that what means to be a fangirl and write a fanfiction when you're real Prime Minister!

@peterfireflylund

4 жыл бұрын

Weirdest Mary Sue ever.

@MrGoneTroppo

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterfireflylund Disappointed to see Northampton lost again

@Muck006

3 жыл бұрын

Just a reminder: - she is responsible for giving a knighthood to Jimmy Savile ... in her FIFTH ATTEMPT - she is responsible for the Public Order Act 1986, which made it a crime to insult politicians on the street [Tony Blair expanded this to electronic communications in 2003, which is why censorship and "the right NOT to be offended" exists nowadays] - she is responsible for killing off industry ... and replacing it with NOTHING / a dependence upon welfare in many regions of Britain

@Dunk1970

3 жыл бұрын

@@Muck006 ~Yawn~ Savile wasn't known as a sex offender back then and had raised £40M for charity. I'm not in any way condoning his actions, but to blame Thacther is nonsense. The BBC were continually providing him with the opportunities to prey on children. Your criticism would be much more accurately placed at their door. If they couldn't see what he was up to how could Thatcher? Also, it is a common myth that manufacturing and industry died at the hands of Thatcher, when in reality manufacturing has seen steady growth throughout the last 75 years. The fact that other industry sectors also grew up along side it thereby adding more diversity to our revenue streams is often used to propogate this false premise. In other words, manufaturing has grown and we are now less reliant on it. The true picture: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/timeseries/k22a/diop Note from the above link that Industry declined during Thatcher's first 18 months in office, while she sorted out the union mess. It then grew and was higher when she left office in 1990 than it had been when she took office in 1979.

@YesMinisterMuseum

3 жыл бұрын

@RYG Ever heard of Winston?

It's kind of funny how much this feels like fan fiction. Thatcher just happened to be important enough for the actors to obligate her wish to play a side role.

@colinp2238

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe she was just testing the water for a future plan?

@bomcabedal

Жыл бұрын

They didn't do so with great enthusiasm. Particularly Nigel Hawthorne was difficult to persuade.

@AcanthaDante

8 ай бұрын

The sketch was fanfiction, it was written by Thatcher herself 😂

@frasierfreak92

2 ай бұрын

None of them wanted to do it, they basically got threatened into it and Derek Fowlds just didn’t turn up 😂

Apparently Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne were desperate to get out of doing this and asked one of the writers to get them out of it but he had no power to do so, this just shows what true professionals they were!

@hadorstapa

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - they took it on and properly acted it in their roles. Not just the actors reading the lines like they were bored, we got Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey.

@barath4545

2 жыл бұрын

It was apparently not really Thatcher that annoyed the two of them; She was not the reason, although she could have been. The woman sitting behind Thatcher, though, is the infamous Mary Whitehouse, a conservative woman who wanted to censor and ban anything not upperclass restrained fun on TV and had a serious impact on the allowance of humor back then. Think of the worst Christian Karen you can, as a British person, and this is her; She had intellect enough to gather people for her cause and nearly killed off many classics forms/shapes of humor that we have today.

@anonleft

2 жыл бұрын

@@hadorstapa How were they forced to do it? It's not part of the show, it wouldn't be part of their contracts, they were popular enough they would hardly be axed if they refused...

@anonleft

2 жыл бұрын

@@barath4545 a really nasty piece of work. She'd have enjoyed Gilead.

@hadorstapa

2 жыл бұрын

@@anonleft it’s the unspoken contract and future career threat. Acting is unpredictable enough as it is, and especially back then when there was an awful lot less lucrative independent production around. Don’t mistake their popularity then and since for financial stability, let alone riches. It’s a very changeable industry.

Sir Humphrey had a 1st from Oxford in classics, not a double first in politics and economics!

@YesMinisterMuseum

10 жыл бұрын

But the lack of humor is even more offensive than inconsistencies.

@Herman47

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, I had always thought Humphrey's degree was in the classics. To be sure, though, perhaps we find out now that he has additional degrees!

