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  • @linjicakonikon7666
    @linjicakonikon7666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1209

    This series had the best, most poignant endings of any show in television. If you can watch the final moments without shedding a tear, you have no soul.

    • @andrewseaton5366
      @andrewseaton5366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Fantastic Ending totally agree

    • @andrewseaton5366
      @andrewseaton5366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I shed a tear

    • @alanb9443
      @alanb9443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      “Sir ?”
      “Yes George ?”
      “ I’m scared sir” - most hesrtwrenching moment

    • @doegywhail728
      @doegywhail728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I believe this is from the last episode.

    • @86RSJag
      @86RSJag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      agreed

  • @larryfroot
    @larryfroot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    The final ten minutes of the final season of Blackadder...where the comedy slowly seeps away to be replaced by the horrific reality of war, is one of the most moving pieces of television ever recorded. It deserves to have a much wider audience than just us in the UK.

    • @nathandc
      @nathandc ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Particularly as they said for them to do that season, that it had to end with them going over the top like that. :-(

    • @martinsmith3299
      @martinsmith3299 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hear hear. Easily one of the "I know where I was when" moments in British TV.

  • @Isalan88
    @Isalan88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    People rightly give Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson a lot of credit for their performances, but the way Hugh Laurie earnestly and enthusiastically delivers his lines as George is just so perfect. He plays the foppish English boy so so well.

    • @Igotknobblies
      @Igotknobblies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And to make it onto American TV he had to swing his balls low, then swallow a frog washed down with gravel. If your voice doesnt sound like its been rubbed with 40 grit wet n dry, youll never make it. Cant the yanks accept peoples voices for what they are? Everyone knows Harrison Ford in real life sounds like Kermit! If you aint got tits, buy some. If you have a high voice, get a voice coach. Its all false. Thats why British is best. No cover ups and faking. Just pure, brilliant scripts and good acting!

    • @AshenVictor
      @AshenVictor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@Igotknobblies You should read the story about that casting. Bryan Singer was absolutely adamant that a British actor not be cast as House because they couldn't do the accent right, and Laurie's audition (recorded in a hotel bathroom) completely fooled him.

    • @Wesuwius
      @Wesuwius 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tony Robinson is actual professor and really smart guy. He playing a dumbass is a master piece.

    • @waza987
      @waza987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Wesuwius no tony is an actor no a professor. He certainly has done of lot of non fiction television presenting historical shows and no doubt he is smart and has a broad knowledge of history, particularly English history. While he has several honours degrees, his only non honorary degree is in acting.

    • @martinsmith3299
      @martinsmith3299 ปีที่แล้ว

      Incredible to juxtapose him with House MD

  • @icebergrose8955
    @icebergrose8955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I was in Berlin in 1989. Someone wrote on the east side of the Berlin wall "Dont panic Baldrick has a cunning plan".

    • @custink22
      @custink22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats awesome

    • @schubertuk
      @schubertuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alec Baldwin? Wow.

    • @icebergrose8955
      @icebergrose8955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@schubertuk thanks, corrected but still spelt wrong I think.

  • @MisterMac4321
    @MisterMac4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    "A bloke named Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry."
    Comedy gold.

    • @squidword64
      @squidword64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wibble!

    • @steevenfrost
      @steevenfrost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The Ostrich died for nothing! Brilliant!

    • @jameswatsonatheistgamer
      @jameswatsonatheistgamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Which is still more truthful than someone thinking WW1 was started because a band was killed.

    • @Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart
      @Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So the poor old ostrich died for nothing😔

    • @martinconnors5195
      @martinconnors5195 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This had me in tears giggling

  • @stephellen3709
    @stephellen3709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    As a brit, this guy is so endearing with his reactions to such old clips
    These are classics, good to see an American who gets British comedy

    • @SteveFisher0571
      @SteveFisher0571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Check out After Work Reactions as well, a lot of great stuff on there

    • @black5f
      @black5f 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wholly agree!

    • @ph8077
      @ph8077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah I was a bit worried about the irony & puns...but no need; he even knew about Austro-Hungarian Empire...& Archie Duke 😬

    • @Rufflzfeatherz
      @Rufflzfeatherz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don’t worry, I introduced Blackadder Goes Forth as a boozy marathon a couple of years ago to the 101st Airborne Division in memory of the centennial of The Great War. WW2 was bad, but it shouldn’t overshadow the tragedy of WW1

    • @stevehughes6627
      @stevehughes6627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ph8077 don't forget the ostrich!!

