Blackadder - Waterloo

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@theryanbard
@theryanbard 8 жыл бұрын
My favourite period in French history is the period where they spoke English in very funny French accents.
@mrmickmida7035
@mrmickmida7035 7 жыл бұрын
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
@alecstirner2412 7 жыл бұрын
just after hastings, right?
@kevinbyrne4538
@kevinbyrne4538 7 жыл бұрын
According to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", the French were speaking like that as early as the reign of King Arthur.
@karenotoole9751
@karenotoole9751 7 жыл бұрын
bike crashes
@dickon728
@dickon728 7 жыл бұрын
Alex Stirner Yeah. That was a real laugh.
@cmolodiets
@cmolodiets Жыл бұрын
I am not completely convinced about the historical accuracy of this documentary
@tiagodumont4422
@tiagodumont4422 Жыл бұрын
That's because the governament brainwashed you with 5G.
@000EC
@000EC Жыл бұрын
Any variation from established history is probably the result of time travellers messing about
@DalleDC
@DalleDC Жыл бұрын
My grandmother told me it is real.
@pmurnion
@pmurnion Жыл бұрын
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
@marianng3950 Жыл бұрын
@@pmurnion Takes an army to rule Europe. Takes a navy to rule the world.
@richardhockey8442
@richardhockey8442 Жыл бұрын
when your one-off comedy sketch has a bigger budget then Sharpe's Waterloo
@cymruisrael
@cymruisrael Жыл бұрын
That's soldiering...
@fhlostonparaphrase
@fhlostonparaphrase Жыл бұрын
Yes! My thought's too!
@paddypup1836
@paddypup1836 Жыл бұрын
Love sharpe but they really had to cut corners
@gm2407
@gm2407 Жыл бұрын
'Bite, poor, spit, tap, aim fire.' Right that will cover 1/3 of the series.
@philbedford8979
@philbedford8979 Жыл бұрын
Certainly more soldiers on Blackadders battlefield....
@scribejay
@scribejay Жыл бұрын
Love the touch of him keeping all the time travel souvenirs in a bag from Harrod's.
@elijahgrimm8052
@elijahgrimm8052 Жыл бұрын
Because no matter what era Edmund Blackadder is in... he's always a cheapskate.
@obiwanfisher537
@obiwanfisher537 Жыл бұрын
British as it comes
@chinesechicken20
@chinesechicken20 4 ай бұрын
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
@darthkek1953 4 ай бұрын
Should have been a bag from the Royal Museum.
@chinesechicken20
@chinesechicken20 4 ай бұрын
@@darthkek1953 Thats funny you should say that, because the gift was from the British Museums' gift shop but I put in the harrods bag.
@Decrepit_biker
@Decrepit_biker Жыл бұрын
"We will be slaughtered the minute we mince up the hill" 😂😂
@ddc2957
@ddc2957 Жыл бұрын
Outrageously offensive & makes me even madder that it made me laugh.
@richard6440
@richard6440 Жыл бұрын
@@ddc2957 The slaughtering or the mincing ? :)
@ddc2957
@ddc2957 Жыл бұрын
Although Australian I’m firmly on the French side of yhe Napoleonic wars, so the mincing 😂
@hb1338
@hb1338 Жыл бұрын
@@ddc2957 You sure know how to pick a winner.
@johnhenshaw7655
@johnhenshaw7655 Жыл бұрын
Utter brilliance,
@BazColne
@BazColne Жыл бұрын
The sequence where the shell goes off and all react is a real favourite of mine.
@amg863
@amg863 Жыл бұрын
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
@HeleneWheatfield0549 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Our generations are so desensitised by television, we fail to grasp just how bloody & horrific any war really is.@@amg863
@saintniccage2818
@saintniccage2818 Жыл бұрын
Laughed at it everytime for 20 years
@paulyd786
@paulyd786 3 ай бұрын
Just seen it for the first time. Perfect.
@Alexia24601
@Alexia24601 Ай бұрын
My favorite moment!
@craigkdillon
@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын
Blackadder saves Britain and history. What a hero. What a man. What an Englishman.
@craigkdillon
@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын
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
@luisreyes1963 Жыл бұрын
Imagine him popping up in North America during the American Revolution...😨
@craigkdillon
@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын
@@luisreyes1963 Blackadder would have solved our differences. Britain would still be ruling its 50 colonies here. The US would still have a king.
