Einstein Factor: TV Series - Bottom TV Series - Bottom Q. 'Bottom's' Richie and Eddie share a flat in which West London suburb? A. Hammersmith [and Fulham] Q. Featuring a spiky animal is the name of Christopher Ryanï¿½s character Dave who? A. Hedgehog Q. What large, heavyset, originally German guard dog is also the surname of a character who appeared in the TV series ï¿½Bottomï¿½? A. Rottweiler Q. What is the three-word full name of the character played by Adrian Edmondson in ï¿½Bottomï¿½? A. Edward Elizabeth Hitler Q. In the crossword puzzle scene in the episode ï¿½Cultureï¿½, what was the name of the ironmonger whose dog they ate? A. Harold Q. What is Richie and Eddieï¿½s regular pub that features an animal in its name? A. [The] Lamb and Flag Q. What incongruously large item does Richie extract from his trousers in the episode ï¿½Carnivalï¿½? A. Video Camera / Camcorder Q.

The first episode went to air in the United Kingdom on 17 September of which year? A. 1991 Q. In the episode ï¿½Paradeï¿½, Richie and Eddie steal and then pawn a war veteranï¿½s what? A. Artificial/False(etc) leg Q. Lady Natasha of the many names was identified as a countess from where in Eastern Europe? A. Moldavia Q. In the second season, Eddie and Richie join a dating agency called ï¿½Lily whatï¿½? A. [Lily] Lineker's Love Bureau Q. In Season 3, Episode 6, Richie said: ï¿½I was filming my wife accidentally sewing her what to the curtainsï¿½? A. Head Q. Not exactly what Eddie was expecting when he purchased it is which video actually about the history of Victorian pottery? A. Big Jugs Q. The series theme tune is performed by the appropriately named jazz ensemble called the what? A. The Bum Notes BONUS QUESTION In the final episode Eddie Hitler commits suicide in a golf bunker. A.

FALSE (he is gunned down by the British secret police Adrian Edmondson (Author of The Gobbler) edit data Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones (1982–1984) and Bottom (1991–2003), which he also wrote together with his long-time comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson attended Pocklington School in Yorkshire from 1968 to 1975 and later went to the University of Manchester to study drama, receiving a 2:1 degree, where he met his future comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson and Mayall soon became best friends and before long found work on the burgeoning alternative comedy scene. Under the name 20th Century Coyote, Edmondson and Mayall became one of the star attractions at The Comedy Store. As their popularity gr Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician.

He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones (1982–1984) and Bottom (1991–2003), which he also wrote together with his long-time comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson attended Pocklington School in Yorkshire from 1968 to 1975 and later went to the University of Manchester to study drama, receiving a 2:1 degree, where he met his future comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson and Mayall soon became best friends and before long found work on the burgeoning alternative comedy scene. Under the name 20th Century Coyote, Edmondson and Mayall became one of the star attractions at The Comedy Store. As their popularity grew, Edmondson and Mayall and other upcoming comedians (including Alexei Sayle, Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer, French and Saunders) split away from the Comedy Store to set up their own venue: The Comic Strip club. The Comic Strip soon gained a reputation as one of the most popular comedy clubs in London and soon came to the attention of Channel 4.

Edmondson and the others were commissioned to act in six self-contained half-hour films, using the group as comedy actors rather than stand-up performers. The series, entitled The Comic Strip Presents... debuted on 2 November 1982 (the opening night of Channel 4). On 11 May 1985, Edmondson married his Comic Strip fellow Jennifer Saunders. Edmondson's university nickname of "Eddie Monsoon," a play on his surname, inspired the name of Saunders' character, Edina Monsoon on Absolutely Fabulous In 1986 he co-wrote the book How to be a Complete Bastard together with Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine. In 1987, he reunited with Planer and Mayall to star in Filthy Rich and Catflap. The series was penned by The Young Ones' co-writer Ben Elton and saw Edmondson display the same slapstick characteristics as Vyvyan, but was closer in personality to his later character "Eddie Hitler" in Bottom. The show received critical acclaim but poor viewing figures and was cancelled after one series.

In 1988, he released a follow up to How To Be A Complete Bastard called The Bastard's Book of the Worst. In 1989 Edmondson made an appearance in an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth as The Red Baron, arch-nemesis to Mayall's character, Lord Flashheart. In 1991, Edmondson was teamed up with his comedy partner Rik Mayall once more, this time co-writing and co-starring in their own sitcom, Bottom. Edmondson starred as "Edward Elizabeth Hitler" opposite Mayall's "Richard Richard." The series featured the slapstick and crude humour for which the pair had become famous, but also more in-depth character analysis. Mayall and Edmonson have said Bottom was aimed to be more than just a series of toilet gags, but a cruder cousin to plays like Waiting for Godot about the pointlessness of life. Edmondson played Estragon to Mayall's Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's play in the West End, in a production that opened at the Queen's Theatre on 30 September 1991. Bottom became very popular, but it was criticised for its often vulgar humour.

