"Democracy or Monarchy, don't make no difference: Money talks, merit walks" That line, just loved it.
@ChickSage Жыл бұрын
He forgot to add, " but it can't touch my three lock box", at the end.
@andrewlevin6331 Жыл бұрын
I’m a bit confused on what it means. I’m assuming that it means that in either democracy or monarchy, money is more important than merit. Am I correct?
@ryanmatthew05 Жыл бұрын
@@andrewlevin6331 yes, essentially. Simmerson was incompetent and a coward, but he had the scratch.
@andrewlevin6331 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanmatthew05 i figured, thanks for the confirmation
@khankrum1 Жыл бұрын
If there is such a thing as democracy. I have never seen it!
@michaelmixon24795 жыл бұрын
The person that played Simmerson did a great job. We really dislike him!
@simonmorris42264 жыл бұрын
He’s probably a really nice bloke in real life!
@brigadier-tc85654 жыл бұрын
He's called Michael Cochrane. He's been in a lot of series over the years, including two appearances on Doctor Who and my personal favourite, the BBC series Wings, where he plays Lieutenant Charles Gaylion
@christopherdean13264 жыл бұрын
According to a book about the series, Micheal Cochrane is one of the nicest guys you could wish to meet.
@DropGoal-jb5ss4 жыл бұрын
Good acting all round- and James Bond rubbing his feet!
@RS250Squid4 жыл бұрын
There's a trope well known, "Mean character, nice actor". The theory is that bad guys played by actors who are actually lovely people, seem so much meaner, because the actor has to put so much effort into portraying them, rather than just being themselves.
@v8cool2313 жыл бұрын
Having done many historic re-enactments, when I watch Sharpe scenes, I can just feel the heat inside the tent, and the smell of gunpowder stained clothes and tent material . Ahhhhhhh brings back memories.
@villyvassell85723 жыл бұрын
I did reenactment for 12 years,,l miss the smells l got to know Jason Salkey from the Sharpe series,
@villyvassell85723 жыл бұрын
He played the part of Harris,,
@abcdefghijklmop76593 жыл бұрын
@@villyvassell8572 could you explain the whole scarification thing to me please as I’m guessing you will have an understanding of the time period
@jerikromero17463 жыл бұрын
The best smell ever!
@andrewames2473 жыл бұрын
@@abcdefghijklmop7659 Back in the day (3 or 400 years, and before) health problems were generally thought to be cause by an "Imbalance of the Four Humors"; fluids in the body that had to be kept in balance for the body to function properly and healthily. The Melancholic Humor, or Black Bile, the Phlegmatic, or Phlegm, the Choleric, or Yellow Bile, and the Sanguine, or Blood. This theory has been around since the time of the Greeks, and was exercised through the process of bloodletting, where a set amount of blood was drained from the body and then examined for any irregularities.
@thisaccountnameiscompletel89493 жыл бұрын
Always loved Hogan’s character, talks a man he hates into cutting himself and makes it think it’s to his benefit. Sums him up perfectly.
@allways282 жыл бұрын
Major Hogans coat buttons up tightly around a number of other duties ....
@andrewpestotnik54952 жыл бұрын
Okay, I need clarification because I'm ignorant. Is he snorting cocaine or opium or what?
@tonythatorc9712 жыл бұрын
@@andrewpestotnik5495 Snuff, tobacco inhaled through the nose delivering nicotine and a flavor. It was a common thing back then I believe.
@andrewpestotnik54952 жыл бұрын
@@tonythatorc971 thanks, I just didn't know if it was cocaine or what. That was my first guess
@Zoras882 жыл бұрын
That's why he's a murdering officer
@geekdiggy4 жыл бұрын
i like the actor's portrayal of captain leroy. his delivery on "washington won" was simple yet leaves an impression. shame leroy wasn't in the series long.
@santoslittlehelper063 жыл бұрын
Leroy had balls the size of boulders. At Talevera it was him, not Simmerson, who was up in front of the South Essex and kept them firing in the face of the advancing French column, long after Simmerson quit the field at the mere sight of said French column.
@mrblack8883 жыл бұрын
Yes, but no. The French won that war for their junior partner, "America". The Americans lost virtually every part of it.
@wordsmith523 жыл бұрын
Seemed like a damn fine man.
@Lewis97093 жыл бұрын
@@mrblack888 You're a special kind of stupid aren't you?
@mrblack8883 жыл бұрын
@@Lewis9709 Don't worry. Everyone starts off knowing nothing, then only what the adults told them to say. Then one day, if they keep at it, they'll learn to find out things for themselves.
@JjackVideo3 жыл бұрын
"I came from the ranks Sir" The shock on Simmerson's face was priceless. Oh the horror of merit, lmao
@SovereignStatesman3 жыл бұрын
That's how the Mongols ruled, and destroyed Europe. The best soldiers were promoted, no matter their heritage.
