New & Exclusive Outtakes from Blackadder II | Blackadder | BBC Comedy Greats

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[@Humvee369]

What is confirmed from this is that Atkinson was a total perfectionist. Arguably why he was so exceptionally funny in the role.

[@Symon2099]

The irony of Rowan genuinely forgetting a line, where Blackadder pretends to forget someone's name.

[@Moccason]

It's so odd seeing them _not_ be daft idiots. They drop character and it's like seeing the lights switch on behind their eyes 😂 Great stuff, thanks for uploading.

[@skilledarma]

Timeless comedy, glad we’ve got it as we’ll never have anything like this again!

[@timdogdawg4099]

I'd love to see the remainder of the original cast do another series or an hour long special! Anything, as long as we get to see these comedy geniuses on our TV screens one more time!

[@captainbuggernut9565]

Very professional, polite, smiles and Tim did so enjoy that boomerang.😂 Blackadder is a master piece from an age where we could all have a laugh without offending many people.

[@richardenglish2195]

Well, I'm offended that you think comedy should be funny... Get with the program, boomer! ;)

[@ianstobie]

Age is a protected category under Scotland's new hate crime law. So the days of saying "boomer" on KZbin are surely numbered. So both our posts are likely to disappear once YT's bots are updated.

[@thewonkyembouchure]

'...is a masterpiece.' Everything thereafter is a shoehorning of a grievance-a howling at the moon...

[@hoisin75]

I honestly think Bells is the finest half an hour of comedy ever made

[@Isleofskye]

Better than " The Rag Trade " episode in 1961 with Reg Varney?

[@keithnaylor1981]

Aaah - memories of problems with VHS tapes comes flooding back to me!

[@LeonEvans_Guyver1]

back before gag reels and a time when actors took it as a professional embarrassment to forget their lines or mess up and waste the other actors time. also an interesting snapshot at how much standing around doing nothing happens when creating TV/Film Its quite incredible how times have changed and now gag reels are often funnier than the actual program/film

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

Love this show. Ben Elton really saved it

[@stellarobado4269]

Ben Elton has way too many haters considering that he hasn't done anything bad by celebrity standards.

[@bennyboy233]

I miss comedy like this

[@RadioFirestage558]

So that’s Potato covered. Can we have the outtakes from the other 5 episodes now please?

[@daren42]

I was waiting for Tom Baker. Always a treat. More please!

[@BarnardoP]

And Tom Baker doesn’t fluff his lines! The Voyages of Redbeard Rum was the prequel spin-off we needed!

[@npc3po301]

@@BarnardoP Ooooohh! you have a womans comment m'lord!! I'll wager that comment never sat betwixt two other comments aboard a sinking social media platform

[@ariochiv]

I enjoyed how he stayed in character during the flubs.

[@AtheistOrphan]

He’s currently up the old sea dog.

[@craigofadelaide4960]

I didn't realised that it was Tom Baker until I read it somewhere recently!! He was brilliant in the short part that he did have

[@stellarobado4269]

Thank goodness someone put this video on KZbin before the tape died!

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

*AHHH!! YOU HAVE A WOMAN'S COMMENT, MY LORD!!*

[@toucheturtle3840]

When the actual program was funnier than the outtakes…

[@richiethewles]

That’s a really good point.

[@avix007]

The season 4 outtakes are quite funny.

[@Micke12312]

Is that so strange really?

[@toucheturtle3840]

@@Micke12312 Try Red Dwarf…

[@johnking5174]

A typical studio recording for a BBC sitcom in the 80s was usually from 7.30pm - 10.00pm, and it must have felt strange to the audience, used to watching a 30 minute sitcom, having to be produced over 2.5 hours.

[@WilliMar36]

It wasn’t recorded before a live audience and mercifully canned laughter wasn’t used.

[@johnking5174]

@@WilliMar36 It was - Series 2, 3 and 4 were all recorded before 300 audience members in Studio TC8 at the BBC Television Centre in London. How do I know this? Rowan Atkinson said so. So you calling Rowan a liar. Also all the cast has mentioned performing before a studio audience for this show. Only Series 1 was not recorded before a studio audience. Michael Grade, BBC 1 controller told Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson that he would only agree to commission a second series if they moved into a live studio recording in front of an audience. This is called being a real fan of the show and doing some research. Try it sometime.

[@thewonkyembouchure]

⁠​⁠@@johnking5174 'So you calling Rowan a liar.' Where, exactly, did the respondent make that particular claim? Misrepresenting their position is unnecessary to make your wider informative point, whether you're a fan or otherwise.

[@johnking5174]

@@thewonkyembouchure I am making a point, to someone who claims they knew it wasn't recorded before a live studio audience. I know it was. I know because Rowan said so. So yes, I used that to make my point

[@thewonkyembouchure]

@@johnking5174 Same message, no snark: Atkinson has stated in interviews that Series 2 through 4 were recorded before 300 audience members in Studio TC8 at the BBC Television Centre in London; all other cast members have also mentioned performing before a studio audience.

