Don't forget "And remember, you know nothing", from Basil to Manuel!

That one joke in the whole show. ✊🏼💦

... and "infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"😄

Defence fgs

"I love a fair trial!" 😂

I agree =] Baldrick is so goofy.

Friendly fire init!!

Fry was pushing 32 when they made this although I get the point.

@@normandavidtidiman9918 OK so playing 50s in his 30s :)

Wow, I totally forgot just how young Stephen Fry actually was during Blackadder, everything about his manner has always just made him _seem_ middle aged decades before he actually was.

Stephen Fry seems to be one of those screen performers who've always appeared to be the same age. And we're talking about a career span of just over 40 years now.

General Roland Bradford of the British Army was 25 years old when he died in WW1. It actually wasn't that unusual to have generals in their 20's, though they were usually appointed on their connections rather than their abilities or through promotion. Bradford on the other hand was promoted through the usual route and even won the Victoria Cross.

@Billy Reynolds yeah he keeps blaming Hugh Laurie

I will have to check those out.

@@AfterWorkReactions You got to. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLKhotOj0K2wd30.html

Spoiler.

@@remmingtonsteele2287 he has a point, all hes saying is he gets better as the series goes on, not impossible to imagine

This is a common misconception about Edmund's character in season 1. He was not an 'idiot'. He was actually quite resourceful in his ambition and cunning, but what let him down was his tendency to be sniveling and cowardly. He also had a distinct lack of confidence when forced into hazardous situations. While the character does retain some of the same traits as seen on season 1 throughout the rest of the series, there is a mood shift, where we see that although Blackadder is still cowardly at times, he is able to use his wit and intellect to get himself out of trouble, and he oftentimes adopts a 'devil may care' attitude as a coping mechanism. This is in stark contrast to the S1 Blackadder who becomes giddy with terror, and can barely maintain his composure. These things don't necessarily make him an idiot. Another factor to consider is his status as a prince, 2nd in line to the throne. His ambition is naturally more heightened than his familial descendants. He spends a lot of season 1 being 'drunk' on the idea of one day becoming King. These are just my thoughts from my own observations of this great series.

and there's a memorable Rik Mayall bit in one of the episodes as well.

As well as Peter Cook.

@@SeeDaRipper... True

I think Series 1 gets a hard time simply because it's not series 2,3, or 4. But I think it's very good in its own right. I really enjoyed it but it has a different tone to it due to how it was filmed and the lack of a laugh track. Brian Blessed as the King has some similarities to Stephen Fry in this series.

The only one that stank in series 1 was Rowans Blackadder.

It's a shame that Josh skipped over a lot of the firing squad sequence. Best part of the episode in my opinion.

We aim to please!

'Your' *fixed*

@@SeeDaRipper... Fixed :)

That was a great line =] He is hilarious.

I got to see Jeremy Hardy do a show while I was a student nearly two decades ago. He was recording a radio show at The Platform in Morecambe and I was able to get a ticket. I knew him from Blackadder and the panel show If I Ruled The World and really liked his style of humour. He was on fire that evening and did not disappoint. A very funny man, much missed.

@@lauradawson7964 amazing. I luckily got to see him during a recording of The News Quiz. Knew of him best from the radio show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" on which he was always great

Is it a yeah or a nay, it's neigh.. funny

look at his hair the hair proves it !!

I really like the Infanta episode with Miriam Margoyles and Jim Broadbent too.

The witch smeller perswevant is the only thing I can remember from series 1

Episodes 1 and 6 of season 1 are worth a go, although the characters are totally unlike what they (their descendants) became.

Also it has a very realistic feel to it.

Thanks bud I will keep that in mind.

​​@@lowlygrinder2977'realistic' is not a word I'd choose to describe season 1. They used more real life settings (in the form of outdoor scenes, like the countryside and the castle, and also Rowan riding a horse, a skill he has had since he was quite young), but that is where the 'realism' begins and ends, to be frank. The conversations and dialogue in subsequent seasons seem far more realistic to me.

Blackadder goes back and forth

@@89Keith Yeah that's the one

I love the fact Blackadder is at the very bottom, and works up throughout

It did have Brian Blessed

I will keep that in mind thanks bud.

Don't forget Jim Broadbent as her translator. And then of course they ended up as Professors Sprout and Slugworth at Hogwarts.

She was better in series 2, 👊 wicked child!!!

​@@speleokeirand they were also coupled together again as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the Blackadder's Christmas carol special.

2 or 4 are the best by a mile although I still like 3.

Oh wow that is awesome.

It still has two meanings in the UK even today but yes it was a play on words 👍😂

It still does mean the same, it's just that it rarely gets used in that context nowadays.

That's the thing with polling popular opinion, people see that something comes at the bottom of any list and assume that it must be rubbish. But when all options are great in their own right you're likely to overlook something good which you might be missing out on. It's not a list where it comes at the bottom of a list of 100 series, it's on a shortlist of 4 very good series. If you forget about judging its value when ranked with the other 3 series it's a fine series in its own right.

What word is he referring to? I missed it.

@@charleshowie2074 Spunk.

@@charleshowie2074 Spunk. @1:23

I couldn't hear what Josh was saying, but if he was talking about the word 'spunk' then yes the word means fortitude of character and strength. It's one of those old-timey words which used to be used more commonly, especially in the context of the era this series was set in.

@@CoffeeConnected I'm British, I just literally missed what the word was at the time.

is your name Baldrick?, no sir - pmsl

Plus the very short 'Cavalier Years' episode/special, where Stephen Fry does a hilarious (now king) Prince Charles impression.

Irish Civil War?

Thanks bud I appreciate that. I have not checked that show out yet I will add it to my list.

Yea would make sense watch a show in order...

Brilliant idea to have a wooden duck to hide under in the pond,if cornered

This is a misconception. Season 1 did not do well, so they altered the script to be more like the pilot, in a last ditch effort to stay on the air.

@@remmingtonsteele2287 It's not the point, as the first season had finished. They greenlit a second series on the proviso that the script was reworked.

It was a double entendre.

You couldn't criticise it at the time, because it was new, and nothing to base it on. The character changed 180 from then on. Wise of Blackadder to move forward chronologically. They had more cash to spend on later episodes, the comedy always was the same. The whelm of supporting characters meant this could have only been done in the UK. A US version would have been like tripe as The Office told us.

Spoiler.

I knew a geezer in Peckham called Charlie Spunk about 40 years ago. Nice bloke was Charlie...