Blackadder Goes Forth
This series is set in 1917, on the Western Front in the trenches of the First World War. Another "big push" is planned, and Captain Blackadder's one goal is to avoid getting shot, so he plots ways to get out of it. Blackadder is joined by the idealistic Edwardian twit Lieutenant George (Hugh Laurie), and the world's worst cook, Private S. Baldrick. The first initial "S" is taken from the first episode of Season 3, in which Baldrick says he can't remember his first name, but assumes it must be "Sodoff", as when he introduces himself to people, they generally say, 'yes, we know: Sod off, Baldrick'. Loony General Melchett rallies his troops from a French mansion thirty-five miles from the front, where he is aided and abetted by his assistant, Captain Darling (Tim McInnerny), pencil-pusher supreme and Blackadder's nemesis,
The final episode of this series, the aforementioned "Goodbyeee...", is known for being extraordinarily poignant for a comedy — especially the final scene, which sees the main characters (Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and Darling) finally venturing forward and charging off to die in the fog and smoke of no man's land.
BUT WI......
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton along with Rowan Atkinson decided to break with tradition and create a second season for this Blackadder outing and take it to the end of WW1 ?
Here are a few of my episode ideas....
MARSHALL FAUX The events of Goodbyeee are revealed to be the delirium brought on from Capt. Blackadder, Lt. George, and Baldrick suffering from food poisoning brought on by Baldricks latest culinary attempt of London Broil ala Greyhound....
The lads are then sent off to safeguard a French Wine Cellar in a town populated by Frenchmen that succeed in driving Capt. Blackadder quite mad
SGT MAJOR Capt Blackadder twists Capt Darlings arm (literally) to assign him George, and Baldrick to a recently arrived AEF Unit to teach the Yanks trench fighting tactics and avoid combat in the front lines. Unfortunately they find thenselves paired with a gung ho American Sgt (Shane Rimmer) who wants to show these Limeys the true American Fighting Spirit by attacking a German Stronghold....
FLYING CIRCUS Blackadder & Co. are reunited with the indescribable Sex Mad Lord Flasheart when they are re-reassigned to the Royal Flying Corps to take out a German Zeppelin Base....
LT. COMMANDER In yet another attempt to avoid frontline Combat in the German Offensive of 1918, Blackadder connives a transfer to the Royal Navy thaks to George's Uncle in the War Ministry ....
They begin their sea duty with a lark but find out George bears a resemblence to a German U-Boat Commander and they are sent to take out a German Naval base with the predictable results....
OH...JOY November 1918 ....The War is nearly over and Capt. Blackadder is in a deep romance with a American Nurse who he gets in a family way and must marry and move with her to the USA...or face the wrath of her ill tempered Father who is on Pershings Staff...George volunteers for a special unit in order to gain a promotion and finds out they're being shipped to Archangel, Russia and then remembers he suffers from terrible colds and frostbite...Baldrick is reassigned as a dogsbody to a British Military Brasshat assigned to oversee the final draft of the Peace Agreement...
The episode closes with Blackadder and his blushing American Bride Katie leaving for the States and Edmund saying "Well things could'nt be as bad they say they are in Washington DC ...who knows what effect I can have there" and Baldrick losing the original copy of the 14 Points and rewriting from his persepctive as the closing music rises....
So put your underwear upon your head, place two pencils up your nostrils and put forth your best ideas for some BLACKADDER GOES FORTH Episode ideas....
wibble....wibble....
This series is set in 1917, on the Western Front in the trenches of the First World War. Another "big push" is planned, and Captain Blackadder's one goal is to avoid getting shot, so he plots ways to get out of it. Blackadder is joined by the idealistic Edwardian twit Lieutenant George (Hugh Laurie), and the world's worst cook, Private S. Baldrick. The first initial "S" is taken from the first episode of Season 3, in which Baldrick says he can't remember his first name, but assumes it must be "Sodoff", as when he introduces himself to people, they generally say, 'yes, we know: Sod off, Baldrick'. Loony General Melchett rallies his troops from a French mansion thirty-five miles from the front, where he is aided and abetted by his assistant, Captain Darling (Tim McInnerny), pencil-pusher supreme and Blackadder's nemesis,
The final episode of this series, the aforementioned "Goodbyeee...", is known for being extraordinarily poignant for a comedy — especially the final scene, which sees the main characters (Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and Darling) finally venturing forward and charging off to die in the fog and smoke of no man's land.
BUT WI......
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton along with Rowan Atkinson decided to break with tradition and create a second season for this Blackadder outing and take it to the end of WW1 ?
Here are a few of my episode ideas....
MARSHALL FAUX The events of Goodbyeee are revealed to be the delirium brought on from Capt. Blackadder, Lt. George, and Baldrick suffering from food poisoning brought on by Baldricks latest culinary attempt of London Broil ala Greyhound....
The lads are then sent off to safeguard a French Wine Cellar in a town populated by Frenchmen that succeed in driving Capt. Blackadder quite mad
SGT MAJOR Capt Blackadder twists Capt Darlings arm (literally) to assign him George, and Baldrick to a recently arrived AEF Unit to teach the Yanks trench fighting tactics and avoid combat in the front lines. Unfortunately they find thenselves paired with a gung ho American Sgt (Shane Rimmer) who wants to show these Limeys the true American Fighting Spirit by attacking a German Stronghold....
FLYING CIRCUS Blackadder & Co. are reunited with the indescribable Sex Mad Lord Flasheart when they are re-reassigned to the Royal Flying Corps to take out a German Zeppelin Base....
LT. COMMANDER In yet another attempt to avoid frontline Combat in the German Offensive of 1918, Blackadder connives a transfer to the Royal Navy thaks to George's Uncle in the War Ministry ....
They begin their sea duty with a lark but find out George bears a resemblence to a German U-Boat Commander and they are sent to take out a German Naval base with the predictable results....
OH...JOY November 1918 ....The War is nearly over and Capt. Blackadder is in a deep romance with a American Nurse who he gets in a family way and must marry and move with her to the USA...or face the wrath of her ill tempered Father who is on Pershings Staff...George volunteers for a special unit in order to gain a promotion and finds out they're being shipped to Archangel, Russia and then remembers he suffers from terrible colds and frostbite...Baldrick is reassigned as a dogsbody to a British Military Brasshat assigned to oversee the final draft of the Peace Agreement...
The episode closes with Blackadder and his blushing American Bride Katie leaving for the States and Edmund saying "Well things could'nt be as bad they say they are in Washington DC ...who knows what effect I can have there" and Baldrick losing the original copy of the 14 Points and rewriting from his persepctive as the closing music rises....
So put your underwear upon your head, place two pencils up your nostrils and put forth your best ideas for some BLACKADDER GOES FORTH Episode ideas....
wibble....wibble....
