Robin Williams explaining it: I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, "Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?" And I said, "Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?"
Lord Blackadder: Take a look at all the world leaders today. They are ALL stark-raving mad. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but there is more collective intelligence to be found in the family tree of my servant Baldrick.
In Germany we have similar problems: We fought the Austrians at least once a century. The moment we became their allies everything went wrong. So let's invade them, we even don't need the Navy. ;-)
@@monkeydank7842 Germany does not have the troops to invade Austria. In Germany all troops are busy learning gender correct and easy speech. So the solders know how to dance their names, but not how to operate a gun.
I've followed most of Rowan's programmes, They've been mostly brilliant, but Blackadder will always be my favourite. It's been nearly 20 years since I first watched Blackadder but nothing comes remotely close to it.
Oh yes Blackadder is so much greater due to the dialogues and acting of others - Robinson, McInnerny, Fry, Laurie, Blessed, Richardson... I love Rowan speaking, not just making facial expressions and gestures.
This was performed at the 2000 Royal Variety Performance, aired on Sunday 17th December 2000 on BBC One. Prince Charles, was the royal present for this performance.
He was referring to Blackadder's satirical comment that the Royal Family are not indigenous Britons, but rather German immigrants installed by the Money Power a few generations ago. Prince Charles witnessed that insult. I guess the subtlety was lost on you. @@steffenrosmus9177
French soil is seeped with the blood of British & Allied Soldiers after two World Wars & in WWII, was the first country to be liberated from German occupation, yet subsequent French politicians continue to sneer at the British & it does get extremely wearing ! As most of the audience at this time, like myself, will have had close family relatives in both World Wars, the irony of French politician's ingratitude is not lost on them either !
A rifle bullet will easily pass through 2 or 3 people at close range. 40 years ago, I was asked to fire at 3 commercial catering sized tin cans, each filled with water, and representing the human body. ...... The 7.62 mm bullet from my SLR rifle passed effortlessly through all three, leaving a jagged mess behind it.
There was an extended ending where Blackadder pretended to get killed as soon as the Germans started shooting and crawled back into the trench once everyone else was dead.
The choice of words is not a simple euphemism. The period 1921 to 1930s is called 'Pax Britannica', modeled after the century long 'Pax Romana', basically meaning British (and Roman) peace. The irony is that it has nothing to do with 'being peaceful', but rather imposing peace on anyone they wanted on their own temrs
That is not the winged dagger of the SAS, it looks more like the Parachute Regiment. And the SAS started in 1941. And beside its quite obvious he is playing a modern soldier.
Which trade agreements? The Kingdom does not have that much important stuff to export... Add to that the potential exit of scotland,because they only stayed in the UK because of the promise to stay in the EU...
truthfully they cant do that, because if you didnt see the full ending of the series, the bodies of edmund, george, darling and baldrick are all lined up caught in the trenches, but the producers decided not to show it because rowan said it was horrific and scary.
The main reason is simply because it is a British tradition to make fun of France (and vice-versa), even if we don't actually mean it. It's a joke that has been going on for a Century ever since Britain signed the non-aggression pact with France, so i suppose it simply doesn't shock.
@TheBlackadderMuseum I suppose, there is obviously a wide variety of styles for beheadings. they range from the terrifying chopping of the neck with a running gasoline-powered chainsaw... to the comfortably dull head-chopping of a blood-drained corpse. The Decapitation can be quite humane as long as it is made with minimal theatricality, when the victim is dead, drained, locked in place, and the wide incision is made by the appropriate tool (plus, witnesses and direction of the authorities)
@pasheshooz Off the top of my head: Depends wether the axe is sharpe or not? I suppose if the weapon is blunt it's even more brutal than when it's relatively quick and clean. But I've never been beheaded myself so this is all guesswork.
@kezadrone Wikipedia says: Game for a Laugh was spoofed in Not the Nine O'Clock News, in a sketch showing a man (Rowan Atkinson) returning home from work to find his wife brutally beheaded. He runs out into the street screaming before being approached by the crew who then shout "Game for a Laugh", whereupon they all share the joke, despite the fact that the man's wife is very obviously dead.
@spock101010 They didn't, but the English DID have concentration camps during the Boer Wars, long before WWII. Not camps of destruction, but concentration camps nevertheless. Empires don't build themselves, you know...
asking what is my question i have no question i was saying the last time they invaded france they are in the brink of victory but suddenly had been defeated
Hilarious! And when our backs were turned look what happened! The perfidious French finally did what Nappy dreaned of...tunnelled in under the Channel!
