Best of Bottom Series 2! - Part 1 | Bottom | BBC Comedy Greats

[@discodave6153]

Rik’s acting in the dating video is superb. Pure terror and anxiety.

[@spike178]

Just like real dating.

[@GIBBO4182]

Rik Mayall has made me laugh more than any other person in my entire life!

[@kid--presentable]

@@DonHalli absolutely

[@taboo1459]

I sometimes wonder where I pick up some of my sayings/phrases, then rewatch this and remember I stole them from the great Richie

[@swineheartdoppleganger5516]

agrees, same, closely followed by Ricky Gervais, Frankie Boyle and Steve Coogan.

[@zolfodor4835]

One of my all time heroes,a total one off,never ever played a bad part,thank you Rik Mayall,I can't thank you enough 💔💔❤️❤️R.I.P. ❤️❤️

[@Devilsgreedybelly]

Agreed 👍

[@robertboyle2573]

No such thing as the best of Bottom, its all bloody good!

[@kid--presentable]

Great point matey

[@taboo1459]

Bloody right!

[@robertboyle2573]

@Necramonium I know the feeling well!

[@matimus100]

Disgraceful language you're reported

[@stephenhill9448]

Very true!

[@dorkarama3135]

I have been following Richie and Eddie's techniques on how to attract women for years. I know one day I'm gonna crack it.

[@michaeljames4904]

It’s not complicated mate: compliment their blouse and you’re in.

[@dorkarama3135]

@@michaeljames4904 I always keep my mouth open when insulting a lady as per the teachings of Eddie. But instead of them throwing their drink in my face and getting a free one, they knee me in the....

[@puddleduck279]

Do you use timotei?

[@perkinini8027]

Don't forget the biro chest hair and the Pheromone Scent

[@dorkarama3135]

@@puddleduck279 Only when I'm travelling in some tropical paradise. Sometimes my scalp gets a bit itchy so I need to quickly find a mesmerizing waterfall and lather Timotei into my crew cut. From the quality of your comment I just know you have a wardrobe full of lovely blouses. Nice one, Pauline.

[@Szaam]

Rik was great, but I think Ade was incredibly underrated. He was absolutely hilarious as Eddie.

[@funnylookingfoetus]

I don't think anyone doubts that. They were a great duo. Great chemistry. Ultra funny together.

[@bencousins7311]

I always found Eddie very unlikeable when i first watched it a good 20 years ago so but now rewatching clips he is quite charming.

[@petermorris9818]

I don't agree. I've always thought AE was one of those very lucky people like Ernie Wise. And Ringo.

[@marthastubbs8321]

​@@petermorris9818👎

[@legion2k988]

He was so dark it was hilarious. Like when it came to his last name.

[@pauldg837]

Losing Rik was such a major loss to British comedy. Without doubt, he had few equals.

[@darrendickens4287]

Completely agree best ever 👏

[@kippamip]

Bottom quite possibly the best piece of comedy to come out of old blighty. Ade's face when he's smashing him with the fridge 😂😂

[@AndrewGivens]

It's scenes like that that show just what great mates Ade & Rik were. Only true friends throw tanks at one another, or smash each other's faces in with fridges on TV.

[@nichhodge8503]

It was great that they could achieve all the same effects when they did their live shows. I would always go see their live shows when they stopped off in my home city of Plymouth. It was just like the tv show except it was more rude, I remember at the beginning of the show they said “because we’re not on the BBC we can get away with saying words like fuck and cunt” they were brilliant live

[@siamakferi64]

2:25 A power show in acting and facial mimicry !!! Unparalleled and unrepeatable!

[@mrques2x115]

powerhouse or showcase. There is no power show. Language is difficult. You can try and see if it catches on but the odds are against you:)

[@nicholasham6943]

Still the best comedy I’ve ever seen. Never get tired of this. True classic!😅😂

[@Blastsbeatstilldeath]

As a long time fan of the young ones. How did i never see this show until today. Its fantastic.

[@TheAmericanDane]

Riks death hit me more than any other ‘celebrity’. I grew up watching him from about age 10-12, I get a few more of the jokes these days, comic brilliance.