@metningsniva38563 жыл бұрын
@@SovereignStatesman The Mongols destroyed Europe? Yes, from 1941-1945.
@the98themperoroftheholybri333 жыл бұрын
A jolly jumper? Here, my word!
@rc591912 жыл бұрын
French used conscription and had many officers that served in the ranks. Had they not have to fight the whole of Europe they would of beaten the United Kingdom without a doubt.
@atruemanofculture15212 жыл бұрын
@@rc59191 there are patterns that seem to persist in these wars , like how people who wished to conquer the world would somehow keep fighting the russians in winter and failed and how it would be the British and some other allies would beat them later ,if I were to become someone that would want to rule the world I would start with the uk and just demolish Russia with nukes
@LoudaroundLincoln2 жыл бұрын
I love that wink Hogan gives Leroy. As if to say " your the only other one in here with a brain so I know you'll enjoy this."
@davegreenlaw5654 Жыл бұрын
And him hiding that smirk right after.
@andrewkemp6813 Жыл бұрын
When noticing a episode of Sharpe was on tv i naturally sat down with a cuppa to watch ..Thats my style sir
@KenjiMapes8 ай бұрын
“From America?” “No sir, from Virginia.”😭🤣 Cpt Leroy was played by underrated actor Gavin O’Hirlhy who sadly passed in 2021. He played a large part as a SPECTRE infiltrator in the Bond reboot with Sean Connery (may he RIP too) of Thunderball called “Never Say, Never Again,” was a warrior in George Lucas’s original Willow & other roles. He did a great job here as Cpt Leroy. After recently discovering Sharpe, which I had no idea about I am really enjoying into this underrated hidden gem of a tv series. I presume this older series where a lot of young actors such as Sean Bean cut their teeth was pretty popular in the UK but I had no idea about until just recently which is a shame. I can only surmise it is sadly way underrated & not appreciatee enough here in the States. I’m only on Episode 4 as of this comment but surmise that it was popular enough in the UK to get reboot in the late 2000’s after the initial run finished it seems.
@JnEricsonx7 ай бұрын
His dad was awesome as well.
@williamclifford444114 күн бұрын
@@KenjiMapes he also played a very nasty piece of work in Lonesome Dove.
@tnerbtnerb51365 жыл бұрын
While more subtle, you can tell LeRoy has come to despise Simmerson about as much privately as Simmerson shows for Sharpe openly. Just look at that stare he skewered Simmerson with when he says "Money talks...and Merit walks..."
@JnEricsonx5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the stereotype of the Southern gentleman...isn't a stereotype and is legit.
@WorldWar2freak944 ай бұрын
At the very least, Simmerson’s practice of flogging his soldiers did not endear him to Leroy.
@declanokeeffe843 жыл бұрын
"Who the devil are you sir" - gets me everytime. Great character, Great actor.
@erikrungemadsen20813 жыл бұрын
Being a good villain takes skill, being a petty piece of shit hated by everyone takes talent for an actor. The foot massage is what does it in this scene.
@highstakes12352 жыл бұрын
‘Lieutenant Sharpe Sir’ ‘No you’re not you’re a damn disgrace’ 😂😂😂
@jimbobeire2 жыл бұрын
@@erikrungemadsen2081 James Bond was massaging his feet while the boots are still on them?
@dritzzdarkwood4727 Жыл бұрын
@@jimbobeire He had to. Simmerson was paying all his expenses, lol.
@smnbee75 Жыл бұрын
I love how Simmerson acts as though Scarification is actually helping him. It's even funnier when Hogan convinces him to have it done again.
@danknerevarine3678 Жыл бұрын
that wink he gives Captain Leroy afterwards lmao
@smnbee7511 ай бұрын
@@danknerevarine3678yes! I noticed that lol. Brilliant acting from all in this scene.
@indiana1465 жыл бұрын
If simmerson was in vietnam he would have been a victim of fragging
@conlaiarla5 жыл бұрын
Rightly so.
@spwicks19805 жыл бұрын
Thats the point of his character, he always escapes his just deserts. Watch the last one of the series in India. Simmerson gets a rather lovely punishment ;)
@Hotspur374 жыл бұрын
he never would have made to Nam suffering from the bone spur for sure
@andrelaboy20024 жыл бұрын
Whats fragging ?
@John761254 жыл бұрын
@@andrelaboy2002 throwing a grenade at your officer cause you hate him so much so he dies...
@Catonzo4 жыл бұрын
"Fetch and carry, eh?" Oh Simmerson.. how the irony comes back at you.
@williamb54844 жыл бұрын
We'll see him fetch and carry an eagle!
@randyperkins57592 жыл бұрын
I infer that 'fetch and carry' is not a good thing or a good status. Can anyone tell me more about 'fetch and carry'?
