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branie

Anyone here ever watch this violent slapstick comedy which starred the recently deceased Rik Mayall?

Wilberto

I've seen it. I could never get into it though. Although, I've always appreciated the work of Rik Mayall. Drop Dead Fred was, somewhat surprisingly, hilarious.


But yes. Bottom. I found it quite 'meh' at best.

Always found it a great show, but upon watching it recently, I have to say, whilst I still love it, it kinda seems a lot like a one-man show ('Richie' carrying the majority of the workload).

Eddie's a great character, but Richie seems to be the better of the two (down to opinion of course).


Always thought this was a great scene (from 1:07 to 1:55 always gave me a great laugh) :

BionicRasher

We used to meet up and head to a friends house and watch this every week when it was on. Funny stuff when it came out as we were all 20 year olds and we would smoke fags and drink endless cans of coke in to the early hours of the night and sit in and watch stuff like this to keep us entertained.I actually still laugh at it if I see it now.

Kept us off the streets I suppose

RIP Rik

TheDriver

Excellent show, was just so out there with a sad bast**d type of character

Alf Veedersane

Deleted User wrote: »

Always found it a great show, but upon watching it recently, I have to say, whilst I still love it, it kinda seems a lot like a one-man show ('Richie' carrying the majority of the workload).

Eddie's a great character, but Richie seems to be the better of the two (down to opinion of course).

The flip side to that is that Eddie was the perfect foil for Richie.

One of the funnier ones that springs to mind was when the gas man comes to read the meter

r3nu4l

I loved this show, I'd always been a fan of The Young Ones so when this came on the scene it was like being reuinted with old friends Loved Bottom, brilliant show.

Myself and my wife went to see Bottom Live in the old Point Depot in Dublin and I remember watching Rik and Eddie as they worked magic on the crowd.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Watched it once and thought it complete trash.

Wossack

dont think its aged very well, but I remember loving it at the time

the gas meter reader was brilliant alright Alf

CiDeRmAn

I used to love this show, used to watch them all on video back in the day.
Also, watched all the live shows too, they were brilliant, getting away with a whole lot more than the TV ones.
Guest House Paradiso is a big screen version of Bottom, but with a location change and slight name changes.
It also features Simon Pegg and, insanely, Vincent Cassell!

Bottom was inspired by the Beckett play Waiting for Godot and both stars, Ade and Rick, we're also in a significant production of Waiting for Godot in the same month as the tv shows premier, in September 91!

Posy

Wilberto wrote: »

Drop Dead Fred was, somewhat surprisingly, hilarious.

I love Drop Dead Fred! Rik is hilarious in it.


I haven't seen 'Bottom' in years but used to really enjoy it- that, and 'The Young Ones'. The constant slamming of Richie's head in the fridge used to give me a headache though! I love the stage show where they just meander completely from the script to have their own arguments!

I am glad that Ade decided not to reprise it again in later years, though, because I think it's a show of it's time- and probably wouldn't work as well with two 50 something year olds. I prefer just leaving a show be, not dragging it back with the potential to really disappoint. (Only Fools and Horses being a prime example, of course.)

branie wrote: »

which starred the recently deceased Rik Mayall?

I have to say, that is still hard for me to get my head around.