Here's a classic example of how a bit that lasted a little more than three minutes can steal an entire episode.

From Blackadder II. Rik Mayall at his best.




All these years later, it still cracks me up.


Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."