@falconeshield
@falconeshield Жыл бұрын
​@@luisreyes1963If only the machine landed on General Lee
@salvadorromero9712
@salvadorromero9712 2 ай бұрын
@@falconeshield General Lee's contributions to the American Revolution were minimal at best.
@WTH1812
@WTH1812 Жыл бұрын
An excellent series all the way through, great supporting casts and writing. The unassuming wisdom of Baldrick cannot be denied.
@craigkdillon
@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын
In reality, Tony Robinson is very smart.
@WTH1812
@WTH1812 Жыл бұрын
@@craigkdillon ... Good point. It takes a lot of smart to realistically play dumb.
@pressureworks
@pressureworks Жыл бұрын
It was explained by the creators of Black Adder, that whilst being uneducated, Baldrick is the most intelligent one.
@cvn6555
@cvn6555 4 ай бұрын
@@pressureworks Well, he always had a cunning plan...
@aishaburhaniyya7532
@aishaburhaniyya7532 2 ай бұрын
Sir Baldrick!
@Kutan
@Kutan Жыл бұрын
The closest we ever got to Blackadder meeting Richard Sharpe.
@jjproductions7299
@jjproductions7299 Жыл бұрын
By god, the crossover of the century!!!!
@Marshal_Windsor
@Marshal_Windsor Жыл бұрын
If only it were true
@Whalewraith
@Whalewraith Жыл бұрын
Sean Bean aka Mr Bean hmmm....
@Ginea25
@Ginea25 Жыл бұрын
@@jjproductions7299Yes, the 19th. 😎
@playerone9824
@playerone9824 Жыл бұрын
​@@Ginea25 HA!
@OakhheartIX
@OakhheartIX 8 жыл бұрын
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
@pascalanglard2604
@pascalanglard2604 Жыл бұрын
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
@lonpfrb 2 ай бұрын
Vive La France! 🇨🇵
@muadibadder3345
@muadibadder3345 Жыл бұрын
"...we are whoopsies, we invented the tapestry, the soufle and the sweet lacleur " 🤣 and dat synchronized reaction after da cannon shot 🤌🤦‍♂️😂
@nhmooytis7058
@nhmooytis7058 7 ай бұрын
Liqueur
@pf844
@pf844 8 ай бұрын
Amazing ! I knew my French was getting better! I understood every word Napoleon said !
@stephenusaf6315
@stephenusaf6315 4 ай бұрын
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
@marcosgomes7681 Ай бұрын
French language was much simpler in those times 😅
@Longshanks1690
@Longshanks1690 8 жыл бұрын
"We have been, we are, and I hope we shall always be detested by the French." - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
@snotbubble2894
@snotbubble2894 8 жыл бұрын
+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
@bikekk1 8 жыл бұрын
Said by a 'mick' Irishman who hated being such, irrespective of whether he was born in a stable or not
@Macaroth1
@Macaroth1 8 жыл бұрын
Ah yes we were always good at exporting, weren't we? Even if it was just incestuous nobility ;)
@yahulwagoni4571
@yahulwagoni4571 6 жыл бұрын
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
@AdmRose 6 жыл бұрын
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?
@admiralhorationelson1612
@admiralhorationelson1612 10 жыл бұрын
" we will be slaughtered the minute we mince up the hill " phahaha
@wolfgangamadeusmozart8772
@wolfgangamadeusmozart8772 10 жыл бұрын
You know I tried for that name but You had it so I had to choose this one
@admiralhorationelson1612
@admiralhorationelson1612 10 жыл бұрын
damm brother , hard luck :)
@thevoiceless8567
@thevoiceless8567 10 жыл бұрын
"England expects that every man will do his duty!" Good old Nelson. :)
@lolman15953
@lolman15953 10 жыл бұрын
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart you could've went with his nickname: hornblower
@admiralhorationelson1612
@admiralhorationelson1612 10 жыл бұрын
Ehhh. No. Hornblower was character from a book ? His first name was horatio true , but it wasn't nelsons nickame aha
@Phelixc
@Phelixc 10 жыл бұрын
I love the french in this, the reaction to that canon blast is just hilarious... ;)
@WileyGunslinger
@WileyGunslinger Жыл бұрын
“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
@Pufferfish1805 Жыл бұрын
Badajoz
@cvn6555
@cvn6555 4 ай бұрын
The BBC would never allow anything like this today.
