American Reacts | BOTTOM | Grandmasters of Chess | REACTION

[@OneDarkMartian]

You absolutely need to react to the full episodes of Bottom. It’s absolutely hilarious, Rik and Ade are two of the funniest guys ever. It’s violent, crude, silly and downright hilarious.

[@stickytapenrust6869]

It’s like Father Ted on steroids. That would have been an interesting crossover, Richie, Father Jack and Eddie.

[@brianm2881]

@@stickytapenrust6869 I would have said it's like Steptoe and Son..... on acid.

[@MySpecks]

100%

[@nuthinnew]

@@brianm2881 only fools and horses on crack

[@maddal1705]

Bottom 's Out (the camping episode) is a great episode to react to, or Finger where they go to the hotel where Eddie (Ade) is... 😂

[@robertspencer2516]

Rick Mayall is still badly missed. It was such a shock when he died. He and AdeEdmonton were just so so funny together.

[@burnsyboyy7534]

Bottom never gets old, these 2 guys were just amazing together, R.I.P Rik Mayall.

[@Andymartin1175]

Rik Mayall was the only celebrity i ever shed tears over when they died. A true legend and genius.

[@31legend]

Same

[@James92453]

I remember watching Bottom in the 90s when I was a young teenager. My grandparents were round visiting and my Mum was talking to my Gran as they were about to leave. So my Grandad stood there and watched Bottom for a few minutes with me. This was totally unlike anything that he would have watched at home with my Gran. I'll always remember the look on his face and the sound of him laughing as Rik and Ade went at each other. This brought me so much joy and I still think it's probably the funniest comedy show ever created. RIP Rik.

[@danieleyre8913]

I remember my octogenarian grandmother cracking up laughing at the accident episode.

[@stupididiot6116]

To be fair if they grew up watching slapstick humour from the likes of Laurel & Hardy then you can see it’s pretty similar in most aspects !

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

Bottom had 3 series , 5 live stage shows & Guest House Paradiso (movie)

[@BadBoyV1]

All awesome👍

[@maddal1705]

Bottom is one of my most favourite comedies ever. In this chess game scene, they were missing a lot of pieces so obviously, the dynamo duo improvised and used other things for the missing pieces. This fight is one of my favourite fights that they have in the show.

[@CarouselExperiment]

Bottom is one of the greatest shows ever:)

[@janephilpott6565]

I saw Ade Edmondson playing Scrooge in The Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre last Friday (not-so-humble brag there from me 🤣🤣) and he was AMAZING, he could command the attention of the whole audience in a scene with loads of other actors by just pulling a facial expression - legend

[@andyyoung9463]

I was there on the Saturday. He was brilliant. Never seen Scrooge played like that before.

[@RtardD2]

Did he beat up the ghost of Christmas future with a frying pan?

[@Tim_3100]

He was great in first series of man down before he past away

[@janephilpott6565]

@@RtardD2 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏

[@stupididiot6116]

The “Gas” episode has to be the funniest one ! Their interactions with the gasman and mr.Rottweiler are classics

[@danieleyre8913]

Nah the episode “accident” where it’s Ritchie’s birthday is the funniest.

[@busterboy7507]

They're all funny

[@Shagyamum]

The camping trip is best

[@UnnLykley]

this ep i.e. culture is good

[@31legend]

Evening mr Rottweiler

[@theraiderra8798]

When they go camping in "Bottom" is my favorite =)

[@myoldmate]

Where Rik sucked the dart in.

[@myoldmate]

@@stephenhumphrey7935 I know.

[@philkasafir.]

WOMBLES!!!!!

[@jamesboorer9825]

Growing up as a teenager in the UK I used to love Thursday evenings when this would air on regular TV in late 90’s…absolute love Bottom and grew up on it. So glad you enjoy it even if you can’t fully show on your channel at least watch in private keep up the good work

[@frankdux5693]

Was it not on a Sunday night on BBC 2.

[@MegaMidgetNinja]

The violence is pure slapstick, it's great.

[@Obi-J]

🤔

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

I always thought of Bottom as a real life cartoon. "There's only one thing better than having a great play, and that's having two great plays." -"That doesn't make any sense, Oscar." "I know, none of my stuff does, you know. Nice bit of Biro by the way. Ta very much." R.Richard

[@olliep8117]

Exactly, why don't the morons at YT understand what slapstick is? They are braindead and have no understanding of context in relation to violence. It's clearly slapstick and comical in Bottom, not threatening or nasty like in some films or TV shows.

