Sinn Fein don't attend parliament.

@steveholt2472

9 жыл бұрын

Woah Woah woah - stop the press and alert the Secretary General! A comedy skit on a late night television show is not historically accurate!

@fds7476

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Holt *Politically. It's not yet in the past.

@lavonaffair

5 жыл бұрын

They mentioned Clinton being president and the good friday agreement of '98. It's most definitely history.

@nobad6134

5 жыл бұрын

It was recorded in 98' so it was not history when made then.

@walterzamalis4846

5 жыл бұрын

Even Karl Pilkington knows that

The only innacuracy here is the MPs being quiet while the PM is talking

@beebergbaloch1935

5 жыл бұрын

Can u tell me more about parliament ma'am.

@georgecatton

3 жыл бұрын

@@beebergbaloch1935 what do you want to know?

@franticranter

3 жыл бұрын

and sinn fein being in parliament. and the opposition mps being on the same side as the pm. and the extent to which the pm has super witty answers. this is by no means accurate

@amritpalsingh3293

3 жыл бұрын

@@franticranter Chill Mr. It's comedy show

@DJJezzebella

2 жыл бұрын

Don't tell him to chill. What he was saying was funny in a different way and also the truth. The real thing probably is a lot funnier like what they were saying. Despite it being a lot funnier that's the thing though. That kind of humor goes over American's heads because dry Brit humor is for people who are what's that word? Oh...it's... ...educated! Good luck with that part when most can't even find the letter A that used to be in front of the word "American" You'll be lucky if you get the apostrophe in front of the "M" these days because most people won't even spell out the whole word "you" they'll just put the letter "u" at the end accompanied by a couple more random single letters of the alphabet. This horrible broken English is definitely our schools failing as our work ethic is also becoming lazy! The only people that should be using single letters to express themselves are kidnappers with ransom letters or Prince.

The Speaker of the House of Commons does not use a gavel!

@vaultsuit

9 жыл бұрын

nor any english judge, yet even uk tv shows them with gavels...

@Dexter101x

7 жыл бұрын

Medea's Biggest Fan oh for heavens sake, this is make believe

@scottsterling7659

7 жыл бұрын

Medea's Biggest Fan eeeeaaaaarrrr

@ms.rstake_1211

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@coolhand67

6 жыл бұрын

Medea's Biggest Fan Really? That is your only problem with this sketch? 😬

I don't think this would work on actual British people, but for the american's who don't know much about the UK, this bag of stereotypes is probably hilarious.

@kanervatie

7 жыл бұрын

Butthurt just a bit. Just a bit...Not much. Just a bit.

@garrysutters1835

7 жыл бұрын

the stereotypes are not offensive, just shit sketches haha

@jazzx251

7 жыл бұрын

And yet - no one can deny that this bunch of unruly public schoolboys is very close to reality. All that's missing when you watch the real PMQs is some paper planes and a homemade catapult. Most of them are in a state of arrested development (12 years old roughly).

@zacharytalbot-mason8829

7 жыл бұрын

Speaking as someone born and raised in Britain: I like teletubbies

@ishady27

3 жыл бұрын

I laugh cry watched the video

A labour MP on an opposition bench Questioning a labour pm?

@insmo

8 жыл бұрын

never know, maybe labour has a huge majority in this story

@Jesus420.69

8 жыл бұрын

+insmo So big they need to sit on opposition benches? Lol

@EvenWaysMusic

8 жыл бұрын

+rainbow six seige Was thinking the same lol

@Jesus420.69

8 жыл бұрын

+Even.Ways Music What geeks we are.

@insmo

8 жыл бұрын

also under Westminster conventions prime ministers generally don't punch government MPs in the face

This was just juvenile. It could have been pulled off so much better

@modernlacuna

8 жыл бұрын

+Harry Wells Accurate, though.

@modernlacuna

8 жыл бұрын

+Harry Wells Although Blair was more of a Cameron.

@somniumisdreaming

8 жыл бұрын

+AndroZeus no not really. just boring nonsense.

@modernlacuna

8 жыл бұрын

+somniumisdreaming Exactly. Accurate.

