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A RICH Episode?! Americans React To "Blackadder - S2E4 - Money"

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Embrace The Suck 21

Embrace The Suck 21

Күн бұрын

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@tobeski
@tobeski Жыл бұрын
£1,000 in 1600 (Elizabeth died in 1603) would be worth around £250,000 / $320,000 in modern money
@mango4ttwo635
@mango4ttwo635 9 ай бұрын
way more than that
@timholder6825
@timholder6825 4 ай бұрын
£370,000
@Kub44682
@Kub44682 15 күн бұрын
Overshot it slightly, apparently. According to the United Kingdom national archives it would cost around £204,554 and 70 pence. Thats how much 1000 of the British pound from then would be equivalent to, in modern currency, which has been subject to several changes in the British banking system, since then, so thats probably, even then, a rough estimate. You put a lot of faith in Britain and it's ability to grow and prosper whoever said it was 370,000 .. 😂
@franohmsford7548
@franohmsford7548 Жыл бұрын
The Bishop of Bath & Welles was played by Ronald Lacey of Raiders of the Lost Ark Fame :)
@charliegeorge9393
@charliegeorge9393 Жыл бұрын
And he was in Porridge
@dace48
@dace48 Жыл бұрын
I have spent over 30 years (god time has gone by fast) saying "Could it be true? A nugget of Purest green!"
@GBURGE55
@GBURGE55 2 күн бұрын
You & me both!
@nonautomaton6230
@nonautomaton6230 Жыл бұрын
Taking the date as being around 1565 or so, assuming Elizabeth is about ~30yrs old - the £1000 would be worth precisely £421,200.38; - According to the Bank of England inflation calculator.
@Rocket1377
@Rocket1377 Жыл бұрын
The character Tom who pesters Blackadder when he visits the graveyard is the same guy who sings the end credits songs.
@garysmith2450
@garysmith2450 Жыл бұрын
“Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings” is a quote from Shakespeare’s Richard II.
@slytheringingerwitch
@slytheringingerwitch Жыл бұрын
Blackadder is okay, Blackadder II is hilarious, Blackadder the Third is awesome and certain episodes are often quoted. As for Blackadder goes Forth, its brilliant and well, its a totally different style but just as good. This is clever humour, British comedy at it's best and my personal favourite.
@blackwater009
@blackwater009 11 ай бұрын
The first description with which I totally agree. Forth is wonderful, but for me, Blackadder the Third is legendary and the first thing that springs to mind when someone mentions the series.
@slytheringingerwitch
@slytheringingerwitch 11 ай бұрын
@@blackwater009 Especially the diary episode.
@ianstopher9111
@ianstopher9111 Жыл бұрын
Leonardo Acropolis is played by the great Phil Pope.
@jasonyoung7705
@jasonyoung7705 Жыл бұрын
"Drugged, by God" "No by Baldric actually, but the effect is much the same"
@vallejomach6721
@vallejomach6721 Жыл бұрын
Series One is a totally different beast altogether. It's not a straight up typical sitcom. There's arguably more historical events and medieval life stuff (albeit some of which is anachronistic) but it was also a parody of British costume dramas. It was also shot in much bigger cinematic scale and much bigger cast...large sets, castles, fog, battles etc and shot like a movie rather than a TV show. It was thus expensive, and future episodes were originally cancelled until Richard Curtis basically begged for it to be continued under the premise that the format would be changed. For what became the later series it was agreed upon to narrow the focus, scope and costs of production. Blackadder is also quite a bit more unlikeable in it...weasley and snide...and stupid; more of a nasty Mr Bean. Baldrick is the smarter one. There's also no audience, so the more movie-like feel had a big effect on how the comedy came across. Atkinson stepped away from being a main writer and Ben Elton was brought in as writer from series 2 on. That, with the reduced cast and smaller situation comedy, tightened it all up into what it became. It also ended up being written almost by committee with the main cast members contributing and thrashing out the lines over and over with rewrite after rewrite being done with every episode, which under normal circumstances you might think would be disastrous, but somehow worked.
@stewedfishproductions7959
@stewedfishproductions7959 Жыл бұрын
You also forgot to mention Blackadder's father played by _(a 'national treasure'),_ Brian Blessed _(as King Richard IV)_ who is an absolute 'scene stealer' with his booming voice and presence... Plenty of short clips featuring BB on YT !
@Rocket1377
@Rocket1377 Жыл бұрын
It's because Rowan Atkinson was one of the writers on series 1, and when it came time to film the show, he realised he hadn't prepared for the role at all. So he was still trying to decide how to play the character. In the pilot, he was much closer to the more intelligent, sarcastic Blackadder, but he second guessed himself and made him more gormless in the finished series (which was a huge mistake). For series 2 onwards, he decided to concentrate on his acting instead, and Ben Elton took over his writing duties.
@Tomurow
@Tomurow Жыл бұрын
The Bishop is Ron Lacey the bespectacled Gestapo Nazi from Raiders of the Lost Ark! Now that's acting!
@brucewilliams4152
@brucewilliams4152 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@ianstopher9111
@ianstopher9111 Жыл бұрын
Ronald Lacey had a lot of roles. I remember him as Horrible Harris in Porridge.
