassing remark to the press, it would have stripped skin.
I work in the Education Department, in 1982 I listened to a speech by the Director-General of Education saying he and the minister enjoy Yes Minister but laugh in different places.
Paul Eddington says more with a single look than could be uttered in that time!
Humphrey with the speeches.
Bernard with the 1 liners.
Jim with the facial expressions.
Occasionally mixed around to great effect.
It looked like he was trying very hard not to corpse....
It got to the point that the writers would highlight certain lines in the script and write that Eddington could drop them in favor of facial expressions if he wanted to. ;-)
Sir frank with his teeth
"Irregular verb". My favourite Yes Minister line of all time.
This episode explains why very few leak enquiries ever report back.
Humphrey explains on many occasions why government enquiries never report back. They're not meant to find anything out, they're simply meant to simulate activity.
@@GardEngebretsen And in the episode where Hacker actually wanted to know the culprit, Humphrey was dumbfounded because such a request had never actually been made before, and when the culprit was found, he really didn't know what to do because there was no precedent
This is not a Sitcom, it is a course in Public Administration.
Yeh, we were actually encouraged to watch this as one of the more accurate political comedies by our professor in Public Administration (in Canada), which was taught by a civil servant.
@@tee2567 One of the lawyers I worked with became minister of education where I live and I gave him Yes Minister, I don't know if he watched it or not lol He did not seek reelection after his only term lol
A capstone course.
Hope that we'll eventually get the clip at the end of this episode, where Jim reveals that he's been onto Humphrey from the start.
The series was perfectly played and directed. Lightning in a bottle.
With “Yes Minister”, they are the best of the best, ……….ever!
"This is, in fact, a good plan...apart from all the reasons why it isn't."
Aren't you that office guy who sells paper and is the best standup comedian whole of United States
@@PrashantSingh-ju6ei No. No, I am not. I do not like the character, I do not like the show, I do not like the reference, and I do not like green eggs and ham.
@@michaelscott6022 So that is a yes then.
Name a better triple act. They were just superb.
Bloody perfect. Still unsurpassed.
Pretty sure this will never be surpassed
I wonder whether the character started off called "Dudley" in the script or whether his name was fixed at the point when the writers thought of the seven Dudley sins line and changed the name to fit. I wouldn't mind betting it was that way round.
Or it was one of those very very happy accidents, when (here) the name they came up with then lead them to this joke. We'll never know.
It would take me longer to read through the volumes which I have upon the bookshelf beside my desk to find the passage than I care to spend at this hour, but it is safe to say that the script writers - Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay - would have assembled a whole catalogue of such witticisms in advance and then engineered the stories to include as many as they could.
1:06 I think we have found the greatest pun ever made.
"the Service Chiefs are notorious for their indiscretion," let that sink in for a bit
it's also funny to consider that while the Chief of the General Staff reports to the Soviets and the Chief of the Air Staff reports to the US, the First Sea Lord reports to Fleet
That joke got me laughing for half a minute.
1:14 just a WITHERING LOOK
Makes you wonder how many takes it took before he could do that without cracking up completely!
Indeed you are...😂
I looooooooooooooooooooooove this show
Irregular verbs are the best.
Indeed they are.
A brilliant scene.
Hacker: And all this is honest and accurate?
Humphrey: It comes from the Ministry of Defence!
Reminds me of when Humphrey claimed statistics can prove anything, but when the Minister was critiquing his own statistics, he said ‘No, they’re government stat… they’re facts!’
"Even so, it could be honest and accurate." 😄
Well, who can he trust, the PM? Not the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defense, Cabinet colleagues...
4:00 - Poor Bernard, such a political virgin! LOL RIP ALL those who made this programme - and its forerunner - such a great piece of work...
Bernard suffers from a chronic and largely incurable case of principles.
3 of the finest actors briten had rest in peace lads
Just SUPERB 🌟🌟🌟
Derek Fowlds is initially, to me, Basil Brush's wingman.
But, in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, he displays his amazing comedic timing, which is why he is so loved by young and old alike.
"The Official Secrets act is not to protect secrets, it is to protect officials"
Such a shame that they’re all gone now😢
Sad... I googled their names last night when I finished yes minister
Gone, but will never be forgotten.