@taylorbarnaby

8 жыл бұрын

+Harry Wells In all fairness, the real PMQs is pretty juvenile most of the time...

Will Ferrell feels like he is channeling David Walliams in this sketch.

The actual house of commons is way more hilarious

@christopherhelton6999

2 жыл бұрын

That's true. I've been binge watching actual PMQ clips ever since the shit show of Johnson's partygate started. It's what led me here. :)

@kichigan1

2 жыл бұрын

No offense to the British people, but it is really entertaining.

@farghom

9 ай бұрын

LMAO

Gerry Adams in the Commons! Bloody hell that'll be the day!

@gregnew1

3 жыл бұрын

He is welcome anytime. All he has to do is recognise the sovereignty of Parliament and the Queen over Northern Ireland... Ok, that may take a while.

@kenlandon6130

Жыл бұрын

And if he did happen to show up and ask a question, he certainly would not be doing it from a dispatch box.

@paulframe85

Жыл бұрын

Gerry Adams' voice not being that of an actor!

this is so inaccurate I don't even know where to begin

@someone3584

8 жыл бұрын

Lol

@someone3584

8 жыл бұрын

God bless American ignorance, and this was SNL!

@ernest747

8 жыл бұрын

well, the voices are accurate, gay and slashy

@irishking1414

7 жыл бұрын

James Tilsley it's a sketch not a documentary. Please learn différence to enjoy

@davidmcginness6718

7 жыл бұрын

Well they DID capture the fact that very often PQT descends into name callingand pointless exchanges which is usually just highly sophisticated chest pounding

I was searching Oasis's SNL performance, so how did I end up here?

@buttsworth

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough I know the answer. There is another version of this sketch where the Will Ferrell character keeps going on about Oasis being the best band instead of Teletubbies being the beat kids show. He starts singing Wonderwall before getting kicked out in the other vwrsion.

@alumpyhorse

Жыл бұрын

@@buttsworth years later, your comment rescues this random passerby. Much appreciated :)

Will Ferrell's British accent makes him sound exactly like Christopher Biggins...

xD Now we need the Questions in British Parliament skit where MIchael Shersby declares his love for Oasis.

@benjaminhill2836

Жыл бұрын

And Clive Budgen saying "I'm still wearing ladies' underwear!"

@DrunkenUFOPilot

11 ай бұрын

This is not on YT yet, apparently.

Why is a labour MP sat opposite a labour PM? when was the head of the tories from belfast? and no tory northern irish man is going to call himself an irish citizen and complain about british oppression in ireland, the members who do complain about that don't take their seats in parliament becasue they don't recognise the uk government as the rightful government of northern ireland. this was so weirdly inaccurate i couldn't enjoy the deliberately silly bits properly.

@mathieuleader8601

8 жыл бұрын

+Lucia Willow hear hear

@1Cineworld

8 жыл бұрын

He's not the leader of the tories, he was a Sinn Fein member.

@luciawillow885

8 жыл бұрын

yeah but he was stood opposite labour, sinn fein could never stand opposite labour as they could never be the head of the opposition as they can only stand in northern ireland and therefore could never get enough seats

@1Cineworld

8 жыл бұрын

Lucia Willow That is correct but the place where the third party and NI parties sit is not in the sketch. To be fair to them they only get a few days to come up with sketches and they obviously don't watch PM questions. At least they used actual parties.

@luciawillow885

8 жыл бұрын

i know, it just seemed very bizarre what with the irish nationalism and all

Gerry Adams never sat in Parliament. As an MP one is required to swear an oath of loyalty to the Queen,and well Gerry Adams as an Irish Republican isn't to cool with that.

@matthew1648

8 жыл бұрын

Just thinking that myself!

@paolocabling

4 жыл бұрын

Why was "Gerry Adams" not wearing any facial hair here? HAHAHA!! 🤣

I love how people are so serious here

Matthew Broderick's Tony Blair is actually quite good.

so SNL stands for 'So Not Laughing' I never knew

"Remove that imbecile from that house" 4:10 😂😂😂😂

As an Englishman, this is pretty funny. The idea that Gerry Adams would be seen in Westminster. Ha!

