The Thick of It: the nicknames

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  • @elsieclark1933
    @elsieclark1933 Рік тому +542

    My only complaint about this compilation is that it missed my personal favorite - when Malcolm calls Ollie 'a Quentin Blake illustration'

    • @bethaniie_
      @bethaniie_ Рік тому +54

      I've never seen an insult that's so undeniably true it's literal genius lmaoooo

    • @douglasparkinson4123
      @douglasparkinson4123 Рік тому +13

      that's in S4 this vid is from before S4

    • @bethaniie_
      @bethaniie_ Рік тому +13

      Just seen in an interview that TWO script writers came up with this same joke on SEPARATE occasions… 😭😂

    • @alexmayall8548
      @alexmayall8548 Рік тому +4

      That's not a nickname, going by the sentence structure

    • @99dndd
      @99dndd Рік тому +3

      It’s not a nickname but it’s genius 😂

  • @finlaybalfour1064
    @finlaybalfour1064 5 років тому +471

    The total confidence in which Jamie says "peter onion" never fails to make me piss myself

  • @rebeccam9
    @rebeccam9 10 років тому +1312

    Tuckers swearing is like therapy for me

  • @SardonicALLY
    @SardonicALLY 5 років тому +271

    ''Shitehead Revisited'' will always have a special place in my heart.

  • @patrickplsxo
    @patrickplsxo 8 років тому +2081

    I genuinely have no idea how they ever got through filming this.

    • @MX.Unicorn1999
      @MX.Unicorn1999 6 років тому +49

      Charlotte slowly but surely

    • @NxDoyle
      @NxDoyle 5 років тому +38

      Two main things: 1) It's their job and 2) time and budgetary constraints.

    • @mael2839
      @mael2839 5 років тому +37

      they must off laughed so much it was no longer funny

    • @Casshern1456
      @Casshern1456 5 років тому +6

      @@mael2839 I feel poorly as an Englishman my arsehole rolled up into a loop.

    • @whette_fahrtz
      @whette_fahrtz 4 роки тому +19

      Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on PONCE!

  • @M1st3rB3nn
    @M1st3rB3nn 12 років тому +362

    "Bentally ill!"
    It's never been so easy to watch ten minutes of sentence fragments. Awesome compilation, makes me wanna fire it up again, cheers.

  • @LorenHelgeson
    @LorenHelgeson 5 років тому +294

    My favorite is still that one from In the Loop:
    "Shut it, Love Actually!"

  • @tommacmillan8831
    @tommacmillan8831 6 років тому +302

    it's not quite a nickname, but they describe meeting steve fleming for the first time as 'obsessive repulsive disorder'

  • @walrus3479
    @walrus3479 3 роки тому +170

    not a nickname, but my favourite line in the show has to be when glenn is described as an 'elderly aid' in the newspaper and he says 'that makes me sound like a fucking stairlift'

  • @firstnamelastname7113
    @firstnamelastname7113 5 років тому +438

    Therapist: Big Bad Malcolm Tucker isn’t real. He can’t hurt you
    Big Bad Malcolm Tucker: 4:54

  • @chrispy9229
    @chrispy9229 9 років тому +668

    I think Ben's Glen was easily the most vicious and cold of all of them.

    • @otterhero6229
      @otterhero6229 5 років тому +101

      I adore that line. Malcolm standing up for Glenn makes my day.

    • @MM-vs2et
      @MM-vs2et 5 років тому +15

      @@otterhero6229 I think he was standing up for Hugh

    • @jimmy2k4o
      @jimmy2k4o 4 роки тому +59

      Malcolm stood up for Glenn quite a lot....
      Until he joined the Lib Dem’s.

    • @GenericUserNameHere
      @GenericUserNameHere 4 роки тому +12

      I dunno, my vote is for the Beige Power Ranger

  • @GiratinaofFury
    @GiratinaofFury 10 років тому +460

    It's a good thing that Chris Addison is behind that pile of paperwork at roughly 8:57, because you can see him cracking a smile there.

