I love the way Atkinson played each role differently in every series - from a bumbling fool with an inferiority/superiority complex to an arrogant and disdainful aristocrat to a long suffering, cynical, sardonic servant to a jaded and disillusioned voice of reason in the final series. Mastery.
Rowan Atkinson once mentioned he really enjoyed the time of making the Blackadder, not acting alone (later in mr bean) but working with a team of fantastic members, you can really see the happiness from his face.
Probably because of how Blackadder got into that mess... "We didn't get any messages and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot that delicious plump-breasted pigeon."
I was 13 when blackadder first came out. It was one of the few programs that I would religiously watch with my parents. I can remember watching it with my grand parents when I stayed with them too. The genius of the writing and acting meant it reached all generations
I have been watching the time team and one of the men is sir Tony Robinson who is truly a wonderfully funny and intelligent actor! Also starring in the Blackadder which I haven't ever seen before is Hugh laurie (Dr house) and rowan Atkinson (Mr bean). All great!
But even though each Blackadder is smarter than the last generation, their social status goes down with every generation lol. Prince to lord to prince's butler to foot soldier
@@davehallett3128 Yes, but still on the front line. I think the only time he doesn't get smarter is in Blackadder Goes Forth, though he also doesn't decrease in intelligence.
Hard to argue for a "best " season as they were all brilliant but for me the final episode of season 4 is one of the greatest pieces of tv history. The poignant moment of the big push was amplified by the fact that it was a comedy show.
Excellent stuff. Only sad thing is that it seems like yesterday that I watched all series for the first time. Was still at school at the time of series 1. Uni, series 2. Working for the first time, series 3. Married, series 4. Tired now - but still young at heart!
I can't count how many times I've played on the Switch while having Blackadder on telly in the background 😂😂 Mario or Zelda plus Blackadder make an interesting combo
@Rowan Aboat: I don’t know, she immediately remembered their wedding night, as “they had raw turnips on that night, too” and was quite glad to see it and started to eat it from the “right” end as well! ;)
18:22 ...best line EVER ....almost wish for Amnesia ...so l could experience it all ..all over again again ...followed by "RedDwarf" ,of course ... wonderful TV at it's best !!!
I can't believe you cut off the scene from 'Major Star' right when Blackadder was about to describe George's drag act as less convincing than Tarzan going through Jane's handbag and eating her lipstick. That was one of Blackadder's funniest lines in the whole series.
The first series has always been my favourite..............there......I said it :) The Queen of Spains Beard being the best episode ever! There is so much crammed into it!
Couldn't agree more. Once Ben Elton came in, it was reduced to one gag per series repeated over and over again Only teen-age boys seemed to enjoy the series Elton wrote
To me Blackadder stands out as the best sitcom of all time, arguably followed by Fawlty's Towers and Allo Allo, making English comedy without a shadow of a doubt the best in the world.
I wish there was a complete Goblin song and play of The Bloody Murder of the Foul Prince Romero and his Enormously Busomed Wife. Artistic treasures we have been deprived of
It’s funny people who haven’t seen season 1 miss out on an important scene and it’s when he meets witches who are responsible for his entire legacy. They are the reason there are other Blackadders and are destined to be King of the universe. It’s pretty insane looking back and seeing the bigger picture.
In 2004 my favourite comedy ever blackadder came 2nd place out of over 600 comedy's whittled down to the last 10 and it came second to only fools and horses, this only got number 1coz it had been on 23 years in comedy terms blackadder is in a whole different comedy league just my opinion, ronnie Barker and especially Rowan Atkinson are two of the best ever in comedy's like
I have a cunning plan, let's watch more Blackadder here : ua-cam.com/play/PLZwyeleffqk5r8Ze_qSF9nKi_9hfjH0qO.html
@Elisha Sebastian ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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I love the way Atkinson played each role differently in every series - from a bumbling fool with an inferiority/superiority complex to an arrogant and disdainful aristocrat to a long suffering, cynical, sardonic servant to a jaded and disillusioned voice of reason in the final series. Mastery.
Don't forget the Christmas special , not becoming Baldrick's cod piece and the there and back again in the time machine.
While Baldrick went from a reasonable, intelligent, quick thinking medieval peon into an utter moron of a private in the WW1 trenches
I didnt really like the first series
Perfectly put. Rowan Atkinson is an international treasure.