Gerry Adams has a beard. He is infamous for that beard! At least give gerry a beard!!

@FatguyInthedeli

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Campbell let alone the fact he never sat in parliament and isn’t leader of the opposition.

@TortelliniTortelliniTortellini

2 жыл бұрын

He can borrow some from Jimmy Carter

I was looking for an earlier aired skit like this, from maybe around 1990-1993 or thereabouts, the one where Clive Budgen announces "I’m still wearing ladies underwear!!" but this skit is just as funny.

The only way this could be more accurate is having the members cheer when their representative is announced

This just popped up in my recommendations and I must say, the timing is impeccable! 👀😂

Matthew Broderick as Tony Blair was something I didn't know I needed

Lol people complaining about the accuracy in this 😂😂...... Only if you brits actually held their Politicians responsible as seriously as you do for this

Gerry Adams has never sat in the House of Commons nor has any Sinn Fein MP to my knowledge. Sinn Fein MPs who favour a united Ireland have consistently refused to take up their seats at Westminster refusing to swear allegiance to the Queen.

This is supposed to be a comedy show? Where are the jokes?

Comedy died a little after this sketch.

I am so sad the Oasis one is not on here!! I am so disappointed!!!!

I distinctly remember a missing part of this sketch where Colin Quinn's character returns to ask if the Prime Minister would be willing to take a package home with him (and the package is clearly an explosive).

@lastgreathand-drawnproduct3843

2 жыл бұрын

That was from the Mike Myers-hosted episode; the one where Ferrell-as-Shersby was obsessed with Oasis.

@SeanMurrayI

2 жыл бұрын

@@lastgreathand-drawnproduct3843 Ah, thankew. I didn't realize Colin Quinn was also in the other sketch.

@benjaminhill2836

Жыл бұрын

@@lastgreathand-drawnproduct3843 And Clive Budgen (Darrell Hammond) announcing "I'm still wearing ladies' underwear!" :)

@MikeCee7

7 ай бұрын

I tried to look for that SNL Oasis parliament one on KZread. I cannot find it. Apparently it may not be posted on KZread. But if it does ever get posted on KZread, please someone let me know.

@MikeCee7

7 ай бұрын

for me to reply to on KZread. ⁠@@lastgreathand-drawnproduct3843youryoutubeuaernameistolongformeto

Returning to this there is so many mistakes it is beyond funny: 1) Prime Ministers Questions (PMQ's) happen once a week on a Wednesday 2) The Speaker of the house does not use a gavel 3) Gerry Adams along with Sinn Fein has never attended PMQ's due to them not taking up their seats in the Houses of Parliament 4) That neither sounds like or more importantly looks like Gerry Adams who has a large full beard 5) Gerry Adams parliamentary Constituency was Belfast-West 6) Members of the Public would not be able to enter the chamber 7) Calling a member of the Public a 'Blood American' would result in an immediate rebuke from the speaker for unparliamentary behaviour 8) By convention MP's do not clap 9) The Speaker during PMQ's would not allow multiple questions from the same back benchers, there is a strict pecking order with the Leader of the opposition going first then the leader of the third largest party 10) The Prime Minister cannot order the removal of a sitting MP from the house, for that to happen it must be the Speaker who names the intransigent MP first after asking them to withdraw their comment followed by a vote. Only then can a sitting MP be removed from the Chamber. The process is shown here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaaV1NiNo5i3frg.html

@Trucmuch

2 жыл бұрын

Also, some MPs were on the wrong side. All Labour MPs should have their seats on the same side that the PM and the opposition on the other side.

This is sooo funny, Mr Shersby and the teletubby crusade

I mean Gerry Adams and the Siân Féin don't take their seats in the House of Commons. And there leader would most certainly not speak from the dispatch box of they did. Otherwise gr... who am I kidding... it was dire.

"Gramm" was a dead give away, Americans pronounce Graham: "Gramm" but British people pronounce it "Grey-am"

Michael Shersby passed away in May 1997.

