Terry_Reeves Posted 27 August , 2003 Share Posted 27 August , 2003 I did consider posting this on the Strange Experiences thread, but chickened out lest I got bombarded with furious e-mails. This is a picture of Brigadier General CG Blackader DSO (centre) - only one d - formerly CO 2nd Leicesters and later Major General. He died in 1918 after contracting rabies. Does anyone notice a passing resemblance to another high ranking officer in the series of the same name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 27 August , 2003 Share Posted 27 August , 2003 I bet they didnt know that when they cast the characters and the make up. it is a bit uncanny. "Right up your alley Blackadder" Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 27 August , 2003 Share Posted 27 August , 2003 Also what the hell is Charlie chaplin doing sitting next to him? Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 27 August , 2003 Share Posted 27 August , 2003 and again sorry, Was he a direct descendent of the blackadder from Marlboroughs wars and the crown jewels thingy? Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 27 August , 2003 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2003 Stuart I was trying to be serious! Anyway, officers were allowed to put knitting needles up their noses. If OR's did it, it would have interfered with firing their rifles. Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 27 August , 2003 Share Posted 27 August , 2003 There is but one answer.... "Wibble..." "That was a particularly sharp, piece of mango, wasn't it, Dougie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted 28 August , 2003 Share Posted 28 August , 2003 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/blackadder.shtml Re-listen to last Saturday's Blackadder at 20 documentary. The last 5 mins or so goes into Blackadder goes forth and is really interesting. Blackadder: What's on the menu? Baldrick: Rat: sautee or fricasee. Blackadder: Oh, the agony of choice. Sauteed involves...? Baldrick: Well, first you take a freshly shaven rat and marinate it in a mud puddle for a while. Blackadder: Mmm, for how long? Baldrick: Til it's drowned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 28 August , 2003 Share Posted 28 August , 2003 I'd forgotten just how funny those exchanges between the two B's were ! I think General Melchett - "madder than a mad thing on mad pills" - would have been a candidate for death by rabies as well - or perhaps just a carrier ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 28 August , 2003 Share Posted 28 August , 2003 Where's 'Speckled Jim'? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 28 August , 2003 Share Posted 28 August , 2003 Charlie Chaplin? George: Chaplin is a genius. Blackadder: He certainly is a genius, George. He invented a way of getting paid a million dollars a year for wearing a pair of stupid trousers (P.S: I've got the full scripts. Should I advertise this fact in the document repository?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 29 August , 2003 Share Posted 29 August , 2003 I have managed to enhance the man sitting next to him with surprising results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Beckett Posted 29 August , 2003 Share Posted 29 August , 2003 At the risk of getting this discussion back to the original thread how did Brigadier General CG Blackader contract rabies ? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 30 August , 2003 Author Share Posted 30 August , 2003 He was bitten by a dog whilst commanding 38th Division in 1918. He resigned his command in June 1918 to undergo "Pasteur treatment", which I understand was a standard treatment of the time, but continued serving as GOC Southern District, Ireland. He died on 2nd April 1921 at Millbank Hospital, London, in great pain. Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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