No Mercy for the Anarchists | Blackadder the Third | BBC Comedy Greats

[@BBCComedyGreats]

I have a cunning plan, let's watch more Blackadder here : kzbin.info/aero/PLZwyeleffqk5r8Ze_qSF9nKi_9hfjH0qO

[@DatGamingKid1]

I like how he goes into the room as if he's giving the 'actors' one more chance to be nice

[@Euroviking86]

And they blew it. To their cost.

[@peternikolajfengernger4210]

Metropolis

[@RealityCheck6T9]

True. He was perfectly polite.

[@TDKiller415]

And they BLEW IIIIIIIIIIIIT! They blew it!

[@michaelgraham7951]

I love how Blackadder gives the actors one last chance by asking “Are rehearsals going well?” He knew the misunderstanding, but due to their own pretence decided to play along. Blackadder has a heart... sometimes...

[@Funchaloe]

"When the going gets tough, the tough hides under the table." The wisdom of Blackadder. Brilliant man.

[@averongodoffire8098]

My family has a similar motto “When the going gets tough, the smart ditch it for the nearest boat and scram to the Canadian colonies and hide out as farmers”

[@TwinHuginHelmet]

"That's what they were bound to say, sir."

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

Claſſic catch 22.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

😆😂😆😂😆

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

"BOUND" LITERALLY XD

[@aleksandarvil5718]

2:24

[@frederickpurcell7478]

What Macbeth ? 🤣

[@MichaelFreckelton]

The intellectual capacity of a squashed apricot... love that line

[@NicolaKaye]

Michael Freckelton I will memorise this quote for future use 😂

[@cavetrollvillageidiot3095]

It was also the line that signed their own death warrants.

[@elizabethtaylor9321]

Michael Freckelton Are describing remainers ?

[@LukeMitchley]

You're as irritating as a potted cactus in a monkey's pajamas.🤣🤣

[@Calum_S]

@@elizabethtaylor9321 as if Brexiters are towering intellectuals. Not that it matters anymore.

[@kascally]

Atkinson and Robinson garner all the comment and praise, but spare a thought for the superb performances by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Connor (both now deceased) as the two thespians. They make the whole scene.

[@blackbob3358]

Casa face, by jove you're right.

[@Euroviking86]

Hugh Paddick's accent is honestly really entertaining in itself. It's so exaggerated and 'thespian'.

[@Spacetwerp]

The guest stars always demand praise as they are all never less than brilliant. Only a fool would fail to see the talent of these two stalwarts of British comedy. Paddick's perfect RP, redolent of RADA (yet to built in the Georgian era), is superb.

[@eliotreader8220]

@@Euroviking86 so that lot didn't understand the difference between reality and fiction

[@2up3rm4n1]

That's Kenneth Conner???? I have often wondered who these two creatures are, but never bothered to check. Finally I did. I tremendously enjoyed the Carry On movies, but somebody was clearly slumming.

[@ApetureTestSubject]

One small thing I love is that, at the end, the actors start off pleading to Prince George. Explaining to him what happened. But when they're about to be dragged away, they're clearly pleading to Blackadder, as they've finally worked out who's in charge here. And who they insulted. But alas, it's already far too late for that.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Mores the pity

[@hannibalburgers477]

Q

[@TDKiller415]

Macbeth!! 😂

[@JackT13]

Whom they insulted* 😛

[@SteliosStylianou]

‘I’ve only got one thing to say to you .....Macbeth’ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seferino]

@Mike Brailsford it's PUCK will make amends

[@Octorious]

@Mike Brailsford its "ahhh! hot potato of his drawers, pluck to make amends (*plucks noses*)"

[@takashiari1598]

Gee, I hope no one else here mentions Macbeth or you'd have to write all of that again

[@TheLashDog]

Macbeth

[@drcheekyisback]

Lash AAGH! Hot potato off his drawers! Pluck to make amends!!!!

[@darthlazurus4382]

"Sorry to disturb you gentlemen" Translation. "Enjoy your last few minutes breathing".

[@Ealsante]

"So, gentlemen, you have chosen death."

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

And I only got one other thing to say to you Macbeth

[@GameArchiver]

"There's was to have their entire conspiracy written down in play manuscript." Lmao

[@rogermouton2273]

''Oh no, what a mad, blundering, incredibly handsome young nincompoop I've been!' The delivery of the lines is just superb

[@Darkstar263]

"I've only got one thing to say to you...Macbeth!"

[@charliefarmer4365]

“AHHHHH!! HOT POTATO, ORCHESTRA STALLS, BUT WE’LL MAKE AMENDS!!”