@therrydicule

9 жыл бұрын

Humphrey Appleby Look, it was a favour given to Mrs.Tatcher because she send a scripts.... It's her sketch, her ideas, just a curiosity. It was the nice thing to do (not necesarly the right thing to do, although there is no real wrong done here), even if her sketch is not entirely consistent within itself (ask an economist to ban economists, while saying that his knowledge is so good that he know where to start - well, that paradox should be the joke?), that it was not consistent with the narrative of the show, and that it does bring question about conflict of interest (meh, not so big questions, but still it's there).

@YesMinisterMuseum

9 жыл бұрын

therrydicule So what are you saying? That is wasn't, or wasn't exclusively, a feeble attempt to cash in on the show's popularity? It is generally treated as such by the writers (the actors are all dead now). She did the dead parrot sketch from monty python as well.

@therrydicule

9 жыл бұрын

Humphrey Appleby I think that she genuinely enjoyed the show, but that it was an attempt to cash in on the show's popularity, and it was also an attempt to send a message to the British bureaucrats

Given Paul Eddington’s Quaker beliefs and deeply held personal views, this would have been totally cringe for him, goes to show what a true professional he was. A man that did no harm…..God bless him.

@xpusostomos

Ай бұрын

What has quaker beliefs got to do with this?

I found it quite amusing, Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne did a stand up job humouring the PM.

Hawthorne and Eddington really showed their chops here. The script was nothing much at all and they somehow made it work. Well they made it punch way above its weight anyway.

@johnking5174

4 жыл бұрын

It was written by Bernard Ingham, Thatcher's PR adviser and Thatcher herself, not the main writers Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.

For one I like the fact Mrs Thatcher wanted to be involved, wrote a script for the three of them. It doesn't matter with the accuracy. It's funny.

@barath4545

2 жыл бұрын

Bernard Ingram wrote the script but on orders of Thatcher, yes.

@tsawy6

Жыл бұрын

There is exactly one joke, and it's not very good. It's not funny at all

The Prime Minister went all fangirl here.

Maggie enjoyed it, at any rate....doubt if the other 2 did. It got a few laughs. Helped that she was a fan.

Humor is subjective. And I found this hilarious!

I want to know more about the jewel thief

@Emilpoika

6 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@treeman101

4 жыл бұрын

lol me to

@oldhippie81

Жыл бұрын

The Brink's- Mat robbery. I think they got the year wrong this was recorded in 1983 not 1984;

This is weird and unusual. The source of material that the show was based on was now writing and acting it's own fan fiction. It would be like aliens coming to earth and getting William Shatner to act in their own fan-fiction script of Star Trek, Conan Doyle rising from the grave to appear in "Sherlock", or Hitler being a guest on "Top Gear".

@banjopink4409

6 жыл бұрын

Evan Lilley: _"aliens coming to earth and getting William Shatner to act in their own fan-fiction script of Star Trek"_ That's pretty much the premise of Galaxy Quest.

@ransherman1611

5 жыл бұрын

there was also an episode in futurama =D

@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock

2 жыл бұрын

Can we get Hitler on top gear, I'd love to see him get rekt by the Stig

@Ozymandias1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock Top Gear is rubbish without Clarkson, Hammond and May.

@Ozymandias1

2 жыл бұрын

​@@banjopink4409 The historical documents!

Look, all you critics. What's the difference between this sketch and the Tony Blair/Lauren Cooper one for Comedy Relief? Well, the writing was better by Catherine; and the delivery was better by Blair; and it was professionally directed. But the principle of pollies having fun with actors is no great crime. Anything which helps them not to take themselves seriously is a bonus.

@blueberry7keys

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Sir Anthony, the co-writer was a Conservative, so I'm sure He enjoyed this opportunity. Catapulted show nationally to fame.

I'm stunned! Obviously to be a member of parliament you need to be a good speaker, but I'm blown back by Baroness Thatcher's acting chops. She definitely knew her character inside and out.

@YesMinisterMuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Except for several details, yes.

I'm American and loved everything Paul Eddington did , I'm sorry he wasn't more widely known here.

