Rik Mayall has died

nullzero · 09-06-2014 07:55PM

Well that's sh1t news.

suicide_circus · 09-06-2014 07:57PM

i love that slightly grotesque quality he brought to his characters

blueser · 09-06-2014 08:13PM

Never really got into his type of comedy. Too forced and ''in your face'' for me. However, that's shocking news. A tragedy for his family and friends.

Resonator75 · 09-06-2014 08:14PM

blueser wrote: »

Never really got into his type of comedy. Too forced and ''in your face'' for me. However, that's shocking news. A tragedy for his family and friends.

I think you would have to have grown up with him on the TV in the 80's to really get him. He and his gang pretty much invented alternative comedy.

briany · 09-06-2014 08:15PM

That's some terrible news. That's his family robbed of him, and us, who've been robbed of ever getting a 4th series of Bottom. Rik, you bast*rd! (it's what he would have wanted in lieu of the cliched 'RIP', I think)

RobbingBandit · 09-06-2014 08:17PM

Jebus, I loved him as an actor years ago, just had a look at his credits he was in Spongebob too, Guest House Paradisio was weird but wonderful, just like Rik.

RIP.

dvcireland · 09-06-2014 08:46PM

anncoates wrote: »

His spoken intro to this still makes me laugh after all these years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOU0o9K89g

as kids, my brother recorded this off the tv onto cassette and we played it to death

Welsh Megaman · 09-06-2014 08:54PM

Episodes of 'Bottom' and 'The Young Ones' on Gold tonight from 10.40pm.

artvanderlay · 09-06-2014 09:02PM

Christ it's really sad when a genuinely talented person dies. He was one of my favourite comedy actors ever. I had to write a school essay in Irish about one of my heros when I was around 14...I picked Rik Mayall. I must have watched the first 2 series of bottom a few hundred times (didn't like series 3 at all) and I'm going to watch two episodes of bottom to remember Rik - the gasman episode, and the dating agency one. Two of the funniest half hours ever on British TV.
"Nice trousers. They, they remind me of a story I know. A long story. Lasts about fifteen minutes. Erm, once upon a time, there, there was a big forest. And in the middle of the forest there lived... some trousers. Called... Dave."

bear1 · 09-06-2014 09:37PM

Eddie has responded:

"There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing.

"They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him.

"And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish b*****d."

I just picture Eddie shouting it out "SELFISH BASTARD!!!" just like in Bottom

tritium · 09-06-2014 09:42PM

RIP Rik

Goodnight sweet prince

sadie06 · 09-06-2014 09:51PM

One of my favourite moments from Bottom, or from any comedy show…ever!

"Oh my God….a line from the play!".

blueser · 09-06-2014 09:53PM

Resonator75 wrote: »

I think you would have to have grown up with him on the TV in the 80's to really get him. He and his gang pretty much invented alternative comedy.

Not sure how old you think I am, to be honest! Let's just say I'm in the low single digits behind Rik Mayall!

terryduff12 · 09-06-2014 10:06PM

A true genius he will be missed.
R.I.P Rik

Resonator75 · 09-06-2014 10:13PM

sadie06 wrote: »

One of my favourite moments from Bottom, or from any comedy show…ever!

"Oh my God….a line from the play!".

Pure hilarity, you can see the fun they are having live, irreplaceable:cool:

groovie · 09-06-2014 10:15PM

RIP in peace.

kev1.3s · 09-06-2014 10:16PM

Rip Rick remember in my adolescence sneaking up to watch bottom, I also had a flat when I went to college that I swear was modeled on the set.

Shakespeare's Sister · 09-06-2014 10:27PM

Loved Flash and Alan B'stard.

I know girls loved them too, but The Young Ones and Bottom were such "boy" shows!

The Young Ones, like Adrian Mole, were omnipresent in our house in the 80s, with two adolescent/teenage boys. One of my brothers did some school show as The Young Ones with his classmates (he was Neil). I remember being in hysterics laughing at Living Doll when I was a little girl. Some of the humour has dated, but it evokes a great time to be a kid.
In the 90s, Bottom brought those boys, by then young adults, back to their adolescence/teens.

RIP Rik.

MidlandsM · 09-06-2014 10:47PM

rip, always enjoyed his work.

Super-Rush · 09-06-2014 11:06PM

The episode of Bottom where they go camping is on Gold now.

petes · 09-06-2014 11:06PM

Watch 's out on gold at the minute, always loved Bottom and The Young Ones!

ElvisChrist6 · 09-06-2014 11:30PM

Resonator75 wrote: »

I think you would have to have grown up with him on the TV in the 80's to really get him. He and his gang pretty much invented alternative comedy.

I'm not sure about that myself. Growing up in the 90's, he was one of my absolute favourites - particularly Bottom and The Young Ones - although that was with some knowledge of the goings on and the context. But I think even kids today could appreciate it.

Lapin · 09-06-2014 11:41PM

Just heard.

Resonator75 · 09-06-2014 11:41PM

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

I'm not sure about that myself. Growing up in the 90's, he was one of my absolute favourites - particularly Bottom and The Young Ones - although that was with some knowledge of the goings on and the context. But I think even kids today could appreciate it.

Good Stuff

rotun · 09-06-2014 11:44PM

Fück.

Duggy747 · 09-06-2014 11:47PM

An interview with Letterman being a dickhead and the American audience not really understanding Rik at all.

Nobody got his "Stop it, you'll go blind" remark :pac:

Posy · 09-06-2014 11:50PM

I'm so sad about Rik's passing. I remember watching the news with baited breath after his quad bike accident in 1998 and being so relieved that he pulled through.
It's a real shame he and Adrian Edmondson drifted apart in recent years.
Ade must be gutted- they were such a fantastic comedic double act. I loved Richie and Eddie!

Ben Elton has said "He always made me cry with laughter, now he's just made me cry."

The Backwards Man · 10-06-2014 12:02AM

I remember my aerial being blown over in a storm on a Friday evening, BBC2 was a blizzard of snow, still sat through Bottom even though I hadn't a clue what was happening.

RIP.

kowloon · 10-06-2014 12:12AM

wil · 10-06-2014 12:13AM

rotun wrote: »

Fück.

its what he would have said too

Rik Mayall has died

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