Blackadder Johnson's Dictionary

[@purplezebrahoover]

RIP Robbie. An absolute comedy colossus.

[@koitorob]

I think Blackadder is the first time i saw Robbie on the telly. I've been laughing at him ever since!

[@matthewdobson525]

This scene never fails to have me in stitches. Fantastic stuff! RIP Robbie.

[@elizabethellis9062]

He was a great talent.

[@Grundy74]

Greatest comedy sketch ever imo

[@zapkvr]

Here! Here! Pure genius

[@Tilion462]

I am pericombobulated, anaspeptic, frasmotic, and even compunctuous with the passing of Robbie Coltrane. RIP.

[@highpath4776]

Do those words actually exist ? ( although I suppose pericombobulated is related to discombobulation and can be created from the underlying root words. Note pericombobulated was not in microsoft edge dictionary and required being added to it

[@andreasretish3356]

​@@highpath4776 I've just googled them, they do exist

[@michaelrex6948]

@@highpath4776 They exist in Wiktionary with exclusive reference to this episode of Blackadder.

[@highpath4776]

@@michaelrex6948 They appear to be creations of words made of "Peri" = around , combobulated ( presumably the opposite of discombobulated ) which really a main dictionary would put under the main word ( so Peptic for example )

[@winifredtrout1]

Terribly nice

[@ZondaFRoadster]

Rest in peace, Robbie Coltrane. My most enthusiastic contrafibularities for the joy you brought us.

[@John_Corrigan]

Brilliant lol....he really was a gift and a giant to TV RIP iMr Coltrane OBE

[@m7a7aljahdli]

Do you know what that word mean ?

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

I shall return interfrastically 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LordoftheSith]

I’m anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulations!

[@skippykaufman4436]

Wibble!! Why, It is a common word “down our way.”

[@williamturner7580]

Robbie Coltrane's facial expressions when Blackadder is 'getting it right up him' are comedy gold. Acting at its ultimate best.

[@Useaname]

He will always be the best Dr Johnson

[@katebriscoe6103]

This episode has several of the best lines in the whole series and I watch it repeatedly

[@skippykaufman4436]

I love “down our way.” Rowan suddenly talks like a commoner.

[@chrismyhill7207]

"Every single one, sir?". You know what's coming - and it's hilarious. Comedy genius.

[@skippykaufman4436]

Rowan’s line delivery + the writing team = GOLD.

[@Super_Pandas]

"And what is that sir, Dictionary 2? The return of the killer dictionary?" Never gets old 😂

[@patriceaqa288]

A impersonal pronoun. It doesn't really mean anything

[@areaxisthegurkha]

@@patriceaqa288 it does though, it's a sarcastic remark.

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

😂😂😂😂

[@AllForJesusAndMary]

@@patriceaqa288comedy doesn’t do you does it.

[@patriceaqa288]

@@areaxisthegurkha I do know that

[@danielfrancis3660]

Such clever writing. One of the best comedy scenes ever.

[@robertrickwood8896]

Rip Robbie Coltrane. Brilliant soul. You will be missed

[@DieFlabbergast]

"Certainly, Sir. Anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous extramuralisation." Utter genius!

[@stephaniefaypage8028]

Yeah

[@Littleknockoutkidmac]

I still have to figure out what made the british think it was a practical idea to come up with such a word, all to say “go outside somewhere”.

[@mortyp473]

@@Littleknockoutkidmac Brevity.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@Littleknockoutkidmac That's the point: it is not a real word, but it is easily comprehensible if you know any Latin.

[@yama5182]

Omg!! It’s brilliant!! 🔥🤣

[@lodgecav490]

This is the first acting scene I thought of when I heard of Robbie’s passing. RIP Robbie, legend.

[@stevebrown3559]

Me too...

[@lamueldagon7618]

And me too, this is my favourite episode of third series. It's so funny i remember being 11 years old and looking up these words!