@HisRoyalFreshness163
@HisRoyalFreshness163 2 ай бұрын
​@@cvn6555keep your droning to yourself you snowflake.
@apvanrijsoort6069
@apvanrijsoort6069 Жыл бұрын
That whoopsy startling of the group after the canon shot: the perfect ending of this brilliant scene.
@monstrouscarbuncle
@monstrouscarbuncle 10 жыл бұрын
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
@Liverpool-s5n
@Liverpool-s5n 3 күн бұрын
This sketch is so well thought out, and always the best whenever I come across it, with perfect actors playing their parts.
@benedictspinoza1025
@benedictspinoza1025 Жыл бұрын
Still more accurate than Ridley's Napoleon
@mikerodent3164
@mikerodent3164 4 ай бұрын
Yessss. A lower bar and I eat my *bicorne*.
@andrewsacika9221
@andrewsacika9221 4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@b.elzebub9252
@b.elzebub9252 3 ай бұрын
For real though..
@andrewdriver3318
@andrewdriver3318 3 ай бұрын
How do you know it's inaccurate, you weren't there!
@nohrii023
@nohrii023 2 ай бұрын
@@andrewdriver3318 Oh boy... where should I start... The battles, the uniforms, Napoleon acting strange... The Coalition Wars are well documented.
@stanislawkowalewski616
@stanislawkowalewski616 Жыл бұрын
@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
@hb1338 Жыл бұрын
A reminder of what happened when Napoleon visited Russia perhaps ?
@JimPaterson
@JimPaterson Жыл бұрын
Also used in Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture with canon fire.
@xornxenophon3652
@xornxenophon3652 Жыл бұрын
@@hb1338 Or a subtle hint that the russian Czar will win the Crimean war in 1856 and dominate Europe...
@The_Christian_Cavalier
@The_Christian_Cavalier Жыл бұрын
​@xornxenophon3652 what?
@lindsayheyes925
@lindsayheyes925 7 ай бұрын
What we saw there was only the overture to the Battle of Waterloo.
@maning04
@maning04 9 жыл бұрын
the kidney prank was the best! :))
@djunior874
@djunior874 9 жыл бұрын
"Well glaze my nipples and call me Rita!"
@djunior874
@djunior874 9 жыл бұрын
***** Was that sarcasm?
@somegingerguy7951
@somegingerguy7951 9 жыл бұрын
+djunior874 Rita Ora?
@Quadratical
@Quadratical 7 жыл бұрын
alright, Rita, what flavour of glaze will you take? also yes I did just comment on a 2-year-old comment
@justarandomhandle1
@justarandomhandle1 Жыл бұрын
@@Quadratical and i commented on a 5 year old comment
@timmcdaniel6193
@timmcdaniel6193 Жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you so much! I couldn't make it out, and closed captioning is disabled.
@taciodasilva8291
@taciodasilva8291 Жыл бұрын
One of the most glorious time travel of all. Well done Mr prime Minister BLACK ADDER
@NostalgicGamerRickOShay
@NostalgicGamerRickOShay Жыл бұрын
Baldrick is the Prime Minister. Blackadder is the King, absolute monarchy.
@craigkdillon
@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын
Oh no. You must Blackadder play Dr. Who.
@sirdigbyminge1639
@sirdigbyminge1639 Жыл бұрын
It's always a pleasure to watch Miranda. ✌️
@thomaslienert4225
@thomaslienert4225 Жыл бұрын
It fits!
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper Жыл бұрын
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
@petejones879 Жыл бұрын
Ain't it just
@armymutt25A
@armymutt25A Жыл бұрын
Girl of my dreams, just born a bit too early.
@sirdigbyminge1639
@sirdigbyminge1639 Жыл бұрын
@@Eric_Cartman______ The fact that you are disappointed and made the effort to tell us all is amusing.
@Twirlyhead
@Twirlyhead 8 жыл бұрын
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
@김상희-r3n 6 жыл бұрын
velll, it von't be if le french take le place of le british empire..