[@MyLateralThawts]

If I lived in an area with a high percentage of actors in the community, I would definitely name my pet Macbeth.

[@TDKiller415]

"Well done, Bladder! How can I ever repay you?" "You can start by not calling me Bladder, sir. MACBETH!!!" That one last delivery was superb 😂

[@sammyeagleson5352]

When are people gonna learn you don't piss off Blackadder?

[@johndavies509]

amazing how few of them seem to have read the script

[@spencerraney4979]

It’s like pissing off Cartman. You get what you deserve.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

They never did, and then Blackadder went forth.

[@JzanderN]

When someone actually survives pissing him off to warn everyone.

[@Piledriver86]

The working class already knows, they mention in the series itself that Blackadder is a respected man about town. It's just the upper class, who can't even dress themselves, and the artists, who are so far up their own arse they taste their breakfast a second time, that haven't learned.

[@steerpike66]

The thing that really distinguished Elton and Curtis's scripts for Blackadder, and something that was a huge part of Fry and Laurie's sketch work, was a delight in the intrinsically funny sound of certain words and phrases. Bibble. Rubber button. Whale omelet. A particularly difficult bloater.

[@killerpussy84]

Honestly, I think (british) english is the only language - at least to me - where you can line up single words with no connection at all and it's just a delight to read or hear them. Bananas. Pie. Flabberghasted. Tumbling. Fiddle.

[@tunafarrell2067]

Oblong oscillating ocelot.

[@IrishCarney]

@@killerpussy84 Plop. Blunder-prone. Careening. Splat. Cement-head. Flamingo. Orangutan. Chimpanzee. Bartholomew. Porcupine. Buffoon. Pantyhose. Slurry. Catastrophe. Suspicious. Prancing. Wallow. Postponement. Bumpkin.

[@vassalagem1]

That's huge in Atkinson's comedy.

[@sudrianliam1199]

....... Bob.

[@alfredoprime5495]

"who hasn't had a raise in a fortnight"... I would LOVE to be able to complain to my employer that I hadn't had a raise in two weeks!

[@georgealderson4424]

Well you can always try! Good luck! See you at the Job Centre haha

[@BBCComedyGreats]

Getting an extra 1000 per month for asking to.

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

The criminal's vanity always makes one make one tiny but fatal mistake their's was to have their entire conspiracy printed and published in play manuscript........EPIC!!

[@ethanhunt2263]

I've got only one thing to say to you. Macbeth.

[@nathanwilliams2152]

@@ethanhunt2263 "AAAAARGH!!! Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!!"

[@ethanhunt2263]

@@nathanwilliams2152 Macbeth

[@JJfromPhilly67]

This whole episode has me roaring with laughter every time I watch it. But that line, "...up his nostrils, hot bananas THRUST!" particularly sets me off.

[@ritualentertainment]

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[@tsitracommunications2884]

Hot bananas?

[@anonymouscoward7559]

i can watch this series every 5+ years and still have a laugh.

[@arckocsog253]

Anonymous Coward I watch it every month:)

[@anbthree786]

5 years coming up

[@MDWolfe-ks5fu]

George: These actor are vicious anarchists. They intend to Kill Us All! Blackadder: What? Are they going to bore us to death? Heh, heh, heh. That was good.

[@GroundhogDayisAWESOME]

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[@RealityCheck6T9]

I'm the 308th ^_^

[@Timbone07]

@@RealityCheck6T9 I am the 551st

[@RealityCheck6T9]

I unliked and liked again. Now I'm the 551st.

[@bheeetts9515]

I'm the 806th

[@isaacschmitt4803]

"Take an extra thousand. . . " *waits expectantly "Guineas. . . ?" *still waiting "A month. . . ?" "Ok, what's your problem?" Good god, I must be a Blackadder. . .

[@ivantheterrible2594]

Blackadder is quite a negotiator!

[@ThaFuzzwood]

@@ivantheterrible2594 Blackadder was ahead of his time, already expecting the great resignation.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

"To torture him I lust Let's singe his hair And up his nostrils... Hot bananas thrust" 😂

[@steerpike66]

I've always been able to separate the eye-rolling goofy toff Hugh from his steady-gazed dramatic incarnation. He's such a brilliant performer. He can clown like the best, and do the one small thing that speaks volumes in a straight role.

[@TheOziasmidwinter]

Hugh aces Jeeves and Wooster as Bertie Wooster: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH_Momqgp8mMjrs

[@RxHydra]

4 minutes, 22 seconds, Baldrick. You owe me a groat.

