This is the opening scene in the very first episode, showing the background to the story - the Prisoner's immediate past. In other series, they would have made a whole pilot of it but here they showed it over the opening credits. It was a creative time.
I've been reflecting a lot about this series lately as it truly seems we are currently living our lives in this same manner. I never would have imagined 50 years ago that this would be the case today.
McGoohan was fantastically creepy what a guy idosynchratic brooding why on earth he never became massive i dunno?Last film i saw him was Braveheart as 'Longshanks'Edward 1st who was a complete bastard ,McGoohan lived up to the part Why he never got a part in any double agent /spy/espionage blockbusters baffles me r.i.p Patrick.
LOL. Why did he take the ticket from the machine at the entry barrier? He took it and didn't even wait for the barrier to rise because his low-profile roadster car fitted right below the barrier. And after his stormy resignation there didn't seem to be any car park barrier at the exit, or if there was it was it was of the same type. (I used to love this show btw)
Ah yes, This disaster. The ending sucked. It managed to suck me into watching all the episodes, and some were amusing at best, but the ending just sucked. Once you see the ending you'll be like "wtf" and want to shoot yourself for wasting so many hours watching it. Did I mention the ending sucked?
@lazzer408 Well 'Fallout' might not be to your taste, but I loved the final revelation about Number 1. For me McGoohan's vision of the individual vs conformity is something that has never been equaled.
@zzzed55 'The series was conceived to make it appear that our hero was striving to be completely free, "utterly himself". Too much of that and society would be overrun by rampant extremists and there would be anarchy. The intention was satirical. Be as free as possible within our situation, but the war is with Number One.' -Patrick McGoohan, speaking to Alain Carraze, 1989. Hope that helps.
@zzzed55 'The series was conceived to make it appear that our hero was striving to be completely free, "utterly himself". Too much of that and society would be overrun by rampant extremists and there would be anarchy. The intention was satirical. Be as free as possible within our situation, but the war is with Number One.' -Patrick McGoohan, speaking to Alain Carraze, 1989. Hope that helps.
@MrBEB123 Karl Marx thought so: he hated liberals. Of course, nowadays, our revisionist hystericals have convinced us that Marx was a liberal. Only the most amoral, loose-sphincter loonballs would think communists & liberals were the same: now, they're all running for the Republican nomination.
@MrBEB123 what? how can you get Communism & Liberalism mixed up? Thatcher was in many ways a Liberal in the classical sense. Would you call her even slightly Keynesian, let alone Communist? I don't think so.
i think i might have a sort of explanation for the ending of the last episode-the sequel 'shattered visage' reveals the whole thing was a drug-induced hallucinogen, number six was actually number one, and when they 'escape' at the end they were still prisoners in a london that was similar to 'the village', hence the doors opening by themselves, and parliament being the control centre
Patrick McGoohan was such a cool man - I thought he was very sexy esp in Secret Agent Man- Great song by Johnny Rivers "theres a man who leads a life of danger to everyone he meets he stays a stranger"
They dont make actors like that anymore so cool so sexy and with little effort.
........well, while the crazy people commenting on this vid are talking about conspiracies and shit, did anyone find how hilarious the number of times the guy gets drugged or gassed? i mean, i thought the simpsons was exaggerating, but wow. u can do a drinking game of it
... the number is already on bar codes all over the world ! The illuminati card game seems to be a great insight into what is planned for mankind . Big Brother is training up millions worldwide , preparing for international civil unrest , caused by high unemployment , food prices ( grow your own ) , over taxing , corrupt governments , etc ... Be assured of one thing , this is all being brought about by the major banking families , in order to enforce Marshal law & complete global control of us !
Everyone has a number on their birth certificate , which is listed on the stock market . In the eyes of the ruling families , we are mere commodities , to be used in whatever way they feel fit . Just so that you know . The Prisoner is an insight into what is coming . Under The New World Order , the human race is to be reduced to 500.000.000 ( Georgia Guidestones ) , the only currency will be a microchip account , . If their is any sign of rebellion , the chip is switched off . Rev 13 :16-18 ..
This is pre-emting the future , when we will all be be microchiped and given a number . " I am not a number , i'm a free man!! " As they say in golf " four".. watch out ..here comes the BALL !
Oye! Oye! I am announcing my brilliant idea to the public!!
I will be creating game for this fantastic series! And not one of those american prisoner bullshit! The real damn thing! Thumbs up if you are with me in this!!
Recently purchased the dvd set "The Prisoner--40th Anniversary Collectors Edition". I was blown-away by the beautiful and careful restoration of the show for the dvd edition. The color, fine grain, and detail are incredible. You can see the texture of the fabric on McGoohan's jacket. The colors are vibrant, and the sound is excellent and hi-fidelity. Having only seen the series in over-the-air analog tv broadcasts, you can now see "The Prisoner" as it must have looked when it first came out.
Love this show the most!! i love the paranoia of it. Where the hell is he and who are the people? Who is Number 1? Whats more, who really is Number 6? What side is what? Possibly 6 is the bad guy and the villiage are the good guys. What secret does 6 have and why does Number 2 want it so much? I saw some of the episodes of the new series of the Prisoner but I felt dissapointed by it, even though I usually like Jim Cavesal.