  • @markeastwood74
    @markeastwood74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Believe it or not, we studied this episode in history at school. There's lots of historical accuracy sitting amongst the jokes. And that ending; absolutely heart wrenching!

    • @nobbynobbs3418
      @nobbynobbs3418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My friend did his dissertation on the morale of British soldiers during ww1 and how it is perceived today and used this entire series as references throughout.

    • @foamer443
      @foamer443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The way Atkinson describes the two opposing sides as 'blocks' and how it was supposed act as a deterrent, with a tiny flaw, so much echos, more or less how Professor Margaret MacMillian lays the whole situation out in her book The War That Ended Peace.
      It's interesting watching the Host of the channel react to British humour. As a Anglo-Canadian and having been influenced by humour from both the UK and America, while he does find certain obvious bits funny, there is alot of the subtly that clearly escapes him. While I get a fair amount of the subtly I didn't grow up in the culture so there are things I can't fully appreciate either.

    • @danieleyre8913
      @danieleyre8913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      _"There's lots of historical accuracy sitting amongst the jokes"_
      Erm... ...not really.

    • @danieleyre8913
      @danieleyre8913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Will Rose Okay.
      And do you imagine that the UK was the only nation that fought the war or something? And that these these up-the-arse ultra-privileged & effete ponce "old Etonians" make up more than an insignificant sliver of the British population?
      Go and look at the casualty rates of some of the other combatants. I suggest you begin with the Kingdom of Serbia...

    • @danieleyre8913
      @danieleyre8913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Will Rose That actually the British army's casualties were not especially high at all for the war is what it has to do with it. In neither total numbers nor in rates.
      And staff officers were nothing unique to the British army either.

  • @RippPryde
    @RippPryde 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I adore how Blackadder rewards you with multi layered jokes if you know a bit of history but is still funny for everybody else. Incredible writing and performances.

  • @markthomas2577
    @markthomas2577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +444

    The final few scenes of the final season of Blackadder is often considered one of the greatest few minutes of British TV history ....... try and catch the while episode if you can find it

    • @ladycatfern
      @ladycatfern 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolutely!

    • @incyblue1982
      @incyblue1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes but be careful of splinters

    • @incyblue1982
      @incyblue1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You need to watch series 4 to appreciate that last minute... the whole blackadder to to appreciate the curtain drip

    • @kimamey
      @kimamey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As others have said the final part of this episode is a complete contrast and very emotional. I think the part about 2 large blocks making war impossible is also a reference to the present day.
      Good to see Hugh Laurie showing his acting skill particularly if you compare this to his acting in House and The Night Manager. A great rower as well.

    • @jamesrobborobertson159
      @jamesrobborobertson159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny heartbreaking captivating

  • @stephenbarrett8861
    @stephenbarrett8861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    This series of Black adder is one of the best comedies of all time!

    • @edd30t4vw2
      @edd30t4vw2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I couldn't agree more. This and Fawlty towers. The last episode of Blackadder goes fourth stayed with me for so long. Pure gold.

    • @mindyourownbusiness5515
      @mindyourownbusiness5515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The last episode of this season is the single best episode of a comedy series ever.

    • @kevinkards
      @kevinkards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@edd30t4vw2 fawlty towers was crap over rated rubbish

    • @edd30t4vw2
      @edd30t4vw2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@kevinkards Are you joking. It's pure comic genius.

    • @kevinkards
      @kevinkards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edd30t4vw2 it is crap

  • @Oh4Chrissake
    @Oh4Chrissake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I could sit here and watch this guy watch all four series of Blackadder. He has such a generous laugh.

  • @charlesemerson6763
    @charlesemerson6763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The final ending when they go "Over the top" the smoke and flashes and that slow fade to the green fields of Flanders. Gets me every time especially knowing now I have two great uncles who never got to 21 buried in France.

  • @paddymcmilk4304
    @paddymcmilk4304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    Rowan Atkinson will go down in history as one of the greatest British comedians ever. Mr Bean, Blackadder, Johnny English, Not The Nine O’clock News. Amazing comedian

    • @karencooper3428
      @karencooper3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hero, try arguing with me 👊☺️💃🏼🎉😍

    • @paddymcmilk4304
      @paddymcmilk4304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Dodgie Dave congratulations on your news! All the best to you and the Mrs!

    • @karencooper3428
      @karencooper3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Dodgie Dave powerful name, in so many ways

    • @laughingoutloud8612
      @laughingoutloud8612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The Thin Blue Line is brilliant, always gets forgotten.

