"out of his promise (since she also knows about his tendency to sing about the goblin when drunk) and refuses to postpone the contest. Back at his house, Blackadder decides to hold both events on the same evening but in different rooms. The drinking party is to be held in Baldrick's bedroom, while the Whiteadders are to dine with Percy in Blackadder's dining room. Blackadder is further annoyed when he's informed by Percy and Baldrick that while rooting through the vegetable patch for suitable food, they came across ""a turnip shaped exactly like a ""thingie"""". To outlast Melchett at the"
"Potato (Blackadder) ""Potato"" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of Sir Walter ""Oooh what a big ship I've got"" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures much taunting from children outside his house, to which he retaliates by shooting one with an arrow. Melchett arrives and offers Blackadder a potato, the last having just been"
"described his own performance in this episode as ""appalling"". Baker was quoted: ""Someone should have taken away my Equity Card. It was terrible and the buggers keep playing it."" Potato (Blackadder) ""Potato"" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of Sir Walter ""Oooh what a big ship I've got"" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures"
"the Blathereen visit Sarah Jane in Rani's house for a meal of shepherd's pie, which the Blathereen enjoy very much. After the meal, the Blathereen—Leef and Tree—give Sarah Jane a Raxacoricofallapatorian plant called Rakweed. They explain that the plant ""can grow anywhere, even in the harshest conditions,"" adding that because the people of Earth would be suspicious if the plant came directly from the Blathereen, that they would like Sarah Jane to be their ambassador. Mr Smith analyses the plant and deems it not to be dangerous, but the following night it starts to mutate. The next morning, the Rakweed"
"in some countries to celebrate the diversity of vegetable shapes, with particularly unusual items being entered into competitions. Many of these are judged by the ugliness of the vegetable. Some organisations run contests in which gardeners enter the largest vegetables that they have grown, with pumpkins being particular favourites. The popular BBC television programme ""That's Life!"" mixed investigative journalism with more lighthearted sections, which included items on unusually shaped vegetables. The BBC comedy television programme ""Blackadder"" contains several jokes relating to the character Baldrick and his obsession with odd-shaped turnips. The most notable example occurs in the episode ""Beer"", in"
"court and Edmund. He and Percy tried to stop them but they were too late, running in after the credits when everybody was already dead. The ""clever"" Baldrick character was abandoned after the first series, becoming steadily more imbecilic with each incarnation. The Elizabethan Baldrick is the servant and bondsman to Lord Blackadder. He has been in Blackadder's family since 1532, when he was two years old. He has a bedroom in Blackadder's house, but has also been forced to sleep in the gutter and on the roof. He has a tendency to eat dung. While his master treats him"
"that one"", and ""a very small casserole"". Baldrick loves turnips, a trait that would also be present in his descendants. In the episode ""Beer"", where he and Percy famously discover a turnip shaped like a ""thingy"". Baldrick is particularly delighted by the discovery, because it contrasts with his own ""thingy"" which is shaped like a turnip. In the same episode Baldrick reveals his recipe for ""Turnip Surprise"" – ""the surprise is: there's nothing in it except the turnip"". Baldrick (possibly died 1649) is servant to . Like his Elizabethan ancestor he moonlights as an executioner, although in his case it"
"over a shot of Blackadder strolling through a formal garden and being annoyed by the lute-wielding minstrel (Tony Aitken). This sequence was incorporated as a separate subplot, with Blackadder constantly attempting to apprehend the musician each time with limited success. At the end of the final episode, Blackadder catches the minstrel and repeatedly dunks him in a fountain. The complete series of ""Blackadder II"" is available as a Region 2 DVD from BBC Worldwide, as well as in a complete box-set with the other series, most recently as a remastered edition including a commentary on selected episodes. An earlier VHS"
"to a lord (""Blackadder II""), a knight (""""), a royal attendant (""Blackadder III""), a shopkeeper (""Blackadder's Christmas Carol""), to an army captain (""Blackadder Goes Forth""). Throughout each series, Blackadder is a self-serving, cynical opportunist concerned solely with increasing his own influence, status and wealth. His character is symbolized by the adder, the United Kingdom's only native venomous snake, which sometimes appears in the series as a visual motif. With the exception of the first Blackadder incarnation, Prince Edmund, each Blackadder is generally cynical, charismatic and intelligent. While he is haunted by bad luck, he is usually very capable of manipulating"
