Blackadder - Waterloo

[@theryanbard]

My favourite period in French history is the period where they spoke English in very funny French accents.

[@mrmickmida7035]

I believe he means that time when almost half of France was a Brit field... you know before they got bored and raged quit in front of Jeanne d'Arc

[@alecstirner2412]

just after hastings, right?

[@kevinbyrne4538]

According to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", the French were speaking like that as early as the reign of King Arthur.

[@karenotoole9751]

bike crashes

[@dickon728]

Alex Stirner Yeah. That was a real laugh.

[@cmolodiets]

I am not completely convinced about the historical accuracy of this documentary

[@tiagodumont4422]

That's because the governament brainwashed you with 5G.

[@000EC]

Any variation from established history is probably the result of time travellers messing about

[@DalleDC]

My grandmother told me it is real.

[@pmurnion]

Yes, I was laughing when they talked about the need for a miracle to beat the British - the French led by a military genius and soldiers that had conquered all of Europe in the previous 20 years.

[@marianng3950]

@@pmurnion Takes an army to rule Europe. Takes a navy to rule the world.

[@scribejay]

Love the touch of him keeping all the time travel souvenirs in a bag from Harrod's.

[@elijahgrimm8052]

Because no matter what era Edmund Blackadder is in... he's always a cheapskate.

[@obiwanfisher537]

British as it comes

[@chinesechicken20]

Thats so funny , because when I was in London, I went to Harrods and bought a coca cola and got a harrods paper bag and then gave a gift and put in the harrods bag so it would look more posh!

[@darthkek1953]

Should have been a bag from the Royal Museum.

[@chinesechicken20]

@@darthkek1953 Thats funny you should say that, because the gift was from the British Museums' gift shop but I put in the harrods bag.

[@richardhockey8442]

when your one-off comedy sketch has a bigger budget then Sharpe's Waterloo

[@cymruisrael]

That's soldiering...

[@fhlostonparaphrase]

Yes! My thought's too!

[@paddypup1836]

Love sharpe but they really had to cut corners

[@gm2407]

'Bite, poor, spit, tap, aim fire.' Right that will cover 1/3 of the series.

[@philbedford8979]

Certainly more soldiers on Blackadders battlefield....

[@Decrepit_biker]

"We will be slaughtered the minute we mince up the hill" 😂😂

[@ddc2957]

Outrageously offensive & makes me even madder that it made me laugh.

[@richard6440]

@@ddc2957 The slaughtering or the mincing ? :)

[@ddc2957]

Although Australian I’m firmly on the French side of yhe Napoleonic wars, so the mincing 😂

[@hb1338]

@@ddc2957 You sure know how to pick a winner.

[@johnhenshaw7655]

Utter brilliance,

[@WTH1812]

An excellent series all the way through, great supporting casts and writing. The unassuming wisdom of Baldrick cannot be denied.

[@craigkdillon]

In reality, Tony Robinson is very smart.

[@WTH1812]

@@craigkdillon ... Good point. It takes a lot of smart to realistically play dumb.

[@pressureworks]

It was explained by the creators of Black Adder, that whilst being uneducated, Baldrick is the most intelligent one.

[@cvn6555]

@@pressureworks Well, he always had a cunning plan...

[@aishaburhaniyya7532]

Sir Baldrick!

[@OakhheartIX]

I can watch this a million time and will always laugh. Especially at the end. British humour is very special but, like a garlic pudding, delicious. Cheers from France

[@BazColne]

The sequence where the shell goes off and all react is a real favourite of mine.

[@amg863]

It's funny because just this morning I was listening to a guy on KZbin reading diaries of soldiers during the Napoleonic wars and it was brutal. They said things like "a cannonball flew by my head and too the head off the guy next to me clean off his shoulders" or "the poor French lad took a cannonball straight through his chest causing the coins in his pocket to melt with his armour". A bunch of guys losing arms and legs to cannonball hits but you just have to ignore that and keep marching forward. Some russian soldier wrote that the French soldiers they captured were laughing and them saying they would soon become prisoners too because there was nothing that could stop Napoleon marching on Moscow and even the Russians said they believed he was invincible.

[@HeleneWheatfield0549]

Thanks for sharing. Our generations are so desensitised by television, we fail to grasp just how bloody & horrific any war really is.@@amg863

[@saintniccage2818]

Laughed at it everytime for 20 years

[@paulyd786]

Just seen it for the first time. Perfect.

[@Alexia24601]

My favorite moment!

[@djunior874]

"Well glaze my nipples and call me Rita!"

