American Army Veteran React To "Blackadder - S4E1 - Captain Cook"

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[@neilpaine9063]

My old unit. 3rd bn the Royal Anglian Regiment were the extras in the opening credits. Took forever cause Tony ' Baldrick ' Robinson had everybody crying with laughter. If I remember rightly we were paid in beer, good times 😂

[@crocodilebelfast]

That is pretty cool

[@meronr74]

Before the Berlin Wall came down there was some graffiti that said 'don't worry, Baldrick has a cunning plan'

[@Bjowolf2]

On the Eastern side of the wall? 😂

[@coot1925]

Yes, Tony Robinson was knighted for his contribution to archaeology with the show "time team". It's an amazing show when you consider how much history the UK has buried in the ground.

[@brianstanton6663]

Yes, check out the Time Team series, available on KZbin

[@speleokeir]

He also played the Sheriff of Nottingham in 'Maid Marian and her Merry Men' which was a fun childrens spoof of the Robin Hood stories.

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Tony Robinson plays the part of Baldrick. I’ve met him a couple of times over the years as we support the same football team…Bristol City. He’s a genuinely lovely bloke.

[@Steven-d6b7x]

Sir Tony now.

[@RyanKeane9]

He did an excellent dive down to the Titanic in a submarine with James Cameron. It’s a good documentary and it’s on KZbin. Check it out if you haven’t already 👍🏻

[@stu2333]

​@@RyanKeane9I'll check that out , nice one.

[@djco5782]

​@@Steven-d6b7xWhen he was knighted, I could imagine Rowan Atkinson saying, "You made... BALDRICK a knight?!"

[@mariahoulihan9483]

I met him once and got the opposite impression. I was on duty in the Police and got the distinct impression he was anti police by how he was to me. It was a casual matter and so I am not letting on about something confidential.

[@James-ju4gj]

Best series of Blackadder imo. Stephen Fry has me in stitches every time

[@lizcollinson2692]

Baaaa😂

[@souljar9808]

Totally agree. It’s the best.

[@sallyannrowlands1154]

Same😂😂

[@James-ju4gj]

Oh darling@@lizcollinson2692

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

Hugh Laurie is genius too

[@tinshedgames9310]

As a Veteran you'd love 'Bluestone 42' another British military themed comedy.

[@antonyevans9772]

Second this. Love 42

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

This season had one of the Best endings of Any series imho

[@sarahbailey9407]

Have to agree. “I’m scared sir” gets me every time. After that its not so funny anymore. Incredible writing.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@sarahbailey9407 Ye, and especially after 4 seasons of sillyness, it was a gut punch.

[@rawschri]

@@sarahbailey9407 Had me in tears ...

[@crocodilebelfast]

Very true, the most Anti war episode ever made I thought. Very sad and reflected how bad and crazy that war was for the guys in the trenches.

[@alexanderharris5022]

Historical context and terminology dump for those unaware: Hun = German soldier. Kaiser = German King/Emperor ‘Left’tenant = The British pronunciation of Lieutenant. Tommy = English/British Soldier Jock = Scottish soldier Savoy Grill = Extremely upper class restaurant opened in London 1903. Somme = Ugliest battle of WWI, lasted between June and November of 1916. British casualties were around 420,000, French casualties around 200,000 and German casualties around 440,000. Field Marshal = British equivalent to a five star general. Highest rank in the British Army. Field Marshal Douglas Haig = Commander if the British Army from 1917 to 1920 and oversaw the allied victory in WWI. His tactics were criticised at the time as extremely old fashioned. He didn’t adapt well to modern warfare tactics and as a result under his command over 2,000,000 British soldiers died pointlessly under orders to walk at the enemy slowly in formation.

[@spearhafoc]

Field Marshal Haig was actually a decent commander and strategist. He helped develop the tactics that eventually led to victory. It has to be remembered that most of the history after the war was written by politicians like Lloyd George. Politicians that meddled with planning, starved the army of reinforcements and material. Isn't it strange that Generals of the French, German and Russian armies also had the same problems but it's only the British that pan Earl Haig. It was noticeable that at his state funeral over 200,000 veterans attended to pay their respects. You can't say that for the politicians.

[@alexanderharris5022]

@@spearhafoc The soldiers may have respected him and he was certainly a strong leader but he was not loved nor respected much back in England. The sheer number of deaths resulted in many of the British public blaming his tactics and many politicians openly calling him a butcher. Modern historians also agree his tactics were extremely dated. He commanded battles the same way The British had during the Victorian and napoleonic era, WWI was a completely different war entirely and he didn’t adapt to newer inventions in war like tanks and machine guns fast enough.