Edmondson was also censured for essentially reprising the same character he had been playing for his entire career. It was also incarnated into five UK stage tours (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003). The violent natures of these shows saw both Edmondson and Mayall ending up in hospital. ...more Adrian Edmondson | The young ones Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The young ones Wiki Jennifer Saunders (m. 1985-present, 3 daughters) Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English comic actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and was part of the alternative comedy boom. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones (1982–1984) and Bottom (1991–2003), for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaborative partner Rik Mayall . Edmondson also appeared in the The Comic Strip Presents...

series of films throughout the 1980s and 90s. For one episode of this he created the spoof heavy metal band Bad News , and for another he played his nihilistic alter-ego Eddie Monsoon, an offensive South African television star. He played the lead role in the 1985 spin-off feature film, The Supergrass. In the 2000s Edmondson appeared in numerous TV programmes in more serious drama roles including Jonathan Creek, Holby City, Miss Austen Regrets, as himself on Hell's Kitchen and created the sitcom Teenage Kicks . Edmondson has been married to fellow comedian Jennifer Saunders since 1985 and they have three daughters. He lives in Devon and London. Contents Edit Under the name 20th Century Coyote , Edmondson and Rik Mayall became one of the star attractions at The Comedy Store . Mayall told most of the jokes early in their act, and Edmondson would act-up in the background, developing his act to dismantle the club's piano, before he created his own material.

As their popularity grew, Edmondson, Mayall, and other upcoming comedians including Nigel Planer , Peter Richardson , Alexei Sayle , and French and Saunders split away from the Comedy Store to set up their own venue: The Comic Strip club. The Comic Strip soon gained a reputation as one of the most popular comedy clubs in London and soon came to the attention of Channel 4 . Edmondson and the others were commissioned to act in six self-contained half-hour films, using the group as comedy actors rather than stand-up performers. The series, entitled The Comic Strip Presents... debuted on 2 November 1982 (the opening night of Channel 4). The first episode to be broadcast was " Five Go Mad in Dorset ", a parody of Enid Blyton 's Famous Five , which drew anger from some viewers for the way it mercilessly satirised a children's classic. Edmondson starred as one of the five. By the same time as The Comic Strip Presents... was being negotiated, the BBC signed up Edmondson, Mayall, Richardson, Planer and Sayle to star in The Young Ones , a sitcom in the same anarchic style as The Comic Strip.

(Richardson later decided not to proceed and was replaced by Christopher Ryan .) The show revolved around the shared house where four students lived during their study at Scumbag College . It was noted at the time of its first airing for its violent slapstick, with Edmondson's character as the main instigator, and this is a trait which has stayed with him throughout his career. The series captured public imagination and remains one of Britain's most popular sitcoms. During this time, Edmondson also appeared in a bank advertisement in what was, basically, his " Vyvyan " guise. Following the success of The Comic Strip Presents... and, to a greater extent, The Young Ones, Edmondson and Mayall returned to their "Coyote" dynamic in the double act " The Dangerous Brothers " with Edmondson as "Sir Adrian Dangerous" in Saturday Live (1985–1987). In 1983, he appeared as the lead singer Vim Fuego in the spoof heavy metal band called Bad News , with his Young Ones co-stars Rik Mayall , Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson of "Comic Strip Presents...".

On 11 May 1985, Edmondson married his Comic Strip fellow Jennifer Saunders , with whom he has three daughters: Eleanor , Beatrice and Freya. Edmondson's university nickname of "Eddie Monsoon," a play on his surname, inspired the name of Saunders' character, Edina Monsoon on Absolutely Fabulous and his own characters Eddie Catflap ( Filthy Rich & Catflap ) and Eddie Hitler ( Bottom ), they jointly set up their own production company called Mr and Mrs Monsoon Limited.. Also in 1985 Edmondson starred with Saunders in Happy Families , a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. In 1987, he reunited with Planer and Mayall to star in Filthy Rich and Catflap a comic attack on showbiz, again written by Elton. He played a character called Edward Catflap, the coarse and drunken minder of light entertainment nonentity Richie Rich. In this Edmondson displayed the same slapstick characteristics as Vyvyan, but was closer in personality to his later character "Eddie Hitler" in Bottom.

The show received critical acclaim but poor viewing figures and was cancelled after one series. 1987 also saw Edmondson co-starring with Mayall in the ITV sit-com Hardwicke House . Due to the adverse reaction of both press and viewers however, ITV withdrew the series after two episodes, and the remainder has never been shown. In 1988, he released a follow up to How To Be A Complete Bastard called The Bastard's Book of the Worst. In 1989 Edmondson made an appearance in an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth as The Red Baron , arch-nemesis to Mayall's character, Lord Flashheart . 1990s File:Bottom001.jpg Edmondson played Brad Majors in the 1990 West End run of The Rocky Horror Show , alongside Tim McInnerny as Frank-N-Furter and Ed Tudor-Pole as Riff-Raff. He also appears on the soundtrack album of the production. In 1991, Edmondson was teamed up with his comedy partner Rik Mayall once more, this time co-writing and co-starring in their own sitcom, Bottom.

Edmondson starred as "Edward Elizabeth Hitler" opposite Mayall's "Richard Richard." The series featured the slapstick and crude humour for which the pair had become famous, but also more in-depth character analysis. Mayall and Edmonson have said Bottom was aimed to be more than just a series of toilet gags, but a cruder cousin to plays like Waiting for Godot about the pointlessness of life. Edmondson played Estragon to Mayall's Vladimir in Samuel Beckett 's play in the West End , in a production that opened at the Queen's Theatre on 30 September 1991. [1] Bottom became very popular, but it was criticised for its often vulgar humour. Edmondson was also censured for essentially reprising the same character he had been playing for his entire career. It was also incarnated into five UK stage tours (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003). The violent natures of these shows saw both Edmondson and Mayall ending up in hospital.

