Love Blackadder. I'm particularly fond of series 2.
Originally Posted by SpankyJ
I suspect if I had to rank Blackadders, I'd have an impossible time trying to decide between the third and fourth series as my favorite (basically, Hugh Laurie is superb in both). Perhaps I'd rank the fourth series just a hair higher, because of it having Stephen Fry as well; his mad-as-a-hatter General Melchett is a joy to watch.
I tell people at work I have a cunning plan quite often and they have no idea
what I'm talking about.
Originally Posted by SpankyJ
I once got strange looks when I told some people "I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel."
Mentioning Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie there, I'd be amiss if I didn't mention that they were long time collaborators (both started working together as students at Cambridge), and there are two series they did together that are worth looking for.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie is basically the two of them doing sketch comedy together, while
Jeeves and Wooster is a hilarious adaptation of the P.G. Wodehouse stories about dimwited wealthy twit Bertie Wooster (Laurie) and his brilliant valet Reginald Jeeves (Fry).
Cheers,
bcg