[@spearhafoc]

Yes, politicians blaming him to hide their own failures. And his tactics, like those of the French and German Generals, evolved throughout the war. Many modern historians do still base their attitudes on the sentiment of biased writers after the war. Many modern historians also take a more objective view based on later research and information now available. The 1st World War was like no other and all Generals of all nationalities struggled to come to terms with it.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@spearhafoc Yeah, the basic makeup of the British rifle platoon changed *drastically* throughout WW1, as small unit tactics and equipment evolved rapidly as both sides tried new things for themselves and countered new stuff from the others.

[@alexanderharris5022]

@@spearhafoc Then it’s still objective to state he didn’t keep up with the advance in warfare tactics and technology.

[@tonygriffin_]

16:36 - audio drops to a very, very low level...even when I turned it up fully.

[@CommissionerSleer]

Sir Tony Robinson played Baldrick (not sir at the time). He presented Time Team (archaeology program) for nearly 20 years. He's been in dozens of programs and films and published more than a dozen books. He has a long wikipedia page and, by all accounts, a lovely bloke.

[@davidgill5699]

What was the program he used to do on a Saturday night bbc 2 about cartoons. Opening was a black line travelling across a white background and turning into characters like Felix the Cat?

[@junction6_m27VNC]

Yep definitely the best series of all the blackadders, just wait till Captain Flashart comes onto the scene you will piss yourself lol

[@lisajohnson1528]

Flashart

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Woof!

[@lisajohnson1528]

@@geofftottenperthcoys9944 the 20 minutes lol

[@mhagain]

Weird, I didn't like that episode at all. I felt it was just repeating jokes from season 2, only they were funnier first time round.

[@crocodilebelfast]

The 20 Minuter's, classic episode. The part at the beginning where they are being buzzed by an aeroplane and Blackadder is hiding under the table as he thinks it is the Germans.

[@Bjowolf2]

Private Baldrick and the other Baldricks through time are played by Tony Robinson, whom you may also know as the host of the British Channel 4 multi season archeology show called Time Team and several other documentaries etc.

[@TheNosnets]

Baldrick is the incredible Tony Robinson who hosted time team for like 20 years. Check it out for yourselves if you like British archaeology and history.

[@ThornyLittleFlower]

Sir Tony Robinson, who plays Baldrick, is a great actor. A very clever man who was vice president of the actors union Equity. He is currently the President of the Young Archaeologists Council for British archaeology and in 2013 he was Knighted by the Queen! So it's Sir Baldrick if you please 😅

[@Bjowolf2]

So he outranks Captain Blackadder now?!? Has anyone dared telling CB this yet? 😂

[@davidblurton7158]

the reference to george not missing the boat race is funny as he did race in it for cambridge,, and both he and fry went to cambridge university were they were both in the footlights acting club which a lot of comedians and actors came from

[@speleokeir]

Along with Emma Thompson who Hugh went out with. And Rowan did his Masters degree at Oxford where he met Richard Curtis one of the writers.

[@CTheRobot]

You are in for a treat, the next episode is my absolute favourite ever Blackadder episode

[@jimidave6281]

My favourite of the lot. The final episode is an all time TV Classic.

[@johnl7710]

You need to watch all the episodes in this season it is the only way to appreciate the ending. Probably the best finale to any series ever but you need to work up to it by watching all the episodes leading up to it.

[@jimcook1161]

The reference to 'breaking wind for Cambridge ' is a dig not at British universities but at British public schools which often have nonsensical traditions, for example The Eton Wall Game.

[@James-ju4gj]

David Cameron never even paid off the pigs family...

[@isaacfrost9250]

I've been waiting for this, goddamm this season is great.

[@ErichdeSade]

It is a great comedy show, and the fact that the term "Baldrick it up" has become a term within the military (if I recall correctly) makes it even more hilarious. The series had such an incredible cultural impact.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

There’s also a bomb disposal system called a Baldrick… :)

[@oliversherman2414]

Easily the best series of Blackadder 😂

[@alexhester1598]

I think each character excels in different seasons, Percy in 1/2, George in 3, and melchett absolutely excels in goes forth

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

i still have nighmares of Baldrick's coffee lo pl you'll see at some point😂😂

[@Grithron2]

I've scrolled down the comments page and not seen an answer to the question: "what happened to S3 E6?"

