I feel like 'you're looking very dapper, like if there'd been a Scottish James Bond' doesn't get the love it deserves as a line

@EmperorMingg

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Also Sean Connery seems not to count, because he’s nothing compared to Malcolm or Jamie! Cracking line!

@jonjo2598

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmperorMingg The character of James Bond WAS Scottish (half) and grew up on Skyfall (A Scottish Family Estate).

@crywlf9103

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonjo2598 that’s the joke lad, the fact he doesn’t know both the character and one of the actors was Scottish

@gorgolyt

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonjo2598 That'sh the joak shun.

@igoralekseyev3347

2 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated line. Really shows how profoundly clueless Duggan is.

It's a really tough competition but I think that John Duggan takes the prize as the most incompetent character on The Thick of It,

@ShaunRL

5 жыл бұрын

HIm and Ben Swain need a spin off movie.

@OliSandler

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShaunRL with Robyn there too

@mattdavies7398

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShaunRL Did they get that piano up the stairs?

@epincion

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is a contender for a Grayling award.

@Scruffed

5 жыл бұрын

He's useless but he's largely harmless. Ben Swain, Nicola Murray and Phil Smith (Peter's advisor) are much worse.

Miles Jupp was absolutely perfect for playing John. My favourite bit is where he starts laughing after Julie's "Sweating like a fat lass" line.

@bluestone9726

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed and I honestly believe that was just Miles' genuine reaction to the line.

@dog-jk2hn

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluestone9726 It was, he's said as much before. Apparently he did it all the time and that one slipped through the cracks.

@anthonykelly1649

Жыл бұрын

Or J D as he likes to be called

@ethzero

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonykelly1649 ... so, John.

@balls9896

11 ай бұрын

Fuckin cracks me up every single time I watch it!! 🤣🤣

I love how he's the perfect blend of absolutely annoying but absolutely hilarious at the same time. He was such a funny character he should've been in more than 2 episodes.

@Bhodisatvas

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I found him absolutely infuriating because I deal with people like him in real life but also extremely funny in a harmless twat kind of way.

@BossySwan

8 ай бұрын

Only in a _non gassy way_

@hoilst265

8 ай бұрын

@@BossySwan "Like as if there'd been a Scottish James Bond..."

3:49 -The “I’m sweating like a fat lass” reaction makes me chuckle

@joshtubbytub9638

5 жыл бұрын

BrianBadonde feel like that was actually Miles Jupp just laughing

@TimoMomo

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshtubbytub9638 it is, it's on the commentary.

@GroverTmuldoon

4 жыл бұрын

josh tubbytub you can see him laughing later in the episode when Malcolm roughs him up after he’s butted Glen

04:47 "Oh god, I've got so much on as it is" gets me howling every time.

every time i travel on a train i think about the "wrap and vestibule" line

This video has every JD clip...and that's a Duggan promise.

@lose8447

4 жыл бұрын

Not a political promise?

Noses can't break that's a myth

@aaronbower6819

5 жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about?

@samirul223

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97

2 жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about

“Awww, I’ve got so much on as it is...”

Literally every moment he has is hilarious. Best character in the show and he’s only in two episodes

"Ahh, unexpected item in bagging area, I was expecting something more Ollie shaped. I'm JD, recently divorced". Hahaha, what a bloke.

"I'm JD. Recently divorced."

'Like a nazi guard but in a non gassy way' .. LOL!

@williamchapple8886

Ай бұрын

You’re not Jewish are you? No Oh good

Ollie's line about "Not to be rude, but are you actually autistic?" Is brilliant.

@Darkstar263

4 жыл бұрын

I wish they kept that line in. I'm autistic and found that hilarious. Some people on the spectrum have no social filter, e.g. talking inappropriately. I don't do that but I have met others who do.

@MrLethalShots

4 жыл бұрын

@Darkstar263 I have been seeing you around the Thick of It videos for years. I just want to say Hi.

@dansaunders1655

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm not insubstantially spectroid myself and I don't mind having fun poked at our sort at all

@filgus497

2 жыл бұрын

@@dansaunders1655 bit late, but 'not insubstantially spectroid' is a fantastic phrase, top marks

@MoskHotel

Жыл бұрын

“Not being horrible here, but are you actually autistic?” “No, but you’d be surprised how many people ask me that.”

