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"Blackadder II" Potato (1986)



Overview

User Rating:
8.2/10   110 votes
Director:
Mandie Fletcher
Writers:
Richard Curtis (written by) &
Ben Elton (written by)
Original Air Date:
23 January 1986 (Season 1, Episode 3)
Genre:
Comedy | History more
Plot:
Edmund attempts to impress the Queen by embarking on his own voyage of discovery to the New World. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Potato - another corker for Series 2! more

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tom Baker, as Captain Redbeard Rum, can clearly be heard shouting the standard British actor's "crowd noise" of "Rhubarb, rhubarb" -- even though the "crowd" in this case consists of only four people. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: During Blackadder's conversation with captain Redbeard Rum, the microphone can be seen several times in the upper right corner. more
Quotes:
Lord Melchett: Ah Blackadder, talking to yourself, I see.
Blackadder: Yes, it's the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) (TV) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Potato - another corker for Series 2!, 30 October 2006
10/10
Author: general-melchett from United Kingdom

Potato is another great Series 2 episode - Tom Baker appears in this, and his role as Captain Redbeard Rum is absolutely hilarious. The humour is once again strong, Baldrick is once again on stupid form (he is much funnier this way), and there are more endlessly quotable lines to be found in this. From the start to the end - Potato is an absolutely cracking episode.

Yes, the budget is still remarkably cheap for this episode - there should have at least been some fancy visuals on Blackadder's boat. However, Tom Baker's legs were hidden quite well during this episode (he is meant to be a legless captain, after all) and the effects aren't to be snorted at. Blackadder 1 may have had a higher budget than this, but this is Blackadder at its very best - clever, cheap, and cheerful. Potato is the last 10/10 episode of this series - the others are good, but they just can't recapture its heights.

On the whole, Potato is a great Blackadder episode - not to be skipped! 10/10

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