Blackadder IV ... overdubbing Posted Tue Apr 3 14:30:20 BST 2001 by 'Dick Dastardly'

Blackadder goes forth - Corporal Punishment. Blackadder, due to be executed for eating Gen Melchetts prize carrier pigeon, raves about a hot-shot lawyer named 'Massingberd'. Except that every sentence featuring the lawyers name has been overdubbed, at least on the off air VHS I've got. Why? Was there originally a different name for the lawyer character? Did this name bear too close a relation to an actual person, who got the hump, hence the need for the name to be changed? Was the show ever transmitted in its 'original' form?

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Posted By TJ on Tue Apr 3 14:34:13 BST 2001:

And do any lipreaders out there know what Morris is _actually_ saying in front of the bank of monitors in the final episode of "Brass Eye"...?

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Posted By 'Peter O' on Tue Apr 3 20:27:33 BST 2001:

I already asked that Blackadder question about six months ago but no one knew.

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Posted By Radiator Head Child on Tue Apr 3 21:31:22 BST 2001:

>I already asked that Blackadder question about six months ago but no one knew.

That's because you're so smug.

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Posted By 'Phil Tate' on Wed Apr 4 17:56:12 BST 2001:

I can't lip-read, but it looks like some variation of "masturbate" to me.

Maybe they thought it was too smutty or something. Or maybe it's all in my head.

Phil

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Posted By 'Skel' on Thu Apr 5 11:19:15 BST 2001:

-Was the show ever transmitted in its 'original' form?

I taped it when it was first broadcast, and all the overdubbing's on that, too.

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Posted By 'Dick Dastardly' on Thu Apr 5 13:49:24 BST 2001:

Well that answers some of it ... thanks.

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