Blackadder the Third (TV Series)
Sense and Senility (1987)
Hugh Laurie: The Prince Regent, their master
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Quotes
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Mossop : ...lest you continue in your quotations and mention the name of the "Scottish Play".
Keanrick : Oh-ho... never fear, I shan't do that.
Blackadder : By the "Scottish Play", I assume you mean *Macbeth*.
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : What was that?
Keanrick : We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : What, *Macbeth*?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : Good lord, you mean you have to do *that* every time I say *Macbeth*?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Mossop : Will you please stop saying *that*. Always call it the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : So you want me to say the "Scottish Play"?
Mossop , Keanrick : [shout] Yes.
Blackadder : Rather than *Macbeth*?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Prince George : For heaven's sake, what is all this hullabaloo, all this shouting and screaming and yelling blue murder? Why... it's like that play we saw the other day, what was it called... umm...
Blackadder : *Macbeth*, sir?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They are bowing toward the Prince, and must tweak their own noses]
Prince George : No, no, it was called Julius Caesar.
Blackadder : Ah, yes, of course. Julius Caesar... not *Macbeth*.
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
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Prince George : Anarchist!
Baldrick : Cleaner!
Prince George : So you've had a wash, that's no excuse!
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Prince George : I must say, Blackadder, that was a close shave. Why would an anarchist possibly want to kill you?
Blackadder : Actually, I think it's you he was trying to kill, sir.
Prince George : Oh hogwash. How could you possibly think that?
Blackadder : Well my suspicions were first aroused by his use of the words "death to the stupid prince".
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Prince George : Are you sure we can even trust these acting fellows, Blackadder? Last time we went to the theater three of them murdered Julius Caesar. And one of them was his best friend, Brutus!
Blackadder : As I have told you about eight times, the man playing Julius Caesar was an actor called Kemp.
Prince George : Really?
Blackadder : Yes?
Prince George : Thundering gherkins! Well, Brutus must have been pretty miffed when he found out!
Blackadder : What?
Prince George : That he hadn't killed Caesar after all, just some poxy actor called Kemp! What do you think he did, go 'round to Caesar's place after the play and kill him then?
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Prince George : Mr. Thicky-Black-Thicky-Adder-Thicky!
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Mossop : ...lest you continue in your quotations and mention the name of the "Scottish Play".
Keanrick : Oh-ho... never fear, I shan't do that.
Blackadder : By the "Scottish Play", I assume you mean *Macbeth*.
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : What was that?
Keanrick : We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : What, *Macbeth*?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : Good lord, you mean you have to do *that* every time I say *Macbeth*?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends. Owwww.
Mossop : Will you please stop saying *that*. Always call it the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : So you want me to say the "Scottish Play"?
Keanrick , Mossop : [shout] Yes.
Blackadder : Rather than *Macbeth*?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Prince George : For heaven's sake, what is all this hullabaloo, all this shouting and screaming and yelling blue murder? Why... it's like that play we saw the other day, what was it called... umm... Blackadder
Blackadder : *Macbeth*, sir?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They are bowing toward the Prince, and must tweak their own noses]
Keanrick , Mossop : . Owwwwww.
Prince George : No, no, it was called Julius Caesar. Ah, yes, of course. Julius Caesar... not *Macbeth*.
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
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Mossop : ...Lest you continue in your quotation and mention the name of the Scottish Play.
Keanrick : Oh, never fear, I shan't do that.
Blackadder : By "the Scottish Play," I assume you mean Macbeth?
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Blackadder : What was that?
Keanrick : We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the Scottish Play.
Blackadder : What, Macbeth?
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Blackadder : Good Lord, you mean you have to do that every time I say Macbeth?
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Mossop : Will you please stop saying that? Always call it the Scottish Play!
Blackadder : So you want me to say "the Scottish Play"...
Mossop , Keanrick : [shouting] Yes!
Blackadder : ...rather than Macbeth.
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Prince George : I say, what is all this hullaballoo, all this shouting and screaming and yelling blue murder? Why, it's like that play we saw the other day. What was it called, uh...?
Blackadder : Macbeth, sir?
[Playing patty-cake with themselves]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[as they are still bowing to the prince, each tweaks his own nose]
Prince George : No, no, no, no, it was called Julius Caesar.
Blackadder : Oh, yes, of course. Julius Caesar. Not Macbeth.
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
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Prince George : [shouting from upstairs] Come on, Blackadder, we'll miss the first act!
Blackadder : [shouts up] Coming sir, as fast as I can!
Blackadder : [sitting in his chair] Stick the kettle on, Baldrick.
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Anarchist : Right, everybody out! Smash the Spinning Jenny! Burn the Rolling Rosalind! Destroy the Going-up-and-down-a-bit-and-then-moving-along Gertrude! And death to the stupid Prince who grows fat on the profits!
[he tosses a lit bomb to the Prince]
Prince George : I say, how exciting! This play's getting better and better! Bravo! Bravo!
Blackadder : It's not a play anymore, sir. Put the bomb down and make your way quietly to the exit.
Prince George : Blackadder, you old thing, your problem is you can't tell when something's real and when it's not!
[the bomb explodes]