Changing the title when he said he "rebranded" made me audibly chuckle.

You missed out one of my favourite lines: “I quite fancy one of those pizzas that's so hot the cheese actually evaporates.”

@AlexEdwards

5 жыл бұрын

I swear it’s in there somewhere

@leeward5907

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Edwards Perhaps I was laughing too much to notice.

He's like Alan Partridge

@AlexEdwards

5 жыл бұрын

I’d never thought of that before😂😂

@alexeverett308

5 жыл бұрын

This is one of those things that you don't see until it's pointed out, and then you can't see anything else.

@cripplesunday1

4 жыл бұрын

came to make this observation, i think it helps he's holding a folder for some of it. more of these compilations please,

@morisan42

3 жыл бұрын

Same writer

@BossySwan

Жыл бұрын

He’s a big posh sod with puns in his mouth

The second hand embarrassment when he tries hitting onto Helen is unbearable

"Actually I'm almost certain it is" as if he just waded through the memory lake to find any occurrence before then

in this show even the minor characters were brilliant !

1:31 the sudden “realization” always gets me lmao.

Duggan’s immediate response to seeing someone getting punched in the face right in front of him (“Oh my God, I’ve got so much on as it is”). Pretty much my exact response when I’m having a nightmarishly busy day at work and the colleague who’s supposed to be helping me conveniently chooses to have a meltdown instead. Then goes off sick for the rest of the week.

“Unexpected item in bagging area”

He really was an absolute tool and acted as a complete incompetent tool superbly, nicely done.

In the commentary for Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle they said that Miles Jupp had terrible problems bursting into laughter during JD's first appearance (in the motel), so the writers included that in the character for this later appearance in the train episode.

someone who cannot stop talking...ever.

A portrayal of a man who is so socially unaware of himself ,its uncanny.

"Might bring back memories of her latte husband" - I can't breathe, the writing is so good.

The perfect execution of giving a comedy actor a role which is a heavily bastardized version of themselves. No-one on the planet could have played John Duggan like that except Miles

Unforgettable character. I wish we'd had more of him.

0:57 "Manion? Right, yeah.." >vacant stare< 😐

His facial expressions and the way he says 'im almost certain it is' after talking about the vestibule/wrap situation is genius

@dpbUK

5 ай бұрын

This is Iannucci and very Partridge. Love it

Every press officer I talk to never fails to mention how busy they are. And because they are a press officer they are lying about this.

I model my working attitude on this guy.

One of the funniest characters and best performances Ive seen in many a year.

Miles Jupp was fantastic in this role

They make pizza so hot the cheese actually evaporates

My to-do list is longer than a big willy.

3:48 was Miles Jupp, not John Duggan

I hadn't noticed before, but when Malcolm punches Glenn, he also knocks Ollie down. That's strangely hilarious.

@philmuggeson1849

2 жыл бұрын

Good spot!! 😂😂😂

Oi twat features, I mean that literally. Classic Malcolm

Unexpected item in bagging area 😂😂

I had forgotten the bumbling brilliance of John "J.D." Duggan.

I love how Mike in Veep is basically equal part Glenn Cullen and John Duggan

I've got so much on as it is!

I want a spinoff of Duggan and Sidekick Simon at the pub.

"Nicola Potter and the Prisoner of Azka-Bradford"

Oi Richard Stilgoe, ya jazzy bastard, you missed the best quote from the entire programme!

@mattdavies7398

5 жыл бұрын

Noses fucking supposes.

@lsarpong

5 жыл бұрын

who wrote these lines unreal so so funny

Dying to know what drivel he was spewing as he realises he's been abandoned on the train at 3:14

1:44 I just realised he’s stupid because Sean Connery is literally the Scottish James Bond.

“Ugh, I’ve got so much on as it is.”

I love that Duggan turns up on the two worst/most chaotic days of Nicola's political career.

@jacobe1074

10 ай бұрын

He's the harbinger of electoral oblivion (ding ding)

'Thats the fellow'

"oh i've got so much on as it is" after malcom punches glenn is such a brilliant line with brilliant execution, fucking love JD

I can't be the only one who thinks he looks like Joe Cocker in the thumbnail.