@mudyao2 жыл бұрын
@@randyperkins5759 think of it as errand boy. You don't get to do any fighting, you just do whatever everybody tells you to do
@Reddeath1112 жыл бұрын
But...but...he has friends at court
@smnbee75 Жыл бұрын
@@randyperkins5759 Fetch and Carry basically means you're the platoon dogsbody, doing all the menial tasks like carrying supplies, or in the case of Hogan's suggestion, Explosives. Hogan's manipulation of Simmerson led him to believe that Sharpe and his men were under Hogan's command, and therefore could keep wearing the green jacket of his Regiment, and not those ghastly redcoats. Hogan did Sharpe a favour by doing so.
@MichaelLee-tt7gm5 жыл бұрын
The way this scene is written, in the book by Cornwell and in the series by Eoghan Harris, both show that Hogan knows the perfect way to handle a pompous ass like Simmerson. "But dammit, sir, I am in command!" "Yes, and it's just because you are in command that you need the services of men like Sharpe and his rifles, since we both know just how things can get in the field." In other words, Hogan talks to him as a fellow soldier, which means Simmerson can't countermand him without admitting that he doesn't have the first clue how to run his regiment or lead it in the field.
@w.h6484 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it's also he was stroking his ego, people like Simmerson are easier to persuade if you talk to them like that.
@hobanagerik4 жыл бұрын
W. H Also. Also make them think that it was their idea in the first place. They love that.
@macklee68374 жыл бұрын
I love how they all call each other 'sir' like gentlemen
@beartrapcanadian68523 жыл бұрын
That's because its accustom to call officers sir and ma'am and is still something in todays military's that is inforced 😊
@Volcano-Man2 жыл бұрын
Because officers are still considered to be 'Ladies or Gentlemen,' in Her Majesty's Forces. Don't know at the US as I left HMF in 1982!
@antorseax94922 жыл бұрын
Because it's their titles...
@TheMaulam12345 Жыл бұрын
but they are gentlemens, well except for Sharp
@darkclawgreatonenas Жыл бұрын
@@TheMaulam12345 correct, Sharpe is an ACTUAL man...at least when compared to most of the officers he had to deal with over the years...at least on the screen, Simmerson was a thorn in Sharpes side many times...less so in the books...
@andraenicholson35574 жыл бұрын
Serving in Iraq I got into an argument with a squad mate and said 'We're all Americans, deal with it.' My guy says "I don't know about the rest of y'all but I'm from f*ckin Texas' lol.
@djcrazythomashulks4 жыл бұрын
alot of americans have more loyalty to their state than their country, which was one of many reasons alot of them sided against the union in the civil wars
@andraenicholson35574 жыл бұрын
@@djcrazythomashulks a lot of Americans treat people from even neighboring states as unwanted foreigners. Oregon tolerates Washingtonians, Californians are almost universally reviled even by people who moved to Oregon from another state lol.
@MaxxCoyote4 жыл бұрын
@@santijauregui459 I was totally going to say that.
@pearldiver10064 жыл бұрын
It's a whole another Country!! The Republic of TEXAS!!
@andraenicholson35574 жыл бұрын
@@pearldiver1006 but it's not though lol. Still a state of the Union. Elsewhere they'd be illegal immigrants and require processing through immigration when they moved from Texas to anywhere else in the country lol
@MrTrevor1817 жыл бұрын
"Money talks...Merit walks" ...That statement still holds true in politics today
@jinxcat906 жыл бұрын
Very true, but I think in the context of the scene he was giving a variant of talking the talk vs walking the walk. Those 19th century gentlemen were very good at making insults that could be easily missed
@SantomPh5 жыл бұрын
@@jinxcat90 Leroy is saying that money gets you places like in his case and in Simmerson's case, but you still need some kind of merit to your name- Wellesley for instance distinguished himself greatly as a general despite being wealthy enough to hang back, as did George Washington.
@100mmtubeofjustice75 жыл бұрын
@@SantomPh actually Wellesley got a loan from his brother who actually had the titles and cash, then was able to purchase a high rank even tho it was in one of the Indian Regiments, but eventually thru luck and skill he was able to get better promotions and civil rank, which allowed better postings.
@Scottx125Productions5 жыл бұрын
By that he means buying your way into stuff or power is far easier than via merit. Which is always true because merit takes time, money is instant.
@martynspeck5 жыл бұрын
I found the statement anachronistic.
@retroray58warby985 жыл бұрын
Brian Cox.What a great actor.
@SpiderPigggg Жыл бұрын
Shenanigans
@stealmysunshine11 ай бұрын
I am proud to say I lost out on a part to him (Helm Hammer hand)
@vali87206 жыл бұрын
When hogan gives his speech about combustable gases in the internal organs. leroy gives him that look like man wtf. lmao .then hogan winks at him hahaha
@neilsanghvi52295 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this scene since I was a child in the 90s, and there's always something new to find!