[@stupididiot6116]

They just copied laurel & hardy tbf !

[@MD-1982]

Dude as one of the first to comment, PLEASE watch this fantastic and hilarious series! 😁👍🏻 There are fights and fart gags and you'll love this! 🤣

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Bro, this show is one of the hardest (alongside Allo Allo) to get anything on KZbin for reaction purposes. Massively funny show.

[@theworldisastage4520]

KZbin needs to grow up. This was one of my favorite programs when I was about 9. You need to watch from the beginning to get the content. The dialogue is funny too.

[@quaylewd2511]

I have watch Bottom a million times and never get bored of it. Classic British slap-stick comedy.

[@tomreviews9668]

Bottom is one of the greatest UK comedies of all time! I love "Gas", "Burglar" and "Holy" episodes. If you ever get a chance, check out their film " Guest House Paradiso".

[@clivep3515]

I saw them live around 20 years ago, they were really whacky live. Brilliant show. My favourite.

[@helenagreenwood2305]

The banging his head in the fridge reminds me of Drop Dead Fred - which starred Rik Mayall of course

[@markasbury1084]

bottom is quite simply a master class of comedy.

[@GunnarFreyr71909]

The Live Shows are epic where they interact with audience. Many have reacted to it. The Young Ones were the predecessor to Bottom with lighter brurality. Rick Mayall also appear several times as a guest actor as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder.

[@StateOfMind63]

I find the Young Ones harder to watch now, it hasnt aged the best, but Bottom is still hilarious.

[@GunnarFreyr71909]

@@StateOfMind63 I agree.

[@JBxIx]

You can react to full episodes of this no problem. Tons of KZbinrs have. It's not gory it's just proper old school British slapstick comedy. Bottom, The Young Ones and Filthy Rich and Catflaps are amongst the best British comedies eve created.

[@stupididiot6116]

…..your joking aren’t you ? Can you just imagine the woke meltdown today from millennials watching the episode of the young ones where the policeman ( wearing sunglasses) grabs the guy ringing the doorbell telling him “ that’s white mans electricity your using “ ……..and then when the policeman takes off his sunglasses he apologises telling the guy “ I’m sorry , I thought you was a nigger “ !!!! ……….and also in the episode where Rik goes to phone Margaret Thatcher to tell her that he’s got an atom bomb and upon arriving at the phone box it’s covered in graffiti with the words “ wogs go home “ ! …………..the snowflakes of today wouldn’t be able to handle it at all !

[@fuzzybobbles]

Bottom was shown first time from 1991 to 1995 as 3 x 6 episode series. Plus they did 4 live stage shows based around the tv show and a movie where they are hotel owners called Guesthouse Paradiso

[@markchapman6576]

5 stage shows

[@debbiemillar5864]

Legends!! I grew up watching these two. Hilarious! More episodes please

[@awall1701]

I love this show, especially the Christmas special. Enjoyed your reactions to this clip.

[@janneroz-photographyonabudget]

Gold, Frankenstein and Grrr?

[@c_n_b]

@@janneroz-photographyonabudget AND I'M A VIRGIN! 😱

[@janneroz-photographyonabudget]

@@c_n_b LMFAO!!! Now, where's the vodka margarine????

[@andreashessler838]

"You wait until my husband God gets here, then you'll be in trouble" - Richard Mary

[@georgeowain]

Sorry if someone has already explained this. The reason for all those odd chess pieces is because they only have five left. And the reason why is Eddie has been stealing and selling the others because apparently each piece is carved from ivory and worth £65-£85.

[@Ryan-xu7sh]

£75

[@SyMchale]

Oh yes please!! Do all 3 seasons, absolutely amazing!

[@jasonward6723]

finally the best British comedy and my comedy hero growing up rip rik mayal

[@Obi-J]

You should probably check out Rik Mayall(RIP) and Ade Edmondson in their early days. They were in a double act together called The Dangerous Brothers and they were in the The Young Ones, one of my favourite comedy shows from the 1980s, about a group of students sharing a house. They were also regulars in the 'Comic Strip presents...' series.

[@Obi-J]

You may also recognise Rik Mayall as Lord Flash-Heart from Blackadder.

