Blackadder - S3 E4 - Sense and Senility

No offense intended.🤣. It just did. I was scared I was being haunted.

Benjamin Taylor-Yates

I shall rest when I am dead! Or pass out, whatever happens first 🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

I have never heard that before, no 🤭

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahaha, Kitana actually "likes" her sweater when it gets really cold... it is actually more like she hates being cold 🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

I do! But more like staff, behind the scenes and lights 🤗

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHHA! Politics, not the best place to use that, is it?

Mandy Cane Lane

I too have heard of fires linked to Macbeth! Also, wiping windows? Ouch! 🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

I quite like this idea! 🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

And those same people will ask why football gets such a bad reputation

Remi

Hahahhaa! You guys are so adorable when you argue about who knows me best 🤣🤣🤣. The plot seems very elaborate. It seems to have run for a long time, so must be popular! Will check it out and add it to my list!

Mandy Cane Lane

😥 That all sounds awful

Mandy Cane Lane

Lol, very random! Hello Michelle and welcome darlin'! 🌈💐🤗✨️

Mandy Cane Lane

OMG!! That is so funny! Like when Monica's young boyfriend thought that "gunpoint" was a real place 🤣🤣. Also, yes, properties are quite cheap here compared to other countries.. third world and that 🤭

Mandy Cane Lane

Lmao! That is hilarious! Like Brad Pitt always eating in movies, LOL. And the little Mandy cartoon profile pic is so stinkin cute 😍🥰

Mandy Cane Lane

TBF it was putrid but I didn't choose it! IDK why but I assumed wallpaper wasn't a thing there maybe with the heat. I think of Argie and imagine Spain its mostly white wall. And I was starting to think it was a weird British thing we do like queueing cause my yank buds all paint or panel.

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Huh, when you put it like that, it makes perfect sense 😌

Mandy Cane Lane

OMG! My mom is the same!! 😭 Can't surprise her with anything.... I bought her an oven once (which she needed) with my brothers and she made us return it. I was going to surprise her with blue but she said no and wanted light green. I told her it was gonna look bad and since I am painting I will just make a color inbetween, there now nobody's happy . Lol Also don't get me started on wallpaper, did that once and never again!! 😅

Mandy Cane Lane

Exactly my point, I saw one game where they were chanting about abusing children and women because one player was falsely accused of it, if course it's ok for some banter like the German bombers in the air song that's hilarious, but racism and talking about S abuse isn't funny

Remi

Racism is not anything like it used to be. I remember going to a Bolton match with my mate who was black. He was the only black person not on the pitch out of 30,000 people and had to listen to racist abuse shouted at players. Nobody bothered him, but it must have been pretty shit.

Stuart

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"Why would a monkey have pyjamas, is that just how that works over there?" Yes, we make the simians don nightwear. To have them walking around naked would be obscene.

Z is for Zed

Eh she has a better chance at knowing Rodney over Nicholas (however the fuck you spell his last name) it would be ideal of he was in friends

Remi

Mandy doesn't know who Rodney is (she has said this). You should say, "It stars the guy from Frasier" and she will know exactly who you mean because she watches Frasier (she has said this). She even knows the name of the guy who plays Eddie (she has said this).

Jeffrey44

The shorter of the two actors is played by Kenneth Connor, who was most famously a member of the ensemble cast of the Carry On movies, 1958-1978, (and then one in 1992 that we don't talk about), a series of low budget, smutty comedy movies that wouldn't get made now because they weren't very politically correct, but are nevertheless remembered fondly by many of us who view them in the context of the time and still see the comedy in them. Anyway, Kenneth Connor was a staple of those and was an actor as early as the 1940s. Like many actors of the time, he had performance trademarks... I challenge anyone to find a Kenneth Connor movie in which he doesn't find cause to talk as if he has a stuffy nose. It'll either be by taking a punch to it, taking a door, or other blunt object to the face, simply having a cold, or, in this case, having his nose tweaked in a superstitious ritual. What an odd thing to specialise in! The other one I've noticed is that his trousers fall down in at least three movies I have seen. I've often wondered if these skills were on his résumé, and if he ever landed a part based on them. 😅

Tony Mingoia

- I never thought actors were "real", but when I was young and watching Crimewatch (a TV show asking the public for help finding criminals, somewhat similar to America's Most Wanted) I did wonder why the police just didn't arrest the criminals shown during the re-enactments as I thought they were the actual people. I also thought that a clock tower in my city was Big Ben despite being over 100 miles away from London! lol - On a completely random note, you talking about decorating made me have a look at house prices in Buenos Aires as I assume it being the Capital they would be the most expensive. If I sold my house I could either buy a massive one there or two houses, both still bigger than mine! (i'd never live in Argentina though)

(Just) Steve

I did not know that! I love that album.

