Baldrick's Daftest (Read "Cunning") Moments | Blackadder | BBC Comedy Greats

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  • čas přidán 6. 01. 2021
  • Baldrick (played by Sir Tony Robinson) has been Blackadder's loyal servant from the very first episode. One of comedy's greatest, but not brightest, sidekicks - here he is alongside Rowan Atkinson in some of the classic British sitcom's funniest scenes.
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  • @xavierdoe2452
    @xavierdoe2452 Před 2 lety +520

    "I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an Ostrich cause he was Hungry". That is the only reason I will ever accept why WW1 started.

    • @rheinhartsilvento2576
      @rheinhartsilvento2576 Před rokem +3

      Same here. Obviously.

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal Před rokem +4

      The truth is even stranger

    • @sartainja
      @sartainja Před rokem +12

      I only wished that I could write that as an answer to the question on a high school history exam on what started WWI. It would be worth missing the question just for the laugh.

    • @howardcroft3748
      @howardcroft3748 Před rokem +3

      Is there another reason 🤔

    • @Milamberinx
      @Milamberinx Před rokem +16

      Blackadder's explanation is really the most accurate "it was just too much effort not to have a war".

  • @kohekade2961
    @kohekade2961 Před 2 lety +452

    "My father was a nun" is one of the most underrated jokes ever.

    • @nunyanunya4147
      @nunyanunya4147 Před rokem +11

      i dont know 'ive coveted my Father's adultery' is right up there

  • @indlovubill7100
    @indlovubill7100 Před 3 lety +394

    Baldrick has been with Blackadder's family for generations, 'like syphilis' as Blackadder said.

  • @shubhamchauhan7667
    @shubhamchauhan7667 Před 3 lety +201

    Blackadder: and your definition of dog is?
    Baldrick: uhh... not a cat! Epic humour

  • @Constable_Bob
    @Constable_Bob Před rokem +24

    “I heard it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich ‘cause he was hungry.”
    Best history joke I’be ever heard; thanks Baldrick for your comical relief

  • @GoodSoulPossible
    @GoodSoulPossible Před 3 lety +270

    Playing character like Boldrick requires immense understanding of the character and keeping poker face in all the scenes and doing all this in front of Rowan Atkinson must have been very difficult

    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter Před 2 měsíci

      Sit Tony Robinson waa always perfect. In all his documentaries and don't forget he created and wrote Maid Marian and her Merry Men before Blackadder ended!

  • @mattkinsella9856
    @mattkinsella9856 Před 3 lety +147

    "By a thousand to one chance my willy got in the way."
    I'm laughing so much I'm properly crying 🤣

  • @mrbenoit5018
    @mrbenoit5018 Před 3 lety +501

    The fact that the Baldrick lineage is around in all these eras means that they all must’ve reproduced

    • @ethanguest3438
      @ethanguest3438 Před 3 lety +34

      Even Baldrick?

    • @100AngelBoy
      @100AngelBoy Před 2 lety +54

      @@ethanguest3438 yeah they're even in the distant future so they must have survived WW1

    • @spartan2451
      @spartan2451 Před 2 lety +27

      The real question is what with? 😂

    • @oliverpohlproductions8291
      @oliverpohlproductions8291 Před 2 lety +18

      @@spartan2451 Not who but, what? Is his standards that low?
      Edit: Yeah probably.

    • @NickanM
      @NickanM Před 2 lety +15

      @@spartan2451
      Baldricka..? 😳

  • @mikewilliams4499
    @mikewilliams4499 Před 2 lety +297

    Black Adder was brilliant. Fascinating to see how the wobbly first series, where Black Adder was a loser, was transformed into Black Adder being a cynical schemer.

    • @bogus7678
      @bogus7678 Před 2 lety +15

      I love him in the 2nd one.

    • @jontyarnold8522
      @jontyarnold8522 Před 2 lety +23

      Yep, bringing in Ben Elton as a writer for series 2 was a master stroke……..