Arrival, Free for All, Chimes of Big Ben, The General, Schizoid Man, Once Upon a Time, some of the best television ever, unfortunately McGoohan knew we were all going to be arriving in the village. The forest, the sea, the beach, THE VILLAGE.
This stunning series was broadcast here in The Colonies in late summer 1969, about the same time as the first moonlanding and Chappaquiddick. This programme was just the thing to abet my growing Anglophilia. It was on at 7p on Saturdays and I would not miss it on any account. The last episode, however, made no sense. I understand that McGoohan himself directed it - probably a mistake. Oh, well.
A lot of people here just don't get it. Watch the final episode Fall Out, and just read the labels for each of the councilors - The fundamental theme of the show is how to maintain a distinctive individuality in a society and system that demands fundamental conformity - it doesn't matter the political label or whether public or private - corporations are as dangerous to individuality as any government. The goal of ALL organizations, private or public, is conformity and power.
I'd really like to know what he's saying in this sequence - right when he resigns. I've been thinking about this series a lot lately. Watching it in YouTube, however, it is obvious that The Prisoner has no idea that his resignation is going to cause such an extended period of isolation.
Ya know, I think it might be there. But seriously my friend, #6 shows disdain, disgust and defiance towards the #2s all series long. That crackle of thunder in the beginning and when he pounds on George Markstein's desk when he resigns could be a symbol of that disgust,
@PREGO1966 Jeez, sorry, I'll go back in time three years ago when I uploaded this sucker and tack it onto the beginning. Take care of your own clap ;)
Only one thing to say: KAR120C. I want that plate but there's a waiting list in EVERY STATE in the US, Yeah, decades after it's initial showing, it's still popular. Otherwise, I could get that FUCKING PLATE!!!!
States I've tried to get that plate in the last decade or so: New Mexico, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas, Kansas, Florida---no luck!
Speaking of prophetic this show is now a reality in Europe with the European Union and their Communistic ways in which they are screwing the White general public every chance they get. The most amazing thing about this is a majority of Whites in Europe still support this draconian organization. White U.S. citizens seem to become more brainwashed each year as well despite the emergence of the Tea Party Movement.
@Tabish29 This was an anti-Communist show and the anti-White European Union is a form of Communism. Non-Whites are largely liberal and anti-White for a wide variety of reasons including not being able to meet White standards and because of what Whites have as a result of their accomplishments which they like to call privilege. Western society is becoming very much like the Prisoner show in which the White race is being strangled including speech and gun rights.
@SterilizeThePopulace I can't very well be a supporter of the Nazi Party being it hasn't been around since 1945. You might watch the Prisoner T.V. show series being you might learn something from it. It is what life is going to be like for Whites in their own homeland if they keep supporting Communism such as voting for "people" like Obama or supporting the despicable European "Trade Union" which is really a left wing political entity. Your Tea Party criticism remark is weak and laughable.
@SterilizeThePopulace By the way I was just noticing your online name of SterilizeThePopulace. Really? Would you care to explain that? So you think the general population should be sterilized? That is beyond Communism, it would be more like pure evil. And you are trying to criticize the quality supporters of the Tea Party whose only goal is to establish decency? I like to argue with people here on YouTube and win on the facts but you make your own case for being a loser.
@MrBEB123 I said nothing of the Nazi Party. I said Nazi supporter. Nazism is an ideology, not just a party. When you call yourself a national socialist and have a friend whose avatar is Hitler, I don't think that label is a stretch.
As for my user name, it's about what humans are doing to themselves. However, if the government sterilized people like you, I wouldn't object.
@MrBEB123 The important fact here is that a racist Nazi backer is saying that the Teabaggers want to establish decency. And if anyone knows about decency, it's racist Nazis.
Best ever. McGoohan was teh sex back in his day. No one can thump a table in a rage and make a teacup and saucer bounce like he did. Ahh, natural talent.
If you want to watch all 17 episodes of the Prisoner, go to AMC's website. They are currently streaming the series. You do not have to sign up. You do have to watch about 2 commericals per 50 minute episode. Enjoy Be Seeing You...
Someone should put up the "curfew music" from the show. I heard it used on the show a few times and, oddly, I remember it from an animation of a tree growing on a late 70s Sesame Street. It sounds Spanish or French but apparently an Italian wrote it.
You ought to mention this is the slightly longer version of the opening, used only in Episode 1: "Arrival". In the others the ticket booth segment is eliminated as are other miniscule clips
There's a marvellous clip somewhere, from an American chat show, where an exhasperated McGoohan is asked if the final scenes, showing him driving home to London with the butler and his own front door opening electronically, means he has won and is now Number One.
His expression says it all. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
This is a truly wonderful opening. It dramatically told the story of how he ends up in the village without the use of character dialog or a voice over. I thought the use of thunder to show his anger as he resigned was very effective. My dad got me the whole series on DVD and I loved it!
i remember watching reruns of this, along with The Avengers, as a kid. The Prisoner used to scare me a bit though-especially that big bubble thing. Damn, but it was weird and wonderful,lol.
