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bedfull_o_books, earthling177, and tfarrell were watching the Carol Burnett Show's parody of Gone With the Wind, Went With the Wind. As I listened to the characteristically over the top comedy skit from the other room, I was struck by the similiarities between Harvey Korman and Rowan Atkinson, particularly in the latter's Blackadder work.

Never thought of them together at the same time before.

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Re: "I saw it in the window and I just had to have it"

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Yeah, Korman's supercilious characters are like Atkinson's, aren't they? Hedley Lamarr and Edmund Blackadder shared sneers, that much I can imagine right off the top of my head.

Yes! Funnily enough, I was able to recreate a lot of this from memory, just from bits of dialog from the other room. Both their characters leave an unforgettable impression.

I also feel like there's some character in Blackadder who has the Tim Conway role, although not to the extent of trying to break Atkinson. Perhaps that happened in outtakes. I can't remember who it was, though.