@barath4545

2 жыл бұрын

He died early too. A superb actor.

I come here to watch an interesting piece of TV from the 1980's and instead, within the first second, you upset me by reminding me that my beloved Cobblers lost to Stockport County on a grim Friday evening in January 1984?!?!?! You swine!!

Hah! The cartoon for Thatcher is more monstrous than I thought possible!

This is far more funny in the light of history, in that one of the show’s writers was once employed by Mrs Thatcher . 🤣🤣🤣

I bet it was also Maggie who stole the jewels

I'm not sure what's funnier: Nigel Hawthorne momentarily corpsing, or the fact that John Humphries just hasn't changed since 1984!

Wow! Thank you for sharing! Good to see this special sketch put in action!

Actually I did find it funny! Well done Mrs T! She had the good sense to keep it short and to the point.

Sir Humphrey's degree was in Classics. I don't know what kind of garbage fan fiction she was writing but she couldn't even stick to the show's canon.

@Lazyguy22

8 жыл бұрын

+harry I'm told that her "Are You Being Served?" slashfic is what sent David Blunkett blind.

@kirk93814

6 жыл бұрын

The skit made me laugh!

@IshmaelSkyes

6 жыл бұрын

Mmmm, not *very* funny comedy.

@ackbarfan5556

6 жыл бұрын

Plus, I'm sure she had more important things on her mind rather than remembering continuity, what with running the country and all.

its great to see that pervious PMs would even go to have a good fun in tv shows where nowadays PMs avoid it as much as possible as the public cant take a joke anymore.

It was Jim Hacker who graduated from the LSE. Presumably in economics.

@sibadityapal1493

3 жыл бұрын

He had a B.Sc. in Economics.

You can see Eddington is in a bit of "why are we doing this mode", but Hawthorne goes directly into Sir Humphrey mode...

Props to Sir Nigel and Sir Paul for their utmost professionalism and devotion to their characters even in the face of .. that

Allegedly Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne, neither of whom were fans of the Conservative government, were appalled when they learned only the day before that they were required to participate in this "command performance", but neither of them felt they could refuse. They both look decidedly uncomfortable and appear to be taking part through gritted teeth. One reason for this was that the "Yes Minister" had jumped through hoops so that it was not clear what Hacker's political party was, and here they were being associated with a Tory Prime Minister. Both actors look as if they wished they were elsewhere.

@Cryptonymicus

7 жыл бұрын

People see what they want to see.

@johnking5174

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Eddington was in real life a total opposite to Thatcher. He was a SDP (Social Democratic Party) supporter, he believed the nuclear deterrent should be scrapped. He was a conscientious objector. Nigel Hawthorne was a gay man, with very centrist politics, so both complete opposites to Mrs Thatcher.

@Offshoreorganbuilder

7 жыл бұрын

To Phyllis Davison: Having just seen the sketch, I saw nothing whatsoever to suggest that the two actors were in any way uncomfortable. As professionals, and talented ones at that, they took their impromptu performance seriously and performed it well - of course. I wonder whether you are 'anti-Thatcher' on principle, in the same way in which many are now, 'anti-Trump.' (See the recent video put out, in which students are interviewed on campus, being asked what they think of a number of presidential initiatives. They all say they disapprove. Later, it is revealed that these were *Obama* initiatives, not Trump's, and, of course, they are left looking pretty silly. Moral of the story: Learn to *think for yourself* instead of being led by the nose.)

@dogmannz

5 жыл бұрын

There is an interview on KZread where Paul Eddington was interviewed by Felicity Kendell (guest hosting Wogan) from 1986 where this sketch is discussed. He made it perfectly clear there was never any "requirement" on himself or Nigel Hawthorn to participate and that the BBC had made it clear to both of them they were free to decline.

Not encountered this before - enjoyable!

but Sir Humphrey read classics

1Million pounds worth of Jewels in 1 minute, now that's efficient

thank you so much for sharing!

The IRON LADY!

This was brilliant!