For anyone who is pissed off by the last one to three episodes (the ones McGoohan directed himself after he fired the other guy, or after he left out of frustration, or whatever the hell happened) where the show kind of goes crazy and loses track of its spy-drama roots, here is my solution: I pretend that Many Happy Returns is the final episode... it seems the best ending for the series.
Alternative suggestions: "I gave not a hummer! I gave a tea bag!" "I am not an antidisestablishmentiarian! I am a hermaphroditIc bilingual meteorologist with pseudofolliculitis barbae and a penchant for buggery!"
@saml760 eh it was explained in "degree absolute" number two ask that question as number six was breaking....
the answer , BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS ABOVE THE LAW !
yep like roswell, and everything else since 1913 ( jekell island / etc ) the powers that be are going against the LAW that was sent down on high from GOD to moses...
and only JESUS will re-set the world order and thats coming sooooooo soon !
Gee. . . I know most employers want you to give them 2 weeks notice before you quit A job, but that's just vindictive!!!-Honestly, one of the coolest, most thought provoking dramatic TV series ever!
In THE PRISONER, McGoohan takes this suffering Christ spy and takes him through temptation, devils, death, burial, descent into Hell, and resurrection (though without achieving divinity)... If you want to know who NUMBER SIX is, here's your answer.
I like your analysis. In Biblical numerics 6 is the number of man, and McGoohan was showing this. There is so much allegory and a ton of metaphor in this series, but I think that you've hit upon an important part of it.
DANGER MAN was originally about James Bond. Ian Fleming was the chief consultant on the series. Patrick McGoohan turned James Bond into John Drake and stuck to his guns at the risk of losing the role. During the runs of DANGER MAN, McGoohan turned the chaotic hedonist super-spy into a suffering Christ (if you don't believe me, watch the episodes THE PAPER CHASE and SHINDA SHIMA, among others).
@ObamaFansAreIgnorant There's a lot of speculation that this can be taken in two ways. Most people think Number 2 is telling The Prisoner he is number 6. But it is also suggested that what he is saying is "YOU ARE, Number Six" - it certainly fits in with the message of the series.
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Mr McGoohan left secret papers revealing what this series was all about, but to date they have not been published. It could be that his attorney has to wait one year from his death. The rumour is that he based the series on Jewish control of the media and banking system.
In my opinion, the "Prisoner" is the unequalled standard by which all t..v. shows within the genre must compare. Perhaps, the American series Lost, borrowing some ideas from this series offers something for the more intellectual t.v. viewer to enjoy. British and Canadian original productions are exquisite. I concur with lerx42 without reservation . It's the best series ever shown on television.
when it originally came out I thought it was about balloons {I was 6 years old}, now i think it runs as one of the most intelligent , original shows we ever produced..Brits that is
Like the Avengers. My sister and I were little kids when they began but we loved these shows. I remember it being a very big deal when the last Prisoner episode ran!
It's ironic that McGoohan was Catholic because his popes usually have ordinal numbers in their names. Pope Benedict the 16th can say, "I am not a free man! I am a number!"
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This is the opening scene in the very first episode, showing the background to the story - the Prisoner's immediate past. In other series, they would have made a whole pilot of it but here they showed it over the opening credits. It was a creative time.
sternumagnum 2 weeks ago
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sternumagnum 2 weeks ago
I've been reflecting a lot about this series lately as it truly seems we are currently living our lives in this same manner. I never would have imagined 50 years ago that this would be the case today.
redrocklass 4 weeks ago
"Who is Number One?"
"You are... Number Six"
cha5 1 month ago
McGoohan was fantastically creepy what a guy idosynchratic brooding why on earth he never became massive i dunno?Last film i saw him was Braveheart as 'Longshanks'Edward 1st who was a complete bastard ,McGoohan lived up to the part Why he never got a part in any double agent /spy/espionage blockbusters baffles me r.i.p Patrick.
brianboru62 2 months ago
LOL. Why did he take the ticket from the machine at the entry barrier? He took it and didn't even wait for the barrier to rise because his low-profile roadster car fitted right below the barrier. And after his stormy resignation there didn't seem to be any car park barrier at the exit, or if there was it was it was of the same type. (I used to love this show btw)
straydoggio 2 months ago
Ah yes, This disaster. The ending sucked. It managed to suck me into watching all the episodes, and some were amusing at best, but the ending just sucked. Once you see the ending you'll be like "wtf" and want to shoot yourself for wasting so many hours watching it. Did I mention the ending sucked?
lazzer408 2 months ago
@lazzer408 Could not agree more about the "ending" Felt cheated when it ended the bs way it did.
hanoc101 2 months ago
@lazzer408 Well 'Fallout' might not be to your taste, but I loved the final revelation about Number 1. For me McGoohan's vision of the individual vs conformity is something that has never been equaled.
cha5 1 month ago
patrick mcgoohan is hot. and this show is awesome. i really wish i had been alive during the sixties.
mrslovedavidboreanaz 3 months ago 3
Sure as hell don't drive anything nearly as cool as KAR 120C.
bionicgforcecoffee 3 months ago
11 people enjoy reality tv, don't have the parts to quit their own mindless jobs, and sure as hell
bionicgforcecoffee 3 months ago 2
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Internet is the modern Portmeiron !