    • @LuE87
      @LuE87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Dodgie Dave Congrats Dave 👍

  • @danic9304
    @danic9304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Loved this series. The undercurrent of pathos to Baldrick's innocence and George's enthusiastic patriotism is just wonderful

    • @krzykat28856
      @krzykat28856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And the professional soldier knowing what's coming.

  • @drivingmemad7640
    @drivingmemad7640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Like Dad's Army, it's part of our national psyche to laugh at ourselves.
    In many countries, the idea of laughing at servicemen that risked and lost their lives in one the world's worst events is unthinkable. But, we fully embrace the farce in all things without taking away that meaning.
    Our best comedies have a lot of depth. They make you full on belly laugh and then suddenly hit you with a sledgehammer of devastation. Just like the end of this series does. Comedy and tradgedy exist together. The worse the situation is, the more we need to find ways to find humour in it.

    • @aidiess
      @aidiess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      this particular era of Blackadder was aimed at the the lunacy of the establishment and the futility of war itself. It was not disrespectful but it was a poignant message delivered through a humourous medium. The final scene was gut wrenching when you consider how accurate it was ! Only the money grabbing establishment see war as a profit opportunity whilst scarificing millions of human beings to achieve it. That is one of the reasons the world is being " MADE" to wake up as we speak ???

    • @Blonde_Somnambulist
      @Blonde_Somnambulist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aidiess not fast enough and not in large enough numbers sadly . Humanity is on the precipice of mass destruction , orchestrated by the same maniacs , only the methods are more sophisticated . The masses have succumbed like lambs to the slaughter .

    • @mwc1988
      @mwc1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Steven Fry does a great piece on explaining the difference between British comedy and American comedy. Along the lines of saying that American comedy tends to be based around the cool kid, the winner, the good looking ladies man. Like The Fonz. And that British comedy tends to be based around a wise guy, a chancer, the underdog. Like Delboy. It’s a good speech he makes.

    • @HDreamer
      @HDreamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aidiess I have to agree here, despite how stupid Baldrick and George could be, this series clearly was ridiculing the establishment that started and directed the war, not the soldiers that fought it. Thus avoiding the bad taste issue involved with making fun of the men in the trenches.

    • @kokoeteantigha389
      @kokoeteantigha389 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dare you - go ahead and try it with your Moslem immigrants. I'm watching - popcorn ready over here from Nigeria.

  • @nhzrocks
    @nhzrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    'Goes Forth' is perhaps one, if not the, finest, British comedy series ever! A history lesson, comment on British social/military class structure of the time, and very clever use of language all wrapped up in one!......just very, very, funny.......and great to see/hear you enjoy it!

  • @Grib68-
    @Grib68- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The last scene of the final episode of Blackadder goes forth is amazing, it brought a tear to my eye.

    • @tonypate9174
      @tonypate9174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      " good luck everyone"........

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ye that went really dark all of a sudden

  • @dangermouse9348
    @dangermouse9348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Just wait until you hear Baldrick's poem "The Guns".
    It's a modern classic!

    • @EgonTheGreat.
      @EgonTheGreat. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      SPOILER!!!!
      BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
      BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
      boom.

    • @Backs4more
      @Backs4more 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boom boom boom......boom boom.....boom boom boom boom.....

    • @w1gg5
      @w1gg5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hear the words I sing,
      War's a horrid thing......

    • @scmtuk3662
      @scmtuk3662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@w1gg5 So I sing, sing, sing
      Ding-a-ling-a-ling

    • @w1gg5
      @w1gg5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scmtuk3662 I'd rather French kiss a skunk.

  • @davidmclachlan6592
    @davidmclachlan6592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was one of the cleverest UK comedy shows of all time, great to see an American who appreciates and understands British humour.

  • @UnexplainedHoveringSpheroid
    @UnexplainedHoveringSpheroid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I strongly recommend watching all of Blackadder. Each series is set in a different historical period. Every single episode is solid gold.

  • @Elasticated_bumblebee
    @Elasticated_bumblebee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Absolutely wonderful; I'm so glad I grew up watching this, just one of the many British great comedies.
    And dude, your laugh is contagious, WIBBLE.

    • @club8040
      @club8040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw you did there

  • @sarahtaylor7402
    @sarahtaylor7402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The final moment of the final episode of this series is something to see. It’s about the men going ‘over the top’ knowing they were all going to die. It’s an amazing tribute to the fallen soldiers, and done with real empathy. Worth a look.....but I’d see a few of the other episodes first!

    • @garethonthetube
      @garethonthetube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The still frame and fade to white was a rescue job in the edit. The studio had run out of time so they had to make up something out of what they had.

