Talking "like a plate of beans negotiating their way out of a cow's digestive system" is the pure essence of mastery of the English language, though. After all, a true speaker of English will be able to tell you to go to hell in such a way that by the time they're done, you look forward to the journey.
Exactly. That's why the first series of Blackadder (AKA the Black Adder) wasn't so good. The first Blackadder was basically a more talkative version of Mr Bean. It was the second series that really got the show going. The third series is perhaps the best of the lot, but there's not much in it.
@@nickhand8054try the original pilot which was more like the Blackadder we know and love as the sarcastic verbal abusive brainy one but when it came to the first series they dumbed him down but all changed when Ben Elton came on board
Delivery is probably 50% of what nails good comedy. You can have the most hilarious script ever conceived by man, but if your cast don't deliver it well, it'll absolutely fall flat. If you take something like Bottom, which is essentially a combination of violent slapstick, toilet humour, and rampant verbal abuse, and give it to anyone other than Rik Mayall (RIP you mad bastard) and Ade Edmondson, it'd probably be deeply unfunny. Having the right people in the right roles is critical. (For proof of this, watch the episode "Hole", which features Richie and Eddie talking bollocks to each other while trapped on a Ferris wheel for the entire show.)
I love the moment when the prince says "It's almost as if someone is sneaking in, stealing my socks, and selling them on" and Blackadder gives that little laugh that says "I'm alittle surprised you worked out what I'm doing as you're normally too clueless"
I see it more as Blackadder giving a hollow laugh to acknowledge the ridiculousness of such a far-fetched notion. The Prince Regent has hit upon the outrageous truth without realising that Blackadder is the culprit - that's the joke we're all in on.
Surprise, contempt, and just a hint of nervousness that he might loose his job if the prince had a few more brain cells to rub together. It’s just masterly
@@what-oy8il Ok, relax, I was referring to the subject of this particular episode, not the the idea of great comedy representing British greatness, values etc, I had just been watching our lunatic new leader Truss on TV, so blood was boiling at that moment, I agree with you totally, a nation of wordsmiths, with the best language in the world.
I couldn't agree more i think iv watch every episode a thousand times and still blows my mind how funny it is still to this day. the sarcasm is second to none. Every character is brilliant in their own way, writing is amazing, costumes, casting... total perfection. took me a while to warm up to the first series but watching it now i absolutely love it. Ben Elton definately took it to the next level after the first series though.
no chance,... fed the bull crap, rich still get fatter and richer,... and bemoan a loss, whilst the poor, and lesser too. get fked up the bum and .. and them that have the money can, them that just get by, just get by those who can't do either,,(and can get by with assistance ) some are so neglected that, (even though they try) and play along with the righty system..are just fucket.. so the only way to then is crime or what have you..? right or wrong.??
Fun fact: Antidisestablishmentarianism was the longest word, in the English language, until ‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ came along. Bonus fact: The longest word that you can type, using only the top row of keys on a typewriter, is the word ‘typewriter’.
On a UK/US/Canada/Aus/Nz typewriter only, notably. German keyboards have the Z and Y swapped out, while the W is swapped out for Z on French keyboards.
May be my favourite iteration of the family, with Captain Blackadder being a close second. Also, shout out of appreciation for the Prince Regent - young Hugh Laurie was really rather fit.
Hugh Laurie was quite an athlete in his younger days. He went to Cambridge mostly to row, and actually competed in the Boat Race. Then a bout of illness struck him meaning that he couldn't row. He was faced with the prospect of actually working at his degree instead, but decided that wasn't for him - so he joined the Footlights.
0:21 Prince George: RANTING ABOUT THE MISSING SOCKS - They just disppear! Honestly, you`d thing someone was coming in here, stealing the damn things and selling them off ! Blackadder: Chuckle ... Impossible. That was priceless, so much humor in such terse reaction, includig his knowing smile and George`s total ingorance. Brilliantly performed, really.
Hugh Lauri is so glorious at throwing his all into playing a dim-wit. And frankly, the Prince Regent is the one historical person where I couldn't care less if he's made to look like a fool. Given that they neglected to stuff a few pillows under Lauri's vest, this is still a flattering depiction.
Nice little link...before hiring Jeeves, Bertie Wooster (so perfectly portrayed by Hugh Laurie) was forced to dismiss his valet for, and I quote, "sneaking his silk socks".
Of course! There was something at the back of my mind about the sock thing being familiar, but I was to blown away by Hugh Laurie being fabulous beyond words.
