🥂🚓Yes, Minister: I’ll Drink to That! | Americans React 😂🤣
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Hey guys! We react to Yes, Minister where Minister Jim Hacker gets drunk!
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Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister were both excellently written with an outstanding cast, making them both actual classic comedy gold
In the initial show, Yes Minister, he was the minister in charge of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs. After three seasons the show became Yes Prime Minister with him as PM.
The episode called the nuclear deterrent was one of my favourites because not only was it funny but it examined the ultimate dilemma which made one laugh as well as it made one think at the same time.
I don't think it was actually. That was the first episode of the subsequent "Yes Prime Minister. " This was the last of the "Yes Ministers" and dealt with Hacker's elevation to PM after getting rid of the two front runners (Shady Lady from Argentina and all that).
He had a silver badge that was basically a get out of jail card.
A bit like diplomatic immunity but on home soil.
Oh God at places I've worked I have absolutely seen the boss drunk. Dramatically so on occasion.
Boris Johnson makes as much sense when he is sober!😂
Which is more than Corbyn does and he is a teetotaller.
Humphrey was saying goodbye as he had just been promoted to Cabinet Secretary. In this same episode, Jim Hacker is about to receive a somewhat unexpected promotion too :-) There's another good episode where Hacker gets drunk at an Oxford college dinner; I think it's called Doing The Honours.
As I recall the deputy prime minister wasn't so fortunate, he crashed his car.
The clip is from the episode party games, this saw him becoming PM. The silver badge was intended to clear security issues not for getting off drunk driving charges. You need to see the whole episode for the context.
My dad used to drink and drive back in the day, he never had an accident but he saw loads. Ok so it was a Jasper Carrot (sort of) joke. The old ones are the best.
Doesn't really work unless you say "saw loads in his rearview mirror".
Edward brown very good yes,
The work drinking culture has very much changed over the years. In the 1970s when I first started work we had our own bar. Many firms did it wasn't unusual to see drunk management at all in the 1970s /80s.
Ps this is one of my favourite shows.
Great choice, great to see you again
Bummer, the clip you watched missed off the second scene to this. Very much worth finding.
Wow there were some terrible cars in those days lol classic show though
Party Games! Excellent episode. The one where Jim gets drunk and wakes up as Prime Minister. Hilarity ensues. Oh, wait, that was Boris Johnson.
There were 3 series of Yes Minister (22 eps) I believe this scene is from the very last episode which essentially elevates Hacker to No. 10. Then Yes Prime Minister aired for 2 seasons (16 eps). There was also a 2013 sequel with a new cast, but I never saw it, and it only consisted of 6 episodes.
In my experience, when someone says 'I like Yes Minister' for instance, it can be safely assumed they're referring to Yes Prime Minister as well. And if a 'Yes Minister' compilation comes out or a channel does a Yes Minister 'night' you wouldn't find it odd for episodes/scenes from Yes Prime Minister to show up.
Apparently this series was Margaret Thatcher's favourite programme. Brilliantly written & performed. 'Sir Humphrey's' monologues are legendary. ' Jim Hacker' was a minister - head of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs'
Might I suggest that if you don't want to do the entire Yes Minister series, which you really should, that you watch the astonishingly good 5 min 30 second clip "Sir Humphrey Appleby on the Proper Function of Government"
Apparently real Cabinet Ministers used to ring up the series writers and give real situations as fodder for more scripts. This was a Yes, Minister………,at the end of this episode, Sir Humphrey was elevated, and Jim Hacker unexpectedly became Prime Minister.
When this was shown once a week, Margaret Thatcher and most of her Cabinet wouldn’t miss an episode. It’s so uncannily near the real truth week after week that the real government loved it, and it was instrumental in teaching Britain just how politics worked, and contributed to our understanding today, as we now know when we are being lied to etc. Plus it was used by university students to get the gist of how power politics played out at that time, too.
It’s a shame you didn’t watch further, it gets much funnier as it goes on.
He becomes Prime Minister later on. And still has Sir Humphrey.
Philepe it's Ed Smith I ran into you in Baltimore this morning at Starbucks at The Avenue in White Marsh! Great seeing you!
Lillian's posh is very good.