@brucedickinson12
@brucedickinson12 Жыл бұрын
​@@ianstopher9111Terry's brother in law in the likely lads
@andyblogger1
@andyblogger1 Жыл бұрын
The late, great Ronald Lacey as the bishop.
@noahlogue
@noahlogue Жыл бұрын
Love this series
@MarcDonald-t1t
@MarcDonald-t1t Жыл бұрын
There is a great Christmas one off episode which is a sort of Christmas carol parody I can't remember what it's called but if you can find it, you will not be disappointed.
@jessiechen279
@jessiechen279 Жыл бұрын
I always loved "Queenie's" squel and crazy nature 😅
@robboxify
@robboxify Жыл бұрын
There's a little bit of the Bishop of Bath and Wells in all of us
@Extra_050
@Extra_050 Жыл бұрын
£1000 would indeed have been a tremendous amount at the time when this was set. To put it into perspective for you, William Shakespeare was able to buy one of the largest houses in Stratford-upon-Avon for the equivalent of just £50.
@EnigmaStar153
@EnigmaStar153 Жыл бұрын
Queen Elizabeth saying I will knock your block off is great
@leighmonty13
@leighmonty13 Жыл бұрын
A nugget of the purest green
@TheGinglymus
@TheGinglymus Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best comedy series
@mikeymikeFType
@mikeymikeFType Жыл бұрын
One of the best episodes. Good call
@darrenbrown4605
@darrenbrown4605 Жыл бұрын
Watch a blackadder Christmas carol 🙌
@thebig9720
@thebig9720 Жыл бұрын
Seen it, pinched it, spent it
@liamwarner5749
@liamwarner5749 Жыл бұрын
Melchy is playing a very dangerous game encouraging the queen to just take money off nobles like that.
@Mike-rw2nh
@Mike-rw2nh Жыл бұрын
Ronald Lacey aka TBEBOBAW/Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
@nrrork
@nrrork Жыл бұрын
It's almost impossible to really compare money's buying power then versus now. It's not like you could buy a Bentley for 1000 pounds back then. Most luxury goods of their era can be found at Walmart now. A modern supermarket would be like an orgy of excess to them.
@neorich59
@neorich59 8 ай бұрын
There's a horribly "dark" moment when Queenie tells Melchitt that she's going to have him executed and then bursts out laughing. The look on Stephen Fry's face as he cries, "thank God for the gift of laughter!" How scary, in reality to be subject to the whims of absolute monarchy!
@GeneralHewett13
@GeneralHewett13 Жыл бұрын
Okay, Random Suggestion: There’s this TV Comedy sketch called “Thomas the Tanked Up Engine” it’s pretty funny.
@intothemindshaft
@intothemindshaft Жыл бұрын
Been a while since I watched these - had the dvd box set but it got lost to soils of war 😢
@frozengamer3030
@frozengamer3030 Жыл бұрын
The beard suits rowan
@nez9751
@nez9751 Жыл бұрын
Peter sutcliffe
@jamesleate
@jamesleate Жыл бұрын
It. depends on the date, (in 1560 which is mentioned in one of the episodes £1000 would be worth over £420,000 today).
@lmillssafc
@lmillssafc Жыл бұрын
I don’t think this series starts slow. You probably think it does because you’re getting to know the characters better. Superb cast. The Fourth ‘season’ is even better. Enjoy.
@Rocket1377
@Rocket1377 Жыл бұрын
Yes, the first episode is excellent. It was actually intended to be the second episode, but it was aired out of order (you can tell because Percy shaves his beard off during Bells, but still had it in Head). I think if they had rewatched Bells now, they would enjoy it far more.
@quagsnake
@quagsnake Жыл бұрын
I think it's not so much that the episodes get better, it's that you're becoming more familiar with the characters and structure of the show and more in tune with the humour. I think the first episode is one of my favourites.
@nez9751
@nez9751 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe everyone seems to be debating the rate of inflation from the 15-1600s 😂😂
@katsmith4268
@katsmith4268 Жыл бұрын
Oh, my absolute favourite 😅
@Wolfinator234
@Wolfinator234 Жыл бұрын
Mrs. Pants is Mrs. Patmore, omg
@Krakas_Kul
@Krakas_Kul Жыл бұрын
I agree that the first series is not as consistently funny as the subsequent series although it has its own golden moments, but still worth a watch if for nothing more than to enjoy the "Brian Blessed" experience - he is a tour de force and a national treasure & I'm sure you'd love jumping down that rabbit hole.
@tomarmstrong5244
@tomarmstrong5244 Жыл бұрын
I don’t think this series starts slow. More likely, it's you lot adjusting to British humour.
@charliegeorge9393
@charliegeorge9393 Жыл бұрын
This and Potato my faves!
@nez9751
@nez9751 Жыл бұрын
Head
@michael56521
@michael56521 Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for you to watch the beer episode 😁 that's my favourite in series 2
@robboxify
@robboxify Жыл бұрын
Yes - that's the turnip one isn't it - best one of the series
@goodshipkaraboudjan
@goodshipkaraboudjan Жыл бұрын
Great booze up.