ShermanM36 4 months ago
Internet is the modern Portmeiron !
ShermanM36 4 months ago
I love this show. It's just a really good show.
TheAndiePerson 4 months ago
I hate to use this, but- "gay".
MrDOYLE414 4 months ago
I watched this today, wasnt half as good as I remember, no video clips and no ripping Vanessa Feltz wtf?
weds9994 4 months ago
Not a prisoner.. I'm a free man!
And my blood is my own now!
Don't care where the past was,
I know where I'm going.. out!!
Wyndrax 5 months ago
great great great seri wanderful mister patrickmc coohan y love this seri ricky bartels from the netherlands
brenda13552 5 months ago
yeah Baby, I am driving there today.
SCHRUBBE1966 6 months ago
Wow; very cool blast from the past:) Love it and thanks for sharing:)<3
lazydaisydays 6 months ago
i watched this prog the otherday
nothing has changed
i could not understand it back in 1968
and am no nearer now
zzzed55 6 months ago
@zzzed55 'The series was conceived to make it appear that our hero was striving to be completely free, "utterly himself". Too much of that and society would be overrun by rampant extremists and there would be anarchy. The intention was satirical. Be as free as possible within our situation, but the war is with Number One.' -Patrick McGoohan, speaking to Alain Carraze, 1989. Hope that helps.
TheMarkXIV 4 months ago
@zzzed55 'The series was conceived to make it appear that our hero was striving to be completely free, "utterly himself". Too much of that and society would be overrun by rampant extremists and there would be anarchy. The intention was satirical. Be as free as possible within our situation, but the war is with Number One.' -Patrick McGoohan, speaking to Alain Carraze, 1989. Hope that helps.
TheMarkXIV 4 months ago
This show reminds me of Communism and the European Union. A liberal politician can be a very dangerous person.
MrBEB123 6 months ago
@MrBEB123 Karl Marx thought so: he hated liberals. Of course, nowadays, our revisionist hystericals have convinced us that Marx was a liberal. Only the most amoral, loose-sphincter loonballs would think communists & liberals were the same: now, they're all running for the Republican nomination.
CocteauDalighari 5 months ago
@MrBEB123 what? how can you get Communism & Liberalism mixed up? Thatcher was in many ways a Liberal in the classical sense. Would you call her even slightly Keynesian, let alone Communist? I don't think so.
robsargent4 3 months ago
The BEST show ever!
DMSProduktions 6 months ago
i think i might have a sort of explanation for the ending of the last episode-the sequel 'shattered visage' reveals the whole thing was a drug-induced hallucinogen, number six was actually number one, and when they 'escape' at the end they were still prisoners in a london that was similar to 'the village', hence the doors opening by themselves, and parliament being the control centre
waprice1 7 months ago
I loved this show so much. The ending makes you think, "Is there REALLY any escape for The Prisoner? "
1darkwingotaku 7 months ago
Patrick McGoohan was such a cool man - I thought he was very sexy esp in Secret Agent Man- Great song by Johnny Rivers "theres a man who leads a life of danger to everyone he meets he stays a stranger"
They dont make actors like that anymore so cool so sexy and with little effort.
steeplechaserider 7 months ago
........well, while the crazy people commenting on this vid are talking about conspiracies and shit, did anyone find how hilarious the number of times the guy gets drugged or gassed? i mean, i thought the simpsons was exaggerating, but wow. u can do a drinking game of it
Filipjphry 7 months ago
... the number is already on bar codes all over the world ! The illuminati card game seems to be a great insight into what is planned for mankind . Big Brother is training up millions worldwide , preparing for international civil unrest , caused by high unemployment , food prices ( grow your own ) , over taxing , corrupt governments , etc ... Be assured of one thing , this is all being brought about by the major banking families , in order to enforce Marshal law & complete global control of us !
harmageden 7 months ago
@harmageden
You've really been drinking the Kool-Aid, haven't you?
BTW, in golf, you shout, "Fore!", not "four".
skeilak 6 months ago
Everyone has a number on their birth certificate , which is listed on the stock market . In the eyes of the ruling families , we are mere commodities , to be used in whatever way they feel fit . Just so that you know . The Prisoner is an insight into what is coming . Under The New World Order , the human race is to be reduced to 500.000.000 ( Georgia Guidestones ) , the only currency will be a microchip account , . If their is any sign of rebellion , the chip is switched off . Rev 13 :16-18 ..
harmageden 7 months ago
This is pre-emting the future , when we will all be be microchiped and given a number . " I am not a number , i'm a free man!! " As they say in golf " four".. watch out ..here comes the BALL !
harmageden 7 months ago
"The Prisoner" has a cult following. People follow it like a cult! (A little "Seinfeld" reference here.)
Just so you know, I'm not poking fun at the series. I recently borrowed the series from a friend and I absolutely loved it.