Stevus

Yeah that's a good storyline. Shame they didn't do more.

Josh Read

I did, I was hoping they'd make a spin off Gary does and one day one of the kids accidently discovers the portal, they had so much potential there

Remi

Yeah that's a good suggestion. Did you see the one of episode from 2016? I was hoping they would make another series after that ☹️

Josh Read

Yeah but every time I bring it up nobody has ever heard of it but I love it because it's a very unique concept with the perfect balance of comedy drama and romance with a great story

Remi

I agree! 👍 It's an excellent show.

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

My understanding is that Howard Goodall - the man who wrote / performed the theme music - based the third series end credits song on Paul Simon's Graceland LP, simply because he was listening to it loads at the time (it was a new release at the time) and just wanted to write a tribute to it.

Michelle Lyons

26:25 from what I've seen the English just throw their drinks in the air and start chanting insults to either their own team, a specific person on the pitch, the opposition, or the camera crew, or of it's in a pub they normally celebrate by beating eachother up and yelling racial slurs

Remi

Mandy do you think you'd like this show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106014/?ref_=ext_shr It stars the guy who played Rodney from only fools and horses it's a very underrated show but one of my favourites it has plenty of funny and clever jokes

Remi

Next time you paint your dear mother's bathroom just get a paintball gun and go ape shit your arms won't ache nearly as much

Remi

It's 05:40 here, and I haven't slept yet. I read that as 'sliding down the walls.' I imagined you jumping up to paint the ceiling, and then sliding back down the wall. 🤣

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

Harlequin? If that's how you spell her name.

Rusty Dog

I know! I am so tempted to just leave it looking ten times worse than before. Still a good gift, right? I mean, I got it started 😅

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahahha, do you have a mate called Paul? 🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

In short, you don't need to know shit about Shakespeare to enjoy it, it's funny in its own right. It's a straight up comedy

irreverend

Hahahhahaaa! Well, I offered but it DEFINITELY turned out to be much more work than I originally thought. If the walls are nice and smooth, I like painting. I hate the having te remove old scaly paint and even it out. And don't get me started on sanding down the walls 😭

Mandy Cane Lane

Oh that's the beauty of the series (for me at least), I and most people only are vaguely aware of Romeo and Juliet and a little bit of other stuff. I got an unclassified in English Literature at GCSE, and an A in English Language. And I still hate English Literature, but it's undeniable that Shakespeare has affected many many TV and film tropes and plot themes you don't realise. And books you may have read which may have been inspired by or parodied his works. So I promise you, you need not know anything of Shakespeare to enjoy the series, but you might realise you know more than you thought, and you'll probably learn a bit about how he affected things you didn't realise he had, and it's just a really funny series :)

irreverend

Ohhhhh! You smart cookie you! 🤣🤣🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

"I don't do things that way Lisa" - Marge 🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

Noted and forgotten 💚

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHHAHA! I wonder if that will ever happen 🤔

Mandy Cane Lane

Hmmm, I feel like I would be quite lost. I have never seen any of his plays and only know Romeo & Juliet by the movie, Hamlet by The Lion King and read an adaptation of A Midnight Summers Dream... or something like that. Needkess to say, I have forgotten all the stories 😅🫣

Mandy Cane Lane

Absomalutely!!!

Stevus

Oh interesting, thank you! Never would have thought that the first train accident was recorded. Got me thinking of all kinds of other confirmed "firsts"!

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHHAHAHHA! This is hilarious! Can the sock be stripey?

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahahha, that bit was fantastic! That and the prince holding a real one! 🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHHAHA! I can't even imagine the faces on the audience if I did 😅🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHA! That would have been great, but I am simply not a punny person 🤷🏻‍♀️. You know? I wonder that too 🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

When you said something like "Monkeys in pyjamas? Is that a given?", I can't help thinking that was a missed opportunity - "Is that a gibbon?" :D Oh I wonder who you're going to be on Halloween this year? :) Great episode with the thickie Mr Thickie thick thick thicky Prince.

Rusty Dog

Well I'm glad you learned something Mandy. Next time you have to make an announcement on stage, remember to spread your legs, thrust your nipples and roar.