    • @TheWPhilosopher
      @TheWPhilosopher 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@garethonthetube actually makes it worse (in a good way if that makes sense).

  • @hopeisalive.8868
    @hopeisalive.8868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The beauty and subtlety of Blackadder is Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's writing allows the comedic timing of Atkinson, Laurie and Baldrick to shine.

  • @lesleywilkie9361
    @lesleywilkie9361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of my favourite quotes, and there are so many to choose from, is one by Col Melchett:
    'If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through'.

  • @rogermorris9696
    @rogermorris9696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    The end of that episode(and series) really makes me choke up every time I see it.

    • @gjsykes7924
      @gjsykes7924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Definitely. Very moving.

    • @Docktavion
      @Docktavion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah especially when they filmed it, they didn’t like it. but with the slow down and poppy overlay make it a very powerful piece.

    • @stevebarnes8368
      @stevebarnes8368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “...who would have noticed another mad man around here?” It’s a very poignant ending to a brilliant series

  • @GenialHarryGrout
    @GenialHarryGrout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The whole Blackadder Goes Forth is brilliantly written and acted and the final scene in the last episode is so so poignant

    • @jadedbelle4788
      @jadedbelle4788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That last scene... oof....very underrated. For some reason a lot of people don't like goes forth but i think its the best one by far.

  • @WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck
    @WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I hope you have since managed to watch that wonderful series in full. Blackadder Goes Forth manages to be brilliantly funny, but also handles the subject of WW1 with incredible sensitivity. The final episode is a work of art.

  • @Wabbit_Hunta
    @Wabbit_Hunta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    As others have said, watch the whole episode. One of the best ever, it drives the point home about the futility of war, especially WWI and trench warfare and is, as others have said, heart-breaking and gut-wrenching to say the least. Yo'veu got to have no heart not to be moved to tears when this episode finishes.

  • @mardanhar82
    @mardanhar82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Why am i suddenly addicted to watching this guy react to classic UK comedy? haha

  • @Tony_Regime
    @Tony_Regime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    if you were wondering why you recognise the excitable young officer, he's the brilliant Hugh Laurie who starred in House.

  • @TurnFullCircle
    @TurnFullCircle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    as a teenager in the uk this was my favorite and still is an all time classic...you need to watch all of them...cheers

  • @TheSound0fLegends
    @TheSound0fLegends 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is probably my favourite scene from the forth series.
    "Mad a bicycle". Doing the circle finger motion pointing at the head is an age old British symbol for madness. A bicycle wheel goes round and round like his finger.

  • @thegoatchild3545
    @thegoatchild3545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry.”😂🤣😂🤣 Top notch writing. Blackadder just might be the greatest sitcom ever made.

  • @PHDarren
    @PHDarren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Ps. He's wearing underpants on his head and has 2 pencils up his nose to pretend to be mad and get out of the trenches.

    • @watchdog8891
      @watchdog8891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Wibble

    • @rbweston
      @rbweston 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good job there are no sharpe pieces of Mango about.

    • @pigstrotters4198
      @pigstrotters4198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He invented the "Catch 22 " logic. So he had no choice but to go over the top.

    • @gregnew1
      @gregnew1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and who would notice?...

    • @ianmontgomery7534
      @ianmontgomery7534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Covid tests a hundred years before they were required!

  • @bob_the_bomb4508
    @bob_the_bomb4508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After Blackadder IV was released it was almost compulsory for any British Army training session to start with a clip from Blackadder.
    I still use the “what do we do if we step on a mine?” Clip in my work :)

    • @fedup08
      @fedup08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've used that one myself back in the happy days before my discharge

  • @1970jayjayc
    @1970jayjayc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You’ve got the best laugh and it’s great to see you enjoying British humour.
    If you like word play, Armstrong & Miller piano duet and RAF pilots. Superb writing.