... I guess it just FEELS like the real thing because we have the same actors saying the line. Still, Mrs. Thatcher must be the luckiest fangirl in the world. :P I just get the feeling that she got a little carried away with talking to Sir Humphrey and forgot that it was actually Sir Nigel Hawthorne sitting there instead...

@YesMinisterMuseum

9 жыл бұрын

Assuming she did it as a fangirl, and not as a publicity stunt.

@TheClearSummer

9 жыл бұрын

Humphrey Appleby My guess is a mixture of both. If you can pull off a publicity stunt AND meet your favourite actors of all time, why would you not? XD

@YesMinisterMuseum

9 жыл бұрын

The Clear Summer Well, that's just not the feeling that the cast & writers had. Seems it wasn't even here idea but she was persuaded to do it. The story is told in "Yes Minister - The view from Whitehall".

@TheClearSummer

9 жыл бұрын

Humphrey Appleby Oh, is it? I'm afraid I'm still rather new to Yes Minister, so I won't know as much as you. I do feel kinda sorry for SIr Nigel and Paul. That must have felt a little awkward. I think Paul Eddington said that their audience was 'very enthusiastic to laugh'. :P

@YesMinisterMuseum

9 жыл бұрын

The Clear Summer Well I didn't actually listen to that thing, even though I uploaded it myself, but someone else commented about it below.

I actually found that quite amusing :-)

Love it! God Bless you Margaret Thatcher....wish our politicians today were like you...

@michaelellis8726

2 жыл бұрын

That's a bit unkind

@alphariusallalong1258

Жыл бұрын

Dead?

Ah, what great fun. It was her idea, of course, and the actors were given the possibility of declining. The script was obtained the day before from #10. I can't watch it without thinking about the ravages of time on the body and mind.

@YesMinisterMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

What fun, someone taking total advantage of the whole thing... No they could not decline - actors can't risk becoming unemployed.

@wholeNwon

4 жыл бұрын

@@YesMinisterMuseum True, esp. on that side of the pond.

@YesMinisterMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

@steve gale Yeah right. It's only the Prime Minister, no pressure (!)... FYI It's got nothing to do with contracts, it's the fact that actors can't afford to offend if they want a future.

@YesMinisterMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

@steve gale So why did they all later claim it was forced upon them then? Watch the interviews.

@YesMinisterMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

@steve gale Oh you worked in the industry, did you? As a bin man I suppose?

I'm a big fan of both series and I think Lady Thatcher did a very commendable job writing her very amusing script.

There is no way Humphry would not have responded in a 2 page verbal dissection about his study having been focussed on the distribution of material and immaterial goods and services between party's of various degrees of willingness and, not to put to fine a point on it, competence and the various broad systems by wich that distribution tends to operate on a macro and indeed even meso scale.

M.Thatcher, the luckist fan of !!!!!! i am soooooo jls

@jonhelmer8591

2 жыл бұрын

You appear to have a serious problem with your vowels. I'd see a doctor!

This is discussed in "Yes Minister - the View from Whitehall". youtube v=KcQB__qHpY4#t=1m30s It was the idea of Lord Butler and Bernard Ingham, her press secretary. Butler and Thatcher wrote it together (from the documentary it's unclear if Ingham also contributed). However, Butler and Ingham had a very tough time persuading her to do it. Even at the last minute she had misgivings. I think it's okay, not awful. I think the main problem with it is that Thatcher isn't an actress. She was okay, but a pro would've made a big difference.

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

yeah but it's funny because it's her - real life PM with the fictional characters. For goodness sake.

in less than a minute, awesome

Well that was adorable

Pure Class

You'd think they could have found a colour camera for this in 1984

@anonUK

5 жыл бұрын

Black and white VCR. Probably an old piece of kit from the 70s, so a VTR rather than a VCR.

How is Thatcher keeping a straighter face than the two men who do this for a living?

@YesMinisterMuseum

8 жыл бұрын

Because she has no sense of humor?

@kevinrussell2718

6 жыл бұрын

Polyfilla!

@greggrimer1428

2 жыл бұрын

Because she did it for a living. They have to act.

