The Black Adder

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I just finished season 1 and starting season 2 last night. I absolutely love it. Probably the funniest thing I've watched for a long long time.

My favorite episode on season 1 was when Edmund was appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury and when he have to marry a Spanish princess so that England and Spain can forge an alliance.
 
My dad has all four series on DVD. fecking hilarious.

Like Kristjan says, season one is poor. It took Ben Elton coming on board to bring the humour out.
 
By some way n'all.

2 is brilliant, 3 nearly as good and 4 is probably the best of the lot.
 
Season one isn't as bad as people make out but it isn't even in the same galaxy as the others, particularly seasons 2 and 4.
 
Just one of the best things ever is Black Adder, I feel as though I grew up with this program.

Can't believe some of the shite that Richard Curtis has churned out since this though.
 
Wasn't there 2 Black Adders set in 2 different time periods? I remember seeing one that looked like it was set during Louis XIV's period.

Funny as hell though. PBS used to show all the Mr. Bean and Black Adder episodes on Saturday night.
 
Watched the first episode of season 2 tonight.
Edmund seems to be smarter, while Baldrick is becoming dumber.

Still funny as hell though.

"Jane 'bury-me-in-a-Y-shape-coffin' Harrington ?"

Blackadder: I seek information about a Wisewoman.
Young Crone: Ah, the Wisewoman... the Wisewoman.
Blackadder: Yes, the Wisewoman.
Young Crone: Two things, my lord, must thee know of the Wisewoman. First, she is... a woman. And second, she is...
Blackadder: Wise?
Young Crone: You do know her then?
Blackadder: No, just a wild stab in the dark which is, incidentally, what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more helpful. Do you know where she lives?
Young Crone: Of course.
Blackadder: Where?
Young Crone: Here. Do you have an appointment?
Blackadder: No.
Young Crone: Well, you can go in anyway.
Blackadder: Thank you young crone. Here is a purse of moneys... which I'm not going to give to you. :lol:

"Kate? Isn't that a girl's name ?"
"Erm.. it's short for Bob" :lol:

So many quotable lines.
 
In season one Atkinson plays Blackadder as a sort of pathetic, power hungry Mr Bean. It's only from season two onwards that he becomes sarcastic, nasty and actually funny.
 
USDevil said:
Wasn't there 2 Black Adders set in 2 different time periods? I remember seeing one that looked like it was set during Louis XIV's period.

Funny as hell though. PBS used to show all the Mr. Bean and Black Adder episodes on Saturday night.
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all 4 blackadders are different set in different time periods

Middle Ages, Elizabethan, Regency and World War 1

theres been rumours of a 5th, set in the 60s, Baldrick would become Bald Rick the drummer in a rock band
 
Quite simply the funniest TV series ever written, and as has been said series one is utter dog crap, series 2 and 4 the best followed closely by the third.

I wish I could go back and re-watch them again for the first time, I pretty much know them all off by heart now.
 
Kristjan said:
You're going to love it even more then since season 1 is the poorest one
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by a long way

2 is brilliant

4 is great and lobe the poignant ending

3 is good too

it has just overtaken Fawlty Towers as my all time favourite


**** spoilers below *****


Blackadder: Thank you for introducing me to a genuinely new experience
Balders: What Experience is that
Blackadder: Being pleased to see you

:lol::lol::lol:


I have a cunning plan



Top. Top stuff
 
Suresh said:
Indeed. One of the best comedies ever on TV.

They do say, Mrs M, that verbal insults hurt more than physical pain. They are, of course, wrong, as you will soon discover when I stick this toasting fork into your head.
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No it was just a stab in the dark - which is, by the way, what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more co-operative
 
Plechazunga said:
Yep, series one is incredibly terrible

Then they got Richard Curtis in and Rowan Atkinson stopped writing. The other series are all amazing.
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Richard Curtis wrote season one. It was that odious twunt Ben Elton who made it funny from series 2 on with Curtis.
 
USDevil said:
Wasn't there 2 Black Adders set in 2 different time periods? I remember seeing one that looked like it was set during Louis XIV's period.

Funny as hell though. PBS used to show all the Mr. Bean and Black Adder episodes on Saturday night.
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There are four.

The Dark Aged The Black Adder

The Tudor Blackadder the Second

The Georgian Blackadder the third

And the Great War Blackadder the Fourth

There was also the Millennium Dme movie they did where he became king in the present.
 
Plechazunga said:
You're kidding? I always thought it was the other way round.

Agree re Elton's odiousness.
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Very funny man mind. Have you read his latest book yet?

Ben Elton did replace Rowan Atkinson for 2 onwards. Like a weightlifter getting a double dose of steroids.
 
Personally, I reckon Series 2 was best, then 4th, 3rd was a bit shit for me, while the first was, pretty crap, though had some decent moments..
 
I love this from eps Head:

Blackadder: Right Baldrick, let's try again shall we? This is called adding. If I have two beans, and then I add two more beans, what do I have?
Baldrick: Some beans.
Blackadder: Yes... and no. Let's try again shall we? I have two beans, then I add two more beans. What does that make?
Baldrick: A very small casserole.
Blackadder: Baldrick, the ape creatures of the Indus have mastered this. Now try again. One, two, three, four. So how many are there?
Baldrick: Three.
Blackadder: What?
Baldrick: ...and that one.
Blackadder: Three and that one. So if I add that one to the three what will I have?
Baldrick: Oh. Some beans.
Blackadder: Yes. To you Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?
:lol:
 
reelworld said:
I love this from eps Head:

Blackadder: Right Baldrick, let's try again shall we? This is called adding. If I have two beans, and then I add two more beans, what do I have?
Baldrick: Some beans.
Blackadder: Yes... and no. Let's try again shall we? I have two beans, then I add two more beans. What does that make?
Baldrick: A very small casserole.
Blackadder: Baldrick, the ape creatures of the Indus have mastered this. Now try again. One, two, three, four. So how many are there?
Baldrick: Three.
Blackadder: What?
Baldrick: ...and that one.
Blackadder: Three and that one. So if I add that one to the three what will I have?
Baldrick: Oh. Some beans.
Blackadder: Yes. To you Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?
:lol:
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You made me laugh :lol:

Here, have a nugget of finest Green in return :D
 
reelworld said:
Blackadder: I seek information about a Wisewoman.
Young Crone: Ah, the Wisewoman... the Wisewoman.
Blackadder: Yes, the Wisewoman.
Young Crone: Two things, my lord, must thee know of the Wisewoman. First, she is... a woman. And second, she is...
Blackadder: Wise?
Young Crone: You do know her then?
Blackadder: No, just a wild stab in the dark which is, incidentally, what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more helpful. Do you know where she lives?
Young Crone: Of course.
Blackadder: Where?
Young Crone: Here. Do you have an appointment?
Blackadder: No.
Young Crone: Well, you can go in anyway.
Blackadder: Thank you young crone. Here is a purse of moneys... which I'm not going to give to you. :lol:
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That's what I was going to quote :lol:
 
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