JoltinDjango 7 months ago
Is Patrick McGooham still alive?
eggnogonthebog 8 months ago
@eggnogonthebog He is dead.
neapolitanjoe 7 months ago
-Who are you?
-I´m number two.
-Who is number one?
-You´re number six.
;DD
RicoM75 8 months ago 2
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RicoM75 8 months ago
This is best series ever. I love The Prisoner. It´s a beautiful, stark and surprising. Woohoo! lol :DD
RicoM75 8 months ago 2
Being Not a Number but a Free Man...he should have driven UNDER that barrier-he could have,in that Lotus;
- and definitely NOT taken a parking ticket-how uncool is that?
iconicshrubbery 8 months ago
Oye! Oye! I am announcing my brilliant idea to the public!!
I will be creating game for this fantastic series! And not one of those american prisoner bullshit! The real damn thing! Thumbs up if you are with me in this!!
URealmschannel 9 months ago
In my opinion one of the best shows ever and is still fresh today as it was back in the late sixties.
madahad9 9 months ago
why did you think a giant bubble will stop him?
pivotDX123 10 months ago
Recently purchased the dvd set "The Prisoner--40th Anniversary Collectors Edition". I was blown-away by the beautiful and careful restoration of the show for the dvd edition. The color, fine grain, and detail are incredible. You can see the texture of the fabric on McGoohan's jacket. The colors are vibrant, and the sound is excellent and hi-fidelity. Having only seen the series in over-the-air analog tv broadcasts, you can now see "The Prisoner" as it must have looked when it first came out.
delavalmilker 10 months ago
@delavalmilker FWIW, the 1080p Blu-ray release of The Prisoner looks considerably *better* than it ever did on original broadcast.
dunebasher1971 10 months ago
I remember this broadcast as 'the prisoner number 6' and loving every second of it
i forgot it existed for years
supervanuys 10 months ago
Dear god above I flippin love this opening.Guess im 11 years old again.
helltopay1 11 months ago
@helltopay1 Well, that was quality TV back then! And it no shame in that.
Blackroo1967 8 months ago
Superb television
ccdg1066 11 months ago
Love this show the most!! i love the paranoia of it. Where the hell is he and who are the people? Who is Number 1? Whats more, who really is Number 6? What side is what? Possibly 6 is the bad guy and the villiage are the good guys. What secret does 6 have and why does Number 2 want it so much? I saw some of the episodes of the new series of the Prisoner but I felt dissapointed by it, even though I usually like Jim Cavesal.
jonathan45278 1 year ago
Arrival, Free for All, Chimes of Big Ben, The General, Schizoid Man, Once Upon a Time, some of the best television ever, unfortunately McGoohan knew we were all going to be arriving in the village. The forest, the sea, the beach, THE VILLAGE.
omertaman 1 year ago
I am not number! I am a free man!
You are number 6.
ecofeco 1 year ago
greatest show ever
wulfdown 1 year ago
This stunning series was broadcast here in The Colonies in late summer 1969, about the same time as the first moonlanding and Chappaquiddick. This programme was just the thing to abet my growing Anglophilia. It was on at 7p on Saturdays and I would not miss it on any account. The last episode, however, made no sense. I understand that McGoohan himself directed it - probably a mistake. Oh, well.
67rml 1 year ago
Old is gold!
TomKennyIsLovely 1 year ago
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what the fuck is this crap. some old shitty music with some shit quality film. only an old disabled person or a fag would watch this shit.
Pipweed 1 year ago
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@Pipweed
It appears that you watched it, so what does that say about you?
wdgarraway 1 year ago
@Pipweed Well, which are you?
oestfalcon 1 year ago
Tis is it ,it doesnt get better
helltopay1 1 year ago
Shows dont even have opening sequences anymore. The theme song genre is dead. They were some of the best little tiny mini master pieces.
Lightstrikers 1 year ago
A lot of people here just don't get it. Watch the final episode Fall Out, and just read the labels for each of the councilors - The fundamental theme of the show is how to maintain a distinctive individuality in a society and system that demands fundamental conformity - it doesn't matter the political label or whether public or private - corporations are as dangerous to individuality as any government. The goal of ALL organizations, private or public, is conformity and power.
ryoushii 1 year ago 36
@ryoushii Well said!
teslashieldit 1 year ago
@ryoushii - Too many long words there for me.
BIackMoonCGI 4 months ago
is this series on tape or dvd?
mxmontiel 1 year ago
I'd really like to know what he's saying in this sequence - right when he resigns. I've been thinking about this series a lot lately. Watching it in YouTube, however, it is obvious that The Prisoner has no idea that his resignation is going to cause such an extended period of isolation.
johndrew25 1 year ago
Shouldn't have gone in through the exit doors. That's what the village is for - to stop public menaces like him!
Lazyguy22 1 year ago
I am not a number.... i am a free man
cassiopee70 1 year ago
@cassiopee70 HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
richintalent 1 year ago
Ya know, I think it might be there. But seriously my friend, #6 shows disdain, disgust and defiance towards the #2s all series long. That crackle of thunder in the beginning and when he pounds on George Markstein's desk when he resigns could be a symbol of that disgust,
PREGO1966 1 year ago
Where's the thunder clap? That is big part of opening theme.
