Page 1 of 1
Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:00 pm
by KernowPete
For those of us of a certain age:
The Comic Strip Presents
Kevin Turvey
The Dangerous Brothers
The Young Ones
Blackadder
The New Statesman
Bottom
Four pages of tributes in todays paper, says it all really.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:22 pm
by adsgreen
He was also good in that recent Greg Davis Man Down comedy.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:12 pm
by RIV
The Young Ones
I used to love that!!
And Bottom, funny bloke! Very sad
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:03 pm
by bam_bam
WOOF! Lord Flashheart truly didn't give a fcuk.
Leg-end.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:54 pm
by Silverfox42
Up there in the child hood hero top 10, and not forgetting his Colin Grigson from Bad News.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:18 pm
by adsgreen
The thing with lord flashheart is that all the dress rehearsals were terrible and there was a general feeling on set that it wasn't going to work.
Then Rik just slipped into character and ad-lib'd a lot. You can see it on the other cast's faces they are going "errr.".
Top stuff
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:32 pm
by bam_bam
Yep, didn't even give a fcuk about the script.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:35 pm
by The_Coat
Was gutted yesterday when I saw this on the news.
God know how many hours I spend growing up watching Young Ones and Bottom.
True comedy legend
http://youtu.be/jUiOYrCBDvk
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:08 pm
by KernowPete
I love the episode of Bottom where Richie (Rik) is trying to romance Helen Lederer and gets Eddie (Ade Edmundson) to pretend to be his butler. Genius.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:48 am
by chunky79
Pretty much EVERY episode of Bottom was top drawer. I loved the episode when they were in the park pitching a tent! Got to thank my big brother for getting me into Slack Bladder and Bottom.
Fantastic comedian, will be missed.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:15 am
by MikeFish
Bottom, the New Statesman and Young Ones were great but let's not forget the excellent Guest House Paradiso.
Re: Rik Mayall R.I.P.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:26 am
by The_Coat
Did anyone ever see Mr Jolly lives next door? Very funny
