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) electric toilet, and a time machine. Eddie's friends — the gormless Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog — both fear Richie, believing him to be psychotic. Although the four of them sometimes venture out, usually to the local pub, the Lamb and Flag, most of the episodes are set within the confines of the squalid flat. Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall had been a double act since their first meeting at 20th Century Coyote, while they were students at Manchester University in 1976. They developed the Eddie and Richie characters over the course of their career, which were loosely based on their