And 'migrants' are better at invading England via the channel than Napoleon, the Kaiser, or Hitler, arriving by the tens of thousands - and we have to pay for them.
@rbzvncnt You've already found the reason: those German occupations are simply more recent and remembered as more horrible. For nearly a century France and the UK are allies, so a proposition for invasion sounds more absurd. If the British would make a sketch about invading India again, it might have been appreciated much less well.
@rbzvncnt I think that today, the Polish popularity should take to deep consideration if even want to keep up any resistance... Especially, accordingly to the state of politics and economy under present regime:) Cheers from Poland :)
"Buy 55,000 tickets on the Eurostar and invade France!"
Grab a "Longbow" let's go.
jcsv12345 or just wait for the euro to drop a bit more and just buy the place...
55,000 Englishman queing up at the euro star just like that... The French won't suspect a thing!
Considering the prices of the Eurostar tickets, I am afraid the UK might go bankrupt even before the troops arrive in Gare du Nord.
@@dean1039 They should suspect a thing, though, as it's far from normal that so many could travel at once without a strike to occur.
Blackadder truly is the greatest character ever created on television. I miss this character so much.
The best sitcom in history. By FAR! ❤
You mean 'my favourite' not best.
@@samuelgarrod8327 To correct a 10 year old statement takes a real special personality.
You are forgetting *The Larkins* with Peggy Mount and David Kosoff.
Too bad he died with George, Darling and Baldric during WW1...
Robin Williams explaining it:
I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, "Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?" And I said, "Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?"
And she said not
That was more of a comment, really.
So was that. @@ArmyJames
Lord Blackadder: Take a look at all the world leaders today. They are ALL stark-raving mad. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but there is more collective intelligence to be found in the family tree of my servant Baldrick.
In Germany we have similar problems: We fought the Austrians at least once a century. The moment we became their allies everything went wrong.
So let's invade them, we even don't need the Navy. ;-)
that mad Austrian painter gave you ppl every reason to revenge
I think letting one in charge was the main mistake.
Necroglobule The problems occurred, when we didn’t invade them.
@@monkeydank7842 Germany does not have the troops to invade Austria. In Germany all troops are busy learning gender correct and easy speech. So the solders know how to dance their names, but not how to operate a gun.
Saskia Hold Do you think it’s better in Austria? ;-)
The most honest politician ever.
I've followed most of Rowan's programmes, They've been mostly brilliant, but Blackadder will always be my favourite. It's been nearly 20 years since I first watched Blackadder but nothing comes remotely close to it.
agreed
Oh yes Blackadder is so much greater due to the dialogues and acting of others - Robinson, McInnerny, Fry, Laurie, Blessed, Richardson... I love Rowan speaking, not just making facial expressions and gestures.
Or the 'Black Vegetable'?
This was performed at the 2000 Royal Variety Performance, aired on Sunday 17th December 2000 on BBC One. Prince Charles, was the royal present for this performance.
Who cares thathe was the royal something? Right: nobody😂😂😂😂
@@steffenrosmus9177 The 38 likes (as of this posting) disagree with you.
He was referring to Blackadder's satirical comment that the Royal Family are not indigenous Britons, but rather German immigrants installed by the Money Power a few generations ago. Prince Charles witnessed that insult. I guess the subtlety was lost on you. @@steffenrosmus9177
The script was not brilliantly funny, but Rowan Atkinson still excelled. What a comic!
Watched this several times and still laughing everytime. Now that's a quality comedian.
It was quite revealing the big round of applause when mentioning France
French soil is seeped with the blood of British & Allied Soldiers after two World Wars & in WWII, was the first country to be liberated from German occupation, yet subsequent French politicians continue to sneer at the British & it does get extremely wearing ! As most of the audience at this time, like myself, will have had close family relatives in both World Wars, the irony of French politician's ingratitude is not lost on them either !
Mint, and he has a military connection. His lad is in the Gurkhas...
WHY HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE!!!!
Awesome bit of comedy!!! Rowan Atkinson is a brilliant comedian. Wish he would take back Blackadder more often.
"Hold my beer"---William the Conquerer
Who was a Dane, not French...
@@andybelcher1767 Sneaky Danes!
