Blackadder S4 Ep6 "Goodbyeee" REACTION!
Added 2024-12-16 19:18:23 +0000 UTCUploaded the actual episode by mistake last time lol. Sorry about that.
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The only thing that would grow in the destroyed fields were wild poppies 😢 still brings me to tears ❤️
Esther
2025-06-16 15:25:29 +0000 UTChearing darling and baldrick say "im scared" made my eyes water , so real. the ending was powerful to the fullest extent. 🕊️🕊️
TheHigh
2025-05-10 14:24:18 +0000 UTCSame. The perfect end to the perfect show.
Dan the man
2025-03-11 06:49:24 +0000 UTCBoomer remember there`s also The Cavalier Years special and then Back And Forth special please. ps check my inbox messages muppet cos you`ve not replied or seen them for months mate
Silly Uncle Andy Farmer
2024-12-23 03:01:14 +0000 UTCand the cavalier years
Silly Uncle Andy Farmer
2024-12-23 02:57:06 +0000 UTCI was wondering how this would come across to a US viewer, and came to the comments before watching so that I would be prepared for any negative reaction! As others have said, this episode and the ending has absolutely iconic status in the UK and that’s not just due to our different cultural expectations but the lasting impact of the Great War on this country. Britain lost 6% of its adult male population in WW1, and the brutal impact on families here has been perceptible throughout the last century so it feels very close in cultural memory. Just in my own family, there was a great-uncle who won a medal for valor in that war and then deserted due to shell shock, and another who was gassed and never truly recovered, and those stories are still shared. We have so many WW1 memorials and sites here - even our local high school was a WW1 military hospital and a nearby building was its morgue. Poppies also have an instant meaning to everyone here and are still our symbol of the fallen. Because it still feels so close, a lot of people were actually really uncomfortable about a comedy being made about this. But the ending was what finally made it truly beloved and respected. It’s been great rewatching this series along with you KB and seeing your take on it all. Thanks for sharing it with us 😊
Eleanor Elliott
2024-12-21 20:37:11 +0000 UTCIt’s in the 2008 documentary Blackadder: The Whole Rotten Saga that was mentioned before
Eleanor Elliott
2024-12-21 20:00:01 +0000 UTCThere is an alternate ending to this, Baldrick is the first to die, followed by Darling, George, and the rest of the cast. Blackadder, who was only pretending to be dead, gets up and returns to the trench for safety. But they decided to end it this way to Honour those who gave up thier today for our tomorrow. "Lest We Forget, The Glorious Dead."
Tone Grumbt
2024-12-20 22:31:43 +0000 UTCBoomer? Boomer? Boomer? That is spooky sir!
Tone Grumbt
2024-12-20 22:22:05 +0000 UTCKB I recommend you react to a video called “Tower of London poppies”. It’s only 6 minutes. It’s about an art installation to commemorate the fallen soldiers of WW1.
Julian T
2024-12-19 20:29:40 +0000 UTCFor all the people recommending blackadder back and forth. Don't 👍
jim78
2024-12-19 20:11:09 +0000 UTCWith all of the various iterations of Blackadder, he exists firmly in the middle of a well-established hierarchy of characters, with those above him with whom he is always trying to curry favour or usurp in some way, those technically equal to him who he has little time for and uses to his advantage, and those below him who he treads all over. However, with Series 4 the odds are just too stacked against him, with his ultimate aim not money or power or influence, but just to survive the whole thing, and with that in mind the conversation at the end with George, Darling and Baldrick about their fears of going over the top is a very moving moment as it is a true leveller for all of them. Suddenly, any sense of hierarchy disappears and all we are left with is 4 scared human beings. His last line "Who'd notice another madman around here? Good luck everyone" is pretty much the only time in 4 series Blackadder makes a genuinely caring comment to anyone, and that makes it devastating. It's brilliant, brilliant writing.
Dan Haynes
2024-12-19 10:18:02 +0000 UTCTimeless. ♥
Jason Scade
2024-12-18 22:31:48 +0000 UTCIs quite recent since you've watched the film 1984 so maybe an ending like that was a bit too heavy for you Brian and I understand that I think that in the right headspace it is a commendable finale and you could possibly fully appreciate I feel that was very touching the way that they understood that it was right to add some emotional levity to what I truly vile and pointless war the First World War eventually was and always was And the writing didn’t shy away from the pointless tragedy that ensued 'cause a kaiser a tsar and a king couldn't get on no one just because of nepotism should have that much power to declare such a tragic war but yeah I would prescribe to you some Will Ferrell movies lift up your spirit and your hopes and always leaves a sweet taste in your mouth
Nunabissess
2024-12-18 16:28:00 +0000 UTCThere's christmas carol then there's 'back and forth'
Rob webber
2024-12-18 08:06:32 +0000 UTCSo how was Blackadder so accepting about giving up the insanity act as soon as he heard the General (basically) say he was expecting it? Blackadder didn't bother to try any other way to convince the General he was mad?
