So you saw the great comedy duo Rick Mayhall (Flashheart) and Ade Edmonson (Baron von Richthofen) together. Now you've got to react to 'Bottom' their slapstick, violent humour in the TV series (1990's/2000's) and Live is legendry. You'll love it. Their early comedy outings include the groundbreaking 'Young Ones' that had cult following in the early 80's.
My great grandfather was in the flying corps. He lasted more than 20 minutes. In fact he lasted until the third battle of Ypres. Shotdown over no man's land. No idea if he died in his kite, in the crash or if he survived all that and was killed in the ground. So this is a rather special episode of Blackadder for me. Especially as Flasheart was chosen to represent the RFC. Glad you enjoyed it.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson together is always a special moment. I see a few others have mentioned the show Bottom ( with the two mentioned ). It would be unlike any show you have ever seen. Shouting, swearing, arguing, fighting all with a healthy dose of stupidity thrown in.
Obviously, it goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway: it takes a very special comic actor to do a cameo in a legendary sitcom starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry to steal the show in every scene he's in. And Ade too. Two of my all time favorite lines in any comedy: "How lucky you are to find ze toilet so amusing. For us it is a mundane and functional item but for you... ze basis of an entire culture" and "For you, a man of honour, ZE HUMILIATION VILL BE UNBEARABLE!"
Rim Mayall on being asked to appear in Black Adder had one demand, he got the funniest lines and could act his character to the extreme. The guy delivers every time.
Rick mayall was a comedy legend gone way before his time. He appeared in the young ones which was revolutionary at the time. He is also very well known for Bottom and the new statesmen. Bottom live plus the series are really worth reviewing.
Ade Edmondson (The Red Baron) and Rik Mayall (Flashheart) were a comedy duo, they had their own hilariously mental series called Bottom, you guys have to do it.
This episode always makes me smile. At college, my Dad was in the same play as Rik Mayall, and was higher billed too. He also had a higher rank in the RAF than Flasheart. Two facts he likes to remind me of whether we see this episode.
Rik Mayall…an eternal legend who is still loved and missed to this day. Lord Flashheart was one of his greatest roles, and yet he was only in two episodes of the original series. It says so much of what an amazing character Flashheart was and what a leviathan of a performer and comedian Rik truly was. WOOF! 🫡
He was actually in the last episode of the first series as well. But because of contract with The Comic Strip he was listed as Mad Gerald in the cast list.
@@jimcook1161 I’d genuinely forgotten that. Probably because Rik’s performance as Lord Flasheart - and Blackadder Series 2-4 being a massive improvement over the first series - overshadowed everything else.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson started in comedy together as the Dangerous Brothers. Try and catch them in the Dangerous Brothers World Of Danger, doing their impression of the 1970s film The Towering Inferno. This was their first time on British TV together I believe. I was hooked from that moment. Rik Mayall, in a solo roll, played a character called Kevin Turvey Investigative Reporter.
Adrian Edmondson (playing Baron Von Richtofen) and Rik Mayall (playing Flashheart) were in an 80's comedy series called The Young Ones, which is worth checking out.
The line was originally ’Sound’s like Battersea Dog’s Home here!’ but Rowan Atkinson just couldn’t say the line because of his stammer so it was changed to Cruft’s.
Bottom and Man Down need to be on your watchlist, Rik’s energy is always off his chain and his five mantra for life at Exeter University is an absolute must for any time you’re feeling down x
This series was aired back in the UK in 1989. In 1994, I was in the Royal Air Force in Saudi Arabia for a 4-month tour. There was little or no entertainment. Sattelite services were limited and even the US forces channels didn't show much. As it was, most US Air Force personnel I served alongside had seen and loved Blackadder, especially season 4. We had a VCR and TV combi back then and someone had donated the Season 4 boxset. It got some wear. Nightly screenings for both US and British airmen. One of the things that kept me sane, pre-internet and proper cellular phones with text messaging.