@tomservo53475 жыл бұрын
I think Leroy knows what kind of man Simmerson is but having bought his commission he realizes it's just a part of the game. Leroy turned out to be a good officer and humane, bailing out Sharpe a couple of times and becoming the correct officer to lead the South Essex.
@g00gleminus965 жыл бұрын
It was a way to tell Simerson that Simmerson is a gasbag without Simmerson understanding the insult.
@jobob475 жыл бұрын
yes. they was fcking with the idiot.
@rudmanpaul28122 жыл бұрын
I'm 43 year old and still lucky enough to have some pals from school....even today we refer to a certain type of man as ' a right fucking simmerson '
@MrHellsing764 жыл бұрын
Anyone else take notice of Hogan instantly tricking Simmerson into cutting himself again.
@John761254 жыл бұрын
No I dont think anyone noticed...
@gurpreetdigpal81294 жыл бұрын
Alan 😂😂🤣
@SitInTheShayd3 жыл бұрын
Hogan is an excellent int officer that way
@stefanfilipovits213 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame we didn’t get more of him in later seasons. He’s really great. A great performance and an interesting character. We got ALOT of other awesome side characters (pyecroft, Ross, McDonald, El Mirador, etc.) but I do miss hogan. He and Wellesley were always hilarious together.
@davegreenlaw56543 жыл бұрын
I loved the little wink Hogan gave to Leroy there, and then Leroy trying to stifle a smile, after he basically told Simmerson that the flogging disgusted him without saying that the flogging disgusted him. As good as Leroy's look of shock as Simmerson gave that new flogging order. Those little looks and doubletakes say more then any line of dialogue ever could.
@tehonlyFreeman Жыл бұрын
"You mean you're not a gentleman?" "No sir." "BY GOD SHARPE THIS WILL NOT DO! ALL MY OFFICERS ARE GENTLEMEN!" 😂 absolutely love that delivery
@mikeburkholder7458 Жыл бұрын
Except Simmerson, himself
@hsnell12222 ай бұрын
This could have been the start of a wholesome subplot about the South Essex tutoring Sharpe in the art of being a gentleman.
@M1DL1F3GAM3R Жыл бұрын
Sharpe: "I am from the ranks, Sir" You must be aware that being promoted to a higher rank from private has a different meaning in this era. They have done something meritoriously for them to be promoted, and Sharpe has shown Simmerson what he is capable of in this episode. He fears him, that's what the novel said.
@samuelspake43062 жыл бұрын
In the final Sharpe episode, it takes a near-death experience to actually shape Simmerson into a decent man. Acts pleasantly with the other members of his party, plays games with a child, and commands a section of Sepoys, with a musket in hand, against the 3rd Native Horse.
@jasperzanovich2504 Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he also had heatstroke during that time. And he finally subordinated himself under Sharpe. As you know Sharpe either drags you to glory or gets you killed.
@nickmitsialis Жыл бұрын
Sepoys? Wouldn't that be taking place before the Napoleonic wars?
@mysticdragonwolf89 Жыл бұрын
All the while in a bathrobe with a Sunday hat He also thanks Sharpe and apologizes A truly character of many arcs
@steffanyschwartz7801 Жыл бұрын
@@nickmitsialisSepoy’s we’re in the British army till the 1850’s when they revolted and where replaced.
@filthydisgustingape5354 Жыл бұрын
@@steffanyschwartz7801 yes. I was wondering if these adventures with Simmerson took place AFTER the Napoleonic Wars
@FerretJohn5 жыл бұрын
For those unfamiliar, back in the old days health was thought to be caused by a balance of internal gasses called Humors and that illness was caused by the Humors being out of balance. To relieve illness the Humors had to be put back into balance, usually by bleeding, that balance though was unique to each person so it required some trial and error to find that right balance. What Simmerson and his personal physician was doing was what one might call "preventative medicine", balancing the Humors before they got too out of balance to really notice.
@odysseusrex59085 жыл бұрын
Fluids, not gasses, but yeah.
@mr.muldoontoyou4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the explanation! I thought it was strange (still do), but it's good to know.
@MrCardinal19653 жыл бұрын
Shame they had no anti bacterial wipes!
@BDubH222 жыл бұрын
That, and he was scarifying his skin. Scarifying was the pratice of creating shallow incisions in the skin to create scar-patterns for cosmetic purposes. Like a tattoo, in practice!
@neilgallagher13395 ай бұрын
If I need to balance my humours, I just eat more beans or veggie tacco mix, does the job very nicely, but not so nice for anyone in the room 😅
@HenriHerbert883 жыл бұрын
There are 3 James Bond characters in this scene..Alec Trevelyan, James Bond and Captain Jack Petachi from Never Say Never Again.