Joe Thornhill
2024-12-18 05:40:06 +0000 UTCYes it was a sad ending to honour the lost in WW1
Erica
2024-12-18 03:26:11 +0000 UTCIt was shown in Remembrance Week in November 1989
Graeme Robertson
2024-12-18 00:40:45 +0000 UTCThis will never not be moving.
Michelle Pearce — PSBFAN1991
2024-12-18 00:38:00 +0000 UTCIt was very sad! I'm so glad that never happened in real life!
Daniel Heywood
2024-12-17 23:12:18 +0000 UTCyes KB there is the special episode they did for the millenium dome in 1999/2000, but Christmas carol would be next; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb-zEk8-a98
Dave L
2024-12-17 22:41:15 +0000 UTCI was 7 years old when this first aired on TV and I balled my eyes out over this ending.
Gyle
2024-12-17 22:32:02 +0000 UTCThey’re all paper now! RBL have gone eco friendly :)
Alex Paton
2024-12-17 20:59:18 +0000 UTCYes, the poppies, (or plastic models of them are wonderful by main in the UK, usually twice a year - Armistice Day, on November 11th, and Remembrance Sunday, on the nearest Sunday to the 11th. You usually obtain a plastic poppy by putting a donation in a collection tin at shops, markets, organisations etc, and those funds/proceeds are sent to the Royal British Legion charity. People are encouraged to observe a two minute silence at 11am on either Armistice Day or Remembrance Sunday, or both. Of course, some years those two occasions occur on the same date.
South Coast Rich
2024-12-17 18:03:41 +0000 UTCThis is exactly it. Couldn't put it better myself.
Tim Phillipson
2024-12-17 18:00:17 +0000 UTCMy comments on the previous video of this uploaded by mistake haven't aged well !! ,😂😂😂
South Coast Rich
2024-12-17 17:17:45 +0000 UTCDon't forget Back and Fourth. Brilliant ep. The very last one
makadeni123
2024-12-17 17:14:55 +0000 UTCI wouldn’t say I was not impressed. It was a good episode for sure. Was I caught off guard? Absolutely 100%. I was not expecting a sad ending but as Kit said it’s probably because WW2 is much more engrained in everyone’s minds here in the states. Sadly WW1 is almost forgotten here, nearly to the point the Korean War is.
Brian Moran
2024-12-17 15:05:34 +0000 UTCThis episode is a textbook example of the difference between US and UK comedy. A US comedy would have probably led to our heroes getting out of the push with some fantastic witty scheme whereas as you see, the UK way is to show them tragically meeting their (expected) end. Neither narrative is overwhelmingly better than the other but just typical of what respective audiences expect
Robert Carter
2024-12-17 14:54:57 +0000 UTCThe Cavalier Years was a 15 minute Comic Relief special so you could probably watch it at the same time as Christmas Carol. There’s also Back and Forth that was released for the Millennium Dome originally
Kieran B
2024-12-17 13:58:53 +0000 UTCBlackadder back and forth was another special.
ade rumbold
2024-12-17 12:36:36 +0000 UTCThis was actually shown to me in 3rd year of high school (14 years old) The teacher wanted a good way to get through to kids the actual horror of war. He did a damn good job.
Dan Padgett
2024-12-17 12:17:25 +0000 UTCIt’s interesting because for every Brit who watched that, you realise the horror and relate to the end because Brits were hit hard in WW1. The ending is iconic for how respectful and sad the ending is.
Julian Gore
2024-12-17 11:54:13 +0000 UTCThe reality is that the First World War is probably a far bigger scar on the collective British psyche than the Second. It seems an odd thing to say, but in terms of proportional losses and the affects on society its' in many ways the architect of how Britain is today culturally and socially. It's also worth remembering that when this episode was broadcast in late 1989 there were still elderly veterans of the conflict watching. Hence the decision to make this final episode more sombre and tragic. I think it's very well done as a piece of drama. The comedy starts to gently fade out as the episode goes on to be replaced with pathos and a gnawing anxiety. The writing and performances are all spot on.
