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Captain Blackadder is court-martialed for killing a pigeon.
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[@CrazyCreeps]

I love how George doesn't consider for a second that his summary might be wrong or incomplete until Blackadder turns the page.

[@bthy384]

University education, you can't beat it

[@OG_BlackBazooka]

@@bthy384 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oo-mu1cu]

@@bthy384 😂😂😂😂

[@frederickpurcell7478]

The definition of kangaroo court

[@tomlxyz]

Can happen if you're too focused on reading/presentation

[@aspero_yt411]

Lifespan of a Pigeon : 15 Years General Melchett : My only childhood friend

[@AudieHolland]

@Greg Elchert Thinking the same thing. It makes Melchett look even sillier.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@Greg Elchert Must be a British thing. Ronald Weasly had the same rat in the family for almost two decades right? The irony is that never occurred to me back then that rats have a lifespan of 2 years usually.

[@toxikyle5419]

@@JonatasAdoM Ron only had the rat for a couple years though. Also it wasn't actually a rat, but a person who had transformed himself into a rat, so still had a human lifespan.

[@brooktheskeleton3973]

A lifespan of a pigeon is 5 years at average. A lifespan of a carrier pigeon (the pigeon they are talking about this video or show) is 15 years at average. It's an "average" lifespan. The longest lifespan of a carrier pigeon ever recorded is 33 years, so it's still possible.

[@elijahhawkins5882]

@@brooktheskeleton3973 Yeah, but I think it's funnier if someone is constantly replacing the pigeon because he/she doesn't have the stomach to tell General Melchett.

[@brigadier-tc8565]

*Before we proceed to the formality of sentencing of the deceased, I mean the defendant* gets me every time

[@alexburja]

I love the way the other Judges laugh with him.

[@AchLmao]

Yeah

[@danw1374]

😂😂

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

You should watch the bloopers. No one could get through it either

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

Watch it all but the court scene is at 1:20 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4LHaJyZntqSibs

[@vtron9832]

“Can you see Captain Blackadder anywhere in this courtroom?” “THAT’S HIM, THAT’S HIM, THAT’S THE MAN, AAAHHH!!!” I died.

[@jacoblaursen4812]

And then the instant flip to joyfull commencemebt of his work "splendid, excellent"

[@Sopranoscrew.311]

Stephen Fry's performance in that scene had tears rolling down my eyes I was laughing so hard.

[@mrvillan6951]

The way Captain Darling asks if the General can see Captain Blackadder anywhere in the court, and then points directly at him is brilliant.

[@IchBinJager]

I don't know how he found him guilty. That private did a fantastic job of denying everything!

[@IdoTheChoombi]

no he didn't!

[@Warriorking.1963]

The witness for the prosecution was very convincing though.

[@dusathemaid]

@@IdoTheChoombi Yes he did!

[@himadridas7101]

@@dusathemaid the joke went straight over your head, didn't it

[@dusathemaid]

@@himadridas7101 I was referencing Monty Python, so... I'd say it went straight over yours.

[@cgulljbravi8264]

Stephen Fry's acting on the witness stand is one of the best in the whole series.

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

General Melchett was a brilliant character played to perfection by Stephen Fry. He was never less than very funny sometimes stunningly good

[@ProfessorHeavyTF2]

1:23 This laugh is just amazing.

[@LL-ow1qt]

I was just about to write 🤣

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

Comedic talent overload!

[@johannesnicolaas]

Typical an aristocrate getting excited to sentence a lowly person to death.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Yep. Wonderful.

[@TheTsar1918]

British Elmer Fudd

[@turmuthoer]

We didn’t receive any messages and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot the delicious plump-breasted pigeon.

[@ItsMrJoshua786]

3 years late, but I love ur profile picture

[@FigureGunplaFan]

*_What!?_*

[@jorell_lucena]

"You want to be cremated, Baldrick, or buried at sea?"

[@dodge2322]

@@jorell_lucena erm...

[@HaveANiceDayLol.]

@@jorell_lucena "No!"

[@natsrich1948]

sheer genius,all the deaths on the front and General not bothered one bit but when it comes to Speckled Jim he's heartbroken hahaha

[@Remlundskan]

He didn't even react this way when his fair Georgina blew into smithereens.