We still haven’t seen the likes of YM or YPM and it’s been over 40 years.
As relevant as when they were written, and very likely to remain so.
Hats off, and tremendous gratitude to all involved. ❤️
@@richardlloyd2589 This is the quality that you get when the writers REALLY know their subject matter! LOL
John Nettleton (Sir Arnold Robinson) is still around at 92, and Peter Cellier (Sir Frank Gordon) at 93. Both of them must have cheated the god of death.
@@SamvedIyer Shush, don’t jinx them!
marvelous. Still the bedst comedy ther ever was!!!
Once in a while I watch the complete show in an entire weekend and think, ah yeah just like real life.
Bernard is awesome
Prime minister are you not being indecisive?
This is gold
One of the seven Dudley sins.
Lines and deliveries like that make me wonder how the others managed to keep a straight face during that and not burst out laughing or at the very least, try to keep from smiling!
@@jeremyadler9620 sometimes they didn't. Watch the episode when Hacker, Sir Humphrey & Bernard discuss who reads which newspaper. There's a couple of twitches at mouth edges & a cautionary rubbing of a top lip on display when The Sun reader's attributes are discussed......
@@stephenphillip5656, Oh, I've seen that one! they do a MASTERFUL job of not giving in and just laugh out loud! Top marks for the cast!
Indeed you are 😂😂
Bernard has a point. Of course, he usually does.
InnnDEED you are! 😂
More 'real' than the real puppets in ties scurrying around westminster.
I said to my ex.. Shall I consider drafting my own letter of resignation 😂.... She blocked my number
Another Bernard Bomb of excellence
brilliantly written and with the perfect casting. a joy to watch, from the 1st episode to the last. this together with 'spitting image' were two of the success stories of 1980's tv. thatcher's government were ripe for satire and lampooning
Actually a lot of it was based on the Callaghan and Wilson governments (the first series of YM was originally intended to be shown in 1979 but was held back owing to the election). The incident with the "emergency communications room" full of booze, for example, had happened under the previous administration.
Mrs T was a big fan of YM/YPM, and the writing team were about as far apart from each other politically as it was possible to get!
money never goes north
Really funny
Loool true 😂
Brilliant
Great times when it was the evening paper and not Twitter 🐌
the best - we need something like this now instead of pathetic comedy parading around
Sir Humphrey got Sir Arnold's position ?
Watch the Yes Minister 1984 Christmas Special "Party Games"
@@Casual_Sadism there was a special episode thanks I didn't know about that
Indeed he did; Sir Arnold retired in the eighth episode of the third season, and struck a deal with Sir Humphrey that allowed the latter to become Cabinet Secretary. At the end of the episode, Jim Hacker has been appointed by the Crown as Prime Minister, so it ends with the words "Yes, Prime Minister".
Number 10
I mean, the Prime Minister really didn't ask for it to be leaked. The Cabinet Secretary had planned everything all along
English language is truely an art of expression and entertainment.
Can we just agree the current cabinet of Boris et al is in fact a less entertaining but equally troubling spin off series
And some how far, far more farcical!
The ship of state is the only ship that leaks from the top ...
And not a swear word in sight, very rare these days.
BEST COMEDY
How very prescient!
No comedy exist of this quality anymore
nothing has changed
😆❤️
The 80's sound like they were an interesting time to be alive. I don't remember Prime Minister Hacker, but how did they get all this footage out of Westminster?
;)
I don't know, but there has been a full leak inquirery.
Would like too see an Australian version of the show!! LOL!!
I Wonder if somebody could make a sicom about Boris Johnson?
Isnt that just anytime he is in office?
BBC Comedy Greats - you've given away the punchline in the video title. That's not smart.
Brilliant then...brilliant now.
from the first episode “the People have the right to be ignorant”
May be Boris Johnson should watch some of these episodes...
He’s certainly seen the episode at the Kumrahni embassy, the “ dry” reception where they were summoned to the comms room as “Mr Johnny Walker is on the phone “
Everyone who touched him is accountable and those who pimped him out are accountable
dudly sins! !!
When the adults were in charge
malebranche
The pleasant irony is that Bernard eventually becomes Prime Minister.
Head of the home civil service.
woah second comment