Will Ferrell: Labour- Uxbridge, that caption got me in stiches! Great skit! Love Americans doing brit accents!

@josephdragunov374

4 жыл бұрын

Because I checked and Michael Shersby is Conservative - Uxbridge

@Dreamskater100

4 жыл бұрын

👍@@josephdragunov374

For SNL, that's a pretty good recreation of the Commons. They forgot to put a mace on the table from the props dept.

"What I'm trying to say is *I.Love.Teletubbies* "

This is so accurate!.

Surprisingly accurate

I'd say that's fairly accurate.

@kylearmstrong3935

6 жыл бұрын

hungrypromethean lol, pretty much everybody else getting salty as fuck about accents, gavels, seating arrangements and that 😂😂😂

I don't really get the joke.... I didnt know us Brits were so into Teletubbies haha. Bless.

Time for teletubbies 😂 😂 😂 😂

A lot of mistakes 1. The Commons members does not clap. 2. The Speaker doesn't use a wooden gavel

@FatguyInthedeli

5 жыл бұрын

Jeruelle Apigo 3. Sinn Fein never sat in Parliament 4. Woolwich was not Tory in 1998 5. Gerry Adams has no beard 6. Sinn Fein did not lead the opposition

Hilarious that Matthew Broderick is playing Blair, considering he is a dead ringer for John Major.

SNL, please bring back the sketch where they say Oasis is the greatest band. Please and thank you.

@MikeCee7

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s what I search for SNL & Oasis. (& I just got this video) Was the Oasis bit, part of this sketch? or in another SNL Parliament sketch?

@belforio

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeCee7 different one

@MikeCee7

2 жыл бұрын

@@belforio , Thanks. If the Oasis Parliament bit ever does get uploaded to KZread, please let me know here.

This is so inaccurate... clapping is forbidden in Parliament

Watching this for the hundredth time.

I search for SNL & Oasis. (& I just got this video) Was the Oasis bit, part of this sketch? or was it in another SNL Parliament sketch?

2.55 was perfect.

Er first of all sounds nothing like Gerry Adams and secondly he never took up his seat in parliament as per Sinn Fein policy! Also it is against parliamentary tradition to clap.

@irishking1414

7 жыл бұрын

Fedaykin24 er first this a comedy, and second it's mocking and not portraying the parliament.obviously you have to be told the difference

@Fedaykin24

7 жыл бұрын

You clearly need to be told how good comedy works.

Way too calm and mature compared to the real parliament

so much fun, I wish this was more popular

@campinatorxbox1610

3 жыл бұрын

Im still watching in 2021. I hope that makes u feel better.

@alumpyhorse

Жыл бұрын

2023 here :)

@johng4730

Жыл бұрын

I saw this on a comedy central rerun in 02 of Broderick promoting Godzilla in 98. This was my favorite sketch.

The Big Ben was actually remodeled after SNL mentioned this. 😂

'"BRITISH..." "EXTREMELY BRITISH..." "I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING."

just pointitng out, it is extremely uncommon to have MPs clapping and i dont understand why the parties are not divided onto opposite sides in the chamber

The accents on this are diabolical Blair sounds welsh!!

@ronnieswoleman4290

10 жыл бұрын

Have you ever been to England?

@ronnieswoleman4290

10 жыл бұрын

***** I'm from London, I live in London. I have no idea how you think this isn't accurate.

@ronnieswoleman4290

10 жыл бұрын

***** Right now? Islington. Have also lived in Chiswick, Wimbledon, Stratford and a few others. Yourself?

@Grange34

10 жыл бұрын

Ronnie Swoleman how much is a pint of bitter in the Kings Arms ?

@ronnieswoleman4290

10 жыл бұрын

Grange34 I don't drink much, and especially not beer. Also not heard of the King's Arms, is it down Essex Road?

There's a other one of these with Mike Myers as John Major.

Why C SPAN lol 😂😂😂 This is the UK for effings sake

The speaker is the best thing!

Not offended, just not funny. Would expect better from SNL.