[@djunior874]

***** Was that sarcasm?

[@somegingerguy7951]

+djunior874 Rita Ora?

[@Quadratical]

alright, Rita, what flavour of glaze will you take? also yes I did just comment on a 2-year-old comment

[@justarandomhandle1]

@@Quadratical and i commented on a 5 year old comment

[@timmcdaniel6193]

Oh, thank you so much! I couldn't make it out, and closed captioning is disabled.

[@Kutan]

The closest we ever got to Blackadder meeting Richard Sharpe.

[@jjproductions7299]

By god, the crossover of the century!!!!

[@Marshal_Windsor]

If only it were true

[@Whalewraith]

Sean Bean aka Mr Bean hmmm....

[@Ginea25]

@@jjproductions7299Yes, the 19th. 😎

[@playerone9824]

​@@Ginea25 HA!

[@Longshanks1690]

"We have been, we are, and I hope we shall always be detested by the French." - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

[@snotbubble2894]

+King Edward "Longshanks" I, Hammer of the Scots, Lord of Wales and King of England The bitter irony - the aristocracy by that stage were mostly either French, German or Dutch... :-)

[@bikekk1]

Said by a 'mick' Irishman who hated being such, irrespective of whether he was born in a stable or not

[@Macaroth1]

Ah yes we were always good at exporting, weren't we? Even if it was just incestuous nobility ;)

[@yahulwagoni4571]

And like Catholic Emaciation, it was. But, they eventually admitted Lionel de Rothschild anyway in 1858. This was long after 'our archie' was gone..

[@AdmRose]

Darling: I’m as British as Queen Victoria! Blackadder: Oh! So your father’s a German, you married a German and you’re half German?

[@muadibadder3345]

"...we are whoopsies, we invented the tapestry, the soufle and the sweet lacleur " 🤣 and dat synchronized reaction after da cannon shot 🤌🤦‍♂️😂

[@nhmooytis7058]

Liqueur

[@craigkdillon]

Blackadder saves Britain and history. What a hero. What a man. What an Englishman.

[@craigkdillon]

I think Blackadder, though "comedy", is closer to real history than historians would care to admit. The ruling aristocracies were dull dimwitted dunces who caused has much death and misery through stupidity and ignorance, as they did through evil intent. Of course, to the lower classes who suffered, they could not tell the difference. Not that it mattered.

[@luisreyes1963]

Imagine him popping up in North America during the American Revolution...😨

[@craigkdillon]

@@luisreyes1963 Blackadder would have solved our differences. Britain would still be ruling its 50 colonies here. The US would still have a king.

[@falconeshield]

​@@luisreyes1963If only the machine landed on General Lee

[@salvadorromero9712]

@@falconeshield General Lee's contributions to the American Revolution were minimal at best.

[@pascalanglard2604]

The worst ennemies the best allies and the funniest actors .. thanks blackadder for this contribution to the "Entente Cordiale" our two people should maintain

[@lonpfrb]

Vive La France! 🇨🇵

[@admiralhorationelson1612]

" we will be slaughtered the minute we mince up the hill " phahaha

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart8772]

You know I tried for that name but You had it so I had to choose this one

[@admiralhorationelson1612]

damm brother , hard luck :)

[@thevoiceless8567]

"England expects that every man will do his duty!" Good old Nelson. :)

[@lolman15953]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart you could've went with his nickname: hornblower

[@admiralhorationelson1612]

Ehhh. No. Hornblower was character from a book ? His first name was horatio true , but it wasn't nelsons nickame aha

[@pf844]

Amazing ! I knew my French was getting better! I understood every word Napoleon said !

[@stephenusaf6315]

It’s funny how they gave him a French accent, even though he was Corsican, which basically makes him Italian. He spoke with an Italian accent in his youth, about which his French classmates made fun of him.

[@marcosgomes7681]

French language was much simpler in those times 😅

[@benedictspinoza1025]

Still more accurate than Ridley's Napoleon

[@mikerodent3164]

Yessss. A lower bar and I eat my *bicorne*.

[@andrewsacika9221]

😂😂😂😂

[@b.elzebub9252]

For real though..

[@andrewdriver3318]

How do you know it's inaccurate, you weren't there!

[@nohrii023]

@@andrewdriver3318 Oh boy... where should I start... The battles, the uniforms, Napoleon acting strange... The Coalition Wars are well documented.

[@WileyGunslinger]

“We will be slaughtered the minute we mince up the hill”…. 😂 Good to see that the Brits still hold a proper view of the French.