[@peterjoyfilms]

Rx Hydra What is a groat?

[@Tripas350]

Short version, an old form of currency. Long version: "The groat was an English silver coin with a value of four old pence. Its name has connections to old words in several European languages for "Great" - such as the Dutch groot, the French gros and the Italian Grosso, all of which had the same meaning. The coin was so named because it was larger and thicker than the penny, which was the predominant coin at the time the first groat was introduced - the year 1279. [1] The use of the groat continued through to the 19th century, and was eventually only included in Maundy Money sets, which sometimes however found their way into ordinary currency use." From this website: www.coinandbullionpages.com/english-silver-coins/groat.html

[@bennigek7196]

@@Tripas350 thank you sir. And thank you for actually giving us a source. And now i actually know why the word "groot" is actually the word it is. Thank you allthough im 2 years late.

[@malcolmabram2957]

@@Tripas350 They liked 1/3s in those days. A groat was a third of a shilling. A third of a pound was an angel, 6s 8d.

[@reuireuiop0]

Could there be any relation to the famous most northern tip of the British Isle, John O Groats ? Like, it is said Scottish are quite keen on coinage, even (more) if it comes in small amounts ?

[@umjackd]

"That's what they were *bound* to say. Just finally realised that one.

[@williambrick2481]

Dick Fageroni how original

[@terencej72]

The great Hugh Paddick "Indeed yes sir, your participation is as irritating as a potted cactus in a monkey's pyjamas" 😁😁😁 "MACBETH"" "Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends"

[@srdjanjovanovic3369]

It must be noted that the play that doomed them was "The Bloody Murder of the Foul Prince Romero and His Enormously Bosomed Wife" and that both the violence of the murder and the vastness of the bosom were artistically necessary.

[@boneshaker6819]

Hugh Paddick is sadly missed. Listen to him in Julian and Sandy with Kenneth Williams, pure comedy gold.

[@totallyinconspicuous7299]

I have been DYING to use "Potted Cactus in a Monkey's Pajamas" in my normal life, best remark ever.

[@Satellite_Of_Love]

I love how devious this Blackadder is.

[@FildasKirk]

Too bad the name Macbeth doesn't have the same effect on teachers of English literature

[@sentientsanwich3954]

If it did, English would be a circus.

[@mardyben137]

FildasKirk Macbeth is a terrific play. I'm disappointed I didn't cover it in my A Level English Literature. I did Othello which is also excellent.

[@stephenbyrne3909]

Can you imagine if it did?

[@ReplayButtonMolester]

+Gypsy Slagwagon You're lucky. Macbeth constituted only a tiny percentage of my A-Level English studies, the rest was devoted to the lovey-dovey tripe that is Romeo and Juliet.

[@BrickBuster2552]

If the predictions were coming true, why did they kill the king?

[@martintimmer8574]

I should re watch the complete collection. Hours of excellent acting and true comedy.

[@TrevorKeenAnimation]

Best TV sitcom set in the 18th century ever!

[@melissareohorn7436]

19th

[@RadicalCaveman]

Actually, I've just figured out why those actors ended up like that. It's the bad luck from all the other times Blackadder said "Macbeth" in their presence.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

Don't forget the part where Blackadder takes action to bring them to their sorry end.

[@giantskunk]

They left out “Thick Jack Clod sits in the stocks and gets pelted with rancid tomatoes”

[@stevencassidy6982]

I love the two old actors- particularly Hugh Paddicks facial expressions

[@agenttheater5]

“When the going gets tough, the tough hide under the table.” Sounds like a plan.

[@applejuice5272]

Sounds like a cunning plan.

[@robbo_96]

This was one of the most satisfying endings to a Blackadder episode because of his hero moment, in that moment we're just as relieved to have him reappear and assert control as the Prince and Baldrick.

[@anglosaxon5874]

"I've only got one thing to say to you. Macbeth!" "Ahhhh" lol

[@maxcardun]

They're Traitors Sir.

[@lordeden2732]

And your a Childish prat sir!

[@u.v.s.5583]

It's treason then.

[@NickJohnCoop]

The fact he later shouts Macbeth when they’re further down the hall is even better.

[@mbilowan]

1:18 Thank you for the GOOD JOY you gave me

[@patrickstewart3446]

That's what they were bond to say, sir." One of my favourite lines of the series. :)

[@psychedeliccarrie5921]

0:32 *T H I C C*

[@pix_d20]

*T H I C C*

[@saintetienne755]

Was that Kenneth Connor as one of the anarchist actors? A comedy legend

[@chipking2765]

Saint Etienne yes RIP

[@tonytye8963]

He played in a few Carry On movies in his time.