Always remember M'Boto Gorge. Lest we forget the wickedly sharpened slices of mango...
Getting this recommended at this moment in 2023 gives it a weird and disturbing context.
“Or wait for the euro to drop a bit more and simply buy the place”.
Yeh…that didn’t age very well 😆
Thank you for posting. How the hell did I not know about this?
the Shirka reference is to imply Blackadder is Shirking his duty and those are paratroop wings but your history for the SAS is spot on :)
i know how captin blackadder survived going over the top. he used lt gorge and private baldrick as human shields
Luke Scott And survived just long enough to fornicate with another nurse to keep the dynasty going
A rifle bullet will easily pass through 2 or 3 people at close range.
40 years ago, I was asked to fire at 3 commercial catering sized tin cans, each filled with water, and representing the human body. ...... The 7.62 mm bullet from my SLR rifle passed effortlessly through all three, leaving a jagged mess behind it.
Different Blackadder this one
@@zen4men it's a joke. Laugh.
There was an extended ending where Blackadder pretended to get killed as soon as the Germans started shooting and crawled back into the trench once everyone else was dead.
Can't beat English humor. Sorry, humour. Loved it since I was young. Brilliant. And I'm a Yank.
That was prescient.
Love it.
Captain Blackadder survived! he must have followed Baldricks plan
Well, it was quite cunning......
"Kept the peace" in quarter of the entire globe. Aaah don't we just love euphemisms?
More like : kept the piss, on the quarter of the globe!
The choice of words is not a simple euphemism. The period 1921 to 1930s is called 'Pax Britannica', modeled after the century long 'Pax Romana', basically meaning British (and Roman) peace. The irony is that it has nothing to do with 'being peaceful', but rather imposing peace on anyone they wanted on their own temrs
@@nottoday3817 It was peace for Romans and Brits
Brilliant
Thanks for posting it!
Im sure the Military watching has seen a very interesting parawing in a split second . Love that detail..
By any means a brilliant comedian!
He talked about Waterloo station which is one of the main railway stations in London, where the Eurostar used to depart.
This is starting to make sense.
So good
I see the wings on his arm and smile. :)
His comedy bit on the Somme Tragicly is the closest thing I have seen to historical truth.
SAS wings
Great man.
Is Blackadder going to do just this after Brexit?
I wish they would make more blackadder treats like this one :)
it would be a delight to see rowan play blackadder again
best reply ever!!
a cunning plan, indeed !
he also predicted the euro crisis. awesome !!!
Mans wearing SAS wings
Yes! I agree.
Wonderful
You know, I never thought of it like that.
brilliant
That is not the winged dagger of the SAS, it looks more like the Parachute Regiment. And the SAS started in 1941. And beside its quite obvious he is playing a modern soldier.
20 years later: France be like: Hey, Britain, pound seems low, how much for a piece of land?
Due to the Brexit, if the Pound drops a little bit more, even Belgium can buy the place :)
Stop whining.
the pound will go up as new trade agreements are made
yeah it will go higher against colombian peso lol, defo not against euro
Which trade agreements?
The Kingdom does not have that much important stuff to export...
Add to that the potential exit of scotland,because they only stayed in the UK because of the promise to stay in the EU...
@@NashmanNash It just has one of the biggest and most powerful centers of finance in the world.
Wish they would bring it back. maybe as the POW years as they showed they can do it with respect with WW1.
truthfully they cant do that, because if you didnt see the full ending of the series, the bodies of edmund, george, darling and baldrick are all lined up caught in the trenches, but the producers decided not to show it because rowan said it was horrific and scary.
The main reason is simply because it is a British tradition to make fun of France (and vice-versa), even if we don't actually mean it. It's a joke that has been going on for a Century ever since Britain signed the non-aggression pact with France, so i suppose it simply doesn't shock.
@TheBlackadderMuseum I suppose, there is obviously a wide variety of styles for beheadings. they range from the terrifying chopping of the neck with a running gasoline-powered chainsaw... to the comfortably dull head-chopping of a blood-drained corpse. The Decapitation can be quite humane as long as it is made with minimal theatricality, when the victim is dead, drained, locked in place, and the wide incision is made by the appropriate tool (plus, witnesses and direction of the authorities)
@pasheshooz Off the top of my head: Depends wether the axe is sharpe or not? I suppose if the weapon is blunt it's even more brutal than when it's relatively quick and clean. But I've never been beheaded myself so this is all guesswork.