@captainl-ron4068
@captainl-ron4068 6 жыл бұрын
Twirlyhead actually he needed no more information than 'Britain is a French vassal' to spring into instant action. True Englishman.
@captainl-ron4068
@captainl-ron4068 6 жыл бұрын
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
@willc1294 6 жыл бұрын
This video explains why we need to be out of the EU... 😁😂😂😂
@EvgeneXI
@EvgeneXI Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love it when the cannon fires and Napoleon et al jump at the sound! He was an artillerist!
@williamlydon5777
@williamlydon5777 Ай бұрын
I completely missed that 😂 I have to watch again.
@brianarzola
@brianarzola 9 жыл бұрын
I just love that they played Overture 1812 in the background.
@TheSpiderfly
@TheSpiderfly 9 жыл бұрын
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.
@schaferhundschmidt1798
@schaferhundschmidt1798 Ай бұрын
@@TheSpiderfly It also plays "God save the Tsar" , at the end of that bit. Both are included in the 1812 Overture.
@asmbeers
@asmbeers Жыл бұрын
What an incredible supporting cast!
@robinbeckford
@robinbeckford Жыл бұрын
Couple of nice touches: the way Amanda Richardson grabs her crown, and the casual "Hello, Darling"
@dubidolczektv5278
@dubidolczektv5278 Жыл бұрын
Miranda! :)
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat Жыл бұрын
Yeah - a throwback to her being Queen Elizabeth I in the second series.
@robinbeckford
@robinbeckford Жыл бұрын
@@dubidolczektv5278 Oops!
@dubidolczektv5278
@dubidolczektv5278 Жыл бұрын
I agree!
@Preirin
@Preirin Жыл бұрын
That's twice Atkinson played a Time Lord. LOL
@neilgerace355
@neilgerace355 Жыл бұрын
He'll explain later.
@artificialanimeuniverse5063
@artificialanimeuniverse5063 3 ай бұрын
When's the other time?
@Preirin
@Preirin 3 ай бұрын
@@artificialanimeuniverse5063 red nose day special
@artificialanimeuniverse5063
@artificialanimeuniverse5063 3 ай бұрын
@@Preirin I see.
@davidbest4908
@davidbest4908 Жыл бұрын
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
@johntyler6142 Жыл бұрын
Or was it . . .
@johntomlinson-j6x
@johntomlinson-j6x Жыл бұрын
really... cool 🍁❤‍🩹🍁 🤠
@Codex7777
@Codex7777 Жыл бұрын
Series 2 and 3 were my favourites. :)
@johntyler6142
@johntyler6142 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@EcceJack Жыл бұрын
Some of my friend's in-laws are Blackadders! Also no Edmund among them, afaik - more's the pity!
@christiangibbs8534
@christiangibbs8534 Ай бұрын
Rodney Tricycle: His story is so often overlooked. I'm so glad to see that the writers of Blackadder are keeping alive the legacy of this amazing engineer.
@ricardovelasco3976
@ricardovelasco3976 9 жыл бұрын
"…zeir Wine tastes of ze peepee of Cows…" Genius!
@about37ninjas
@about37ninjas 8 жыл бұрын
I thought he said beards.
@johnpmchappell
@johnpmchappell 8 жыл бұрын
He did.
@zoltancsikos5604
@zoltancsikos5604 8 жыл бұрын
Thought he said boobs lol
@anatoleondulet4881
@anatoleondulet4881 Жыл бұрын
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
@georgenorris2657 Жыл бұрын
You can't win 'em all.
@garryb5378
@garryb5378 Жыл бұрын
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
@matthewbooth9265 Жыл бұрын
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
@umachan9286 Жыл бұрын
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
@koenigvonbayern Жыл бұрын
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.
@mtamerlan
@mtamerlan 3 ай бұрын
2:31 - the way get spooked gets me all the time
@MrTuftynut
@MrTuftynut Жыл бұрын
Another brilliant comedy moment by Blackadder and crew - so funny !
@staley101
@staley101 Жыл бұрын
Hello Darling always gets me!
@stu7399
@stu7399 Ай бұрын
I like that there's a "Darling" on both sides at Waterloo.
@moravianlion3108
@moravianlion3108 Жыл бұрын
The kidney joke is an epitome of "boys being boys"
@JafuetTheSame
@JafuetTheSame 8 жыл бұрын
these uniforms were surprisingly accurate
@petertwiss4215
@petertwiss4215 Жыл бұрын
I think it works!