Blackadder: Criminal record? Baldrick: Absolutely not. Blackadder: Oh come on, Baldrick, you’re going to be an MP for God's sake ! I’ll just put down Fraud and Sexual Deviancy.
I can never tire of Blackadder I fear we will never see the like again and damn us Brits for only having 6 episodes per series six impeccable episodes though and grateful for every single one including the specials even back and forth for the millennium anti distinctly minty … ❤❤❤
@@gryphonbotha1880It's meant to mislead and brainwash people with it's revisionism and afrocentrism so that they can later claim that England was mixed race,make ra cist comments like "terribly White royal family" and to distract us from crimes the of these black and brown people destroying our civilised western societies
I care not a jot that you sound like a plate of beans negotiating it's way out of a cow's digestive system ..... Three things , brilliantly written , spoken perfectly , and i'm going to use that line :)
@@timmartindale75 I type with one finger. It is not my finger. And as long as people understand what i have typed, then it is fine by me. I type at speed , so if i make a typo, i could be several lines past it, before i even notice. And lastly , i do not care. But thanks for letting me know :)
I knew of Mr Bean and Dr House before I ever saw the Regent and Blackadder on screen together for the first time, but at that moment I learned what comedic range these two are truly capable of. What a contrast. Absolutely legendary
Black Adder was superb. Atkinson and his comic timing, way of speaking and cutting sarcasm as written by Ben Elton. Mr Bean was an utter waste of Atkinsons talents. I know some like him as Bean. But he is bumbling idiot. As Black Adder he is witty, sneaky, underhanded and sarcastic all at the same time. Its his way of speaking that makes the lines work. Having Bean gurgling in a silly voice now and then is an utter waste of Atkinson's vocal performances. Its just a shame they never made more. The first season is finding its feet, season 2 and 3 are utterly brilliant, not a bad episode in there, but the last season was a bit too depressing due to its setting in the first World War. It was still funny, but had an undercurrent of tragedy, sadness and loss, the stupidity of the waste of life, it was hard to get the same comic silliness out of that, than mucking about in Elizabethan England or with Prince George....
Cast, _Mr. Edmund Blackadder (butler to The Prince)_ : Rowan Atkinson. _George, The Prince Regent (his master)_ : Hugh Laurie. _Sir Talbot Buxomly (a Member of Parliament)_ : Denis Lill.
Every single character and line in this is just perfect. Whatever the team (writers & actors) got paid, unless they are right now partying on they their own private island, it was too little.
@@nimascolari1508 Imagine any main old channel airing Jeeves and Wooster anno 2023. Whole cast would have to be exchanged so as not to be excluded from the inclusivity matrix.
@@annasundlof2282 😂 yea for sure. Imagine Mind your language now. So many racial stereotypes, comedy gold that would offend so many SJWs. Thin skinned no sense of humour having people offend me. Life of Brian? Married with Children? Stop the world. I want off.
I am at the moment, whilst dividing my attention between this and ‘Roadkill’, and also contemplating ‘House’, it is of no wonder that Hugh Laurie has been reported as being one of the most highly paid actors in history. The man is a genius! And a keyboard player, a guitarist, and a champion rower, the utter, utter, utter, bastard!
I would not put him in the big dollars acting league but he has never been short of work. He is a very clever man and his Prince role was a masterpiece.
Never gets old. Even pitch-perfect better now. Like a comment on current affairs from another channel than the BBC. And Hugh 'it's not Lupus' Laurie really nails it (as usual).
I was unfortunately doomed to auto mechanic videos & was about to lose my sense of humor. VOILA! Mass airflow sensor (& fat fingers) magically landed me here♡ Now I'll be singing the theme for 3 weeks. Thanx, gonna watch all you got.
These gents have range. Atkinson went from playing a silver-tongued snake to a mute anarchistic oddball, Laurie from dimwitted dullard aristocrat to snarky medical savant.
Now that I am older I realise that when Blackadder laughs very quietly he is as good as confessing too stealing his majesty's socks and selling them as opulent socks.
