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.

 
We were always particularly fond of Rik round these parts, he went to school at Kings Worcester.

An iconic British comedian, sadly missed.

Yup, Young Ones was the show in the early eighties.
 
Never would have known who cliff richard was without him.

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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.

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.

Nuff said!

 
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.
 
 

Said day, the BBC said that the family would be releasing a full statement at some point in the future.

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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.