Thank you for the shout-out to Blackadder, one my all-time favorites. It seems like almost one in this country has ever heard of it (at least in my experience), but I found it as a college student on the old Comedy Channel back in the late eighties and now own the DVDs.
Blackadder is great, but Jeeves & Wooster is still the pinnacle of Hugh Lauries’ comedic career, as far as I’m concerned. And yes, I’ve seen A Bit of Fry & Laurie and was disappointed.
I first saw Blackadder in England in 1983 on a trip. “I shall sieze the throne that is rightfully by law not mine” was just endlessly hysterical. It was also my first introduction to Rik Mayal, who played a crazy person in a french dungeon.
My fave is Blackadder Goes Forth — the chef episode. (“Interestingly, it [the phone call] was Pope Gregory the IX, from aboard his yacht “The Saucy Sue”….”)
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Thank you for the shout-out to Blackadder, one my all-time favorites. It seems like almost one in this country has ever heard of it (at least in my experience), but I found it as a college student on the old Comedy Channel back in the late eighties and now own the DVDs.
Blackadder is great, but Jeeves & Wooster is still the pinnacle of Hugh Lauries’ comedic career, as far as I’m concerned. And yes, I’ve seen A Bit of Fry & Laurie and was disappointed.
I first saw Blackadder in England in 1983 on a trip. “I shall sieze the throne that is rightfully by law not mine” was just endlessly hysterical. It was also my first introduction to Rik Mayal, who played a crazy person in a french dungeon.
I love the Christmas Carol episode of the show. But then, I’m a little Dickens.
My fave is Blackadder Goes Forth — the chef episode. (“Interestingly, it [the phone call] was Pope Gregory the IX, from aboard his yacht “The Saucy Sue”….”)