@karlanthonymargate73623 жыл бұрын
Oh its Daniel Craig
@santoslittlehelper063 жыл бұрын
I keep forgetting that Daniel Craig was in everything before he was Bond.
@GodlessScummer3 жыл бұрын
There's also the First Sea Lord from Tomorrow Never Dies who plays Major Lennox.
@TheBlackbird823 жыл бұрын
For England, James.
@HenriHerbert883 жыл бұрын
@@Bot23 Correct, but it's still a Bond film.
@TheFleahost Жыл бұрын
The major’s wink is brilliant.
@seangallagher19473 жыл бұрын
I love how Hogan is always looking at someone else in the room and winking at them. Lolol Brian Cox is the man
@emiseven14 жыл бұрын
You want me to burst dammit, BLEED MEEEE GOHH, quality sharpe
@idealicfool2 жыл бұрын
Lmao at Leroy looking at Hogan like "I see what you're doing there" 😂
@TheFleahost3 жыл бұрын
That wink the MAJ gives Leroy after convincing Simmerson to get bled again!!! 0:48
@pikiwiki3 жыл бұрын
Listening to Sir Henry Simmerson reminds me of the way Chris Rock talks
@warbacca10175 жыл бұрын
"Wellsly doesn't know what makes a good soldier!" Is that why he's a higher rank than you?
@lfricmunuc45344 жыл бұрын
@Howard Pearcey However, I have heard, that everyone, who bought a commission, begun by default at the rank of ensign, i.e. the lowest officer-rank. This show makes it out, that you could begin at any rank you like. I could be wrong, but that is what I heard.
@lfricmunuc45344 жыл бұрын
@Howard Pearcey I did a little more research, namely Wikipedia, and it seems, that you could begin at different ranks depending on the price. However, lieutenant colonel was the highest. That is according to this article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchase_of_commissions_in_the_British_Army
@theradgegadgie63524 жыл бұрын
@Howard Pearcey Commissions could only be bought up to the rank of lieutenant colonel and required you to have served a set minimum period in the rank below it, normally three years. Promotion to full colonel and above required merit. Simmerson got immediate lieutenant colonel by dint of the fact that he paid for the raising of the entire South Essex regiment. That was a lot rarer than an officer raised from the ranks. Normally, one did have to start at ensign, then lieutenant, captain, major and lieutenant colonel, serving three years in a rank before being able to buy the next one.
@sulphuric_glue44684 жыл бұрын
@Howard Pearcey You did have to buy commissions but the system wasn't totally corrupt as historical fiction (e.g. this series) likes to make out. You had to prove you would be good for the job in order to buy a commission, and you had to be recommended by another officer.
@MichaelLee-tt7gm4 жыл бұрын
@Howard Pearcey I actually wrote to Bernard Cornwell to ask him how the purchase system originated, and he replied that it was a holdover from the days of Marlborough (late 17th - early 18th century) when the British either didn't have a standing army, or the one they had was so small that they had to raise new regiments every time there was a war. The raising was often done by individual aristocrats like Simmerson, at their own expense, and they naturally recouped some of the expense by selling officers' posts to younger men. The system was informal, but it became "blessed by custom" and endured until 1871, when Great Britain (and virtually everybody else in Europe) scrambled to imitate the Prussians' example of creating a professional officer class trained and educated at staff colleges. In his historical note to Sharpe's Eagle, Cornwell calls it the strangest aspect (to modern eyes) of the Napoleonic British Army; on the one hand, it was monstrously prone to corruption and unfairness, but on the other, without it Wellesley would not have reached Colonel's rank quickly enough to make his talents as a soldier obvious in India.
@marvinc9995 жыл бұрын
Captain Leroy is rather cool................................(as you'd expect from a gentleman of Virginia).
@edmonddantes36405 жыл бұрын
When does he don black face. Pfffftttttt.
@michaelbarry1651 Жыл бұрын
Oh, *Virginia*. I thought you were being rude.
@onlydfresh12 жыл бұрын
Leroy was so damn right money talks and merit walks.
@joelastlight71627 жыл бұрын
007 doing a spot of foot massage,shaken not stirred!
@fix0the0spade6 жыл бұрын
So 007 kills Sean Bean in Goldeneye because he knows that in the past Sean Bean was responsible for the death of his future self in Sharpe, AARGH MY BRAIN!
@joelastlight71626 жыл бұрын
What about cpt Leroy then?He becomes an outlaw in the 1870`s west and is hung by Robert duval in Lonesome Dove.oh happy days.
@AdamWilhelm15 жыл бұрын
And then he becomes a B17 commander in Eight Army Airforce in WWII and help the brits once again.
