Rik Mayall has died

I am pie · 09-06-2014 05:27PM

Never a fan of Bottom, nor really the young ones but The New Statesman and his appearances the last Blackadder series were absolute gold.

MagicMarker · 09-06-2014 05:30PM

Loved him in Bottom, grew up watching it and saw it in the Point that time too. Was brilliant if a bit outdated now.

The first live Bottom video was brilliant when they forget their lines.

Rik: "Just shut up! Shut up and get on with the fúcking show!".

bear1 · 09-06-2014 05:32PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPxGB3on97Q

Heres the Damo and Ivor bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkntun_yyTs

This made me chuckle

Resonator75 · 09-06-2014 05:33PM

Awww, man, heartbroken, I grew up on Rick and Ade, terrible sad news, too young.

Sleep well Lord Flash Heart

09-06-2014 05:39PM

His first and only tweet ever:

@rikmayall
Opening my very own Twitter to stop another bastard from doing it. So **** off & don't expect to hear from me any time soon. Love Rik x

R.I.P legend

steddyeddy · 09-06-2014 05:40PM

bear1 wrote: »

And yet Bieber is still with us...

Ah fcuk really? Clue about what?

Link? I know he played the mad father in "Man Down".
Going to have to watch all my Bottom dvds tonight with a bottle of whiskey to calm my tears down

They were due to make another series of Bottom together and they disagreed on how it should be made. I think they made up towards the end but Rik was disappointed the Ade didn't want to be a part of another series.

Fratton Fred · 09-06-2014 05:41PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

seeing the young ones at a very young age blew my f**ing mind!

Same here. It was so different to anything else.

A show where Adrian would be beating Neil, would then cut to Alexei Sayle ranting a load of bollocks and suddenly, low and behold, the Damned were performing Grimley Fiendish in the front room. Brilliant madness.

RIP Rik.

wil · 09-06-2014 05:43PM

One of the funniest men of a generation
Genuinely shocked at his early demise.
If you haven't seen Bottom Live then you haven't seen
(p)Rick, Richie Rich, Flasheart, A tosser and complete bastard that will be fondly missed.

At his best when at his worst

"You know the really great thing about a fudged Coaltion is that neither of us need to carry out a single promise of our election manifestos" Alan B'stard

So true

RIP

steddyeddy · 09-06-2014 05:43PM

Big tributes pouring in for Rik. I can't disagree with a single one.

John Lloyd, who produced Blackadder, told the BBC: "He was an amazing guy.
"I worked with him on all sorts of things - Blackadder, notably, where he was quite extraordinary.
"He was the most extraordinarily good actor, as well as being an amazing live stand-up comic.
He added he was "great company".
"It was one of the great treats to see Rik Mayall live on stage," he said, describing him as "fantastically professional"
Other tributes came on Twitter.
"Very sad to hear of the passing of Rik Mayall," said Monty Python's Eric Idle. "Far too young. A very funny and talented man."
"Growing up there was no one funnier," said The Mighty Boosh comedian Noel Fielding. "We will really miss you Rik Mayall you genius."
"So shocked to hear about Rik Mayall," wrote Jack Dee. "A wonderfully funny icon of British comedy."

David Walliams posted a video of Mayall making his dramatic entrance as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder.
"I am heartbroken that my comedy idol growing up Rik Mayall has died," he wrote.
"He made me want to be a comedian."
"Rik Mayall was just pure wiry, energetic, unpredictable humour poured into the shape of a human," said Charlie Brooker. "You couldn't not watch him."
"Shocking, shocking, shocking news," wrote comedian Rebecca Front. "Think of all the laughs we won't now have."
Director Edgar Wright, whose films include Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, said: "Shocked and saddened that a comedy hero is gone.
"For those who grew up on The Young Ones, Rik Mayall was one of funniest performers ever."
"Ah, dammit, I just heard the news," said Father Ted creator Graham Linehan. "Mayall was one of the funniest people who ever lived."

steddyeddy · 09-06-2014 05:44PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Same here. It was so different to anything else.

A show where Adrian would be beating Neil, would then cut to Alexei Sayle ranting a load of bollocks and suddenly, low and behold, the Damned were performing Grimley Fiendish in the front room. Brilliant madness.

RIP Rik.

One of the funniest men of his generation. I may have to watch a few episodes tonight.

gerrybbadd · 09-06-2014 05:47PM

The Bottom boxset may have to be pulled out tonight. Some man was Rik, I've never laughed as hard or as much as I did with his antics as Richie with Eddie Hitler.

One of the absolute greats.

RIP, you absolute Bastard!

Fratton Fred · 09-06-2014 05:54PM

Lord Flasheart: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. Now I may be packing the kind of tackle that you'd normally expect to find swinging about between the hindlegs of a Grand National winner, but I'm not totally stupid. I've got the kind of feeling you'd rather we hadn't come.

