[Bullseye]

RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:15 pm  

RIP Rik

[Wanderer]

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:21 pm  

Bloody hell, what a shocker!

I shall raise a glass of Bombardier to him.

RIP.

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:35 pm  

Very sad RIP Rick

Young One's is one of my favorite dvd's comedy genius

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:40 pm  

A comedy hero. He re-defined comedy for my generation. This is such awdul news. RIP Rik. You were fantastic.

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:15 pm  

Ade Edmonson pretty much summed it up:

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:57 pm  

His only post on twitter genius

"Opening my very own Twitter to stop another nice bloke from doing it. So love off & don't expect to hear from me any time soon. Love Rik x"

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:02 pm  

Absolutely gutted - Anybody growing up as a child in the 80's will surely recall the impact that the bloke had on British culture.

An absolute force of nature, I think if anybody wants the definitive example of his talents, they just need to watch his reading of 'George's Marvellous Medicine' on Jackanory - It is pure comedy genius which, whether you are 7 or 77, will make you cry with laughter.

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:22 pm  

Sadly he was never the same after his accident, but a true comic genius of his time.


RIP the silent P

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:41 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Absolutely gutted - Anybody growing up as a child in the 80's will surely recall the impact that the bloke had on British culture.

An absolute force of nature, I think if anybody wants the definitive example of his talents, they just need to watch his reading of 'George's Marvellous Medicine' on Jackanory - It is pure comedy genius which, whether you are 7 or 77, will make you cry with laughter.

Could not have said it better .
RIP the peoples poet

Re: RIP Rik Mayall : Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:15 am  

The impact of Mayall and co on British popular culture was immense. The Young Ones took sitcoms from terry and June style middle class, middle aged unfunny cr*p and made it cutting edge.

Having said that, The Young Ones is odd. I rewatched some episodes 10 years ago and felt they'd aged terribly, but saw the series again a year or so ago and loved it ll over again.