In 1993, Edmondson starred alongside Richard Briers in a black comedy called If You See God, Tell Him . Edmondson played Gordon Spry, whose uncle (Briers) is paralysed and has a greatly reduced attention span. His erratic behaviour causes problems for Gordon. The series comprised four episodes, each 45 minutes long, and only broadcast once. The BBC has not repeated the series, although 1 episode was broadcast on BBC Four on 3 December 2007. In September 1995, Edmondson released his first (comic) novel, The Gobbler. The same year he voiced "the animal", an advertising character for British snack Peperami . In 1996, he played the role of Ace Face/Bellboy at The Who's performance of Quadrophenia at London's Hyde Park . A video game called Animal , featuring Peperami's "the animal", was released the same year, with the character being voiced by Ade Edmondson. In 1997-1998 he voiced engine stoker Jones, a major character in the animated series Captain Star .

In the 1998 ITV Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, Edmondson played Dame Dolly alongside Neil Morrissey, Denise Van Outon, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Julie Walters. The show was broadcast on 25 December on ITV1 and continues to be shown every year around Christmas. Following the 1997 Bottom stage tour, Hooligans Island, Mayall and Edmondson worked on the idea of a Bottom film in which Richie and Eddie run a hotel. The two had been working on the script together, and were set to co-direct. In 1998 Mayall was seriously injured and spent a few days in a coma. Edmondson found this time very difficult. When Mayall came around he helped Edmondson complete the script while still in hospital, but it was decided that he was still not fit enough to direct, so Edmondson took the sole directing duties on what became Guest House Paradiso . Since the 2003 Bottom tour, which ended on 12 December of that year, Edmondson has shown a lack of interest in working with his friend Mayall, claiming he is more difficult to work with since his accident.

Template:Citation needed In December 2004 The Daily Mirror newspaper quoted him as saying: "It’s definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous. [...] We're both nearly 50 and we're starting to feel slightly undignified talking about wanking and knobs constantly." [2] Rik Mayall has repeatedly said that they will work together again, they just needed "a good idea." 2000s–present Edit Edmondson appeared regularly in series 4 of the BBC mystery series Jonathan Creek , broadcast in 2003–2004. He had a lead role playing an NHS doctor in the comedy series Doctors and Nurses first broadcast in early 2004. In Surviving Disaster, a BBC docu-drama about the 1986 Chernobyl disaster , broadcast at the start of 2006, Edmondson played the role of Dr Valeri Legasov . In 2005 Edmondson appeared as a celebrity model on Star Portraits with Rolf Harris .

From 2005 to 2008 he appeared as Percy 'Abra' Durant in the medical drama Holby City . In 2008 he played Henry Austen in the BBC produced film Miss Austen Regrets . From 2008 onwards he has played Vernon in ITV sit-com Teenage Kicks . In April 2009 Edmondson appeared on the cooking show Hell's Kitchen , where he reached the final, coming second to winner Linda Evans . In a 2009 interview, Edmondson stated he was 'finally' referring to himself as Adrian rather than his established nickname Ade, as he felt it was time to 'grow up.' Bottom box set review – a hilarious tale of two social outcasts | Television & radio | The Guardian Your next box set Bottom box set review – a hilarious tale of two social outcasts Unfairly labelled juvenile and tasteless, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson’s flatshare comedy was one of the last sitcoms to boast political insight with the power to make you laugh uncontrollably When Richard Richard met Eddie Hitler … Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson in Bottom.

Photograph: Allstar/BBC George Bass Thursday 4 June 2015 10.59 EDT Last modified on Thursday 4 June 2015 19.00 EDT Share on Messenger Close Farts and frying pans. Those are two of the things people tend to think of when you mention Bottom , the flatshare sitcom created by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson . Taken off the air 20 years ago, the show garnered an unfair reputation for being pleb TV: even the titles featured Edmondson taking one in the knackers on a park bench. When Mayall died, a year ago this month, the BBC shamefully only repeated one episode, which doesn’t do Bottom the justice it deserves. In an era when British comedy was desperate to attract US investment, Bottom pandered to no one. It was perhaps one of the last sitcoms to boast political insight, mass viewing figures – and the power to make you laugh uncontrollably, even years later. The premise was simple: dipsomaniac Eddie Hitler (Edmondson) shares a flat with Richard Richard, a 40-year-old virgin played by Mayall with nipple-twiddling gusto.

That’s it: two outcasts, one location, an imaginative use of household appliances and a laughter track that was real. Every week, Richie and Eddie would try to escape their situation, attempting everything from auditioning for Jeremy Beadle-era You’ve Been Framed to forging money that, rather than bearing a picture of the Queen, showed Sylvester Stallone fisting nice Mr McHenry from The Magic Roundabout. Every week they failed, landing back on their arses at the bottom of the social ladder (hence the title). What put many off was the format. Was it cartoon, one long display of comic timing, or psychological experiment? The last might be most accurate, given that Mayall and Edmondson conceived Bottom during a production of Waiting For Godot. What it is, without doubt, is hilarious, and unfairly overlooked – thanks to a lack of repeats and easy labelling like “juvenile” and “tasteless”. Yes, jokes were wrung dry. Yes, on the surface it’s a whirlwind of bad behaviour and careless use of meat cleavers. But there’s another layer to Bottom, beyond the injuries, gunk and knob gags. These two men are, quite simply, in hell.

