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 (1970 TV series) The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series) The Tim Conway Show – the first of two television series of the name – is a 1970 American sitcom starring Tim Conway and Joe Flynn which centers on a single-plane charter airline. The show aired during periods between January 30, 1970, and June 12, 1970. The show should not be confused with "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour", which aired later in 1970, or with the 1980-1981 comedy-variety series also called "The Tim Conway Show". Tim "Spud" Barrett is the well-meaning but bumbling chief pilot – in fact, the only pilot – and