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

It's fun to see Blackadder win every once in a while. If every episode ended with him being humiliated, it'd be tiresome.

[@SamHargreaves]

He wins at the end of all but the first two episodes this season. The most evil version of the character is also the most successful.

[@ianilus4783]

Sardinia? My home being mentioned in a British comedy tv series was quite unexcepted

[@averyp3997]

Sardinia was also mentioned in a Monty Python sketch.

[@eliotreader8220]

i found it very interesting how Baldrick thought that those actors where up to no good because he and the Prince did not know the difference between fiction and reality

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

And Blackadder doesn't care.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Or is that friction and reality?

[@rudiruttger]

A fine lesson in good manners!

[@johnvallett5515]

What a mad Blundering incredibly handsome young Nincompoop!!

[@kitkuparshabong1855]

1:21 loved it when Baldrick spread his legs😂😂😂

[@ShawndaPrawn]

Gah! Phrasing!

[@Hotshotter3000]

A thousand Guineas a month? That was an unbelievable sum of money. If you made that much in a year you would be a very well-to-do person.

[@jeremyspice51]

Thats on top of whatever he was already earning. Plus he says that he hasnt had a raise in a fortnight. Wish my employers would raise my pay that often.

[@stephenbyrne3909]

Then it's you'll be a millionaire?

[@christosvoskresye]

+Jeremy Spice Me too! I have to steal his socks and sell them on the black market.

[@Skitrex]

One thousand guinea pigs a month.

[@cityman2312]

Similarly, the sum with which the Prince bribes Baldrick in the MP episode - £400,000 - is unrealistically high for that time.

[@peterburke3944]

with the way edmund catches out the actors its like rowans shaping up for his future role in maigret

[@RadicalCaveman]

They're bound, ready for torture and execution, and they're still worried about bad luck?

[@MismeretMonk]

A condemned Englishman once insisted to be given a coat and scarf, to wear when he was gonna walk to the execution block. He did not wanted to catch a cold.

[@user-qc4sj2kv7j]

@@MismeretMonk this is why people insist on sterilized needles

[@mialevi1341]

I was thinking the same thing but didn't know how to phrase it so others could understand.

[@morgoth2425]

It's called irony

[@Piledriver86]

How much worse could their luck possibly get? Maybe they were worried about tri`pping on the stairs leading to the hangmans pole

[@Sealimperialpictures]

“I’ve only got one thing to say for you, Macbeth!”

[@lmj9517]

"AAAaaaahhhhh! hot potato, off his drawers, puck to make amends!"

[@lewismcdonald985]

"Macbeth!!"

[@pladimir_vutin]

Brilliantly done. gone are the days when bbc used to make quality content and real comedy.

[@BlackSkullArmor]

A thousand guineas per month. Dayum blackadder be ballin

[@-RandomBiz-]

"I've only got one thing to say to you two....MACBETH!"

[@cnote2458]

I love how they only just realised at the end that George was the puppet while Blackadder pulled the strings.

[@Sirlanceloth1]

Pity that it's missing Atkinson's adlibbed reaction to Laurie flubbing a line and calling him Bladder

[@michaelbaker7499]

I love the reference to a groat here. A coin worth four pence, and I have four of them

[@gohsiakzhiang296]

That's what they were "bound" to say... Get it? Hahahaha

[@stephenphillip5656]

From a rich seam of comedy gold, another nugget of pure class. The mid-late 70s & the 1980s produced some of the finest sit-coms ever & Blackadder was up there with them. Genius 👍.

[@nickmetroid]

"I've only got one thing to say to you!...Macbeth!" "AAAAH...Hot Potato Orchestra Stalls, Puck Will Make Amends!"

[@FabledHeroes3351]

2:47 I’m Dying 😂

[@Palinghufter]

Me sir? Mr. Thicky-Black-Thicky-Adder-Thicky?

[@khalidalali186]

Begone! A mere butler with the intellectual capacity of a squashed apricot can be of no use to us! I have finally found something to utter the next time my line manager comes over to my cubicle kingdom.

