I love Blackadder in general, and they all appear in the second and third series, but the fourth series is to this day one of the greatest collections of episodes ever produced. Top notch writing and acting.
@@geordiejones5618 I couldn't agree more Sir, and the final scene that morphs in to a field of poppies with that drum beat and piano is the most poignant piece of television that I have ever seen.
@@redsquirrel1086 absolutely! The best part is that this series stands up as both the funniest of the four and easily the saddest. They just nailed the heartbreak of WWI and the total disillusion of troops grappling with a command that clearly gave no shit about any of them. This war could have ended in 1916 as a stalemate but too many old guys who wanted to win at any cost for their pride.
Niko O ......Nic O Tine You cant educate pork.....univer...sit..y...just you can sit on anybodys face as its universal....they call it facetime rent your face as a univer..sal seat..uni....meant one face sits any arse ..universettee....just lazy sdratsaB sitting on each other's fizzers...and talking with somebodies plums in there mouth...arsebandits
Seriously why do English speaking people say this? How would you know about humor in Mandarin? Or tagalog? Or Arabic, or Fulani? How does someone judge what comedy is best?
Correct. Leaders don't always need to be in the front any more, now that communications and surveillance technologies have advanced considerably, allowing for a great deal of situational awareness.
@Honesty First well I’m mean the fact most general officers visited the front everyday and more than 200 were casualties in the war (something like 19% of generals died compared to 11% of soldiers. But don’t let facts get in the way
@@robertofulton its true and it applies for commissioned officers such as blackadder, warrant and non commissioned officers, british officers lead from the front
Amazing that Stephen Fry was only 32 when this was made but his acting makes him plausible as an older man, as General Melchett would have been in his 50s/60s. There is in fact only 2 years difference in age between Stephen and Hugh Laurie, Stephen is 2 years older.
In Blackadder Goes Forth, Hugh Laurie was 29/30 years old back then. Stephen Fry was 29 years old back in Blackadder II. Tony Robinson was about 43 in Goes Forth. He’s older than Fry, Laurie and Rowan Atkinson. For Rowan, he was actually 28 in the first Blackadder series. Then, he was 31 in the second series. 32 in Blackadder 3. In Goes Forth, Rowan was 34 years old, which makes him a couple years older than Stephen. In Blackadder: Back and Forth, Rowan was 44 and Tony Robinson was 53 years old.
@@David-ud9ju It's the size, stephen's a giant and his general demeanor makes him come across as very learned, which we come to expect from older people rather than younger ones.
This series summed the satire of the obscene slaughterand incompetence of WW1 perfectly. The final episode of the British advance of 1917 not only won the British award for best drama but established Atkinson as the brilliant comedian and satirist he is.
@@uttaradit2 there were no winners. It was a massacre of millions of people. There are never any winners in war. WW1 was particularly senseless as millions died to gain a few metres of ground which meant nothing.
@@uttaradit2 really ? I know it’s a late comment, but I can’t resist. Nobody won the first WW. Our side only lasted a bit longer thanks to the US. And Germany never admitted defeat which lead directly to the rise of the Nazis and WW2.
ive watched this so many times ive memorised all the lines and jokes from the black vegtable and the torture chair from the blackadder to the brand new service revolver and the german guns from blackadder the fourth
"Your uncle Bertie sends his regards, I told him you could have a week off in April. Wouldn't want you missing the boat race do we?" Jeeves and Wooster episode 1 reference. I love that so much.
Albert Einstein put the Invention of the Atomic Bomb on the international diplomatic bargaining table in 1905 with the publication of his Special Theory of Relativity.
I find Stephen Fry's portrayal of a BEF General more believable than Colin Firth's in the Oscar-bait "1917". General Melchett's foolish overconfidence is probably more accurate than General Erinmore's mopey anguish
Thats not really true. Granted most generals of that era were in well over their heads, and some were plain incompetent, the idea that they were looking for ways to slaughter their own men with casual disinterest does not stand up. I love Blackadder but it has served to corrupt history to some degree.