PREGO1966 1 year ago 5
@PREGO1966 Jeez, sorry, I'll go back in time three years ago when I uploaded this sucker and tack it onto the beginning. Take care of your own clap ;)
kidavid77 1 year ago 16
@PREGO1966 - The thunder clap's at the start of the clip, where it's always been...
Conniptions886 1 year ago
series plot wonderful, intro theme dreadful
boscolo3rd 1 year ago
Be seeing you
SlowHandMcQueeg 1 year ago
Only one thing to say: KAR120C. I want that plate but there's a waiting list in EVERY STATE in the US, Yeah, decades after it's initial showing, it's still popular. Otherwise, I could get that FUCKING PLATE!!!!
States I've tried to get that plate in the last decade or so: New Mexico, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas, Kansas, Florida---no luck!
captkronoscorvinus 1 year ago
I love the way he drives under the barrier, then it rises. Class
eaterofleafmould 1 year ago
I wish there were thunder effects every time I opened a door.
serentochan 1 year ago
I am number one, you are a giant number two lmao
AnagramISP 1 year ago
Speaking of prophetic this show is now a reality in Europe with the European Union and their Communistic ways in which they are screwing the White general public every chance they get. The most amazing thing about this is a majority of Whites in Europe still support this draconian organization. White U.S. citizens seem to become more brainwashed each year as well despite the emergence of the Tea Party Movement.
MrBEB123 1 year ago
@MrBEB123 Only white americans? How come?
Tabish29 1 year ago
@Tabish29 This was an anti-Communist show and the anti-White European Union is a form of Communism. Non-Whites are largely liberal and anti-White for a wide variety of reasons including not being able to meet White standards and because of what Whites have as a result of their accomplishments which they like to call privilege. Western society is becoming very much like the Prisoner show in which the White race is being strangled including speech and gun rights.
MrBEB123 1 year ago
@MrBEB123 Take note that this man is a Nazi supporter and compliments the Teabag Party. Hmm....
SterilizeThePopulace 1 year ago
@SterilizeThePopulace I can't very well be a supporter of the Nazi Party being it hasn't been around since 1945. You might watch the Prisoner T.V. show series being you might learn something from it. It is what life is going to be like for Whites in their own homeland if they keep supporting Communism such as voting for "people" like Obama or supporting the despicable European "Trade Union" which is really a left wing political entity. Your Tea Party criticism remark is weak and laughable.
MrBEB123 1 year ago
@SterilizeThePopulace By the way I was just noticing your online name of SterilizeThePopulace. Really? Would you care to explain that? So you think the general population should be sterilized? That is beyond Communism, it would be more like pure evil. And you are trying to criticize the quality supporters of the Tea Party whose only goal is to establish decency? I like to argue with people here on YouTube and win on the facts but you make your own case for being a loser.
MrBEB123 1 year ago
@MrBEB123 I said nothing of the Nazi Party. I said Nazi supporter. Nazism is an ideology, not just a party. When you call yourself a national socialist and have a friend whose avatar is Hitler, I don't think that label is a stretch.
As for my user name, it's about what humans are doing to themselves. However, if the government sterilized people like you, I wouldn't object.
SterilizeThePopulace 1 year ago
@MrBEB123 The important fact here is that a racist Nazi backer is saying that the Teabaggers want to establish decency. And if anyone knows about decency, it's racist Nazis.
SterilizeThePopulace 1 year ago
Best ever. McGoohan was teh sex back in his day. No one can thump a table in a rage and make a teacup and saucer bounce like he did. Ahh, natural talent.
DieHolmes 1 year ago
@DieHolmes Broke the saucer too =P
SnakeOilSalesman 1 year ago
@SnakeOilSalesman He really must have been pissed about what
had happened during his last mission! Heck, that probably why
the Prisoner series came out.
Just saying.
Blackroo1967 8 months ago
@DieHolmes i think the prisoner is a pretty cool guy; he breaks the teacup and doesn't afraid of anything
applemac555 1 year ago
I love that Lotus7!!
ceetee1459 1 year ago
who is number ONE!!??? You are...... number 6!! épic
raoulhery 1 year ago
"i am not a number, I am a free man!" - Number 6
willardlockejr 1 year ago
If you want to watch all 17 episodes of the Prisoner, go to AMC's website. They are currently streaming the series. You do not have to sign up. You do have to watch about 2 commericals per 50 minute episode. Enjoy Be Seeing You...
enemyofmandacity 1 year ago
Someone should put up the "curfew music" from the show. I heard it used on the show a few times and, oddly, I remember it from an animation of a tree growing on a late 70s Sesame Street. It sounds Spanish or French but apparently an Italian wrote it.
OverlordR 1 year ago
You ought to mention this is the slightly longer version of the opening, used only in Episode 1: "Arrival". In the others the ticket booth segment is eliminated as are other miniscule clips
PREGO1966 1 year ago
pam2167: It's a Lotus.
twlthteg 1 year ago
what kind of car is that?
PAM2167 1 year ago
Way Out!