[@quirkymerky]

I love the panicked noises Richie makes when the police turn up (and Eddie dancing back and forth afterwards), it’s like some wild bird 😂😂😂

[@matimus100]

Love 😆 🤣 😂

[@MacStoker]

the chess game is among the funniest things ever seen on TV.... Richies attack and Eddies counter are both just incredible pieces of comedy.

[@TheAmericanDane]

That’s your move is it?

[@martinhansen3673]

How I miss those two so much!! RIP Rik - love from Denmark

[@stevensmith7460]

I've got excellent eyesight, which is remarkable when you think about it, 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rosuppp]

I don’t get it?

[@stevensmith7460]

@@rosuppp might be a British myth but your eyesight goes the more you w--k which we know Richie is an expert at, 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MareeMarshall]

🎉got that ,

[@MareeMarshall]

What makes you go blind so they say,

[@gammaphonic]

“Get out of that one, Rommel”. I’ve made a habit of repeating that line after doing something stupid.

[@user-zu8qh2mb9f]

Rik’s performance in this episode is absolutely sublime, his facial expressions are hilarious 🤣

[@timdyer5903]

My grandma, bless her, in her 80s, laughed so hard, she fell off her chair, back in the 90s when this was first aired.

[@user-gq5fe6qp9j]

they had exactly the same effect on me. I also fell off the couch, tears rolling off my face. No one else ever accomplished that afterwards.

[@TigerTigerII]

" Which is remarkable when you think about it" Rik oh my god 😄

[@rosuppp]

I don’t get it?

[@TigerTigerII]

​@@rosupppThere's an old myth that when you engage in, er, "solo pleasure" too much you go blind. Hence it being remarkable that his eyes are so good lol

[@adamjohnson8456]

ITS THE GAS MAN THE GAS MAN!! 🤣🤣🤣 LOVED THIS SHOW

[@Fury9er]

IS THERE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AFTER YOU?

[@Drinadraws]

Let him in dreamboat …

[@shellsbignumber2]

One of the funniest shows of all time.

[@yuna2381]

This sitcom is so enjoyable. Love it.

[@OhTylerB]

Are you British? I'm just wondering because I've always thought that the show has very British humour and can't imagine people from elsewhere liking it too much for that reason.

[@yuna2381]

I am

[@judithrichards792]

Oh SO enjoyed by everyone in our house, back in the day…. We shall never see their like again 😫 God, or whoever, rest Rik Mayall…. Gone way too soon….🙄🤔❤️

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

I love how he still tries to kiss her in the middle of the heart attack 😂

[@AndrewGivens]

And the awkward "well, you know... heart attack" hand gesture before he keels over. Genius.

[@timdyer5903]

His kidney packed in. The one Eddia pawned, and wired back in wrong, to buy the caviar to entertain Natasha..

[@AndrewGivens]

@@timdyer5903 Ah, the age-old story of boy meets girl, boy hocks organ to woo girl, boy gets mate to patch him up and suffers massive medical complications which cock-block him. Beautiful scripting and storytelling, that show.

[@glen7318]

i loved that ep, where RIchie keeps hitting Eddie and then you think he's stopped and he hits him again

[@timdyer5903]

@@glen7318 it's excellent. I haven't got time to grow a beard..

[@kevarsa]

AHH Rik Mayall what a legend he was

[@ameenyousaf2839]

The best of British.. at the heart of it Rik Mayall a Are Edmondson. A duo to reckon with. The best and funniest ever..RIP rik. Taken too soon and suddenly. I'll miss this comedy genius. Making others laugh in heaven...

[@mariaefelices6543]

Amen to that

[@rikkistarrett307]

"You're BLACK! You're those ones there! The ones... next TO YOOUU!" Always makes me laugh.

[@josemaria8177]

One of Rik Mayall's finest hours

[@JJONNYREPP]

BEST OF Bottom Series 2! - Part 1 | Bottom | BBC Comedy Greats 1926pm 14.4.22 being surreptitiously added to a dating without consent - as discussed circa 1993 and 2015 2016!!! one surmises it wont be as amusing as this... p.s one surmises the entire yorkshire and lancastrian regions are of noble stock.

