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 six short films, which became "The Comic Strip Presents...", debuting on 2 November 1982. The series, which continued sporadically for many years, saw Mayall play a wide variety of roles. It was known for anti-establishment humour and for parodies such as "Bad News on Tour", a spoof "rockumentary" starring Mayall, Richardson, Edmondson and Planer as a heavy metal band. At the time "The Comic Strip Presents..." was negotiated, the BBC took an interest in "The Young Ones", a sitcom written by Mayall and his then-girlfriend Lise Mayer, in the same anarchic vein as "Comic Strip". Ben Elton joined the writers.