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Remembering Rik @rememberingrik.bsky.social · 13h

Where’s the cattle prod? ⚡️👹🍌

#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Sue @suepook.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited (P)Rick pic.

Rik Mayall as alter-ego Rik from The Young Ones. He’s on University Challenge and someone has written a ‘P’ before the ‘R’ on his name sign in front of him.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Rik Pic

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Rowan A. Crump @rowanacrump.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Rik pic

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Andrew @zero-gravitas.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Rik pic.

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 1d

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: also on The Tube, Rik Mayall pops down the swimming baths for a sketch featuring Norman Lovett. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-f6...

RIK MAYALL - "The Funniest Man in The World"

An early 80s clip from UK music show THE TUBE featuring Rik and Norman Lovett, demonstrating that Rik's great and completely brilliant at comedy.

www.youtube.com

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Schlockluster Video @schlocklustervideo.bsky.social · 1d

On October 11, 1991, Drop Dead Fred debuted in the United Kingdom. Here’s a drawing of Rik Mayall to celebrate!

Pen drawing of Rik Mayall with a cartoonishly flattened frowning face drawn on a torn blue notebook page.

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Pascal @pascaldg.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Rik pick

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Remembering Rik @rememberingrik.bsky.social · 1d

Rik’s guest spot in The Knock (2000). Full episode is available on YouTube and it’s pretty good! Just the bits Rik is in obviously, as he would want 🤣

#RememberingRik #RikMayall

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archivesofcomedy.bsky.social @archivesofcomedy.bsky.social · 5d

🗣️ Rik Mayall on how his characters mirrored real life in TV shows

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Captain ☮️✌️ @captainmanic.bsky.social · 3d

I miss REAL Journalists

Kevin Turvey investigative journalist (Character created by Rik Mayall, who featured in the BBC sketch show A Kick Up the Eighties ...)

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Chris Limb @catmachine.com · 2d

Unsolicited Ric pic

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Reel Obscure Podcast @reelobscurepod.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Rik pics.

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Remembering Rik @rememberingrik.bsky.social · 4d

Right, well that’s it, decision made. I’ll have to wear the green tights now 😂👹🍌🎃👻

#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Remembering Rik @rememberingrik.bsky.social · 7d

Rick, he threw us off the train because you said ASLEF was an anagram for total and complete bastard 😂

#RememberingRik #RikMayall #TheYoungOnes #Bambi

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𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖌 𝖒𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘 @clinteldorado.bsky.social · 7d

Fun fact: Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson actually did Waiting for Godot on stage, but sadly I think it’s lost to time. All we have is this.

Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson - Waiting for Godot, Box Office interview

YouTube video by Rik Mayall Scrapbook

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𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖌 𝖒𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘 @clinteldorado.bsky.social · 7d

We already had the perfect Waiting for Godot, though.

Richie and Eddie sat on a bench at a pedestrian crossing in the opening sequence of Bottom

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Man In Paint @maninpaint.bsky.social · 8d

ALL FINISHED AND FRAMED... Another follower request. The #Halloween episode 'Terror' (series 3, episode 2) of British #sitcom, #Bottom with the legendary #RikMayall and #AdeEmondson 🤣🎨📺🍌😈 #FunTimes

©2025. 'No Sweets, Just Cash'

#artistsonbluesky #maninpaint #80sbaby #geek #geekartist #geekart

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Remembering Rik @rememberingrik.bsky.social · 8d

Ah christ, he’s gone all Welsh on me again. Have ya got any more exploding caarraaaatts?! 🥕💥

#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 9d

Next Fri 10th Oct, as part of our HorrOctober line-up, we’re diving into SHOCK TREATMENT (1981) Jim Sharman's wild, underrated follow-up to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

Darker, stranger, and every bit as unhinged.

🎟️ : tinyurl.com/shocktreatme...

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Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 11d

#OnThisDay 1 October 1991
WE REALLY ARE VERY NORMAL
Madcap #RikMayall and #AdeEdmondson have sunk to their most sordid depths yet. Their characters Richie Richards and Eddie Hitler in the new sitcom Bottom are snivelling scumbags. But wait. There's something far more shocking ...

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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 10d

Fictional heavy metal band Bad News, created for the series The Comic Strip Presents..., would end up actually recording an album in 1987 and playing a number of live gigs.

#adrianedmondson #nigelplaner #peterrichardson #rikmayall #badnews #thecomicstrippresents

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Man In Paint @maninpaint.bsky.social · 9d

PUTTING MORE work into my piece based on British #sitcom, #Bottom with the legendary #RikMayall and #AdeEmondson is done 🤣🎨📺🍌😈 #WorkInProgress

#artistsonbluesky #maninpaint #80sbaby #geek #geekartist #geekart #proudgeek #retrogeek #geeklife #popculture #popcultureart #artcommunity #art

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Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 13d

Watched an episode of The New Statesman. Still funny and Rik Mayall is of course fantastic. But with the way things have gone, the things Alan B'stard says feel more like something you'd see an actual Tory MP write in the Telegraph, rather than an over the top parody of right wing views.

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 13d

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: Rik Mayall's final lead role was among his most forgettable, All About George, a comedy-drama from Cold Feet's Mike Bullen in which Mayall is tremendously miscast as an optimistic family man handling whatever life can throw at him.

All About George Episode 1

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of a couple whose extended family never seem to fly the nest. Rik Mayall stars as George, whose attempts to plan a suitable celebration for his wedding anniversary are constantly interrupted by his relatives

www.youtube.com

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