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
Bottom (TV series) own friendship. The names themselves come from Edmondson's and Mayall's own nicknames for each other; many of Mayall's characters are referred to by some variation of the name Richard, and Edmondson's character is taken from Eddie Monsoon, his nickname since university. The duo used their characters similar to Eddie and Richie in their past television comedy shows "The Young Ones", "The Dangerous Brothers", and "Filthy, Rich & Catflap". "Bottom" was developed while Edmondson and Mayall planned their West End production of Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot" at the Queen's Theatre. According to Mayall, it was the first project that