IS THAT A GAVEL!?!?!?!?!?? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

This is actually more civil than the actual house of commons

Aw this came out 13 days before I was born :)

Would’ve been funny to see someone portray Dennis Skinner

Uxbridge? At that time it was represented by Conservative MP Michael Heseltine

Sinn Fein has never and will never enter the H of C

They did this sketch a year earlier in 97 (with Michael Myers as John Major.) In real life Michael Shersby passed away one month later. They did this sketch again in 98 and again included Will Ferrell impersonating Michael Shersby. Did the writers not know that the MP was dead when they made this sketch? Or did they know but want to include Ferrell's impression of him anyway?

now i know how the other side of the atlantic views Britain's politics

i cant even finish this shit

@TelecastPropellor96

7 жыл бұрын

Eat more fibre

@okkcomputer

7 жыл бұрын

Positive Comment OH SNAP

gerry adams never took his seat in the commons and he'd never reffer to the north as northern ireland

they don't clap in Parliament

@legaminmaccormaic2895

7 жыл бұрын

hear, hear!

@scottsterling7659

7 жыл бұрын

Arthur it's eeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaarrrrr

This is frightfully inaccurate

Ok,.So this was somwhat fun.

PMQ's is on Wednesdays at midday for an hour once a week

@heathertaylor2744

4 жыл бұрын

If you're going to insult the skit then at least do it properly. PMQ's last for 30 minutes.

Love it

Wow. Great accents guys. Gee so authentic. Sooooooooooooo authentic.

The irony is Farrel did the best accent!

I'm guessing the writer didn't actually watch PMQs properly.

BORRRRRRIIINGGGGGGGG

The PM's comments are pretty spot on though.

In the first minute A) Woolwich is a safe labour seat, this was filmed when labour was at thier largest ever too. B) Sinn Fein don’t take wrstminister seats and thier certainly not leaders of the opposition.

Not sure whether to laugh or moan about how painfully inaccurate this is! Sinn Fein in Parliament? No!

I'd still say we're less ludicrous than the U.S. Congress...just about.

A few seconds into the sketch. There's a SInn Fein MP in Parliament for some reason. Fuck my life, this is going to be rough.

Wtf is with Tony Blair's accent? He's Scottish, born in Edinburgh and educated at Fettes (trivia fans: same school as James Bond attended in Ian Fleming's novels). Yes, he's posh and has lost the accent somewhat, but he doesn't sound like Prince bloody Charles. :-/

@TelecastPropellor96

7 жыл бұрын

Or know the difference.

@MrsControlFreak

6 жыл бұрын

Clothilde i

@benedictcase4290

5 жыл бұрын

In that part of edinburgh most of the people that live there have english accents for some reason

Lol .. Will farrell 😂

It is just like this

Not sure if this was meant to represent total real deputies but far i have seen there is none deputy with the name Clive Budgen and about Michael Shersby i only found 1 who was from the Conservative Party and passed away on 1997(about 1 year before this segment aired).

Gerry Adams is in the House Of Commons and has no beard. I'll say no more.

In an another episode (Mike Myers as John Major) Clive Budgen said "I'm still wearing ladies' underwear!"

@johnwilliams1223

Жыл бұрын

That’s the episode I’m trying to find.

The only good thing about this sketch is molly shannon as betty boothroyd, the worst thing is brodericks blair

Lmao @ all the Brits getting offended

@welshgit

6 жыл бұрын

ScareBare You must be living in an alternate universe. We aren't offended. Unlike insecure yanks, we LOVE other people taking the piss out of our government, we'd cheer and join in... Being offended because a foreigner said something "mean" is a yank thing - don't project your insecurity on the rest of the world. Put simply - this sketch was crap. SNL can do much better, and much more "insulting" and if they do, then we'll happily laugh.

If you are going for political satire; make the topic a bit more mature and not mediocre imitation and shitty stereotypes.

Comparatively juvenile American humour summed up in 5 minutes

And thus USA was introduced to Teletubbies.

Sinn Fein won't sit in Parliament as it derives it's power from the Monarch, still quite funny though!

Broderick's accent wow

Betty Boothroyd impression is spot on.

@TheMusicalElitist

Жыл бұрын

No it isn't