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Black Adder Collection Review
I ordered this DVD as a gift. There was some confusion with the order, and I had to contact customer service. They resent the order and upgraded the delivery so that it arrived before christmas (as intended). For anyone who is a fan of the 'Black Adder' comedy series, you will enjoy this collector's set.

Black Adder rocks!
If you are into british humor this set is a must!!! It is one of the funnist I have seen in a long time. It's not the same old things that people laugh about today. Some of it just good old slap stick comedy. But some of it I had to think about and then is was even funnier. I had watched #1 and I wanted more. So I ask for the whole set. I have watched #2 and can't wait to watch the rest.

Classic Brit Humour at its best
For anyone who knows anything about Rowan Atkinson and his cronies in comedy, Black Adder is a must have for your collection. By far, the best of the series is Hugh Laurie playing the idiotic Prince George and RA as his conniving butler. My husband loves that his favourite character in the series, Baldrick, appears in all episodes as Blackadder's hapless sidekick.

An adder can really sink its fangs into this bloody brilliant BritCom!
With the help of writers like Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, comic genius Rowan Atkinson pokes irreverent fun at the human frailties that made British history such a bloody mess. Of course, I realize that our short USA history is just as full of human frailty and bloody messes, but the British seem to have a greater sense of humor about themselves than we do, and they are certainly more open about accepting and poking fun at the role of politics and even religion in the mishaps and mayhem in their past. Witch Smellers, dishonest Archbishops, depraved loan-shark bishops etc. are as much a part of Britain's dark past as the corruption, greed and violence of royalty and politics. Again, the US has much of these qualities in our own past too, but the British (as shown in this wonderful comedy) have a greater sense of humor about it. In the first season, Brian Blessed supurbly portrays the loud, brash king in the 1400s who would gladly kill his son or even The Archbishop of Canterbury (who somehow needs to be replaced on a weekly basis because archbishops seem to have fatal "accidents") if they cross him. In the second season, the Elizabethan era queen, played wonderfully by Miranda Richardson, is a spoiled, simpleton twit with the brain and attention span of a child. In the third season, Hugh Laurie is the scatter-brained Prince Regent who literally can't dress himself without his butler's help in the 1700s. And the final season finds Blackadder in a foxhole or bunker on the front lines during WW1. The fifth disc is not really a season, but a special where a modern day Blackadder goes back and forth in history via a time machine. That is a funny and interesting special, but does not stack up against any of the 4 actual seasons of the show. Many of the characters in all 4 seasons are based on actual historic figures. Aside from Laurie, many great actors add their talents on a regular basis, such as Tim McInnerney, who is a wonderful and usually buffoon-like regular character in 3 seasons, Steven Frye, who takes on very different characters in 2 seasons, Tony Robinson is Rowan's constant sidekick, Baldrick, and is perfect in the role. There are so many others I can mention. Let me just say that this is a dark, cynical and often irreverent comedy where some of Britain's finest cemedians poke fun at their own history during different stages. They are not afraid to peal away the thin vaneer of respectability and reveal some of their ugly secrets in a way that never would have been done here in The States (even though we share many of the same dark secrets). Politics, royalty, religion, heroes and so many things are the target of this brilliant comedy. Holding up a mirror to themselves is holding a mirror up to us as well. Even if it scares you a little, it will still make you laugh. It will make you laugh A LOT!

Must have for Rowan Atkinson fans
Great series, the first 3 episodes are a little so so compared to his other works but, from episode 4 he hits stride and it is the Black Adder we love, sharp, witty and cynical.