MY FAVOURITE PUT-DOWN BY BLACKADDER ( THOUGH NOT SHOWN HERE ), IS WHEN HE REFER'S TO THE HORRIBLE WASTE OF LIFE AFTER THE SOMME BATTLE, ''AND ALL SO THAT FIELD MARSHALL HAIGH, CAN MOVE HIS DRINKS CABINET 100 YARDS NEARER TO BERLIN''.
One of the recurring "jokes" was for Melchett to use sports analogies (Chukka" is a period in polo) when talking about the fighting, as though it was all just a game of football that could be won with grit and determination. When he offers to let George ride back to headquarters with him (thus sparing George a fatal charge over the top) he says, "...and watch the results come in." I've always thought Blackadder should have had a more serious line acknowledging George's refusal of "a way out."
"Your uncle Bertie sends his regards..." Right, in a telegram that is almost written as a code, no doubt. Something along the lines of "To Nephew George: Um, I say, look here, this is absolutely impossible. Not to say, out of the question. Spode has already threatened yours truly. Sorry, and all that. Oh, about the cow creamer, I mean. Anyway there it is. Toodle-pip. Your affectionate Uncle, Bertie."
Never mind, I can answer it myself - a long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation.
I can just imagine General von Kinkerhoffen addressing these troops. He would be absolutely livid with these men and would probably berate Blackadder. I wonder how Blackadder would take to being chastised.
"Ah, tally-ho, yippety-dip and zing zang spillip!"
The greatest line in British television.
University education ? you can't beat it !
In English we say good morning
Zing zang spillip has been an email address and a username for over 20 years.
Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie all in the same scene.
No wonder Blackadder Goes Forth is regarded as a masterpiece.
I love Blackadder in general, and they all appear in the second and third series, but the fourth series is to this day one of the greatest collections of episodes ever produced. Top notch writing and acting.
@@geordiejones5618
I couldn't agree more Sir, and the final scene that morphs in to a field of poppies with that drum beat and piano is the most poignant piece of television that I have ever seen.
@@redsquirrel1086 absolutely! The best part is that this series stands up as both the funniest of the four and easily the saddest. They just nailed the heartbreak of WWI and the total disillusion of troops grappling with a command that clearly gave no shit about any of them. This war could have ended in 1916 as a stalemate but too many old guys who wanted to win at any cost for their pride.
A yet in my opinion Tony Robinson out stages them all as baldrick
@@henrywilding Yes, Tony Robinson is wonderful!
"Fabulous, university education, you can't beat it"
Niko O can beat it out of them
Niko O ......Nic O Tine You cant educate pork.....univer...sit..y...just you can sit on anybodys face as its universal....they call it facetime rent your face as a univer..sal seat..uni....meant one face sits any arse ..universettee....just lazy sdratsaB sitting on each other's fizzers...and talking with somebodies plums in there mouth...arsebandits
@@williamdmason9375 with the level of English you just demonstrated a bit of education certainly wouldn't go amiss.
As a current university student. Accurate.
With that I ofcourse mean the joke.
British humor at its finest. Nothing else comes close.
humour*
Certainly not Darling and the General,
but distant rumors say he's behind you.
About 35 miles behind
Maybe inbetweeners
Seriously why do English speaking people say this? How would you know about humor in Mandarin? Or tagalog? Or Arabic, or Fulani?
How does someone judge what comedy is best?
"no sir i'm absolutely terrified"
I loved that scene
The ending to blackadder 4 was absolutely brilliant . One of the best moments of tv history
and it was mainly by accident that it came about
I think Blackadder 4 was the finest satire of all time considering the appalling context of history it portrayed.
"About thirty five miles behind you."
Hahahahahaha. Perfect summation of the leaders in this, or indeed any, modern war.