Seeing Miles Jupp appear on tv without Sean Lock is very jarring

"My to-do list is longer than a big willy"

Miles Jupp is also a comedian and was Archie in Balamory.

The press officer politics deserves

3:44 "My to do list is longer than a big willy" is my favourite

John Dugan, should of been in more episodes!

Rumour has it, John is still on that train

what's not to love...!

Piers Morgan before he snuffed out money.

What a great actor. So different here to Nigel in rev!

Lmao when Nicola left him on the fucking train. Can imagine him ending up halfway across the fucking country

Would love to see Nicola Potter and the Prisoner of AzkaBradford made into a full-length film. Sounds almost sexual, doesn't it?

@AlexEdwards

3 жыл бұрын

No need, the only films you need are there will be blood and there will be tits. Jamie told us and Jamie’s always right... unless you want to... ‘explore personal boundaries’

@foucault9978

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexEdwards True. Maybe he'd do an educational film about how to perform keyhole surgery with his key

the busiest man in politics

@Scruffed

Жыл бұрын

JD, recently divorced

@ANDCFC95

10 ай бұрын

Keen inventor too

Please please please do a Stuart Pearson compilation! 😁

"Like a nazi guard, only in a non-gassy way".... "You're not Jewish, are you?" "No" "Oh, good." Hahaha

Well at least no one got annoyed and broke his nose. It's a myth after all...

I knew someone as cringe worthy and as annoying as him. It made the character all the more impactful. Great acting and writing.

Oh I've got so much on as it is!

Archie after he stopped inventing and left Balamory

Duggan is the kind of person that makes you wonder how the hell he got into politics in the first place.

I've got so much on as it is

"Noses can't break anyway, it's a myth"

Like a casino or… *_cArDiFf_*

She is bonkers

He sounds just like Richard Madely

I'm sure Miles laughing at the "sweating like a fat lass" comment was not originally in the script!!

JD - Jiant Douche (yes I know it's giant)

ARCHIE

@AlexEdwards

5 жыл бұрын

Miles Jupp is a god

@shugaroony

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexEdwards His laugh is so infectious. :D

@notverycreative

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexEdwards He absolutely is. Just been listening to old News Quiz episodes with him. Brilliance personified.

@ringmaster996

2 жыл бұрын

@@notverycreative End of this world which is the most important words to say to her

Unexpected item in bagging area

“Not Jewish are you?” is such a great line because it implies that the joke would be inoffensive otherwise.

Alan Partridge is that you?

Nicola Potter and the prisoner of azkabradford

Neither of you are Dom's

@jimmy2k4o

5 жыл бұрын

JOXCY both subs then

Peter Manion next please?

@AlexEdwards

5 жыл бұрын

Good idea😂

When are we getting a Ben Swain compilation?

@sibadityapal1493

4 жыл бұрын

Would really like to see a sheep being raped by a lion

@dansaunders1655

3 жыл бұрын

@@sibadityapal1493 And not even in a good way

@BossySwan

Жыл бұрын

Well that’s a … yes I’m sure you’d like me to, *blinks* well I’d like to answer that question Jeremy and I’m sure you’d like to rush me into an answer *blinks*

Literally every character montage from this show people are like ‘omg best character’ they can’t all be the best characters. It’s just a show with lots of hilarious characters

@DanskiV2

2 жыл бұрын

People have different opinions on who they feel is the best character? Shock!

@lose8447

Жыл бұрын

@@DanskiV2 john is one of my favourite characters

There's a scene (might be a deleted one) where Olly gets fed up with him: Olly: "I'm not being horrible but are you actually autistic?!"

@marksinger2360

2 жыл бұрын

"No, but you'd be surprised how many people ask that."

@AlexEdwards

2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find this? don't think I've seen that one!

@jpaulc441

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexEdwards It's on the deleted scenes for this episode. This was on the DVD version, I'm not sure if you can find it on KZread.

@AlexEdwards

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpaulc441 pretty sure I’ve got the dvd somewhere, gonna have to find a DVD player though 😂

Is IF there’d been a Scottish James Bond?! Did Sean Connery die for nothing?

@DanskiV2

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the joke ya bright spark…. The character James Bond is half-Scottish as well. This line just goes to show how clueless he is.

I've got so much on as it is