God damn it. Harold Ramis was one of those people you somehow don't find yourself thinking of a lot, but his contributions to the world of comedy were a hell of a lot more significant than certain more famous names we could bring up. Ghostbusters, Animal House, Stripes, SCTV, etc. etc. What a rotten shame, and a lousy…

In one of the commentaries in the latest DVD box set, Curtis and Elton actually talk about this a little bit. They come to the conclusion that a "working class soldier" (which is how they describe the WW1 Blackadder) is lower on the food chain than a Royal butler.

Well, Ludvig survives. The only instance in which Hugh Laurie's character does so.

I would agree that Edmund isn't exactly stupid per se in the first series. He's dorkish, cowardly (moreso than in the other series) and has a losing personality, but he's not unintelligent. In the Archbishop of Canterbury episode, he immediately grasps what's happened to the Church's representatives murdered by his…

It's the first series that sees everyone (except Percy and Baldrick) die after drinking poisoned wine. ("Here's to Ednar, the Black Dagger! May his name last as long as our dynasty!")

I'd agree if we were talking about an entire series, but this was only a quickie comedy skit that was all of 10 minutes or so in length. I'd say that's long enough for such a premise. No real harm done, particularly if the sketch was actually funny.

I just read through the entire thread, and I see no-one has mentioned "Bank Adder,"
the new-ish Blackadder sketch that popped up at a Royal charity show the year
before last, and which featured both Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.
Set in the present day, we find Edmund as the crooked general manager of
the Melchett,…

A 1980's/Thatcherite series, featuring Edmund as a Tory MP, was indeed one of the settings considered for a 5th series. Richard Curtis has mentioned it in an interview or two. Supposedly, one detail of the show would have seen Edmund being constantly enraged by the disrespectful BBC comedy show using his name without…

Dolt Manthrust!
Jerk Halfbrain!
Slug Tinymind!

Dunce Lackwit!

Oh, I don't know about that. Bob has Jimmy Pesto, Tina has the girl (whose name I've forgotten) who tried to frame her for being the Mad Pooper, Gene has whatsername, who briefly dated him, and now Louise has Millie. Seems there's no shortage of enemies for various members of the Belcher family.

Also, Lovecraft clicking teacups with C'thulu. And the 3-eyed raven flying onto Edgar Allen Poe's shoulder.

And Marge is one of the insect creatures from Mimic, right?

Perhaps both shows could be combined into "Breaking Bob's Bad Burgers."

"That was your plan!?!?"

There are two trains of thought as regards Dennis Miller. The first being that he hasn't been funny since buying a one-way ticket to Limbaugh Land. The second is that he was never funny or talented to begin with. I tend to subscribe to the second notion, myself. I recall the very first time I clapped eyes on…

Speaking of latter-day Python projects, a la Spamalot: Has anyone seen Holy Flying Circus, the tv movie about the boys that the BBC made just a couple of years ago? I've not had the chance to view it, and was wondering if it's any good.

On the other hand, the movie version is somewhat more, er, 'realistic' (heh, heh) in the sense that the other guys likely would not hang around after the self-defense instructor shoots Chapman. In the tv version, one can't help thinking they must be even crazier than Cleese's character if they don't immediately…

I propose a new series in which Hitchcock, Rod Serling and the Cryptkeeper team up to battle crime. 

Groucho Marx's chracter in Horsefeathers - in which he plays the newly appointed president of a college - is Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff. Coincidence?