[@EmbraceTheSuck21]

Blocked. We posted in the community tab. We tried to upload it 15 times using various editing methods. Also we have talked about blackadder on our latest livestream.

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Spencer and Daniel, I met Tony Robinson he was staying at the hotel I used to work at, I caught him in the lobby, I didn't bother him while he was eating his meal, but he was lovely, don't bother with series 1, you'll just be wasting your time, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@Bjowolf2]

Series one is great and hilarious as well, just a different style.

[@enkiofsumer8374]

By far the best of the Black Adder series'. No spoilers, but the last episode is iconic in British comedy. Been loving you guys watching Guy Martin after Fred Dibnah. Your subscribers never fail in their recommendations. Loved Daniel's response to the Victoria Cross documentary with Jeremy Clarkson.

[@madfilms1000]

There is a short documentary where they talk about how the final black adder scene from the last episode was filmed I would definitely watch it it’s hilarious, it’s called black adder final scene (the making of)

[@DanielRobertspiano]

Episode 4 is the funniest one for me!

[@Isleofskye]

Thanks Guys though the sound of the programme,virtually,disappeared after 16 minutes,my friends:)

[@glambertini4709]

Prepare yourself for the very end of 6th episode : as great than sad !

[@SeanHendy]

Are these really raisins in this plum duff?

[@sashacoe25]

Sort your playlists out boys!!!

[@GavinWinters]

You’ve skipped ‘Blackadder’s Christmas Carol’, which was a one-off episode between seasons three and four. I hope you react to it at some point. 🙂

[@dougiemilnephotography756]

I'm absolutely certain that Robbie Coltrane's performance in Blackadder's Christmas Carol was what made JK Rowling demand that he played Hagrid in Harry Potter. His first appearances in both are virtually identical.

[@James-ju4gj]

Would have been great if Hagrid just waggled his fingers nonchelantly at Harry and called him a wizard

[@GeoNeilUK]

I'm looking forward to your reaction to the final scene of Blackadder Goes Forth.

[@Tomurow]

The language is much more contemporaneous than the last series, so you’ll probably find the jokes easier to get. The only thing you might struggle with are George and Melchett’s schoolboy superlatives!😂. And because the era is closer to ours, the stakes seem more relatable somehow…

[@souljar9808]

This is the best one yet. Grew up laughing at it and still do.

[@susanpatterson5412]

An utter hoot! Still hard to believe Hugh Laurie was Dr House....

[@grahamhills6849]

When you get to the last episode in this series, please ensure you watch the video right to the end of the credits. It's very poignant and brings a tear to my eye every time

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

For the record, Pope Gregory IX died in 1241. During WW1, the Pope was Benedict XV.

[@davidmontgomery9846]

The final minutes of the final episode is probably the best / awful scene in any sit com .

[@davidmorley2387]

“I want a wimple” ---a “wimple” is a head covering worn by nuns.

[@IsabelleRSG]

The best series of the 'franchise'! All characters are totally hilarious and over the top...

[@johnp8131]

I know it may be difficult with copyright? However virtual silence from the original and yourselves can be somewhat frustrating for many!

[@chrishart8897]

Did I miss the reaction to episode 6 of season 3?? Duel and Duality which features Stephen Fry!

[@stevestibbons1789]

Boom Boom Boom Boom 😜😂😂🍻

[@boqndimitrov8693]

the British and their genius plans! 😂

[@josephturner7569]

Turns out, the turkey died for nothing 🙄.

[@stuartcook8823]

Be prepared for the ending of the final episode.

[@darrenbrown4605]

Please watch a blackadders Christmas carol 🙏

[@slytub]

Check out Time Team 😂

[@danieleyre8913]

Aren’t you guys going to watch the 6th episode of season 3?

[@thebaron9059]

What happened to the last epidode of series 3?

[@melthebell33]

Great series so funny yet so sad and poignant

[@michaelkerley1013]

Lions led by Donkeys

[@robertnomann6194]

Baldrick is played by Sir Tony Richardson. The clue is in the opening (and closing) credits. Although he wasn’t knighted by the Queen until many years later. He is also a historian. You should watch some of his Time Team documentaries.

[@peterjamesfield]

Richardson?

[@peterjamesfield]

🤣🤣

[@James-ju4gj]

Man like Sir Tony Richardson

[@KrisPaterson]

You guys need to to listen to Doves and bloc party's

[@crocodilebelfast]

These boys clearly have no idea about British public schools. Especially pre WWI, The class system was in full effect where the rich lived in a totally different world from the rest of the country and during WWI the officers were called the officers class who were mainly made up of rich peoples sons who got their commissions through their families connections and not through any capability, although many officer did distinguish themselves during the war and realised then how ordinary people lived which changed the class system in the UK but that was not really changed until after WWII.