@@jacquelynejohnson9127And the Cromwell era version from comic relief in 1988
Rowan Atkinson once mentioned he really enjoyed the time of making the Blackadder, not acting alone (later in mr bean) but working with a team of fantastic members, you can really see the happiness from his face.
@George Ealasaid but still more blue than the stone of Galveston
@George Ealasaid the infanta was a younger daughter not in line for the throne. So i guess she used to go outside. No lines
Blackadder is an amazing comedy. Never ages and never will.
Thank you, Baldrick!
AMEN
Well,besides the time period
@@growingstrong1009 lllllllllllllllllll
Never ages because its based in the past!
"Deny everything, Baldrick."
I was already predicting how badly that could go.
Probably because of how Blackadder got into that mess...
"We didn't get any messages and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot that delicious plump-breasted pigeon."
@@Jedi_Spartan "Do you wanted to be cremated, Baldrick? Or buried at sea?
No you're not
@@stevenwebb3634 of course, lol
I would die a happy man, for one more Blackadder series.
34:00 The timing of 'You'll get over her. I did. -So Did Baldrick' is PRICELESS 😆😃
"Jane 'bury me in a Y-shaped coffin' Harrington"
Such great writing
...... Miriam Margolyes is wonderful, how the “ burning catholics “ escaped censure !!!!!!?????......
@@sablebasilisk7998 it was 1986, less PC times.
I was 13 when blackadder first came out. It was one of the few programs that I would religiously watch with my parents. I can remember watching it with my grand parents when I stayed with them too. The genius of the writing and acting meant it reached all generations
I have been watching the time team and one of the men is sir Tony Robinson who is truly a wonderfully funny and intelligent actor! Also starring in the Blackadder which I haven't ever seen before is Hugh laurie (Dr house) and rowan Atkinson (Mr bean). All great!
@@donnarouse5366 I love tony Robinson . Baldrick seems a strange character given his serious roles now
Blackadder gets smarter every generation while everybody around gets more absurd or stupid. Brilliant.
But even though each Blackadder is smarter than the last generation, their social status goes down with every generation lol. Prince to lord to prince's butler to foot soldier
@@alphahelix7948 captain
@@davehallett3128 Yes, but still on the front line.
I think the only time he doesn't get smarter is in Blackadder Goes Forth, though he also doesn't decrease in intelligence.
@@alphahelix7948 I mean he was a british officer, not exactly a working class lad
@@davehallett3128 a WW1 captain in the infantry, read "Cannon fodder"
Never realized how funny the words "sausage time" can be in the right circumstance
Jim Broadbent is absolutely brilliant as the Invanta's interpreter. 😂 🤣 😂 🤣
Thank you . I've been wondering who the interpreter was
I’m teetering on the edge of pronouncing him the greatest character of the first series.
I thought the same thing, shows you the wonders a good actor can do with the lines.
Jimmy broadbent ? The sim racing guy
@@fartimusmaximus8710 I thought so, too and was like "what?"😂
Hard to argue for a "best " season as they were all brilliant but for me the final episode of season 4 is one of the greatest pieces of tv history. The poignant moment of the big push was amplified by the fact that it was a comedy show.
80s were the best decade for comedy, Blackadder & Allo Allo hasn't aged a day!
Yeah back when comedy was alive.
The 60’s, 70’s and 90’s weren’t bad either!
@@johnhanson5943 and the 00s
@@liamguard5066 you mean Borat?
You forgot to mention Only fools and horses...
The translator helping in the bedroom 😂
"And what do we have for royalty?
A mad kraut sausage sucker, and a son who can't keep his own sausage for himself"
GOLD.
A brilliant performance by Stephen Fry.
@@luisreyes1963 -You got that right.
The amazing thing about blackadder was no matter how predictable it was still hysterical
I love how Rowan Atkinson turns from a rather attractive man when he has facial hair, then into a swollen pea when he has none
You’re absolutely correct 👍🏻
It's quite uncanny isn't it?
And loses a few years and wrinkles!
Plus a shiteload of make-up, I think
More like a sucked Spanish lime.
I think Blackadder got better and better season to season, to reach perfection at the end.
Excellent stuff. Only sad thing is that it seems like yesterday that I watched all series for the first time. Was still at school at the time of series 1. Uni, series 2. Working for the first time, series 3. Married, series 4. Tired now - but still young at heart!
