How old are you? - Yes Minister (1980) Discussion

[–] john-2287 17 years ago

18 :D

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39 and first watched it in my early teens. Although I originally missed most of the jokes I could see even back then that it was a classy comedy.

Watched it again last week and very little had dated except references to the cold war and radical left councils.

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[–] DBloodnok 17 years ago

34, UK; I came to YM through the back door, by first watching Yes Prime Minister and then catching repeats of Minister. What a great series, fantastically written and some stellar performances. It's being repeated at the moment on UKTV Gold.

"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."

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[–] Mrs_Twelvetrees 17 years ago

21, The Netherlands

Darling, We're the Young Ones
Hammersmith Hardwoman #11

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[–] DramaticLife 17 years ago

28

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[–] ExpressingYourself 17 years ago

I'm fourteen, and i find this fantastic!

Bill Bailey - Hobbit:
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[–] JB_378 17 years ago

I'm 20, and I live in the US...grew up in Canada, where I first saw Yes Prime Minister at the age of 13 or 14.

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"I like my plan better. Get up, get out, get drunk, repeat as needed."

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[–] TheSummoningDark 17 years ago

I'm sixteen, and I probably find YM and YPM so funny because my dad's a civil servant...

Duo Maxwell: [On suffocation] Oh, this is such a lame way to die. This is so not cool!

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[–] themadderhat 17 years ago

I'm 23. Only discovered the show this year. It's amazing how funny and relevant it still is.

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[–] mitsub001-1 17 years ago

41, USA....Maybe the best show ever.

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[–] WatchingTheScreen 17 years ago

33, Spain. I agree with mitsub001-1.

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[–] freeasinfreespeech 17 years ago

29 and I'm Turkish !!!

Yes Minister was so popular in the 80's here, Paul Eddington was invited to meet Turgut Ozal - the prime minister back then.(funny it is not written anywhere, IMDb, Wikipedia..)

I used to love the show then (even though I didn't understand the satire, I loved the acting and clash of the characters Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey), the show was rerun several times in both the TRT (government TV) and private channels, recently the earliest episodes were shown on BBC Prime, and I'm absolutely amazed that after 27 years it IS indeed funny and fresh as it's first shown, truly a great classic!!!

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[–] tommybabs 17 years ago

26, watched it for about ten years on UK Gold.

Asps... very dangerous... you go first!

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[–] H_Kivel 16 years ago

I'm 40 years old and I live in Concho, Arizona, USA.

I recently purchased and watched all 16 episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister." One of my favorite quotes is missing from the series ("Just because we have annihilation doesn't mean we should have anarchy.") Well, it must be in "Yes, Minister."

YPM/YM is the best political/bureaucracy comedy ever made.

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[–] goatboy420 16 years ago

I'm 35, live in England, and first caught this most amazing series when it was first on, as my arents used to watch it. Like so many, I didn't appreciate all the finer nuances and subtleties a the time, but I absolutely love it now, and have even converted my wife to it!

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[–] WatchAD 16 years ago

24, from the uk, and I first really watched the show two years ago by using bittorrents. One of the best sitcoms ever, along with Spaced, I'm Alan Partridge, People Like Us, and Arrested Development.

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[–] pmc31-1 16 years ago

38 from England

I never got into it when it was first on and it didn't help when Thatcher send it was her favourite TV show (I was a bit of leftie in my teens), however I caught a repeat on BBC4 a few years ago and got into it through that.

Phil

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