@CommaKazie5 жыл бұрын
Good eye, I completely missed that.
@HenriHerbert883 жыл бұрын
@@fix0the0spade And Pettraci from Never Say Never Again is checking out 007's skills before he commandeers two atomic bombs in Never Say Never Again. There are 3 Bond actors in this scene.
@doug24962 жыл бұрын
The smooth talking Virginian Cpt is a personal favorite character of mine
@reecewaters63443 жыл бұрын
I love simerson reaction to Sharpe when he says he is from the ranks.
@F40PH-2CAT Жыл бұрын
I see Sharpe videos, I hit the like button, that's my style sir.
@sid21128 ай бұрын
" You're an American?" "No sir, a Virginian." That is a VERY Virginian thing to say.
@GrasshopperKelly4 жыл бұрын
Hey look! It's Mr. James Bo-... Berry! Good to see he's been fighting for king and country for the last 200 years...
@dgerdi3 жыл бұрын
And still Commander. Must be a quite limited service. Of he felt in disgrace by his early duty in these times, that made him change name in around 1910 and join the Royal Navy as a seaman and worked his career through the ranks until becoming Commander in the late 1950‘s. But still 70 years. Must still piss off his authorities.
@HenriHerbert885 жыл бұрын
Leroy looks like he's inhaled some of Hogan's combustible gases.
@Conorp773 жыл бұрын
Simmerson actor was so awesome
@Cozza845 жыл бұрын
2:41 - Thanks for the history lesson, Captain.
@ChobinoftheFunk7 ай бұрын
"It's just because you are in charge, sir. The General Wellesly doesn't want to add to your many responsibilities." Slickest way of calling a man stupid I've ever seen.
@LordSpleach4 жыл бұрын
And this is why 006 turned On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
@tnerbtnerb51364 жыл бұрын
The hilariousness of this situation is that Leroy left the U.S. to escape the "injustices" of democracy. His apparent reward for that transition was to be placed under the command of someone who makes a decent argument for democracy (namely that the common person would have gotten to weigh in on a man like Simmenson having power far moreso than the Britanian System).
@JnEricsonx3 жыл бұрын
Well, his family left, when he was still young, didn't have much of a choice.
@joshuaolson70823 жыл бұрын
Being a democracy has done absolutely nothing to stop incompetent shitheels like simmerson from being in the US military. Remember that general who got removed from command of a missile base for going on a four day bender with two hookers during an offical visit to russia? Or the commander of US forces in Iraq that got drunk on a bus tour of Europe and told a rolling stone reporter what he really thought about obama?
@vonfaustien39572 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaolson7082 how about that time the idiots running the Afghanistan withdrawal left 80 billion in weapons and vehicles and made the enemies they'd spent 20 years fighting a better equipped force than some first world countries?
@pathfinderlight2 жыл бұрын
The USA Governments have always had a problem with improper business/government ties and influence. Even in the Napoleonic age, that flaw started to cause problems.
@maxbrazil37125 жыл бұрын
One of the best & slimiest bad guys in TV history! However, Richard Morant as Flashman in 1971's "Tom Brown's School Days" still wears the crown.
@jonnie1063 жыл бұрын
You can see the division in thought when Leroy introduces himself. Sharpe asks, "From America, sir?" Leroy replies, "No, sir. From Virginia". A man that isn't from 'America', would have no problem fighting a civil war against 'America' which is exactly what many 'Virginians' elected to do.
@rnash9993 жыл бұрын
Pretty much anyone would say their state instead of America.
@winternow22422 жыл бұрын
I think we're overestimating just how much Americans saw themselves as citizens of a single large nation, with a central government, instead of sovereign states merely joined together.
@jonnie1062 жыл бұрын
@@winternow2242The result of the pending American Civil War would show the estimation more accurate than not.
@monkeycat48 Жыл бұрын
Major Hogan is definitely my favorite character😎😎😎
@TonkarzOfSolSystem3 жыл бұрын
2:54 That's an American who's been around the British long enough to pick up their sense of humor.
@SuperSparrow452 жыл бұрын
Upon seeing this video, I hit the like button. That's my style sir!
@williamclifford44412 ай бұрын
An Irish Brian Cox - wonderful! 😊
@neilkearns5388 Жыл бұрын
I love Leroy great actor .
@buster5602 жыл бұрын
Money talk's, Merit walk's. The guy was way ahead of his time!!!
@CaptainPrincess8 ай бұрын
no he wasnt, its just that that problem is old as hell he wasnt ahead of his time, shit just hasnt changed in that regard
@richardlebreton6690 Жыл бұрын
love Leroy's expressions while others are talking
@spookrockcity2 жыл бұрын
Bruh at the level of talent in this scene
@Khasym5 жыл бұрын
Why in the name of all that's holy has this series NEVER MADE IT TO AMERICA?!?!?!?!? The History Channel ALONE could have blocked up cable/satellite for MONTHS showing these. Excellent acting, historically connected, great backgrounds and costuming!!! Oh wait....never mind....It doesn't paint Americans in the role of hero, and it might interfere with the sixth rotation of Storage Wars....
