Blackadder thirty-five miles from the front, where he is aided and abetted by his assistant, Captain Kevin Darling (Tim McInnerny), pencil-pusher supreme and Blackadder's nemesis, whose name is played on for maximum comedic value. The series' tone is somewhat darker than the other "Blackadder"s; it details the deprivations of trench warfare as well as the incompetence and life-wasting strategies of the top brass. For example, Baldrick is reduced to making coffee from mud and cooking rats, while General Melchett hatches a plan for the troops to walk very slowly toward the German lines, because "it'll be the last thing Fritz will
The Tim Conway Show (1980 TV series) Conway as their star. He would return to television in 1983 in the situation comedy "Ace Crawford, Private Eye", but it was destined to last only a month. The Tim Conway Show (1980 TV series) The Tim Conway Show – the second of two television series of the name – is a 1980-1981 American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Tim Conway. It aired on CBS from March 22, 1980, to May 17, 1980, and from September 20, 1980, to March 7, 1981. The show should not be confused with the spring 1970 sitcom also called "The Tim Conway Show" or