[@gazwilliams-nc7jp]

I watched this show on tape, from being about 5 years old, id watch the tape every night, and it would be Bottom and Red Dwarf, id go sleep to it up until it was taken off Netflix a few years ago I have them on DVD but cba swapping discs haha Theres only 3 seasons sadly, but they did live shows too, which are just as good, it was like a family member had died when Rik Mayall passed on

[@posvid]

If you liked this one, you'll love the Gas Man scene. Unfortunately, I can't find the full scene from start to finish here. Someone needs to send the whole thing.

[@johneastwood3039]

I tried finding that too to recommend it, pity the full thing isn't on KZbin.

[@johnjo7778]

I love the Christmas episode "Holy" Absolutely brilliant!

[@31legend]

And I’m a virgin!

[@GMT439]

Rick Mayall's Facial expressions.. He's a comedy legend and sadly missed.

[@mikethemusicman1978]

So glad you liked Bottom, it's a series full of violence and comedy, please do the full series

[@keithcornish5073]

yeah whooo bottom, you did a bottom reaction. Ive been asking for one of them for ages, well done. the thing about the game of chess and why Richie had various random pieces to play with at the start of the game is because unbeknown to him Eddie had found his antique chess set that he'd hidden inside the wall and sold them to buy drink. There are a few clips you could try that dont have the Eddie & Richie violence in but are still proper funny. The clip when Eddie pretends to be Death (not deaf) is a good one. The Bottom Live stage shows are on youtube, so they should be acceptable content for you to react to. Anyway it was good to see a Bottom reaction on your channel, thank you

[@hannukah812]

I got the box set for my dad for Christmas as he hasn’t watched it for years. Can’t wait to rewatch with him!

[@Tim1999]

They were also in a hilarious show called The Young Ones, about a bunch of students, which I loved.

[@billmayor8567]

This is a follow on from that. They have both grown up

[@johnjo7778]

@@billmayor8567 They are different characters

[@roypalfrey5694]

Hello King. Just a thought about getting some 'Bottom' reactions for us fans; Your friend and ours Eclectic Beard posted a few a while back. Maybe ask him what problems, if any, he encountered. His reaction, in case you were wondering was "That was hilarious, I don't care who you are!"

[@waynekinney3358]

Full Eppisode of 'Gas'! It was shown in the early 90's on BBC, surely youtube can't be that harsh? lol

[@waynen6996]

Oh yes these dudes are wacky,love em... rip dear rik 💙💎🕊️

[@AlexBelotti1604]

Bottom is epic rip Rik always loved never forgotten

[@karlgaff9303]

Bottom is definitely one of my favourite comedy series. Had me in pieces.

[@tobytroubs]

Lmao...you finally discovered Bottom 😃, saw the live show a few times , they were excellent...Rick greatly missed RIP

[@Tokalafox]

Pity the clip didn't have part where Richie questions about the rules of the chess pieces.(They let children play this game!) but great reaction :)

[@Billy.Nomates]

'Just the 2 main characters beating each other up'..that's the entire plot of every episode

[@manonthestreet1703]

Rik Mayall was something else, so much energy. Maybe not the best of our comedy writers but definitely up there with actors. I reckon Boomer would love Bottom, it is stupid, slapstick comedy at its finest and the live shows were especially hilarious and absolutely filthy 😆

[@CPTM1]

Slapstick, silly, ridiculous, weird, and even sexism. But it was funny. It was one of the best comedies in the 90s. Rik and Ade were/are comedy geniuses. This was the comedy and many others I grew up on when I was a kid.

[@shanekneeshaw3483]

Best show ever made 😂

[@Eurovloggs]

My new fave channel…. Ive bit laughed so much in ages… thank you man

[@JP8Mate]

These two were great together. Ya gotta react to full eps.

[@kellyhardwell7097]

I'm glad when you had taken some time to watch 'Bottom' you enjoyed it. 😁 They did this show after 'The Young ones'.

[@geoffreynorth9046]

One of the greatest comedy shows of all time... we saw one of the live Bottom shows (have to be carefuly typing that... ) and it was so funny.... very underestimated.... I struggle to explain to my skeptical family members why I think it is genius, but I think it is

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

Here's an even shorter clip of them and there's no violence between the two of them. If you're wondering where they are they're in their local pub and trying to obtain 'something for the weekend' - that's the term that a lot of barbers here in the U.K. used when it came to selling their customers condoms. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKTOYqCQbamHhsU

[@johnp8131]

You will see them both pop up in the occasional Blackadder too. Rik Mayall more so.