@JnEricsonx5 жыл бұрын
And it has damn near every awesome British actor of the 90s in, this American would happily watch. I mean, how often do you get to hear Boromir call Vision a twat?
@laurelrunlaurelrun5 жыл бұрын
It was on PBS
@odysseusrex59085 жыл бұрын
I watched it in the 1990s. I always thought it was an American production, but, whatever, it was definitely shown here when it was first produced.
@MichaelLee-tt7gm5 жыл бұрын
As a matter of fact, it was on the History Channel, though watching it was a mixed bag; on the one hand, they cut out scenes for the sake of timing; on the other, one of their presenters interviewed Bernard Cornwell in intervals.
@smnbee75 Жыл бұрын
This is what 'Low Budget but High Quality' Looks like in the UK. But yes, America needs this. Just don't try to remake it.
@KBoB369 Жыл бұрын
I bleed myself twice so I don't combust. That's my style sir!
@DarkAngel1979fuck2 жыл бұрын
2:15 I like how captain leeroy reminds simmerson he forgets himself without undermining him.
@pellelindbergh44552 жыл бұрын
Man Brian cox what a underappreciated actor
@1701spacecadet5 жыл бұрын
Yep, Sir Henry is definitely a right bleeder.
@austenkelly36465 жыл бұрын
Whats the point of the bleeding?
@1701spacecadet5 жыл бұрын
@@austenkelly3646 it was believed that 'bad blood' caused health problems so releasing it supposedly relieved the symptoms. Of course it was total bunkum like phrenology.
@austenkelly36465 жыл бұрын
@@1701spacecadet I see
@KlingonGamerYT4 жыл бұрын
great character so many decent actors who I didn't know then but boy I know em all now
@MrNintoku4 жыл бұрын
0:49 I saw that wink towards Leroy.
@mikeburkholder91534 жыл бұрын
You are correct
@dertyp346317 күн бұрын
I just love how Simmerson gets roasted constantly and doesn't get it
@Hyporama3 жыл бұрын
Scary how good this scene is
@cushyglen4264Күн бұрын
Major Hogan played by Brian Cox. Great Scottish actor.
@paddypup18364 жыл бұрын
Such a great character
@TheFleahost10 ай бұрын
Naming your KZfaq channel after Simmerson, now that’s soldiering!
@m1994a3jagnew5 жыл бұрын
@3:33 a wild daniel craig appears
@mikeburkholder91535 жыл бұрын
"all my officers are gentleman" except Simmerson
@patrickmcshane76585 жыл бұрын
He's a ninny.
@makara804 жыл бұрын
To be fair it depends on how one defines 'gentleman' in this context. For avaricious men like Simmerson such an epithet is _merely_ an affirmation of superior social status, affluence and material wealth. ....Of course he conveniently disregards the etiquette, honour and other chivalrous qualities _normally_ synonymous with being gentlemanly!
@maigretus13 жыл бұрын
Actually, apart from Simmerson, Berry and Gibbons, all his officers did behave quite gentlemanly.
@ryanphillips4218 Жыл бұрын
Watching this made me realize that, for the most part, my supervisor is Sharpe.... really happy with that.
@somethingelse5162 жыл бұрын
It’s okay, Sharpe and Simmerson part ways for good on a handshake, like besties
@battlemode2 ай бұрын
Wonderful acting
@ScoutingGamerRanger3 жыл бұрын
Anyone else think that Hogan was going the long way of saying, "you're full of shit, Sir Henry"?
@willdenoble18983 жыл бұрын
I agree. But hogan also just knew how to be such a good kiss ass
@nedkline8863 жыл бұрын
i read every book in this series at least 4 times, cornwell creats some really dispicable characters, the guy is a truly great writer. actually i read all most all of his books, the viking series was very good, did care for the king authur series as much the archer series was excellent. i picture sharpe much differently, 6 feet 4 , black hair and big and rugged.
@davidkinsey86573 жыл бұрын
Cornwell has said himself that he pictured Sharpe differently as well, until he saw Sean Bean's portrayal of him. Now when he thinks of Sharpe he sees Sean Bean.
@donwalsh94267 ай бұрын
Never saw an officer more in need of an inter-cranial high speed lead injection. Captain LeRoy actually has manners.
@BarefootLorrie5 жыл бұрын
If you look closely you’ll see the actor for Captain Leroy was miming his part and was in fact voice acted by Morgan Freeman.
@odysseusrex59085 жыл бұрын
I suppose it's possible he was dubbed, but that's definitely not Morgan Freeman's voice.
