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Fri 20 Oct, 2006 08:49 am
I see from farmerman's avatar (of baldrick from blackadder) that blackadder must be televised stateside.
I wouldn't have thought that this show would appeal to the American public.
Does it?
It is very popular. Lots of my friends have the complete run of BA one thru four on CD or video tape, and some even have rarer shows like the Christmas special.
Personally, I don't care for some of the coarser jokes, but in general I find it a clever and funny show. One of my favorites is the episode where the Prince doesn't understand that actors aren't really committing murder onstage. And the one in the last season where Baldrick has written his name on a bullet, so he knows where the bullet with his name on it is.
I loved watching it when it first was broadcast here about 15 years ago. My son has tapes of all the BlackAdders and Mr. BEans.
Americans do know history. We aren't all ignorant.
I found a very nice pile of filth . Care to join me?
I'm not suggesting for one moment plainoldme that you are ignorant it's just that I find that quite often there seems to be a barrier between us where comedy is concerned, for example I cant laugh at american stand up comics because I never have any idea of what they are talking about.
but I think cheers is a great sitcom
Seems to me Britcoms have a pretty solid following over here - so do Brit dramas and documentaries.
kev wrote:I'm not suggesting for one moment plainoldme that you are ignorant it's just that I find that quite often there seems to be a barrier between us where comedy is concerned, for example I cant laugh at american stand up comics because I never have any idea of what they are talking about.
but I think cheers is a great sitcom
I didn't say you were but many people hold that Americans do not know history or geography.
Quite a few of the American adaptations of Britcoms just don't work. The one exception is The Office, which was smart enough to use a different approach than the British original and has the acting talents of a great crew.
BTW -- I have known one or two Hyacinth Buckets in my life.
The Lovely Bride is a HUGE fan of Hugh Laurie, having seen him on the
American TV show "House." In it, Laurie plays a dark, sarcastic, but
brilliant doctor (and with an American accent).
Then she saw some excerpts from Blackadder. Hard to believe it was the
same actor.
Blackadder? Never 'eard of it!! Woof Woof!!
George wrote:The Lovely Bride is a HUGE fan of Hugh Laurie, having seen him on the
American TV show "House." In it, Laurie plays a dark, sarcastic, but
brilliant doctor (and with an American accent).
Then she saw some excerpts from Blackadder. Hard to believe it was the
same actor.
Just shows how brilliant he is.
Oh sure, you see one Bufton-Tufton, youve seen em all, Now Tony Robinsons a bleedin genius.
Tony Robbinson is a genius but I wouldn't push Hugh Laurie out of bed.
I like the Blackadder episode where somebody writes a dictionary and Blackadder asks if he put in aardvvark. Of course he didn't and so has to start over.
The "Blackadder Goes Forth" series are my favorite. They are the blackest and the most cynical about life in the trenches in WWI.
Nice to see the guys again.
A couple of clips....
Blackadder goes forth...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDM3m10kbyw
A slightly longer clip, but well worth it, as someone who looks familar suddenly appears....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nYFQmz_HHU
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