I think it's Mary Whitehouse - sitting behind Mrs. T - laughing at the word 'leaks'. Yes, I'm 10 years old.

We enjoy most what we can relate to ourselves. The fact that Yes, Minister was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's favorite program implied a great deal about the upper levels of government. The weight of that grain of truth might be frighteningly large.

What a great moment, for someone

I'm too young to have strong feelings about Maggie but I always appreciate politicians who enjoy political comedy. It shows a certain level of self-awareness we should *all* have.

Holy fuck a million pound of jewels taken in less than a minute.

I know its the done thing to criticise this sketch, but it wasn't too bad actually. I've seen worse...

I loved this.

geez, all you that are so down on thatcher doing a skit. let her have a little fun for god sake. she isn't hurting anything, she's sincerely enjoying this

@YesMinisterMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

Getting the feeling you're just pretending not to see the problem - her jumping on the bandwagon for her own sake.

@readithere2032

4 жыл бұрын

Oohhh, who doesn't jump on a bandwagon every now and then, right? Gotta look out for yourself because no one else will. I'm just saying let her have some fun..

@chequereturned

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, but they're not, and they were somewhat awkwarded into this position. It was lame. Really needed work. "Abolish economists. Oh wait, you're an economist? Haha!" There is the framework of an idea that could be worked into a proper sketch, but this did make me cringe. And I actually like Thatcher on balance.

Thatcher is many things. And funny is one of them.

@YesMinisterMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Dead, is another.

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesMinisterMuseum like everyone will be - you won't know you ever typed that. what a real little winner you are. you'll be joining her sooner or later.

Brilliant :)

Great nostalgia.

Interesting. Any keen follower of the original series would know, of course, that Sir Humphrey's degree is actually in Classics. I gather Jay and Lynn were not expecting much from this sketch; surely Mrs Thatcher should have been occupied in other matters, such as running the country...

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

idiot - it didn't take much time and they don't 'run the country' 24/7.

You say that like it's just the mining strikes that caused that, but the absolute contempt she held for all poor that she held up in policy after policy (the infamous school milk, Care in the Community, the poll tax, etc.) and the total disregard she had for the consequences of her actions caused a great deal of damage to her country. You can't just shrug that off with "you're just angry because the government isn't your mommy"

@carloscanziani1644

4 жыл бұрын

eruption257 She saved the UK from the left and throw the country to be a pearl in Europe!

To "round it out", she should have also done a sketch with Rik Mayal and Adrian Edmondson in 1992.

What 1 million pounds worth of jewels taken from Christie's? Appalling, most appalling indeed!

@Emilpoika

6 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@sailaab

4 жыл бұрын

genius, most genius indeed¡

@treeman101

4 жыл бұрын

in less than a minute to

I'd forgotten just how attractive Margaret Thatcher was.. LOVED Yes Prime Minister - it is however a documentary NOT a comedy.

I LIKE IT! I LIKE IT!

They look so different wow 🤭

anyone, can tell me where can I watch the full video?

Spot on, Lad.

She did a lot of crazy things, back in the days!

Ye gods - that's Mary Whitehouse in the bg!

All of them? Tomorrow.

My sides are splitting. 😬

A bit 'cheesey' true, but still has a few good laughs in it! :-)

Thatcher and Whitehouse on the same stage - where are you providence, where are you giant 1 ton comedy weight?

this is quite clever, well done. say what you will about her political ways, but she clearly have a good comedic sense.

@YesMinisterMuseum

5 жыл бұрын

Wait, you actually find this funny? And intentionally funny too?!?

@ransherman1611

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, of course. the whole "abolish economists" is a clear joke about thatcher. and come on how the "i'd like you to announce it before it all leaks" like is not both funny and clever? sure i never liked thatcher's policies, but i fail to see how my feeling about her should stop me from enjoying a fun sketch? and i'm willing to bet a lot (not all) of the people who doesn't like that sketch would feel differently if thatcher wouldn't be involved in it

@YesMinisterMuseum

5 жыл бұрын

Right, so if someone happens to think it's plot, dialogue, and delivery were all sh!te, and that this publicity stunt can't hold a candle to the carefully constructed real episodes, they MUST have some hidden motive? I don't think so. You don't sound like someone who's watched (m)any of the original episodes, because they're very different.

