Bottom Live Bottom Live Bottom Live – The Stage Show is a live stage show based on the UK TV series "Bottom". It ran in 1993 and was recorded for VHS (and later DVD) release at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. It was written by its stars, Rik Mayall as Richie Richard and Adrian Edmondson as Eddie Hitler. Following a weekend lock-in in the lavatories of their local pub, Richie and Eddie return to their flat. After they unsuccessfully attempt to prepare breakfast the mail arrives, containing a letter and parcel for Richie. The letter is from the solicitors, which Eddie is
Ade Edmondson album of the production. In 1991, he teamed with his comedy partner Rik Mayall once more, this time co-writing and co-starring in their own sitcom, "Bottom". Edmondson starred as "Edward Elizabeth Hitler" opposite Mayall's "Richard Richard". The series featured the slapstick, crude humour for which the pair had become famous but with more in-depth character analysis. Mayall and Edmonson have said that "Bottom" was aimed to be more than just a series of toilet gags, but a cruder cousin to plays like "Waiting for Godot" about the pointlessness of life. Edmondson played Estragon to Mayall's Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's play