  • @MaNNeRz91
    @MaNNeRz91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Rowan Atkinson is an absolute genius. he picked his co actors perfectly

  • @DoctorAkikoFukuwara
    @DoctorAkikoFukuwara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    That entire 4th season of Blackadder - "Blackadder Goes Forth" - is one of the finest comedy series of all time.
    All of Blackadder is fantastic (except season 1 - which we don't talk about haha)

    • @karencooper3428
      @karencooper3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like season 2 the best, sorry, miranda Richardson, heads on spikes, best ever. Tom Baker as the captain, too good, melchit. And nanny

    • @sageanimist48
      @sageanimist48 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And the last scene is one of the most emotionally saddest

    • @BigAlCapwn
      @BigAlCapwn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What are you talking about? There is no series 1 ;)

    • @karencooper3428
      @karencooper3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣 Don't mention the first season

    • @karencooper3428
      @karencooper3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BigAlCapwn 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣🤣

  • @Stataze
    @Stataze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have to appreciate the complex simplicity of Baldrick

  • @realPromotememedia
    @realPromotememedia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When the foot sod of grass was put on the generals table representing the land taken in the last big push
    “What’s the scale?”
    1:1

  • @chapman87
    @chapman87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Woo hoo love a bit of Blackadder.
    Good choice brother:)

  • @MorgoUK
    @MorgoUK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Don’t forget. The stupid “6 knives” officer is Dr House - Hugh Laurie

    • @foolsjourney8118
      @foolsjourney8118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Most in the US audience won't know that Hugh Laurie started out as a comedian- and a great one at that. A bit of Fry and Laurie was comedy gold from start to finish.

    • @vic5594
      @vic5594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He was also brilliant as Bertie Wooster with Stephen Fry as Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster

    • @foolsjourney8118
      @foolsjourney8118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vic5594 They were made for those parts, and it was perfect Wodehouse.

    • @bok1080
      @bok1080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And Tony Robinson (aka Baldrick) is just as good as Hugh and Rowan

    • @Kavala76
      @Kavala76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He also played a very convincing villain in the great series "The Night Manager".

  • @_pianoN_
    @_pianoN_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you have such an infectious laugh that I smile just hearing it. Blackadder is some of the best comedy ever (excluding series 1), genius stuff. love the channel.

  • @Alroofador
    @Alroofador 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Whatever happened to the likely lads"
    "Dad's Army"
    "Porridge"
    "Peep Show"
    "One foot in the grave"
    "Father Ted"
    "Only fools and horses"
    "Steptoe and son"
    "Open all hours"
    "The fast show"
    "The Morecombe and Wise show sketch with Shirly Bassey"
    Avoid, in my opinion, "Mrs Brown's boys"!!!!
    Also I've just read a comment saying check out 'Horrible Histories'. Made for aged 10+ it's a TV series about English history mainly but covers the Romans etc. It's a fun way to get teens into history and, as an adult with a child inside, I learn stuff and it's funny too.

    • @peawackab6198
      @peawackab6198 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree on most of that, one that you forgot in my opinion, not necessarily better than the others is Rising Damp. Leonard Rossiter is amazing. For those who don’t know it also stars Kate Beckinsales Dad!

    • @peawackab6198
      @peawackab6198 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another slightly more modern one, The Young Ones. It was absolutely groundbreaking at the time in the way comedy was done. Akin to the way Monty Python changed the way comedy was shown.

    • @Alroofador
      @Alroofador 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peawackab6198 Oh man yes!!!!!! Rising damp!!!!! There are others that we brits will remember (I'm an old git now).

    • @Alroofador
      @Alroofador 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peawack help me to remember stuff, thanks. There's a series that some, confused people, thought was racist. It was actually taking the piss out of the racist in the family. "Til death us do part". It was re-made for American TV but.....

    • @LaxxorBorocillicase
      @LaxxorBorocillicase 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I personally would drop fools, grave and peep show from that list (heretical, I know...). Only fools was a long drawn out story with a few memorable peaks but the peaks just raised the average laughter, rather then being an indication of the whole thing. I found peep show an uncomfortable watch, the taller of the two being acidic, the other one being a far funnier man. Grave was a tale of excessive extreme bad luck and looking back on it I find it hard to see why I found it funny when I was young.
      However. Porridge, morecambe and wise, open all hours, dads army... these represent the finest uk comedy (on top of blackadder and 2 ronnies) which sadly we will never see the likes of again because someone somewhere will take offence at it, and any attempt to match these comedy gods will ultimately fall flat. Remember these men and women. This is the foundation for all we see now.

  • @mrtin9128
    @mrtin9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Blackadder is comedy gold. Goes Forth is my favourite series and it's pretty much this episode that seals it. Funny af til the very end, then it gets real af

  • @Alan_Clark
    @Alan_Clark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This reminds me of the Tony Hancock line: "Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?"

    • @sallybilzon3507
      @sallybilzon3507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brave Hungarian peasant girl who forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede and close the boozers at half past ten! Is all this to be forgotten?

    • @lynette.
      @lynette. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Legend. Radio Hancocks half hour. Or indeed pick from tv The blood doner or radio ham my favourites.