[@mmhdata]

I think you'll struggle to find YT friendly clips, but i'm glad you appreciate it. It's a unique show, yes 90s.

[@Andymartin1175]

Gas is one of the funniest episodes of any sitcom ever. If you only watch one episode of Bottom, watch that one.

[@marklehuray1091]

Bottom is just them doing Tom and Jerry style violence there's no blood so youtube should be ok with that.EB did quite a bit of them a while ago perhaps chat to him.ok watching that clip much blood then lol

[@jordan_roadhouse4798]

This show is bonkers. They did a film for the characters too.

[@BadBoyV1]

Guest House Paradiso

[@jordan_roadhouse4798]

@@BadBoyV1 That's the one. I could only remember the paradiso bit in the title. I quiet liked the story for it, it has also been some 15 years since i last saw it though.

[@MikeyNottz]

@@BadBoyV1 it’s a classic & seems to have a lot of the “Shaun of the dead” actors too, I wonder if the casting for it was based somewhat on their performances on Guest House Paradiso!?? 🤔😅

[@BadBoyV1]

@@MikeyNottz It would be cool to think it was that movie that group them together to potentially give the foundation for Sean of the dead's casting line up lol

[@robertheaney8869]

There is basically a prequel to bottom called “the young ones”, even better.

[@WithinMusic]

One of the best shows... You have to persevere mate

[@Martin-dt5fk]

Absolutely love Bottom all time favourite comedy, fairground episode had me in stitches 😂😅

[@paulandrew9924]

Amazing Comedy, hope you do the series.

[@frankspencer6935]

Have to catch the whole episodes, like the Gasman, Christmas and Fairground ones. Eddie pawned half the chess set so that is why Ritchie was playing with Spiderman, prawns and a Ketchup.

[@clarenceflam]

They went on tour with this show. Really wished I had seen it at time, this was a huge show.

[@j0hnf_uk]

There needs to be a bit of context here, especially when it comes to the chess pieces. Eddy has been selling them off, surreptitiously, one by one for quite a while, with there only being a couple of pieces left. So, when the idea of having a game of chess came up, they had to substitute most of the pieces with other small items. The pawns, for examples, are frozen prawns. The Queen is a small potted cactus with a paper crown on it; one of the bishops is a Spiderman, the other a sausage. One of the knights is a plastic skeleton, and so on.. It just adds to the total ridiculousness of the situation.

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

Early 90s, I remember watching this and laughing about it the next day in school.

[@colinwinwood8027]

Another programme staring the same actors I would like to recommend is called The Young Ones. It's a 1980s comedy. I think you can watch some full episodes on KZbin.

[@mattacaster2935]

One of my favourite comedies of all time. My best friend looks like Eddie! There isn't a bad episode but the second episode of series 1 'Gas' is widely considered the best. Saw them live on the second tour and were amazing - still have my ticket. Was at work the day Rik died, a teenager had a text and didn't know who he was - I refused to believe it until I saw news for myself. RIP Rik Mayall.

[@haroldhadradi8763]

Did you know that both Ryk and Mr Rottweiler had a cameo appearance in "an American werewolf in london". They play the 2 locals, playing chess in the village pub, I didn't recognise Ryk until he smiled at Brian Glovers joke.

[@mattacaster2935]

@@haroldhadradi8763 I 've not seen the film so didn't know that. Thanks.

[@BadBoyV1]

You should react to whole episodes, all of them are on Dailymotion for free👍, same with "the young ones"

[@stevenjones6364]

With all that violence on bottom I don't suppose you could do Tom and Jerry 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@LennyHenrysDorsalCavity]

Yessir finally Bottom! You'll love the Bottom Live videos, they're all on KZbin fully available.

[@lorrainelee597]

The Bottom outtakes and Live ‘breaking character’ clips and compilations are the best you could ever watch, highly recommended!

[@martinscholes2023]

They used to do a sketch called The Dangerous Brothers, where they would set fire to each other amongst other things

[@dexstewart2450]

They started with a stage show: The Dangerous Brothers. They also made a movie - the opening minutes of Guest House Paradiso is pretty hard to beat.