@@SueDenimDomDenim Are you being served was funny. It was very funny. It was of its time, but the one liners and characters are all superbly played and brilliantly written. The German week episode springs to mind. They whole staff has to dress up in German lederhosen etc. And Mr Lucas comes strolling on in the costume, looking vaguely ridiculous. And its clear he is not happy. And then John Inman come tottering in as Humphries. And his shorts are so short and tight he is walking on tiptoe... And Inman goes deadpan - " I cant think why...but my eyes are watering!!" And the audience is in hysterics, Lucas is laughing and you can see he means it as what Inman is doing is priceless, Lucas is laughing at Inman and Humphries at the same time. The whole show was full of moments like that. Yes its dated, yes certain characters would not be welcome by the up tight brigade today. But back then we could laugh at anything and send things up and people just had fun. The show got very high ratings and was a huge success for years. I would take Are You Being Served, or any of the Croft etc sitcoms over the what passes for comedy today...
@@SueDenimDomDenim Fair enough. It was sort of before my time as well. I became aware of it around 1977 when I was a tiny kid. I knew it was massive as everyone was talking about it. The stars of the show kept popping up on childrens tv and seaside special etc. Its worth watching even today. From a historical point of view it covers all the class structure battles that used to take place a lot in England. The pecking order and also a lot of what is going on in the 1970s is reflected in the show as well. Mr Grainger, the old chap on the mens wear counter is in the early season till the late 70s when he passed away. These are the best episodes with the original cast when it was at its peak. It started to tail off a bit after Trevor Banister who played Mr Lucas left. As a kid he was my joint hero along with Mr Humphries. They are two polar opposites. Lucas is a sex mad women chaser of the old school type. And Humphries is as gay as the hills and yet when the pair of them are together its hysterical. Yes its camp and un pc now and very dated but its still funny. Lucas is always winding up Mrs Slocombe and mocking her and she gets irate with him. Mollie Sugden is just brilliant in it, I used to love her and Wendy Richards as well...they are just brilliant at playing the characters. Its sad to me now, to think they are all dead and gone, like the cast of Dads Army etc as at times it still seems like yesterday. See if you can find some of the episodes. The one when they take over the toy department is brilliant as well....
Listening to Blackadder is like munching a St. Ives pastie that has been cooked to perfection, nurtured gently in an oven just at the right temperature and served politely on a Cornish granite plate.
I actually had a neighbor, with whom I was very friendly, who was stealing both my socks and t-shirts, with me wondering, all the while, where they were getting to. I finally realized he was doing it when my brother left a bag with his clothes in it, and his shirts disappeared. he was much too skinny for my neighbor to wear his shirts, just like I was too big.
They are all puppets reading their script, the world is a stage and you can see it now more than ever the theatre only ends when no longer we participate in their play.
An example of the quality of wit in this show: "it's as if someone was coming in here, stealing my socks and selling them off". Blackadder just laughs dismissively. We, the audience, fall off our chairs laughing. We know.
"Is he qualified?"
"He is a violent bigoted mindless old fool sir"
"Sounds a bit over qualified."
@@dlmdee Nope sounds like Trump.
@@mushroomhead3619 and Boris !!
@@mushroomhead3619 only one of them is actually president. Take the L
Apart from the “He” this could be Priti Patels CV…..
I see it’s the conservative leadership contest
“There are bits of lemon floating down the Thames that would make better regents than you” is the most British diss I’ve ever heard
"... _but_ you are appointed by God and I shall stick by forever!"
very patriotic sentiment, pity about not being able to vote for him anymore.
Bits of lemon peel actually, wot are floating, don't you know and all that. But that's no skin off my rosy nose 😂
Talking "like a plate of beans negotiating their way out of a cow's digestive system" is the pure essence of mastery of the English language, though. After all, a true speaker of English will be able to tell you to go to hell in such a way that by the time they're done, you look forward to the journey.
*bits of lemon peel
😂😂
Rowan Atkinson is always at his best when he plays intelligent, sarcastic characters. His facial expressions and vocal mannerisms are spot on.
Exactly.
That's why the first series of Blackadder (AKA the Black Adder) wasn't so good. The first Blackadder was basically a more talkative version of Mr Bean.
It was the second series that really got the show going. The third series is perhaps the best of the lot, but there's not much in it.
@@nickhand8054maybe that’s why I didn’t like the first few bits of it. I’ll have to skip ahead cuz these are all hilarious what I see on RUclips. Lol
@@CS-ui4qj Seaons 4 is where its at! I get goosebumps every time I watch the last minutes of season 4....
That last ep. still reduces me to a sobbing mess.@@antonk.2748
@@nickhand8054try the original pilot which was more like the Blackadder we know and love as the sarcastic verbal abusive brainy one but when it came to the first series they dumbed him down but all changed when Ben Elton came on board
It's not just that the script is genius, it's that it's so brilliantly delivered.
