Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Baldrick and the car park

Richard III may go down for a generation (or more) as the King in a Car Park; it's even the name of the documentary made about this week's revelation that his skeleton was found in just such a place. 

It's nice to see Richard III jokes on the go, and I wonder if Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time, one of my favourite detective novels, will get a boost. 

Nothing, though, could make me laugh like I did when I saw this Blackadder (I guess that should be Black Adder, with a nod to the first series) spoof making the online rounds. 

Blackadder Richard III Really Baldrick under a car park that was your cunning plan

Two posts in a day connected to Richard Curtis: that is not bad at all. 

 

Feb 5, 2013 8:28:17 PM | Current Affairs, History, Richard Curtis

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