Dryfesands
2024-12-17 11:38:01 +0000 UTCSorry if you've already been told(or spotted)but Baldrick in all the Blackadders played Daddy in the later seasons of Man Down.
cragit1987
2024-12-17 09:44:50 +0000 UTCIt is why we wear poppies
Wilx
2024-12-17 06:03:20 +0000 UTCThe Americans still lost 50,000 soldiers or so in WW1, so it's not entirely unrelatable. It just gets overshadowed by the US's dramatically larger involvement in WW2. But yeah as you say the First World War trenches are pretty ingrained into British cultural memory.
Kit Taylor
2024-12-17 04:37:56 +0000 UTCI suppose the trenches of the First World War aren't quite as ingrained in the American psyche as the Western European one. It's horrible; but you've got to laugh, haven't you? But it's horrible.
Wes
2024-12-17 03:52:52 +0000 UTC"Cluck cluck jibber jibber my old man's a mushroom etc.."
Jehan Ariyaratnam
2024-12-17 02:35:54 +0000 UTCI don't think I've ever seen anyone watch this episode and fail to be impressed. It's an opinions game of course, but I personally think this is one of the greatest 30 minutes in tv history. It's funny throughout, but poignant and respectful with incredible writing and acting by everyone involved. I don't see how, given the subject matter, that ending could be covered in any other way. there's certainly no way you could expect the ending to be funny. Glad you enjoyed it on the whole though
Oliver Chapman
2024-12-17 01:53:16 +0000 UTCTextbook reaction lol. You're laughing along and then suddenly they're all dead.
Mat
2024-12-17 01:33:52 +0000 UTCIts terrible, Iv been known to suffer from it time to BAAAAAAAH BAAAAAAAH BAAAAAAAH time.
Adam Senior
2024-12-17 01:04:56 +0000 UTCA beautiful ending. If you're looking for a WW1 drama, I'd recommend My Boy Jack, made in 2007, which tells the story of Rudyard Kipling's son who fought in the First World War. It stars Daniel Radcliffe and David Haig.
Joshua
2024-12-17 00:09:34 +0000 UTCTheres actually a few Blackadder documentaries out there: The Whole Rotten Saga (narrated by David Mitchell) is on Youtube and A Cunning Story is up on Vimeo :) The former is probably the better one, but ive not seen for a while
jim78
2024-12-16 23:41:53 +0000 UTCThe ending is perfect for me, it’s a brutal point in history and it serves as a visceral critique of the senselessness of the war whilst still being funny throughout.
Spoingus
2024-12-16 23:37:46 +0000 UTCThe moment that always chirpy happy George says he's scared always gets me, that and how lifeless Darling is. Just a bunch of scared men being sent en masse to their graves.
Tom Tucker
2024-12-16 23:10:16 +0000 UTCGutted..... you know I thought as much. I had heard that, even asking about such a tier for the delectable Queen Boomer, would result in fellow Patreons praying nightly for the death of said deviant. That was never even a consideration - I did it would be permissable, asking KB if access to that tier would be affordable, especially since I have heard fantastic rumours about his intros for those videos..... supposedly containing scenes of gratuitous 'plate spinning' action. The most viewed reaction on that tier is a 'How do they poke the holes in doughnuts?' featurette, which is said to have caused both explosive orgasms and projectile vomiting, for viewers of that video but that may be a wind up.
Rob Walters
2024-12-16 23:09:02 +0000 UTCA terribly sad but terribly fitting ending. 'In Flanders fields the poppies blow'.
Gem
2024-12-16 23:04:35 +0000 UTC6% of all men in the UK died in WW1, with double that number wounded - it left a huge impact on the country that took generations to recover from.
Martin Clarkson
2024-12-16 23:02:34 +0000 UTCYeah, and Blackadder: Back and Forth makes sense as a New Year special too, because it was a millennium new year special!
settopboxing
2024-12-16 23:01:40 +0000 UTCNo amount of money can buy such a privilege. Its simply beyond human comprehension.
Adam Senior
2024-12-16 23:00:14 +0000 UTCNo, there are 2 specials you, "never KNEW about", or better yet, "didn't know about".
Jeffrey44
2024-12-16 22:44:16 +0000 UTCThat ending used to be shown at schools when they taught history and honestly one of the best endings ever. There is also one other special it was called Blackadder: Back and Forth
Joe Page
2024-12-16 22:39:43 +0000 UTCThere's a muppet on the loose "Mwibble"
Adam Senior
2024-12-16 22:33:41 +0000 UTCThe field is covered in poppies, the flower which is used on Remembrance Day. I remember the first time I saw this episode. I sat quietly for some time afterwards as it was a true gut punch after all the laughs. Really highlighted the terrible loss and disastrous way the war was fought.
Michael K
2024-12-16 22:20:42 +0000 UTCI think this is very much the perfect ending to this kind of series. I really don't think they could have done it any other way. It's a perfect balance of comedy but also a grasp gravity of the situation and sacrifices made by those who served during this period.
