American Reacts Blackadder S1E2

[@joshuajoshua2732]

I never understood why Series 1 is so under appreciated sure it was different to later seasons but like you said in the previous video you have to start somewhere i love all the series of Blackadder 😊.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

I think a lot of the gags in series 1 can be easily missed if you're not particularly familiar with Shakespeare.

[@davescurry69]

Great stuff again, Connor. How great was that ending. The first season is very, very underrated.

[@puppyash9656]

yes i recommend you watch the entire season 1, because of all the recurring "characters" and actors. This sets up the following seasons

[@Bareego]

The actor who played the King is Brian Blessed. If you want to see him in his full glory, watch him when he was hosting "Have I got news for you" a couple of times. So funny

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

As Blackadder seasons go on, his family and his own personal position reduces in power, but Blackadder himself increases in intelligence. In Season one he is at his most powerful and most stupid and ineffectual. Personally I really enjoy the characters and plotting in Season one, and love Blackadder’s behaviour given his final fate. So wholesome!

[@larryargent503]

Season 1 was great. Remember, whenever you hear people complain about it, it was dumbed down later for the masses. 😆

[@clairenoon4070]

Nah, it was just that it wasn't very funny, which is a bit of a problem for something purporting to be a comedy series. Things improved hugely as soon as Elton came on board.

[@larryargent503]

@@clairenoon4070I don't disagree in general but it was a different sort of funny. Most of the comedy stemming from its basis on Shakespeare and the history. Ben Elton is the reason I said it was dumbed down. He was an alternative comedian, who specialised in appealing to the younger generation at the time. "We're in the stickiest situation since Sticky the Stick Insect got stuck on a sticky bun." is considered a classic line...I don't see the humour in it at all.

[@larryargent503]

@@clairenoon4070 That goes back to my point. It was dumbed down for the masses.

[@Alf_The_Gr8]

​@@clairenoon4070it's hilarious you just don't get it !

[@leehallam9365]

Great reaction. Episode 3 I think has Miriam Margoyles as the Spanish Enfanta.

[@jackcarter5101]

That's episode 4

[@rnw2739]

Unfortunately, the talentless, fat prat also pops up in 'Blackadders Christmas Carol' as Queen Victoria. Cast purely for being a bloater as she possesses no acting ability whatsoever.

[@micko11154]

One of the funniest episodes in all four series.

[@Bareego]

Season 1 came out just after Fawlty Towers had a smashing success, so they kind of tried to do it, but it not being like Fawlty Towers. So that's why it took a while to find their best way of doing things.

[@jackcarter5101]

All the remaining episodes of series 1 have post-credit scenes, so you must keep watching. You should listen to the end theme tune anyway, it's very funny.

[@lowlygrinder2977]

The characters in season 1 were so realistic, from the king to a certain witch hunter.

[@signeturnbull5726]

Just wait till you watch episode 3 when the Spanish Enfanta says "AGAIN PLEASE!". Very funny!!!! :-D

[@benlee8436]

I hope you'll come back to this, as it gets better as it goes along. Miriam Margoyles, the witch hunt and the finale are all warped gold.

[@mattlm64]

Series 1 is great if only for Brian Blessed.

[@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz]

The end title song is not to be missed ever! It's part of the experience.

[@markhughes8314]

Love this programme, one of my all time favourites, but never really took to the first series before Ben Elton got involved and changed things about.

[@ink-cow]

I don't think S1 is as bad as people think, but it certainly doesn't come close to the later shows. Blackadder Goes Forth (WWI) is sheer perfection from start to its (absolutely stunning) finish. One big non-spoiler fix in Blackadder II (Elizabethan) is a far more focused cast and setting.

[@elizabethfarrell23]

CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SEASON 3 REACTION VIDEOS! Was just thinking about when you would do more of these. Lol-o.. :D If you had to review one episode though, it would be this.. So that just made my day. Your non reaction to a particular cringey (vulgar) part near the start had me both lol-ing hard and feeling sorry for you.. 😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@morgangriffiths2330]

Please carry on with season one. You might like it more. You should experience the two different styles

[@jackcarter5101]

7:50 You said it, mate. Keep it up. But also, keep to the chronological order, or it won't make sense.