  • @elbecko7969
    @elbecko7969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My friend, it's a joy to watch you react to these comedies. This has lifted my spirits, even though I might be about lose my job. Haha!!!

  • @Steve_P_B
    @Steve_P_B 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Each season of Blackadder is set in a different era of history. The first season is set in more medieval times, the second is set around the court of Elizabeth the First, the third set in the late 18th century at the same time as the French revolution, and the fourth season (the one you are watching here) is set during the first world war.
    Personally, I think that it would be good for you to watch the different seasons because the position of the Blackadder is different in each one and this makes for a very interesting difference in the way he interacts with the other characters in the different seasons

    • @stuartbailey9287
      @stuartbailey9287 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know not everyone will agree since many people prefer series three and even a few think series two is the best but for me I actually believe that each of the four series were better than the last. Can anyone think of another series this can be said about?

  • @camerondjmcgregor
    @camerondjmcgregor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    You've got to react to a Lord Flashheart scene from Blackadder. Those are the best moments in my opinion!

    • @icycoldfrost
      @icycoldfrost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/T9tmhX5u9rA/w-d-xo.html

    • @Bobajobimus
      @Bobajobimus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Woof!

    • @martintimmer8574
      @martintimmer8574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Woof woof

    • @andrewlaw
      @andrewlaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You've got to treat your kite like you treat your woman!

    • @toddlerj102
      @toddlerj102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Well sir, it is customary in these situations for the groom to marry the bridesmaid" percy smiles. Lol

  • @robchissy
    @robchissy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    you shoud watch the final scene of blackadder goes fourth, it's very funny until the very last scene then it hits you in the heart

  • @violetlobster
    @violetlobster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving your reactions to British comedy. So stoked you ‘get’ it. For more genius Blackadder wordplay, you NEED to check out Blackadder and Baldric trying to re-write the first English dictionary in one night. Search for ‘Blackadder Johnson’s Dictionary’.

  • @ds-ii6bm
    @ds-ii6bm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dear Mr EB, you have the most genuine and infectious laugh. Your enjoyment of this comedy is a highlight of my morning.

  • @anthemoftheheart9497
    @anthemoftheheart9497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Try 'Only Fools and Horses' the chandeliers sketch. One of the best ever.

    • @totallybored5526
      @totallybored5526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s not a sketch it’s a scene in a sitcom

    • @anthemoftheheart9497
      @anthemoftheheart9497 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@totallybored5526 yeah..you are fuckin bored aren't you?

  • @johntchai79
    @johntchai79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Don’t forget the Eddie Izzard “Death Star canteen” sketch.

    • @lynnhamps7052
      @lynnhamps7052 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES!!! And his crucifixion sketch, anything by him really.. :)

    • @twoeyedbob
      @twoeyedbob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good shout 👍😁

    • @zackmacloud6214
      @zackmacloud6214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't stand Eddie Gizzard

    • @twoeyedbob
      @twoeyedbob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zackmacloud6214
      Not a big fan myself
      But the canteen is still a classic

    • @lynnhamps7052
      @lynnhamps7052 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zackmacloud6214 Be a boring world if we all liked the same things hun.

  • @BakingBadEG
    @BakingBadEG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've gotta say, I recently discovered your videos, and I find it really heartwarming to see the reactions you give. Please keep making the videos, and maybe give Black Books a go next, its another very funny British show.

  • @derekmills1080
    @derekmills1080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favourite 'play on words' was the Monty Python team playing the sketch of when Hitler was on holiday in England, in disguise. He only changed his name to 'Hilter' and kept his uniform on with his henchmen doing the same. They stayed at a bed and breakfast establishment in Weston-super-Mare and discussed the annexation of Sunderland. (for Americans, this is a town in the NE of England). Absolutely hilarious.

  • @frglee
    @frglee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It might be of interest to know that this, the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, is often shown in British High Schools as part of the WW1 History syllabus. The end (where they all die bravely in a useless military push) is done very well, and is even quite profound.

    • @No1sonuk
      @No1sonuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TBF, there's no indication if any of them survive or not.

    • @MrBizteck
      @MrBizteck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They die in every series so we can assume.

    • @frglee
      @frglee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@No1sonuk I think it's made clear. As I recall, in the very last scene, we see them climbing out of the trench, running into enemy fire, and then it fades into a shot of fields of poppies, a flower that grew in the battlegrounds of Flanders after the war, and is the symbol for deceased soldiers used at remembrance events in Britain.