Correct. Leaders don't always need to be in the front any more, now that communications and surveillance technologies have advanced considerably, allowing for a great deal of situational awareness.
@Honesty First imagine having a 4 star in the front. This aint the middle age.
@Honesty First well I’m mean the fact most general officers visited the front everyday and more than 200 were casualties in the war (something like 19% of generals died compared to 11% of soldiers.
But don’t let facts get in the way
@@robertofulton its true and it applies for commissioned officers such as blackadder, warrant and non commissioned officers, british officers lead from the front
@HUMAN not CAT Wrong! I said they did not need to be on the front line. I never said they never went to the front line.
Ah, good old Blackadder! This is my favourite season! Absolutely hilarious, thank you Britain!!
and whats more, you seem to have survived the experience----for a fool, at anyrate
“Tally ho yippity dap and zing zang spillip, looking forward to bullying off for the final chucker?!” so British you can’t understand it 😂
Unless you're British yourself, I sadly understood every word. xD
Truly a marvelous saying
@@locklear7937 i thought that was a bunch of meaningless words. Care you explain to us what yipitty dap and zing zang spillip means?
@@krzysztofbroda5376 exactly what it sounds like
*chukka
"If you should falter, Captain Darling and I are behind you."
"About 35 miles behind"
Hahaha
Amazing that Stephen Fry was only 32 when this was made but his acting makes him plausible as an older man, as General Melchett would have been in his 50s/60s. There is in fact only 2 years difference in age between Stephen and Hugh Laurie, Stephen is 2 years older.
In Blackadder Goes Forth, Hugh Laurie was 29/30 years old back then. Stephen Fry was 29 years old back in Blackadder II. Tony Robinson was about 43 in Goes Forth. He’s older than Fry, Laurie and Rowan Atkinson.
For Rowan, he was actually 28 in the first Blackadder series. Then, he was 31 in the second series. 32 in Blackadder 3. In Goes Forth, Rowan was 34 years old, which makes him a couple years older than Stephen.
In Blackadder: Back and Forth, Rowan was 44 and Tony Robinson was 53 years old.
Stephen always looked older though. Even when you watch the behind the scenes stuff when they're doing read throughs and stuff, he looks a lot older.
@@David-ud9ju It's the size, stephen's a giant and his general demeanor makes him come across as very learned, which we come to expect from older people rather than younger ones.
You know, Stephen Fry was actually born old…
@@RedFloyd469 We saw it to great effect in the Sherlock Holmes movies when he portrayed Mycroft 😄
Ah, tally-ho, yippety-dip and zing zang spillip, looking forward to bullying off for the final chukka?
+Drhankeey - Epic Music Mixes Haha...Are you looking forward to the big push? *squeezes cheek"
+kreion No sir, I'm absolutely terrified (squeezes cheek back)
Could you try slower banter?
Permission to speak
When I ask my non-Boogaloo friends if they're ready for Civil War 2.
"Permission to speak"
"..................."
"Answer the General Baldrick"
"I can't answer him sir I dunno what he's talking about"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Row row row your boat gently down the stream, belts off, trousers down isn’t life a screen, ummmph!!!” Too good 👌
I thought I heard "hear the neighbours scream"☺️☺️☺️
Isnt life a scream
Laughed so hard, I actually got lightheaded. 🤣🤣🤣
"Fabulous, University Education, you can't beat it, can you?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I didn’t understand that part, can someone explain it?😭
This series summed the satire of the obscene slaughterand incompetence of WW1 perfectly. The final episode of the British advance of 1917 not only won the British award for best drama but established Atkinson as the brilliant comedian and satirist he is.
Incompetence? We won.
@@uttaradit2 Look up "Pyrrhic victory"
it was a deliberate slaughter.
@@uttaradit2 there were no winners. It was a massacre of millions of people. There are never any winners in war.
WW1 was particularly senseless as millions died to gain a few metres of ground which meant nothing.
