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Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s.
The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and "Sir Adrian Dangerous". [1] Originally appearing on stage in London at the comedy club The Comic Strip, the characters were well developed before appearing on TV.
Rik responds with "Ha! Ha! Missed both my legs!" This is a reference to The Young Ones episode "Oil". The same joke is done again in the Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour. Rik Mayall is always the first cast member to both speak and appear on stage, shortly followed by Ade Edmondson.
20th Century Coyote was an English comedy group noted for first uniting Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall. [1] Formed by Lloyd Peters in March 1976 whilst studying B.A. Drama at Manchester University, this improvisatory character-led comedy troupe was to become the resident company at the Band on the Wall music venue in Manchester.
In the early 1980s, much of the programme's cast performed on London's comedy club circuit, gaining significant popularity at The Comedy Store [2] —Alexei Sayle was the prominent act, drawing attention as the manic, aggressive compere; Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall worked together in the troupe 20th Century Coyote and later became the double act The Dangerous Brothers; and Nigel Planer ...
Mayall had previously performed a similar, though slightly differently named, character called 'Kevin Turby', on stage at London's the Comic Strip. Critic Ian Hamilton described Turby's routine: Kevin's tour de force is a long, intricately plodding monologue about His Average Day.
The British sitcom Bottom first aired on BBC2 over three series from 1991 to 1995 and starred Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as the two main characters, Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler. It also featured an extensive supporting cast of recurring and minor characters.
They had blue stripes around their caps and then the Revolution happened and Rik Mayall unsurprisingly was playing Rasputin. [56] In December 2020, Rowan Atkinson told the Radio Times: I don't actually like the process of making anything – with the possible exception of Blackadder. Because the responsibility for making that series funny was ...