@fionariseley-go4ri
@fionariseley-go4ri Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this show all of them so funny 😂
@bjw4859
@bjw4859 Жыл бұрын
Now that was a series, long live Baldrick, he always has a cunning plan.
@ecclestonsangel
@ecclestonsangel 7 жыл бұрын
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.
@marcjustmarc6990
@marcjustmarc6990 Жыл бұрын
Blackadder....The Unintentional Timelord
@robyncampbell-br5cl
@robyncampbell-br5cl Жыл бұрын
he played one in comic relief one year didnt he?
@impulse255dj
@impulse255dj Жыл бұрын
@@robyncampbell-br5cl Yep, Comic Relief 1999.
@maning04
@maning04 10 жыл бұрын
the kidney prank was hilarious! :))
@DewDewsDestiny
@DewDewsDestiny 7 жыл бұрын
"Hello, Darling." How can such a simple line be so very perfect XD
@flamencoprof
@flamencoprof Жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I learned this was even made!
@BK-ku1zt
@BK-ku1zt Жыл бұрын
It’s pretty good if memory serves, can recommend
@TerryWaitesRadiator
@TerryWaitesRadiator Жыл бұрын
​@@BK-ku1zt it's utter dross
@Three-Headed-Monkey
@Three-Headed-Monkey Жыл бұрын
Blackadder goes Back and Forth! It was a feature length special made for the turn of the millennium.
@nerfherder4284
@nerfherder4284 Жыл бұрын
Me too, I want to see it all. Seen everything else I think.
@markstamp3937
@markstamp3937 Жыл бұрын
It was made to be shown in the millennium dome
@andrewtregoning
@andrewtregoning Жыл бұрын
best cast ever, will never be topped
@Michael-4
@Michael-4 6 жыл бұрын
When amazing talent on one project has lost it's edge.
@OhHeyItsLeeGaming
@OhHeyItsLeeGaming 9 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the full thing at the Millenium Dome back in 2000 lol. Good times.
@MKAdamski
@MKAdamski 8 жыл бұрын
+RealityIsInTheGame I went on 02/01/2000. I only went to the dome to see this
@suburbia2050
@suburbia2050 3 ай бұрын
Def the best bit there!
@joannefalkinder393
@joannefalkinder393 Жыл бұрын
Tried to communicate with another Blackadder. Love this program 😍
@madgeordie4290
@madgeordie4290 9 жыл бұрын
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
@blakel8121 9 жыл бұрын
+Mad Geordie Its the internet, its powered by people getting offended at everything.
@TotalRookie_LV
@TotalRookie_LV 8 жыл бұрын
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
@madgeordie4290 8 жыл бұрын
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
@madgeordie4290 8 жыл бұрын
***** 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
@routeman680 8 жыл бұрын
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!
@Wellington-nl7vm
@Wellington-nl7vm Жыл бұрын
Stephen Fry as myself. I'd never thought I'd see the day
@berthamcdurtha8554
@berthamcdurtha8554 Жыл бұрын
Damn... if only u could say the plan
@dixonpinfold2582
@dixonpinfold2582 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service😄
@poissonnoir
@poissonnoir 4 ай бұрын
Well done, your Grace!
@ransomedavis2208
@ransomedavis2208 Жыл бұрын
blackadder and red dwarf were my favourites
@jspee1965
@jspee1965 3 ай бұрын
Ahh smeg!
@BBGSUSAMEDIA1
@BBGSUSAMEDIA1 11 жыл бұрын
I am laughing so hard...Rowan Atkins is great! The twists delivered at the end were well played. Merci
@marcuswalters8093
@marcuswalters8093 3 ай бұрын
2:07 The French army has one of the best records in Europe, especially at this point in history.
@Jaytee.
@Jaytee. 3 ай бұрын
It was Sounds of Summer by the Beach Boys. I think it got scratched during the battle, though.
@Neves7561
@Neves7561 10 жыл бұрын
This.Is pure gold.
@edgelee84
@edgelee84 9 жыл бұрын
2:31 Oooooohhhh~~
@jawadamin1293
@jawadamin1293 Ай бұрын
That "Hello Darling" always gets me lol
@maamold
@maamold Жыл бұрын
1:30 - that is the best writing and acting I've ever seen. Never ceases to make me laugh.