    • @eviebradney2068
      @eviebradney2068 4 роки тому +18

      I love little things like that in this show its brilliant for the observant eye

    • @scottdain6647
      @scottdain6647 4 роки тому +86

      They didn't even need to hide it because the character Ollie would definitely be laughing, no idea how the rest keep a straight face throughout it tho

    • @obiwankenobi687
      @obiwankenobi687 4 роки тому +16

      It’s not a mistake or anything though because he’s in character, so he would actually be laughing

    • @sxxxxxlxxx
      @sxxxxxlxxx 3 роки тому +7

      @@obiwankenobi687 He could have broken character and started laughing, and they just kept it in the show

    • @jonathangiles4854
      @jonathangiles4854 Рік тому +1

      Hale and pacemaker and private Godfrey are my favourites 😂

  • @mikew5795
    @mikew5795 9 років тому +152

    "The Fucker he coming. He coming to your town." Kills me every damn time!

  • @coolgenious
    @coolgenious 12 років тому +214

    "You're Boromir, your horn is broken and shall be blown no more."
    What a beautiful reference that works on so many levels

    • @talonschild
      @talonschild 4 роки тому +37

      Pity it's said by James May

  • @choppernick
    @choppernick 2 роки тому +57

    Ollie calling Glenn "Uncle Bulgaria" will never not make me completely piss myself with laughter!

  • @881greeny
    @881greeny Рік тому +36

    "sorry about the puffin" gets me every time

  • @ayatollahrocknrolla
    @ayatollahrocknrolla 12 років тому +96

    The Glenn-Ollie "Juliet Bravo" exchange is still one of my favourites from the last series.

  • @jimmyjim170
    @jimmyjim170 9 років тому +187

    Thank you, The Thick Of It, for giving me the opportunity to be more creative with my cursing and insults.

  • @leowatkins1518
    @leowatkins1518 9 років тому +76

    "The little man in the red and yellow car" has always been my favourite line. The delivery, and camerawork, and acting of it.

  • @alfier1736
    @alfier1736 5 років тому +70

    "The beige power ranger" will always be the best

  • @margaretfarquhar9567
    @margaretfarquhar9567 4 роки тому +73

    Listening to this, is when I get a laugh in my elderly solitary life
    Thank you for posting
    There is nothing like British comedy
    From an exiled Scot

  • @FAith9021
    @FAith9021 12 років тому +92

    "Me, Aragorn, the true King, you, Boromir: your horn is broken, and will be blown no more."

  • @sophieroberts3
    @sophieroberts3 12 років тому +71

    I don't know why but Malcolm hammering on the door and shouting "WIL-MAAAAAAA" always gets me.

  • @davidwatkins5948
    @davidwatkins5948 4 роки тому +63

    Of all the hundreds of contenders, "Giant Gaystacks" is a clear number 1 for me

    • @dansaunders1655
      @dansaunders1655 3 роки тому +2

      Better yet as I believe the same actor as played Ben Swain also played Giant Haystacks in some film or another about wrestling

  • @AMinibot
    @AMinibot 6 років тому +40

    "Your horn is broken and will be blown no more" that's like. the only good burn Phil gets in in the entire show, I swear

  • @tomclarke4530
    @tomclarke4530 11 років тому +221

    A lady policemen, did the last 30 years not happen to you

  • @djackmanson
    @djackmanson 3 роки тому +71

    My all time fave, from In The Loop:
    Malcolm wants to bollock Simon alone. "The White Stripes, out!"
    *Simon, Toby and Judy go to leave*
    *Malcolm motions Simon to stay* "There's only two people in the White Stripes"

  • @Matthew_Rushton
    @Matthew_Rushton 4 роки тому +106

    "Here comes Laurel and Hardy, did you manage to get the piano up those stairs okay?" 😂👍

    • @davidobrien5654
      @davidobrien5654 2 роки тому +5

      For some reason that one in particular always kills me.