I can't count how many times I've played on the Switch while having Blackadder on telly in the background 😂😂 Mario or Zelda plus Blackadder make an interesting combo
The 80s in a nutshell for me... God how I loved Blackadder late at night in the weekends. It aired pretty late here in Norway.
Glad you enjoy our humour as much as we do ;-)
I like to imagine that Blackadders auntie wasn’t disturbed by the thingy shaped turnip because she has never seen a thingy.
@Rowan Aboat: I don’t know, she immediately remembered their wedding night, as “they had raw turnips on that night, too” and was quite glad to see it and started to eat it from the “right” end as well! ;)
@Esquire That was the joke, yes.
12:34 Man I love this part so much. Despite literally being just black screen, it was more comedic than many skits I saw in my life.
18:22 ...best line EVER ....almost wish for Amnesia ...so l could experience it all ..all over again again ...followed by "RedDwarf" ,of course ... wonderful TV at it's best !!!
I'm glad that i had a chance to watch all the episodes of Black Adder , some episodes in particular two or three times even more over the years.
12:41 "oh Edmund my love." this guy is really eager at his job
" Im a complicated person you see auntie, sometimes im *nice*
Sometimes im *nAStYyYyiee~* "
Maybe thats how ill explain my personality from now on.
Don't forget the *NasTyyyieyeyEyee*
I can't believe you cut off the scene from 'Major Star' right when Blackadder was about to describe George's drag act as less convincing than Tarzan going through Jane's handbag and eating her lipstick. That was one of Blackadder's funniest lines in the whole series.
Or Baldrick's "The Other Woman" scene. :)
@37:58
Flashheart: Thanks bridesmaid, like the beard!
The other guys' faces too. Gold scene.
Brian Blessed speaking softly... Now I've seen everything!
The first series has always been my favourite..............there......I said it :) The Queen of Spains Beard being the best episode ever! There is so much crammed into it!
Why not make her think you prefer the company of men?
What.....like the Earl of Doncaster???
Couldn't agree more. Once Ben Elton came in, it was reduced to one gag per series repeated over and over again
Only teen-age boys seemed to enjoy the series Elton wrote
Miriam Margoyles is such a treasure
To me Blackadder stands out as the best sitcom of all time, arguably followed by Fawlty's Towers and Allo Allo, making English comedy without a shadow of a doubt the best in the world.
Allo Allo, really? It was good don't get me wrong but 2nd division imo.
Allo allo was overrated as was anything with rik mayall
@@thefilmsett Rik Mayall is in Blackadder haha.
@@venusasaboy yes but only a few episodes thankfully
Have you ever seen the IT crowd? Was quite funny, the British version...
28:49 When Brian sounds like a normal person, that's when the midden is about to hit the windmill.
Priceless…..I’ve seen em all ten times and still haven’t had enough. ❤❤❤
One of the best comedies I've ever watched.
Many of us oldies will appreciate the excellent impression of the late James Mason at 15.47.
Yes, I noticed that, wonderful impression.
its a take on Mason's character as a highwayman in The Wicked Lady..
The first series was very ordinary, but once Richard Curtis and Ben Elton got together the following three were works of genius.
That's true, but the background of cruelty and disease etc in the first series was awesome juxtaposition.
I agree!
Some may say it was evolving . personally I thought the first series was excellent the forth was the best all getting better as they got older
I love every series of Blackadder (yes, even the first one) but Blackadder the Third is my personal favourite. Absolutely note perfect.
I'm just enjoying it now in 2022! A little late but it's an ageless comedy 🤣
Me too! I just finished it in 2023 on Hulu for the first time!
Me in 2024!
My compendium of my finest moments! Truly, a roller coaster ride of fun, with some hot gypsies thrown in!
P.S. Who voted down this video!? BALDRICK!
How did your book go my lord?
@@Isaackariuki775 it got converted to fuel if i remember correctly
Well, Baldrick is too kind person to vote down. ;)
The current BBC!
@@amneris78 not kind, just doesn’t possess the means to process an individual thought
I love how the Encanta's eyes are definitely NOT blue.
encanta ? what the hell is that ?
@@sockington1 I think he meant Infanta.
Jim Broadbent as the Spanish interpreter was especially funny I thought.
"Die in combat with an enemy vessel". Boy, that's tough.
One of my favourite comedies of all times..just love it
Thank you so much I'm so glad that I saw these things. I did not know the guy I saw as mr. Bean did so much more than that. Absolutely genius
Rowan Atkinson is a damn legend...
He's a brilliant actor!