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

"I shall return interfrastically" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@pauljefferies3730]

I need to watch this episode tonight. One of Blackadder's best! RIP Robbie Coltrane.

[@mirtikaschultz3282]

I will never tire of Regency Blackaddfer, the best of the different historical eras in the series. Laurie is a delight! And oh, how we will miss Johnson/Hagrid/Robbie. RIP

[@simonedwards9450]

RIP to one of the greatest actors of all time! This was just one of his many great performances. A true actor and gentleman.

[@BeefotronX]

Neither "Aardvark" nor "sausage" appear in Johnson's dictionary. I checked.

[@ForeverFallingCrescent]

That makes this better.

[@russcooke5671]

Aardvark is the first word in the dictionary

[@connormclernon26]

@@russcooke5671 not in his

[@JediJaras]

Actually, it turns out "sausage" is in Johnson's dictionary, just in the wrong place - the book got the word 'u' and 'v' mixed up, so "sausage" would have come after all the words beginning with "sav-".

[@russcooke5671]

@@JediJaras like savaloy. 😂👌

[@luisreyes1963]

Robbie Coltrane has left us. Rest In Peace, Robbie (1950-2022). 👼🏻

[@TomEyre]

That little pause just before...interfrastically always gets me lol.

[@fifimsp]

That's my favorite one too. LOL.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Timing is the essence of comedy.

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@PhflyDan1]

I merely wished to congratulate the Dr on not having left out a SINGLE word..

[@MrJohnycomelately21]

SAUSAGE?!

[@PhflyDan1]

@@MrJohnycomelately21 Oh, BLAST your eyes!!

[@blaster88778]

Bob?

[@russcooke5671]

@@blaster88778 BOB. HA HA ONE WORD HILARIOUS

[@storminboy]

The writing is pure genius. Never gets old lol

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

Ben Elton was an absolute legend ❤

[@napalmslayer]

I remember watching this for first time and my mum said "that's him whose going to play hagrid" rip Robbie Coltrane.

[@minekara6407]

My all time favourite Blackadder episode with the wonderful Robbie Coltrane

[@vivalingua9377]

I am a slow reader myself!! These British comedies are among the best things in the world. I do miss Robbie Coltrane, whether as Dr. Johnson or as Hagrid.

[@soly-dp-colo6388]

Or Valentin Zukowski.

[@wezzmusic]

One of the best written comedy scenes ever. 😂😢😅😊

[@stevemorse108]

Simply brilliant !!!!!!!!!!’ The best comic sketch I have ever heard.

[@funkateer831]

Just came back here to watch this after today's sad news,rest in Peace Mr Coltrane another treasure has passed.

[@henrybaker4239]

RIP Robbie Coltrane. Great Actor

[@michellelewalski]

Absolutely hilarious....RIP Robbie 😢

[@harryc8415]

Belated condolences to Robbie’s family and friends. RIP Robbie and thankyou for the warm memories

[@pas2pb]

RIP Robbie 😢Absolute comic genius and seemed like a lovely man

[@richardhaynes3925]

My favourite ever scene in Blackadder. I even got one of those words in my sermon on Sunday as a tribute to this comedy genius. My contrafibulariries to the script writers and actors for the felicitousness this scene has given me over the years

[@robintyson591]

RIP Robbie Coltrane. A wonderful memory.

[@patrickcosgrove2623]

CLASS ! Blackadder brilliant show 👍 RIP Robbie you were brilliant in that sketch.

[@SamoIsKing]

RIP Robbie Coultrane. Thanks for the laughs.

[@Joey-Jett]

Rest in Peace, Robbie. This is the first time I ever knew you, and will always be one of the best.

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

"I know what english words mean, I speak English, you must be a thicko " 😂😂😂😂

[@russcooke5671]

Brilliant absolute genius. If there was a word to express this scene I’ve yet to hear it sheer unadulterated brilliance. ❤️❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👌👌👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@scipioafricanus5871]

I do believe we've heard all the words that can express about this scene and I wrote them down in this _complete and exhaustive_ dictionary over words to describe such a scene as this.