FPG
2024-12-16 20:56:15 +0000 UTCIt was just meant to be a commemorative ending. First World War was quite a big deal over here. It wasn't just a year long thing.
R Lawrence
2024-12-16 20:53:33 +0000 UTCI guess you do! 🤣
Stuart Gunpowder
2024-12-16 20:53:20 +0000 UTCWait wait wait.... 3 specials?? You mean there are 2 Blackadder specials I never new about?? Excuse me.... I've ah.... got things I must do.
FPG
2024-12-16 20:52:10 +0000 UTCOne of the greatest moments in British TV history.
Nick Hughes
2024-12-16 20:52:04 +0000 UTCI think "back & forth" is the first time Ben Elton showed he's was no longer gonna bother.
R Lawrence
2024-12-16 20:50:28 +0000 UTCI mean it's World War 1, where millions lost their lives arguably with little point. How does a comedy program deal with this? Cheerfully?! This is a respectful and moving episode, worth watching again now you know what to expect. Perhaps without the weight of expectation you might appreciate more how tonally sensitive this was.
David Butler
2024-12-16 20:48:14 +0000 UTCI don’t think you could end a series about the First World War any other way
Kieran B
2024-12-16 20:48:11 +0000 UTC“In Flanders Fields the poppies grow…”
Kieran B
2024-12-16 20:47:11 +0000 UTCThere's a bbc documentary about the genius of this episode The way jokes kinda slowed down halfway through Humanising Darling..he becomes Kevin who was just trying to survive the war to get back to his life and Doris George realising it's actactually serious..all his friend are dead..I'm scared sir And even blackadder himself showing compascompassion and empathy..good luck everyone. Half the country was in shock the next day
Paul Liversage
2024-12-16 20:44:51 +0000 UTCThe three specials to watch are: Cavalier Years Christmas Carol Back And Forth
Stuart Gunpowder
2024-12-16 20:41:44 +0000 UTCThe last episode was heavy hitting because the comedy writers didn't want the subject of WW1 to end on a joke. For me it perfectly walks a fine line between comedy and pathos, and I think you were in the mindset of wanting a hilarious ending, which is possibly why you didn't enjoy this one as much as the others. The interesting thing about this episode is that you see the human side of Darling, as he's essentially a different side of the same coin as Blackadder. Both are trying to avoid fighting and dying over such a meaningless war, even though they're at odds with eachother throughout the series. Despite Blackadder despising every character throughout the series, In this episode you see him treat them as equals, knowing that they're all victims of a terrible war. The resigned "good luck everyone" comment at the end makes that point effectively. The other comment from Blackadder - "who would have noticed another madman round here?" still hits hard to this day. I think it's one of the most effective anti war commentaries ever made, disguised as a comedy.
Jay
2024-12-16 20:40:24 +0000 UTCThe red poppy field at the end is a mark of remembrance for those that died, inspired by a poem. We use poppies on remembrance day (veterans day in the USA).
The Uber Geek
2024-12-16 20:39:28 +0000 UTCOnly historical inaccuracy in that was that the offside rule didn't exist then.
R Lawrence
2024-12-16 20:34:01 +0000 UTCYou mentioned the field at the end, we all wear red poppies in November in the UK to remember the war dead. Every year.
kev
2024-12-16 20:33:46 +0000 UTC'Thick of it' is Blackadder 5 with Malcolm Tucker as Blackadder with updated vocab.
emu cat
2024-12-16 20:22:21 +0000 UTCThere's 3 specials, Christmas Carol, The Cavalier Years and The Millennim Special called Back and Forth
BurmaCuWin
2024-12-16 20:21:34 +0000 UTCThe Xmas special will cheer you up A must for every Christmas, it's a classic
Mark Jephson
2024-12-16 20:19:49 +0000 UTCMany people think this is the greatest ending in sitcom history. It was a shock when first aired, and is even shown in schools. As the episode goes on the characters become less comedic and more human, revealing their hopes and fears. This ending will stay with you. If you and Queen Boomer come to Europe, I recommend you visit Ypres or the Somme. It becomes very real. Blackadder, George and Baldric will be there in spirit with you.
