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This is a link post Actual voice of Oscar Wilde?
From a wax cylinder allegedly. I'd forgotten all about this but have been listening to scratchy recordings of Dylan Thomas reading his own poems all morning and was reminded.

At university we had Bosie's grand-daughter visit us once and she played this too.
Was quite a nice outcome really - she now does poetry therapy in prisons. Kind of making up for what Bosie did to poor old Oscar...
(I helped save b3ta! the_log_knows ..to pay cheeses, to the leopards in your head, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 12:46, Reply)
This is a normal post That can't be right!
He sounds nothing like Stephen Fry :D
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 12:56, Reply)
This is a normal post I know
it just doesn't feel right!
 (I helped save b3ta! the_log_knows ..to pay cheeses, to the leopards in your head, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 12:56, Reply)
This is a normal post ...
Perkins: He's a dab hand at the prosecution, sir.
Blackadder: Yes, well, look at Oscar Wilde.
Perkins: Oh, butch Oscar.
Blackadder: Big, bearded, bonking, butch Oscar - the terror of the ladies. 114 illegitimate children, world heavyweight boxing champion, and author of the best-selling pamphlet, "Why I Like To Do It With Girls". And Massingbird had him sent down for being a woopsie.
 (I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Arf!
I miss blackadder :(
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Some of the earlier ones do feel a bit flakey now
But I still think the last two series are some of the funniest stuff ever done.
 (I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I am a fan of the first series,
but from Elizabeth I onwards, I think they are unimpeachable :D

The final scene, despite the fact that I have seen it millions of times, still reduces me to tears every time.

That line, "Who would notice another mad man round here?" is just inspired IMO :D
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post I was always a big fan of the explaination of how the first world war started
Blackadder: The plan had one fatal flaw.
George: What was that, sir?
Blackadder: It was bollocks.

Genius
 (I helped save b3ta! DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Aye :D
I have all the scripts, and they provide fantastic reading over and over again :D
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I can't watch the last episode
it makes me sob.
 (I helped save b3ta! t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Just watch this instead!
b3ta.com/links/BAGGIES_YOU_BITCH
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 13:59, Reply)
This is a normal post wow!
the voice is crystal clear, it was just like being in the same room as oscar
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 14:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I agree if by Oscar you mean
Oscar the Grouch in his bin surrounded by people crunching all the rubbish around him.
 (I helped save b3ta! lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 17:15, Reply)
This is a normal post pffft
it is a wax cylinder recording of a man that died in 1900 - isn't going to be Ipod standard :-P
 (I helped save b3ta! the_log_knows ..to pay cheeses, to the leopards in your head, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 17:35, Reply)