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Lords Lyrics

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Dance With the Devil Come here just missing you ... I won't be fine without…
Fire You should really learn to stop When you're tired I was thin…
Hell Hath No Fury Like Desperation Do you know the call of my desperate nation Trapped within…
Let it Divide Let it be known that all my niggas on that Pull…
Manchester England Manchester England England Across the Atlantic Sea And I'm…
Michael I cannot trust me a Knigge if it get delivered…
Mouth To Mouth From fist to fist From mouth to mouth Knocked back down to…
Poor Boy When I was born you know I couldn't speak "I'll go" My…
Sermon On The Mount cpproached by the end of my wits I'm stressed Blowing botto…

Shakin All Over When you move in right up close to me That's when…
Shakin' All Over When you move in right up close to me That's when…
She Is the Last I know why you don't like me My beer is always…
Stigmata Rites Hello, it's me I was wondering if after all these years You'…

You Really Got Me Don't you Don't you tell nobody what we doin Don't you Don't…

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Lysimachus

2y↑554

I appreciate the detail in this episode more and more over the years. I was reading a book on Sarum and it describes the rotten borough that existed there for many, many years - Old Sarum, which was an unpopulated hill with five electors who all lived elsewhere but with two Members of Parliament to "reflect the real needs of the constituency" as said of Dunny-on-the-Wold in this video.
The book said that the actual value of Old Sarum was low, in the hundreds of pounds (around £50,000 today) but the Pitt family (who appear in this video) sold it in 1802 for a whopping £65,000 (around £5mn today). So this is something that Blackadder refers to earlier in the episode where he says the value of Dunny-on-the-Wold is "tuppence-halfpenny", but asks the Regent for £1,000 to buy it. He was referring to the economic value (very low) and the political value (very high).
The Regent is confused why Blackadder needs £1,000 so he's told the wheeze about dog biscuits, etc. At the time I thought it was because Blackadder was taking most of the money for himself, but he probably just didn't want to explain the economic/political value difference (the Regent didn't even know what a rotten borough was - though this is a good foil for the audience who might not have understood the term either in 1987.)
The Pitts btw owned Old Sarum for over century and elected many of its sons to the rotten borough during that time, so this video alone is very, very close to reality.

The Flying Luxman

1y↑49

That's a lot of research. Well done you. 👏

TheDutchGhost

1y↑27

Thanks for explaining. This is pretty informative.

Helena McGinty

1y↑21

Our 1964 O level history syllabus covered the period from 1850 to 1939. A period that should be taught to every secondary school student. Even the ones who currently learn about 5th C bce Greece and the Roman empire at their private public schools. (Boris).

Michael Bayer

1y↑12

If it took an anti-democratic rotten borough to produce a Pitt the Elder and then the Younger, it's a difficult argument to make that equal constitutencies are an improvement.

Patrice AQA

1y↑7

@Michael Bayer this is pretty much how Putin's election results are announced

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arwelp

4y↑3.1K

“I’m horrified. I’ve smeared my opponent, bribed the Press to be on my side, and threatened to torture the electorate if we lost. I fail to see what more a decent politician could have done!”.

Wayne Shilcock

4y↑150

Question: What's changed?

Kilo Tun

4y↑168

@Wayne Shilcock Well these days we would add, "accepted bribes and assistance from parties known to be hostile to the realm and its people who were rather keen on vodka and cabbages..."

FFKonoko

4y↑72

"I'm angry. I've smeared my opponent, discredited the press, bribed Russians to be on my side, and fired my staff constantly. I fail to see what more I could have done, and I'm the best as seeing what can be done."

brant nuttall

4y↑61

Do you know what I thought when I heard that? Dems in the US!

Tuhljin Tampergauge

4y↑33

brant nuttall - Exactly. Notice how the people trying to take the opposite tack omit the media (only the fringest of the fringe claim they aren't in the tank for Democrats) and instead go for repeatedly-debunked nonsense that, it turns out, is complete projection. We should have seen that coming; Democrats defended Russia for decades, with a telling hot mic incident under Obama showing it was ongoing still, and suddenly they decide Russia is the worst after a discredited Russian spy marked on his file as unreliable gives them supposed dirt to use against a Republican?

