# For Blackadder Fans

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225 "2005-07-12T19:48:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225/1 "2005-07-12T19:48:28Z")

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Just a heads up for those enlightened Blackadder fans among the Dopers…

[I Have A Cunning Plan - 20 Years On](http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/cunning_plan).

A fascinating history presented by the producer John Lloyd of Blackadder, featuring interviews with many of the main characters, including Rowan Atkinson, who **never** does interviews. Broadcast today on Radio 4, and streaming from their website.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225/2 "2005-07-12T20:01:03Z")

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Is it recent enough for him to comment on the success of Hugh (I stll can’t believe he’s _House_) Laurie in the US? 😕

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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225/3 "2005-07-12T20:06:56Z")

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> [@ouryL](#):
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> Is it recent enough for him to comment on the success of Hugh (I stll can’t believe he’s _House_) Laurie in the US? 😕

No, but it’s recent enough not to be able to get an interview out of him (cos he’s a big star and forgotten his roots :)).

It does have Hugh in some of the clips though.

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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225/4 "2005-07-13T12:27:42Z")

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Bumping for UK readers.

And actually I was kind of hoping for some reminiscing of top Blackadder quotes.

I once spent an entire summer quoting the “Jane Herrington” scene. Not on my own, I hasten to add, I wasn’t quite that sad. 🙂

Goes like a privy door when the plague is in town?

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**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-blackadder-fans/312225/5 "2005-07-13T12:37:57Z")

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“bury me in a Y-shaped coffin”

“thick as a whale omelette”

etc etc