[@Pufferfish1805]

Badajoz

[@cvn6555]

The BBC would never allow anything like this today.

[@HisRoyalFreshness163]

​@@cvn6555keep your droning to yourself you snowflake.

[@Twirlyhead]

Did anyone else spot that Blackadder's REAL concern was that his winnings were worth far less in french francs than in pounds sterling.

[@김상희-r3n]

velll, it von't be if le french take le place of le british empire..

[@captainl-ron4068]

Twirlyhead actually he needed no more information than 'Britain is a French vassal' to spring into instant action. True Englishman.

[@captainl-ron4068]

Euan Cormack less hate, more opposing and incompatible political and moral philosophies. The world is very lucky that Anglo not Franco political forms still hold global hegemony.

[@willc1294]

This video explains why we need to be out of the EU... 😁😂😂😂

[@Phelixc]

I love the french in this, the reaction to that canon blast is just hilarious... ;)

[@stanislawkowalewski616]

@5:38 For those with a sharp ear: the melody of “God Save the Czar” is intoned during the final few seconds when Blackadder wishes the Duke of Wellington good luck before the Battle of Waterloo.

[@hb1338]

A reminder of what happened when Napoleon visited Russia perhaps ?

[@JimPaterson]

Also used in Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture with canon fire.

[@xornxenophon3652]

@@hb1338 Or a subtle hint that the russian Czar will win the Crimean war in 1856 and dominate Europe...

[@The_Christian_Cavalier]

​@xornxenophon3652 what?

[@lindsayheyes925]

What we saw there was only the overture to the Battle of Waterloo.

[@maning04]

the kidney prank was the best! :))

[@Preirin]

That's twice Atkinson played a Time Lord. LOL

[@neilgerace355]

He'll explain later.

[@artificialanimeuniverse5063]

When's the other time?

[@Preirin]

@@artificialanimeuniverse5063 red nose day special

[@artificialanimeuniverse5063]

@@Preirin I see.

[@monstrouscarbuncle]

I just can't get enough of that scene when that bang occurs in the background and Napoleon and his fellowship make these hilarious camp gestures...! XoD

[@sirdigbyminge1639]

It's always a pleasure to watch Miranda. ✌️

[@thomaslienert4225]

It fits!

[@Psychol-Snooper]

I was going to say I almost did not recognize her without "Nursie" by her side, but remembered Patsy Byrne had passed several years ago. :(

[@petejones879]

Ain't it just

[@armymutt25A]

Girl of my dreams, just born a bit too early.

[@sirdigbyminge1639]

@@Eric_Cartman______ The fact that you are disappointed and made the effort to tell us all is amusing.

[@apvanrijsoort6069]

That whoopsy startling of the group after the canon shot: the perfect ending of this brilliant scene.

[@taciodasilva8291]

One of the most glorious time travel of all. Well done Mr prime Minister BLACK ADDER

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

Baldrick is the Prime Minister. Blackadder is the King, absolute monarchy.

[@craigkdillon]

Oh no. You must Blackadder play Dr. Who.

[@ricardovelasco3976]

"…zeir Wine tastes of ze peepee of Cows…" Genius!

[@about37ninjas]

I thought he said beards.

[@johnpmchappell]

He did.

[@zoltancsikos5604]

Thought he said boobs lol

[@madgeordie4290]

How can anyone be offended at this? Has everybody lost their sense of proportion as well as their sense of humour? Everyone knows that this is just a bit of light hearted nonsense (but funny with it), not a serious portrayal of what actually happened. The French army was led by some of the most experienced and battle hardened military commanders in Europe even if it was past its best by the time of Waterloo, being mainly composed of conscripts. As Wellington himself said' It was a close run thing, the closest ran thing you ever saw'. Everyone knows that the battle very nearly went the other way and it was the arrival of the Prussians that sealed the fate of the French army. This is not to denigrate or downplay Wellington's martial mastery or the fortitude of the allied soldiers under his command. Napoleon was a genius and a dangerous opponent under any circumstances, definitely not to be underestimated. Having said all of the above I sometimes despair at the nonsense spouted by the seemingly perpetually outraged historical revisionists and social commentators. Do they go out looking for things to be outraged about? This is Blackadder - a comedy, not a BBC documentary so loosen up and get a life!

[@blakel8121]

+Mad Geordie Its the internet, its powered by people getting offended at everything.

[@TotalRookie_LV]

Well, French would be justified to be somewhat upset by their portrail, but after being ridiculed for centuries like this, they might have become used to it.