Jonny D
2024-12-16 20:19:32 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/LV1a52yHafY?si=VhCYcHfeH9lGMOu2
Mark Jephson
2024-12-16 20:19:01 +0000 UTCThis hammered my small town and many other like it. Listened to tales from my Grandma of boys and relatives not coming back, families halved. Blackadder did a good job ripping the ass off it. This Robert Graves quote reminds me of Blackadder - 'Patriotism in the trenches was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians or prisoners, A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out.'
emu cat
2024-12-16 20:13:19 +0000 UTCDude... dont ever feel bad about yours, how ever ever time I see an espespecially only fools, it's weird not hearing you in the background 🥰
Rob webber
2024-12-16 20:10:38 +0000 UTClest we not forget
Alan
2024-12-16 19:59:16 +0000 UTCAlso the cast refused to do another take as they weren’t told about all the explosions and pyrotechnics - it really was quite dangerous and they were shaken up over it. There is an interview online about the final scene and the full story including what you wrote
Kevin Hussey
2024-12-16 19:55:09 +0000 UTCAs far as I recall there are 3 blackadder specials being 1. The cavalier years 2. Christmas carol 3. Back and forth. Hope that helps and that you can do all 3.
Jason
2024-12-16 19:52:48 +0000 UTCWhen they recorded the last scene, the audience was laughing because it looked quite silly at full speed as they threw themselves around a flimsy set. The producers weren't happy with it so they added the slow motion, sad music and fade to the poppy field in editing.
Alex West
2024-12-16 19:52:03 +0000 UTCA sad episode this one and a moving one
Tim Salt (Tim Salt Writes)
2024-12-16 19:49:25 +0000 UTCOne thing I really loved about this series is that all three main characters are affectionate parodies of the classes; upper class George, middle class Blackadder and working class Baldrick, showing how the war impacted everyone equally. Nobody avoided the horror.
ALW
2024-12-16 19:47:16 +0000 UTCKing Muppet :)
Martin Lee
2024-12-16 19:44:50 +0000 UTCMany years ago I visted some of the Western Front battlefields and cemeteries in France and Belgium, and the Menin Gate at Ypres. It was...heavy. If you haven't already then I highly recommend reading the Siegfried Sassoon novel Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man, which is very much along the theme of George's reminiscences about the tiddlywinking leapfroggers, their subsequent fates, and the end of innocence and the idyll of Edwardian Britain brought about by the outbreak of war. Like George, Sassoon had also been at Cambridge (although he'd dropped out and spent several years kicking around writing and playing cricket) and had joined the army on the same day war was declared, and walked straight into the commissioned ranks through his background and social connections.
Charlie
2024-12-16 19:37:02 +0000 UTCPoppies at the end are used following WW1 is due to the poem ‘In Flanders Fields‘ Also, the reason why poppies are such a symbol and chosen is because they are the first flower that grew on the former fields used in the war.
BR90s
2024-12-16 19:36:01 +0000 UTC“Muppet Syndrome” haha It’s a terrible condition to suffer from, the main symptom is sometimes you go like this “WALALALALALALA!” But then you stop
Chug
2024-12-16 19:25:08 +0000 UTCI don't have any family Boomer!!! 😕 like Alan, I've got access to the kids but they don't want to seeee meeeee.... only kidding. They do, I once had a family, but they left me! 😄 love partridge quotes. In all seriousness, love to the family. Have a lovely break away and enjoy the time with your family. :)
Tim Phillipson
2024-12-16 19:24:58 +0000 UTCJokes aside I've genuinely been looking forward to this episode. Bit sad to know it's all done now. It's sort of weird how we associate war and Christmas, I guess it's just the time of year when emotions are highest. Loss, joy, everything. I hope everyone here watching this has a good break, or if it's not a break then the best of a shitty time :)
Jamie
2024-12-16 19:24:54 +0000 UTCHow much is the tier where you react to shows naked?
Rob Walters
2024-12-16 19:22:42 +0000 UTCBoomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer Boomer
RobJFH
2024-12-16 19:21:14 +0000 UTCAre you doing Blackadder Back and Forth, the short movie as well?
D R
2024-12-16 19:21:11 +0000 UTCThere’s a special called Cavalier Years which you should watch
John Snashall
2024-12-16 19:21:10 +0000 UTCMuppet 😁😁😁😁
Louise Miller
2024-12-16 19:20:31 +0000 UTClol, ya we know. you muppet
Nothinghalo
2024-12-16 19:20:29 +0000 UTCPerfect :)
D R
2024-12-16 19:20:22 +0000 UTCWell done on uploading the correct video, KB. You plonker 😂
Joe Blakeley
2024-12-16 19:19:55 +0000 UTCApologies only accepted if you’re mad, and can prove it by wearing your underpants on your head with two pencils up your nostrils
Kevin Hussey
2024-12-16 19:19:36 +0000 UTCWhy the fuck do I have this American dude on my Blackadder episode?
Jamie
2024-12-16 19:19:16 +0000 UTC