[@benlee8436]

This season has the best score by far and location shooting and real riding around on horses. It acts as a great contrast against the comedy script.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍grendal stretchers? The early stuff so primative but just gets better

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

FYI: It's actually grundle! An archaic (crude/rude) alternative to the perineum.😂

[@bigbird2100]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 thanks for the clarification

[@paulcollins5423]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 I had no idea that was what it meant. Thank you. Although the thought of a device designed to stretch anyone's perineum makes me shudder - presumably a torture implement.

[@antiqueinsider]

Blackadder as seen in series 2 is the descendant(!)of this Blackadder. After all it's a couple of hundred years later! One of the threads through the whole thing is that times may change but people (and families) don't! This is particularly true of English nobility who have wielded power for centuries. When you get to the very end of the TV you'll find the 'millenium episode' (short film) 'Blackadder; Back and Forth' in which our heroes are seen in other pasts and futures. 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose'

[@alisonhill3941]

Couple of hundred years? Half that. Series 1 starts in 1485, series 2 is in the reign of Elizabeth I (it's impossible to date the series exactly, as the Queen is clearly still relatively young but Raleigh features in one episode, and he was a favourite of hers in the 1580s, when she would have been almost twice as old as Miranda Richardson played her).

[@Alf_The_Gr8]

Season 1 is the best by far. Please finish the series

[@sheronasims6783]

I love Blackadder 1. But I never understood why he was Duke of Edinburgh? Scotland was independent then and never had dukes then but Earls.

[@adoculos4521]

Yes, Scotland did have Dukedoms.

[@sheronasims6783]

@Ad Oculos until 17th century was only 1. Duke of Rothesay, the heir to tbe throne had that title from 1398. So 1 Duke.

[@adoculos4521]

@@sheronasims6783 Wrong. Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Queensbury, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox. Do your research, you'll get there eventually.

[@sheronasims6783]

@Ad Oculos I just read the peerage of Scotland. I always knew Scotland had Earls opposed to Dukes like England.

[@adoculos4521]

@@sheronasims6783 Go away. You literally have no idea what you are talking about and are now blocked. Look up the ones I have already listed (I note you didn't refer to them, of course you didn't) 🤦😆and you'll see you are wrong and confused. Don't bother replying though, I won't see it.

[@wellreally5854]

I love the Blackadder series, that is seasons 2 and 4, watched a few S3, never got into season 1, i realise you as a "Reactor" have to do what you have to do to get around the youtube copyright rules, Little wonder increasing numbers of reaction video makers are leaving youtube for other social media outlets. so looking forward to your S2 & S4 reactions, stay safe 😊

[@adamharris11]

This seems to be only findable as part of the Blackadder playlist rather than in the list of videos. Also when will you be doing the second Peep Show episode?

[@McJibbin]

I hadn't made it public yet and didn't know you could access it through the playlist 😅 . It should be good now tho!

[@nikkgardiner8026]

Listen to the end themes, they are just as funny

[@micko11154]

If you have all the green lines over the clip, do you actually need to hide 3/4 of it as well? Yes we need more volume please. Cheers!

[@McJibbin]

I thought hiding 3/4 of it would work but had to add the lines as well 😪. I won’t make the same mistake next time micko thanks 🙏

[@micko11154]

@@McJibbin What if you try using the lines, but keeping the whole view? Did you try that? Cheers!