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Alex Potts

1y↑359

Fun fact: Vincent Hanna agreed to do this appearance principally because he was a historian of the trade union movement and in his spare time he collected trade union memorabilia - and this appearance allowed him to get his hands on an Equity card (ie a membership card for the British actors' union).

maharajohn2

1y↑31

I've been a Blackadder fiend my entire life and love learning new things about the show like this. Thank you! It goes without saying that Hanna is outrageously funny in this role

europoodle

39w↑2

Great stuff!! The more I learn about Mr Hanna the more I’m finding out what a great intellect he was 👍🏽

CallitHowISeeIt

6y↑1.6K

I love the fact that the newscaster is 'broacasting live' through an open upstairs window, such a brilliant touch, always makes me chuckle

AtlasBlizzard

4y↑27

I know, such a wonderfully goofy idea 😂

Albert Klarname

4y↑7

Mhm, I don‘t get it, care to explain?

Showl

3y↑96

@Albert Klarname Obviously there was no television during time period the show is set in, so the news broadcast is really just a guy talking out the window to the people crowded outside the counting hall

Albert Klarname

3y↑8

@Showl I see, thank you.

Duckula

2y↑62

Vincent Leo Martin Hanna (9 August 1939 – 22 July 1997) was a Northern Irish television journalist famed for his coverage of United Kingdom by-elections.

He appeared in the Blackadder the Third episode "Dish and Dishonesty", where he was credited as "Mr. Vincent Hanna, his own great great great grandfather".

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ImperialJustinian

2y↑288

I just realised; the Brigadier General is a Bill Boaks reference. For those who are not aware (pretty much everyone I would expect), Bill Boaks contested every by-election he could between 1976 and 1982, usually standing as "Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident" or some variant thereof. He never got more than 240 votes, and held the record for the lowest votes of just 5 (fewer than needed to nominate him as a candidate). By the time this aired, he had been retired for a few years due to a traffic accident (and had in fact died the year before). Still, the joke would have likely been gotten by anyone who paid attention to by-elections in the 70s.

Elitist20

2y↑37

And I presume Ivor Biggun (Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party) is based on David 'Screaming Lord' Sutch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party?

ImperialJustinian

2y↑9

@Elitist20 Pretty much. Or another member of the Monster Raving Loonies.

MrThorfan64

2y↑4

Thanks for that! I didn't get the joke.

Krankar Volund

45w↑1

Fun fact, despite his 5 votes result, he's not the lowest result in Britain history, in a 2005 general election, a candidate received one vote ^^

Job Berghs

40w↑1

@Krankar Volundquick question, are you allowed to vote for yourself?

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agnostic47

49w↑30

This election seems reasonably honest and above board.
In the 1927 Liberian Presidential election Charles King won with 243,000 votes. His opponent gained 9,000 votes. Pretty good considering the total electorate was 15,000. So they had a 1,680% turnout. Perfectly fair.

Zodroo Tint

49w↑2

That is 1680% democracy. A usual democracy is around 50%. This is a very good democracy index, at least in the past. Nowadays democracy means how much US weapon your country bought.

Charlie Farmer

2y↑612

Fun fact: This Baldrick’s is one of the most Successful recorded Baldricks, not only because he became an MP and member of the House of Lords, but because after the series Blackadder had him transported to Australia for stealing poo. He actually flourished there.

insaneweasel1

2y↑1

Which episode was he transported in?

Evan Askew

2y↑17

I think he made that up. But it was an extremely hilarious comment.

edelweiss88

2y↑79

@Evan Askew It's in the official Blackadder book written by the show writers. It has loads of extra details about the lives of characters from the shows and their descendants/ancestors in between.

jb888888888

2y↑21

In the Blackadder finale ( Blackadder Back and Forth ) Balders becomes Prime Minister, so no this is not the "most successful."

Charlie Farmer

2y↑5

@jb888888888 Fair point.

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Dave Greenlaw

6y↑584

I recall laughing at this and various Monty Python election skits, thinking "It really can't be THAT silly." Then I stayed up to watch the returns of the 2011 UK general election, and sadly realized that they were only embellishing just a little bit.

AtheistSense

6y↑35

We didn't have a general election in 2011

Dave Greenlaw

6y↑7

AtheistSense sorry, I think I meant '09.

Dan Nguyen

6y↑40

There wasn't one in 2009 either. I think you meant to refer to the 2010 general election.

Dave Greenlaw

6y↑19

No, it was later, the 2015 election. I used an Excel spreadsheet to figure out how the vote would turn out if it were Proportional Representation rather then First Past the Post. (Just checked my files, and there it was.)