  • @richardhunter7363
    @richardhunter7363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Once upon a time Rowan Atkinson did a stand up tour - you need to watch him playing "The Devil" - nice to know we wont be alone when we go

    • @ZATennisFan
      @ZATennisFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love the whole sketch but the bit about fornicators gets me every time.. Oh and don't forget about the lawyers... 🤣🤣

  • @brybyrne397
    @brybyrne397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know I'd love to spend a day with you my friend you have a massive heart and your eyes are open.. content is second to none 👍👍👍

  • @claytonskids6764
    @claytonskids6764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for your “take” on this .....I love that you easily see the funny side and don’t hold back on the laughter 😁 If you like Blackadder, there are so many more for you to see....enjoy 🤗

  • @AndyyyUre
    @AndyyyUre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fawlty Towers - Don’t Mention The War. One of the best scenes ever in British comedy 😂 please react to that!

    • @custink22
      @custink22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another great show

  • @DavePT157
    @DavePT157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You need to watch black adder from the first generation through the ages.pure british classic comedy, black adder made it for do many actors

  • @_Tricky_
    @_Tricky_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome to other cultures appreciating the genius writing of Ben Elton and co, as well as the sublime delivery by Rowan Atkinson. ✌️

  • @ginafromcologne9281
    @ginafromcologne9281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your laugh, it's so contagious that I always join in! :D

  • @joeredmond7954
    @joeredmond7954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As already mentioned by previous commentators - please, please watch the entire of series 4. The last episode is incredible and a very fitting ending given the subject matter of the series. Very powerful.

  • @coldcomfortfarm8557
    @coldcomfortfarm8557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1066 and all that - A memorable history of England comprising all the parts you can remember including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates - a fun book to read.

  • @keirboissevain
    @keirboissevain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would watch all the black adder box sets it’s some of the best comedy ever in the uk. The 1st season is a bit difficult at times but from season 2 it’s just the best. A previous person stated that the final episode for blackadder goes forth being the best finale to a series. I highly recommend you watch at least the whole season 4. There is a particular episode about baldrick explaining about a ‘bullet with his name on it’ classic and amazing. Even though baldrick is considered stupid some of his statements are so profound and clever in alternate way to look at things.

  • @thefog7067
    @thefog7067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol I'm watching Blackadder at the minute and I'm upto Blackadder goes fourth. I think it's one of the best comedies ever

  • @Gameblord
    @Gameblord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Aye, the writers and actors are top of their game in this and it is a joy

  • @Jordan-wm3np
    @Jordan-wm3np 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your laugh is infectious! 😂 So glad I found this channel. Just what I need during Lockdown ❤️

  • @toddbrady8540
    @toddbrady8540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have tapped in to another English classic,
    This comedy was not only hilariously funny but it was also educational. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️

  • @blue24563
    @blue24563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The whole series was back-to-back brilliantly written lines and really captured the total absurdity of that war. The ending is probably the best of any British television show ever.
    In my opinion, it is by far the greatest British comedy ever made.

  • @martinsmith5816
    @martinsmith5816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Black adder is brilliant 👏

  • @IveJustHadAPiss
    @IveJustHadAPiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You need to get some Blackadder II and III in. Arguably the best two seasons.

    • @creanero
      @creanero 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still think Goes Forth is the best just for how well it handles the tragedy of the moment while at the same time being willing to mock the absurdity.

    • @justcheck6645
      @justcheck6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry I do not agree the last series is by far the best as it travels through what was for millions a terrible reality. My two grnadfathers went over the top many times. Wounded several times and sent back to the front. I don't know how they did it. My fathers father was only sixteen when he went over the top at the first battle of the Somme. My mother's father, in his thirties, was wounded four times and sent back to the front each time.

    • @james5353
      @james5353 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Samuel Johnson dictionary one is priceless

  • @fatbelly27
    @fatbelly27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This episode is a work of art. You can appreciate it on many levels

  • @markp1081
    @markp1081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the fact, that at no stage did he wonder or think to ask why was Edmund Blackadder sitting there with a pair of pants on his head and had two pencils stuck up his nostrils.

  • @Dave68Goliath
    @Dave68Goliath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Give one foot in the Grave a browse.

  • @pabuttle
    @pabuttle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Simply watch the whole series of Blackadder Goes Forth. You'll love it

  • @timothyreeves1521
    @timothyreeves1521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great, generous compliment, "You guys have some awesome comedy over there..." I think so, (still some rubbish too), but Rowan Atkinson and crew in the many Blackadder incarnations are some of our finest. This first world war scenario juggled the respect for the sad sacrifice with the opportunity to laugh at the madness of it all...and the stupidness of the upper classes as well as the ordinary soldier, and with extraordinary balance, had a tragic finale' that brought tears to the eyes of the audience.