[@TheGreystroke]

it appears you have no idea about history before making sweeping statements maybe you should read up on it

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

whats "american" "army" "veteran" got to do with an amateur video maker "reactor" ...

[@jacksmith4460]

With Darling and Blackadder, there is a subtlety that you might miss due to how its buried in the British Class system. They are actually the most similar characters, in attitude and social standing and circumstance. They are mirrors of each other. They are both upper working class/lower middle class, highly intelligent and well educated, and vastly smarter than everyone around them. They are both not upper class enough to have avoided the bloodshed by fast tracking to high ranking officer positions. They are intellectually far superior to everyone around them, including those who out rank them. They are both VERY aware of the futility of the tactics and the reality of combat at that time, and how likely they are to die in the process, and they are both using their smarts in whatever way possible to remain alive and avoid , at all costs , having to "go over the top". Darling has managed to do very well and secure an admin position to the general which keeps him out of the firing line, and Blackadder, as the name suggests, slithers and squirms his way out of "the big push" in a multitude of ways, and they are both 100% aware of the others situation/motivation, and also the fact they mirror each other,. This is why they HATE each other so much, they reflect each others lie and know that the other one has worked them out and knows the others whole mode of being is avoidance of combat, and they are both worried the other will rumble them , which would also result in execution. Its a very nuanced dynamic and IMO makes Blackadder Goes Forth the jewel in the crown, as this season really is the story of Blackadder and Darling. Its very clever and amazing observation of British society (and wider human society as a whole)

[@DuncanEvans-t7q]

So British we never say it

[@VotePedroNo1]

Well bugger me with a fish fork.

[@lordsummerisle87]

I like your analysis in general but can't agree that Blackadder and Darling are any part of the working class. They're definitely middle class by the standards of the day -- educated, professional and fairly financially comfortable but nothing like the upper class George and Melchett who were born into considerable generational wealth and have a nearly completely different culture. Remember that Blackadder was a regular officer before 1914, and hofficers from a working class background were rare. He has the hint of a grammar school boy about him -- clever and able to do work well to achieve objectives but having hit a glass ceiling of not being born into the "right" family.

[@jacksmith4460]

@@lordsummerisle87 I always got the impression they came from working class , but were likely Grammar school educated hence their relative success, but you are probably correct to be honest

[@staticcentrehalf7166]

Your stupidity is exceeded only by your verbosity. Well played.

[@wicsiow]

Ummmm fine, but what happened to S3 episode 6? can't find it anywhere

[@therealobanir]

If you select the community tab on their page here, they said they tried to upload it 15 times but it kept getting blocked.

[@ginafromcologne9281]

@@therealobanir That's weird, why would it be blocked?

[@James-ju4gj]

@@ginafromcologne9281copyright. sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe s___

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

There was definitely an Ostrich involved.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

😂😂

[@timjackson1904]

My boss was a statistician and used to say (for a statistical joke) , there's a 1 in a million chance of being blown up by a bomb on an aeroplane....so if you brought one with you!!!!!

[@StephenButlerOne]

This is rhe best of thr seasons. And has one of the greatest endings ever. The end episode is a treat ti behold. i think i was 8 or 9 at the time, and even then it took my breath away. But in the 80s we was far more aware of the wars than kids are now. Thrn again thr 80s was closser to ww2 than we are today from the 80s. Bloody hell 👀

[@SeanHendy]

Just to let you guys know, there is a big difference in volume of your videos compared to other YT videos. Much quieter. Then at about 16 min 35sec the volume drops significantly.

[@robertmarriott6767]

The "idiot Baldrick" is a Knight of the relm. Sir Tony Robinson

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

Brilliant! So glad you're reacting to this. Pure solid gold TV. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

What happened to episode 6 of season 3??????????

[@stephenderbyshire7849]

I've been waiting to watch that, too.

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

Archie Duke!

[@markcutting6504]

Check out a bit of fry. & laurie

[@watchreadplayretro]

It's been on your P anyway, but I just wanted to say YES!!!! again, because this has always been my fav and great reaction (again for YT) thanks guys!

[@davidwatts-hw2dh]

The last/final episode was too near to the bone. It cut me up as our lads died by the thousands in wet mud trenches.

[@nicw5574]

You're in for a treat, a real classic

[@tonydakin2767]

The actor who plays Baldrick is Sir Tony Robinson. Also known as a presenter of historical programmes on TV.