[@madgeordie4290]

SwineNahNah I am sure the French have their own equivalent or something similar which portrays us in a less than flattering light. As long as it is done in good humour I am certainly not going to be offended by it or anything along the same lines.

[@madgeordie4290]

***** Yes, it is a form of passive assertion. These people are trying to dictate to the rest of society how it should think and behave. They go looking for spurious causes over which to take issue and upbraid the rest of us plebs for not seeing things the way they want us to see them. Elitist, sanctimonious arseholes, every one of them.

[@routeman680]

Mad Geordie: Great comment, fair to all sides, knowledgeable, realistic. Completely the opposite of so many comments on youtube! There is too much offence-taking, humourlessness, posturing, entitledness and tolerance of the intolerant in the 21st century. I would like to use Blackadder's/Leonardo's time machine to redeposit myself in the 1960s!

[@anatoleondulet4881]

It is remarkable that after the French victory at Waterloo, the English continued to speak English in the 20th century while their money is the franc. As a french I appreciate a lot english humour, especially BlackAdder.

[@georgenorris2657]

You can't win 'em all.

[@garryb5378]

Imagine an entire Series 'Allo, Allons-y' Where the only accent worse than the deliberately bad "French" spoken by the locals, was the French attempted by any British airmen - and the gendarme, unsubtly "undercover"

[@matthewbooth9265]

It's an alternative history where the french finally admitted that the English langauge was better:) Whats the Dr Strange? one out of 10 billion....

[@umachan9286]

As we all know everybody in Europe only speaks English but with an accent. So those in France speak it with a French accent, in Germany with a German accent and so on. I know this because I saw it in a historical documentary called "Allo Allo". So it only makes sense that they'd continue to speak English with English accents while in England. I mean DUH! /s

[@koenigvonbayern]

Changing the money is much easier than changing the language and culture of an entire nation. Without some sort of autonomy the English would have propably rebelled a lot. Though I'd like to imagine if Napoleon won the battle of Waterloo he would have rather tried to split up the UK into smaller chunks like England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and have control over them as vassal states. He basically did the same with his other conquests.

[@davidbest4908]

Blackadder was absolutely brilliant, especially seasons 2 and 4. A bit of trivia, Brigadier Kenneth Gault Blackader commanded the 8th Brigade 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach on D-Day. Too bad his first name wasn't Edmund

[@johntyler6142]

Or was it . . .

[@johntomlinson-j6x]

really... cool 🍁❤‍🩹🍁 🤠

[@Codex7777]

Series 2 and 3 were my favourites. :)

[@johntyler6142]

@@Codex7777 I always loved 4 best. Yeah it was a little more Gallows humor in the face of honest horror, but I think that made it a little more poignant.

[@EcceJack]

Some of my friend's in-laws are Blackadders! Also no Edmund among them, afaik - more's the pity!

[@MrTuftynut]

Another brilliant comedy moment by Blackadder and crew - so funny !

[@robinbeckford]

Couple of nice touches: the way Amanda Richardson grabs her crown, and the casual "Hello, Darling"

[@dubidolczektv5278]

Miranda! :)

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Yeah - a throwback to her being Queen Elizabeth I in the second series.

[@robinbeckford]

@@dubidolczektv5278 Oops!

[@dubidolczektv5278]

I agree!

[@ecclestonsangel]

Wibble wibble! Blackadder is bloody hilarious! I was in Norfolk, UK not too long ago and my mates dared me to use Blackadder verbiage in a store. I did, and the cashier thought we were drunk! LOL! When we explained to her we'd been up late the night before watching Blackadder, she got the joke and thought it was funny.

[@brianarzola]

I just love that they played Overture 1812 in the background.

[@TheSpiderfly]

Brian Arzola It's actually La Marseillaise, the French national anthem. The opening lines do appear in the 1812 overture (to represent the French, because the song is about France vs Russia), but I think in this context it's probably just meant to be the French National anthem. It's also what they're all singing when they go back up the stairs at the end.

[@asmbeers]

What an incredible supporting cast!

[@staley101]

Hello Darling always gets me!

[@moravianlion3108]

The kidney joke is an epitome of "boys being boys"

[@EvgeneXI]

I absolutely love it when the cannon fires and Napoleon et al jump at the sound! He was an artillerist!

[@williamlydon5777]

I completely missed that 😂 I have to watch again.