They have no friends, no family, no future, no society. Created under the cloud of John Major’s new Tory government, Bottom imagined what two absolute rejects might do before 888Casino and Wetherspoons were invented. Unable to rely on anything around them – the telly was rented, the DHSS had cut them off for having £11.80 in savings – Richie and Eddie lived off each other, a literal recipe for disaster. Yet somehow, they survived. Even when blasted by the SAS, they didn’t die. The only thing that killed them was the BBC, who axed their idea for a fourth series, an adaption of their live show spinoff, Hooligan’s Island . The three series were enough, though, even if they do come peppered with digs at a runaway government (when Richie mentions his mother made sandwiches for the Hammersmith Conservation Association, Eddie acknowledges that the only bloke who ate them – the one who got convulsions and permanent brain damage – is now president of the Board of Trade).

Mayall and Edmondson’s writing produced a quotable comedy that cleverly lifted the curtain on how a booming society treats its most vulnerable: shove them in a doss house, let them eat lard. If you’ve ever been in prison, or school, or work, you’ll appreciate Bottom. Bottom (Series) - TV Tropes Born in the Wrong Century : Richie's common lament, which his cultural illiteracy fails to back up. He thinks Shakespeare and the French Revolution were in the same century -- the 13th . British Brevity : The show ran for 18 episodes. British Footy Teams : Eddie is mentioned several times as being a fan of Queens Park Rangers. Dick Head also played for them for a brief period, which ended in disaster after he turned out not to know such basic things as which goal to aim for. Butt Monkey : Both of them, but especially Richie, to cartoonishly extreme levels.

At various times, Richie has managed to inadvertently drink urine, break both his legs during the same episode (to the point that both are bent the wrong way at about 90º), fall down the stairs and end up with his head jammed in their disgusting toilet, drink tea with pig semen in it, inhale a dart and get it stuck in the back of his head, hand and bottom, get a tent pole stuck in his eye socket, suffer the most extreme and prolonged projectile vomiting ever seen on stage - I could go on. Calvinball : Eddie's version is the card game 'One Card Slam' in which Eddie turns over a single card and demands twelve quid from Richie. Since Richie knows nothing about card games (to the extent of not spotting Eddie's five king poker hand) this works very well for Eddie. Can't Hold His Liquor : Richie needs only one sip of scotch to either become drunk or begin thinking that he's drunk (which amounts to the same thing). In the fourth live show he doesn't even take a sip, but still believes he is drunk. One's tempted to conclude that it's all in his head.

On one occasion, when he needed a stiff drink to settle his nerves, Eddie offered him a shot of Tizer (a soft drink, for non-Brits), which did the trick anyway. In another episode, Richie tries to take a swig from an empty bottle Eddie already filled himself with and suddenly believes he's fallen into a drunken stupor, though it doesn't last. Casanova Wannabe : Both characters. The only difference is that at least Eddie gets some tail once in a while. It was confirmed in "'s Up" that Eddie has had sex, and with someone Richie was trying to propose to. Chainsaw Good : Richie reacts poorly to Eddie's reassurance that "all the birds love a scar", and cuts him down to size by chainsawing his legs off at the knee. Characterization Marches On : Richie's penis size, and his resulting insecurity, are given scant mention in the TV show. The stage shows formally measured it at a 1/4 inch and applied the relevant jokes. Christmas Episode : "Holy". Bizarrely though, this was actually originally broadcast in October.

Cloudcuckoolander : All of the recurring cast to some degree (barring only Dick Head), though Dave Hedgehog seems to be the biggest example. Comically Missing the Point : One episode has Richie and Eddie's landlord rope them into to minding his shop while he goes to a funeral, which naturally goes straight to Richie's head . He starts proudly going on about how England is "a nation of shopkeepers" and how that makes them better than countries like France and Italy, no doubt unaware that the saying was prominently used by Emperor Napoleon I. And he meant it derisively. It's fair to say that whenever Richie claims expertise in a subject, applies his mental faculties to anything or infers some kind of noble role he has fulfilled in the past, he'll either get it completely wrong, fail miserably or be lying so feebly that practically nobody could buy his bullshit. However, in this case Napoleon's phrase has been treated as Insult Backfire by many British politicians anyway, who praise the tradition of small business in the UK, so Richie wasn't exactly alone in drawing this interpretation. This quote: (doorbell rings insistently) Richie: All right, all right! Take it easy, you bitch!