Yeah like the punchlines you can see a mile off but the delivery is just fantastic.
Delivery is probably 50% of what nails good comedy. You can have the most hilarious script ever conceived by man, but if your cast don't deliver it well, it'll absolutely fall flat. If you take something like Bottom, which is essentially a combination of violent slapstick, toilet humour, and rampant verbal abuse, and give it to anyone other than Rik Mayall (RIP you mad bastard) and Ade Edmondson, it'd probably be deeply unfunny. Having the right people in the right roles is critical. (For proof of this, watch the episode "Hole", which features Richie and Eddie talking bollocks to each other while trapped on a Ferris wheel for the entire show.)
And yet, I can't help but conclude, that had Blackbladder been offered for the first viewing, today, it would have been LAUGHED----out the door.
@@MrDaiseymay possibly. But people who didn't know it then find it funny now. 🙂
@@MrDaiseymay Not a chance. Listen to the Goons. Still funny after eighty years. And the Marx Brothers, almost a hundred years
I love the moment when the prince says "It's almost as if someone is sneaking in, stealing my socks, and selling them on" and Blackadder gives that little laugh that says "I'm alittle surprised you worked out what I'm doing as you're normally too clueless"
I see it more as Blackadder giving a hollow laugh to acknowledge the ridiculousness of such a far-fetched notion. The Prince Regent has hit upon the outrageous truth without realising that Blackadder is the culprit - that's the joke we're all in on.
Surprise, contempt, and just a hint of nervousness that he might loose his job if the prince had a few more brain cells to rub together. It’s just masterly
"Socks are like sex, tons of it about but I never seem to get any."
I feel personally attacked 😭😂
Socks are like sex. When I was a teenege boy I used socks for - well never mind.
Attacked for the socks part or the sex?😂 Maybe both? 😭
The true value of British culture in the comedy .
Tory values, not ours.
@@trillions5000 what are you talking about?
@@what-oy8il Ok, relax, I was referring to the subject of this particular episode, not the the idea of great comedy representing British greatness, values etc, I had just been watching our lunatic new leader Truss on TV, so blood was boiling at that moment, I agree with you totally, a nation of wordsmiths, with the best language in the world.
@@trillions5000 i see
@@what-oy8il hes just another terminally online muppet who does nothing bus obsess over politics, ignore him
Blackadder is still the best comedy ever written. No matter how many times I watch them I always have a good laugh.
I couldn't agree more i think iv watch every episode a thousand times and still blows my mind how funny it is still to this day. the sarcasm is second to none. Every character is brilliant in their own way, writing is amazing, costumes, casting... total perfection. took me a while to warm up to the first series but watching it now i absolutely love it. Ben Elton definately took it to the next level after the first series though.
Upstart Crow is right up there, though. You'd almost think it was written by the same guy.
Apart from the first series I completely agree
@@AA-hg5fk I love the first series.
@Mr Spitsworth I have watched it, I just think series 1 is nowhere near as good as the subsequent three.
right now this could be a documentary
It almost is, except for the dead bit at the end, but we could work on this..
Hope the current prince George isn't listening.
Ever so clever
Indeed, indeed jolly good show.
Stereotyped old tat
Sensible policies,for a happier Britain, so no change there.
no chance,... fed the bull crap, rich still get fatter and richer,... and bemoan a loss, whilst the poor, and lesser too. get fked up the bum and .. and them that have the money can, them that just get by, just get by those who can't do either,,(and can get by with assistance ) some are so neglected that, (even though they try) and play along with the righty system..are just fucket.. so the only way to then is crime or what have you..? right or wrong.??
"We were rather getting on." - It couldn't have been delivered better. 😆
The intimation that he sat for a full 48 hrs in one place trying to pronounce a single word makes me laugh
"Anti distinctly minty" sounded like a secure base camp from which he was making repeated attempts up the lexicographic mountain.
He was anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused him such pericombobulations.
He's obviously Dixilicsick
@@ann_onn quite right; said interfrastically so that it resplendently wibbles one's postlesnoo.
The word is "implication"
Fun fact: Antidisestablishmentarianism was the longest word, in the English language, until ‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ came along.
Bonus fact: The longest word that you can type, using only the top row of keys on a typewriter, is the word ‘typewriter’.
damn you good sir, I just learned a new world of new longer words.
On a UK/US/Canada/Aus/Nz typewriter only, notably. German keyboards have the Z and Y swapped out, while the W is swapped out for Z on French keyboards.