"the ""hearts"" of vegetables, he, Harold, and Howie set off to search the neighborhood for white vegetables. After some success, they witness Toby and Pete wearing dark robes and holding a group of frightened children prisoner. The pets fear that Bunnicula has begun to take over people as well and run to the nearby school, which is full of what they suspect are the rabbit's servants. After causing much mayhem (including Chester destroying a large white carrot, which he believes is the head of the undead vegetables), they are caught by the Monroes. It is revealed that there was a"
"front, and was presumably killed by the attacking ""Scots"". Baldrick Baldrick is the name of several fictional characters featured in the long-running BBC historic comedy television series ""Blackadder"". Each one serves as Edmund Blackadder's servant and sidekick and acts as a foil to the lead character. Each series of ""Blackadder"" is set in a different period in British history, and each Baldrick character (as with the character of Edmund) is a descendant of the Baldrick from the preceding series. Just as Blackadder exists in many incarnations throughout the ages, so does Baldrick; whenever there is a Blackadder there is a"
"he now has to paint the library. Mackay comes in to tell Godber that he is not bullying him and that he treats every prisoner the same. Unfortunately, Mackay discovers the stolen tin of pineapples on Fletcher's bed. Fletcher tries to say it's a plant, but Mackay doesn't listen and takes Fletcher to see the Governor. The episode ends with Godber asking for a tin opener and Fletcher looking sour. Just Desserts (Porridge) ""Just Desserts"" is the first episode of series 2 of the BBC sitcom ""Porridge"". It first aired on 24 October 1975. In this episode, Fletcher discovers his"
"Blackadder II Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986. The series is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and sees the principal character, Edmund, Lord Blackadder, as a Tudor courtier attempting to win the favour of the Queen while avoiding execution by decapitation, a fate that befell many of her suitors. The series saw a number of significant changes from the format of ""The Black Adder"", notably Ben Elton replacing Rowan Atkinson as the"
"separately from the statue, but are in fact part of the Horror itself. It can extend vine-like tentacles to capture a victim or to give a communion offering to a worshipper. The Horror possesses a strange mutagenic ability: Anyone who partakes of its flesh (i.e., the vegetables that grow from its plant-like overgrowth) will eventually transform into a grotesque, rabbit-like mutant. These mutants worship and serve the Horror, and are dedicated to tricking others into joining their cult by offering them fresh vegetables harvested from it. While the Horror is unnamed in Campbell's story, it was given the name ""The"
"each episode. The programme always took place in a garden, behind a potting shed. The third character was Little Weed, of indeterminate species, somewhat resembling a sunflower or dandelion with a smiling face, growing between two large flowerpots. The three were also sometimes visited by a tortoise called Slowcoach, and in one particular episode, the trio meet a slightly mysterious character made out of potatoes called Dan the potato man. While the ""man who worked in the garden"" was away having his dinner the two Flower Pot Men, Bill and Ben, emerged from the two flowerpots. After a minor adventure"
"was, it was better than my idea of pretending to be mad. Who'd ever notice another mad man round here?"" The episode's ending implies that Baldrick is killed in that attack. Baldrick is a septic tank cleaner to the 20th century Lord Blackadder in """". His first appearance is serving Blackadder's millennium dinner, which he does wearing nothing but an amusing apron, on a whim. His cooking is similar to Private Baldrick's; he prepared dinner by coughing over an avocado. His underpants may date from the 18th century, or in any case smell as though they do, and turn out"
"""The Black Adder"" is the title that Edmund adopts during the first episode (after first considering ""The Black Vegetable""). Presumably one of his descendants adopted it as a surname before ""Blackadder II"", in which the title character becomes ""Edmund Blackadder"". Furthermore, Baldrick is shown in more favourable and intelligent light here - his 'cunning plans' are typically superior and more workable than Edmund's own. Starting from the second series, the characters' relative intelligence and naivety clearly switch. Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis developed the idea for the sitcom while working on ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"". Eager to avoid comparisons"