[@arthurmatthews9321]

Rip Robbie ,a craftsman ,a scholar ,a professional, a Scotsman but above all a gentleman.

[@lamueldagon7618]

That's a nice tribute.

[@paulphilipempey1]

Very sad to hear the news. I thought I'd reflect with viewing his appearance as Dr Johnson in Blackadder, quite wonderful! RIP Robbie Coltrane.

[@tomthompson7400]

even Ronnie Barker would have been proud of that , and he was a truly great wordsmith.

[@jasonbarnes957]

And Les Dawson.

[@tomthompson7400]

@@jasonbarnes957 so true .. very clever too ... also throw in Bob monkhouse I wasn't a Dan but after seeing a documentary he was very much overlooked for the great things he did .. I also did a tour with Bernard Manning .. another very misunderstood man. And when you actually got to know him a true gent.

[@russcooke5671]

A true lexicon I may add.

[@frodehjelmerviken2526]

RIP Mr Coltrane. You were amazing in blackadder and Nuns on the run.

[@peterdavies2960]

And Harry Potter and Danny The Champion Of The World

[@nmarks]

Still one of the funniest scenes ever.

[@traceyw6413]

Great actor, will be sorely missed 😢

[@squirehaggard4749]

Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Johnson was inspired casting.

[@Useaname]

He definitely made the character all his own. Whether he had input or was told how to play it, I don't know. But his expressions say as much as his dialogue.

[@JACKO1997]

"Once upon a time, there was a little sausage called baldrick" sausage? SAAWSAAGE!!

[@richardignatowicz8900]

Sad news about Robbie Coltrane, always loved this episode. Soo funny.

[@Super_Pandas]

I think this might be the best Blackadder scene out there, and that's saying something 😂

[@yama5182]

YES! It is...💕💕💕

[@Gorboduc]

Either this or the trial of the Flanders Pigeon Murderer.

[@eddieg2522]

@@Gorboduc Yeah poor little speckled Jim 😂

[@lamueldagon7618]

@@eddieg2522 Lol, i forgot about Speckled Jim.

[@beaconterraoneonline]

Some of the funniest comedic writing and acting in television history.

[@Maxibon2007]

RIP Robbie, this performance was so funny yet surprisingly accurate portrayal of Dr Johnson had him returning to the Role a second time in 1993 the serious Historical film production "Dr Johnson & Boswell's Tour of The Western Isles" . The real Dr Johnson was a man before his time, progressive for his time & was quick to point out the hypocrisy of others such as certain American Founder Fathers for preaching Freedom whilst keeping Slaves & allying with the Absolute Monarchies of France & Spain. He did have a manservant Francis Barber who happened to be Black but he was Free, was a genuine friend of his and was left a fortune in his will, & his descendants are still involved with the Dr John museum.

[@Dannycarry]

RIP Robbie you were a great one

[@andy1080snowboarding]

I shall return... interfrastically

[@DieFlabbergast]

I would spell it "interphrastically."

[@andy1080snowboarding]

DieFlabbergast An excellent choice sir

[@Lucifer.6.6.6.]

@@DieFlabbergast I wouldn't inter-frantic.. would actually be the proper way But you do have my contrafibulariteis on the effort. Which also means pulling someone's leg

[@AdyStark]

I was surprised when I found out this is Robbie Coltrane. Even though I had watched the show years ago, I only knew Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid. When I revisited this episode of Blackadder, I was blown away by his acting range and ability to change his voice and accents. RIP Legend and beloved actor Robbie Coltrane. You will never be forgotten.

[@hugodrax71]

"Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pendigestatery interludicule?" 🤣

[@DieFlabbergast]

*pendegestatory interludicle

[@hyperglobal01]

My favourite Blackadder moment if I had to choose one 😂

[@Super_Pandas]

"Yes, well I'm a slow reader myself..."