Anyone else just waste 5 minutes training themselves to pronounce this properly?
What's a typewriter?
lots of greek/latin influence in the second word
As an Australian we cant thank you enough for shipping that delightful criminal genius of sarcasm Ben Elton across to our shores. ;}
Oh, he's in Oz now?
@otocan yes, he has lived in WAust for quite a few years now...
May be my favourite iteration of the family, with Captain Blackadder being a close second.
Also, shout out of appreciation for the Prince Regent - young Hugh Laurie was really rather fit.
hugh laurie fit back then, and still gorgeous in avenue 5...and i do mean gorgeous.
Hugh Laurie was quite an athlete in his younger days. He went to Cambridge mostly to row, and actually competed in the Boat Race.
Then a bout of illness struck him meaning that he couldn't row. He was faced with the prospect of actually working at his degree instead, but decided that wasn't for him - so he joined the Footlights.
What a shapely ankle! 😆
One of my ex pupils told me that he loved Stephen Fry, then later that he loved Hugh Laurie, but he had no idea that they started out together.
@@whiskeyvictor5703 fine of fetlock!
0:21 Prince George: RANTING ABOUT THE MISSING SOCKS - They just disppear! Honestly, you`d thing someone was coming in here, stealing the damn things and selling them off !
Blackadder: Chuckle ... Impossible.
That was priceless, so much humor in such terse reaction, includig his knowing smile and George`s total ingorance. Brilliantly performed, really.
Hugh and Rowan together is pure ✨ magic!
Hugh Lauri is so glorious at throwing his all into playing a dim-wit. And frankly, the Prince Regent is the one historical person where I couldn't care less if he's made to look like a fool. Given that they neglected to stuff a few pillows under Lauri's vest, this is still a flattering depiction.
yes he isnt as bulbous and flatulent as the real regent.
Literally the best speech George ever gave 😂
Nice little link...before hiring Jeeves, Bertie Wooster (so perfectly portrayed by Hugh Laurie) was forced to dismiss his valet for, and I quote, "sneaking his silk socks".
Very well spotted
Of course! There was something at the back of my mind about the sock thing being familiar, but I was to blown away by Hugh Laurie being fabulous beyond words.
Very good catch.
"Talk like a plate of beans negotiating their way out of a cow's digestive system!"
Sounds like a lot of politicians in general.
Just love Hugh Laurie as George 🤭
I loved Stephen Fry as Wellington.
@@Kiwinan1701 I love a bit of Fry and Laurie.
Brilliant comic acting
House
the UK houses of parliament haven't changed much in centuries. Its nice seeing the way tradition is being upheld
"the UK houses of parliament haven't changed much in centuries. ... " except that they burnt down.
Well that hardly accounts for much
Blackadder: Criminal record?
Baldrick: Absolutely not.
Blackadder: Oh come on, Baldrick, you’re going to be an MP for God's sake ! I’ll just put down Fraud and Sexual Deviancy.
id love a contemporary version of this
I can never tire of Blackadder I fear we will never see the like again and damn us Brits for only having 6 episodes per series six impeccable episodes though and grateful for every single one including the specials even back and forth for the millennium anti distinctly minty … ❤❤❤
House is such a good actor. That English accent sounds really authentic!
Lol good joke,
@@missyadams is he really? Gadzooks!
He's English!! Well cover me in eggs and flour and bake me for 20 minutes!
?House? Looks like spellcheck got in: he’s Hugh Laurie 😊
@PrincessA ok so I was off by 20 mins ruclips.net/video/kNDPIGSPdFA/видео.html 😳
You know things are bad when Blackadder is more historically accurate than Bridgerton.
😂😂😂😂
That was funny! Thanks--Needed that one!
Is Bridgerton meant to be anything other than romantic fantasy with a Georgian Britain window dressing?
@@gryphonbotha1880It's meant to mislead and brainwash people with it's revisionism and afrocentrism so that they can later claim that England was mixed race,make ra cist comments like "terribly White royal family" and to distract us from crimes the of these black and brown people destroying our civilised western societies
Bridgetown is based off a book
@@contentreview1532Yes, a fareytale, the only blacks in England at this time, polished shoes or were hookers in some exotic
"clubs".
This is the episode that gave me the love of the word antidistinctly-minty, very closely followed by antidisestablishmentarianism. Love Blackadder.
This is my favourite of the Blackadder series.
@@DanielOlivierArgyle They’re all excellent.
Not bad. Sense n Senility or Beer?
