Category: Bottom
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Richard And Eddie Have Hit Bottom
I originally mistyped the title as ‘Richard And Eddie Have Hot Bottom’, which would have been a good headline for an article about the show doing well in the ratings, or selling out theatres around the country for the live show. As it is, here’s an article from the Nottingham Evening Post on Friday 15th…
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This Is The Bottom Line
There are an awful lots of puns used when it comes to headlines about Bottom. But this article, from the Liverpool Echo on Friday 9th April 1993, to promote the upcoming Bottom: Live tour is a pretty good read. And who can resist that photo? Here’s the rest of it, and it’s worth having a…
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Beeb’s Strip Show Stoppers!
When BBC Two announced its raft of new shows for the autumn of 1991, there was much talk of the £32 million bill, and some mention of the title of the new sitcom from Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. The Daily Record also noted the new show from Dawn French, and a return for Stuff…
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Win Some Bottom Boxer Shorts
I mean, as giveaways go, to celebrate, of all things, the repeat run of Bottom on UK Gold in 1996, it kind of makes sense to giveaway some boxer shorts – but surely Richie and Eddie are Y-Fronts kind of guys? The Liverpool Echo, on Saturday 16th March 1996 thought otherwise.
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An Utterly Pointless Fact About Your Bottom
No, the useless trivia isn’t that Rik and Ade originally wanted to call it Your Bottom instead, everyone knows that you sad, pathtic winker. Instead, this is a fact about the episode Contest. There’s a moment when Richie forces Eddie to watch a boring documentary instead of Miss World (nice statistic), and we hear the…