Agree with all the comments how brilliant Rik and Ade are and this is the best episode of all the Blackadders…loving watching your journey through all the Blackadders. 2TU!
You totally got this now! It's sheer quick wit ..and so many one liners . You really need to watch it over and over to catch them all really...it never gets old. God it's so well written.. best comedy of all time . ❤❤❤
Lord Flasheart played by Rik Mayall is part of a long time comedy double act with Ade Edmondson who plays Baron Von Richthofen. Check out, The Young Ones, or, Bottom, or a performance of their alter egos, The Dangerous Brothers. Like, Bottom, extremely violent, comedy slapstick.
Had the pleasure of spending a few minutes in the company of Rik Mayall about the time he was becoming famous, its a memory I treasure, as much fun in the flesh as on film. You should watch him and his comedy partner Ade ( the Red Baron ) in Bottom.
This episode is for sure in the top 3 of the entire series! It is however not even close to the series finale. IYKYK. Can't wait for the video on that one.
Hilarious slapstick comedy duo Rick Mayal (Lord Flasheart) & Ade Edmondson (German Officer) can also be found in 80’s series The Young Ones, the Comic Strip & Bottom (which you should definitely check out) - Rick Mayal also played Mad Gerald the insane dungeon prisoner in Blackadder series 1
More Rik Mayall (and Ade Edmondson and indeed Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry) can be seen in "The Young Ones", "Filthy, Rich and Catflap", "Bottom" and "The Comic Strip Presents..."
This episode is a beautiful mix of the totally over the top Flasheart, and the cynical smart Blackadder, flavoured with a sprinkling of little gems from the rest of the cast. It was good to see you guys enjoying it. Keep Reacting.
You got to watch "Bottm" the TV series and follow it up with the Live stage shows of "Bottom" and "Guesthouse Paradiso" with Rick Mayal and Ade Edmondson.
21:43 Baron von Richthofen- "Finally the two greatest gentlemen fliers in the world meet. Two men of honour, who have jousted together in the cloud-strune glory of the skies, face to face at last. How often I have rehurced this moment of destiny in my dreams. The valour we two encapsulate, the unspoken nobility of our comradeship..." 22:06 Lord Flasheart- "Puff!" Love this. Gets me every single time.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson where the main characters in 'the young ones' which was a slapstick comedy and became cult watching. I'd recommend you give the University challwnge one, which features motorhead!
As many have said I'd suggest you watch Bottom and the Young Ones which has Rik Mayall (flasheart) and Ade Edmonson (Von rectovan) and have worked together for many years.
So people have mentioned bottom but bottom live is the best I would also recommend the comic strip presents , there are a few of them , but too really see the guys at there anarchic best the dangerous brothers watch any of those especially the world of danger
Watch the 2 seasons of "The Young Ones". Rik Mayall (Captain Flashheart) is in it and it's utter, utter brilliant. Early 80's "Alternative comedy" that truly broke new ground and is so influential.
great reaction :) Rik Mayell is legend in the young ones . bottom new stateman. Man down with Greg Davis i think was the most recent before he passed away a good film was Guest House Paradiso
Every episode of series 4 is, strangely, becoming your favourite as you go through them. Episode 6 is the best piece of comedy you'll ever watch. Be prepared.
Totally brilliant, only one factual part is Flashy could not be packing the tackle of a grand national winner as they are all mares all geldings, other than that so funny, every line is a belter.
The Darling joke was only supposed to last a few jokes in the first episode and that was the end. When the audience went mad over it roaring with laughter they wrote it in throughout the rest of the series
I served in the British Army and love Blackadder Goes Fourth. Everyone I know who thinks it's disrespectful didn't serve. Even veterans of the conflict love it.
Spencer, Bristol Airport (Filton) do a pilot training day where you fly a small plane for 45 mins, got it for my wife and we both went up, had a great time. Maybe look it up for when you're over here.