[@theculturedthug6609]

@@JJONNYREPP What... What did you say.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@theculturedthug6609BEST OF Bottom Series 2! - Part 1 | Bottom | BBC Comedy Greats 0630am 16.4.22 i said comedy greats.... strange how they air bottom and not the youg ones or citizen smith or brush strokes... can they only use a few choice shows...?

[@Georgekatie]

Lord flash heart was the ultimate character!

[@nickmeale1957]

"What sort of woman are you looking for" "Errm Kim Basinger" 😂😂😂🤣

[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

Bottom and Keeping up appearance are the best UK sitcoms from the 90s , both of them deserved bigger popularity.

[@johnthompson16]

keeping up appearances was a huge success in Belgium. they are still talking about it..

[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

@@johnthompson16 here in Serbia is not popular at all.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@katarinakrnjevic8183 nothing is there. 😂

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@Fiona Power I have to agree. About as funny as a boil on yer arse.

[@riseoftheright5781]

Keeping up appearances????? No no no, bottom absolutely but not KUP.

[@stevenesbitt3528]

The only show in existence that cannot possibly be remade

[@chrishunt9931]

May I say, that's a smashing blouse.

[@paulmorgancollings7833]

Probably the best comic actor EVER. Full stop.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I love Bottom. One of my favourite sitcoms. LOL at 0:31 0:46 1:16 2:49 4:44 5:01 5:33 14:32 17:16 18:30 and 18:46. 7:52 RIP Rik Mayall. Thanks for all the laughs.

[@matimus100]

Daniel is in love everyone 💕 ❤ congratulations Daniel 👏

[@Listermintsluesh]

Bottom was probably the funniest thing I've ever seen....rik.was a genius of comedy..

[@michaelpolkey5996]

The chess match is my all-time favourite episode! 😂

[@richlee509]

Gas man is the best

[@Abbysfaco]

I love the one when they go camping in the park ❤

[@TheAmericanDane]

Gas man! gas man! gas man!

[@potato_kake]

WAZZA PAIR OF JUGS 😂😂😂😂

[@nichhodge8503]

The BBC had some of the greatest comedy shows ever Blackadder, Bottom, Only Fools & Horses, ‘Allo ‘Allo, The Office, Red Dwarf and so many others. In fact all the best comedy shows have been English, America puts out a lot of shows and some good shows but none are in the same quality as our English shows. America also have a habit of taking great English comedies remaking them and ruining them

[@spar2kisshale50]

Rik was a genius! I went to a festival with live country bands some years back. Had my friends daughter sat on my shoulders and she couldn't see the stage and I was a bit wobbly. There was a guy in front with a hat on and we bumped into him. He took his hat off and turned around and it was Ade. He just moved to side and said sorry. Never forget it, it was his band on the stage.

[@Millwall77]

If his band were on stage, why was he in the audience?

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@Millwall77 he was having a night off.

[@gordondean2165]

Rick was a comedic genius, so sadly missed.

[@StevenSmith-mk5fg]

Bottom in my opinion was Rik Mayall's and Ade Edmondson's best work. I am not a huge fan of slapstick comedy but it's entertaining when it's done right. They also knew when the show had peaked rather than dragging it through the mud as what happens with allot of sitcoms e.g. Only Fools And Horses.

[@quirkymerky]

Yeah, Only Fools should’ve ended when they won the money! And agreed about Bottom being their best work 😄

[@JamesGadbury]

It's so much more than just slapstick though 👍

[@halfdayofthejackal9372]

​@@JamesGadburyagreed! It's brilliant characters and exquisite language, the slapstick is just garnish

[@masterzombie161]

I agree that this is their best work, what helps to is the audience. They ain’t be told to laugh, they laugh because it’s genuinely funny seeing the chaos and energy unfolding in these episodes. Even when they do mess up a line or something the actors are so Charismatic they can get away with it. The live show too are a great example of how amazing they were.

[@peterd24]

Don't know about Only Fools. With the exception of the three comeback Christmas specials, it more or less got it right with it's development and departure.