@@uttaradit2 really ? I know it’s a late comment, but I can’t resist. Nobody won the first WW. Our side only lasted a bit longer thanks to the US. And Germany never admitted defeat which lead directly to the rise of the Nazis and WW2.
Answer the general, Baldrick. I can't answer him, Sir I don't know what hes talking about
Pure classic writing. One of a kind comedy. We need more of this tyoe.
They were all so brilliant. Great writing, great acting, the total package.
"No sir, I am absolutely terrified." XD
The best British sitcom of all time, I can name nearly every quote from this series. ✌️☺️
Unequaled quality of British humor.
British humour at its absolute best
"I can't answer him, sir, I don't know what he's talking about." 😂
I just love Fry's accent in that skit.
ive watched this so many times ive memorised all the lines and jokes from the black vegtable and the torture chair from the blackadder to the brand new service revolver and the german guns from blackadder the fourth
Best version of a nursery rhyme to teach a kid
Oh blackadder! I always picture this clip when senior management come in to "rally the troops".
One of my favorite single moments in ALL of Blackadder - all the series.
love the nod to the fact the Hugh was a rower.
most former oxbridge bods were. to some degree.
its really mind blowing for me to think that the actor who plays lieutenant george is also doctor house
Who is doctor house
@@ЛентяйЁптаThe protagonist of the American medical drama House M.D. Hugh Laurie(George in Blackadder) played him.
That "if you must" killed me :D
"Your uncle Bertie sends his regards, I told him you could have a week off in April. Wouldn't want you missing the boat race do we?"
Jeeves and Wooster episode 1 reference. I love that so much.
Be quiet!
Hugh Laurie actually did compete in that. They lost.
We are behind you..... About 35 miles 😁😁😁
"No, Sir. I'm absolutely terrified." He may be dumb, but he's not stupid
Always raises the spirits.
Brilliant but best blackadder scene ever is still the courtroom hearing for blackadders court martial.
...and your uncle Bertie sends his regards. Nice subtle reference to Jeeves and Wooster there.
Stephen Fry is just amazing :)
I can’t recall when was the last time british film made me laugh 😆 but this is top acting and humour
Nothing like Melchitt and Darling to buck up the troops morale.
WW1 Humor you cant beat it hahahah
I could watch this a million times. God bless the English language.
'I cahn't answer 'im Sir, I dunno what 'e's tahlkin' about!' hahahahahahaha
With a ying and a yang and a yippity-do
@@timc3232 "Belts off, trousers down, isn't life a scream? Uhh!!"
Should be shown in every school on the planet as a lesson to be learned
Always a classic!
35 miles behind you... hehuehue
Albert Einstein put the Invention of the Atomic Bomb on the international diplomatic bargaining table in 1905 with the publication of his Special Theory of Relativity.
1:40 - 1:56 ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! :'D
you goota love blackadder!
35 miles behind an another 35 miles to the headquarters 70 miles
0:23
Those timings are on point
I've always thought George says 'boat' in that song. It's only now I realised that he actually says 'punt'.
'University education, you can't beat it'...😂
Classic and unequaled.
only the British can mock themselves so easily....
I find Stephen Fry's portrayal of a BEF General more believable than Colin Firth's in the Oscar-bait "1917". General Melchett's foolish overconfidence is probably more accurate than General Erinmore's mopey anguish
No not really.
It does stand up to any scrutiny at all and the whole thing is an undergraduate review but an excellent one.
Thats not really true. Granted most generals of that era were in well over their heads, and some were plain incompetent, the idea that they were looking for ways to slaughter their own men with casual disinterest does not stand up. I love Blackadder but it has served to corrupt history to some degree.
Season 4 is the best of all Blackadder ....
Baa!
This is amazing. Why this was not transmited in my country. WHYYYyyyyYyyy?
classioc............well done............
Brilliant.
Stephen Fry rules!!!
Drink every time you hear "Permission to speak".