    • @mikeymike42
      @mikeymike42 6 місяців тому +2

      This, and "Ah, Bob Carolgees, how's the wee comedy dog?" Always get me

  • @camman1056
    @camman1056 3 роки тому +36

    "I'm not just plain I'm self raising Lazarus" + "yoko ono and the two remaining beetles piss off" are my favourites

  • @jvsl1999
    @jvsl1999 3 роки тому +48

    "Can Teflon Tucker save the Nutters" easily one of the best Jamie lines and it's not even sweary

    • @bmg_darby
      @bmg_darby 3 роки тому +7

      I named my fantasy football team Teflon Tekkers in honour of this. Most of my mates didn’t understand it.

  • @ska2ol
    @ska2ol 8 років тому +220

    " The man once referred to as the "Gorbals' Goebbels" " so good.

  • @blueeyes8849
    @blueeyes8849 11 років тому +110

    I piss myself when Malcom says "Tin Tin's sexy sister"

  • @tedcrilly7243
    @tedcrilly7243 4 роки тому +24

    I think I can confidently say, this is the best comedy of all time

  • @Valerie24810
    @Valerie24810 10 років тому +140

    Oh my God Glen's meltdown is killing me over here. "Well FUCK TINKY WINKY!"

    • @docholliday1112
      @docholliday1112 3 роки тому +18

      "What do you know about Hitler?! Well he had a moustache and he lived over there!"

    • @dansaunders1655
      @dansaunders1655 3 роки тому +6

      He is a man

    • @brumav9779
      @brumav9779 Рік тому

      I’m irrelevant, I’m irrelevant, I’m irrelevant

  • @RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea
    @RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea 11 років тому +112

    "Don't panic, Orca! We'll get sandwiches."

  • @theF1oracle
    @theF1oracle 9 років тому +187

    I can't really put into words how much this makes me laugh 1:35
    Thank you scotland for giving the world this amazing accent

    • @johnd4587
      @johnd4587 3 роки тому +3

      Your welcome

    • @roryhungrrr
      @roryhungrrr 2 місяці тому

      it's ny fave line, not many end with such a sassy fuck off at tthe end

  • @tivednagol9127
    @tivednagol9127 10 років тому +49

    "There's something I do know, that you don't know. I'm Doctor fucking Who."
    You're damn right he is.

    • @stevemcqwark7061
      @stevemcqwark7061 10 років тому +1

      WOW, you're a hard man mate.

    • @tivednagol9127
      @tivednagol9127 10 років тому +4

      *****, why? What are we doing? The reason we're doing it is because the lead actor in _The Thick of It_ now stars in _Doctor Who._ It make sense, so what's the bother?

  • @vinnywinnies
    @vinnywinnies 11 років тому +56

    The children's-themed nicknames for Ollie are some of the best, in my opinion. Andy Pandy, Tintin's Sexy Sister, The Unbaked Gingerbread Man, Tinky Winky, The Little Man in the Red and Yellow Car..... ChristoperfuckingRobin.

    • @JoelJoel321
      @JoelJoel321 Рік тому +8

      The beige Power Ranger.

    • @artyb27
      @artyb27 Рік тому +13

      Description rather than nickname but "looks a bit like a Quentin Blake illustration" absolutely killed me.

    • @Hysteria98
      @Hysteria98 Рік тому +1

      @@artyb27 FAR and away the best one. One of my favourite lines in the entire show.

  • @varolussalsanclar1163
    @varolussalsanclar1163 5 років тому +14

    The most underrated British comedy series ever.

  • @mattbrooks90
    @mattbrooks90 12 років тому +10

    I'd be preaching to the converted to go on about how sublime this show is ... so I'm primarily commenting to take my hat off to the person that compiled and editted this video. Even bearing in mind the richness of the source material you have done a superb job here. Thankyou.