@JulianFuller0015 жыл бұрын
@@odysseusrex5908 sounds a bit like Brian Dennehy
@gordonbrown84502 ай бұрын
Ain't you the Simmerson who lost the King's colours?
@hpcrewsmith22 Жыл бұрын
Leroy is a fascinating character to me. Charming, competent, and courageous, but is able to do so because of something incredibly insidious and evil. A hero with the shadow of a villain.
@dft3091 Жыл бұрын
He's a great guy to spend the afterlife in hell with.
@dmtribaltyphoon5001 Жыл бұрын
Hogan using an engineers lecture on Farts to make simmerson bleed himself more
@Chameleon16164 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see Simmerson i feel like i need the lash
@malpelolivro893 жыл бұрын
money talks, merit walks. True still today
@michaelbarry1651 Жыл бұрын
In the context of the Sharpe books there's also a double meaning: that the rich talk, ie do nothing while those with merit 'walk' ie take action OR are in the infantry, fighting.
@ratelmike8825 Жыл бұрын
Hogan was just brilliant. This particular episode is one of my favourite, especially with his exchanges with Sharp.
@oncapintada60863 жыл бұрын
Sir Henry is ready to flog everything around.
@valentinatrussova77563 жыл бұрын
Brian Cox voice 😍♥️.
@FerretJohn3 жыл бұрын
It is a little weird that Leroy still has a Southern accent, this would be roughly 25 years after the American Revolution, he would've been a kid when his father was forced out, hard to believe he could hold on to it that long
@kevinbyrne45383 жыл бұрын
Former US foreign minister / secretary of state Henry Kissinger left Germany at age 15 but still (at age 97) speaks with a German accent.
@FerretJohn3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinbyrne4538 I left Kentucky in 83 when I was 16, my Southern accent was gone in a couple years, guess everyone's a little different
@willdenoble18983 жыл бұрын
I left Arkansas at age 16. 11 years later I still have a southern drawl.
@winternow22422 жыл бұрын
If his family was forced out with him, and they continued to live together (possibly with other "expats") that might explain things. Also, the Leroy clan may be very traditional, and loyal to their ways.
@Rapscallion20092 жыл бұрын
I've often wondered at what point "American" accents appeared. Initially the settlers would have spoken with the accent of their country of origin, and probably the kids would as well as you get your accent from those around you. If you live with a bunch of Irish, you'll learn to speak as they do. 1st generation immigrant Americans probably sounded much like contemporary Europeans did. So at what point do recognisably "American" accents appear?
@GokWan-jl1wu3 ай бұрын
Love his guy
@1st.Heretic8 ай бұрын
"You've made it very clear sir" 😂😂😂
@kevincaldwell4707 Жыл бұрын
Ah Brian Cox as Hogan was damn good acting.
@FerretJohn5 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact about Captain Leroy: the guy playing him, Gavin O'Herlihy, played the forgotten Cunningham, Chuck, in Happy Days
@edmonddantes36405 жыл бұрын
Was also in Lonesome Dove and Conagher. His father Daniel has been in quite a few movies, Robinson Crusoe, Fail Safe and the original Robocop are three that come to mind
@odysseusrex59085 жыл бұрын
I *knew* he looked familiar.
@cosmicjack12152 жыл бұрын
Do you think I wanna burst? BLEED ME!!! 🤣
@andrewbriers11662 жыл бұрын
forgotten daniel craig was in this also michael cochrane as simmerson was terrific,brian cox as ever brilliant and the late gavan o herlihy too
@GhostDrummer Жыл бұрын
Freaking Brian Cox!!!! Brilliant actor.
@benjaminpierce9996 Жыл бұрын
"Money talks. Merit walks." ...he says, as Simmerson finishes talking and Sharpe walks out the door.
@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser5 жыл бұрын
A gentleman.
@schoppepetzer92674 жыл бұрын
3:57 Getting your feet massaged by James Bond.....many women envy Simmerson :)
@michaelbarry1651 Жыл бұрын
Later in the series, Simmerson demands a kiss from Sharpe. Alas, to think of the passionate caresses, that will never be.
@stealmysunshine11 ай бұрын
I keep imagining hearing Sir Henry say, with a perverse and self satisfied look on his face, "Man Fat"
@bunkerman995 жыл бұрын
"From America Sir " No Sir from Virginia Sir.
@billwithers74574 жыл бұрын
Well, at the time it was a pretty fair notion. Even if he wasn't a loyalist, people very much saw themselves as being from their state first and their nation second. It wasn't until the civil war that most people switched the order of loyalty.
@mrtravdawg4 жыл бұрын
Interesting to think what role Benedict Arnold would have for the British at this time period if he had still been alive. Probably not much since at this time he would be about 70.