@Monaghan3000
@Monaghan3000 27 күн бұрын
The British calling literally anyone else effeminate is beyond irony.
@SMichaelDeHart
@SMichaelDeHart 17 күн бұрын
They love their Molly Houses!!
@maieldmik5233
@maieldmik5233 Жыл бұрын
.......and in the end we had to throw my kidney away 😞😞..... priceless!!
@B33t_R007
@B33t_R007 Жыл бұрын
i spat my coffee. the way he said it, poor lad. 😂
@maieldmik5233
@maieldmik5233 Жыл бұрын
And the laughing afterwards, especially Stephen Fry,was masterful comedy !!
@davidmaxwaterman
@davidmaxwaterman Жыл бұрын
IMO, Tim McInnerny is the best actor of the lot - simply outstanding :)
@JCurtisDrums
@JCurtisDrums 7 жыл бұрын
The Napoleon/Darling scene is genius.
@phann860
@phann860 7 ай бұрын
An absolute hoot.
@edmundobungo1106
@edmundobungo1106 Жыл бұрын
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
@HeleneWheatfield0549 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads-up....I thought it was part of a series I must have somehow missed at the time. (Sydney, Aust.)
@simonsimon325
@simonsimon325 Жыл бұрын
@@HeleneWheatfield0549 It's called Blackadder Back and Forth - a half hour special shown on New Year's Eve 1999.
@HeleneWheatfield0549
@HeleneWheatfield0549 Жыл бұрын
We didn't get this in Australia. Ironic, that this was a little like time travel for me. ☺@@simonsimon325
@markanderson3870
@markanderson3870 Жыл бұрын
Bloody good show!
@andrewstackpool4911
@andrewstackpool4911 Жыл бұрын
Great final line, Hullo Darling
@deldridg
@deldridg Жыл бұрын
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.
@canicheenrage
@canicheenrage 10 жыл бұрын
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 ).
@thecommissaruk
@thecommissaruk 4 ай бұрын
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.
@Cardinal908ipo
@Cardinal908ipo 6 ай бұрын
still better than the napoleon movie
@aidenwrenn5342
@aidenwrenn5342 6 жыл бұрын
Loved that show
@daveward9785
@daveward9785 Жыл бұрын
Still more historically accurate than the Ridley Scott film.
@John_Thomas96
@John_Thomas96 Жыл бұрын
The greatest show I’ve ever seen.
@Disgruntled-Carrot
@Disgruntled-Carrot Жыл бұрын
Rodney Tricycle was a great inventor
@ArchibaldBagge
@ArchibaldBagge Жыл бұрын
Yes, but it's not funny is it? Just lazy writing.
@theoztreecrasher2647
@theoztreecrasher2647 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@GummoNZ Жыл бұрын
But not as great as George Stephenson who invented a moving kettle.
@hb1338
@hb1338 Жыл бұрын
@@ArchibaldBagge Maybe, but it still gets laughs. Mr Atkinson may of course contribute to that effect.
@stephenusaf6315
@stephenusaf6315 4 ай бұрын
Not nearly as great as Sir Reginald Television Set.
@VickersDoorter
@VickersDoorter Жыл бұрын
2:30 Oooh. Just love the mincing response.
@caeserromero3013
@caeserromero3013 9 ай бұрын
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.
@Eastbarn1
@Eastbarn1 3 ай бұрын
I can’t believe that some history teachers are using Blackadder as teaching material - particularly the WWI series. It’s a comedy show!
@gammondinosaur3411
@gammondinosaur3411 Ай бұрын
Our entire educational system is nowadays a comedy show.
@civroger
@civroger Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Just brilliant.
@richardhenshaw5660
@richardhenshaw5660 Ай бұрын
Love the wizard of Oz bit, you can beat an egg but you can't beat Blackadder...More please!
@derin111
@derin111 Жыл бұрын
Those French hairstyles…..that’s what we need more of today! 😂
@zbr76
@zbr76 8 жыл бұрын
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
@maxredjasper55 7 жыл бұрын
He looks exactly like him. Even his regalia is almost the exactly the same as the real duke's.
