Rowan Atkinson is funny .
Possessing an acerbic wit and armed with numerous quick put-downs ( which are often wasted on those at whom they are directed ) , in a 2001 Channel 4 poll Edmund Blackadder was ranked third ( behind Homer Simpson from The Simpsons and Basil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers ) on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters .
Rowan Atkinson