  • @tomclarke4530
    @tomclarke4530 11 років тому +71

    Forget what mummy says , do what daddy says

  • @OminousVoice
    @OminousVoice 10 років тому +194

    You missed 'Baldymort'

    • @themightyboush
      @themightyboush 10 років тому +13

      That was from In the Loop. This is only nicknames in the TV show.

    • @angelicank13
      @angelicank13 9 років тому +1

      +OminousVoice haha yeah, one of the best, but is from the movie "In The Loop"

    • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
      @F1ll1nTh3Blanks 5 років тому +1

      Ah, that makes so much more sense now.

  • @Slypaperclips
    @Slypaperclips 10 років тому +220

    They missed my favourite, "Noncey Sinatra"

  • @danpackman6195
    @danpackman6195 5 років тому +40

    ‘Deep Beige’ is severely underrated

  • @TheOneWithTheHair1
    @TheOneWithTheHair1 11 років тому +49

    "My little phony" got me.

  • @rahulpatel7391
    @rahulpatel7391 6 років тому +15

    This is a bloody great compilation.

  • @PurushaDesa
    @PurushaDesa 11 років тому +51

    "What's up booboo?"
    David Haig as Steve Fleming is so fucking creepy.

    • @jackpenguin3112
      @jackpenguin3112 8 років тому +8

      PurushaDesa omg Steve Fleming is so insanely funny. his flipping out about Andy Murray kills me every time.

    • @briansmith5239
      @briansmith5239 3 роки тому +11

      I CANNOT BELIEVE THE ENERGY GOING INTO ANDY MURRAY!!! This one cracks me up.

    • @georgeohunt2263
      @georgeohunt2263 2 роки тому

      @@briansmith5239 WOULD YOU PLEASE FUCKING WELL

  • @Adam-wl7nv
    @Adam-wl7nv 3 роки тому +20

    Peter Onion is so stupidly funny lmao

  • @johnfranklin87
    @johnfranklin87 3 роки тому +13

    See Peter Capaldi say "Lucile Ball-bag" made my night 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ronandynan1228
    @ronandynan1228 7 місяців тому +1

    The fact that I only understood a third of them and yet it was still one of the funniest videos ever is just brilliant😂😂

  • @akf2000
    @akf2000 8 років тому +12

    08:58 you can see Chris Addison trying to cover his corpsing - Glenn's breakdown is one of my fave scenes.

    • @spewter
      @spewter 6 років тому +1

      It’s Ollie laughing at Glenn

  • @0vaDaWudz
    @0vaDaWudz 10 років тому +73

    how could you leave "foetus boy" out hahaha?!

    • @AlienWithABox
      @AlienWithABox 9 років тому +4

      I call people Foetus Boy (among other things) because of this show.

    • @jj_b5400
      @jj_b5400 6 років тому +14

      That was In The Loop not The Thick of It.

  • @Krushtykon
    @Krushtykon 10 років тому +130

    "Sorry about the Puffin" xD

  • @ivanpb1983
    @ivanpb1983 9 років тому +12

    This is the bloody fucking best way to learn English.

    • @danielbliss1988
      @danielbliss1988 2 місяці тому

      it's how Figo and Ronaldo taught David Beckham Spanish!

  • @MrCustardbeast
    @MrCustardbeast 4 роки тому +10

    "All you are is Ben's Glenn" is the best line ever

  • @maximumlvl5001
    @maximumlvl5001 4 роки тому +14

    Yoko Ono and the two remaining Beatles always gets me

  • @tochno_navernoe
    @tochno_navernoe 4 роки тому +11

    I have no idea why, but "deep beige" and "Wilmaaaaaa" has me in stitches every time

  • @geo24793
    @geo24793 3 роки тому +11

    The Node of Nodehall gets me every time 😂

  • @ryanrtw
    @ryanrtw 11 років тому +82

    'Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on ponce'. I cannot believe how good this show is.

  • @jennab.6723
    @jennab.6723 9 місяців тому

    I’ve been watching this perfect compilation of insults since it was posted. It got me to watch the show.