[@Meanmanmartin2007]

With fifty thousand men getting killed each week who's going to miss a pigeon?

[@chrisholland7367]

nats rich During ww1 the British army executed over 300 of its own troops.

[@malcolmabram2957]

And that is exactly why it is such brilliant satire.

[@Isleofskye]

Co-incidence. I knew someone with your very name @ @@chrisholland7367

[@gyrofoam1]

"THAT'S HIM!, THAT'S HIM!, THAT'S THE MAN! AAAHHH!!"

[@henrikhyrup3995]

NO IT ISN'T!

[@MrDaiseymay]

@Greg Elchert after all these years, I've only just noticed, Darling actually points strait at Blackadder, as he asks Melchett to point him out.

[@enkisdaughter4795]

@@henrikhyrup3995 😅😊😊moments😅😅🎉😊z &😅😅’n😮nn😅😮😊nm 😊m 2:45 n😮my

[@ben8209]

The way Melchett walks to and from the witness box has me in stitches every time!

[@danielvanr.8681]

Especially on his way back: "Excellent, splendid, first-class!" I've started saying the same at work (though with variations, depending on context) whenever something is going right (for once, hehe). My variations are usually replacing a word with "lovely stuff", or use French instead: "magnifique, merveilleux, superlatif !" 🤣

[@GaelicCelt1990]

"Yes, can I have an alarm call, please?"

[@delpantion6045]

GaelicCelt1990 yes it might very well be true that Rowan Atkinson is the histories world's greatest human being and the absolute peak of humanities genius

[@johnking5174]

Notice at 1:18 that Rowan is trying so hard not to laugh. That is because that short bit where Melchett said Blackadder is to be shot took ages to do, as Hugh Laurie and Rowan kept trying to make Stephen Fry laugh. You can see it in the outtakes clips where he says to Hugh leave the room, because he kept making him laugh.

[@zleeloo]

+John King please do share the link of that outtake!

[@icanicant1850]

+Yumeng Zhao Its in here Yumeng

[@Whoami691]

+John King "It's Hugh, It's Hugh Bloody Laurie!"

[@SubjectRandom21]

@@zleeloo A few years later and here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4LHaJyZntqSibs&frags=pl%2Cwn

[@haroon69]

SubjectRandom and the time stamp on that video is 1:17

[@X-SPONGED]

Blackadder : "deny everything" Baldrick : "and I took that literally"

[@skaterpulse6746]

"Come on Baldrick be a bit more helpful it's me" "No it isn't!" Always gets me going 😂

[@gr4y_m4n]

He was just following orders

[@rangers199487]

This show, among many others, shows how great the British are at making sitcoms. God bless the UK and the BBC.

[@georgecrompton8663]

Not so much anymore sadly it's mostly reality tv now, they don't have to pay them as much.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

Were*

[@johnbanks4761]

they USED to make great sitcoms.......now they just butcher the very term

[@calebsanders1078]

Eww, a brit simp

[@sstuddert]

God bless the UK and the Big B…

[@redsquirrel1086]

At its best nothing can match British humor. This is brilliant.

[@craigeager791]

I love how Baldrick just says NO!

[@u.v.s.5583]

He is acting on command from a senior officer.

[@kidpeligro7878]

Audience's reaction when Baldrick was called as witness. They already knew whats going to happen. And then Baldrick's face when told to deny everything was like "I got this" 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelinlofi]

The British excel at setting up a joke where the audience knows exactly what's about to happen while keeping it funny. Yes, Minister did it all the time

[@cyrilrogan4069]

"Can this comedy ever be bettered???" "NO!!"

[@tjc89]

Tim McInnerry sells this scene so well! " did you own speckled Jim, which you HAND REARED since a child (looks solemn)"

[@trickykid73]

If i ever bought a Pigeon as a pet i would call it Speckled Jim .

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

British comedy at it's finest !!!

[@albertmccready478]

its probably closer to a documentary than anyone realises

[@JonatasAdoM]

I lost it completely at the "no it isn't!"