Gamer Leal

3y↑1

Life inmates Art.

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Kid Peligro

4y↑273

A Party Leader who serves as the Returning Officer who happens to be the Only Voter counting his 16,000+ votes.
Sounds like a clean and legitimate election to me.

AdamTheMan1993

4y↑26

Actually it was Prince George who was the Party Leader, Blackadder was Baldrick's agent

Max Halsall

2y↑23

@AdamTheMan1993 which makes it a fair and honest election by any reasonable standards.

watcher1258

2y↑12

More honest then most elections in the US :)

Cat Monarchist

2y↑6

@watcher1258 Trump lost.

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LightninLarry

4y↑185

This election scene is comedy genius. Arguably the best Blackadder bit.

Ernest Brown

1y↑9

Yes, and it's not really an exaggeration. At least Dunny-on-the-Wold actually had a voter, unlike Old Sarum.

robbo _96

48w↑12

This scene encapsulates why Ben Elton's involvement in Blackadder was so fundamental to its success... mixing the absurd with dry Machiavellian wit, scathing commentary and class satire, rather than the 1st series which was done in such broad strokes with no firm grasp of the period or characters

Don Princo

48w↑7

😅These Brit shows are just so well scripted and excellently brought to live. The first time I saw an episode was at work on a very tempremental TV during my lunch break,but I instinctively knew I was watching something great. A few years later I found the DVD collection at a BestBuy bargain bin. It has since become one of my prized collection in my very antique DVD library since.

II M4X II

6y↑1.2K

"What does the 'S' in his name stand for?"
"Sod off."
"Fair enough, uh... none of my business, really."

Pete Hotton

5y↑31

Absolutely classic go on holiday.... Did you enjoy it

sherwin Fernandes

4y↑52

Baldrick explained- When I would go to play with the other children, I would say 'Hello, my name is Baldrick. And they would reply 'we know who you are. Sod off Baldrick'

MaskedMan66

1y↑4

@sherwin Fernandes So he thought his name was Sodoff.

Rufus O'Shaughnessy

4y↑146

"...but with him is his election agent,
Mr. E. Blackadder"

Comedy gold!!

The History Bard

49w↑26

“accidentally brutally stabbed himself in the stomach while shaving” and “accidentally brutally cut his head off while combing his hair”
What tragic accidents….

Doug G

37w

Could be worse , like falling out of a high window in Russia.

Gene McKinney

6y↑845

Stroke of genius getting Vincent Hanna to play the commentator, then crediting him as his own ancestor!

Logan Ennion

5y↑24

I really miss Vincent Hanna. Anyone else remember his late-night R5 shows on Northern Ireland? Extraordinary radio.

p 28

4y↑18

He stole the scene.
As you say....genius!

Brian E

4y↑44

Vincent Hanna is brilliant in this as he was in his day job. A brilliant political reporter, we are much the poorer for his premature demise.

senecawind yooper

In deed.

Jerome Franklin-Ryan

@Brian E Hear! Hear!

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Fuzzyscarfandmittens

6y↑802

The funny thing about this is the guy doing the commentary was he was a political journalist and he's supposedly playing his own ancestor here.

p 28

4y↑123

Vincent Hanna.
Not an actor but a very outstanding journalist who covered along with many things...politics.
He steals this scene. A stroke of genius

Jack Thornes

1y↑7

The pronunciation of ‘Biggun’ is by far and away the best part of this scene

Perebynis

2y↑95

"It was a triumph of stupidity over common sense!" - "Thank you very much!" Baldrick rules. :D

Mnemonix8001

1y↑3

As a reward, take a short holiday!

Did you enjoy it ?

Nigel Nyoni

2y↑36

Gotta love anything Rowan Does, ESPECIALLY his speaking roles. I personally find him much funnier in his spoken roles than in Mr. Bean

Bobby hanly

50w↑12

Reminds me of the Patrician in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. He believed in the 'one man, one vote' system. He was the man. He had the vote.

Clément

2y↑21

I absolutely loved, when in a scene of the 3rd installment, Blackadder came out of the tavern, and a french noble entered at that very moment. he sayd "Bonjour Monsieur" (Hello Sir). Blackadder answers him "Sod off!!". The face of that noble was priceless.

Charles Peter Watson

3y↑103

Too bad much of this scene was cut out. The whole scene was great.

