Sentences with phrase «black adder»

Black Adder (from V Series)(1968) and Rayy Sketch (1970) are classic Stella with their distinct, vibrant - but - muted color fields, bold symmetry, and absence of distinct subject reference.

Tim McInnerny, who I loved in The Black Adder series, is well cast as the stuffed - shirt boss.

It's like a college revue spoof of Shakespeare's British history and ends with a cast decimation right out of Hamlet, but death didn't stop Black Adder from continuing his romp through history in three subsequent shows, written by Curtis with Ben Elton (creator of The Young Ones).

Black Adder Remastered: The Ultimate Edition (BBC) was released last week but it took me some time to catch up with it.

Just for the sheer quantity of laughs in its wild comic situations and outrageously extreme characters, Black Adder is one of the great British TV comedies.

Kevin's picks on DVD this week: Black Adder & Fawlty Towers box sets, Peanuts 1970s Collection: Vol.

Black Adder [4/1] Rowan Atkinson may be best known in the States as Mr. Bean (or other dumb - playing roles like Johnny English), but for my money, his absolute best series is Black Adder, where he plays a series of British noblemen (each season is set in a different century) with dry wit and an unfortunate lot of idiotic hangers - on.

In 1983, he and Curtis created the Black Adder, a cowardly and conniving Tudor Prince named Edmund who tries vainly to become King of England after inadvertently killing his father during a battle.

British actor Tim McInnerny first caught the attention of audiences in the early»80s, playing Lord Percy Percy on the comedy series The Black Adder.