[@mtamerlan]

2:31 - the way get spooked gets me all the time

[@maning04]

the kidney prank was hilarious! :))

[@JafuetTheSame]

these uniforms were surprisingly accurate

[@petertwiss4215]

I think it works!

[@bjw4859]

Now that was a series, long live Baldrick, he always has a cunning plan.

[@BBGSUSAMEDIA1]

I am laughing so hard...Rowan Atkins is great! The twists delivered at the end were well played. Merci

[@caeserromero3013]

Waterloo gets bad rap. I was there the other day and apart from a 10 minute delay on my train, there was no unpleasantness at all.

[@flamencoprof]

I was today years old when I learned this was even made!

[@BK-ku1zt]

It’s pretty good if memory serves, can recommend

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

​@@BK-ku1zt it's utter dross

[@Three-Headed-Monkey]

Blackadder goes Back and Forth! It was a feature length special made for the turn of the millennium.

[@nerfherder4284]

Me too, I want to see it all. Seen everything else I think.

[@markstamp3937]

It was made to be shown in the millennium dome

[@maieldmik5233]

.......and in the end we had to throw my kidney away 😞😞..... priceless!!

[@B33t_R007]

i spat my coffee. the way he said it, poor lad. 😂

[@maieldmik5233]

And the laughing afterwards, especially Stephen Fry,was masterful comedy !!

[@OhHeyItsLeeGaming]

I remember watching the full thing at the Millenium Dome back in 2000 lol. Good times.

[@MKAdamski]

+RealityIsInTheGame I went on 02/01/2000. I only went to the dome to see this

[@suburbia2050]

Def the best bit there!

[@DewDewsDestiny]

"Hello, Darling." How can such a simple line be so very perfect XD

[@mrward6510]

British singing the French anthem....the horror 😭

[@Yoedric]

Best part of the video imo :D

[@TheBayzent]

Mr ward ikr? What's this? 1066?

[@ericp3327]

don't you remember what happened in November 2015 in Wembley ? And we still thank you so much for your support.

[@romainlapie6362]

As a French, when I heard that i feel a little bit repaired from the Napoleon sequence. But don't forget English Anthem litteraly come from the butt of Louis XIV !!!

[@soap8572]

As a Brit..... I feel that horror inside of me 😱

[@marcjustmarc6990]

Blackadder....The Unintentional Timelord

[@robyncampbell-br5cl]

he played one in comic relief one year didnt he?

[@impulse255dj]

@@robyncampbell-br5cl Yep, Comic Relief 1999.

[@Wellington-nl7vm]

Stephen Fry as myself. I'd never thought I'd see the day

[@berthamcdurtha8554]

Damn... if only u could say the plan

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Thank you for your service😄

[@poissonnoir]

Well done, your Grace!

[@shawngregg3796]

It shows Rowan's talent. His character of Mr. Bean annoyed me no end. But loved him as Blackadder. So funny and evil at the same time. The supporting cast was also great.

[@christineirving4491pluviophile]

Same here, Bean irritated me beyond belief.

[@uttaradit2]

bell end

[@chimpazoo1143]

What's with the posh folk in this comment section?

[@uttaradit2]

@@chimpazoo1143 gone ape

[@Brahlam]

Some comedy just glances past the less intelligent.

[@fionariseley-go4ri]

Absolutely loved this show all of them so funny 😂

[@Cardinal908ipo]

still better than the napoleon movie

[@edmundobungo1106]

Black Adder S2 & S4 were the best. I still love watching it. I think this is from a short film made for the Millennium Dome 10 years after the series finished. I remember not being so impressed with it at the time, compared to the actual TV series, but it's nice to see it again. There was talk of them bringing it back but Baldrick is 76, so they'd better hurry up with that. 😅

[@HeleneWheatfield0549]

Thanks for the heads-up....I thought it was part of a series I must have somehow missed at the time. (Sydney, Aust.)

[@simonsimon325]

@@HeleneWheatfield0549 It's called Blackadder Back and Forth - a half hour special shown on New Year's Eve 1999.

[@HeleneWheatfield0549]

We didn't get this in Australia. Ironic, that this was a little like time travel for me. ☺@@simonsimon325

[@andrewtregoning]

best cast ever, will never be topped

[@davidmaxwaterman]

IMO, Tim McInnerny is the best actor of the lot - simply outstanding :)

[@precursors]

Always loved these lines from Blackadder, From Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie: - Glaze my nipples and call me Rita - Spank me hard and call me Carla - Cover me with eggs and flour and bake me for forty minutes 😂

[@MasterControl-MCP]

Rodney Tricycle was a great inventor

[@ArchibaldBagge]

Yes, but it's not funny is it? Just lazy writing.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@ArchibaldBagge You should show them how it ought to be done! A big chance in the offing now that all the usual hack writers are on strike. 😜😁

[@GummoNZ]

But not as great as George Stephenson who invented a moving kettle.