[@EditorOfSL]

“...Sentencing the deceased - I mean the defendant!” Touch of parapraxis there, Melchett?

[@darrylwynwilliams1760]

Judge General Melchett : "Oh Clerk, pass me that Black Cap will you - I'll be needing that " Captain Blackadder : "I love a fair trial" ! 😀😁

[@989Mojo]

forever to be held up as an example of English law ...

[@mrwoo1]

You've never been in the military then...

[@samuelfrew7102]

Handled realistically too. It's such a sham of a hearing that he's ordered to be freed.

[@eggmeister6641]

@@mrwoo1 You've never read a joke then...

[@GeorgeMonet]

This actually goes against English law. You cannot ask a witness who didn't see the crime take place if the accused committed the crime.

[@Fif0l]

@@GeorgeMonet joke ----------------------> your head

[@animeyahallo3887]

"Before we proceed to the formality with sentencing the deceased, I mean the defendant. Hehehehhe"

[@tanned_cosines_]

that unique laugh can not be reproduced 🤣🤣🤣 Stephen Fry is GawD

[@samratjpatil]

My god! The depth of writing and performances is unmatched to this date, this is by far the best comedy I've seen. It all started for me with the queenies loud screams in season 2 which I thought was fairly funny, and it still is, but later as I started comprehending the dialogues a bit more, this was just too special. I still watch at least one episode almost fortnightly and I'm surprised I still find nuances and dialogues I'd missed all this while. Brilliant!

[@midshipsport]

A dream team of comedians in one courtroom.

[@bitumenroad4648]

The way he flips the page 😂😂😂

[@carpypark]

I adore 2 and 3, but I think this is my favourite scene. Fry is just brilliant.

[@LizBiz87]

Can't be that good, he isn't around anymore- all the rest of them have gone on to better things, where is he?

[@DoubleBread]

LizBiz87 I think he does the things he wishes to do. He's always been an incredible actor, and I mean it - his facial expressions, the humour, the gestures and of course the language. The thing is, he was born comedian. Laurie chose the path of a serious actor, Fry worked on other projects, but don't forget he's not only an actor. He worked a lot on his books and documents and had interest in real political/moral/religious issues. I think he's done well.

[@kevinlumoindong3498]

Baldrick : NO!!!

[@ScotishChristian]

At least he follows orders...

[@mickresistor4373]

Calling one of the judges to the stand... BRILLIANT move by the prosecutor!

[@deployedkitty]

The first Blackadder started out a prince, the second a nobleman, the third a butler and finally the fourth a mere captain in a trench. Incidentally Baldrick's descendants became dumber with each generation. So sad.

[@Hittingitstiff]

Debatable. I always thought that Blackadder was at his most Machiavellian, intelligent best in the 3rd series.

[@h.s6352]

Orn Gorn If anything changed in Blackadder as a person while going down the social ladder, it's that he became less evil and malicious. By Goes Fourth he is simply trying to do what all of us would have - escape certian pointless death by the German machine guns - and he isnt really harming anybody by doing that.

[@V45194]

A captain who was smarter than the general. A butler who was smarter than the master. Brilliant commentary on social hierarchy.

[@GuruJudge21]

Well, the Third Blackadder did become King George IV, so...

[@agenttheater5]

The Cavelier years explain their social descent. Blackadder was a royalist and a member of nobility right up until he and Baldrick were cornered in the kitchen with the baby prince by the roundheads, when Blackadder reflected that now would be the time for a man of honour to risk everything for the king, but that being a Blackadder, he's not a man of honour and quickly changed sides and wigs.

[@danielwaugh2215]

"I firmly believe that like me, you will conclude that Captain Blackadder is in fact totally and utterly, GUILTY!" Sits down*

[@LachlanMorris]

OF NOTHING MORE...

[@Sinkiolda]

​@@LachlanMorris than trying to his duty on a difficult circumstances!

[@valkyria086]

Blackadder: DENY everything, Baldrick. >Baldrick nods with confidence. George: Are you Pvt. Baldrick? Baldrick: NO!

[@user-ok1yl3px3b]

Well, um.. but you are Captain Blakkader's batman?

[@TitanWar93]

@@user-ok1yl3px3b No!

