This is potentially a very exciting story as Rowan performed the King\u2019s Birthday sketch as Charles\u2019 50th birthday televisual spectacular some ten years ago. So here\u2019s hoping that Rowan brings Eddie out of retirement one more time.<\/p>\n
UPDATE:<\/strong> No, he didn’t bring out Edie one more time.<\/p>\n Source:<\/strong> Telegraph.co.uk<\/p>\n Comedy greats Rowan Atkinson, Robin Williams and John Cleese are to join forces to mark the 60th birthday of the Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n The televised gala, which will see Williams return to the UK stage after a 25 years, is being held to raise tens of thousands of pounds for youth charity The Prince\u2019s Trust.<\/p>\n We Are Most Amused will take place on November 12, two days before the Prince\u2019s birthday and will be broadcast on ITV1.<\/p>\n The Prince will attend the comedy night with the Duchess of Cornwall.<\/p>\n Monty Python star Cleese, 68, has promised something \u201cextra special\u201d for the event at London\u2019s New Wimbledon Theatre.<\/p>\n Mr Bean and Blackadder star Atkinson, 53, last went on a live tour in 1991.<\/p>\n The 1,500 tickets for the show go on sale tomorrow priced between \u00a325 and \u00a3100.<\/p>\n More stand-up and sketch acts will be announced in the run-up to the show.<\/p>\n ITV1 said: \u201cThe line-up will bring together the very best in comedy talent – from much-loved established names to fresh young acts from the stand-up circuit – a combination which will appeal to all ages and, above all, to comedy fan and guest of honour the Prince of Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is potentially a very exciting story as Rowan performed the King\u2019s Birthday sketch as Charles\u2019 50th birthday televisual spectacular some ten years ago. So here\u2019s hoping that Rowan brings Eddie out of retirement one more time. UPDATE: No, he didn’t bring out Edie one more time. Source: Telegraph.co.uk Comedy greats Rowan Atkinson, Robin Williams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54TBn-7q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":958,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=958","url_meta":{"origin":460,"position":0},"title":"Rowan takes the comedy proud crown","author":"admin","date":"11 December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A new survey by British broadband supplier Plusnet has revealed that 44% of us Brits are most proud of Mr. Blackadder himself Rowan Atkinson (when polled against other great British comedic greats). 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