"The department will back you, uo to the hilt" 😂

@puffin51

6 ай бұрын

Which you will find jutting out of your back.

It's hyperbolic obviously, but that's still world-class manipulation by Sir Humphrey.

@victorviereck6476

3 ай бұрын

From LookBackHistory themselves.

@Kiwionwing

3 ай бұрын

On documentarys of how made They had private advisers on cases

@Unknown-jt1jo

Ай бұрын

I think you mean "exaggerated." Hyperbolic applies only to language, not to theatrical depictions.

When Hacker picked up the phone and Humphrey popped into the office, Humphrey had already laid down the trap and Hacker was dropped into it unknowingly. Manipulation at its finest.

Sir Humphrey at his most sinister. Even when he was shilling for tobacco companies, he wasn't so nakedly Machiavellian. What manner of kickback did Sir Humphrey receive from this deal?

@blaze4111

5 ай бұрын

it's not the deal humphrey cared about, he wanted to get rid of frank to make sure the only advice jim gets will be from the civil service. luring frank to propose a speech that humphrey knew would make jim looks bad would in turn make frank looks bad to jim for his bad advice.

@mattevans4377

3 ай бұрын

​@@blaze4111And even if the minister falls with Frank, a new minister will merely be appointed, and civil service business will carry on regardless. Sir Humphrey holds all the cards.

@blaze4111

3 ай бұрын

@@mattevans4377 okay? a minister will still be around for about 3-4 years so humphrey wanted to make sure the only advice jim gets during his term will be from the civil service. he tried to do the same with dorothy in "yes, prime minister" but she's way smarter than frank weisel.

@Unknown-jt1jo

Ай бұрын

Humphrey generally isn't motivated by money. He is motivated by power, prestige, and ensuring that his (or rather the Civil Service's) agenda wins out.

Humphrey sounds like a villian here

@rahulmodi8706

10 ай бұрын

He is a villain & against the British public

@ClickBeetleTV

10 ай бұрын

It's series 1 episode 1. I doubt they had all of the characterizations quite down yet

@TheGrenadier97

9 ай бұрын

It's very early in the series. Later on the clashes between Sir Humphrey and Jim Hacker became more of different points of views with logical arguments in their own manner.

@lightyagami1752

9 ай бұрын

Yes, he was totally playing Hacker and The Weasel (excuse me, Frank Weisel) here.

@ufoinsider6932

9 ай бұрын

He is the bad guy actually

My dear boy u can either be open or have government. U cant have both

Not the least bit surprised they dumped the “Weasel” character

@ShannonFreng

3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed it when his new advisor, Dorothy, would fluster Humphrey. But the best time, was when she did it to Sir Frank. Peter Cellier should have gotten a bigger part, as he was great as Sir Frank. Among other things they got right, was the casting.

@OtherwiseAce

3 ай бұрын

I think the reason he disappeared was because the actor suffered a traumatic brain injury and had to retire

@Rickkennett143

3 ай бұрын

​@@OtherwiseAceThat was in 1988, a head-on car crash. He left Yes, Minister in 1980.

@landyandy270

3 ай бұрын

I agree. The programme was better without that character.

@ShannonFreng

3 ай бұрын

@ndy270Agreed. It was better with Dorothy, as that weasel joke was growing rather thin. It's unfortunate what happened to the actor who played that part, though.

No wonder its Sir Humphrey who keeps getting those awards...

Back in the days when we cared about the balance of trade deficit

@c2757

4 ай бұрын

...or even knew how much it was, Minister.

@Kalenz1234

3 ай бұрын

This has nothing to do with trade deficit. It's that the government itself imports wares instead of buying and supporting the local economy. Trade deficit one way or the other wouldn't make this better or worse.

@bulletflight

3 ай бұрын

You'd have to depress skilled worker wages to Amazon screaming booth level to make even on manufacturing.

Weasel. Glad they got rid.

I'm confused as to what the aim was here?

@dsfsdfsddf

3 ай бұрын

Watch the whole episode.