Find it hard to choose favourite episodes of Bottom they're all so funny, but the gasman one with Brian Glover, the one when they run the downstairs shop, the trick or treat one with the exploding carrots and them disguised as Mr and Mrs Cannonball Taffy O'Jones are a few that spring to mind. Even funny just thinking of them!

His  Lord Flashheart character in Blackadder was comic genius

My little brother still has to say 'sausages, potatoes, gravy' in that Turveyesque Redditch accent

Great stuff Sultan!

real sad news

a comic genious, bottom, the youn ones, the new statesman all great comedies.

And flashart was a gret character!

"treat your kite (plane) like you treat your wife"

"you mean take her home at the weekends to meet your mum"

"No, get inside her twice a day and take her to heaven and back!"

One of my non gambling friends always says "you backed Sad Ken didn't you" every time I tell him I've been racing. Ran the wrong way and was shot about 2 furlongs into the race. They had to find the money to pay back harry thebastard!!!

One of my fav clips from Bottom    ... GASMAN

http://youtu.be/v5p-YQkbe_s

Sad that this newborn child has no home and no presents on his first Christmas Day, Spudgun decides to donate his box of Terry's All Gold chocolates to the infant. Eddie succumbs to guilt, too, giving the boy his Frankenstein's monster mask, while Hedgehog is compelled to give his bottle of aftershave - a new brand called Grrrr. Richie increasingly notices a pattern, finally realizing: "Gold, Frankenstein and Grrrr... and you're all wearing crowns! And I'm a virgin!" His blue "headscarf" clinches it for him, and he becomes convinced he is the new virgin mother of God.

always will remember this sketch as one of greatest and stupid af all time

we will all miss you

Very sad news

Kenny Mann that 'I am Evil' song (with Jools Holland on piano and Bill Wyman on guitar no less) as one of THE comedy moments my family and I relive on tedious journey or when things are beginning to drag.

'My middle name is Jeremy'

Just watch it folks!

kenny mann
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One of the funniest things I ever saw Rick do, was when he was on stage performing the Elvis song "I'm Evil". (with different words)

Here's the Elvis version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ_vRIbkyJg

and here's Rick's masterpiece. You really need to listen to the words, and it helps if you know the tune of the original song.

I've been looking for it on and off for years, and appropriately, today I've found it.

https://twitter.com/rorybremner/status/310718936478007296

roger endorses this so it must be good.

yes, same here bob, I didn't rush to view the thread when I first noticed it.

And still no word on what he died from.

Apparently Ade Edmondson has tweeted 'And now the selfish bastard has died without me.'

im not usually shocked with this stuff. when i got told on the phone "you know whos died?" i could have guessed a thousand people and never said rik mayall. didnt realise he was quite as old as 56, though its still pretty young. he was always full of life and energy.

people throw about the word "legend" with everybody these days. amy winehouse not saying her death was less sad to people who knew her or loved her music, but lets be honest 90% of the population only know that 1 song she did that the tv always played clips of. rik mayall was in so many landmark tv shows and i thought he would be in loads more yet. he would have made a great grumpy old man character actor, kinda like jack nicholson crossed with victor meldrew and a bit of ronnie barker thrown in, he was born to do it.

I like the way you write from the heart bob. Jack, Victor and Ronnie. Great imagination.

Filthy, Rich and Catflap.

Hahahahaha.

R I P

very sad, a genuinely multi-talented performer, the new statesman was one of my all time favs

rip

One of his last pieces of work


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZHR5RqKw-0

Did he predict his own demise?

The guy was an absolute genius.

Rik you were a true legend.