    • @hanktheblesseddeejay
      @hanktheblesseddeejay Před 2 lety +4

      1st series is the best, Blackadder was perfect in that.

    • @user-rr6jj5mr6f
      @user-rr6jj5mr6f Před rokem +17

      I think as his family drops in status there forced to become more cunning

    • @sartainja
      @sartainja Před rokem +2

      He is one of the best TV side kicks of all time; in the same league as Barney Fife.

  • @motionsickness1903
    @motionsickness1903 Před 3 lety +101

    Greatest group of actors in a single sit-com ever.

    • @zapkvr0101
      @zapkvr0101 Před rokem +2

      They were helped by the amazing writing

    • @Leon-bc8hm
      @Leon-bc8hm Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@zapkvr0101 Still had to deliver it. And they are indeed the Best.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@Leon-bc8hmhad some idiot the other day try to tell me Fawlty towers was funny

    • @johncmitchell4941
      @johncmitchell4941 Před 8 dny

      @@zapkvr That's a common reaction in the southern US, where a language barrier is quite apparent.

  • @armygrunt13
    @armygrunt13 Před 3 lety +136

    "In you go. Little boy with big job to do!" 😂
    I always found it interesting that in Series One (which doesn't get nearly enough love), Baldrick was the smart one!

    • @mjrdainbramage
      @mjrdainbramage Před 3 lety +34

      Yep. As Blackadder got smarter, Baldrick became dumber.

    • @armygrunt13
      @armygrunt13 Před 3 lety +5

      @Greg Elchert I saw it once (it might have been on CZcams at the time). It wasn't bad, though having different actors for King Richard and Baldrick was a bit jarring. I always found it a shame that Brian Blessed never returned to any of the later series, even in a cameo.

    • @amonwerner4346
      @amonwerner4346 Před 3 lety

      The incest started after that I'm afraid

    • @theworld7773
      @theworld7773 Před 2 lety +6

      @@armygrunt13 Brian Blessed, oh my! That incredible voice and presence. When I need to see lots of Brian Blessed, I watch, “I, Claudius”. “Quinctilius Varus, where are my legions?” Or Eagles - it depends on which source. He has the best developed chest resonator. I could only dream of using my chest resonator like that. (Sorry, retired Shakespearian actor).

    • @suspirodelmoro1430
      @suspirodelmoro1430 Před rokem +2

      The first series was utterly forgettable; what saved it is removing Rowan Atkinson as a writer and replacing him with Ben Elton.

  • @arronjohnstracey3280
    @arronjohnstracey3280 Před 3 lety +33

    "Belts off trousers down isn't life a scream ugh" 😂😂

  • @jacksonirving4594
    @jacksonirving4594 Před 3 lety +71

    Capt darling and I are right behind you . " About 35 miles right behind you " ...

  • @babakbabali2751
    @babakbabali2751 Před 2 lety +55

    “I have not honored my neighbor’s ass” is such an underrated line.

  • @onlyme9254
    @onlyme9254 Před rokem +14

    "everything goes over your head doesn't it! You should go to Jamaica and become a limbo dancer!"🤣🤣🤣

  • @petercdowney
    @petercdowney Před 3 lety +83

    "We didn't receive any messages and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot this delicious plump-breasted pigeon Sir!"

  • @blackm4niac
    @blackm4niac Před rokem +10

    "Bury me in a Y-shaped coffin" - Jane

  • @markosskace514
    @markosskace514 Před rokem +9

    There was once a lovely little sausage called Baldrick, and he lived happily ever after.

  • @jmalmsten
    @jmalmsten Před 3 lety +109

    Aw... I was looking forward to the conclusion of the legends told about Archie Duke and the poor old ostrich

    • @WolfieRich1
      @WolfieRich1 Před 3 lety +12

      It was bollocks.