Rik Mayall was originally cast as the poltergeist Peeves in the first Harry Potter film Apparently he was so funny that none of the kids could keep a straight face, so he got paid even though all his scenes got cut
Cant believe its been nearly 9 years since we lost the legend that is rik mayall, it still hurts but by god did he leave his mark on the world. do yourselves a favour and watch the young ones and bottom. his two signature pieces for what he is best known for then maybe you'll see why he was such a national treasure. its a shame you didn't watch the young ones and bottom first then you would see just how awesome that end scene with 'flash heart' and the 'baron von rip hoven' actually is because the german is played by rik mayall best friend and lifetime comedic partner Ade Edmondson. my one regret is that Rik and robin williams never got to act in anything together because that would have been trully something spectacular
Some classic double acts in this episode with Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson and Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie. As well as their sketch show 'A bit of Fry & Laurie' Hugh & Stephen were brilliantly cast as Jeeves & Wooster in a TV adaptation of the classic P.G Woodhouse books. As others have said Rik & Ade are great in Bottom and started out as the Dangerous Brothers before starring in 'The Young Ones' which was a groundbreaking show when alternative comedy started in the 80s. Lord Flashheart is inspired by the character Flashman from the series of books by George MacDonald Fraser which are hilarious. The books are a combination of historical fiction, boys own adventure and comedy and are one of the funniest reads you'll ever encounter. Flashman was originally a bully in the classic book 'Tom Brown's School Days' but Fraser took the character and made him into a wonderful anti-hero. Everyone believes Flashman's a hero of the British Empire, whilst in reality he's a coward, a cad, a bounder, a rotter and a womaniser of the Terry Thomas variety. Because his superiors think he's a hero he's always 'volunteered' for whatever lunatic suicidal mission they come up with and can't say no without losing his reputation and standing in society, so does everything he can to dodge out of it, much like Blackadder, only to go from the frying pan into the fire. Basically he's a mix of both Blackadder and Flasheart. N.B. George Mac Donald Fraser also wrote a number of screen plays for films such as the 'Three Musrkater series of the 70s, the Bond film Octopussy and Force 10 from Navarone.
Was part of the Audience at Granarda studios for this episode.Roland is so serious during takes everyone else making jokes just for us, him no four us. Takes 4y for 30m.
@@scottandrewbrass1931 sorry allways thought it was Roland not Rowan. Long time ago allways associate,Manchester TV with Granada, BBC show so yes. Thanks for the correction.
Wait until you see the final scene of the final episode, probably the best and most poignant episode I have seen. Very tastefully written and performed.
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The legend Rik Mayall playing Flasheart. If you ever get a chance, watch 'bottom' - my favourite work of his
Bottom, The Young Ones, The New Statesman…all legendary sitcoms. All essential stuff. 👍🏻
Guest House Paradiso is hilarious
Dont forget the Baron von richthoven is Eddie from bottom aswell 😊
Even 'Filthy,Rich and Catflap' had plenty of golden moments.@@MrDCWood
@@bobbymimms I agree with that. Filthy, Rich & Catflap had some good stuff. 👍🏻
So you saw the great comedy duo Rick Mayhall (Flashheart) and Ade Edmonson (Baron von Richthofen) together. Now you've got to react to 'Bottom' their slapstick, violent humour in the TV series (1990's/2000's) and Live is legendry. You'll love it. Their early comedy outings include the groundbreaking 'Young Ones' that had cult following in the early 80's.
Started laughing just thinking about the 'Trick or Treat' episode :)
@@torilath "Blimey Eddie! How do you turn it on?.....😧😲😱😩🤢" 😅
The Gas Man episode!
@@DaddyBaggio Classic!
Also the movie guest house paradiso
Amazing duo Rick and Ade
My great grandfather was in the flying corps. He lasted more than 20 minutes. In fact he lasted until the third battle of Ypres. Shotdown over no man's land. No idea if he died in his kite, in the crash or if he survived all that and was killed in the ground.
