SoTrumpBelieve
Must See Movie...
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Raymond Sierra
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Lizzy Hynes
Bottom is in my top three TV programmes, alongside The Young Ones and Steptoe and Son. It is a unique mixture of violent slapstick, swearing and surreal plots, and I love it.First broadcast in 1991, Bottom is about Richard 'Richie' Richard and Edward 'Eddie' Elizabeth Hitler, two sad, disgusting perverts who share a flat in Hammersmith, and hate each other. Richie, played by Rik Mayall, is a sex obsessed virgin who is desperate to 'do it'. He spends most of his time masterb- I mean studying, trying to chat up women with his best and only chat up line - "What a smashing blouse you have on!" - and fighting with Eddie. He acts like Eddie's wife in most aspects; he wears an apron, does the housework and tells Eddie off - "You are grounded, young man! ".Eddie, played by Adrian Edmondson, is an alcoholic who is almost drunk. He is not quite as pitiful as Richie: he has a few friends - Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog - , is usually cheerful and, whilst still unlucky with the opposite sex, is known to have done it at least twice. My favourite episodes are Gas -"HELLO, MR GAS MAN!" - Accident, S'Out -"Maybe it's a Womble!"- and Finger - "Edwina."
Morbius Fitzgerald
Bottom is a program where you'd have an idea what to expect before watching a second of it. Its a completely stupid program with political incorrectness galore, double antendres and wall-to-wall violence. The goal of the character Richard Richard is to get laid, that tells you everything.I have to compliment Ade and Rik, they made the only sitcom I give above 7/10. I'll definitely watch the whole of The Young Ones as well as Filthy, Rich and Catflap. I have already seen Guest House Paradiso AND a couple of the live shows. I loved them.Look, this isn't the most intelligent TV show ever devised but watch the first episode, if you aren't laughing than I suggest you watch something with a bit more of an "upper middle class" feel to it. If you want a few good knob gags, double antendress such as "can I drink your juice" and comical violence on a scale of 1000 than this show is a perfect fit to all of that.
VictorianCushionCat
When Bottom came out in 1991 it instantly seemed to capture the minds of teenage boys across the UK as the role models you really feared you would not end up anything like.Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonston had effectively prototyped Richey and Eddie in the 'Young Ones' 'Filthy, Rich and Catflap' etc and with Bottom they were free to reach an all new low (or rather high) Full of disgusting toilet and depraved sexual humour it revelled in the grimy world of failed desires. And nothing makes for funnier viewing than Rik Mayall playing a man who has just been caught masturbating in the most undignified way.Bottom was in many ways, a traditional form of comedy, a loser who wears the shirt and tie to give the impression he is somebody, like Tony Hancock in the 50s. But it had all the knocks and gore to satisfy an early 90s audience and that's why we loved it, and of course, still do.
ShadeGrenade
It seemed strange that, after the witty satirical farce 'The New Statesman', Rik Mayall should choose to return to the ultra-crude, knockabout comedy of 'The Young Ones'. He and Adrian Edmondson starred as 'Richie Richard' and 'Eddie Hitler', two natural-born losers who when not railing against the world are at each other's throats. The show's violence is pitched at the level of 'The Three Stooges'. It was at its funniest when the characters were in isolation; in their disgusting flat, trapped on a fun-fair ferris wheel, or watching cricket whilst sunbathing on the roof of a shop. Here they could work off their aggression verbally. Steven O'Donnell and Christopher Ryan were hilarious as Richie and Eddie's deranged friends 'Spudgun' and 'Dave Hedgehog'. Mayall and Edmondson were right to limit 'Richie' and 'Eddie' to two seasons, but made a terrible mistake in bringing them to the big screen; the result was the frightful and best forgotten 'Guest House Paradiso'.
