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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 12:54:05
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Never heard of him, but 56 is WAAAY too early! That picture of him sure makes him look quite a bit older though...
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:00:47
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He was a huge part of British comedy through the '80's and '90's Craig..The New Statesman, The Young Ones, Bottom, Blackadder etc. I was stunned when I heard this on the radio this afternoon. Can't seem to find why he died, unless it was related to the head injuries he sustained in the quad-bike accident back in 1998.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:16:49
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I was aware of Rik on The Young Ones. I'd forgotten that he was on Black Adder. I've seen a few episodes of each one, but I didn't have as much access to British TV as I do now. I wish I'd seen more of both shows.
RIP, Rik.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:22:51
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He was a huge part of British comedy through the '80's and '90's Craig..The New Statesman, The Young Ones, Bottom, Blackadder etc. I was stunned when I heard this on the radio this afternoon. Can't seem to find why he died, unless it was related to the head injuries he sustained in the quad-bike accident back in 1998.
So it's probably embarrassing to admit that I've never heard of ANY of those shows too, eh? 
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:24:13
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Some highlights for me, aside from The Young Ones and his occasional role as Lord Flashheart:
I loved 'Kevin Turvey', (The Comic Strip Presents) 'Bad News on Tour' was inspired, and Rik's portrayal of Alan B'Stard was sheer genius.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:27:50
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Don't think I've ever been more gutted by a celebrity death :(
Mayall and the rest pretty much defined the sense of humor of everyone who was at school when The Young Ones came out.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:31:29
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He was a huge part of British comedy through the '80's and '90's Craig..The New Statesman, The Young Ones, Bottom, Blackadder etc. I was stunned when I heard this on the radio this afternoon. Can't seem to find why he died, unless it was related to the head injuries he sustained in the quad-bike accident back in 1998.
So it's probably embarrassing to admit that I've never heard of ANY of those shows too, eh?
It just means that you were too young to be interested. If I remember correctly, The Young Ones was on PBS in New York for a short while. I think it was on Sunday night right before or after Monty Python. I never missed MP. While I liked TYO a bit, I wasn't able to see it as often.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:36:13
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So sad to hear this. Loved Rik in most everything he did. Especially "The Young Ones".
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:36:46
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He was a huge part of British comedy through the '80's and '90's Craig..The New Statesman, The Young Ones, Bottom, Blackadder etc. I was stunned when I heard this on the radio this afternoon. Can't seem to find why he died, unless it was related to the head injuries he sustained in the quad-bike accident back in 1998.
So it's probably embarrassing to admit that I've never heard of ANY of those shows too, eh?
..and I didn't even mention 'Filthy, Rich and Catflap'...
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:38:02
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The Comic Strip series is also worth a watch. Bad News and More Bad News were basically the English version of Spinal Tap. Mayall's portrayal of Colin the bassist was hilarious.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:38:39
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We were always particularly fond of Rik round these parts, he went to school at Kings Worcester.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:40:32
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An iconic British comedian, sadly missed.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:47:49
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Yup, Young Ones was the show in the early eighties.
Never would have known who cliff richard was without him.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:53:23
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sharke
The Comic Strip series is also worth a watch. Bad News and More Bad News were basically the English version of Spinal Tap. Mayall's portrayal of Colin the bassist was hilarious.
As well as the 'Bad News' episodes, I reckon Five Go Mad In Dorset and (the quite wonderful) The Strike are up there with the best of British TV comedy. I have the complete DVD boxsets of The Comic Strip Presents and The New Statesman (as well as all of Blackadder), so I reckon a Rik Mayall DVD weekend is well in order. Let's hope the BBC produce a decent tribute for him, and maybe re-run some the great shows he was involved with.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 13:59:00
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Nuff said!
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 14:16:39
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☄ Helpfulby The Kiosk Project 2014/06/18 20:05:43
It's funny you know, we're used to hearing when famous people have died, but it always seems a little bit more 'personal' when it's someone you either looked up to, or someone you had somehow identified with.
It's hard to explain, but I felt the same way when Joe Strummer died. Similarly with Alex Higgins, Tony Hart, Gerry Anderson, and the wonderful Patrick Moore.
In an age when 'being a celebrity' is often just a job description, I often wonder if our kids will remember their 'heroes' in years to come, as I believe my/our generation does. At least everybody on my list (and probably a few others I could have also mentioned) did actually have some real talent and ability.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 14:24:36
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Said day, the BBC said that the family would be releasing a full statement at some point in the future.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 14:32:33
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SteveStrummerUK
It's funny you know, we're used to hearing when famous people have died, but it always seems a little bit more 'personal' when it's someone you either looked up to, or someone you had somehow identified with.