"Money (Blackadder) ""Money"" is the fourth episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Blackadder owes one thousand pounds to the Baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells, who threatens to have him killed if he does not pay. Blackadder tries unsuccessfully to blackmail the Bishop. He has only 85 pounds, which he loses when the Queen wins a bet about him with Lord Melchett. Blackadder and Baldrick then try prostitution and only manage to get sixpence from a sailor called Arthur, which is also taken by"
"Bells (Blackadder) ""Bells"" is the first episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Although ""Bells"" was the first to be broadcast on BBC1, it was originally destined to be the second episode. The plot of the episode, of a young woman disguising herself as a man to go into service and falling in love with her employer, is particularly based on a significant plot thread of William Shakespeare's ""Twelfth Night"". Kate, an attractive young woman, is attempting to comfort her father upon her mother's death"
"asks who the other figure in the painting is, at which Blackadder reveals Percy. Money (Blackadder) ""Money"" is the fourth episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Blackadder owes one thousand pounds to the Baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells, who threatens to have him killed if he does not pay. Blackadder tries unsuccessfully to blackmail the Bishop. He has only 85 pounds, which he loses when the Queen wins a bet about him with Lord Melchett. Blackadder and Baldrick then try prostitution and only"
"is part of a cunning plan to save the life of Charles I of England by replacing his head with a pumpkin. His plan fails. When Blackadder is about to be captured he quickly disguises himself as a Roundhead and leaves Baldrick to be killed instead. He is the son of a pig farmer and a bearded lady. The Baldrick of Regency Britain works as an ""underscrogsman"" (apprentice dogsbody) to Mr. E. Blackadder, butler to Prince George. He lives in a pipe in the upstairs water closet of the Palace. The third Baldrick is much more noticeably crude and unintelligent"
"guards as Edmund adds insult to injury by again invoking the dreaded Scottish curse. At the end of the episode, Blackadder offers a lead role in a new play. The prince agrees, but asks for the title. Blackadder replies, ""Thick Jack Clot Sits in the Stocks and Gets Pelted with Rancid Tomatoes"". The credits roll after George says, ""Excellent!"". Sense and Senility ""Sense and Senility"" is the fourth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". It aired on 8 October 1987. Blackadder is ruefully preparing to attend the theatre with Prince George, who Blackadder says has no"
"shooting at birds with his rifle accidentally kills a nearby gardener, then discards the corpse. Rob returns to work and discovers his new obsession, the corpse of the unnamed gardener, which has been found rotting in a pond. During the removal process, Rob absconds with it. He excitedly returns home with this gift for his waiting wife. They immediately cut a steel pipe and put a condom over it so Betty will have a phallus to straddle during their ""ménage à trois"". This is immediately followed by a scene of meat being fried. Betty and Rob dine and converse while"
"than those previous to him and maybe even the most stupid of all four Baldricks. Like his Elizabethan ancestor, he is known to eat dung occasionally. He is also more childlike; when asked if he has any distinguishing features, referring to his nose he asserts, ""I've got this huge growth in the middle of my face."" There is not the slightest sign of ""cunning"" in any of his plans, which include: Blackadder also claims that Baldrick has never changed his trousers, and implores him never to do so, for they are, Blackadder claims, akin to Pandora's Box, containing all the"
"often hindered, by two less-than-intelligent sidekicks, his servant Baldrick (Tony Robinson), and Lord Percy Percy (Tim McInnerny), heir to the Duchy of Northumberland, with whom Blackadder has a grudging friendship. Throughout the series, Blackadder's chief rival is Lord Melchett (Stephen Fry), the Queen's pretentious and grovelling Lord Chamberlain. Melchett is himself in fear of upsetting the Queen, and thus attempts to outdo Blackadder by supporting the Queen in whatever current fad she is interested in. Comic relief in the Court is provided by the Queen's rather demented former nanny, Nursie (Patsy Byrne). Baldrick, who in the first series was the"
