Pitt the Slightly Older - Part 1

Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Episode 5: Pitt The Slightly Older (Part 1)

Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.

Barely 24 hours after we chalked up our thousandth download, our latest offering – Pitt The Slightly Older – marks another important milestone: our first ever interview with an actor from the series.

As the title suggests, the episode features the first of a two-part interview with Simon Osborne, who gave a memorably snotty performance as Pitt The Younger in Dish And Dishonesty, the opening episode to Blackadder The Third.

We speak at length to Simon about how he landed the role in Blackadder at the tender age of sixteen and about his experience in working with many of his comedy heroes. And about the best way to shoot a scene with Rowan Atkinson while he’s constantly pulling faces at you off-camera.

We also delve into our growing bag of listener messages, cherry-pick our favourite cunning plans and discuss whether Elizabethan Edmund had a more progressive outlook than other sitcoms of the late twentieth century.

If you haven’t shared your Newbie List picks with us, it only takes two minutes. No need to sign up or sign in – just click on the link below, tick your six choices and press send:

https://app.sli.do/event/vv3hVYtj7zVGF9VUa8gLF9

You can find Simon Osborne on Twitter at @SimonOsbornePTY

Check out his website and blog at:

https://www.historypitt.co.uk/

https://historypitt.wordpress.com/

As always, you can find the Ronald Lacey Fans Twitter account at @RonaldLaceyFans

Thanks to the following communities for their valuable support:

The King Of Blackadder Twitter community: @pitchblacksteed

Reddit Blackadder community: www.reddit.com/r/blackadder/

Blackadder – quotes, clips and pictures: https://www.facebook.com/share/NVQ6pTtJt8Hzve9X/?mibextid=K35XfP

The Ultimate Blackadder Group:

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Podcast credits:

Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith

Blackadder theme music by Howard Goodall

Intro music performed by Pank (@pankp007 on Twitter)

Outro music performed by Chin Topiwalla (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076430403956

https://www.facebook.com/summer.s.spell.music)

Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton (fpma.breton@wanadoo.fr)

Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://tapas.io/episode/1727663

Big thanks to all of the above and to Captain Spreadsheet for transatlantic technical support.

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