  • @warlocksarewatching
    @warlocksarewatching 9 років тому +47

    "Ooh hello, the Golden Girls!"

  • @mekrabj2901
    @mekrabj2901 9 років тому +10

    "Hey, James fucking May!" I spit my drink all over my lap top!

  • @AIreadsmydiaries
    @AIreadsmydiaries 3 роки тому +20

    Hale and pacemaker always gets me 😂

  • @MegaFafnir
    @MegaFafnir 9 років тому +32

    3:34 "Why is ZIPPY still talking?!?!" LOL!!!

  • @siegfriedetzkorn2256
    @siegfriedetzkorn2256 2 роки тому +10

    We all should swear more at each other. This would return more honesty in some conversation. Lovely to see Malcolm be frank.

  • @oooooooooorly
    @oooooooooorly 14 років тому +25

    "At least I know how to use a stick, mr. Floppy!"
    That's funny on so many levels...

  • @Comet12864
    @Comet12864 9 років тому +22

    I always fall apart at "Well FUCK Tinkie Winkie!" XD 8:56

  • @BaileysMariner
    @BaileysMariner 9 років тому +47

    Why was The Fucker only ever in one scene? It seemed like they were setting him up as the opposition's Tucker for the final season, but then he vanished.

    • @otterhero6229
      @otterhero6229 5 років тому +10

      @Ascaithe really? I'd say it's my favourite season. Its really good to get a sustained view of both sides of the government.

    • @mikewellwood1412
      @mikewellwood1412 5 років тому +3

      He came back IRL as Dominic Cummings.

    • @benyoung5633
      @benyoung5633 3 роки тому +3

      I think his entire character was just a meta joke considering how pathetic his character is in "In the Loop"

  • @simonfuller7331
    @simonfuller7331 4 роки тому +5

    Brilliant script!!! My personal favourite: Virgin West Coast

    • @kiranraichura8665
      @kiranraichura8665 3 роки тому +2

      I just realised how random and yet hoe amazing that is! Like if you used it in real life people would be like WTF! But it just suits the character and the programme so well!

  • @RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea
    @RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea 13 років тому +16

    "Me, Aragorn the true king. You, Boromir. Your horn is broken and will be blown no more. " lol

  • @kitpalmer1583
    @kitpalmer1583 6 років тому +8

    "Remtard Remmington"
    ...yeah, I'm sold. gonna watch this show now.

    • @kitpalmer1583
      @kitpalmer1583 6 років тому +8

      watched the whole thing in two days. genius.

  • @LusciousTwinkle
    @LusciousTwinkle 11 років тому +2

    I was out of the country for much of the 00's and missed this....Got a WHOLE Iannucci comedy to catch up on!!! I bet it was better watching when it went out though....

  • @luella_OK
    @luella_OK 9 років тому +13

    The fucker he comin, he comin to your town

  • @goawayimsleeping509
    @goawayimsleeping509 Рік тому +3

    "Pontius Pilate, with the emphasis on ponce."

  • @TheIkaraCult
    @TheIkaraCult 7 місяців тому +1

    I know its not a nickname, and its from In the Loop, but when he goes "Ah Mr Ambassador with your big baldy head you are really spoiling us" it wrecks me every time.

  • @Hannah-ic5wv
    @Hannah-ic5wv 5 років тому +7

    Terry's clockwork orange will always be the best

  • @LifeOfRy
    @LifeOfRy 4 роки тому +10

    1:04 is genius in its double meanings. Genuinely genius.

    • @georgeohunt2263
      @georgeohunt2263 2 роки тому +1

      It's significantly cleverer but weirdly still not as funny as the immediately following "Ooooo hello, the Golden Girls" haha

    • @LifeOfRy
      @LifeOfRy 2 роки тому +1

      @@georgeohunt2263 I also very much enjoy Cack Efron and the beige power ranger.

