Category: Rik Mayall
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Lonely Sitcom Characters
There are more lonely sitcom characters than you might expect. The first one that springs to mind for me is Richie, in Bottom. The whole show is pretty bleak in a Beckett kind of way. Two people who can’t stand one another are forced to live out their shitty existence together, and smash each other…
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Ha Ha Halloween: Bottom
Good luck avoiding all the riots today. And Happy Halloween. Here’s how Eddie and Richie celebrate theirs. No candy for them. Rik & Ade conceived of the show during their run in Waiting For Godot. The pilot episode was Contest, which was shot nearly two years before the first full series was broadcast. Once upon…
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Rik & Ade In Waiting For Godot On Box Office
I’ve been trying to find footage of Rik & Ade doing Waiting For Godot for the longest time without much luck (make your own jokes), when suddenly it pops up on YouTube unsolicited. This is a segment from Channel Four’s morning show Box Office, circa 1991, featuring interviews, reviews, and rehearsal footage. Never realised Christopher…
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Rik Mayall On De Laatste Show
Here’s Rik on the Flemish talk show De Laatste Show (The Last Show). There’s some lovely anecdotes in this, and Rik is on top form, but the most wonderful parts are watching him laugh at his own shows, and acknowledge the genius of other people. And his Rickman impression. Delightful.
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The Young Ones Australian Promo
The raw footage of a promo recording in Australia for The Young Ones. I love how easily Rik slips in and out of character, and how freely he improvises it.
