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Bottom Live is a comedy play written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who play Richie and Eddie, two lazy and stupid flatmates. The show parodies the TV series Bottom and features slapstick, vulgar humour and references to other works by the actors.
Bottom Live was filmed in 1993 at The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton as part of the Bottom Live Tour. The tour was so successful that Rik and Ade wrote and...
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Watch Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as Richie and Eddie, two lazy and stupid flatmates, in their live show based on their TV sitcom. See their hilarious antics, violence, and profanity in this video released in 1993.
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- 1993-09-27
Eddie (Adrian Edmondson) and Richie (Rik Mayall) are up to more insane antics on this 1993 live programme. It's naughty, unclean, and unwholesome fun!
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- Bottom Live
- Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour
- Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
- Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
- Peter Cook Posthumous Tribute 2002
- Bottom Live 2003: The Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
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Five live stage shows based on Bottom have been recorded. Each recording is taken from a single show in a live UK tour. Previously available on individual video cassettes and DVDs, the entire collection can now be purchased as a box set on DVD. The first three live shows were released in a box set called the Bottom Live Scratch and Sniff Box Set, which is now scarce. As at 2021, neither the series nor the live show have been subject to Blu-Ray or 4K transfers. The live format allowed Rik and Ade to shake off the bounds of BBC censorship and be as rude and crude as they pleased; subsequently each show was rated 18 for language, violence, and sexual references. Each show also featured regular breaking of the fourth wall as Rik and Ade interacted with the audience and, on some occasions, reacted to hecklers. A common theme over the five live shows was Rik Mayall's tendency to forget his lines and break into uncontrollable laughter whenever things didn't go to plan. It was also common for Ade Edmondson to taunt Rik Mayall whenever these kinds of mistakes happened. Most of the bloopers in the live recordings were not cut out of the video/DVD releases.
In addition to the live shows, Rik and Ade performed a one-off set at the Peter Cook Posthumous Tribute in 2002.
Bottom Live was filmed in 1993 at The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton as part of the Bottom Live Tour. The tour was so successful that Rik and Ade wrote and recorded a third series of Bottom for the BBC in 1995, before continuing their characters' exploits in further live shows. The show is notable for Rik Mayall's near ten minutes of infectious l...
Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour is the second live show based on Bottom. It was filmed in Oxford in 1995 as part of their 1995 UK tour. It was the first live show to incorporate a second set; a prison cell for the majority of Act Two.
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island is the third live show based on Bottom and was filmed at the Bristol Hippodrome in 1997. The show was a significant departure for the characters, with a complete change of setting, wardrobe and arguably the characterisation of Richie and Eddie. The second act reuses a gag from The Young Ones episode "Bomb" when a la...
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity is the fourth live show and was recorded in Nottingham in 2001. The show and tour's title alludes to the Arthur C. Clarke novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, however largely does not take a science-fiction twist until the final act. The show continues Richie and Eddie's escapades on the desert island. It was the first show...
In 2002, various British comedians took to the stage at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End to pay tribute to late comedian Peter Cook, including Rik & Ade in the guise of Richie and Eddie.
Bottom Live 2003: The Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour is the fifth and final live show, recorded in Southend in 2003 as part of the very ambitious Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour. The setting of the show returns to Richie and Eddie's flat, albeit in the toilet, and later in a strange netherworld thanks to Eddie's time machine. This marked the last ever liv...
•The Richie and Eddie characters, particularly Richie, began to diverge from their television versions as the years went by. In his memoir 'Berserker: An Autobiography', Adrian Edmondson explained that Rik Mayall began to act more and more like himself with each subsequent tour, something that he called Mayall's "comic god" persona. During one tour, Edmondson addressed Mayall's concerns about the quality of the jokes by suggesting that he should try to remain in character on stage.
•Mayall and Edmondson began to drink heavily during the 1993 tour, primarily because they could afford to owing to the success of the shows. Edmondson became particularly concerned about Mayall's drinking and, after spotting him nipping into the pub before a show for the 1995 tour, had a heartfelt conversation with him about it. Subsequently, both stopped drinking.
Learn about the five live stage shows based on the British sitcom Bottom, featuring Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson as Richie and Eddie. Find out the details, trivia and differences of each show, from 1993 to 2003.
Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour: Directed by Dominic Brigstocke. With Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson. Queen Elizabeth is attending a parade in Hammersmith and Richie and Eddie plans on inviting the Queen to join them for supper.
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