@ransherman1611

5 жыл бұрын

no, i'm sure a lot of people didn't like it because they simply didn't like it, which is fine. i also think some people might not like it simply because they don't like thatcher, which is silly. regardless i couldn't care less if it was a publicity stunt or not, i enjoyed it. and i have watched every episode of both "yes, minister" and "yes, prime minister" british humor at it's fines. the nature of this sketch is similar to the nature of the show, it's just not as good or as funny. does this sketch come even close to the show itself? obviously not. but so what? it's just a minute long sketch, i'm not expecting it to be as good as the show, none of the show writers were even involved in it, it's just a fun little sketch.

@YesMinisterMuseum

5 жыл бұрын

Possibly, but the second category did include the actors and one of the two writers - they had this forced upon them (so they tell in two or three documentaries). Conversely I have the feeling that some tory voters only come here to praise this sketch because they treasure the idea that she cared for some things, had a sense of humor, and therefore was a human being. Something they might after all feel defensive about.

It’s so awkward. You can tell Eddington and Hawthorne absolutely hated this unfunny bit.

Double first in Politics and Economics :)

Not only was it funny, but a grand idea! Abolish economists, as did John James Copperthwaite. (indirectly) Brilliant!

@YesMinisterMuseum

5 жыл бұрын

You have a right to make up your own mind. But I doubt whether you've seen (m)any of the original episodes which are a bit better written.

It would have been a lot more fun if hacker played the prime minister and Thatcher his policy consultant just like in the series. It would have been a knock out.

Mary Whitehouse... *spits*

The Three are no more.

does amyone know the name of the presenter/ reporter please¿ cool as cucumber while reporting on a million pounds robbery in 1984¡

@sailaab

4 жыл бұрын

*+David ji* wikipedia.org/wiki/-ji thank you _ /|\ _ soooo much for those insights :) indeed he did recently quit his radio show after DECADES and seeing of much junior presentors from the job (competition😛😶) as also his views or not inconsistencies over Brexit did get flak. however I couldn't find anything on him getting Knighted. but them I did just a basic search and only looked up at the initial 3-4 stories in the search results. maybe his clout within NBC and his large paycheque too makes people edgy😛 ...besides.. he has himself confessed to some of his fiercely competitive or brattish ways (if i may call it so) www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1182450/bbc-news-john-humphrys-latest-politics-bbc-confession-wicked-terrible-thing-youth-spt ·-·-·-·-· thanks again🙇🏽 for taking the time David bhai :) 🙇🏽 wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhai

Really? You mean they never noticed that Yes, Minister/Primer Minister scripts were ringing endorsements of Thatcher. Incredible!

I want to know more about the jewellery heist

But Sir Humphrey is supposed to have read the Classics, is he not? In 'The Skeleton In The Cupboard' he says as much. He also doesn't have a degree in economics and he is surprised to find that he knows more about Keynes and Friedman than the banker Sir Desmond Glazebrook.

A PM with a sense of humour.

@ReadandWite

7 жыл бұрын

Not at all. Merely a manipulative old bag trying to cash in on 'her favourite' TV show at a convention of similarly like minded repressive conservatives, the National Listeners and View...(I can't be bothered completing the name), who presumably were the only show in town who didn't refuse to put on such an ill thought out 'sketch'. Cringeworthy only half describes it especially with the evangelist from Clacton sitting behind. Nigel and Paul look decidedly awkward and uncomfortable. Thatcher had no morals and any excuse for publicity was OK with her. Sounds like a certain 'orange haired person' from overseas.

@malpreece5008

7 жыл бұрын

ReadandWite Attempting to capitalise on popularity is a tactic used by all politicians regardless of party affiliation. I remember Harold Wilson tried it in the 1960's with the Beatles, but he wasn't very hip! Btw, you should watch Eddington's interview with Felicity Kendal, he didn't seem to have a problem with doing this sketch.