[@kimberleyredlich3623]

My favourite line 😂

[@pollybramall4773]

love to your family robbie,you will be sadly missed,a genius 😢

[@lindamanas6735]

Apart from the absolute comedy genius I always think the costumes were beautiful too. Absolutely spot on and the sets.

[@Iggywiggywoo]

Hagrid, House and Mr Bean!

[@redsquirrel1086]

Everything about this scene is superb.

[@connormclernon26]

Love Blackadder trolling the man who dedicated 20 years of his life to collating all the words in the English language at that time by making up words on the fly

[@Maggot91ify]

@@dancue2017 Yes, Robbie Coltrane who plays Dr Samuel Johnson is also Hagrid

[@yama5182]

10 years...

[@Cat-hw1vh]

Yes, just like Shakespeare did.

[@mccarthy5825]

@@Cat-hw1vh it's mental how many words we use he made up. Or names... Jessica being one of course.

[@Muzikman127]

@@mccarthy5825 this is mostly a misconception. Shakespeare is the first attestation of a large number of English words, but that's simply a reflection of the fact that he is such a well-preserved writer with a large body of work. The words he is often mistakenly said to have "invented" in newspaper articles etc. are usually simply words that the OED has (or at one point had) their first example as coming from a Shakespeare text. But those are most all pre-existing words for which no earlier written example's survive (or, as it turns out, which simply hadn't been found or noticed, being from much more obscure sources than the most famous English playwright to ever live).

[@johncopeland3826]

Wonderful! Just damned wonderful ! Making those episodes must have been a regular riot ! And a lot of re takes due to laughter and levity !

[@TheMarkhopper]

When Dr. Samuel Johnson had completed the first real dictionary of the English language, he was visited by a delegation of respectable ladies of English society who wished to congratulate him for not including any indecent words. He then offered his most sincere contrafibularties to the ladies for taking the time to look them up. Christopher Hitchens

[@TheManWithNoName786]

Sad loss, RIP

[@mtoner1971]

Hearing about his death I had to see this scene again, RIP Robbie.

[@christophersims7426]

I love how George says "damned cold day" as if he'd actually been outside that day...

[@alextettenborn269]

Laurie's imbecile smile at 00:16 is brilliant

[@tomxaider2058]

To think this man plays a genius like House

[@paulrashid6529]

Just brilliant

[@gsampson97]

I never realised he was in Blackadder, only really know him from HP but it seems he was loved for lots of his work

[@Devilsgreedybelly]

Farewell Robbie, an absolute staple of my upbringing,first loved him in Danny Champion of the world, my Dad worked with him on Cracker and confirmed my suspicion that he was a wonderful human being, a huge loss, this one will leave a scar just as Rick Mayall did and many other's will no doubt.

[@etiletsatsi5130]

I missed the news until rewatching this. Robbie Coltrane was a cornerstone. Everything that is good and noble in this world must pass. The vile and nasty is all that lives forever. How are Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson still alive while someone like Robbie Coltrane must leave us? It's difficult to deal with. This is not good news. Bring me some other news. 🙁

[@MuchWhittering]

Allow me to be the first to offer my deepest contrafibularities at the death of Robbie Coltrane. I am anaspetic, frasmotic and compunctuous at this news.

[@asifhove]

RIP Robbie Coltrane 😢😢

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

RIP Robbie. Great talent.

[@johnking5174]

1:44 - "dago talk" was a slang term used from the 18th century, which was a derogatory term used to mean how Italian or Spanish people talked "nonsense".

[@RepublicanGuardMan]

Thats clever that they used terms of the era

[@lyell555]

Came to this minute I heard - my very first introduction to him. RIP

[@gavinedinburgh]

A classic scene - brilliantly acted, briliant timng. From Blackadder's first interjection: 'every single one, sir?', it's comedy gold.

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

I maybe thick as a whale omelette 🤣

[@Fylki]

RIP Robbie Coltrane!