Forensource 1 year ago
There's a marvellous clip somewhere, from an American chat show, where an exhasperated McGoohan is asked if the final scenes, showing him driving home to London with the butler and his own front door opening electronically, means he has won and is now Number One.
His expression says it all. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
flippinecc 1 year ago
I never bore of this opening sequence.
starkweather100 1 year ago
El Agente86 ajajajjajajajajjajajajajjaa
JHONN77 1 year ago
Kewlios
lesmcluffalot 1 year ago
This is a truly wonderful opening. It dramatically told the story of how he ends up in the village without the use of character dialog or a voice over. I thought the use of thunder to show his anger as he resigned was very effective. My dad got me the whole series on DVD and I loved it!
Be seeing you!
cuteycindyhoney 1 year ago
Looks like a piece of shit to me
DarkMuthaFucka 1 year ago
i remember watching reruns of this, along with The Avengers, as a kid. The Prisoner used to scare me a bit though-especially that big bubble thing. Damn, but it was weird and wonderful,lol.
sharona1981 1 year ago
Patrick McGoohan the best :)
boraboraclan 1 year ago
For anyone who is pissed off by the last one to three episodes (the ones McGoohan directed himself after he fired the other guy, or after he left out of frustration, or whatever the hell happened) where the show kind of goes crazy and loses track of its spy-drama roots, here is my solution: I pretend that Many Happy Returns is the final episode... it seems the best ending for the series.
BMWMarv 1 year ago
Alternative suggestions: "I gave not a hummer! I gave a tea bag!" "I am not an antidisestablishmentiarian! I am a hermaphroditIc bilingual meteorologist with pseudofolliculitis barbae and a penchant for buggery!"
BMWMarv 1 year ago
RIP Patrick McGoohan,Why Did You Resign????
saml760 1 year ago
@saml760 eh it was explained in "degree absolute" number two ask that question as number six was breaking....
the answer , BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS ABOVE THE LAW !
yep like roswell, and everything else since 1913 ( jekell island / etc ) the powers that be are going against the LAW that was sent down on high from GOD to moses...
and only JESUS will re-set the world order and thats coming sooooooo soon !
kidstl 1 year ago
If only one word could be used to sum up this series it would have to be : BRILLIANT!
n8tureboy 1 year ago
This show was very deep, intellectual indeed. A reflection on freedom. RIP Patrick McGoohan, Number Six is free at last.
sudameriquen 1 year ago
greatfull program
EXCELLENT!!
Succubus006 1 year ago
They fucked up this show with poor script writers, what a fucking waste a potential to be the best show ever, but still its cult
juggep80 1 year ago
nice lotus 6 BTW is it a sequel to danger man?
floydian15 1 year ago
"I am not a number... I am a free man!" - great programme!
killswytchuk 1 year ago
Gee. . . I know most employers want you to give them 2 weeks notice before you quit A job, but that's just vindictive!!!-Honestly, one of the coolest, most thought provoking dramatic TV series ever!
bikebeerrun1960 1 year ago
In THE PRISONER, McGoohan takes this suffering Christ spy and takes him through temptation, devils, death, burial, descent into Hell, and resurrection (though without achieving divinity)... If you want to know who NUMBER SIX is, here's your answer.
sojournersblues 1 year ago
@sojournersblues
I like your analysis. In Biblical numerics 6 is the number of man, and McGoohan was showing this. There is so much allegory and a ton of metaphor in this series, but I think that you've hit upon an important part of it.
Be seeing you.
n8tureboy 1 year ago
DANGER MAN was originally about James Bond. Ian Fleming was the chief consultant on the series. Patrick McGoohan turned James Bond into John Drake and stuck to his guns at the risk of losing the role. During the runs of DANGER MAN, McGoohan turned the chaotic hedonist super-spy into a suffering Christ (if you don't believe me, watch the episodes THE PAPER CHASE and SHINDA SHIMA, among others).
sojournersblues 1 year ago
the new version blows chunks! THIS IS THE PRISONER
ELONut 1 year ago
I didn't know McGoohan died!!! :-( Bugger.
mrsotter19 1 year ago
@mrsotter19 That's what he wants everyone to think!
garysteel1984 1 year ago
@garysteel1984 You tease! ;-)
mrsotter19 1 year ago
Who is number 1?
You are number 6.
ObamaFansAreIgnorant 1 year ago
@ObamaFansAreIgnorant There's a lot of speculation that this can be taken in two ways. Most people think Number 2 is telling The Prisoner he is number 6. But it is also suggested that what he is saying is "YOU ARE, Number Six" - it certainly fits in with the message of the series.
jimraw1 1 year ago
Just realised Quite a bit of this is used for the Andrew Marr show haha what a legend :}
Samothedesert 1 year ago
Watched 15 minutes of the new series and what an insult to the original.
Pat McGoohan, Portmeirion and the sixties WAS The Prisoner, it cant be redone.
Urko2005 1 year ago 4
@Urko2005
Agreed. Remakes and rehashes of past shows are just pale imitations.