I mean, Your Bitchness, I mean Lady Bi- (groans in frustration) Eddie, what do you call them? Eddie: Jugs. What do you call 'em? Eddie and Richie talk about church in "'s Up": Eddie: When did you last go to church? Richie: Well I don't have to go - I'm Church of England. What are you, Eddie? Eddie: I don't know. Richie: Well, what was your mother? Eddie: A wrestler. Richie: Well, maybe that's enough general knowledge for one day. Another quote from "'s Up": Richie: (to his landlord) Oh, great. Come in, sit down. Eddie, a cup of tea! Eddie: Oh, yes please. Eddie: [A]t least we got the duck. (Holds up a rubber duck) Richie: The duck? Eddie: Yeah, it's made out of plastic! Richie: Eddie, what in the name of Greek buggery is the use of a plastic duck? Eddie: It floats in the bath. ("Floats" duck in Richie's face) Hello! Richie: Why?

Richie: (exasperated) Why the duck?! Eddie: It came free with the telly. Richie: Eddie, everything came free with the telly, we were looting! Why didn't you get a free telly with the telly?! Eddie: Well, then it would sink in the bath! Continuity Nod : There are a couple: The uneaten sprouts from the Christmas Episode make a comeback in the Halloween Episode . In one episode we see Richie struggling to finish War and Peace , but he finally manages to do it in a much later one. In "Carnival", Richie says it's the '80s and later in the same episode he says it's the '70s. Counterfeit Cash : This doesn't work too well, since Eddie winds up creating triangular fake banknotes (he claims they're supposed to be Welsh), and others with pornographically detailed portraits. In a brief moment of lucidity (or further insanity) Eddie does mention that the pornographic notes are so barmen will be entranced with them long enough for him to get plastered.

In fact it briefly works on Dick, until he comes to his senses and gets on the phone to Skullcrusher, London's most prolific forger. His counterfeits are nearly as bad as Eddie's, but it's not the quality of his counterfeits that makes him the biggest forger in London - more the fact that he crushes the skulls of any competing forger. Crapsack World : Practically everyone in Richie and Eddie's horrible universe seems to be an unspeakably violent sociopath and/or completely insane. Their alternate Hammersmith is full of kebab shops serving dog, nude vicars running around with guns, deathtrap ferris wheels and travel agents who'll kill you horribly for not paying for your holiday promptly. And everywhere we see them go is dirty, grimy, run-down and miserable. Double Entendre : Frequently, in every episode. Richie: [at camp site] Now, can we just get our equipment out? I mean get our tackle out? No, I mean, get our gear out. Oh God! You can't say anything without some dreadful double entendre lurking around the corner!

Richie frequently misunderstands innocent questions like "How's your sausage?" and "May I drink your juice?", and Eddie lampshades in the last episode. Richie: Let's get the shopping list done. I'll just grab hold of my ballpoint. Both: Oo-er! Eddie: [explosion off screen] Oh no, Richie. No time for crap double-entendres now! Eddie has a similar problem. Innocent questions from Richie are repeatedly interpreted as references to ill-fitting underpants or something similar. Eddie: Have you got the crackers? Richie: No, it's just the way my trousers are rucked up. Double Triple Take : In the old page pic, Eddie's Reaction Shot is just ten seconds of him flicking his eyes up at Richie and down at Richie's new swimming trunks, trying to reconcile what he's seeing with the person it's attached to. Eddie: ...Well, where are they? Richie: That's the thing! They're so tight you can't actually see them... Why did you make me buy a thong, Eddie?!

Drunk with Power : One episode sees Eddie and Richie put in charge of running their landlord's shop when he has to go to a funeral. Naturally, this goes straight to Richie's head, and as soon as he gets the white coat on he's threatening to punch old ladies, shouting abuse at a man who's just trying to buy champagne for his daughter's birthday and making Eddie wear his suit jacket back-to-front . Another shows the two catching a burglar in their flat, who they sit on, tie to chair with Sellotape and try to poison. It completely backfires. Evil Plan : Dick Head is fond of these. In "Parade" he teams up with the local bookmaker and pawn merchant to scam the locals out of their cash and valuables. Then, in "Dough", he rats out Richie and Eddie's forgery operation to London's biggest forger, "Skullcrusher" Henderson, who demands a £5,000 tribute in order to avoid having to crush Richie and Eddie's skulls. Fortunately, Dick is running a pub quiz with the requisite £5,000 as a prize...

unfortunately, it happens to be £5,000 of Skullcrusher's own forged cash, which turns out to be useless for paying off their debt. And they don't discover this until they've already given Dick £1,000 worth of gold teeth for their entry fee. Richie often thinks he's come up with these, but few of them actually work because his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them. Expy : Of the characters they played in Filthy Rich & Catflap . Also pretty similar to the characters they played in The Comic Strip Presents : Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door, The Young Ones and their "Dangerous Brothers" stage act. It's lampshaded by Rik in "Weapons Grade Y-fronts". Richie: You er.... haven't changed your material much have you? Extreme Omnivore : Eddie has eaten lard, straight from the pack, and washed it down with cooking oil, as well as yoghurt that was so old it sprouted grass. Eddie: Who left this pot of cress in the fridge? Richie: That's not cress, that's that yoghurt you started during the Gulf War.