  • @scottcrosby-art5490
    @scottcrosby-art5490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Masterpiece of a show, every season was spectacular

  • @gerardkearney3683
    @gerardkearney3683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There was definitely an ostrich involved 😂😂😂😂

  • @rushymoto
    @rushymoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You must see "Only Fools and Horses" and "Fawlty Towers"

    • @jollybodger
      @jollybodger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also, "Open All Hours" and "Porridge"

  • @dianemanley5653
    @dianemanley5653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have such a great laugh, it's so nice to hear. That's why I keep watching your channel 👍 👌 xx

  • @patrickrose1221
    @patrickrose1221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When we were kids we had a Polish ww2 spitfire pilot come to our school to give a talk on his involvement in the 'Battle of Britain ' . He said that on his first mission he and his friend were attacked by two German fighters and both took evading action by splitting off and diving for one while the other gained height. He said " this action enabled my friend and I to shoot down the fockers " .
    Our teacher interjected by explaining to us kids that fockers where a type of German fighter plane.
    The Polish pilot replied with
    " Yes , that is correct but, these fockers were Messerschmidts " ! : )

  • @MultiShriek
    @MultiShriek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great reaction. One of the most intelligent comedy scenes ever.

  • @michaelhallett3850
    @michaelhallett3850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    try Blackadder 2nd series wedding with Lord Flasheart. I used to quote it word for word with my mates at school

  • @stevetaylor7206
    @stevetaylor7206 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved watching this 32 years old now. But still a classic. You have so much Brit comedy to see electric beard. Will take years! 😊 Met the small guy many times baldric at my local football ground.

  • @lizmacrae4970
    @lizmacrae4970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The ending is heart wrenching…going ‘over the top’ but even then George is reminded to take his stick the emblem of his rank and he says…gosh yes I wouldn’t want to face enemy gunfire without my stick…priceless…please watch it all…

  • @geraintjones6401
    @geraintjones6401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    We need EB tea mugs!

  • @colinstuart8892
    @colinstuart8892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mate. You've got to check out "Fawlty Towers". Fantastically funny. John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs at their best.

  • @alanhaynes9672
    @alanhaynes9672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so wholesome. Love that this guy can understand our humour so well

  • @med86win
    @med86win 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rowan Atkinson is a British comedy treasure and I'm greatful to him for providing me with memories of my dad laughing as a child before I lost him at 15.
    We used to sit and watch all of Blackadder's series and Only Fools and horses.
    In fact I only really watch TV when there's repeats of this or Motorsport.
    Great wit and humour, oh and he said mad as a button not bycicle 😂👍

  • @marksavage7165
    @marksavage7165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Blackadder is a very British sense of humour. But try the episode of this series that the Lord Flashheart character appears in.

  • @ClangerKiller
    @ClangerKiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love Blackadder. Maybe worth watching some "Bottom" Ade Edmundson & the late great Rik Mayall

    • @LaxxorBorocillicase
      @LaxxorBorocillicase 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eddie's comment regarding nettle tea... always makes me laugh. And the other utterly confounding conversation:
      "Why they call you 'spudgun'?"
      "Because I can fire potatoes out my bum"
      "... oh... and you.. why do they call you 'hedgehog'?"
      "Same reason"
      Lol!!

  • @ripvanwincle2258
    @ripvanwincle2258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your channel about a week ago loving it.From Liverpool.England ,UK. We love you yanks!Respect.

  • @TheAverlorn
    @TheAverlorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad you found this show, some people may say that this show is stupid but they are not willing to learn much.

  • @Simon-ui6db
    @Simon-ui6db 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Watch the part when they go over the top. That gets ya.

    • @tonypate9174
      @tonypate9174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "good luck everyone".....

    • @anthonychristmas1186
      @anthonychristmas1186 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So the bloke who drew this map owns this field....??

  • @hardtohandleweddingbandent8653
    @hardtohandleweddingbandent8653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How the writers of Blackadder went on to create dross like "Notting Hill" and "Maybe baby" is on of lifes' great mysteries.

  • @terryallen3682
    @terryallen3682 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Comedy at its best and the brilliant mind of rowan Atkinson Co writing....timeless! 🤣🤣🤣👍

  • @mikesutton381
    @mikesutton381 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The saddest ending to any comedy. This is my new favourite channel. This guy is awesome!