Tony Mingoia

Poor Baldrick on bomb disposal duty, bless him 🥹

Dextrous (Lewis)

I really hope the next time you have to fill in for your brother, you stand legs apart with crotch thrust at the audience (feel free to add a rolled up sock for added effect) and then ROOAAAAAARRRR heartily before starting your... whatever it is you do. I think that would be wonderful and add that bit of badly needed extra oompf to... yeah, whatever it is you do. You really can't go too far or over the top with theatre. In the words of Frasier, "if less is more, then just think how much more, MORE would be!" Good advice right!? Your welcome. 😉

Stevus

The little joke from when Blackadder was looking for a new job that confused you. He mentioned a George Stephenson creating a mobile kettle. George Stephenson was a known revolutionary in steam locomotives, known for Stephenson's Rocket, one of the earliest steam locomotives. Funny enough the world's first train accident happened a few miles down the road from where I live, about 150+ years ago. A local well respected MP for Liverpool was at the opening of the local railway and he fell onto the track and was run over by Stephenson's Rocket. There is a memorial to him on the grounds of where the old station was. https://i.ibb.co/Jz2Zk8w/monument.jpg

Danny

At some point you should really watch the TV series Upstart Crow, it's a comedy based on Shakespeare (played by David Mitchell) and a lot of the episodes parody his actual plays rather well.

irreverend

I think the reason for the superstition is because when a new play was doing badly or not well received, they'd just put on a performance of MacBeth instead of continuing it's run, or replace the matinee with a performance of MacBeth. I think it stems from something like that anyway, I could very well be wrong

irreverend

Is it just me that wants Mandy to start videos with roars now? Just imagine 🤗RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhello lovely humans of earth 😎

DriveIn

You mentioned Queenie. Next episode 😅

Danny

It would have been easier to use a long paint roller for the roof 😅 and throw on one of them disposable ponchos and some goggles

Danny

When they say a travel kettle they mean a kettle you can take travelling with you. Not a kettle that can travel between locations its self 🤣I hope you got a good night's sleep after this 😴 https://youtube.com/shorts/lrcOoyvS-k0?si=1UKGLfDKycH69wv_ Not PJs I know but here are monkeys in clothes 🙉 Can you please start all of your future videos with a roar please 🙏

Josh Read

Hey! I feel you with the decorating. I despise painting—I hate it with a passion. Yet, it seems like something I'm always doing. I paint my house, my sister wants hers done, and my parents want theirs done. It's never-ending. Like Peter Kay said, 'Old people, you can't beat them can you ... Pity'. 😁 As always, thank you, Mandy. 🤗🤗

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

"Why would a monkey have pyjamas? Is that just how it works over there? Is that just a gibbon?" We don't make gibbons wear them either. Also the guy who jumped onto the stage with the bomb was one of the writers - Ben Elton. The other writer - Richard Curtis, was interviewed by Philomena Cunk on comic relief. He was disgusted by her story about her mate Paul and what he did with a red nose. I have learned to fear the words: "My mate Paul..."

Hypnobob

Decorating is always a job you regret starting. There's no backing out halfway through. Top tip - never decorate. Moving house is no simple task, but it's easier than decorating.

Alan

Tell me more, asking for my cat

James Aston

And yes. Macbeth that is a real superstition in UK theatre, tho not so much recently. It's because of the terrible misfortunes that befell the Globe (I think that's the name) theatre in the time of Shakespeare. It burnt down twice while the "Scottish Play" was being performed I believe. The other viewers will know better than I. But yeah, since then it's been regarded as a bad omen. https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/about-the-play/the-scottish-play Made me laugh today, I left my phone on the table and went for a shower. I panicked when I suddenly heard a high pitch noise kind of like someone wiping the windows or a ghostly giggle... and I'd left the door open. Turns out it was just Mandy laughing, I'd left Patreon running in the background 😂😂.

Benjamin Taylor-Yates

What about cats pyjamas?

Carl-Fredrik L

Yes

Carl-Fredrik L

So strange to see "The Stance" after real life politicians have started doing it, in real life, over the past decade or so. I guess some PR person remembered this episode and somehow has been getting away with training people to do it for nearly 2 decades.

Kirk Deighton

Wait, do you work in theatre or something?

Mark Fraser

We certainly don't dress monkeys in pyjamas here. Even for us that would be silly. Although there used to be a commercial in the 90s with chimps drinking tea. That was quite silly actually

James Aston

I don't know if you do it in this video because I haven't watched it yet but sometimes you say "Ladies and Gentlemen" like a French person would. It got me wondering, do you know the phrase "Ladles and Jellyspoons"? Do you have that amusing phrase in Argentina or America? It's from a poem I think.

Jeffrey44

2nd Like. I meant. 🤗

Benjamin Taylor-Yates

It looks like you are first to me. Did a comment get deleted?

Jeffrey44

Damn. 2nd again. 🥈 But first comment so winner! 😝🥇 3:30?! That's about 7:30 on the morning over here. Get some rest lady!

Benjamin Taylor-Yates