Blackadder

Blackadder (1983, 1986-89, 1999) is a television show which originally aired on BBC One written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, and Rowan Atkinson. It traces members of the Blackadder dynasty and their associates through different periods of history. more »

[Prince George believes William Pitt the Younger to be a schoolboy]

Blackadder:
Mr. Pitt is the Prime Minister, sir.

George:
[in disbelief] Oh, go on! Is he? What, young Snotty here?!

Pitt:
I'd rather have a runny nose than a runny brain.

George:
... Eh?

Blackadder:
Um, excuse me, Prime Minister, but we do have some lovely jelly in the pantry. I don't know if you'd be interested at all?

Pitt:
Don't patronise me, you lower-middle class yobbo! [quietly] What flavour is it?

Blackadder:
Blackcurrant.

Pitt:
EURGH!

George:
I say, Blackadder, are you sure this is the PM? Seems like a bit of an oily tick to me! I remember when I was at school, we used to line up four or five of his sort, tell them to bend over and use them for a toast-rack!

Pitt:
You don't surprise me, sir - I know your sort. Once, it was I who stood in the big, cold schoolroom, a hot crumpet burning my cheeks with shame. But since that day, I have been busy every hour God sends, working to become Prime Minister and to fight sloth and privilege wherever I found it!

Blackadder:
I trust you weren't too busy to remove the crumpet...!

Pitt:
You will regret this, gentlemen! You think you can thwart my plans to bankrupt the Prince by fixing the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election... but you will be thrashed - I intend to put up my own brother as a candidate against you!

Blackadder:
[smugly] Oh, and which Pitt would this be? Pitt the Toddler? Pitt the Embryo? Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye?

Pitt:
[glares at Blackadder before he starts a journey for the door] Sirs, as I said to Chancellor Metternich at the Congress of Strasburg: "Pooh to you with knobs on!" We shall meet, sirs, on the hustings! [storms out]

George:
I say, Blackadder, what a ghastly squit! He's not going to win, is he?

Blackadder:
No sir, because firstly, we shall fight this campaign on issues, not personalities. Secondly, we shall be the only fresh thing on the menu. And thirdly, of course... we'll cheat!

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