    • @willhay6148
      @willhay6148 Před 3 lety +8

      I thought the war started because a bloke called Archie Duke shot an Ostrich because he was hungry.

  • @satireisnotdead5804
    @satireisnotdead5804 Před 2 lety +47

    I liked series 4 Baldrick best, he was still a bumbling idiot, but he was a more thoughtful, philosophical and inquiring iteration, which makes sense for the time it's set in, when people were beginning to question why the system had to be the way it was

  • @SunnyIntervalsORG
    @SunnyIntervalsORG Před 3 lety +16

    I love that song 'Whoops Mrs Miggins you're sitting on my artichokes'! I know all 37 verses! 😁

  • @mitopeja8853
    @mitopeja8853 Před 3 lety +74

    What is really impressive here is the job done on upconverting the original PAL video. Kudos to the engineering team!

  • @leandabee
    @leandabee Před rokem +26

    Love Tony Robinson 💙 . All the cast have all been wonderfully successful ✨️.

  • @actionpssthead2979
    @actionpssthead2979 Před 3 lety +59

    The rise and fall of Baldrick through the centuries

    • @wojak-sensei6424
      @wojak-sensei6424 Před 2 lety +3

      I have a theory that, to repent for being complicit to poisoning his master, him and all his descendants' neurons go to the nearest Blackadder for all eternity.
      That or they thought he was funnier this way.

  • @Raz.C
    @Raz.C Před 11 měsíci +3

    In the early 90s, I saw the episode, for the first time, where Baldrick (mis)defines "C" as "Big, blue wobbly thing that mermaids live in!"
    I've always remembered that line. Other quotes from other shows kinda fade over time, some get mixed up with others and some just disappear from memory altogether! However, the 'Big, blue wobbly thing that mermaids live in,' has always remained a perfectly clear and wonderfully funny memory for me.

  • @7MatthewJames
    @7MatthewJames Před rokem +11

    RIP Robbie Coltrane (Dr Johnson)

  • @fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810

    Àn excellently written character in am excellent series, deliver by a brilliant actor surrounded by brilliant actors.
    His large splinter idea breaks me everytime.

  • @jpteknoman
    @jpteknoman Před rokem +8

    in heaven, the mechanics are german, the chefs italian, the lovers french, the comedians british and the government swiss. in hell the mechanics are french, the chefs british, the lovers swiss, the comedians german and the government italian.

  • @RandomWolf
    @RandomWolf Před 3 lety +34

    I really hope Blackadder will return - maybe for that one set in the ‘60s they were thinking of but never went ahead with.

    • @Ade-qs1ws
      @Ade-qs1ws Před 3 lety +6

      With "Bald Rick" the drummer! Yes, it would be fantastic if they did, but unfortunately it's probably wishful thinking on our part. You never know though...

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před 2 lety +1

      Probably takes place during the Profumo sex scandal of that time.

    • @alicelucy1333
      @alicelucy1333 Před 11 měsíci

      That would be amazing!

  • @jonathansteadman7935
    @jonathansteadman7935 Před 3 lety +71

    Jane 'bury me in a Y shaped coffin' Harrington. 😂

  • @rajanlad
    @rajanlad Před 3 lety +315

    The only decent impression Baldrick can do is of man with no talent. British humor at its peak.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank Před 3 lety +14

      My personal favorite is
      Edmund to Percy: "You ride a horse rather less well than another horse would."

    • @distantcoff7391
      @distantcoff7391 Před 2 lety +3

      @rajan lad
      Your impression is much better.

  • @Kryptolistic
    @Kryptolistic Před 2 lety +6

    Rowan Atkinson's barber was top tier.