Eddie: [eats it anyway] ...Doesn't taste like banana and peach... Fire-Breathing Diner : They turn this trope into Fire Farting Diner thanks to Richie's "sprouts mexicain." Flat-Earth Atheist : Eddie and Richie state their disbelief in God even when standing on His giant hand which materialised in response to their prayers. This, naturally, causes said hand to disappear in a Puff of Logic . Forged Message : Richie receives birthday cards from himself every year - only he claims they are from grateful Soviet citizens, Sue Carpenter and the crew of the Ark Royal. Eddie barely manages to play along with the joke with his usual dripping sarcasm: Eddie: ...and this one's from "The people of the Soviet Union, in grateful thanks to Comrade Richie." Richie: It's in Russian. Forgot to Pay the Bill : In one episode, the TV rental money got spent elsewhere and Richie and Eddie had to resort to playing "put a piece of Sellotape on the fridge", "see how much custard you hold in your pants", and a rather violent game of chess. Subverted in "Gas".

Richie and Eddie have not forgotten to pay their gas bill; instead, they've been stealing from the neighbour's gas line so that they don't need to pay the bill. Four-Temperament Ensemble : Richie (sanguine), Eddie (choleric), Spudgun (melancholic), and Dave Hedgehog (phlegmatic). Alternatively, Eddie could be seen as sanguine/choleric and Dave could be seen as phlegmatic/sanguine. Fridge Logic : Inï¿½ï¿½universe ï¿½ Halfway through Contest Richie realises thatï¿½ ₤11·80note Eddieï¿½s savings, which the pair have live from for the following two months.ï¿½₤1·50note Cost of a porn mag/art pamphlet Eddie bought as investment.≠30pnote What Eddie claims is leftover, the missing ten pounds sterling apparently went on a 1000-1 bet on Miss China in the Miss World Contest. See I Lied for where the money really went. "Friends" Rent Control : Despite having lived on the dole since 1978, they're in no danger of being kicked out for non-payment.

Even a flat as God-awful as theirs wouldn't drop the rent that low. Of course, Richie's Auntie Mabel is the one who pays the rent (quick, hide the fags). Gainax Ending : Surprisingly this is how the "canon" of Bottom ended in the final stage show. After traipsing through (an extremely minimalistic depiction of) history in Eddie's time travelling toilet (The TURDIS) for half the show, the boys are trapped at the dawn of creation itself, where they are beholden unto a colossal pair of Y-Fronts which Richie claims are the origin point of existence. Eddie declares he's too confused to even start processing what is occurring. They then break into a reiteration of the previous show's Pants song, close curtain. Gargle Blaster : Eddie's concoction of brandy, meths (methylated spirit or denatured alcohol), Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie. Weapons Grade Lager which is made of industrial strength cleaners and the entire contents of the medical cabinet.

On one occasion, they attempt to make a vodka Martini without having any of the necessary ingredients on hand; they end up combining Pernod and ouzo with a spoonful of marmalade (since they don't have any glacé cherries) and salt on the rim of each glass. Eddie suggests naming it the Bloody Awful, or perhaps the Esther Rantzen — "It pulls your gums back over your teeth". In "Terror," Eddie creates some homebrew which has the appearance and consistency of roofing tar, and has a habit of dissolving enamel and porcelain, requiring them to drink it out of steel pans. A God Am I : Richie has on occasion managed to convince himself that the fact that he's still a virgin means he's the new Messiah, because he's being kept 'pure' due to being 'better than everyone in the entire universe'. As opposed to the rather more likely explanation that he's just a completely repugnant and unlikeable creep who no one in their right mind would ever want to sleep with. Goshdang It To Heck : Despite regularly swearing like a trooper, Richie sporadically uses polite alternatives, presumably because he thinks it sounds posher.

Groin Attack : Inevitably shows up during the knock-down-drag-out fistfights. Halloween Episode : "Terror". And fitting in with the unusual scheduling of their Christmas episode, this one was originally broadcast in January. Hammer Space : Eddie's overcoat is capable of storing a seemingly unlimited variety of alcoholic beverages. Including a pint glass full of lager. Heterosexual Life-Partners : Richie and Eddie. Oh, so much (except that Richie is arguably suicidally desperate). And they've been at it for decades, too. Hideous Hangover Cure : Made from 7 raw eggs, washing up liquid, Domestos and ant spray, and apparently intended to be ingested through the nose. Lethal Chef : Just to show that there is no start to Richie's talents, he cooked Christmas dinner. His roast potatoes were carbonised, and broke the plate when he served them; the sprouts were closer to mash and he cremated the turkey. And the less said about his 'slap up grill for two' (with all the ingredients grown, found or foraged), the better.

And whatever you do, don't try his sprouts Mexicain, a mix of sprouts, various spices and gunpowder. Eddie isn't much better. Vodka margarine - with a couple of cans of hairspray for flammability. Meaningful Name : In the second live show Eddie pretends to be looking after a tortoise for Geoffrey Nasty. To make things worse for Richie who had presumably killed the tortoise, he points out that Geoffrey is a psychopathic penis remover and his nickname is simply "Ooh Fuck". He later admits he was joking to make Richie shit himself, which worked. Also it wasn't a tortoise at all. Another in the second show is Mr. Big whom Eddie believes should be called "Mr. Absolutely Fucking Enormous, Violent, Ugly Psychopath and Surrounded by the Dead and Dying". Skullcrusher Henderson, named after his favorite way of dealing with those who irk him. Spudgun claims to have one. Give him a potato and he'll show you. Mood Whiplash : At the end of the first live show Richie thanks Eddie for being his friend.