[@captainscarlett1]

Ah, Bottom, I had not thought of this for years. Thanks, KZbin.

[@DJ_Dopamine]

This show just gets better and better with age. For me anyway!

[@michaeljohnson5365]

I have all the 3 series on dvd and the first series is the best

[@Steve-hl1wr]

Rik mayall was a legend we miss he so much he is the best

[@CarlySmith001]

Definitely

[@NazSBG]

The gas man episode from series 1 is one of the best! Their first live show recorded in Southampton is top draw!

[@saturdayplayer2492]

They were brilliant, outstanding comedians. So politically incorrect. So sad there's such little comedy talent on tv now.

[@plasmaastronaut]

back in their day 'political correctness' a miniscule aspect of society, at least compared to the belemoth that its become in recent times.

[@Iamhome365]

Absolutely loved this growing up!! And still watching it decades later 😂

[@experienceanimation217]

Up there with the best comedy Duos of all time

[@shondra6]

Gosh , I just found one of my favourite shows . I just love English comedy. 🤗🤗🇦🇺

[@matimus100]

Lower your ego flag will you for children's sake

[@astrosci8864]

There is only one thing I have learned from Bottom: Eddie knows how to play chess..... I laughed at everything else......so well written.....

[@TheFredneck72]

I don't have time to grow a beard 😂😂😂

[@MelissaWalker-xb9hp]

Never be another Rik Mayall

[@CarlySmith001]

Nope 😢

[@Devilsgreedybelly]

Firm on the Juggs and the Juggs need to be Firm! 🤣 True say 👌

[@StickyBud9395]

Bottom/Black Adder the two best TV comedies ever made .

[@YorkshireNutte]

And Blackadder had both Bottom stars in it!

[@blueSkies777]

Please upload the full episodes absolute classic

[@keepgoing1973]

Rik always looked like he was at death's door. Died of a heart attack aged 56.

[@fancyhat6505]

"it doesnt taste like banana and peach" 😂

[@StepSoftlyGhost]

In the 2000s Bottom seemed to fall out of the public consciousness for a while. It felt a bit 'of its time' and puerile. Now it seems to have found a new audience as well as those who loved it the first time around, as there's nothing else really quite like it, and everything feels a bit "safe" now comedy-wise. Not to mention its an absolute masterclass in physical comedy and facial expressions from Rik and Ade. I have to add that even I notice things upon rewatching it that i completely missed at the time. There's some genuinely clever stuff in the writing. I find myself quoting it nowadays more than ever. Especially on my birthday. 😂

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

“We have to be firm on the jugs.” “And the jugs have to be very firm.”

[@MackemdownsouthF.T.M]

I bet you've all got smashing blouses on 🤣

[@CraigGlover]

I've not watched this for at least 15 years, but still say things every day from the sketches " like , how do you know things, old bag" 😅😅 they will never make comedy like this again . Quality

[@theculturedthug6609]

I can't believe a load of kids was brought up on this in the 90s lol class.

[@kid--presentable]

Yes I was one of them . Feel sorry for the poor kids of today. Force fed all that woke Bollox

[@kid--presentable]

@Fiona Power oh good one what are you going to do next go on a quest for fire? Snowflake

[@kid--presentable]

@Fiona Power you're the one coming on here giving out. I simply voiced my opinion that modern comedy is muck and you took offence..

[@warriorboy1976]

@Fiona Power Wokery is an intellectual cancer of our time.

[@CarlySmith001]

@@kid--presentable Except for shows like Family Guy South Park & American Dad which aren't as good

[@nichhodge8503]

I always saw the Bottom Live show when they came to my home city of Plymouth and it was brilliant and more rude and like Rik said to Ade at the beginning of one show “because we’re not on the BBC we can get away with saying shit, fuck and cunt” and Ade said “yeah they don’t like fucking cunts at the BBC” and Rik replied “I suppose that’s why they don’t like us” 😂

[@JohnnyZenith]

I saw it in Plymouth!

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

"Now, which one of you is Mr Hitler?"😂😂

[@ijustfartedfuckyoulefties6061]

Back when comedy was funny,Two legends.