[@karanrajguleria9073]

More Blackadder! Yay. Edit: I'm not being ironic. I am genuinely happy to see this.

[@paulannable3734]

‘Ironic’. The most misunderstood and misused word in the English language. Except for ‘literally’

[@GGov86]

@@paulannable3734 Yep, though not in this case. One of the definitions of irony is "the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning", which the original comment would've been a textbook example of, if it hadn't been clarified.

[@paulannable3734]

@@GGov86 no, Irony involves something being contrary to expectations. That’s what the ironic part is. It’s not simply the opposite of what’s being said. That’s more sarcasm than irony. Like I said… people just don’t get it. Like Alanis Morrisette who wrote a whole song about it without giving a single correct example.

[@GGov86]

@@paulannable3734Yes it is. Look it up in the dictionary. Saying something is good when it's actually bad is an ironic statement. What you're describing is a very specific type of irony, which many people incorrectly think is the only type.

[@GGov86]

@@paulannable3734 Also, sarcasm is a subcategory of irony. Again, look stuff up before making bold claims.

[@Can0spam]

It would be great if you could normalise the audio. I couldn't hear a lot of what they were chatting about.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Well peel my tangerines i've not seen these before.

[@robvegart]

They even included authentic vcr lines to go with these outs.

[@jubbaronny]

The most humourless outtakes ever.

[@pressureworks]

More please

[@IanEckert1977]

Ho Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas Everyone...

[@DaveInBridport]

Atkinson gives the impression he's the only decent actor and he is demeaning himself working with the others

[@Maesterful]

Curious I would have said the exact same thing about Stephen Fry 😆

[@jamieflame01]

Sodoff Baldrick

[@OofusTwillip]

These outtakes are hardly "side-splitting". More like "minor fluffs" and "adjustments between takes".

[@Isleofskye]

Also when Rowan and others are involved, they are not "the bloke next door" who likes a laugh but serious AC....TORS,....lol

[@peterclarke3990]

There is more sanity here than there is in todays society. Queenie would make a marvellous PM!

[@b8nnytez]

To my non acting eyes, there was a distinct lack of humour between the actors. It was more like a chore they had to get through. Good thing the end product was so brilliant though.

[@kevinbennett7615]

You beat me to it. I see other out-takes and the cast have a good laugh with the mistakes.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

To quote John Lloyd 'noting good is ever easy'. Partly why Blackadder 4 was the last was because they went through a lot of hard work/arguments during the scripting [as the cast had full input].

[@Rocket1377]

Stephen Fry said that working on Blackadder was tough, because everyone took it very seriously and wanted it to be as good as possible. There was a dedication to getting every nuance just right. Comedy is hard.

[@rachelh9985]

Seems like professionalism. Saving it for the take

[@hoisin75]

I can't speak for Blackadder, but my dad was film editor on series 2 of the Young Ones and remembers the then young actors took their comedy very seriously. They'd sit in the cutting room procrastinating if they could have done their take funnier. Comedians are often serious off stage aren't they

[@vernonbear]

Can someone tweak the tracking?

[@stellarobado4269]

Sometimes tapes get damaged enough that it won't help

[@raresaturn]

they never say 'action'

[@Number6_]

The video heads on this vhs machine need ajusting.

[@pressureworks]

Ah the inclusion of a dead parrot. Or is it pinning for the fjords ??

[@SpeccyMan]

It may be pining for the fjords since in order to be pinning something you would require a pin. 😉

[@marktemple3976]

Not exactly side splitting. Mildly interesting seems a push.

[@Mucker-le6ld]

Outtakes are usually funny.

[@darrengriffin8609]

Tough crowd

[@simoncarswell3515]

The ones you normally see are funny. They've been selected and preserved because they're the best of the best. Most of the time, outtakes are like this. No-one said outtakes have to be funny. Personally, I found it a fascinating insight into the recording process.

[@Isleofskye]

Not when Mt, Serious: Rowan is around..

[@JJONNYREPP]

New & Exclusive Outtakes from Blackadder II | Blackadder | BBC Comedy Greats 29.11.23 1906pm whose vhs was this copied from? all in all funny. amusing. LOL. set me up for the morning as i walked to school to discuss Blackadder and the failings of humanity...

[@simoncarswell3515]

"New and exclusive" is a bit cheeky. This tape has been doing the rounds on the internet for decades.

[@liamatsutv]

"Side-splitting"? Umm, no.

[@dogmannz]

When you see something like that in somebodies description of their video you know, A) the video isn't worth watching, and B) none of their other videos are either

[@JohnJackLog]

If a concert pianist made as many mistakes as this during a performance he’d be booed off stage. Hey Ho it’s only ham acting.