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Rik Mayall has Died

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jjsaint

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'This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader...'

 

RIP Rik.

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Big loss.

 

The man was a massive influence in the early 1980s. He found lasting fame as Rik in The Young Ones, but was kicking around our screens much earlier as part of his Dangerous Brothers double act with Ade Edmondson. If you had a criticism of the bloke, it'd be his comedic range. He spent most of his life playing the same character, Blackadder's Lord Flashheart being the obvious exception to his habit of playing a women-repellent loser. Still, he was memorable in pretty much everything he did and always went for it if it made things funnier, no matter how ridiculous he looked.

 

My recommendation for remembering the man? Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, also starring the talents of Peter Cook and Nicholas Parsons.

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A real talent.

 

Loved him in Bottom, the odd appearance in Blackadder and as Alan B'stard.

 

I'd forgotten all about Alan B'stard.

 

Superb performance.

Micky

Micky

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Great comic actor. Sad, sad loss, far too young.

 

But on the bright side - it's going to be hell in heaven for the next couple of days while he settles in... ;)

View From The Top

View From The Top

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This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"

bpsaint

bpsaint

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"Edward Elizabeth Hitler, come down here at once!!" . Utter legend, loved The Young Ones and Bottom whilst growing up, really gutted by the news.

norwaysaint

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Kevin Turvey, the dangerous brothers, (p)Rick, Richie (rich and Richard), Alan B'stard, Flashheart, all those comic strip characters, even Drop Dead Fred, he really was certainly the most quotable comedian/comic actor for my generation. His material probably made up about 70% of playground talk when I was at school.

 

Massively influential and comedy wouldn't have been the same without him. RIP

mcjwills

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I'd forgotten all about Alan B'stard.

 

Superb performance.

 

Was great as Alan B'stard, trouble was in retrospect he was closer to the truth than he could have imagined re fiddling expenses, slavery (working for free) to get people off the dole.

Will be sadly missed and makes you realise how fragile life is, especially as I was born the same year as him.

doddisalegend

doddisalegend

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RIP Rik

 

the New statesman was one of my favourite shows in my youth

 

Alan B'Stard: Who in this country was not moved when that great Englishman, Gazza, wept bitter tears at the World Cup last year? People thought that he was crying because he had been booked by the umpire and so would miss the final. But that was not the reason. He was crying at the thought that the Conservative government, the only government this young hero had ever known, was behind in the opinion polls. He was weeping at the threat of the return to power of a Labour rabble led by a bald Welsh windbag, dedicated to destroying Britain's prosperity, running down our currency, encouraging satanist abuse of our children, spreading AIDS through their sponsorship of homosexual behaviour, abolishing the House of Lords, and executing the royal family. Gazza didn't want that for his children, do you want it for yours? Or do you want a government that lets you share in Britain's prosperity by offering you the chance of five, yes five, free Sun jackpot bingo cards with every registered Tory membership application? Yes, apply now to join the Tory party at this week's once in a lifetime special offer price of only £9.99 and you will receive a free Tarzan Teenage Hero Turtle T-shirt, a Gazza car tidy, and the News of the World every Sunday for a year.

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scotty

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"Good evening, my name is Kevin Turvey. Why?? ...err, I dont know... "

 

Great comedian, my personal favourite being Alan Beresford B'Stard, who turned out to be a prescient template for future politicians, both blue and red.

 

RIP.

 

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Here's a lovely piece of improvisation, from our very own Mayflower theatre.

 

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bpsaint

bpsaint

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This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"

 

That episode is currently on Gold as a tribute, by far my favourite episode of The Young Ones. " Hands up who likes me!"

jjsaint

jjsaint

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Will sink a bottle of Bombardier tonight.

 

I forgot about that, he was the Bombardier as well. Must plan a Charlie Wells pub crawl in his honour.

Dimond Geezer

Dimond Geezer

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Sad news indeed at his young age. However I wonder if bashing his head when he had his

quad bike accident had any long lasting effect ?

 

It's been reported that he suffered from epilepsy as a result of that accident, so he could have had a fit.

Saint_Ash

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Very sad news, was one of the best comedians on the tv when I was growing up, seen him live a few times on the Bottom tour and I've never laughed so much, especially when they mess it up and they improvise. Saw him a couple of years ago at the mayflower doing a B'stard type character and he still had it.

 

I had a bottle of Bombardier Colonel's Choice, 6% of loveliness.

 

Cheers for the laughs Rik, always up there as one of the bests for me.

Special K

Special K

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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door.

Another great that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Will be sadly missed.

Another part of my youth gone.:(

 

Escorts Bestcorts! Come in if you're saucy!

 

Classic. As was Dirty Movie and A Fist full of Travellers Cheques. Loved the comic strip and pretty much everything Rik Mayall did. Sad loss indeed.

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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door.

Another great that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Will be sadly missed.

Another part of my youth gone.:(

 

Do you have me on ignore, Goatboy? :)

 

Another Olde English pub, mate.

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