  • @jf752
    @jf752 Před 3 lety +23

    i learned the best insults from blackadder

  • @kartikpandey1353
    @kartikpandey1353 Před 2 lety +22

    For all Americans who don't know who WG Grace is, he is known as the father of modern cricket, which is a sport quite unlike baseball

    • @lyokianhitchhiker
      @lyokianhitchhiker Před 9 měsíci +2

      He’s also the guy who served as God's image in Monty Python

  • @tweegeTX3
    @tweegeTX3 Před rokem +9

    It’s ironic how in the first series Baldrick is the smart one and Blackadder is the pillock

  • @Asahamana
    @Asahamana Před rokem +5

    Fun piece of trivia: in season four only The coffee is hot mud was in The script rest of it came from The actor who played captain darling who just kept telling what sugar and milk are 😄

  • @troystaunton254
    @troystaunton254 Před rokem +3

    Edmund Plantagenet AKA the Black Adder. Most influential dynasty in human history.

  • @josemaria8177
    @josemaria8177 Před 3 lety +31

    Daft? Baldrick made the cunningest of plans!

    • @CheapBastard1988
      @CheapBastard1988 Před 3 lety +8

      "I've written my name on this bullet. They say there's a bullet with your name on it so I figured if I owned that bullet I wouldn't be shot by it. The chance of there being two bullets with my name them is very small indeed."

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank Před 3 lety +4

      As cunning as a fox who's been made Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.

    • @dusanradin5868
      @dusanradin5868 Před 2 lety +1

      @@CheapBastard1988 "That's not hte only thing small around here".

  • @atlantic85
    @atlantic85 Před rokem +6

    Love a brilliant bit of Blackadder!

  • @johnhughes2124
    @johnhughes2124 Před 3 lety +114

    the irony is that the British Army was actually quite well supplied during the first world war

    • @chocoman45
      @chocoman45 Před 3 lety +47

      Problem was getting the supplies to the front.
      Sometimes fresh troops and supplies would be shelled to smithereens on the way there and of course there were momentary shortages as it dragged on.

    • @boxva1396
      @boxva1396 Před 2 lety +5

      So well supplied British soldiers would commonly eat fried lice

  • @spartaklalaj3184
    @spartaklalaj3184 Před 8 měsíci +2

    "35 miles behind of you"

  • @iim4xii129
    @iim4xii129 Před měsícem

    "Permission to speak... Answer the General, Baldrick."
    "I can't answer him, Sir, I dunno what he's talking about."

  • @buffster948
    @buffster948 Před rokem +14

    I'm still really hopeful that we'll get a revival of Blackadder. Maybe one last grand finale show?

  • @TheAverageOne178
    @TheAverageOne178 Před 8 měsíci +3

    I ❤ Baldrick 😝

  • @michaelhawthorne8696
    @michaelhawthorne8696 Před 3 lety +24

    Season 3 and 4 are my favourites....1 wasn't much, the charactors were wrongly played, 2 was pretty good but it really took off with 3 and peaked with 4.....great written comedy at its best.....

    • @steves1015
      @steves1015 Před 3 lety +4

      I always preferred season 2. Particularly the baby-eating bishop of Bath and Wells, and the first time seeing “Bob”. Even the very first conversation of the series, when Kate (Bob) is talking to her father and he wants her to go on the game, is brilliant!

    • @LordHoth_09
      @LordHoth_09 Před 2 lety +1

      @@steves1015 ah yes BOB

  • @leedonschroeder2402
    @leedonschroeder2402 Před rokem +3

    Black Adder is brilliant.

  • @chipsthedog1
    @chipsthedog1 Před 2 lety +9

    The dream sequence was done better than some serious shows well if you can call Dallas serious

  • @TtotheCizzel
    @TtotheCizzel Před rokem +6

    I always enjoyed the way Baldrics intelligence seemed to decline with each passing series

  • @Roihan54
    @Roihan54 Před 3 lety +11

    "Wibble, wibble.."

  • @toddmckintyre2064
    @toddmckintyre2064 Před rokem +2

    "in the Amazonian rainforest there are tribes of Indians as yet untouched by civilization that have developed more convincing Charlie Chaplin impressions than you"
    There have never been a more hilariously witty statement in sitcom.