[@jamesdreynolds3690]

I had a friend called darling and yes he had to change his surname lol

[@russellcraine1914]

if you enjoyed BlackAdder Goes Forth - you might like 'Allo "Allo as well - another great english comedy - takes place in france in WW2

[@admiralfruitcake1109]

Hello darling captain darling to you

[@AnnMcKinlay-zp2ef]

You REALLY have to watch the ending of the last episode of series 4. The most poignant and moving scene😢

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

Did you guys miss out S3E6? I can't find it on your channel...

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

I still use the clip “what do we do if we step on a mine”? in training sessions…

[@celticchris]

You need to watch the final of this season, heartbreaking

[@stevedunwoodie7621]

i think you will like some mothers do have em

[@duckarse11]

[@Jimmer93]

Goes Forth is the best of the best of Blackadder! I did a stage version oh, nearly a 10 years ago now! So much fun!

[@worthalook4870]

When finished the series, there is 3 specials (I think) all worth a watch also. Enjoy

[@anglosaxon5874]

The more you stopped the clip, the volume droped lower and lower.

[@Extra_050]

This is actually shown as a legitimate source in history in the UK now, as well as occasionally being shown as guidance or examinations when looking at wartime or war-themed literature for English Literature. This is because of all the Blackadder manifestations, this series is probably the closest to the truth of what really happened, from the necessity of sometimes needing to eat rats in the trenches when rations were low, to the outmoded tactics of many British generals at the time (personified by Melchett), to the use of actually using war artists to draw or paint the enemy (photography being something that existed since the Victoria era, but the notion of an actual "war photographer" being virtually unheard of). There's a scene (I forget exactly when) where, if you look carefully in the background, either George or Baldrick is delousing his bunk with a rather old-fashioned-looking contraption to avoid being eaten alive by parasites whilst sleeping. Even this detail is accurate.

[@SeanHendy]

Born into the Army, and went on to serve myself. Have been on several WWI battlefield tours and it is remarkable that even now, some 110 years later, that there are preserved trenches, many sites where the trench lines are still visible; landmarks referenced in battle accounts, still easily found; the crater left by the Lochnagar mine, 100m wide; the tunnel systems at Vimy ridge, one of which is still open to visitors and I've been in. Then there's the 'iron harvest'. Ammunition, grenades, mortars, and all kinds of unexploded ordnance, regularly brought to the surface by farmers ploughing fields. They are left at the side of the road for collection by French and Belgian bomb disposal, who collect and dispose of what is found. The danger is still very real and there were two construction workers that were killed in 2014, when a WWI bomb functioned. Some even still contain mustard gas and have caused injuries.

[@ThePaynes2022]

Ive been patiently waiting for you guys to get to this season 😂

[@PeterWilliams-p8q]

The final should be watched.... Its brutal.... perhaps the best series ending ever.

[@franohmsford7548]

What happened to series 3, episode 6? Is it in copyright Hell?

[@Jagaroth_]

Yeah, if you check the community tab they've tried to upload it fifteen times, but keeps being blocked.

[@craigroaring]

@@Jagaroth_ I wonder why of all episodes, that was the one that gets blocked?

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Stephen Fry is superb in this. He's actually relatively realistic in his portrayal of General's in the 1st World War, they were foolish and reckless with the lives of the soldiers that served under them. In fact, when this was made, veterans of the First World War wrote to Ben Elton (the writer) and praised him for the realistic (although comedic) portrayal of the ridiculous situations our allies faced. How the soldiers were sent "over the top" and were slaughtered in their hundreds and often thousands in a single day. This is the best series out of the entire Blackadder franchise.

[@noother964]

This might be my favorite series. And the end of the series is a rare television masterpiece. It sure pulls the rug under your feet.

[@judithparker4608]

See...TIME TEAM ARCHAEOLOGY OFFICIAL...Tony Robinson

[@DuncanEvans-t7q]

After your troubles with S3E6 was worried that not see your reaction to the GOAT series

[@arhe72]

is there a reason you didnt do S03 06 ? i missed it if you said why you didnt do it

[@gpr127]

Sorry chaps, what happened to Series 3 Episode 6? Was it blocked?

[@craigroaring]

Did they skip the last episode of season 3? I'm not seeing it anywhere.

[@SmilingBlackKitten-vh3cp]

Guys you've missed out on pete and bas - Trust you'll love the pair of them

[@Jagaroth_]

If you enjoyed the previous two series you're gonna love this one.