In fact we just love Blackadder 😁
@@nuntana2 Have to say Sense…Stephen Fry Magnificent as Wellington!
Sensible policies for a happier Britain 🇬🇧!
This just needs to be the Tory slogan in every election.
I care not a jot that you sound like a plate of beans negotiating it's way out of a cow's digestive system ..... Three things , brilliantly written , spoken perfectly , and i'm going to use that line :)
"It minds not me that you are the son of a certified sauerkraut-sucking loon."
If you use that line, leave the apostrophe out of "its" - it doesn't belong there.
@@timmartindale75 I type with one finger. It is not my finger. And as long as people understand what i have typed, then it is fine by me. I type at speed , so if i make a typo, i could be several lines past it, before i even notice. And lastly , i do not care. But thanks for letting me know :)
That was the best line of the lot...and that's saying something!!
That could be considered quite rude. It has to be the ultimate putdown after hearing someone's speech.
12:25 - As Brazilian , I can relate to appointing violent bigoted mindless people to High Court Judges.
Terrivelmente evangélico
I think everyone can.
For some reason the 'bits of lemon peel floating down the Thames' gave me the biggest laugh back in the day. 😊
dialogue like a carelessly discarded match in a box of fireworks
Blackadder The Third was the best in my opinion. My fave episode was Amy and Amiability where Blackadder is looking for a rich wife for George.
hilarious all brilliant comedian's in one place. Our Irish so called comedy is a fuckin' embarrassment.
Yeah, this was the golden era of British TV.
@@Minime163 Don't know about now but I still love Father Ted.
@@sosimple3585 father Ted was about as good as Irish comedy got plus dermot Morgan is dead now.
"SAUSAGE TIME!"
That sarcastic chuckle was a masterpiece of comic timing
The extension of slavery to everyone who does not have a knighthood. Sensible policies for a happier Britain
We hail Prince George ... We hail Liz Truss
Good one!! 👏👏
I bet you didn't think two weeks ago that in two weeks you wouldn't have to hail her anymore...
@@SuzuranMajere I'm particularly gutted. I was her butler and was making a fortune selling her socks
As I understand it, she is getting a tax funded fortune out of it.
“Plump of fetlock”
It’s like he’s describing Boris already.
Sir Talbot Buxomly sounds like he'd fit right in with modern Tory leadership.
Rare episode of House where he gets the diagnosis wrong.
I like how he just died in mid-conversation at the end 😅
that's the joke
I knew of Mr Bean and Dr House before I ever saw the Regent and Blackadder on screen together for the first time, but at that moment I learned what comedic range these two are truly capable of. What a contrast. Absolutely legendary
Black Adder was superb. Atkinson and his comic timing, way of speaking and cutting sarcasm as written by Ben Elton. Mr Bean was an utter waste of Atkinsons talents. I know some like him as Bean. But he is bumbling idiot. As Black Adder he is witty, sneaky, underhanded and sarcastic all at the same time. Its his way of speaking that makes the lines work. Having Bean gurgling in a silly voice now and then is an utter waste of Atkinson's vocal performances. Its just a shame they never made more. The first season is finding its feet, season 2 and 3 are utterly brilliant, not a bad episode in there, but the last season was a bit too depressing due to its setting in the first World War. It was still funny, but had an undercurrent of tragedy, sadness and loss, the stupidity of the waste of life, it was hard to get the same comic silliness out of that, than mucking about in Elizabethan England or with Prince George....
Only the British could come up with this. It’s bloody funny and insightful.
Cast,
_Mr. Edmund Blackadder (butler to The Prince)_ : Rowan Atkinson.
_George, The Prince Regent (his master)_ : Hugh Laurie.
_Sir Talbot Buxomly (a Member of Parliament)_ : Denis Lill.
Blackadder is one of the best series ever.
Every single character and line in this is just perfect. Whatever the team (writers & actors) got paid, unless they are right now partying on they their own private island, it was too little.
I'm not sure if my favourite TV show is now a rendition of real life events in modern day English politics.
...and in today's Britain, it would be - Cancelled.
@@annasundlof2282 you're completely right
There's not NEARLY enough transphobia in this show for Brits to find it entertaining
Definitely would be cancelled. E4 stopped airing certain Friends episodes due to the fat jokes aimed at Monica. Imagine that. I find that offensive.
@@nimascolari1508 Imagine any main old channel airing Jeeves and Wooster anno 2023. Whole cast would have to be exchanged so as not to be excluded from the inclusivity matrix.
