Blackadder

[Cats2001!]

Just thought I'd bring up the halarious Blackadder special I saw last night. I'd heard of BlackAdder, but never seen it. Judging by the special I saw last night, it must be a pisser!!

The Dinosaurs were wiped out by smelly jocks...

He punched William Shakespear for 'Every school girl and school boy on the planet"

There were more gems... what a classic it was last night before the replay of the Roos v Dons clash!!

 

[Danny Chook Fan Club]

I'd be interested to hear from the Blackadder veterans.

Speaking as one of those, I was mildly disappointed.

The strength of series 2-4 was the character interaction and dialogue, but the format of last night's "episode" didn't lend itself to that at all.

Still some giggles, but hardly stacking up to any of the better third and fourth series episodes.

 

[Bloodstained Angel]

Whats your fav series of Blackadder DCFC ?

Mine is the World War I series.

Its very dark, bitter and sardonic humour but oh so cutting and close to the bone !

The subject matter is close to my heart so naturally I can really appreciate the gallows humour because the experience of WWI is too horrible to even contemplate and I think the humour is really spot on.

cheers

 

[Danny Chook Fan Club]

WWI for me.

The final episode is brilliant, but I especially love the one where he gets court-martialled for shooting Speckled Jim ...

You know what the punishment for disobeying orders is, don't you Blackadder?
Court martial, followed by immediate cessation of chocolate rations?
No, court martial followed by death by firing squad.
Ah, so I was half right.

And, immortally ...

"I remember Mattingburg's most famous case, the case of the bloody knife. A man was found next to a murdered body, he had the knife in his hand, thirteen witnesses that seen him stab the victim, when the police arrived he said, "I'm glad I killed the bastard." Mattingburg not only got him off, but he got him knighted in the New Year's Honors list, and the relatives of the victim had to pay to have the blood washed out of his jacket."

 

[TigerTank]

How are you feeling, Darling?



Mildly disappointed with last night, but not overly so - still quite entertaining.

WWI was my favourite too.


"What's for dinner, Baldrick?"
"Well sir, there's Rat Stew, Fricassee Rat, Ratatouille and Chicken surprise."
"And what's the surprise, Baldrick?"
"It's rat, sir!"

 

[sbagman]

I liked IV as well, but II and III were pretty damn good too.

".... Baldrick, your filet mignon in sauce bernaisse taste like dog turds in glue".

 

[Danny Chook Fan Club]

One more, one more ...

I wouldn't get overexcited, sir. I have a horrid suspicion that Baldrick's plan will be the stupidest thing we've heard since Lord Nelson's famous signal at the Battle of the Nile: "England knows Lady Hamilton's a virgin. Poke my eye out and cut off my arm if I'm wrong."

 

[Captain Sensible]

III for me. Mainly due to Hugh Lauries' Prince George and his obsession with trousers. Although Percy and Nursey in series II were pretty funny.

Funniest character in the whole thing was Rick Mayalls' Flasheart.

"Shes got a tongue like an electric eel and she likes the taste of a mans tonsils"

I too was fairly dissapointed with 'back and forth'. I thought that the only really funny bit was Blackadder getting Percy to sell his house and all his stuff for medical teatment only to find out that he was only pretending to have cancer.

 

[Anton Grbac]

Didn't see last night's special, but my favorite series would have to be 'Blackadder Goes Forth' (4th series).

Yes, DCFC, The 'Speckled Jim' episode is a corker "Murderer!!!!" Very funny stuff.

where's wally?

 

[Mr Ripper]

Blackadder II for mine!

"You mean you crap out the window?!"

"Hi bridesmaid, like the beard! Gives me something to hang on to! Woof!"

"Yes, my Lord...he's hiding in the box!"

"Your breath comes straight from Satan's bottom"

LMAO every time

P.S. I missed last night's.

 

[Fat Red]

You didn't miss much, but the Rik Mayall (as Robin Hood) scene was great.

Has to be blackadder IV, although Queen Elizabeth is my favourite character.

 

[madboy]

(Quoting the Herald-Sun from earlier this year):
"Baldrick, you wouldn't know a cunning plan if one jumped up and down on a piano, singing 'Cunning plans are here again'."

Other funny moments:

The dance the actors did to nullify the curse of 'the Scottish play' (Macbeth)

"If you want anything done right, first kill Baldrick."

Baldrick's book, "The Happy Little Sausage": "There once was a sausage called Baldrick. The End"

Baldrick's ode to the German guns: "Boom, boom boom boom, boom (etc)"

"I believe it rhymes with 'Clucking Bell'."

(Apologies for any mistakes - I'm sure there's some in there)

 

[Mobbs]

Didn't see the back and forth ep ... but loved the original 4 serie.

Fave is III, the dictionary and the thespian eps in particular.

'How far apart were their legs?' ... 'and their nipples?'

Have them all on tape, except the firing squad one, where the bloody tape ran out on me while recording

'Baldrick, where is the front page of the newspaper?'
'I don't know.'
'You do know, don't you, Baldrick?'
'Yes.'