It's hard to explain, but I felt the same way when Joe Strummer died. Similarly with Alex Higgins, Tony Hart, Gerry Anderson, and the wonderful Patrick Moore.
In an age when 'being a celebrity' is often just a job description, I often wonder if our kids will remember their 'heroes' in years to come, as I believe my/our generation does. At least everybody on my list (and probably a few others I could have also mentioned) did actually have some real talent and ability.
I remember I felt the same sense of stunned disbelief when Gary Moore died.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 15:25:43
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 15:31:13
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Yes, RIP Rik, he defined a changing of the old guard in comedy back in the 80's. Put another way, he was original and B****y funny. It seems a bit of an as yet unexplained sudden death... I feel a real sense of loss with his demise...
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 15:45:25
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/09 21:57:52
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Came across this video tonight which made me realize just how brilliant Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson were in Bottom. It's from the live show they did of it. The two of them just had an amazing comic chemistry, they have the audience in stitches here. Everything they did together - The Young Ones, Filthy Rich and Catflap, The Dangerous Brothers, Bottom - it was all brilliant. NSFW because of the language! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_X_7TrcHGM
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/10 10:40:51
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What a sad loss indeed.
I was shocked when I head this last night, and I don't shock easily.
It's been mentioned that he never really recovered from the Quad bike accident he suffered in 1998, but it's only speculation at this point.
Very upset about this - Rik was an absolute hero, and a very funny man as well.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/10 11:22:08
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Channel 4's Man Down is the most recent show I watched him in. He played Greg Davis's potty dad in the series, despite only being 10 years older than him. I think Greg mentions in one of his stand-up DVDs that when he first started out, he was often mistaken for Rik's son due to a slight resemblance between the two! Typical Rik, and the part was obviously lovingly and deliberately written for him, if I remember correctly, Davis was one of the writers (warning - 1 use of the 'f' word): Also, I absolutely love this quote from Ade Edmondson: "There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing. They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him... And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard." I'm certain Rik would have approved.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/10 11:25:19
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Rik prolly wrote that line for him.. 
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/11 07:48:29
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Read this somewhere. Again, I think Rik would have approved  David Walliams said that growing up watching his idol Rik Mayall on TV made him want to take up comedy...But it seems for some reason he decided against.
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/11 08:29:24
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From 'The Young Ones':
RICK: I feel sorry for you, you zeros, you nobodies. What's going to live on after you die? I'll tell you -- nothing, that's what!
[Exasperated, Rick gives up on hanging himself and jumps down from the chair. He grabs a large bottle of pills, shows it to the others, and starts stuffing pills into his mouth]
NEIL: [sotto voce to Vyvyan] Vyv, Vyv, uh, can you, like, actually kill yourself with laxative pills?
VYVYAN: I don't know, Neil, but I'm going to stay and find out.
NEIL: I think I'm going up to my room for a bit...
[Runs upstairs, head down. Rick swallows some more pills defiantly at Neil's back.]
RICK: This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and all 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!"
[Vyv starts hanging around looking expectantly at Rick's bum]
RICK: And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Why kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?" Then another kid will say... [Rick emits a long, loud fart].
I just can't believe it. The People's Poet really IS dead.
So, so sad...
RIP Rik
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Re: Goodbye Rik Mayall.
2014/06/11 08:33:44
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From 'The Young Ones':
RICK: I feel sorry for you, you zeros, you nobodies. What's going to live on after you die? I'll tell you -- nothing, that's what!
[Exasperated, Rick gives up on hanging himself and jumps down from the chair. He grabs a large bottle of pills, shows it to the others, and starts stuffing pills into his mouth]
NEIL: [sotto voce to Vyvyan] Vyv, Vyv, uh, can you, like, actually kill yourself with laxative pills?
VYVYAN: I don't know, Neil, but I'm going to stay and find out.
NEIL: I think I'm going up to my room for a bit...
[Runs upstairs, head down. Rick swallows some more pills defiantly at Neil's back.]
RICK: This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and all 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!"
[Vyv starts hanging around looking expectantly at Rick's bum]
RICK: And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Why kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?" Then another kid will say... [Rick emits a long, loud fart].
I just can't believe it. The People's Poet really IS dead.
So, so sad...
RIP Rik
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