Eddie looks at the audience with a touched expression on his face but then immediately brushes it off. The Movie : The two main characters were transplanted into Guest House Paradiso , slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The Bottom Movie", just to drive the point home. Names to Run Away from Really Fast : Skullcrusher. Never Gets Drunk : Eddie has only been drunk once, but he never sobered up. He is thus immune to inebriation. Nobody Poops : Brutally averted numerous times, not least in the live show where Richie manages to have the "jappy-crappies" for three years and spends a good portion of the show with his back from knees to shoulders covered in explosive diarrhoea. Richie: Is my skid mark showing? Eddie: Not so much a skid mark, more a half-mile stretch of the Maginot Line. Alright: an emergency runway. In Bosnia. In winter. That's covered in shit. No Communities Were Harmed : An unusual subversion, since Richie and Eddie are mentioned several times as living in the Hammersmith district of London.

However, the district is constantly implied to be extremely run-down and violent, whereas the real-life Hammersmith is actually one of London's more affluent areas. Which is probably the reason Richie thinks he's part of the middle class. (Their road, sometimes called Mafeking Terrace and sometimes Mafeking Parade, doesn't exist in Hammersmith, London. There are a couple of Mafeking Terraces elsewhere in the country.) No Fourth Wall : Instances of this go from the occasional Aside Glance to lengthy monologues addressing the audience. It's even more blatant in the live shows; Richie and Eddie are completely aware that they're fictional characters on a stage, and have no problem insulting the audience's hometowns, threatening to fire crew members, and complaining that all their troubles are the fault of those fat ugly bastards who play them . A lot of guest characters and minor characters share names with various well-known footballers of the day (Lineker, Grobbelaar, etc). The references are not always flattering. Richie and Eddie sometimes watch Emmerdale and mention the series in their conversations. Richie reads War and Peace in "Apocalypse" and finishes it in "Dough".

Eddie, Spudgun and Hedgehog watch the film version in "Accident". Example from an early episode: Richie and Eddie have been stealing from the neighbour's gas line; now they have to come up with a way to disconnect it without getting caught... the kitchen explodes into a fireball in the process. Richie: What the bloody hell are you doing!? Eddie: ...Just thought I'd burn it off. Richie: What, your face? Another when they try to steal a Falklands War veteran's leg to put the money on a three-legged, blind race horse whose jockey gets shot. The following plan of mugging people in the toilets to buy the leg back is foiled by the first victim - a police officer. Averted when Richie get an apparent death curse from a fortune teller, which he believes was a plot by Eddie to steal the other half of his inheritance from auntie Olga. In general, Richie and Eddie will inevitably let their fundamental stupidity, lack of foresight and inability to solve problems without violence bollocks up any kind of plan they make, no matter how seemingly straightforward and simple it should be. Small Name, Big Ego : Richie.

He's convinced he's better than everyone else, and on one occasion, he almost deluded himself into thinking he was "the new messiah." Spiritual Successor : To The Young Ones and Filthy Rich & Catflap . It was also inspired by their West End production of Waiting for Godot . Spot of Tea : A Running Gag with several disgusting variations, such as coagulated three-month-old tea, or elm tea. Richie: The gypsies swear by it. Eddie I bet they do; I bet they say "What the bloody hell is this?" Another when the gas man comes to read their meter which is empty since they've been stealing from the neighbours Richie: You must, you must, you must drink our tea! It's the best tea in London! Sit down and drink it! For about twelve minutes! Also in the first live show, Eddie tries to kill Richie with a concoction of tea and goat poison. Stock Yuck : The traditional British joke about Brussels Sprouts for Christmas. Made worse by the fact that the sprouts in question are being served in October. The following October. Richie: Yes, they were a bit... frisky...

And the hangover cure made of 7 raw eggs, washing up liquid, Domestos, Jif and ant spray. In the third live show Richie offers Eddie some cocktails made of the most disgusting ingredients. 1) Gin, blood and porcupine shit (without the gin) 2) Coconut milk and napalm 3) Tree bark, sea water and porcupine urine Richie: How about a nice, slow, comfortable....fist up the arse? Eddie: [puzzled] Well... I've got a mother. Lily: No, no no no, I meant to Adolf Hitler. Eddie: Yes! That's her! Richie's father, Oswald (as in Oswald Moseley) Richard, is all but stated to have been a Nazi sympathizer and traitor to Britain. Richie is, of course, far too stupid to realise this.

Tim Taylor Technology : If you compare a real-life cattle prod to Richie and Eddie's cattle prod from "Terror"[[note]](which is about four feet long, has to be carried via a shoulder strap and has enough batteries and wiring to power a medium-sized street), it's no wonder Richie keeps crapping his pants whenever he gets zapped by it. Time Skip : Several in a row in "Carnival". Eddie proudly tells Richie that he knows how to hook up the video players he stole that morning. Cut to a week later, and Eddie has nearly finished unwrapping the components. Cut to the following Christmas, and Eddie is ready to open the instruction manual. Cut to Richie returning from his holiday the following summer, and Eddie is finally ready to fire up the VCR... except it doesn't so much fire up as blow up. Too Dumb to Live : Obviously. Trouser Space : Richie manages to steal a BBC camera this way. "There's plenty of space in my trousers...