Patrick Lamshear

2y↑2

What do you expect from the BBC.

Elitist20

2y↑10

We got to meet Colin the Dachsund and Ivor Biggun (Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party).

Jordie92

2y↑8

Yeh I think they cut the best interview out because it references slavery, really annoying. Like we’re supposed to be shielded from the fact slavery existed in Britain.

Lesley B

2y↑8

@Jordie92 That's right. I think Ivor Biggun's policies included the abolition of slavery as well as something ridiculous like making it compulsory to eat asparagus for breakfast. The interviewer made a comment along the lines of "I'm sure many will support your policy on asparagus but what's this about abolishing slavery?" to which Ivor responded "we just put that in as a joke."

suburbia1950

1y↑5

Cut out of where? I have the dvds and it’s in there in full, making shit up like a politician are we?

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Walter Zamalis

2y↑34

Fun fact- the number “16,472” was reused verbatim in the original series of House of Cards (the House of Cards trilogy) with Ian Richardson.

Anglo Saxon

3y↑269

"As a reward Baldrick, take a short holiday"
2 seconds later....
"Did you enjoy it?"
"Right back to work" lol

dunruden

2y↑2

Unbelievable as this may appear, we all actually just watched that! What a coincidence!

gODZILLA

2y↑7

@dunruden Wild how people enjoy sharing their favourite part of the skit isn't it? Almost like real life where we do literally the same thing

Republiken

2y↑2

I imagine this joke went over the head of the poor yanks.

Ribbo

2y↑6

@Republiken yep, that was a normal length holiday in America

Arvind Maharaj

46w↑1

Classic!

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John Ashtone

4y↑101

Vincent Hanna, from a time when a Political Journalist, kept his own opinions to himself, and remained neutral, but then I have just read he worked for the great 'Harry Evans' Editor of the Sunday Times, who regarded independent journalism as a core of Democracy. I would love to know what Harry thinks of the detritus that passes for a journalist today?

John Ashtone

4y↑14

I was sorry to hear Harry Evans died the day after posting this. RIP Harry.

nottmjas

2y↑5

@John Ashtone the Sunday Times under his editorship was a great newspaper, especially tte investigative reporting from the Insight team

eblackadder3

2y↑11

I wish they had shown the entire scene, one of the best of the series.

captainbackflash

3y↑53

Never have been elections so honest and true!

Freddy Aamodt

3y↑18

Such a great series. The third and fourth were the best!

Genus Tinca

2y↑2

I enjoyed the second and third most. But the third is the best of them all.

Sirius Yostar

4y↑126

"Time for a short holiday, Did you enjoy it?" XD comedy gold

Mark Blair

2y↑7

Good to see Vincent Hanna . Losing him so early was a real tragedy.

DCA - Lets Play

4y↑79

Still the most honest election I’ve ever seen

Another Scifi Guy

2y↑1

As an American, I agree.

J-M's History Corner

49w↑1

@Another Scifi Guy Trump lost

Another Scifi Guy

49w

@J-M's History Corner it was a comment on American elections in general, not a specific one 🙄

jon massey

2y↑24

Vincent Hanna was a great contributor to this skit 👍

Jordie92

He also shot Robert De Niro in Heat, a real talent.

Anca Prodan

45w↑1

Brilliant. Over the years I realised that it is a perfect description of system.
I always seem to want to see it again in order to help me digest the reality.

Shamali Wije

4y↑20

This is one of my favorite scenes from the whole superb season.

Janet Gough

1y↑6

The older this clip gets, the truer it becomes

William Hutcheson

3y↑18

Still funny after all these years.

ranjit r

4y↑34

Black adder jokes are still relevant today

temmychan

1y↑12

the guy playing the journalist broadcasting out of a window is an actual journalist who was the main BBC election correspondent at the time. So the same guy that everyone saw covering the actual elections

Noah Richardson

This episode is pure comedy gold.

Building on a Budget Models

4y↑24

We watched this in history class at school when we were studied 18th century British history.

Capybara88

2y↑9

Vincent Hanna is brilliant. We lost him way too early.

Uncle Philly “The Shah of Iran”

3y↑51

“We in The Adder Party are going to fight This Campaign on issues and not personality.”
“Why is that.”
“Because our candidate doesn’t have a personality”

Ben Carolan

@Uncle Philly You're Not Saying 'Personality' As More Than 1: 'Personalities'!