Captain Blackadder: No, no, no, I'm very grateful. It's just that I'd slow you up.

Lord Flasheart: I think I'm beginning to understand.

Captain Blackadder: Are... are you?

Lord Flasheart: Just because I can give multiple orgasms to the furniture just by sitting on it, doesn't mean that I'm not sick of this damn war: the blood, the noise, the endless poetry.

The Master · 09-06-2014 05:56PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

They were due to make another series of Bottom together and they disagreed on how it should be made. I think they made up towards the end but Rik was disappointed the Ade didn't want to be a part of another series.

Ade also said that after the accident Rik's personality had changed quite a bit and he became very difficult to work with

Sad to see him die so young, a real talent

magentis · 09-06-2014 05:57PM

R.I.P. Rik.

Resonator75 · 09-06-2014 05:59PM

I never met the man but its really taken the wind out of my sails this has. Bad News was my favorite work by Rik.

I cant imagine what his family and the comic strip team feel like right now

Not on you tube but this video is pure rock:

https://myspace.com/mayallrik/video/warriors-of-ghengis-khan/7752475

Heisenberg1 · 09-06-2014 06:01PM

Richie: It's not very sexy, is it?
Eddie: No. I must say, I expected a lot more from "The Furry Honeypot Adventure".
Richie: I think this is for kids you know Eddie. I think those Hussein brothers saw you coming again. Well, what else did you get?
Eddie: "Big Jugs"
Richie: [excited] "Big Jugs"! All right! [reads box] "A history of pottery in the nineteenth century." Anything else?
Eddie: Well this one's a sure-fire hit. Look. "Swedish Lesbians in Blackcurrant Jam".
Richie: Yabba-dabba-doo! [reads] No Eddie, it's "Swedish Legends in Blackcurrant Jam Making."
Eddie: Aw, come on, it's got to be dirty, it says "Swedish"!

RIP Rik.

cock robin · 09-06-2014 06:01PM

RIP Rick, the world just got emptier......

Ann22 · 09-06-2014 06:02PM

Just heard, so sad to hear this. I grew up laughing at his antics. A legend who'l be remembered always.

Holsten · 09-06-2014 06:18PM

Gob smacked when I heard this.

So sad.

ThisRegard · 09-06-2014 06:31PM

bear1 wrote: »

Link? I know he played the mad father in "Man Down".
Going to have to watch all my Bottom dvds tonight with a bottle of whiskey to calm my tears down

He was his usual mad character in that, always had his son on edge as he never knew what he was going to do to him next. He looked far from ill in that.

Bottom is that rare program that has me laughing no matter how many times I watch it, and I'm another that saw them live in the point all those years ago.

Edit, the genius Carnival episode is on tonight on Gold at 10.40 and then again at 1.55am.

Son Of A Vidic · 09-06-2014 06:40PM

Terrible news, I loved his craziness from when I first saw him on the Young Ones.

R.I.P. Rik.

Riddle101 · 09-06-2014 06:40PM

He was my favorite comedian. Loved him and Adrian Edmondson(20th Century Coyote)

RIP Ric Mayall, one of the pioneers of the alternative comedy scene in the 1980's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMQNH9G5nbI

dm1979 · 09-06-2014 06:49PM

Rip Rik, the world just got a little darker now that your gone, you will be sadly yet fondly missed.

Karl Stein · 09-06-2014 06:50PM

fryup wrote: »

i ... found his style of humour a tad OTT...

I think that was the point.

The unbridled, manic energy Rik Mayall brought to his character in Bottom is astonishing to take in.

He must have lost considerable weight each doing the live shows.

RIP.

Seedy Arling · 09-06-2014 07:11PM

I Heart Internet wrote: »

Gold, Frankenstien and Grrrrr

RIP

I was working in a record shop in 1995 for Christmas. They let us take home videos and CD's over night. On Christmas Eve i brought home a Bottom boxset and spent Christmas Day and Stephens Day watching it.

That and the Young Ones were two of my favourite comedies when i was a teenager. :mad:

The Th!ng · 09-06-2014 07:24PM

RIP you B'Stard.

mikeym · 09-06-2014 07:26PM

Rik Mayall R.I.P

What a legend :cool:

bear1 · 09-06-2014 07:38PM

Watching the Gas Man episode now... nearly bring a tear to your eye it would. Heaven better exist so I can meet him when I get up there... unless I'm on the way down

omerin · 09-06-2014 07:39PM

Jesus what a loss, shocked. RIP

MetalDog · 09-06-2014 07:39PM

Well, I'm off to hit the gas man with a frying pan. It's what he would have wanted.

Rik Mayall has died

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