"widespread success, Seymour worries about Audrey II's growth and unbridled appetite (""The Meek Shall Inherit""). Offered money and a contract for a botany TV show, Seymour plans to escape Skid Row with Audrey using the money, leaving the plant to starve. After Audrey accepts Seymour's marriage proposal, Audrey II catches Seymour leaving and demands another meal: Seymour agrees, but insists on meat from a butcher. While Seymour is gone, the plant telephones Audrey, coaxes her into the shop, and then tries to eat her, in the process revealing to her that he also ate Orin and Mr. Mushnik. Seymour, returning"
"a chef. Zoop offers, but he declines, knocking off her cooking until she kicks him out. Later, Iggy and Jiggers are walking home; Jiggers worrying that Kira feels left out from the rest of the gang, when a bluebird comes and eats at his blueberry muffin. Iggy finds it strange, as the bluebirds are supposed to eat juniper berries. The two head to Rattler's Pass, then canyon in which the juniper bushes grow, and find that they've been replaced with rubber lookalikes. Remembering that juniper berries are a gourmet ingredient in cooking, and remembering Catfish Stu's taste for gourmet food,"
"flower district, a sudden eclipse of the sun occurred, and when the light returned, the weird plant had appeared (""Da-Doo""). Seymour, who is secretly in love with Audrey, names the plant Audrey II in her honor. The plant does not thrive in its new environment and appears to be dying. Seymour questions why it should be doing poorly, since he takes such good care of it. He accidentally pricks his finger on a rose thorn, which draws blood, and Audrey II's pod opens thirstily. Seymour realizes that Audrey II requires blood to survive and allows the plant to suckle from"
"dressing up as Italian chefs and substituting themselves for Melchett's chef. After serving Baldrick's vile cuisine to Melchett and Darling, the three escape back to the trenches, where Blackadder asks Baldrick how he managed to get so much custard out of such a small cat. Captain Cook (Blackadder) ""Captain Cook"", or ""Plan A: Captain Cook"", is the first episode of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", the fourth series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". The episode starts with Blackadder and Baldrick discussing the latter's latest feeble cunning plan: namely, Baldrick carving his name on a bullet to get around the fact that ""there's"
"to get the bushes without touching the ivy, but when their last attempt backfires, the alarm goes off unexpectedly. The next day Stu admonishes them and returns to his house, with his new chef. Everyone is downhearted that the bluebirds will have to go hungry, until Kira shows up with the bushes. She then reveals that she's taken up a nighttime job as a chef, working for Stu. Meanwhile, when Stu and the ferrets try to take back the bushes, the birds crowd around them and chase them down. Idle Worship/There's Something about Berries ""Idle Worship/There's Something about Berries"" is"
"the mutated crop ""Tomacco,"" which tastes terrible, but is highly addictive. Homer and Marge set up a stall, Homer providing tomacco and Marge, fresh-baked mincemeat pie. While the pies do not sell well, the tomacco is such a success that executives from Laramie Cigarettes offer to buy the rights to Tomacco for $150 million. Lisa protests that the Simpsons cannot accept the tobacco executives' money, but Homer misinterprets this statement and rejects the offer as insulting, demanding $150 ""billion"" for tomacco, which they refuse. Dumped back at the farmhouse, the family sees tomacco-addicted animals from other farms eating their crops."
"version of the plant does not feast on human blood but he does eat other types of meat. There is, however, a running gag which involves Junior eating the piano teacher in every episode in which the teacher appears, and then belching out the teacher's scarf. The plant retains its ability to hypnotize people, as it did in the film, as well as the ability to telekinetically manipulate meat - an ability he dubbed his ""vegetable magnetism."" Junior sometimes aids Seymour without his knowledge, sometimes by using his hypnotic abilities. However, he does insult Seymour from time to time, for"
"by Harry, who brings the King's corpse back to the castle. Edmund fears retribution for his crime but as everyone assumes Henry Tudor to be the murderer, Edmund gets away, while his father is hailed as the new king, Richard IV. Edmund, now a royal prince, resolves to become more assertive, hoping to gain his father's respect and approval, and gives himself the title """"The Black Adder"""" (at Baldrick's suggestion who dissuaded him from his first idea, """"The Black Vegetable""""). To his dismay, Edmund finds out that Percy brought the wounded knight from the cottage back to the castle, but"