[@hb1338]

@@ArchibaldBagge Maybe, but it still gets laughs. Mr Atkinson may of course contribute to that effect.

[@stephenusaf6315]

Not nearly as great as Sir Reginald Television Set.

[@maamold]

1:30 - that is the best writing and acting I've ever seen. Never ceases to make me laugh.

[@Dravoll]

In response to an earlier comment saying that the war was fought because 'Britain insisted on waging war with revolutionary france, along with the other monarchies of Europe', I would like to point out that it was the French revolutionaries that declared war on Britain in 1793, meaning the British didn't have much choice in the matter. Also, the French leaders declared that they would dictate 'a peace to England from the ruins of the Tower of London' even before that.

[@Melhendring]

France declared war on Britain after Britain openly convinced the Prussians to attack France after Louis XVI's execution. At this time, all of Europe saw the danger of a revolutionary zeal, and Britain took a stance against it since it had already known something roughly similar with Cromwell and the Glorious Revolution. Apart from that, this protrayal of the French is hilarious.

[@Dravoll]

Uh, actually in the same year the Prussians declared war, the Prime Minister, William Pitt (the Younger), told Parliament that he planned to decrease the army and navy, since he expected at least fifteen years of peace. King Louis wasn't executed until after the Prussian declaration of war, and the British representative told the Austro-Prussian army that the British would object to any attempt to restore the absolute monarchy in France.

[@Melhendring]

Dravoll If William Pitt didn't want to be involved in these wars, why would Britain demand that France surrender its conquests in the Netherlands ?

[@Dravoll]

Because at the time, there was no better place in the world to stage an invasion of Britain than the Netherlands. The famous Spanish Armada of 1588 was sent to link up with the Duke of Parma's army fighting against Dutch rebels, during one of the wars between England and Holland, a Dutch fleet successfully attacked London itself, and the famous Glorious Revolution, arguably the last successful invasion of England (though it probably would have failed if James II wasn't unpopular and had stayed rather than fled to France), was launched from Holland, and from that point, keeping the Low Countries independent from France was a major part of British foreign policy. Edmund Burke declared in Parliament in 1791 that Holland could be considered as necessary a part of England as Kent, and Napoleon himself remarked that a French army in the Netherlands was like a dagger pointed at the heart of England. Quite simply, the British feared that if the French occupied the Netherlands, they would be in a perfect position to invade England.

[@MateusVIII]

I love Britain but to say they ddn't want war with France is not true. War with france was in britain's interest, tough I'm not talking about who started it.

[@wilhelmsarosen4735]

2:45 Yes, sir, and does it involve the men walking slowly towards the enemy?

[@abu-hureraali4531]

No some are on horseback!

[@marcuswalters8093]

2:07 The French army has one of the best records in Europe, especially at this point in history.

[@Jaytee.]

It was Sounds of Summer by the Beach Boys. I think it got scratched during the battle, though.

[@P99AT]

So if the French won, why was Hugh Laurie still wearing a British Army uniform?

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

How do you know that is a British Army uniform of that alternate timeline? It could be the new French uniform if France and the UK are a superstate in this.

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

Could be that the British military still exists, but it's a mere puppet military.

[@Prairielander]

Which it is to the United States of America. :P

[@thefighter887]

No just you

[@ijnet9247]

But French lost at Waterloo. Blackadder went back to save Wellington after landing on top of him the first time. Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington.

[@ransomedavis2208]

blackadder and red dwarf were my favourites

[@jspee1965]

Ahh smeg!

[@joannefalkinder393]

Tried to communicate with another Blackadder. Love this program 😍

[@canicheenrage]

Reminds me quite heavily of a french 1970' comic: "Time is money: ils voyagent dans le temps pour de l'argent" ( they travel through time for money ) where a door-to-door cigarette rolling machine seller is sent by a mad scientist to buy the Mona Lisa from a then young Da Vinci at minimal expense ( which of course doesn't work as intended ).

[@deldridg]

The full extent of my historical understanding has been drawn from Blackadder, Python, Mel Brooks and the like. My kids have no idea about the past.

[@thecommissaruk]

I still say "we will be slaughtered the minute we mince up that hill/road/across that field" when playing Bolt Action as French, I had forgotten where it even came from.