@seanjenkins6947
@seanjenkins6947 7 жыл бұрын
It was an inside job ;)
@kapitankapital6580
@kapitankapital6580 6 жыл бұрын
Waterloo was an inside job.
@EpaminondastheGreat
@EpaminondastheGreat 5 жыл бұрын
Good God, the resemblance is uncanny!
@HostileJabberwocky32
@HostileJabberwocky32 5 жыл бұрын
Nah, they look much more like Joachim Murat and Michael Ney, which they're probably supposed to represent anyway
@walterengler5709
@walterengler5709 Жыл бұрын
I prefer the final scenes when he realizes he can tweak things just a little more to his advantage lol
@micheleseay5748
@micheleseay5748 Жыл бұрын
I love this show, many of those actors are in today's shows.
@shaundavenport621
@shaundavenport621 3 ай бұрын
"The minute we mince up the hill"!😅😅
@joshhoffman1975
@joshhoffman1975 Жыл бұрын
Very funny, why have I never heard of this before! 🎉❤😂
@robinharwood5044
@robinharwood5044 Жыл бұрын
You have had a deprived life.
@Goth7illa
@Goth7illa Жыл бұрын
It was a special commissioned for SkyScape Cinema (called Blackadder back & forth in case ya didn’t know😊).
@joshhoffman1975
@joshhoffman1975 Жыл бұрын
@@Goth7illa I didnt thanks, its still funny! 🤣🤣🤣🤩💯👊
@chrisd2051
@chrisd2051 8 жыл бұрын
The fact that Dr. House and Mr. Bean are in a comedy together never fails to amaze me.
@apropercuppa8612
@apropercuppa8612 8 жыл бұрын
Long, LONG before the Yanks ever heard of him and made him 'famous'.
@chrisd2051
@chrisd2051 8 жыл бұрын
+Gwai Lo .I.
@srbmod93
@srbmod93 8 жыл бұрын
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
@apropercuppa8612 8 жыл бұрын
***** Good.
@MekinakSibiMekinacic
@MekinakSibiMekinacic 7 жыл бұрын
And don't forget Stephen Fry!!! These three together is a real treat!!
@RJLbwb
@RJLbwb 9 жыл бұрын
Wellington spends the enter scene patting himself on the back ROFL
@shawngregg3796
@shawngregg3796 Жыл бұрын
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
@christineirving4491pluviophile Жыл бұрын
Same here, Bean irritated me beyond belief.
@uttaradit2
@uttaradit2 Жыл бұрын
bell end
@chimpazoo1143
@chimpazoo1143 Жыл бұрын
What's with the posh folk in this comment section?
@uttaradit2
@uttaradit2 Жыл бұрын
@@chimpazoo1143 gone ape
@Brahlam
@Brahlam Жыл бұрын
Some comedy just glances past the less intelligent.
@brianearner5092
@brianearner5092 6 жыл бұрын
Paul weller, everything awesome comes from him
@precursors
@precursors Жыл бұрын
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 😂
@weckar
@weckar Жыл бұрын
The lower the Blackadders fall in history, the more they rise. A proper sendoff to be sure.
@oldgitsknowstuff
@oldgitsknowstuff 7 жыл бұрын
We will be Slaughtered the moment we 'mince up the hill !
@I7275-p2d
@I7275-p2d 4 ай бұрын
More historical accuracy than any Neil Oliver documentary.
@mrward6510
@mrward6510 8 жыл бұрын
British singing the French anthem....the horror 😭
@Yoedric
@Yoedric 7 жыл бұрын
Best part of the video imo :D
@TheBayzent
@TheBayzent 6 жыл бұрын
Mr ward ikr? What's this? 1066?
@ericp3327
@ericp3327 6 жыл бұрын
don't you remember what happened in November 2015 in Wembley ? And we still thank you so much for your support.
@romainlapie6362
@romainlapie6362 6 жыл бұрын
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
@soap8572 6 жыл бұрын
As a Brit..... I feel that horror inside of me 😱
@Wolf6119
@Wolf6119 6 жыл бұрын
I love the way the entire French general staff jump and shriek when a cannon goes off in the background.
@greenglassman
@greenglassman Жыл бұрын
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
@marshalLannes1769 Жыл бұрын
Don't tell that to the brits, they would be offended.
@Fwdking
@Fwdking Жыл бұрын
Simply brilliant.
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