[@Maggie-rr8gi]

These three great actors are a joy to watch.

[@zaxbitterzen2178]

Holy shit thats Robbie Coltrane

[@kenlieck7756]

I see he looked a lot healthier before he went to prison (in the final three episodes of Lead Ballon)…

[@malcolmabram2957]

These words are not made up: Contrafibularity = false congratulation Anaspeptic = having sex on a beach (out of context of what blackadder was saying) Phrasmotic = cool, self controlled and confident Compunctuous = feeling uneasy due to guilt Pericombobulation = to be disturbed or confused Interfrastic = to return at a time which suits the person returning, (is a polite insult, 'I'll come back when I damn well please'). Pendigestory interludicule = a light late afternoon tea (observed by upper classes) Velocitous = taking pleasure in speed Extramurallisation = to function outside, or more a euphemism for doing something outside set boundaries, (probably in context here as an alternative word for going outside)

[@DieFlabbergast]

Not a native speaker of English, I see. Perhaps you'd better leave these things to those of us who are.

[@malcolmabram2957]

@@DieFlabbergast Ihr unnötig sarkastischer Kommentar sagt mehr über denbetrunkenen Zustand Ihres Charakters aus als über mich.

[@RylanStorm]

Are you sure about all of those? Contrafibularity is a combination of contra, meaning "against" and fibula, one of the bones in the lower leg. The joke here is that Blackadder is using a word which effectively means 'pulling your leg", English vernacular for joking.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@RylanStorm The person calling himself Malcolm Abram is clearly pulling your leg, and everyone else's.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@malcolmabram2957 Congratulations on learning to use Google Translate.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Dictionary 2: The Return of the Killer Dictionary. God that's such a silly, sarcastic line

[@Outmind01]

Sausage? SAUSAGE???!!! I remember watching Blackadder with my brother for the first time as a kid and both of us bursting into uncontrollable laughter when that came up. Good times.

[@judiprince7727]

Comedy at its best just brilliant acting

[@damianhagarty8499]

Very Sad, loved him as Dr Johnson

[@philipsalama8083]

I like how Johnson becomes less verbose as he gets angrier.

[@Rezxer]

From this to Mr. Bean -- Rowan Atkinson's range of acting skills.

[@iansmith9125]

This is the tippety top of the mountain. The cream of the comedy crop. Crammed with sizzling gypsies

[@rossduckering7048]

Sad loss, he was a brilliant comedy actor then a brilliant serious actor, long before Harry Potter came along 😢

[@lamueldagon7618]

Absolutely all of us a little older remember life before Harry P and the great body of work these guys did.

[@XRioteerXBoyX]

Can we have a novel with George the Hero, Old Mother tongue, and have blackadder as the detective?

[@arunicahom-choudhury1641]

And what book is this sir, dictionary 2? Or the return of the killer dictionary? 😂😂😂😂

[@morden279]

RIP Robbie Coltrane. Fs in the chat.

[@davidekstrand8544]

Robbie Coltrane (1950-2022), before he was… - Valentine Zukovsky (Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond) - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) - Lord Dingwall (Disney/Pixar BRAVE)

[@petersmith9470]

"sausage", "sausage". It was my favourite line said by a brilliant human being and a better actor. Black day for acting, comedy. RIP Robbie.

[@astrosandtarots]

R.I.P Robbie Coltrane 🙏🏻🥺

[@chuckabutty888]

Brilliant sketch. Dr Samuel Johnson's house still stands in Gough Square London where he did indeed take over eight years to write his dictionary.

[@fifimsp]

This has nothing to do with how genius this scene is, but, Hugh Laurie was really cute.

[@jameswilliams9104]

I felt at the loss of Coltrane the way we're supposed to have felt when the Queen karked it. He was a great talent.

[@robbiethepict2783]

RIP Robbie and thank you.

[@WhiskyMonsta]

When someone offers me a sausage roll………SAUSAGE? SAUSAGE!!!!