  • @LegalVampire
    @LegalVampire Рік тому +8

    'You fucking jazzy bastard' always gets me ✨

  • @REFLEXiw
    @REFLEXiw 4 роки тому +2

    This is actually really well edited

  • @markgibbins23
    @markgibbins23 13 років тому +8

    'There he is Bob Carolgees. Hows the wee comedy dog?' Utterly brilliant.

  • @jordyw441
    @jordyw441 9 років тому +11

    Am I being threatened my Harold fucking Bishop!?

  • @amorembalming
    @amorembalming 5 років тому +14

    Sorry about the puffin is a wonderful line.

  • @sticksman1979
    @sticksman1979 8 років тому +1

    This needs to be catalogued!

  • @DontFeedTheDrummer
    @DontFeedTheDrummer 12 років тому +22

    "sorry about the puffin" one of my fav

  • @darrencain5221
    @darrencain5221 5 років тому +9

    "Sue Barker's little sister" will always be my favourite

  • @gclancy51
    @gclancy51 12 років тому +9

    Don't know why, but "you're Ben's Glenn" always has me in pieces...

  • @ABWG_ZePequ
    @ABWG_ZePequ 8 років тому +38

    9:34 The unbaked gingerbread man hahaha

  • @vinnywinnies
    @vinnywinnies 11 років тому +5

    And Stuart.. what a brilliantly realised caricature he is.

  • @CaladonianQueen
    @CaladonianQueen 4 роки тому +29

    Malcolm calling himself 'Daddy' does things to me.❤

  • @steve-marsh
    @steve-marsh 3 роки тому +5

    Richard Stilgoe will always be my favourite :D

  • @cruxcommissa
    @cruxcommissa 5 років тому +2

    I like how this is edited.

  • @Holic1337
    @Holic1337 11 років тому +13

    Season 4 had some gems. "You know, me and the Inbetweeners!"

  • @crayoneater6034
    @crayoneater6034 Рік тому +2

    "Isn't that David Dickinson?" "Oo, nice taaan." Fuckin ruins me every time

  • @jonnnyren6245
    @jonnnyren6245 3 роки тому +5

    8:18 always love the crossest man in Scotland, well aside from his "shut it Love Actually."

  • @GattToDaChoppa
    @GattToDaChoppa 2 роки тому +5

    6:55 aged like fine wine

  • @deanoward
    @deanoward 13 років тому +13

    first time i saw "sorry about the puffin" i was crying with laughter

  • @lewisvann1
    @lewisvann1 12 років тому +12

    About 7.00: "Oh here comes Laurel and Hardie. Did you manage to that piano up the stairs ok?"

  • @kukuricapica
    @kukuricapica 3 роки тому +10

    "Wilmaaa!" that fcking Flinstone reference always kills me I've actually done it to my ex and I regret nothing...

  • @VC-xj1fs
    @VC-xj1fs 9 років тому +21

    I will make it my life's mission to call somebody Lucille Ballbag.

  • @Thundernerd2aBird
    @Thundernerd2aBird 9 років тому +18

    6:58 and that's how he got the job "I'm doctor fucking who"

    • @Rascaduanok
      @Rascaduanok 9 років тому

      +Eleanorminblack There are other prophecies about his becoming Doctor Who. For example, Peter Mannion goes on TV, and his PR have forced him to take his tie off. Tucker sees him on TV and says: "I'm really liking the no tie thing."
      Then his Doctor goes on to wear fully buttoned up shirts with no tie!

    • @Thundernerd2aBird
      @Thundernerd2aBird 9 років тому

      Lol coincidence? I think not ;)

    • @CMDParodies
      @CMDParodies 9 років тому +4

      Eleanorminblack clearly says Doctor Know, as in Doctor No...

    • @Thundernerd2aBird
      @Thundernerd2aBird 9 років тому

      oh damn

    • @Thundernerd2aBird
      @Thundernerd2aBird 9 років тому

      I've told you to fuck off twice and yet you're still here XD