That last bit aged like milk >_>
Love how he has got the SAS wings on the uniform!! lol
No winged dagger on that uniform, sorry.
@@kevinbrigden6276 He still has the SAS wings
I miss it too. I could rattle off Blackadder the 2nd when I was 5 years old. Not sure if that's something to be proud of Lol
Of course it is.
I wonder if King George will share his mother's funeral sense of humour
King George?
GERMANY SENDS A REQUEST TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN
Never get bored to get ur ass kicked?
"All the news readers are Welsh"
Surely the CZcams algorithm isn't _that_ sophisticated to randomly recommend this video today?
@OfirBeck Thank you, I shall keep that in mind if I ever need beheading.
@kezadrone Wikipedia says: Game for a Laugh was spoofed in Not the Nine O'Clock News, in a sketch showing a man (Rowan Atkinson) returning home from work to find his wife brutally beheaded. He runs out into the street screaming before being approached by the crew who then shout "Game for a Laugh", whereupon they all share the joke, despite the fact that the man's wife is very obviously dead.
The right should patch is the SAS wings for completing the parachute course!
Great 🇬🇧
That last bit didn't age well.
we laugh at the politicians and seriously listen the comedians what a twist
Right up there with Fawlty Towers
What a speaking voice!
That's something I find funny since he was mostly known as Mr Bean.
Oh, I know it's wasn't comedy, but I LOVED Hornblower.
@spock101010 They didn't, but the English DID have concentration camps during the Boer Wars, long before WWII. Not camps of destruction, but concentration camps nevertheless. Empires don't build themselves, you know...
So did America...before the British!
Nice touch with the SAS wings.
so what roles will Baldrick and George take for the army, better not be as the chef or we'll have many complains of food poisoning
Daniel waugh umm baldrick does do the cooking XD let’s just say the food well.....
Considering how bad british food is
because we are the best!
@OfirBeck The again, there is the "Dull Spoon" Method...
I am wise well beyond my age ;-)
4:19 Now would be the perfect time!
:)
funny fact that Rowan himself looks French
Many a true word is in jest...ooohhhhh la la!
The Royal regiment of "SHIRKERS"
Oh, how times have changed?
And today, it's the Euro that can almost buy the pound...
Hmm.. Not quite. Italys banks have just gone bust. Bailout alert.
I thought Ben Elton had been transported to the Antipodes for crimes against humanity.
@OfirBeck Since when are you know about beheading?
SAS wings... Nice touch
How did i knacker my argument?
Enlighten me.
He's just like James May. Or should I say the Viscount May of Hammersmith.
asking what is my question i have no question i was saying the last time they invaded france they are in the brink of victory but suddenly had been defeated
Can I just ask what you are talking about ? :-)
people really like the idea of an invasion of France
💗💗😍😍💕💕
Someone's been watching Tommy Tiernan.
He seems more like Raymond Fowler, than Edmund Blackadder here...
This monologue was performed at the Dominion Theatre, London for the Royal Variety Performance 2000
copy paste but yeh
Hilarious! And when our backs were turned look what happened! The perfidious French finally did what Nappy dreaned of...tunnelled in under the Channel!
And 'migrants' are better at invading England via the channel than Napoleon, the Kaiser, or Hitler, arriving by the tens of thousands - and we have to pay for them.
Hilarious! 😂😂😂
@rbzvncnt
You've already found the reason: those German occupations are simply more recent and remembered as more horrible. For nearly a century France and the UK are allies, so a proposition for invasion sounds more absurd. If the British would make a sketch about invading India again, it might have been appreciated much less well.
A lot of India never needed to be invaded by Britain, but chose to make treaties with Britain.
I have to admit he is right LOL!!!😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣😝😜🤪
The second option is on its way. Wait a little more, you can have us for free (and you won't do a bargain).
All these "hahaha" prove well enough that I am right.
England after yesterday’s quarter final match against the French:
SAS para wings on the right shoulder sleeve ... interesting.
and thats the big mistake !
as he said... look at you now ... and then look at your past...
Rowen Atkinson is so funny lol
@rbzvncnt I think that today, the Polish popularity should take to deep consideration if even want to keep up any resistance... Especially, accordingly to the state of politics and economy under present regime:)
Cheers from Poland :)