[@Extra_050]

This series is not horrendous, but it's funny in a completely different way from what comes after it. It's probably better for you to watch it in this order, actually. If you watch it, as I did, after you have already seen the later ones, then it is considerably less funny, or at least it's funny in a different way. For one thing, Ben Elton did not become involved in the characters' authorship until the second series and so here, the differences in humour aside, with just Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson himself working on the script, it becomes more of a satirical take on Shakespeare than a satire of historical events. Significantly, it is the only series to make use of Brian Blessed (the King) and that is perhaps its greatest asset that makes it worth watching even if he doesn't have a major role in this particular episode. Still, you will find various things that are consistent: the Black Adder is still a dark-clothed man called Edmund and he's a sly, self-interested schemer even if he's not especially intelligent and he occupies the not-quite-top-dog role with the uphill battle that is common to all his descendants, Baldrick is still a filthy peasant even if he's not a fool as in subsequent series (notice how he also says his signature "I have a cunning plan" in this exact episode for the first time) and Lord Percy is a foolish sycophant, as in the second series (Captain Darling, played by the same actor in the fourth series is a foolish sycophant as well, of course, but he lives to impress General Melchett rather than Blackadder and so the humour changes again). So the genesis is there if only you look.

[@emiliesimensen4647]

you know that it is from different period of times! season 2 has nothing to do with season 1 and so on!

[@2old4gamez]

Yes!!!

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

Why doesn't McJibbin realise that he could just make a free BBC iplayer account and watch it on there? Then at least it would be better quality.

[@georgecarlinismytribe]

Keep with it. It gets x10 better come Season/Series 2

[@dreamstate1973]

Keep going with Season 1 please, and then go onto Season 2, don't skip. People just need a bit of patience FFS. I'd rather see you do ALL the Blackadder episodes, not skip around and miss stuff. Thanks Connor

[@TheBergmark]

In season one Percy is the really stupid one, not Baldrick.

[@ReaperZa23]

First Slackbladder season was not the best

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

The reason myself and others do not rate the first series is quite simple , the writing is weak and Rowan hadn’t found his character yet , his portrayal is WAY over the top as to be frankly unwatchable , but that’s only my opinion . Maybe it’s coloured by my vast appreciation of the subsequent series . 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Arobein]

You do realise Rowan was playing different character every season, right?

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@Arobein what ? … I sign all my posts with a St. Andrews flag , I’m clearly Scottish, so clearly am fully au fait with Blackadder and all its nuances . I even gave reasons for preferring the other series over the first , yet you ask a moronic question like that 🤯🤷‍♂️ ? I’m happy to explain , debate , chat about any comment I’ve made on here , it’s why I comment , I enjoy the back and forth and I’m genuinely interested in other folks opinions …. So , to turn to your reply / 💩. I’m going to assume your whole knowledge of Blackadder consists of small clips seen on reaction channels am I right ? Hmm 👀 Because you clearly haven’t watched Blackadder if you read my comment and decided to reply as you did ….. the only other explanation is that you have a severe learning difficulty, in which case I most sincerely apologise for my sarcasm as I have no wish to make your life any more challenging than it clearly already is … 👀 If you insist on me saying it out loud , yes I’m aware it’s different characters set in different time periods ….. though you are clearly unaware that when I said he hadn’t found his character yet that every genuine Blackadder fan would’ve definitely understood what I meant … but not you ! So to help you out . In the subsequent series Rowan plays the same character , same name , same set of characteristics. He’s vain , cowardly , avaricious, lazy , devious and utterly selfish and absolutely hilarious …. Had you not noticed that ? Everyone else did … nuff said , 🎤drop… 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mrp9023]

Season 1 is notoriously poor. The next 3 are very good...please don't give up on blackadder if you don't like the first series, it really is a great show, rated as a classic in the UK.

[@McJibbin]

Yes i've heard this from others as well. I will try an episode from Season 2

[@46FreddieMercury91]

i loved the first series. brian blessed was ace

[@sheronasims6783]

@46FreddieMercury91 I love series 1 too. Its 3 I don't own, never liked that one.

[@chubbymoth5810]

I totally disagree here. Season 1 is probably the best when it comes to historic references. But that also makes it the hardest to understand the jokes made. For historians however, this is the best season.

[@jackcarter5101]

Season 1 is notoriously UNDERRATED!