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
Rik Mayall by a car. Mayall and Edmondson joked about the event in stage versions of "Bottom", Edmondson quipping "If only I'd fixed those brakes properly," and Mayall referring to himself: "You must know him, that tosser who fell off the quad bike." In his 2005 spoof autobiography, Mayall claims that he rose from the dead. On 9 June 2014, Mayall died at his home in Barnes, Richmond-upon-Thames, London, from a heart attack after jogging. He was 56 years old. Mayall's funeral took place on 19 June 2014 in Dittisham, in Devon. Among those who attended were Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Peter