So this is a rather special episode of Blackadder for me. Especially as Flasheart was chosen to represent the RFC. Glad you enjoyed it.
Nearly at the final episode of Blackadder, one of the greatest episodes of any British comedy ever.
Can’t wait for them to watch that last episode.
Came to comment this.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson together is always a special moment. I see a few others have mentioned the show Bottom ( with the two mentioned ). It would be unlike any show you have ever seen. Shouting, swearing, arguing, fighting all with a healthy dose of stupidity thrown in.
GAS MAN! GAS MAN! GAS MAN!
The "Don't slouch Darling" line kills me everytime 🤣🤣🤣
Obviously, it goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway: it takes a very special comic actor to do a cameo in a legendary sitcom starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry to steal the show in every scene he's in.
And Ade too. Two of my all time favorite lines in any comedy:
"How lucky you are to find ze toilet so amusing. For us it is a mundane and functional item but for you... ze basis of an entire culture"
and
"For you, a man of honour, ZE HUMILIATION VILL BE UNBEARABLE!"
Rim Mayall on being asked to appear in Black Adder had one demand, he got the funniest lines and could act his character to the extreme. The guy delivers every time.
Rik Mayall in the Young Ones is a must.The best anarchic sit com ever made .
Rick mayall was a comedy legend gone way before his time. He appeared in the young ones which was revolutionary at the time. He is also very well known for Bottom and the new statesmen. Bottom live plus the series are really worth reviewing.
Ade Edmondson (The Red Baron) and Rik Mayall (Flashheart) were a comedy duo, they had their own hilariously mental series called Bottom, you guys have to do it.
This episode always makes me smile. At college, my Dad was in the same play as Rik Mayall, and was higher billed too. He also had a higher rank in the RAF than Flasheart. Two facts he likes to remind me of whether we see this episode.
Rik Mayall…an eternal legend who is still loved and missed to this day. Lord Flashheart was one of his greatest roles, and yet he was only in two episodes of the original series.
It says so much of what an amazing character Flashheart was and what a leviathan of a performer and comedian Rik truly was. WOOF! 🫡
He was actually in the last episode of the first series as well. But because of contract with The Comic Strip he was listed as Mad Gerald in the cast list.
@@jimcook1161 I’d genuinely forgotten that. Probably because Rik’s performance as Lord Flasheart - and Blackadder Series 2-4 being a massive improvement over the first series - overshadowed everything else.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson started in comedy together as the Dangerous Brothers. Try and catch them in the Dangerous Brothers World Of Danger, doing their impression of the 1970s film The Towering Inferno. This was their first time on British TV together I believe. I was hooked from that moment. Rik Mayall, in a solo roll, played a character called Kevin Turvey Investigative Reporter.
I had forgotten all about Kevin Turvey. 😂😂😂😂
“Besides it’d take a superman to get him out of there” And at that moment the distant sounds of a Beagle boarding his doghouse drifted over the land….
Adrian Edmondson (playing Baron Von Richtofen) and Rik Mayall (playing Flashheart) were in an 80's comedy series called The Young Ones, which is worth checking out.
You really need to see ‘Bottom’.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson, RMs character is the complete opposite of Flasheart but he’s just as funny 😂
"Woof!" "Sound's like cruft's in here!" Always gets me ...
The line was originally ’Sound’s like Battersea Dog’s Home here!’ but Rowan Atkinson just couldn’t say the line because of his stammer so it was changed to Cruft’s.
@@ThunderForce2000 I never even knew he had a stammer.
@@ThunderForce2000”you should’ve said Doggersea Bat’s Home”
Love that you guys found these BA series, they are so well written and have such a talented cast British comedians/actors!
Bottom and Man Down need to be on your watchlist, Rik’s energy is always off his chain and his five mantra for life at Exeter University is an absolute must for any time you’re feeling down x
You will never be prepared for the final episode of Blackadder Season 4.