Blackroo1967 8 months ago
truncated version, wasting my time man
carsoncityboy 1 year ago
I am not a number i'm a free man. Ha Ha Ha
booboo7ful 1 year ago
i am not a number i am an anaesthetic
Mrstanleygump 1 year ago
"WHERE AM I?"
"In the Village".
We are we all today?
In the Village.
Prophetic and challenging - Pat McGoohan knew what he was doing.
Be Seeing You.
Firth693 1 year ago 21
A Classic. And how could anyone remake this? Impossible.
IntellectualAmy 1 year ago
@IntellectualAmy easy from some director who has total vision of madness thats were new ideas come from
booboo7ful 1 year ago
5* show!!!
DJOVERDOSEMUNICH 1 year ago
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Mr McGoohan left secret papers revealing what this series was all about, but to date they have not been published. It could be that his attorney has to wait one year from his death. The rumour is that he based the series on Jewish control of the media and banking system.
AndreHiltre 1 year ago
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Too long.
Crossbowman 1 year ago
"Too long" ; Ha ha ha ha ha ha !! Classic !
kidavid77 1 year ago 15
@Crossbowman Your mother said that about me. I was quite distraught.
Spitfirebird 1 year ago
@Spitfirebird Your mother didn't say anything to me, because I did her from behind. I was quite distraught.
Crossbowman 1 year ago
@Crossbowman "to long? what are you smoking?
huntingvuk 9 months ago
@Crossbowman Too long? what are you smoking?
huntingvuk 9 months ago
KAR 120C drives under toll gate--
no need to bring any pocket change!
I wonder if the 'Ministry of Mayhem'
validates?
Probably not--hence the
"Low Rider"
Tardisius 1 year ago
In my opinion, the "Prisoner" is the unequalled standard by which all t..v. shows within the genre must compare. Perhaps, the American series Lost, borrowing some ideas from this series offers something for the more intellectual t.v. viewer to enjoy. British and Canadian original productions are exquisite. I concur with lerx42 without reservation . It's the best series ever shown on television.
christopherm2k 1 year ago 4
when it originally came out I thought it was about balloons {I was 6 years old}, now i think it runs as one of the most intelligent , original shows we ever produced..Brits that is
lerxt42 1 year ago 6
Like the Avengers. My sister and I were little kids when they began but we loved these shows. I remember it being a very big deal when the last Prisoner episode ran!
pleiva1 1 year ago 3
Strange series
rodybolands 1 year ago
in his era of left v right,
the prisoner was Libertarian vs Authoritarian
walter0bz 1 year ago
i am not a leopard! i am a flea bag!
blueluny 1 year ago
Nice imaginative comment! Someone is using their noggin to entertain us!
kidavid77 1 year ago
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He was a Christian, and was against Freemasonry. That is what it is all about.
realzoomy 2 years ago
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@realzoomy
????????!!!!!!!!
victorbendix 2 years ago
I am not a number. I'm a free man.
EmpireLS56KW 2 years ago 4
@EmpireLS56KW
Neither am i, and So Am I
walter0bz 1 year ago 2
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great shows like these ya never see on tv anymore and they got Roseannes sic ugly fat ass, et al on 3 diff channels for hours on end....wtf!?
MaceMn 2 years ago
I remember watching this in high school when PBS showed it. I later taped ever episode when it was on BBC America.
jamdawg 2 years ago
i got to see it during the original run
didnt understand most of it ( i was a wee kiddy) but it stuck with me forever
not too many shows do that
brabon1 2 years ago 3
<3 this show!!!
rockerchickclw 2 years ago
What a great actor and fun show, I remember watching the reruns in the 80's on PBS.
turksgirl 2 years ago
Yeah I actually first saw it on PBS! it was way before my time!!
bdruckus 2 years ago
Anybody know where I can get this music? That would be cool!
ninjaradish 2 years ago
there was a cd of all the incidental music if you haven't found it already
walter0bz 2 years ago
itv have made a re-make of this and is comming to itv early 2010. i dont think it will be good as this one but im going to watch it.
LloydSimcoe 2 years ago
@LloydSimcoe
??? The remake was out months ago and it sucked ass.
TheJomogogo 2 years ago
well it dosent start in england on itv channel untill february 2010.
LloydSimcoe 2 years ago
@LloydSimcoe
Don't get too excited you're not missing much.
TheJomogogo 2 years ago
well I know Im not missing much because it hasn't started over here. When it does start over hear, I still won't miss much :)
LloydSimcoe 2 years ago
odd proggy, you never find out whether its his side or the badies that have him.
dictatorialmessenger 2 years ago
@dictatorialmessenger
Dude. They make it obvious many times during the show that the village is run by his side.
TheJomogogo 2 years ago
SO, let me get this straight. He goes to work, parks his car, tells his boss off, goes home, gets the mail, gets gassed.
Well there you go then, tough day man.
rkschari 2 years ago 2
I am not a number...I am a FREE MAN!
FastMg42 2 years ago
It's ironic that McGoohan was Catholic because his popes usually have ordinal numbers in their names. Pope Benedict the 16th can say, "I am not a free man! I am a number!"
conradjulian 2 years ago
so did kings and in U.S. some people still use numbers in their names :P
kotowate 2 years ago