[@andrewstackpool4911]

Great final line, Hullo Darling

[@Michael-4]

When amazing talent on one project has lost it's edge.

[@zbr76]

Who else notices the irony of the guy next to Napoleon at 1:45 bearing a STRIKING resemblance to the portrait of the real Duke of Wellington?

[@maxredjasper55]

He looks exactly like him. Even his regalia is almost the exactly the same as the real duke's.

[@seanjenkins6947]

It was an inside job ;)

[@kapitankapital6580]

Waterloo was an inside job.

[@EpaminondastheGreat]

Good God, the resemblance is uncanny!

[@HostileJabberwocky32]

Nah, they look much more like Joachim Murat and Michael Ney, which they're probably supposed to represent anyway

[@VanaeCavae]

Those two beside Napoleon at 02:13, are they supposed to be Michel Ney and Joachim Murat ?

[@vguyver2]

That's what I was thinking. They got the hair and and uniforms down, a bit off, but still down in good reference.

[@gendoruwo6322]

I thought Joachim Murat was not allowed to join Napoleon at Waterloo ?

[@abu-hureraali4531]

yeah Murat was protecting his Italian throne

[@vita6311]

Nap was NOT missing the bigger picture, he knew that battle of Leipzig can not be repeated again, so he tried to defeat allies in turns, but he should not fight this battle at all, terrain and weather played much bigger role then it has been mentioned here. Be me him, i would just walk passed them to destroy Prussians first, if not, go for Hanover. Wellington had only 25000 men, so seeking to divide unity of his army, would be my indirect goal. BOTTOM LINE, HE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT READ play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=the.art.of.war

[@rizkyardan5760]

I thought Murat was in Kingdom of Naples at the time

[@derin111]

Those French hairstyles…..that’s what we need more of today! 😂

[@JCurtisDrums]

The Napoleon/Darling scene is genius.

[@shaundavenport621]

"The minute we mince up the hill"!😅😅

[@chrisd2051]

The fact that Dr. House and Mr. Bean are in a comedy together never fails to amaze me.

[@apropercuppa8612]

Long, LONG before the Yanks ever heard of him and made him 'famous'.

[@chrisd2051]

+Gwai Lo .I.

[@srbmod93]

He was known to some of us Yanks a number of years before House, as shows such as Blackadder and Jeeves & Wooster have been aired here (I'm not sure if A Bit of Fry & Laurie was widely shown here, but I'm guessing a few PBS stations included it in their slate of British comedies they showed.) and he was in a number of American movies prior to House hitting the airwaves.

[@apropercuppa8612]

***** Good.

[@MekinakSibiMekinacic]

And don't forget Stephen Fry!!! These three together is a real treat!!

[@lajos76nagy]

Napoleon was an artillery officer originally ... and he's startled by gunfire 😁

[@anatoleondulet4881]

English vision of french people ...

[@hb1338]

Shell shock.

[@Skymaster.47]

Charged the bridge at the Arcole with himself at the front against the Austrians. He was anything but a pussy.

[@Fishfingers232]

Even if Napoleon did win Waterloo, he would've been crushed pretty quickly after that. By then he had pretty much pissed of all of Europe including Spain and they weren't going to take his shit and endure another of his European rampages again. The superpowers Austria/Prussia/Russia/UK + all the other little countries had collectively, an insanely large army that even Napoleon would've have been able to fight off.

[@DemetriusSorvo]

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm glad Napoleon invented the Waterloo. Can you imagine before when people just went in a dry hole in ground?

[@bobs_toys]

Badum tss

[@DemetriusSorvo]

@@bobs_toys Google won't translate that. Is it Swahili?

[@bobs_toys]

@@DemetriusSorvo it's drums followed by a cymbal marking the punchline of a joke. Two beats of the drum, followed by tss

[@DemetriusSorvo]

@@bobs_toys What's a drums?

[@bobs_toys]

@@DemetriusSorvo a musical instrument that shows you can use all parts of your enemy.

[@Eastbarn1]

I can’t believe that some history teachers are using Blackadder as teaching material - particularly the WWI series. It’s a comedy show!

[@joshhoffman1975]

Very funny, why have I never heard of this before! 🎉❤😂

[@robinharwood5044]

You have had a deprived life.

[@Goth7illa]

It was a special commissioned for SkyScape Cinema (called Blackadder back & forth in case ya didn’t know😊).