I think a lot of commentators have been doing their damnest to set expectations for the final episode.
This series was aired back in the UK in 1989. In 1994, I was in the Royal Air Force in Saudi Arabia for a 4-month tour. There was little or no entertainment. Sattelite services were limited and even the US forces channels didn't show much. As it was, most US Air Force personnel I served alongside had seen and loved Blackadder, especially season 4. We had a VCR and TV combi back then and someone had donated the Season 4 boxset. It got some wear. Nightly screenings for both US and British airmen. One of the things that kept me sane, pre-internet and proper cellular phones with text messaging.
Agree with all the comments how brilliant Rik and Ade are and this is the best episode of all the Blackadders…loving watching your journey through all the Blackadders. 2TU!
You totally got this now! It's sheer quick wit ..and so many one liners . You really need to watch it over and over to catch them all really...it never gets old. God it's so well written.. best comedy of all time . ❤❤❤
Been waiting for you to finish watching S4,you have missed E5 & 6….
Lord Flasheart played by Rik Mayall is part of a long time comedy double act with Ade Edmondson who plays Baron Von Richthofen. Check out, The Young Ones, or, Bottom, or a performance of their alter egos, The Dangerous Brothers. Like, Bottom, extremely violent, comedy slapstick.
Had the pleasure of spending a few minutes in the company of Rik Mayall about the time he was becoming famous, its a memory I treasure, as much fun in the flesh as on film.
You should watch him and his comedy partner Ade ( the Red Baron ) in Bottom.
This episode is for sure in the top 3 of the entire series!
It is however not even close to the series finale. IYKYK.
Can't wait for the video on that one.
Rik Mayall, British legend!
I still want to know why we don’t have episode 6 of series 3 on the channel? I’m not kicking off like, just confused 😂
Are the final epsiodes going up at any time?
the late, great Rik Mayall( flasheart) and Ade Edmondson ( the red baron) were in a comedy called bottom which was mad,
Rik and Ade together is always a treat. Absolute legends 👌👌
Haven't watched you chaps for a while, that was a good one! Blackadder is probably my favourite TV show ever!
Hilarious slapstick comedy duo Rick Mayal (Lord Flasheart) & Ade Edmondson (German Officer) can also be found in 80’s series The Young Ones, the Comic Strip & Bottom (which you should definitely check out) - Rick Mayal also played Mad Gerald the insane dungeon prisoner in Blackadder series 1
More Rik Mayall (and Ade Edmondson and indeed Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry) can be seen in "The Young Ones", "Filthy, Rich and Catflap", "Bottom" and "The Comic Strip Presents..."
you need to watch a TV show called "Bottom" Rick Mayall (Flasheart) and Ade Edmonson (Redbaron) wrote and performed in it and its a classic.
This episode is a beautiful mix of the totally over the top Flasheart, and the cynical smart Blackadder, flavoured with a sprinkling of little gems from the rest of the cast. It was good to see you guys enjoying it. Keep Reacting.
I think this is possibly the best 30 minutes of comedy ever made. It’s Beatles level brilliance. Always a true joy to watch it.
You got to watch "Bottm" the TV series and follow it up with the Live stage shows of "Bottom" and "Guesthouse Paradiso" with Rick Mayal and Ade Edmondson.
Flasheart was played by Rik Mayall and he was in a series called "Bottom " which was very funny and is on U Tube and is worth seeing,
21:43
Baron von Richthofen- "Finally the two greatest gentlemen fliers in the world meet.
Two men of honour, who have jousted together in the cloud-strune glory of the skies, face to face at last.
How often I have rehurced this moment of destiny in my dreams.
The valour we two encapsulate, the unspoken nobility of our comradeship..."
22:06
Lord Flasheart- "Puff!"
Love this. Gets me every single time.
"Don't slouch, Darling"🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely superb episode!
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson where the main characters in 'the young ones' which was a slapstick comedy and became cult watching. I'd recommend you give the University challwnge one, which features motorhead!
