The Black Adder

The Black Adder1982

The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally aired on BBC One from 15 June 1983 to 20 July 1983, and… more »



Prince Edmund:
Percy, you are dismissed from my services.

Percy:
Me? why?

Prince Edmund:
Because Percy, far from being a fit consort for a prince of the realm, you would bore the leggings off a village idiot. You ride a horse rather less well than another horse would. Your brain would make a grain of sand look large and ungainly. And the part of you that can't be mentioned, I am reliably informed by women around the court, wouldn't be worth mentioning even if it could be. If you put on a floppy hat and a furry cod-piece, you might just get by as a fool, but since you wouldn't know a joke if it got up and gave you a haircut, I doubt it. THAT is why you are dismissed.

Percy:
Oh, I see.

Prince Edmund:
And as for you, Baldrick...

Baldrick:
My Lord?

Prince Edmund:
You're out too.

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