@michael56521
@michael56521 Жыл бұрын
[drunk and singing] "See the little goblin, see his little feet, and his little nosey-wose, isn't the goblin sweet?"
@nicholassharp5094
@nicholassharp5094 10 ай бұрын
Where is the s2 e3 reaction?
@HG_Budde
@HG_Budde 11 ай бұрын
Is it my headphones or is your background noise dampening a bit agressive? Sounds as if you were using a can phone as the studio mic.. 😁
@mango4ttwo635
@mango4ttwo635 9 ай бұрын
£20-30,000? £1000 back then would be millions today
@gedscouserable
@gedscouserable Жыл бұрын
£1000 in 1600 had the approximate spending power of £140000 today.
@brucewilliams4152
@brucewilliams4152 Жыл бұрын
Blackwater is brilliant, I enjoy all series. I hope you discover 'up start crow'.
@Wabbit_Hunta
@Wabbit_Hunta Жыл бұрын
Don't you mean Blackadder and Upstart Crow, or are you on a windup with the typo's?
@10thdoctor15
@10thdoctor15 Жыл бұрын
Difficult to say how much £1,000 is exactly. If the series is set in the 1550s, it would be at least £250,000 now.
@franohmsford7548
@franohmsford7548 Жыл бұрын
Anne of Cleves died in 1557 so this episode at least is set no later than that. However Walter Raleigh was born in 1552 and didn't set off to explore the New World till 1584 so that would mean Potato was set in the 1580s or 1590s. As usual Blackadder was very loose with the timeline :)
@10thdoctor15
@10thdoctor15 Жыл бұрын
@@franohmsford7548 Also, the Queen was very imaginative to have dreamt of being a sausage roll. At least it was certainly set after the 100 years war.
@informedchoice2249
@informedchoice2249 Жыл бұрын
More like £1,000,000 in the equivalent I think is the 1600s it's a long bloody time ago.
@muppeteer
@muppeteer Жыл бұрын
A thousand pound in Elizabethan times was worth a thousand pounds in the 1500's when adjusted for inflation...About 30 pence in today's money...or one lump of green
@dantean
@dantean Жыл бұрын
What the hell are you two doing cutting out your laughing at the gags?! Your analysis-after-the-jokes are alright (I guess), but it's laughing along with the hosts that makes these things fun, not some "Episode's Greatest Hits" rundown like an 80's TV dance show where you go from punchline to punchline. Let's see some guffawing out there, boys!
@adamkalaher8022
@adamkalaher8022 Жыл бұрын
Look out for Miriam Margoyles in the next ep.
@duckarse11
@duckarse11 Жыл бұрын
A 1000 back then was about £233,311.00
@Thescottishguyreacts
@Thescottishguyreacts Жыл бұрын
After this needs to be season 3 then 4
@johnnyd1790
@johnnyd1790 Жыл бұрын
Season 4 is WW2, actually the best.✌️
@chrismorris76
@chrismorris76 Ай бұрын
Please do research Ronald William Lacey
@spearhafoc
@spearhafoc Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately you won't see the true progression of Blackadder as you listened to the shouty people and missed out the first series. Yes, the first series isn't as good as the second but it has some excellent jokes and episodes such as Born To Be King, The Archbishop and The Queen Of Spain's Beard.
@greygreen5610
@greygreen5610 Жыл бұрын
1000 pounds then would be worth 234,000 today approx it would have taken a skilled tradesman over 90 years to earn it back then
@4yaears
@4yaears Жыл бұрын
Guys, I beg you! Please improve the editing. Sometimes we don’t even hear the punchline never mind see your reaction.
@CrowVWade
@CrowVWade Жыл бұрын
I didn’t mention it before because I assumed you’d fix it, but what the fuck is with your tin can audio?
@phil8821
@phil8821 Жыл бұрын
The microphone on the headset is pointed up....
@MelanieMaguire
@MelanieMaguire Жыл бұрын
The first season isn't nearly as funny as the next 3. Blackadder is a totally different character - sort of more a bumbling, dribbling Mr. Bean. The sharp comedy in S2 -S4 is all about Blackadder's dry sarcastic wit - wordplay. This is nothing like the first series which is more of a farce. I didn't find the first series very funny at all.
@darthdmc
@darthdmc Жыл бұрын
Next one is the best
@nickquantrill985
@nickquantrill985 Жыл бұрын
£650,000 In today’s Money.
@CyberBeep_kenshi
@CyberBeep_kenshi Жыл бұрын
1st season is great, people whine too much, and you miss a Lot of the jokes in other seasons
@Roz-y2d
@Roz-y2d Жыл бұрын
The first season didn’t do it for me, but I loved the rest.
@stewedfishproductions7959
@stewedfishproductions7959 Жыл бұрын
I liked the first season too... especially as it has Brian Blessed. I understand Blackadder's character was 'wimpish' and by changing that, he became more defined and 'smart', but the sets were bigger and more lavish (with outside filming too!).
@CyberBeep_kenshi
@CyberBeep_kenshi Жыл бұрын
@@stewedfishproductions7959 brian is such a legend :-))
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