You have to check out rik mayal and ad edmonson, bottom, hotel paradiso etc
"I wish I could snuff it right now so I can preserve this moment for ever" ... Never noticed this line before - that is genius!!!
Ade Edmondson ze German in this plays Eddie hitler with rik mayal in "bottom",if you check out bottom...brace yourselves gents,brace yourselves😅
Too much custard?
I'm enjoying that you guys are fully enjoying this episode and the British sense of humour
As many have said I'd suggest you watch Bottom and the Young Ones which has Rik Mayall (flasheart) and Ade Edmonson (Von rectovan) and have worked together for many years.
Great reaction Lads .... warms my heart to see you guys from across the pond 'pissin yaself loffin' at Brit comedy. Super stuff !!!
Whats happend to ep 5?
Only 4. They didn't think it was a good idea after the ending of Ep 4. Very poignant.
The character of flash and the German leader are in a UK comedy called 'Bottom'.
As well as 'Blackadder', 'Bottom' I very much enjoyed too.
"I don't want to have to write to your mother at London Zoo" surely one of the best put downs in TV history. 🤣🤣
So people have mentioned bottom but bottom live is the best I would also recommend the comic strip presents , there are a few of them , but too really see the guys at there anarchic best the dangerous brothers watch any of those especially the world of danger
"Thought id landed sausage side" is a fucking brilliant line.
Watch the 2 seasons of "The Young Ones". Rik Mayall (Captain Flashheart) is in it and it's utter, utter brilliant. Early 80's "Alternative comedy" that truly broke new ground and is so influential.
Rik Mayall just steals the scenes he’s in with his energy and one liners 😂 flashheart was an awesome character for him to play. Superb episode.
Love rik mayall such a brilliant actor so sad he died so early
great reaction :) Rik Mayell is legend in the young ones . bottom new stateman. Man down with Greg Davis i think was the most recent before he passed away a good film was Guest House Paradiso
Rik Mayall steals the show in this one.
Please do the rest of the series. The last episode is a amazing bit of British TV history
Every episode of series 4 is, strangely, becoming your favourite as you go through them. Episode 6 is the best piece of comedy you'll ever watch. Be prepared.
Much loved and much missed late great Rik Mayall. Someone even Rowan Atkinson has to concede to
I just miss Rik Mayall so much can’t believe he has been dead 10 years already! Him and Ade Edmondon were so great together back in the 90s.
Yes Rik and Ade
Bottom is my favourite 😊
Enjoying you guys watching this. Please keep going.
Totally brilliant, only one factual part is Flashy could not be packing the tackle of a grand national winner as they are all mares all geldings, other than that so funny, every line is a belter.
Ril Mayall was a tornado of comedy, he completely dominated every show/scene he was ever in
Have you posted episodes 5 or 6? I can't find them.
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The Darling joke was only supposed to last a few jokes in the first episode and that was the end. When the audience went mad over it roaring with laughter they wrote it in throughout the rest of the series
I served in the British Army and love Blackadder Goes Fourth. Everyone I know who thinks it's disrespectful didn't serve. Even veterans of the conflict love it.
I was one of the Royal Anglian soldiers at the beginning at cavalry barracks Colchester we got paid a crate of beer for our efforts 😂😂
Spencer, Bristol Airport (Filton) do a pilot training day where you fly a small plane for 45 mins, got it for my wife and we both went up, had a great time. Maybe look it up for when you're over here.
Flashheart the wonderfully funny Rik Mayall. everything he done was so funny, even telling childrens stories. a great talent sadly missed.