@@annasundlof2282 😂 yea for sure. Imagine Mind your language now. So many racial stereotypes, comedy gold that would offend so many SJWs. Thin skinned no sense of humour having people offend me. Life of Brian? Married with Children? Stop the world. I want off.
Still more trustworthy and well informed than any politician we've seen in the last 25 years...
I just binge watched the whole Blackadder series over the weekend! Been trying to find it for years!
"Anti-distinctly-minty..." Full marks to him for 'avin' a go!
Distinctly minty was the punch line to an advert of the day.
@@Useaname Thank you for the information! I never knew that. 🙂 I like little bits of background like that.
He went on to resign the throne & become a doctor.
'Resign' may be one way to put it
“Oh, bad luck. We were rather getting on.” lol 😆
I am at the moment, whilst dividing my attention between this and ‘Roadkill’, and also contemplating ‘House’, it is of no wonder that Hugh Laurie has been reported as being one of the most highly paid actors in history. The man is a genius! And a keyboard player, a guitarist, and a champion rower, the utter, utter, utter, bastard!
and still going strong in avenue 5... check it out!
@@dabraham8221 Thanks!
I would not put him in the big dollars acting league but he has never been short of work.
He is a very clever man and his Prince role was a masterpiece.
And an evil prince, on top of all that. The best is when he appears as evil prince ludwig.
...and a bike rider, which makes him a nice guy in MY book.
Never gets old. Even pitch-perfect better now. Like a comment on current affairs from another channel than the BBC. And Hugh 'it's not Lupus' Laurie really nails it (as usual).
Roaringly splendid...hurrah for that!!!
A classic scene from a classic series.
My favorite is "The Scottish Play" (MacBeth) bit.
:You mean you have to do that every time I say 'MacBeth'?"
0:28 That chuckle says it all. 😂
These chaps could do a better job of running the country than the despicable creatures in power at present.
"Black Adder III" is one of the Greatest British Comedies EVER!!
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Have you seen the British comedy series 'League of Gentleman'? Weird, dark, funny.
As dead as that squirrel. What squirrel? BANG! Squeak..thud...Oh THAT squirrel!
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That line always creases me up!
Nice to see the Tory Party election manifesto 2024 getting an early airing.
Ah, the 80s, golden era of TV fun, i miss it tho...
That diagnosis at the end was splendid. Why, that man would make a fine doctor!
I was unfortunately doomed to auto mechanic videos & was about to lose my sense of humor. VOILA! Mass airflow sensor (& fat fingers) magically landed me here♡ Now I'll be singing the theme for 3 weeks.
Thanx, gonna watch all you got.
Absolutely brilliant
These gents have range. Atkinson went from playing a silver-tongued snake to a mute anarchistic oddball, Laurie from dimwitted dullard aristocrat to snarky medical savant.
This is so on the nose and yet still sadly, so relevant
He'd be right at home in the Truss cabinet
It's incredible that George and HOUSE are the same man.
Genuinely! Like, I have to _work_ to notice it!
There are no good comic actors, only good actors.
and Dickie Roper in The Night Manager!
Also Blackadder and Mr Bean are the same man.
didn't you notice bean and Blackadder are same too
3:25 "Damn his duck pond." Damn also the house for ducks he installs at tax-payers' expense.
Prophetic programme, Blackadder
"We must move fast"
"In which direction?"
This is the scene I always remember
Great show
" Damn his Duck Pond ". - What a Prophecy !
( 2009 Expenses Scandal )
“We hail you King George” sounds like the “Let’s go Brandon “
This is great art.
One of my favourite scenes :)
mine is following with Baldrick and carrot sticking from his mouth, knocked me out
@@Szmiber I love that scene too!!!
Now that I am older I realise that when Blackadder laughs very quietly he is as good as confessing too stealing his majesty's socks and selling them as opulent socks.
Blackadder is the finest comedy i have had the pleasure to see along with Red Dwarf and Are you being served
Are you being sarcastic with the last sitcom? 😂
@@SueDenimDomDenim nope are you being served is a British classic
@@SueDenimDomDenim Are you being served was funny. It was very funny. It was of its time, but the one liners and characters are all superbly played and brilliantly written. The German week episode springs to mind. They whole staff has to dress up in German lederhosen etc. And Mr Lucas comes strolling on in the costume, looking vaguely ridiculous. And its clear he is not happy. And then John Inman come tottering in as Humphries. And his shorts are so short and tight he is walking on tiptoe...
