[thechat] The Black... Adder!!! (was) House vs. Spike

[Martin Burns]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:26:56 +0100, Ian Anderson <ian at zstudio.co.uk> wrote:
> William Anderson wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hurrumph, Edmund Blackadder, not Black Adder :P :)
>>
> 
> Well, painfully precise, but true enough.
> 
> In the first series, Edmund proclaimed himself The Black Adder as his
> nom de guerre; 

Although he did nick the idea from (a surprisingly smart in the 1st series)
Baldrick. Edmund's original idea was The Black... Vegetable!!! [sic]

Cheers
Martin
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