Sir Humphrey Appleby
[played by Nigel Hawthorne]: “You do. You do?”
Hacker: “I've got to
make a speech. It could be very embarrassing.”
Sir Humphrey:
“Oh, Prime Minister. Your speeches are nothing like as embarrassing as they
used to be.”
Hacker: “I didn't say
the speech would be embarrassing, I said the occasion could.”
Sir Humphrey:
“Ah, yes, yes, indeed. Why?”
Hacker: “It's to be to a
hostile audience of posturing, self-righteous, theatrical drunks.”
Sir Humphrey:
“The House of Commons, you mean?” — Yes, Prime Minister,
Season 2, Episode 6, “The Patron of the Arts,” original air date Jan.
14, 1988, teleplay by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, directed by Sydney Lotterby
In the U.S., the equivalent would be Congress—both
houses.
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