[@jrirch2089]

@@TitanWar93 come on Baldrick be a bit more helpful it’s me!

[@jsgwithastrangehat319]

@@jrirch2089 NO IT ISNT!

[@dangerdean9066]

@@TitanWar93 *slams head on the table*

[@mortechrome]

”Baldrick, do you want to be cremated or buried at sea?” ”Hmmm...” 😂

[@techtipsuk]

Still nothing to beat it. Stephen Fry is absolutely brilliant as Melchet.

[@jeremydabal9000]

Funniest court trial ever 🤣😂

[@DylanDude]

"Are you a human being?" "NO!" "But, you are a soldier, aren't you?" "NO!" "...Come now, Boldrick, this is serious." "NO IT ISN'T!"

[@janarnold5569]

True

[@DigiAkuma]

Well, Private Baldrick does know how to follow orders. He was told to deny everything, and that's what he did.

[@awddfg]

@@janarnold5569 *_FALSE!_*

[@awddfg]

@@DigiAkuma *_NOT TRUE!_*

[@janarnold5569]

@@awddfg What a nuisance

[@nothajzl]

That's Stephen Fry's best role imo 🤣

[@markrobertbb]

I write speeches for a living. Because of this skit, I make sure to check that paragraphs don't cut across pages as much as possible.

[@SgtStevePH]

You can tell that Stephen Fry was also caught off-guard when he said "...the formality of sentencing the deceased- I mean the defendant." It's the funniest part of the series for me

[@GasCityGuy]

Absolutely brilliant! The outtakes from this scene are equally hilarious as Huge Laurie had Stephen Fry cracking up.

[@stevem2323]

Laurie is huge?

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

I need to say, Stephen Fry's laugh in 'Goes Forth' is brilliant. I also need to say, I only now realise 'Goes Forth' is a play on words for it being the fourth season.

[@englishguy2010]

To be fair, Baldrick WAS just obeying an order lol

[@leftieloosers]

Brilliant - also love the scenes with the firing squad when they came to visit him and when they lined up to shoot him. Pure comedy genius.

[@ofeyofey]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYirhJ6Ygp6td7c

[@alrafter1593]

Yes, they aim toplease

[@cartmanrlsusall]

The cast is having a good time on this show and it spills over in the brilliant performance they give

[@duxtravuniae2845]

Me rolling on the floor every time watching this scene..😄 Atkinson, Fry, Lawrie- comedy giants.

[@roslanawang2689]

A little shoutout to the soldiers guarding behind who got passion in their career

[@morgandisabato5848]

some of the best written comedy ever

[@philipsadler1724]

I remember watching this as a child and laughing SO hard at Baldrick :)

[@niklasdanielson2728]

Can't blame him. He was told do deny everything and he did EXACTLY what he was told

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Also he was merely carrying out instructions when he interrupted Lady Farrow as she was about to go down on "Lord Farrow"...

[@johnguthrie7141]

Blackadder was in court because of earlier denials by Baldrick and George. 😅

[@samalvey8168]

"Deny everything, Baldrick." Didn't think that one all the way through, did you?

[@NP-zl7dz]

Darling: I call my first witness, THE KING IN THE NORTH!!

[@Iosephus_Michaelis]

Hahaha it's so weird to see Lord Percy all mature

[@currahee1782]

Before House Glover... there was House Darling.

[@renlentlesstourist7574]

Although the Duchy of Northumberland was not created until the mid to late 1700s.... Yet Blackadder quotes it during the tudor period.

[@ianfindlay865]

+The Hard Tourist Oh, please! You must be a barrel of fun on a coach tour.

[@renlentlesstourist7574]

Ian Findlay I did wonder why Coach trip turned me down!

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

2:11 I’ve never seen any man changed his mood in such a quick time.

[@TheArcher101]

And him "grieving" Georgina 😂

[@jessiejames7492]

hugh laurie was just brilliant.

[@shojaejlali1290]

I'm sure the "you know nothing " scene between Manuel and basil faulty was a big influence on the start of this scene

[@anttibjorklund1869]

The actors playing the other two judges must have had a hard time trying not to laugh.

