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Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane) seeks Prince George's patronage for his new book, ''A Dictionary of the English Language''. The Prince – seeking to amend his reputation as an "utter turnip-head" – is interested, but Blackadder tries to turn him against the idea, condemning the dictionary as "the most pointless book since How to Learn French was translated into French". It soon emerges that Blackadder resents Johnson for apparently ignoring his novel.
 
Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane) seeks Prince George's patronage for his new book, ''A Dictionary of the English Language''. The Prince – seeking to amend his reputation as an "utter turnip-head" – is interested, but Blackadder tries to turn him against the idea, condemning the dictionary as "the most pointless book since How to Learn French was translated into French". It soon emerges that Blackadder resents Johnson for apparently ignoring his novel.
   
Johnson has a meeting with the Prince, during which George fails to grasp the purpose of the Dictionary and Blackadder infuriates Johnson by continuously inventing and using new words in order to convince him that his work is incomplete. However, on learning that Dr. Johnson had also intended, if given the Prince's patronage, to promote Edmund: A Butler's Tale – a book Johnson considers to be the only one better than his – Blackadder persuades George that he should, in fact, support the dictionary. However, Baldrick had burnt the novel earlier and there was no way to proove Blackadder was the auther, to which Samuel comments "a burnt novel is like a" at which point a frustrated Blackadder cuts him off. Later Baldrick shows Samuel his novel, to Samuels horror he forgot to put in the word saugage in the dictorary and shouts "SAUSAGE, SAUSAGE!" before throwing the dictionary away in frustration that his dictionary was incomplete and he had forgotten such a common word, Blackdder discovers he also forgot Aarvark as well.
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Johnson has a meeting with the Prince, during which George fails to grasp the purpose of the Dictionary and Blackadder infuriates Johnson by continuously inventing and using new words in order to convince him that his work is incomplete. However, on learning that Dr. Johnson had also intended, if given the Prince's patronage, to promote Edmund: A Butler's Tale – a book Johnson considers to be the only one better than his – Blackadder persuades George that he should, in fact, support the dictionary. However, Baldrick had burnt the novel earlier and there was no way to proove Blackadder was the auther, to which Samuel comments "a burnt novel is like a" at which point a frustrated Blackadder cuts him off. Later Baldrick shows Samuel his novel, to Samuels horror he forgot to put in the word saugage in the dictorary and shouts "SAUSAGE, SAUSAGE!" before throwing the dictionary away in frustration that his dictionary was incomplete and he had forgotten such a common word, Blackdder discovers he also forgot Aardvark as well.
 
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Samuel Johnson
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Nationality English
Occupation Writer
First appearance Blackadder the Third
Last appearance Blackadder the Third
Episode count 1
Played by Robbie Coltrane

Samuel Johnson was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.

In Blackadder the Third he is portrayed by Robbie Coltrane in the episode Ink and Incapability.

Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane) seeks Prince George's patronage for his new book, A Dictionary of the English Language. The Prince – seeking to amend his reputation as an "utter turnip-head" – is interested, but Blackadder tries to turn him against the idea, condemning the dictionary as "the most pointless book since How to Learn French was translated into French". It soon emerges that Blackadder resents Johnson for apparently ignoring his novel.

Johnson has a meeting with the Prince, during which George fails to grasp the purpose of the Dictionary and Blackadder infuriates Johnson by continuously inventing and using new words in order to convince him that his work is incomplete. However, on learning that Dr. Johnson had also intended, if given the Prince's patronage, to promote Edmund: A Butler's Tale – a book Johnson considers to be the only one better than his – Blackadder persuades George that he should, in fact, support the dictionary. However, Baldrick had burnt the novel earlier and there was no way to proove Blackadder was the auther, to which Samuel comments "a burnt novel is like a" at which point a frustrated Blackadder cuts him off. Later Baldrick shows Samuel his novel, to Samuels horror he forgot to put in the word saugage in the dictorary and shouts "SAUSAGE, SAUSAGE!" before throwing the dictionary away in frustration that his dictionary was incomplete and he had forgotten such a common word, Blackdder discovers he also forgot Aardvark as well.