Hi Spencer and Daniel, from North Tyneside, England ✋✋
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, can't see in the comments but check out The Young Ones and Bottom with Rik and Ade ;)
Rik Mayall was originally cast as the poltergeist Peeves in the first Harry Potter film
Apparently he was so funny that none of the kids could keep a straight face, so he got paid even though all his scenes got cut
The suffragette movement gets me every time 😂
Cant believe its been nearly 9 years since we lost the legend that is rik mayall, it still hurts but by god did he leave his mark on the world. do yourselves a favour and watch the young ones and bottom. his two signature pieces for what he is best known for then maybe you'll see why he was such a national treasure. its a shame you didn't watch the young ones and bottom first then you would see just how awesome that end scene with 'flash heart' and the 'baron von rip hoven' actually is because the german is played by rik mayall best friend and lifetime comedic partner Ade Edmondson. my one regret is that Rik and robin williams never got to act in anything together because that would have been trully something spectacular
Some classic double acts in this episode with Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson and Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie.
As well as their sketch show 'A bit of Fry & Laurie' Hugh & Stephen were brilliantly cast as Jeeves & Wooster in a TV adaptation of the classic P.G Woodhouse books.
As others have said Rik & Ade are great in Bottom and started out as the Dangerous Brothers before starring in 'The Young Ones' which was a groundbreaking show when alternative comedy started in the 80s.
Lord Flashheart is inspired by the character Flashman from the series of books by George MacDonald Fraser which are hilarious. The books are a combination of historical fiction, boys own adventure and comedy and are one of the funniest reads you'll ever encounter.
Flashman was originally a bully in the classic book 'Tom Brown's School Days' but Fraser took the character and made him into a wonderful anti-hero.
Everyone believes Flashman's a hero of the British Empire, whilst in reality he's a coward, a cad, a bounder, a rotter and a womaniser of the Terry Thomas variety.
Because his superiors think he's a hero he's always 'volunteered' for whatever lunatic suicidal mission they come up with and can't say no without losing his reputation and standing in society, so does everything he can to dodge out of it, much like Blackadder, only to go from the frying pan into the fire. Basically he's a mix of both Blackadder and Flasheart.
N.B. George Mac Donald Fraser also wrote a number of screen plays for films such as the 'Three Musrkater series of the 70s, the Bond film Octopussy and Force 10 from Navarone.
Rest In Peace Rik Mayall
You edited out the fart through the hair though! 😲😅 if you like Rik Mayall you should react to 'Bottom' next...legendary anarchic 90s British sitcom
Rik Mayall was a force of nature. Absolute legend.
A lot of these comedians,started with the young ones in the 1980s
And before that in "The Comic Strip Presents.."
@@AndersonDawesWasRightAnd before that, the Cambridge Footlights.
Bottom Live is a must.
I rate the way you make the copyright restrictions fun, always something to look out for, bravo!
Hey, what happened to series 3 episode 6? Did it get blocked?
yes
@@ianstopher9111 Bummer. :(
Was part of the Audience at Granarda studios for this episode.Roland is so serious during takes everyone else making jokes just for us, him no four us. Takes 4y for 30m.
It was BBC television centre. Not "Granarda" ( Granada) and who was Roland?😂
@@scottandrewbrass1931 sorry allways thought it was Roland not Rowan. Long time ago allways associate,Manchester TV with Granada, BBC show so yes. Thanks for the correction.
"Bad News" (with Mayall and Edmonson) would be a great thing to react to, albeit you would probably have to bleep out a lot of it.
Wait until you see the final scene of the final episode, probably the best and most poignant episode I have seen. Very tastefully written and performed.
It is funny when they have basically the same characters in different time periods.
Rik mayall and ade edmonson together always makes me happy rip the goat of slapstick
bring on the dangerous brothers
The next one is also brilliant 😁
I mean.. British comedy.. this is as good as it gets. Fabulous.
There will be tears😢
Rik Mayall amazing comedian/actor especially when next to Ade Edmundson
Ohhhh Spencer 😂 Flasheart may be insufferable but he definitely fucks 😂🙌🏾
Rik Mayall adored by more than Rowan I would argue.
where are ep 5 and 6? you cant leave us hanging like that, if you cant post them you need to say, you cant blue ball us like that lool
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