And Inman goes deadpan - " I cant think why...but my eyes are watering!!"
And the audience is in hysterics, Lucas is laughing and you can see he means it as what Inman is doing is priceless, Lucas is laughing at Inman and Humphries at the same time. The whole show was full of moments like that. Yes its dated, yes certain characters would not be welcome by the up tight brigade today. But back then we could laugh at anything and send things up and people just had fun. The show got very high ratings and was a huge success for years. I would take Are You Being Served, or any of the Croft etc sitcoms over the what passes for comedy today...
@@Simon-xc5oy probably before my time I’m more of a blackadder fan but there’s enough comedy for everyone I was just being cheeky 😂
@@SueDenimDomDenim Fair enough. It was sort of before my time as well. I became aware of it around 1977 when I was a tiny kid. I knew it was massive as everyone was talking about it. The stars of the show kept popping up on childrens tv and seaside special etc. Its worth watching even today. From a historical point of view it covers all the class structure battles that used to take place a lot in England. The pecking order and also a lot of what is going on in the 1970s is reflected in the show as well. Mr Grainger, the old chap on the mens wear counter is in the early season till the late 70s when he passed away. These are the best episodes with the original cast when it was at its peak. It started to tail off a bit after Trevor Banister who played Mr Lucas left. As a kid he was my joint hero along with Mr Humphries. They are two polar opposites. Lucas is a sex mad women chaser of the old school type. And Humphries is as gay as the hills and yet when the pair of them are together its hysterical. Yes its camp and un pc now and very dated but its still funny. Lucas is always winding up Mrs Slocombe and mocking her and she gets irate with him. Mollie Sugden is just brilliant in it, I used to love her and Wendy Richards as well...they are just brilliant at playing the characters. Its sad to me now, to think they are all dead and gone, like the cast of Dads Army etc as at times it still seems like yesterday. See if you can find some of the episodes. The one when they take over the toy department is brilliant as well....
ROARINGLY splendid to have you here! 😂
Holy Cow!!!
Can't believe that is my most favorite HOUSE!!
It was comedy first with Hugh. Great comedy is about delivery and timing and Hugh has it in spade loads lol !
For some reason, this just got a whole lot more relevant.
Listening to Blackadder is like munching a St. Ives pastie that has been cooked to perfection, nurtured gently in an oven just at the right temperature and served politely on a Cornish granite plate.
If the granite isn't Cornish it's not worth bothering with.
I love this show 😅
Actual belly-laughs! Thank you (to all concerned)
Within this hailstorm of lunacy, there is always a grain of truth
I can't get over Prince George buying his own socks.
That moment you realise that you and George have something in common
The Prince Regent is a 19th century Liz Truss, only not as thick
And I haven't seen her wear socks either.
There are bits of lemon peel floating down the Thames that would make better Prime Ministers
Ouch. Lol.
Hang on Truss is a lemon Peel but Starmer is a turd
Sir Talbot Buxomley? Nowadays, they clean him up, brush his teeth and call him Rees Mogg.
Sir Keir Starmer I think you will find 👍
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Absolutely spiffing!
I always imagined Bertie looking something like Hugh Laurie. He was great in that role, too.
life goes round
Ironic to say the least, pretty how British politics works to this very day
4:07 you can see Blackadder, turning and looking at the man... thinking. The fuq, is he dead?
I actually had a neighbor, with whom I was very friendly, who was stealing both my socks and t-shirts, with me wondering, all the while, where they were getting to. I finally realized he was doing it when my brother left a bag with his clothes in it, and his shirts disappeared. he was much too skinny for my neighbor to wear his shirts, just like I was too big.
That was comedy in 80s. Back then they'd hire an actor with the cred of Denis Lill for just one scene like this.
2:03 Sounds like David Cameron or Boris Johnson 😂
Or Liz Truss.
Or Sir Kneel Stammerer.
@@monochromaticlightsource2834 Who?
Sorry....I'll see myself out.
They are all puppets reading their script, the world is a stage and you can see it now more than ever the theatre only ends when no longer we participate in their play.
Boris all the way.
Great, now I feel like going on a Blackadder binge.
Definitely worth it I love all of the the series set , except for the first series but that's just my personal opinion lol 😂 good old British comedy
Bloody brilliant 😅
An example of the quality of wit in this show: "it's as if someone was coming in here, stealing my socks and selling them off".
Blackadder just laughs dismissively. We, the audience, fall off our chairs laughing. We know.