Captiv8

4y↑16

Ahahaha I’ve seen it so many times but is still hilarious.. genius 👌🏻😂

GTA5Player1

6y↑355

I never realized Blackadder was such a murdering sociopath.

Michael M

6y↑61

Anything to get what he wants and / or needs.

maasro

5y↑86

I guess you never saw the first series than, where he decapitates a Scottish nobleman with a cannon.

Elliott Knifton

5y↑240

You weren't paying attention, those 2 men clearly died in horrific accidents involving combs and shaving blades

RKBock

5y↑39

blackadder killed his first man before he was even known as blackadder!

multificionado

4y↑8

@Elliott Knifton Well, judging by the use of those objects, undoubtedly Blackadder was behind the "suicide" with the shaving blade and the decapitation with the comb.

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SixEightySeven

49w↑2

Vincent Hanna plays himself so well in this

Kilo Tun

2y↑50

To quote a great civil servant: "This is a BRITISH democracy!"

AppleJuice

2y↑4

"British democracy recognises that you need a system to protect the important things of life and keep them out of the hands of the barbarians! Things like the opera, Radio 3, the countryside, the law, the universities...both of them...and we are that system."

Mr Britannia

1y↑3

“Prime Minister, I must express in the strongest possible terms my profound opposition to the newly instituted practice which imposes severe and intolerable restrictions on the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and will, in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a progressive constriction of the channels of communication, culminating in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis, which will render effectively impossible the coherent and co-ordinated discharge of the function of government within Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland!”

Mark zg

@Mr Britannia The Key episode, if I`m not mistaken? Classic Sir Humphrey :-))

T2D

49w↑1

I could never really get into the blackadders like I did with blackadder II, although they definitely do have their moments

El Indio

47w

I absolutely love Blackadder the Third. For me, the best of the four.

WillRock07

1y↑5

"Another great day for democracy in our country" lmao.

Simon Mills

44w↑1

The Pitt family were very funny. Hilarious throughout

magicalrobster

7y↑23

Ivor's laugh gets me every time

Malcolm Abram

5y↑41

3:44 'Another great day for democracy in our country'. Absolutely! Politicians had more credibility in the early 18th century.

Mike Belbin

49w↑3

Whoever edited this has left out Hanna's post-results interview with Ivor Biggun (you can just hear Hanna mention the
name after the one with Pitt the Even Younger and is then cut off). Could this be because Hanna asks why Ivor has
a policy of abolishing plantation slavery, a 'crazy' demand in England's 18th century? Biggun says he just put in for
a laugh. I think, as an edit, this counts as rewriting history (20th and 18th century), though no historic statues suffered
in the process.

trevorj3838

49w↑1

A slavery joke, not on you tube

Mike Belbin

49w↑1

@trevorj3838 Strange as the joke was at the expense at treating plantations as part of the commonsense
of the day, in the18th century that is.

Rick Langley

7y↑457

"How long have you lived in this constituency?" "Since Wednesday morning." Paul Nuttall must have watched this clip as a UKIP training video.

Wanderer628

6y↑38

Both Labour and conservatives do the exact same thing though...

Faraday Sage

6y↑8

Brexit is love

mizofan

6y↑11

he thinks the actress Natalie Wood is alive and leader of Plaid Cymru

Euroviking (formerly setheurovision94)

6y↑4

Isn't that illegal though? There was a huge scandal here in Iceland when people tried to move their addresses to other constituencies for votes.

Saoirse del Tufo

5y↑3

setheurovision94 it should be. Another thing Iceland does better than the UK

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Baz Cuda

4y↑9

A completely unexpected but superb performance by Vincent Hanna of all people (!) as the political reporter. Google him.

Rabbi Herschel Lieberman-Bergblattstein

@Elemar Well, he born to a Catholic family in Northern Ireland, so in reality yes, but I know what you actually meant.

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JRS

3y↑29

damn they missed the best bit at the start "and good evening colin."

CaptainDuckman

4y↑7

sadly that's pretty much how elections still work in this country to this date...

Tu te Kohe

5y↑116

Winston Churchill said the greatest argument against democracy is a five minute chat with the average voter!

Screeching Monkey

4y↑16

Churchill overestimated when it comes to the American voter......only about 30 seconds...

리주민

4y↑7

He also said when asked about immigration: "no blacks."