@opencommentstheagendatvo3854

6 жыл бұрын

+Ralph Porter You're just a misogynist who is scared of strong women.

The problem with the sketch was that in Yes Minister, the Prime Minister was never seen. We were told it was a man, but other than that, we have no idea of his name or what he looked like. It was all left vague. Also left vague was the political party Hacker belonged too. No party was ever mentioned, and the opposition party was just called the opposition. This sketch ruined the facade and made it all about THATCHER.

@readithere2032

4 жыл бұрын

the skit had nothing to do with the show, itself. this was just a fun thing to do that the pm wanted to be involved in, so obviously it's going to be about her..

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

@@readithere2032you're right but there's so many idiots it's beyond their own idea of how everything should be. For John - in his world no-one should ever do a skit outside the TV series for a laugh. He can't see the novelty of the real PM taking part in a slightly altered version that takes a few liberties. He's a jobsworth, a bad lover, useless at sport, loves conformity and doing what he's told and sees the worst in everyone. The only way she could've won the cynics over is by the skit ending with Humphrey getting one over on her, that would take some self-deprecation on her part. He needed a comeback to end up back on top.

What was that robbery news at the end? This could be an actual episode the end was bad news

was tv still in black n white in 1984?? I'm amazed I thought colour had been around since the 60s

@YesMinisterMuseum

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Creighton No, no, there's something wrong with the video tape. In some documentaries they show colour clips.

@robertcreighton4635

8 жыл бұрын

+Humphrey Appleby ok cool

@pawbard

8 жыл бұрын

It's a black and white TV set with a VCR recorder.

@robertcreighton4635

8 жыл бұрын

thanks

I think the first part was reasonably funny. But the double first thing (knowing that he got a 1st in Classics) was a disappointment :(

There is no excuse, is there? I must apologize! Are you feeling better now?

Normally, on a vaguely funny show with a laugh track/ an orchestrated live studio audience, the laughter is infectious and at least makes me smile a little. For example 10 years ago Big Bang Theory. In this case, however, I just wondered which drugs the audience was given. Or, maybe, as it is footage from 1984, their families were taken hostage?

@blueberry7keys

Жыл бұрын

Vaguely? What planet are u from? U don't seem young enough to be a Millennial nor a GenZ. #RollingEyes

Not at all unrealistic or unreasonable prime munister ;) brilliant. Baroness was indeed the bedt woman for the job. Now look at Low energy Theresa even juncker can manhandle me May...and you may want to.....mumble mumble mumble.

All of them??

ha ha ha

It was a minor scandal when one of the writers of Yes, Minister - Anthony Jay - was revealed to be a speechwriter for (and supporter of) Mrs. Thatcher, so I think it's safe to say this was all his fault.

I thought the script idea was very clever but Maggie's acting very hammy ... as to be expected. Overall, good on the old witch for showing a human side to herself and for Paul and Nigel to play along so excellently.

@YesMinisterMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

Either that, or it was calculated and your response is exactly the effect she was aiming for.

@thedolphin5428

4 жыл бұрын

@@YesMinisterMuseum Of course it was calculated. I am not stupid. It hardly happened by accident did it? I subsequently found out that it was in fact not written and conceived by Maggie but by some other staff member and that she needed much convincing to do it. And of course, any PM who wilfully plays the fool for the cameras is doing it for self promotion, but, the bottom line is that they must have at least SOME amount of self-deprecation to step outside of their normal persona and presentation. There are many pollies who could not/would not ever do such a thing. Take for example BoJo on HIGNFY. No matter what one thinks of his politics/education/upbringing, etc, his basal nature includes enough self awareness to both give and take a joke. Methinks you have some kind of agenda and are unable to appreciate comedy for comedy's sake, in its own right.

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedolphin5428 It's called being a hater.

Losing a million pounds in less than a minute? Kwasi Kwarteng and Truss saw that as a challenge surely

Wait...Mary Whitehouse gave someone an award?!?

Very sorry for Paul and Nigel to have to sit down with a war criminal