Rik Mayall RIP

[Nakor]

Announcement of his death today.

A true genius IMO.
Young Ones, Bottom, Drop Dead Fred, Flash in Blackadder 2 so many classic performances.
He will be missed.

[tikay]

Very sad, I really enjoyed his "over the top" stuff.

He was only 56, too.

RIP

[DaveShoelace]

So many happy memories watching Rik and Ade with my family as a kid, pretty much have seen everything he did. Saw him live several times.

Recommend Bad News and More Bad News, perhaps his most underrated stuff. Also a Fistful of Travellers cheques.

[mondatoo]

He was really good in Man Down as well.

RIP.

[Nakor]

Loved comic strip.

5 Goes to Dorset, Travellers Cheques and Bad News are all amazing.

[DaveShoelace]

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[Steve Swift]

So sad, 56 ffs.

[TightEnd]

his only tweet, lol

[TightEnd]

Blackadder

[DaveShoelace]

A monologue from the Young Ones (which ended in a fart joke):

This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and all hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader! And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!" And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Why kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?" Then another kid will say... [Rick emits a long, loud fart].

[Graham C]

That's a shock, such a shame.

[DaveShoelace]

Such a wealth of talent in this one:

[DaveShoelace]

Sorry for clogging up the thread, an autograph he sent someone

Click to see full-size image.

[lucky_scrote]

Bummer