ArtofthePossible

4y↑2

@리주민 At least it's a simple policy, and largely easy enough to put into effect.

Compare and Contrast

4y↑4

@ArtofthePossible
But racist af

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Babak

5y↑109

Well not much has changed, has it? Stupidity still seems to triumph over common sense every time

Kevin Russell

4y↑11

The only thing common about commonsense is most people don't have it

Mirawati Astraningdiah

4y↑4

Hear hear...👍🏾

Sunny Intervals

2y↑3

Well, everyone has a slightly different idea of what common sense actually is. Therefore it's not really common at all!

David Wührer

2y↑1

Not only is common sense uncommon, it is almost always dead wrong.

Atlatl Man

48w↑3

Still lightyears better than current British politics.

Wulf Ængle

Poor Baldric, he only gets two seconds holiday break for the entire year.

multificionado

4y↑4

2:37 Great timing, Blackadder. :)

Heck, for all we know, Mister E. Blackadder is behind the "suicide" of the previous returning officer (1:06) and the electorate's decapitation (2:52). All those rigged elections in Parliament was practically Mister E. Blackadder's warm-up act: save his boss's skin so he'll eventually become the boss. :)

europoodle

39w

How great is Vincent Hanna in this - just brilliant 👍🏽🙏🏽

Thapan Dubayehudi

3y↑6

At 1:30 Blackadder announces "Ivar Biggun" (which sounds like 'I've a big one' and is supposed to be a joke) is repeated in another series by Rowan Atkinson, "Thin Blue Line", where Inspector Grim's son mockingly says his name is Ivar Biggun.

jrp312

“Ivor, jest ye not Madam, Biggun”

The Great Cornholio

3y↑14

How long have you lived in this constituency?
Since Wednesday morning…

Impeccable timing.

Elemar

2y↑1

I'm brilliant at answering questions when asked.

John McCrossan

42w↑2

I'm starting to suspect this isn't quite how members of Parliament are elected

eurologic

5y↑7

More honest candidates than Australian politics

Graham Turner

5y↑1

Sir Joh is sadly missed.

tanseygreen

49w

Far better than the politicians we have today

Serendipitous Sanctity

6y↑71

Current day Democracy in a nutshell.

John Hawkins

4y↑3

That's why tories always win!!

John Hawkins

4y↑2

TheRenaissanceman65 Most of the time since I was born, 1960, has seen the tories in control and that includes the MILK SNATCHER!

John Hawkins

4y↑2

TheRenaissanceman65 60 less 24 is 36 which equates to 60% of the time leaving Labour just 40% and what a difference showing tories in power most of the time!!!!

John Hawkins

4y↑1

TheRenaissanceman65 Damn well seems like it!!!!!

John Hawkins

4y↑3

TheRenaissanceman65 Enough time for them to do damage and then make sure Labour get blamed!!

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Pincer88

4y↑1

Very accurate depiction of modern democracy. But be careful what you wish for because in democracy some contestants do at least want to make it appear fair, whereas others scream the loudest for the abolishment of this sideshow altogether. Gloves on, gloves off, what's the difference? Politics returned to its original shape; pitch black, ugly as hell and a disgusting stench around it. Only the blind (-ly ambitious ones) with a very strong stomach (or complete lack thereof), a spine made of jelly and the ethics of a predatory amoebe will stay afloat in this bowl of soup made of rotten guts and snot.

Arthur T

In the days when there was good quality programming on the BBC....

George H

2y↑2

We watched this in history class lol

David Stevens

5y↑1

I saw the irony when the Beeb changed scheduling at the time of election - wish my history teacher had told us the real story of the Pitt family !!!

DIRECT RULE FROM GAMER CHAIR

3y↑92

I remember when this was parody lol

Tommy

3y↑1

it was more hyperbole

Chillbo Swaggins

3y↑1

ugh

Grey Cardinal🥐

haha you are so smart

J-M's History Corner

49w

What do you mean?

Luis Ferreira

5y↑8

16472 votes...one candidat. As a reward, Baldrick take a short hollydays...did you enjoy it?

Θάνατος Thanatos

5y↑3

The announcer did a really good job.

The Great Cornholio

5y↑4

Θάνατος Thanatos Of course, it was his job in real life (He’s playing his ancestor) 🙂

Θάνατος Thanatos

@The Great Cornholio I know, I meant as an actor.