[@khalidalali186]

Oh goodness me Darcy. It’s been a week since I thought of that, and let me tell you something. It seems that such proclamations to an Arab line manager in Arabia doesn’t go well 😭😂 he did not get it at all. Nonetheless, I am still master of my cubicle kingdom. 🧐

[@khalidalali186]

Likewise likewise. Don’t worry we Arabs have made killing one another a habit of ours, but not here in the UAE, at least not yet, fingers crossed. Do have a wonderful day ahead of you my lady, bows* turns around, runs into line manager, fight in sews, respective tribes get involved, civil war! Darn it Darcy! 😅

[@mrrolandlawrence]

ahh TV that takes me back. i cant think of a single TV show thats worth watching for the licence fee these days. blackadder was genius.

[@podpod6000]

I’ve only got one think to say to you. MACBETH LOL

[@GameArchiver]

Baldrick: "Blackadder says when the going gets tough, the tough hide under the table!"

[@Chronocrits]

I’ve only got one thing to say before I watch this video. “Macbeth!”

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

Aaah! Hot potatoes, orchestra stalls, puck to make amends!

[@tsitracommunications2884]

​@@vikramkrishnan6414off the drawers puck will make amends

[@bard6184]

That's what they were bound to say...

[@isaackim7675]

+Mister Anthropy Macbeth.

[@bard6184]

AAAAAH!!!

[@isaackim7675]

Rhiannon Lynn Orchestra stalls..

[@Diogenesthedog0]

Isaac Kim Puck will make amends

[@tommyatkins2527]

When the going gets tough the tough hide under the table Edmund Blackadder

[@marionshaftoe5757]

66ū

[@Henu_K]

1:25 Yoda CBT

[@geoffreycarson2311]

THE MONEY GRABBING BARSTARD !!!! 😮😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂MR BLACKADDER OF COURSE 😎g

[@griselmancedo1052]

i just LOVE hugh

[@Klamath2046]

'And their nipples?'

[@LittleBigElephant7]

"I only have one word for you - Macbeth." LOOOOOOOOOL! I love that

[@simmsr801]

"I have only one thing to say to you...Macbeth"

[@peterburke3944]

you can picture this being a thin blue line ep with the way edmund nabs the actors

[@neilwu3912]

Those guards, are they historically accurate? What regiment would they be??

[@rottenapple6109]

What a mad, blundering incredibly handsome nincompoop I've BEAN!

[@martinbudinsky8912]

"Macbeth!"

[@michaellam2508]

Why is this Blackadder my favourite? *MACBETH!* 🤣

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends. Owwww.*

[@kevanwitt55]

Brilliantly funny !

[@Blinks77]

Well... Seems it was a year ago and so... Macbeth!

[@georgejacob3162]

Aaaahhhhh! Hot potato. Off his drawers. Pluck will make amends!

[@hiropf]

@@firstnamett4656 Aaaahhhhh! Hot potato. Off his drawers. Pluck will make amends!

[@davethelong5093]

Hiro Faisal 😈😈😈

[@pix046]

By "The Scottish Play" I assume you mean the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum Campaign.

[@Cultureghost]

pix046 that would be the scottish power play. Easy mistake.

[@romankotas448]

Obviously

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

No no, they meant 'Macbeth'

[@NorybDrol82]

Oooh BUUURRRN. True story though the Scotts voted to stay in the UK so they'd be able to stay in the EU and then the English caused BREXIT. Slow clap. The Americans had the right idea.

[@johnvictorengland7703]

Ah man do I love British humor. So much better than all the American over dramatized crap. I remember watching Blackadder on TV eons ago around Thanksgiving/Christmas. It may be my English ancestry speaking but I thought it was absolutely hilarious but none of my friends seemed to agree.

[@zbr76]

Your friends must be arrested, brutally tortured and executed forthwith!

[@redsquirrel1086]

John V Your friends are clearly idiots.

[@mizofan]

they must have the intellectual capacity of a squashed apricot

[@harryclose9459]

Baldrick 0:22 😂

[@Dunes]

Macbeth! LOL!

[@bigfluff73]

macbeth!

[@samueleveleigh2767]

You have to wonder If they were polite to Blackadder (or at least didn't insult him like he does Baldrick) would be have cleared up the misunderstanding? Aside from the extra pay he doesn't advance either way from this interaction

[@TheNefastor]

Humans are petty, the thespians should have been more polite. But humans also have egos, and therefore those two just had to be jerks.

[@annescholey6546]

Prince George and his desperate bargain!

[@numbersix100]

“Macbeth”

[@u.v.s.5583]

That's a double murder. Very funny indeed.

[@applejuice5272]

2:24 Visually punny

[@_LinusVanPelt]

macbeth 😸

[@mmsiphonevinyls1027]

The perks of having a dumb master....