Boldrick is the star of the show 😂😂
About 35 miles behind you. XD
Ahh tally ho, yibbety dap and zing zang spill-it! Looking forward to bullying-off for the final chucker?
beeeeehhhhh
about 35 miles away lol!!!
To the guy's like me who have not seen this let me tell u something your missing out
MY FAVOURITE PUT-DOWN BY BLACKADDER ( THOUGH NOT SHOWN HERE ), IS WHEN HE REFER'S TO THE HORRIBLE WASTE OF LIFE AFTER THE SOMME BATTLE, ''AND ALL SO THAT FIELD MARSHALL HAIGH, CAN MOVE HIS DRINKS CABINET 100 YARDS NEARER TO BERLIN''.
About 35 miles behind you!
Why do people write out in the comments what we've all just heard for ourselves? I can never understand it.
Might be because the line brings so much humour they feel the urge to share it.
Mike Williams They don’t want deaf people to feel discriminated.
we are simply pointing out, which segment / remark, is our favourite. get over it
me too.. probably can't think of anything to comment..
Why do people write out in the comments what we've all just heard for ourselves? I can never understand it.
With a ying and a yang and a yippy-de-doo
About 35 miles behind you LOL
1:03 I DIED
One of the recurring "jokes" was for Melchett to use sports analogies (Chukka" is a period in polo) when talking about the fighting, as though it was all just a game of football that could be won with grit and determination. When he offers to let George ride back to headquarters with him (thus sparing George a fatal charge over the top) he says, "...and watch the results come in." I've always thought Blackadder should have had a more serious line acknowledging George's refusal of "a way out."
"Your uncle Bertie sends his regards..." Right, in a telegram that is almost written as a code, no doubt. Something along the lines of "To Nephew George: Um, I say, look here, this is absolutely impossible. Not to say, out of the question. Spode has already threatened yours truly. Sorry, and all that. Oh, about the cow creamer, I mean. Anyway there it is. Toodle-pip. Your affectionate Uncle, Bertie."
Ahh....a lovely "Jeeves and Wooster" moment!!
William McGlone An exaggeration of the truth, I would guess, like the best satire.
Bertie Wooster had a brother?
DarthRushy
oldfart4751 What?
DarthRushy probably his cousin's son. Love how both show's connected somehow
That's in another episode. I think it's in 'Goodbyeee'.
And still happens ...
Informal trench... as well a infernal...
General Thickie here, what does he mean by punt? (which is mostly misquoted as boat)
Never mind, I can answer it myself - a long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation.
Island lads like british and japanese always have the best sense of humour
Oh what have we here? hahaha...
What does zing zang spillip mean?
Funniest ever
Brave men lead by donkeys.
78 British generals were killed during the war just in case you're somehow insinuating they were cowards.
Along with millions of NON-Generals...
True,
althogh thats badically true for all nations in ww1.
Britain just had the luck to have the biggest donkey in the most important position.
Isleofskye do you expect an army to have MILLIONS of generals???
Bien sur, je n'ai pas, mon ami.
Juste empthasising le contraste, c'est tout.
and thus, house was born XD
If you must
Oh! Tally Ho! Yippedy dap and zing zang spilip!
35 miles behind you
About 35 miles behind you
About 35 miles
are you sure that are only 35 miles behind
"Now, WHAT have we here?"
WHAT indeed. Lol
Rowan Atkinson would have made an excellent M in the Bond series.
I can just imagine General von Kinkerhoffen addressing these troops. He would be absolutely livid with these men and would probably berate Blackadder. I wonder how Blackadder would take to being chastised.
Yes - Allo Allo is another brilliant BBC comedy. Slapstick but very funny. But Blackadder 4 is the best ever. My favorite is the “pigeon” episode
Wasn't Darling at the final charge?
Yes, but it was a last minute decision
Yeah the general foolishly betrayed him the ending to blackadder really got to me I felt so bad for darling
Imagine the ai making you watch this in 2023😂
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