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2005-04-03 Britain

Blackadder set to return from the war grave

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-03 2:06:45 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He has included references to world poverty in his sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.

Unlike the dibbler of Vickie.

Posted by badanov 2005-04-03 4:19:57 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-04-03 4:19:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Tony Robinson, the television presenter and Labour politician who played Baldrick, Blackadderâs foul-smelling skivvy...

Ewww! (How does one play underwear?)

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-04-03 4:38:57 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2005-04-03 4:38:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Oh, BRAVO!!!! I had heard rumors some years ago of a fifth Blackadder series with Atkinson as an RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain (imagine THAT...would have been one of the funniest things in TV history) but had to settle for his Blackadder Christmas Special and a transcript of his appearance at a command performance in 2000:

At the beginning of the last century just 200 years ago, Britain kept the peace in a quarter of the entire globe. The sun they say never set on the British Empire. Now what have we got? The Channel Islands... The Germans have bought Rolls Royce... All the newsreaders are Welsh, although that may not be relevant. And most foreigners think that the Union Jack is based on an old dress design for one of the Spice Girls....For 500 years from Agincourt to the Battle of Waterloo, Britain went from strength to strength and gained the greatest empire the world has ever known. The minute we start getting chummy with the garlic chewers, within three short decades we're buggered. Hello obvious connection alert!

For more, read here: http://www.blackadderhall.com/specials/army_years.shtml

IIRC, Mr. Atkinson is a fairly conservative sort, so it may not be as completely anti-war as it sounds. Best wishes to everyone in the project and looking forward to it.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-04-03 5:26:09 PM|| 2005-04-03 5:26:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 GUARD
Your Majesty -- the verdict of the jury.
exits

KING
So, what does it say? Er, ?Guilty?, or ?Not Guilty??

EDMUND
looks at it
I'll give you two guesses.

KING
Er, ?Not Guilty?.

EDMUND
One more guess.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-04-03 7:47:44 PM|| 2005-04-03 7:47:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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