The best comedy there ever was.
37:23
One of my personal favorite moments from the series overall.
Could you insert more commercials please. . Sometimes the show runs a solid three or four minutes in a row
I should have read the other comments first
Hahaha
4 minutes without a commercial?!?! How is Google supposed to make any money?!?!
50 min.? Oh, just one clip- I said to myself.
Then I watched all of it.
This comedy is GENIUS I’m 13 and I love it so much 😂
13:26
16:42
17:57
19:36
24:52
34:24
38:55
42:03
45:48
46:32
Jim Broadbent as the interpreter 😂👍
Again, please
Just the two of us 😀
I love the season one Baldrik quite a bit.
'Bob, take a telegram. ...' LOL
Best comedy EVER!
Its Bob! This one is just a classic.
32:25 Like Gordon Jackson saying "thank you" in The Great Escape.
Genius
Oh, the memories come back in a tidy little vomit bag! Bravo.
The Shadow at 15.49 sounds like James Mason.
No matter how many times i watch this show, my stomach aches from laughter. This is true comedy ♥️
TEAAAAAAAAA! gets me everytime.....
Miriam Margolyes .......now a national treasure.
Thought i recognized her!
Why does the firing squad leader talk the same way as my old physics teacher?
37:23 I’ve watched a lot of comedy shows and TV but that might’ve been the most jokes I’ve ever seen in a single scene
Could you add some more commercial breaks? Too much video getting in the way of my ads.
It's 2020 and you haven't heard of adblock?
Scroll to the right then restart the vid . Your welcome...
Considering the bbc is licence payer funded it does take the piss a bit
Go premium
@@andrewgreen6635 awesome!!!! You are the saviour of my sanity sir. 👏
DEVIL'S DUMPLINGS 🤣 definitely going to use that as a nickname for mine
Tim McInnerny is criminally undermentioned. Brilliant
And now criminally misspelt too.
Dead as that squirrel.
Which squirrel?
😆
1:37, lol, this made my day, 🤣 👏👏👏
poetry first, sausage later 😂😂😂
This role was made for him !!! ... 😉🙃😊
The Spanish translator is still one of my favorite characters in all of the series.
Brilliant. Just brilliant 😃
Miss ya, Rick ❤ Laugh in Peace forever
Fun fact:
The Spanish Infanta is Mirriam Margoyles otherwise known as Professor Sprout.
Oops! You spelt both Miriam and Margolyes wrong.
Brilliant end but left me wanting more
"I'll die in there." One of the few times Baldrick expressed true fear.
"Oh Edmund my laav."
Sausage time, epic line 😂
Is that Professor Sprout, aka Miriam Margolyes?
Yes! And professor Slughorn as the translator
Still brilliant 😄😃😊
My favourite series was the third 😁 And Dictionary and Macbeth were my two favourite episodes
Lord Flasheart was definitely the best.
Personally was the only Character i hated
@@AnonimatosTM exactly we all hated him and only him, that's what's amazing...
The late Rik Mayall.
5:40 countess Caroline of Luxumberg is so pretty
There was a lot more to her that met the eye on TV!
The look of shere terror on their faces as she ate that turnip
Hugh Laurie in Drag 19:03 looked scaringly like Princess Louise Mountbatten who ended up becoming the Queen of Sweden.
"Am I happy to see you or did I just put a canoe in my pocket?!"
Devil's dumplings🤣
I wish there was a complete Goblin song and play of The Bloody Murder of the Foul Prince Romero and his Enormously Busomed Wife. Artistic treasures we have been deprived of
*bosomed
I'm gonna start saying "and the devil farts in my face once more"
It’s funny people who haven’t seen season 1 miss out on an important scene and it’s when he meets witches who are responsible for his entire legacy.
They are the reason there are other Blackadders and are destined to be King of the universe. It’s pretty insane looking back and seeing the bigger picture.
Utter nonsense
R/iamverybadass + R/Niceguys = Lord Flashheart
In 2004 my favourite comedy ever blackadder came 2nd place out of over 600 comedy's whittled down to the last 10 and it came second to only fools and horses, this only got number 1coz it had been on 23 years in comedy terms blackadder is in a whole different comedy league just my opinion, ronnie Barker and especially Rowan Atkinson are two of the best ever in comedy's like
Blackadder version 1 was the funniest for me.
Powerful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"It's short for errmm... Bob." :)
Tim McInnerney ... unsung hero