Blackadder 04-03 Major Star Part 01 - With Hugh Laurie & Rowan Atkinson and co

Major Star may not be as good as Corporal Punishment or Captain Cook, but it is a well deserved 10/10, and is hilarious and fresh as well. Though cross-dressing has already been tackled in other Blackadder episodes, the idea to bring it into World War I is one that needs to be done carefully, or it will look stupid. But it has been done well here, and another star of an idea is to have General Melchett fall in love with George - who is dressing up as a girl under the name of Georgina. Though we never actually see the two together (a slight disappointment, especially as the entire episode revolves around them), Blackadder and George's conversations help keep everything in check, and we actually do feel a sense of love between them. Blackadder is once again horrible about everything - not even Charlie Chaplin, the hero of early film-making, is free from his nastiness. We do see less of Baldrick in this episode, and he isn't exactly at his wildest and stupidest, though every character has his day, and in this case, it's Lt. George's day. Once again, the girl called "Bob" who thinks she is a man shows up - we last saw her in Series 2. Though she isn't particularly significant in the story, her role was effective, and the whole episode would not have worked without it. The episode revolves around a talent show, and Baldrick is in it - doing a rubbish Charlie Chaplin impersonation (with a costume consisting of only a black bowler hat and dead slug). Yes, once again, Blackadder tries to stay away from the things that the episode revolves around, and just keeps us updated by speech, but that doesn't matter, because with an episode this good and well-written, you're probably going to be having too much fun to notice them anyway.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• dr house.mr bean.

[someonefunny007]

Best quote:

" - He? He? He??

- See, you're laughing already"

[sarma007]

Best line ever - 5:13 : Well, frankly sir, I'd rather spend an evening on top of a stepladder in No-Man's Land smoking endless cigarettes through a luminous balaclava. :D

[cat0pult]

wheres the volume button i cant hear anything on any videos

[organikness]

@Scrumdidilyumpchious what about The Young Ones, Mr Bean, and even Filthy Rich & Catflap. Also, alot of his books are hilarious and very well done :)

[PwnZombie]

What a sneaky git you are blackadder! :D

[ProNorden]

The girl is particularly attractive. Who is the actress?

[cubalibrebgd]

Hehehe Dr House!

[LondonIrishRover]

'Let me put it another way, Bob, you are a girl, and you're a girl with as much talent for disguise as giraffe in dark glasses trying to get into a polar bears only golf club.'

Best line, lol.

[magicarp79]

this blackadder is much cleverer than the other blackadder for finding out about bob at first glance... :)

[biggles1111]

Well mop it up then!! ò.ó

[hitibiru]

1:30 always with some sort of cane XD

[wuwei5150]

@Ninja9191  hahaha no problem!