  • @FawaArtt
    @FawaArtt Před 3 lety +63

    There's rumors for a return, please let it be true lol

    • @becky2235
      @becky2235 Před 3 lety +6

      That would be amazing! We should get a petition going, we could do with a laugh in these awful times!

    • @MrBigbobsbeans
      @MrBigbobsbeans Před 3 lety +9

      Would it be amazing though? Unless they do it online or something it will watered down, cant offend anyone god forbid.

    • @bbb462cid
      @bbb462cid Před 3 lety +10

      Blackadder takes the Fifth?

    • @m.b.82
      @m.b.82 Před 3 lety +6

      Nah, it wouldn't be any good. Careful what you wish for.

    • @FawaArtt
      @FawaArtt Před 3 lety +11

      @@MrBigbobsbeans honestly that's the only thing I feel reluctance with, because as you said this offended world we live on can't take a joke.

  • @Ndlanding
    @Ndlanding Před 3 lety +6

    Absolutely excellent selection!

  • @adamedwards4541
    @adamedwards4541 Před rokem +1

    "Slugs are always a problem." How often does George deal with slugs? Lol

  • @darrendi-lorenzo2622
    @darrendi-lorenzo2622 Před rokem +1

    Blackadder: Dud you get C.
    Baldrick: big blue wobbly thing that mermaids live in..

  • @vickikondylas555
    @vickikondylas555 Před 3 lety +3

    WONDFRFULL ...THANK YOU SO MUCH ....LOVE AND HAHAS FROM MONTREAL CANADA

  • @Khryptic
    @Khryptic Před 3 lety +71

    Back when the BBC has quality TV and credibility

  • @johnhuggins1394
    @johnhuggins1394 Před rokem +1

    In fact I've been using my dandruff,instead of sugar,sir
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @ediz911
    @ediz911 Před 2 lety +3

    This is Timeless

  • @alicelucy1333
    @alicelucy1333 Před 11 měsíci +2

    When ever I'm feeling down I open CZcams and watch Blackadder. It always makes me feel better.

  • @maggpiprime954
    @maggpiprime954 Před 3 lety +10

    I love Tony!

  • @speakfreeley4473
    @speakfreeley4473 Před 2 lety +11

    Wonder why they included snippets of Baldrick from the first season in this? He was intelligent in that.

  • @wfcoaker1398
    @wfcoaker1398 Před rokem +2

    "But I'll die in there!"

  • @jessebeegee
    @jessebeegee Před 9 měsíci +1

    the actor who burned to death was so good

    • @michellekeeling3392
      @michellekeeling3392 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Frank Finlay, one of our greatest. He is sorely missed. ❤

  • @caniceosuagwu2580
    @caniceosuagwu2580 Před rokem +1

    The Great Blackader.

  • @simbacrompir
    @simbacrompir Před 3 lety +7

    The Vomiting Cavalier

  • @jeremytung1632
    @jeremytung1632 Před 2 lety +10

    And the poor old ostrich died for nothing.

  • @janethall2289
    @janethall2289 Před 2 lety +7

    Thanks youtube for enjoying these otherwise lost moments of bawdy English humour!

  • @Rtotalmagic
    @Rtotalmagic Před 3 lety +7

    My fave cunning plan is the plan to make money in cock-fighting by finding a bird that's a dead cert but has odds of 500 to 1 against...

    • @bbb462cid
      @bbb462cid Před 3 lety +1

      the cunningest bit is that it's a bull

    • @Rtotalmagic
      @Rtotalmagic Před 3 lety +1

      Mr. Blutarsky But it's such an odd-looking bird no-one will back it except for us...
      (That plan runs on pure Goon Show logic, which is why I love it so much!)

  • @AshfaqurBF
    @AshfaqurBF Před 2 lety +2

    I love tony

  • @jandreid2023
    @jandreid2023 Před rokem +1

    RIP Robbie Coltrane.