Unfortunately, I think in the mid 80's drink driving wasn't considered anywhere near as heinous a crime as it is now. Actually perceptions started to change in the late 80's if I recall.
It was but the general consensus was a couple of pints or shorts was OK!
@@jemmajames6719 You say 'it was'. I don't mean it was considered 'stellar behaviour', I'm just saying it wasn't seen as quite as bad as it is now, I mean on a scale of 1-10, if it's 10 now, maybe it was 7 then. I don't know, people might shrug it off just a tad more, the world was a smaller place back then. No chance of finding out statistics, drink driving ads were not quite as in your face. That's all I'm saying.
Plus the fact that you yourself say that 2 pints was considered okay kind of proves my point.
But perhaps you were agreeing with me and just said 'it was' when you meant 'it wasn't'.
@@carlhartwell7978 I wasn’t clear, drink driving I found was very frowned upon and it was regarded as a social evil, but at the same time we all thought it was safe to have a couple of pints or shorts and drive. Maybe it was the public information adverts that told us it was safe, I remember going out with my future husband in the car to a pub or restaurant, and having a couple of whatever wasn’t seemed as drinking! The bigger problem we have now is people being under the influence of drugs while driving. Police stop more people under the influence of drugs in my area than drink drivers, this is everyday all day. I reckon from the late seventies the message had got through don’t drink and drive(albeit a couple was ok) crazy though that seems.
Our Bosses used to come back from 3 hour "Business Lunches" from the next door Pub to our Office, the location of which they chose. :) It was most unfair because the ordinary workers like me only got 2-hour lunches unless we got extra if we were playing Sports at the local Sports Centre. What with a 10/15 minute morning and afternoon Tea Break life was good in The 1970's/1980's in Nationalised Industries as we had a monopoly. They would return to the Office with traffic cones they put on our desks. Halcyon Days and then we left with generous Redundancy packages and Pensions. Just in the right place in the right era, PRE -Competition...
An even funnier bit is a little bit later in the episode where you find out that the Home Secretary, who started this don't drink and drive campaign, got busted for drinking and driving. When Hacker asks what will happen to him, Appleby responds "Well I gather he was as drunk as a lord, so after a discreet interval, they'll probably make him one."
This is the season Yes Minister before Jim Hacker became prime minister when the next season was Yes Prime minister.
There are full episodes on daily motion, you don’t need to buy the box set.
You can get the complete Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister from a certain well known retailer for £15. It will be the best £15 you’ll ever spend! The first few episodes their finding their feet a bit and Hacker had a Political Adviser too, although the character didn’t really work out and was soon dropped. However, he did get another one when he became PM who was a huge improvement. Sir Humphrey may beg to differ though …….😉😂
You guys must bear in mind that the attitude even within the police back in those days was even you can stand up then you were fit to drive, I can remember spending time with my dad in the 19th hole back when I was a wee bairn in the mid 80’s and he’d happily drive home after a few after round snifters
The first series was yes minister and then the last series was yes priministor.
There was more than one series of Yes Minister and more than one series of Yes Prime Minister.
You are catching on fast re partygate, ..but Humphrey was being promoted, not retiring
The Jim Hacker actor was in the sit com "The Good Life" as well which was very funny. Yes Minister and the follow on Yes P.M. was really well done and was a favourite of Margaret Thatcher apparently.
This series was too (-accidentally) prophetic..! Bring on the repeats..
Hi Team You must do _ One foot in the grave . Enjoy
Yes, that's great from the first ep.
They already did it a couple of years ago Brian - I think an episode called 'Who Will Buy' ( ? ) Anyway, the one with the ventriloquist's dummy sitting on the sofa...
@@johnnyonenote376 Yes, but the piece of that ep wasn't a good choice, because it doesn't contain much humour & understanding what happens depends requires watching the whole ep.
100% agree. Up there with Yes Prime Minister, Fawlty Towers and Only Fools and Horses as one of THE greats.
@@andrewjones575 Well that's the same for every single thing PMF review on here Andrew. (as with this clip here). They're just getting a feel for each programme. They have work and also three children to look after - goodness me !
Another political comedy is the The Thick of its, it a tad more racier
Have you been drinking sir, your very forgetful.