 

[SydneyBomber]

Last night was better than I was expecting to tell you the truth...
(but still nowhere near the others)

Series II takes the cake for me...

Mr Pants: "You've really worked out your banter haven't you?"
Blackadder: "No not really. This is a different thing. It's spontaneous and it's called wit"

Old Crone: "When I fancy people, I sleep with them - oh, of course I have to drug them first, being so old and warty"

Blackadder: "Don't say beshrew me, only stupid actors say 'Beshrew me'"

Lady Whiteadder: "Chair!, You have chairs in your house?!"
Blackadder: "Oh yes..."
Lady Whiteadder: "Wicked Child! Chairs are an invention of Satan. In our house, Nathaniel sits on a spike..."


I could go on all night!

 

[Captain Sensible]

One more.
Blackadder on his way to see the wise woman to talk about his apparent homosexuality.

Old hag in street "Theres two things you need know about the wise woman. One, she is wise. Two she is a..."
Blackadder "Woman?"
OHIS "Oh, you know her then?"
Blackadder " No. Just a stab in the dark. Which is, incidentally, what you will be getting if I dont get a bit more cooperation"

 

[The Hitman]

I saw the last half of the series, and I remember some of the old episodes from days gone past...

I must remember to give an extra kick to Willy myself, as I am doing MacBeth at the moment...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Eagle_Fan]

Goes Forth, followed by the third series.

Do we all agree that the first series was 'relatively' pathetic then?

 

[Grendel]

Well, i liked the first series!! he says singing 'His pot is blacker than his kettle)', specifically Brian Blesseds over the top playing of Edwards, sorry Edmunds dad!

Favourite Baldrick line?

Blackadder "Baldrick, whats your first name?"

Baldrick "Sodoff"

Blackadder "Be like that then"

Baldrick "No my Lord, Sodoff's my name, least i think it is cause everytime i asked people told me 'sodoff Baldrick"

Tony Robinson, the real legend of the show. Hope he got his turnip.

 

[The Hippie]

You bastards, you've posted most of the good stuff and got nowhere left to go. A mate of mine got the special on vid and I saw it about a week before it was on 7. I thought it was great, they could make a good series out of it.

Also, when I was last in Melbourne for the Boxing Day test, I found a book with the complete scripts for the 4 series and I'm hear to tell ya's, the first series is p*i*s*s funny when you read the script, it just that it's so different in the production to the rest of them.

 

[TigerTank]

One episode that always springs to mind is "Potato", where Tom Baker (of Dr Who fame) stars as Captain Redbeard Rum.

Redbeard: Aaaahrrrrr Aaaahrrrrr Aaaaahrrrrr. Me laddy.
Blackadder: Ah-haah-ah, indeed. So, Rum, I wish to hire you and your ship. Can we shake on it? (holds out hand)
Redbeard: aah-ahhh! (strokes his hand) You have a WOMAN'S hand, milord! I'll wager these dainty pinkies never weighed anchor in a storm.
Blackadder: Well, you're right there.
Redbeard: Ha ha ha. -Aah! Your skin milord. I'll wager it ne'er felt the lash of a cat ['o' nine tails], been rubbed with salt, and then flayed off by a pirate chief to make fine stockings for his best cabin boy.
Blackadder: How canny, I don't know how you do it, but you're right again.
Redbeard: Why should I let a stupid cockerel like you aboard me boat?
Blackadder: Perhaps for the money in my purse [holding it up]
Redbeard: Ha. -Aah! You have a WOMAN'S purse! (takes it from him and examines it daintily) I'll wager that purse has never been used as a rowing-boat. I'll wager it's never had sixteen shipwrecked mariners tossing in it.
Blackadder: Yes, right again, Rum. I must say when it comes to tales of courage I'm going to have to keep my mouth shut.
Redbeard: Oh! You have a WOMAN'S mouth, milord! I'll wager that mouth never had to chew through the side of a ship to escape the dreadful spindly killer fish.
Blackadder: I must say, when I came to see you, I had no idea I was going to have to eat your ship as well as hire it. And since you're clearly as mad as a mongoose I'll bid you farewell (gets up)
Redbeard: Aaah, courtiers to the Queen, you're nothing but lapdogs to a slip of a girl.
Blackadder: Better a "lapdog to a slip of a girl", than a... GIT!
Redbeard: So you do have some spunk in you! Don't worry, laddie, I'll come, I'll come [holds out his hand]
Blackadder: Well, let us set sail as soon as we can. [they shake] I will fetch my first mate, and then I'll return as fast as my legs will carry me.
Redbeard: Ah! [pointing] You have a WOMAN'S legs, my lord! I'll wager those are legs that have never been sliced clean off by a falling sail, and swept into the sea before your very eyes.
Blackadder: (crossly) Well, neither have yours.
Redbeard: That's where you'd be wrong (throws aside table showing his lack of legs)


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