  • @himalayanwandererrr
    @himalayanwandererrr Před 3 lety +18

    "I can see it now, A Nun and a Hun", truly complimentary to the bestial foe across the sea and trenches 😂

  • @vilo_h5541
    @vilo_h5541 Před rokem +2

    Blackadder III was particularly cunning.

  • @robintyson591
    @robintyson591 Před rokem +1

    "Bury me in a Y-shaped coffin"

  • @JackT13
    @JackT13 Před rokem +2

    ‘Balrick in the Amazonian rainforests there are tribes of Indians as yet untouched by civilisation who have developed more convincing Charlie Chaplin impressions than yours’

  • @HDCAMAN
    @HDCAMAN Před rokem +1

    Legends

  • @fisherman9428
    @fisherman9428 Před 3 lety +3

    Lucky willy🤣🤣🤣

  • @bazinga-tt9pj
    @bazinga-tt9pj Před 3 lety +3

    Nice

  • @metalmadsen
    @metalmadsen Před rokem

    “Not a cat” 😸

  • @ashman187
    @ashman187 Před 3 lety +30

    A great BIG turnip in the country.

  • @daves4026
    @daves4026 Před rokem +1

    More baldrick yeah

  • @lawrenceeytcheson1317
    @lawrenceeytcheson1317 Před 3 lety +2

    Love black adder....

  • @saifakbar9486
    @saifakbar9486 Před 3 lety +2

    Oh yeah yeah

  • @ChrisM-zm4li
    @ChrisM-zm4li Před rokem +2

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

  • @msrobt.debruce212
    @msrobt.debruce212 Před 3 lety +9

    Returns never ever work. They cannot recapture the original .

  • @thomasmolyneaux3700
    @thomasmolyneaux3700 Před 6 měsíci

    Baldrick in the first season was the best

  • @EmmaLindaEmmason-ng1dv
    @EmmaLindaEmmason-ng1dv Před rokem +1

    Inspired😂😅🎉😮❤😢

  • @martinmacfarlane1165
    @martinmacfarlane1165 Před 10 měsíci

    Classic Comedy

  • @benelias1396
    @benelias1396 Před 2 lety +3

    Deny every Bouldrick. Are you private Bouldrick? No!

  • @memorabletvmoments6751
    @memorabletvmoments6751 Před 3 lety +4

    25:18 how to complicate a question of how the war started

  • @MzuMzu-nx1em
    @MzuMzu-nx1em Před rokem +2

    Too bad the scene of B. After the meeting with the infanta has both the eyes damaged walking funny, has been cutted. that is comedy genius

  • @ericfrahier5904
    @ericfrahier5904 Před rokem +1

    ♥️

  • @flappospammo
    @flappospammo Před rokem

    Worlds biggest turnip , what a grate xmas treat

  • @killerrabbit2693
    @killerrabbit2693 Před 2 lety +2

    Baldrick... Aka Keith Moon in that image.

  • @klarahvar746
    @klarahvar746 Před rokem +3

    Came here to see what the "Baldrick" character was about, because it's always mentioned in the comments section of Time Team videos... nd I found "Mr. Bean" and "Dr, House", all together. Impossible not to laugh with them.

  • @wilfdarr
    @wilfdarr Před rokem

    "Death by snusnu!"

  • @akatsuki0
    @akatsuki0 Před rokem

    Shot an Ostrich because he was hungry 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @themarlboromandalorian
    @themarlboromandalorian Před 3 lety +4

    The woman at 20 minutes...that's a real woman.

  • @Dutch_bastard_23
    @Dutch_bastard_23 Před rokem

    "Not a cat"

  • @Helldiver44326
    @Helldiver44326 Před rokem +1

    when baldrick was actually a witch

  • @KhalsaJones
    @KhalsaJones Před 3 lety +1

    Hacienda