The Great Cornholio

5y↑1

Θάνατος Thanatos Sorry 😂🙈

p 28

4y↑5

Vincent Hannah.
Not an actor. A political journalist who was famous for his election coverage.

He did an incredible job here.
Unforgettable. He stole the scene.

Elemar

@p 28 He meant his acting role in this comedy was a good job. Try reading.

JacksInterestThings

4y↑2

LOL, there is definitely truth to this skit

Dave Derby

Fiction has a strange habit of becoming reality.

Quattordici Montenapoleone

4y↑160

So this is basically a documentary.

David W.

4y↑3

TheRenaissanceman65 I love how Blackadder retains historical truth in places when it mattered most.

David W.

4y↑1

TheRenaissanceman65 This is gonna sound super generalizing, but I once told ppl that the difference between British humour on old British history and American (outsider’s) humour on old British history, is Blackadder season two making “Queenie” look like a one track mind tyrant in order to showcase the dangers of near-absolute monarchy (even though Elizabeth I was one of the good ones), and having Governor Radcliffe in Pocahontas, a man who ostensibly loves the king and the opportunities the king gave him, call him “my dear friend King Jimmy”.

JWS

Fake News

Another Scifi Guy

@MDE_never_dies so true

Kieran Huggins

This is more like a documentary these days! 😂

vat 69

36w

Chillingly prophetic.

Alexander Jones

40w

When he very sadly accidentally cut his head off whilst combing his hair.

Mad Andy

It is funny the way Baldrick bears and uncanny resemblance to Sonny Bono.

walmingtonhomeguard

4y↑42

The previous returning officer, accidentally, brutally stabbed himself in the stomach, whilst shaving

Chrisst

2y↑1

And S. Baldrick did well for himself even getting himself knighted.

MaskedMan66

Ivor "Jest Ye Not Madam" Biggun (Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party) was only the fourth T.V. appearance for Geoffrey McGivern, known primarily for his radio work, most notably as the original Ford Prefect in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Me Too

For our American viewers, the man from the press man is played by 'Vincent Hanna' (not Al Pacino)

hotelmario510

49w↑2

Love the parody of the Monster Raving Loonies.

Archangel

46w

The Conservatives?

Another Scifi Guy

2y↑1

Pretty much how we handle presidential elections in the US.

John Chubb

1y↑5

This is a work of absolute genius.

Sadly I'm not sure though that it's that far removed from Tory post-brexit Britain in 2023....

Chookee

40w

I'm not an expert on British politics but I think, that if the returning officer and the only voter that's part of a party on the election that also happens to be the only voter are the same person might be a red flag

Common Sense

2y↑7

And as you can nothing much has changed in western democracy since Blackadder's time.

Xaiano

4y↑2

Honestly I didn't realise this was a real thing until recently.

Stephen Maltby

2y↑2

Classic comedy not seen now on TV
Last comedy series was the office

RobertoCharlie

Sounds about as legitimate as any vote under the emperor Napoleon

Stephen Maltby

Absolutely fantastic

theGorn68

2y↑6

DAMN! This clip cut out when he interviews my favorite candidate Ivor ‘Jest-ye-not-madam’ Biggun of the Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party.

Jason PH

The joke about abolishing slavery as a joke too triggering maybe?

Daniel

5y↑5

Always wondered who Hanna was supposed to be talking to during the results.

Isild B

5y↑6

To the crowd waiting outside, of course :)

jmalmsten

Yeah, as the series as a whole did stay clear of Flintstones-styled anachronisms, neither radio or TV is mentioned... Except radio and films during the Goes Forth season but that's era appropriate. And he's not talking nearly loud enough for a crowd outside to hear outside. And judging by the descriptions, pretty much anyone interested was already inside anyways. So it is a pussler... Unless perhaps there is an off screen stenographer there to record and document the events for that Gazette he mentions at the end.

He could also be a local madman talking to a wall, of course. But that makes it odd that the officials and candidates would be going to him to give their thoughts.

This is truly the stuff that great lore is built on... Or it could be just a one off joke that failed to become a repeating gag. I prefer to assume the former.

Elemar

@jmalmsten Z in puzzle.

Fleet Silverfox

4y↑11

They could play this video in US for light relief (and possible instruction).

bob often

4y↑1

" Fake News "
" Rigged Election "
Donald J Trump

Elemar

@bob often Never truer words said.

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