[@MagnusMaximusinWales]

How can KZbin be so blinkered about comedic slapstick 'violence'? You can get it in Laurel & Hardy films, Tom & Jerry cartoons, etc.

[@kenpudsey6435]

This was a great series..Rik and Ade also starred in the comedy classic 'The Young Ones'..👌

[@neilgilbert6798]

About time boomer bottom is awesome and violent 3 series and 6 live shows had the privilege to see these live in Manchester apolo bloody brilliant mate Mrs Boomer will like this as well great reaction pal

[@Nick_Menicou]

the UK's equivalent of Tom & Jerry. Brilliant

[@georgecarlinismytribe]

Saucepan sound gets me every time :)

[@heatherlawson3437]

I absolutely loved Bottom, The Young Ones, and The Comic Strip Presents. All worth a watch. Rik Mayall was hilarious, and is truly missed. Adrian Edmonson still .acts, but has also done great cooking shows, which showed him travelling. all over the Uk

[@oliverchapman893]

Loved this show. RIP Rik Mayall !

[@napalmsquirrel84]

This is the second american reaction to bottom ive seen and on both times they didn't quite get the comedy innthe dialogue but as soon as they start smashing each other's brains in they literally wet themselves laughing 😂

[@neiluk1470]

used to watch this when I was a kid on bbc2. Shooting Stars and Red Dwarf too

[@mac10ner]

The Gas Man episode made me cry laughing

[@nathanroberts1053]

Omg. Yes! You need to do full episode reactions. Rik mayall is a legend. RIP rik

[@andreashessler838]

You simply must watch the full 3 series of episodes of this classic program. You might actually have a heart attack from laughing though. Fair warning...

[@keithstevenson6892]

Best is the live shows in which they did the same crazy fights... Which only occasionally went wrong

[@vandalfinnicus1507]

They also did a completely ridiculous movie called Guest House Paradiso (1999).

[@jonnno243]

One of my favourite Bottom episodes is "Hole". Well worth watching

[@shogododo]

Look at the Bottom Live bloopers YT posts - They did numerous Theatrical tours which were put out as VHS videos back in the late 80's. The best bits are where Rik Mayall fluffs up his lines and they riff for a while.

[@shogododo]

Forgot to say - there is ZERO violence in the blooper clips.

[@owencorfield6163]

First & second season is absolute must see, crazy off the wall, I remember seeing it when in came out early 90s.. Rik Mayall was a one off… “Gas” is the episode that had fans taking for months lol

[@EarthlyEden1]

This was great 90s entertainment, back when folks were not online being pansies and easily offended all the time. You should check their live shows on YT, when they go off character or forget the script the adlibs are fantastic.

[@YouTubeMrP]

They never went off script. The ‘ad libs’ we’re scripted and were the same every night.

[@davethomas2605]

Haha whatever mate, there’s way worse stuff now, what are you talking about??

[@lennycook206]

Oh the irony.... Muppet

[@EarthlyEden1]

@@davethomas2605 Good, point me in the right direction and show me.

[@amnril]

Sadly, the Pansies are taking over. 😒

[@GMT439]

They are using food & other items as chess pieces because Eddie sold off most of the antique Ivory chess set for drinking money.

[@drake128]

Entire episodes, from start to finish. Cult classics.

[@christineperkins4451]

Bottom is possibly my favourite TV programme ever! ❤️😁😁😁

[@jeremysmith54565]

In another show before he died Rik Mayall was Greg Davies Dad in a different comedy series lol, Davies was Gillbert in The Inbetweeners. Rik's sadly gone now died from a heart attack from him being diagnosed with epilepsy most likely sadly, was from when he rather stupidly got on a quad bike fell off and ended up and they'd feared he'd got brain damage. Typical Rik was taking the piss out of the situation lol in the live shows afterwards but.... gutted genuinely gutted Rik had me in bits on the floor in tears he was quite literally a genius with comedy lol.

[@sas2300]

Having watched this episode of bottom, when boomer said at the start "I like chess so this should be interesting" ..... I thought to myself "hmmm that's one way to phrase it" 😁

[@haroldhadradi8763]

In the UK, this episode was simply titled "culture"

[@barriehull7076]

The saucepan sound was the beginning of the big ben hour chimes.