sadly." The Unseen : Richie's relatives including at least two aunties and a sister, who is just like him (only with smaller jugs), and Ethel Cardew, Eddie's ostensible girlfriend who hasn't spoken to Eddie since the superglue incident . (Nor to anyone else either.) There's also Fatty Amal who apparently owns the kebab shop across the street. Toilet Humour : There's a Running Gag in the series that Richie and Eddie shit themselves when they get in trouble. In "Dough", Richie hides some encyclopaedias in a toilet cubicle and puts an "Out of Order" sign on the door. When he comes back, somebody is occupying the cubicle. Richie asks him if he didn't see the sign, and the man in the cubicle says he did but is out of order as well. This is followed by a series of loud fart and diarrhoea sounds. The man also thinks the books are in fact "posh loo paper". In "Carnival", Richie trips on stairs and falls head first into the toilet. When he gets out, his head and face have brown stains everywhere. Richie: "You bastard, Eddie!

Why do you never flush the toilet?" Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist : Both of them. The fact that Eddie, a deranged hyper-violent lecherous alcoholic known to drink brake fluid and Domestos, is actually the (marginally) less unsympathetic one gives you an idea what Richie is like. Vitriolic Best Buds : For two people who spend most of their time beating the living crap out of each other, Eddie and Richie certainly are very inseparable. This is almost certainly because no one but the other would put up with them though. Vomit Indiscretion Shot : The Movie Guest House Paradiso has one of the most revolting examples in the history of cinema. Adrian Edmondson - TV Celebrities - ShareTV Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson's Main TV Roles Show [Complete List] BIOGRAPHY: Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, director, writer and musician.

He is probably best known for his comedic roles as Vyvyan Basterd in The Young Ones (1982–1984), and Eddie Hitler in Bottom (1991–1995), which he also wrote together with co-star Rik Mayall, his long-time comedy partner. Early life Edmondson, the second of four children, was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. As a child, he has spent time living with his family in a variety of places including Cyprus, Bahrain, and Uganda, where his father was a teacher in the armed forces. Edmondson attended Pocklington School in Yorkshire from 11 to 18 years of age and later went on to the University of Manchester to study drama, receiving a 2:1 degree, where he befriended his future comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson and Mayall soon became best friends and before long, they found work on the burgeoning alternative comedy scene Comedy career 2000s–present Edmondson appeared regularly in series 4 of the BBC mystery series Jonathan Creek, broadcast in 2003–2004.

In Surviving Disaster, a BBC docu-drama about the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, broadcast at the start of 2006, Edmondson played the role of Dr Valeri Legasov. In 2005 Edmondson appeared as a celebrity model on Star Portraits with Rolf Harris. From 2005 to 2008 he appeared as Percy 'Abra' Durant in the medical drama Holby City. In 2008 he played Henry Austen in the BBC produced film Miss Austen Regrets. From 2008 onwards he has played Vernon in ITV sit-com Teenage Kicks. In April 2009 Edmondson appeared on the cooking show Hell's Kitchen, where he reached the final, coming second to winner Linda Evans.

In a 2009 interview, Edmondson stated he was 'finally' referring to himself as Adrian rather than his established nickname Ade, as he felt it was time to 'grow up.' Edmondson is a fan and current season ticket holder of Npower League One football side Exeter City and often watches them at home and away matches.He played the role of 'Captain Hook' in the Canterbury Marlowe Arena pantomime during its Christmas 2009 run. In April 2010, Edmondson confirmed to the Daily Express that he'd quit comedy, stating that his interest in it has declined for many years, and wanted to focus more on his band, claiming it is 'more fun than doing comedy.' He also rubbished the idea of a potential reunion with Rik Mayall, saying it is 'very unlikely'. In an August edition of Radio 4's Chain Reaction he clarified to Lee Mack that, he hadn't really quit but was focussing more on music and farming. He confirmed that he and Mayall often spoke of a reunion when they are old men.

Music career Edmondson has directed pop videos for Fiesta (1988) by The Pogues, Prime Mover (1987) by Zodiac Mindwarp, Like The Weather (1988) by 10,000 Maniacs, Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness (1988) by Sandie Shaw, and Hourglass by Squeeze (1987). A fan of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Edmondson performed vocals with them as part of their 2006 reformation and countrywide tour, and contributed vocals and writing for their 2007 album Pour l'Amour des Chiens.Together with Maartin Allcock, Andy Dinan, and Troy Donockley, Edmondson founded the band The Bad Shepherds in 2008, performing punk and new wave classics on folk instruments. The band have released two albums and toured in 2009, playing at places like the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival. TRIVIA: Met best friend and comedy partner 'Rik Mayall' (qv) at Manchester University in 1975.

Has three daughters: Eleanor, Beatrice and 'Freya Edmondson' (qv). He had auditioned for for the roles of Ed (when Ed was written to have some dialogue), Zazu and Pumbaa (by singing Hakuna Matata in a Queen's English accent) in _The Lion King (1994)_ (qv). He was asked to audition for the role of Pumbaa by lyricist 'Tim Rice (I)' (qv), who got the idea for the lyrics of the song "Hakuna Matata" by watching _"Bottom" (1991)_ (qv). Is the second oldest of four siblings. Related sites for this celeb

Question: What is the surname of Eddie played by Adrian Edmondson in the UK TV series Bottom?
Answer: Hitler