[@joshhoffman1975]

@@Goth7illa I didnt thanks, its still funny! 🤣🤣🤣🤩💯👊

[@edgelee84]

2:31 Oooooohhhh~~

[@FlecheDeFer]

"delicious garlic pudding" 😆

[@stephenusaf6315]

The real joke here is the whole concept that, if French had conquered Britain, British food would be WORSE under the French. In reality, British food is the pits, whereas French food is basically the polar opposite.

[@FlecheDeFer]

@@stephenusaf6315 Totally true

[@phann860]

An absolute hoot.

[@dclark142002]

The plan is to allow the French to come within a hundred yards of us, and then...and this is the completely original and brilliant part...wait for Blucher's Prussians to deliver victory for us! Oh, don't worry, Darling...we will just claim that they, and all of these Dutch troops, weren't here at all! Oh, Bravo, sir!

[@DavidJGillCA]

Love this....starting @1:35 Duc de Darling: My Lord Emperor, the English have reached Waterloo. Napoleon: Good! Prepare to attack. Duc de Darling: Very well! Ah, but… first I would like to ask… Why do we want to invade Britain in the first place? I mean, their wine is made of the peepee of cows and their women all have big beards. Napoleon: We invade, Darling, because the British think they are so tough! They think we French are sissies, they call us wets and whoopsies and big girls’ blouses. Duc de Darling: With respect my emperor, we are whoopsies. We invented the tapestry, the soufflé, and the sweet liqueur. We will be slaughtered the minute we mince up the hill. Napoleon: Do not despair. It is my firm belief that God hates the British. He will intervene miraculously and send us a glorious victory on this field of Waterloo. Duc de Darling: (Clapping his hands) Oh Bravo! That's a lovely uniform today, by the way. Napoleon: Oh thank you, I think it works.

[@Wolf6119]

I love the bit immediately after that, when the cannon fire goes off in the distance and they all piss themselves XD

[@RJLbwb]

Wellington spends the enter scene patting himself on the back ROFL

[@VickersDoorter]

2:30 Oooh. Just love the mincing response.

[@daveward9785]

Still more historically accurate than the Ridley Scott film.

[@ivansmith654]

I am French, and Mr Bean is hilarious and crazy! The French won Waterloo!

[@cmolodiets]

non ce n'est qu'un anglais. Jean Dujardin est bien plus drole. mais il est vrai que nous avons gagné waterloo

[@markcrane9661]

Ha ha, so Napoleon went to Elba for a Holiday ?

[@ashleyhoward8926]

Mr Bean is nothing short of a terrible attempt to re-create Monsieur Hulot.

[@kylenetherwood8734]

What they didn't know is that God is British.

[@blasonbzh]

Actually, I'm French.

[@cideryeti7957]

A saying my grandfather used to say was :- "British by birth. English by the grace of god".

[@spartanbacon3520]

Is that an Al Murray reference I detect?

[@zaydawood5354]

Everyone knows gods a Viking

[@aidanmagill6769]

If God's not British then why would he build Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land? I rest my case.

[@Neves7561]

This.Is pure gold.

[@JA1000s]

" Pardon me ... [takes Wellington's Boots] ... Might as well try and win that cash anyway " 3:13

[@derangedband]

awww i watched this clip and now im gonna have to watch the whole thing! Time to get the DVD boxset out! xD

[@greenglassman]

Actually winning at Waterloo would have at max saved Napoleon 1 more month before being defeated in a battle similar to Leipzig, fighting over 500k of russians and austrians with incredible numerical advantage.

[@marshalLannes1769]

Don't tell that to the brits, they would be offended.

[@walterengler5709]

I prefer the final scenes when he realizes he can tweak things just a little more to his advantage lol

[@mnfrench7603]

Everyone knows a Time Machine looks like a 1960’s police box

[@timothylyons5686]

He had one in 'curse of fatal death '. Pity he never got the chance to play the Doctor in real life.

[@jameswillan6635]

@@timothylyons5686 While I know what you meant to say, Doctor Who ain't a documentary 😉

[@roberthill6216]

And there was me thinking a time machine was a Delorean.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

I suppose they were riffing on the box theme a bit. On a related note, Bill and Ted's was a phone box(albeit a modern one - non police).

[@zjjohnson3827]

⁠@@timothylyons5686are you…possibly not aware of this absolute gem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqCQqHeGpKhpfa8si=mA_IHwlX0mCHbTzD

[@BlackSkullArmor]

"Well glaze my nipples and call me Rita" Well I'm stealing that line

[@VickersDoorter]

Definitely one to use on the checkout girls in Waitrose.