[@stijnvandamme76]

Epic performance by Stephen Fry

[@sas2300]

The bit where george reads the closing statement is absolutely comedy gold.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

You mean ... comedy green. :P

[@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin]

"Splendid. Excellent. First class"

[@ajthereptile]

0:17 are you Baldrick? NO

[@cnote2458]

It’s that little nod Balders gives to Blackadder for reassuring. That always starts the giggles 😂

[@jerryumfress9030]

The writers of these episodes are at the genius level 😎

[@ashishbhatt3033]

Peak of british comedy

[@eirham2]

YES YES IT'S HIM! AAAAARRRGH!!

[@Bebe-rn2fh]

“your only childhood friend” i love how this implies that Speckled Jim was at least 30-40 years old by the time of his demise

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

Was the demise caused by the deceas...i mean the defendant sir?

[@TheNorthie]

It’s sad that I never saw Hugh Laurie before House. He is really funny and I’m glad I discovered him in this

[@OneofInfinity.]

If u haven't yet, check out - Jeeves and Wooster.

[@DoubleBread]

The Northie I found Laurie through House MD as well, but I think it's mainly because I'm from the Czech Republic, not England. But damn, am I glad I had deeper interests in the Fry & Laurie duo.

[@76juno]

This is bloody funny even by Blackadder standards. Classic stuff!

[@Visnjik1986]

my favorite comedy scene of all time

[@MrTarmonbarry]

the end line should have been '' Do you mind if i have an alarm call , i'd hate to be late'

[@sandyx7381]

Who thought George would become a world-class life saving doctor?

[@dude97x]

1:24 that laugh is just something else :DD

[@AjayDas-pr8ki]

there is something very genuinely fascinating about English actors. They can pull off everything so easily. Hugh Laurie is one of the best actors of our generation.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

As opposed to any other actor which don’t pull off everything so easily I don’t get what you’re going on about

[@nickolaynickolov6641]

Darling, pointing at Blackadder: "Can you see Captain blackadder anywhere in this courtroom?"

[@233Deadman]

OBJECTION! leading the witness.

[@u.v.s.5583]

@Bilal Khalid No further questions.

[@dbasrus]

THE best scene of the entire series!

[@mihailtodorov608]

THAT'S HIM! THAT'S HIM!! THAT'S THE MAN!!! AAAAAH!!!!!!

[@lucas82]

Everyone needs a homie as loyal as Baldrick.

[@samsung-galaxy]

The best British comedy

[@MichaelFreckelton]

I love how they were laughing before Baldrick even said anything, because they all knew what was going to happen

[@3dgar7eandro]

There are to many good actors on the same clip🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@lite4919]

Steven Fry is terrifying as Melchett...

[@niklar55]

Great series, BBC at its old best. .

[@RYCHU96]

No it isn't

[@redsquirrel1086]

This is absolutely wonderful.

[@louispks]

The BBC where on there A game in the late eighties with sitcoms Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Rab C Nesbitt, Red Dwarf evey night a classic was on.

[@jimmyboy630]

2:13 Splendid, Excellent, First Class 👏

[@buster730]

who would dislike this? its hilarious

[@ian1231100]

The pigeon.

[@chfgbp6098]

The best Black adder series

[@johnmason5389]

To my friend Melv Finch R I P always missed never forgotten

[@junaid12345678901234]

that nod 0:11 exuding confidence only made the rest of the dialogues much more funnier.

[@terrystephens1102]

Outstanding humour 👏👏👏👏

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

The Flanders pigeon murderer 😆

[@AjayRaj-vz2fz]

Dr. HOUSE AND Mr. BEAN 😁

[@42lookc]

That first "NAO!" was the funniest in all cinema!

[@jbcheema9883]

Splendid. Excellent. First Class.

[@cyrilrogan4069]

Superb Humour,superb comedy!!!

[@mayankverma67]

Three to four legendary actor in the same room. It's too big for any tv show to handle. Need it in a single movie or series pack. BBC should understand the gems they have and need to showcase them to the world.

[@CloneJFK]

I realised the only reason Blackadder escaped the execution on a technicality is because Darling called Melchett to the stand. A judge can't be a witness for the prosecution!