[@Ardante11]

LOL i was looking for a trailer for a movie called Bottoms and this gem came up. Jolly Good!!

[@SinisterTantru3]

That’s a smashing blouse 😂

[@thebaldone7453]

"I have excellent eyesight which is remarkable when you think about it." - Masturbation joke 😂

[@kid--presentable]

The peoples poet will never die

[@carolinemarten7678]

Fantastic. So funny always in stitches watching bottom

[@Pwills]

I love the it when they play chess I think it’s so funny

[@matimus100]

Paul is in love everyone 💕 ❤ congratulations Paul 👏

[@zydian_]

It's so stupid, I love it.

[@carlosspicyweiner642]

Imagine this came out today...they be crucified and that makes me feel incredibly sad about where we've gone as a species. We can't even laugh at ourselves anymore

[@SilverEye91]

Right, but not nearly as sad as you lot. Always crying like little snowflakes.

[@pinkparodius]

Not at all. It's all about intent. Eddie and Richie say and do awful things but the show makes it very clear that they're awful and wrong and we laugh at them, not with them. Their actions often come back to bite them. That's fine, even now. If it had been a case of them saying and doing awful things and being rewarded for it or the show implying what they are saying or doing is acceptable and perfectly justified, then it would be outdated. It all comes down to intent. That's the difference between outdated comedy people find offensive and stuff like Bottom.

[@DoctorPhobos]

Intent and context does not apply. ​@pinkparodius

[@masterzombie161]

Ritchie: yes chess, god I adore chess! Also Ritchie: How do you exactly play chess?

[@curtc2194]

Remember these 2 from the Young Ones...loved that show back in the day...

[@stevesmith1764]

Best comedy series ever

[@scrubsrc4084]

No way on earth the bbc would dare let anything this good on their channels.

[@paulannable3734]

It was made by the BBC

[@scrubsrc4084]

@@paulannable3734 I'm talking about today.

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

[@CarlySmith001]

Wrong show i think

[@pwilson3698]

Gas Man! Gas Man!!

[@merlin5476]

Its a shame the Bbc dont air anything as funny as this nowadays. This lifts peoples spirit's so much, now go & watch eastenders & see how depressing that is.

[@Jon-k8v]

Aww Ed's wee Scottish accent fur the bevy... too cool ma man 😁🥂😅

[@stevenspx6226]

Love this show watched them from young ones nothing like it today in this pc world

[@kid--presentable]

PC sucks the fun from everything

[@matimus100]

Steven is in love everyone 💕 ❤ congratulations Steven 👏 💖

[@davidneal9368]

The bed scene reminds me of Rigsby and Miss Jones in rising damp

[@peaheaduk]

This never gets old 😁👍

[@bluehorizons2508]

Gotta love Bottom!!.. Many years ago, I actually used to share a squalid flat with my best pal.. Sitting in the window, especially in the summers, looking out on any passing females (ALSO none of whom we ever attracted, btw) was a pretty regular pastime.. And yes, other friends noted our sometimes funny, sometimes 'sad', often Richy and Eddie like, existence, lol!! 😀😅😆

[@kid--presentable]

Ha ha ha , I had the same experience mate, we never attracted Amy of them even do I was the minky musky sly old stouty fox

[@scorpoi1911]

Bottom truly is top.!!!!

[@steveothehulk]

GAS MAN GAS MAN!!!

[@siamakferi64]

If I want to name three of the best comedies in the world, Charlie Chaplin , Monty Pythons and Bottom !!

[@seanpeace6421]

Don't forget laurel and Hardy.

[@edwardfrancis9310]

...it's the way Eddie staggers about when slapping Richie

[@bigjoeangel]

When the BBC was actually good.

[@user-gq5fe6qp9j]

Common! There's "woke" comedy now. But hey, no one is offended anymore. But then again no one is allowed to laugh anymore neither

[@TheAmericanDane]

No matter we’ll bash him down with the broom 🤣

[@predictivetextisforaunts]

He was always sweating, but incredibly funny.

[@Fury9er]

The love bureau lady has an unusual looking PC for the time period, rocking that gunmetal rig.

[@svanveer]

I've laughed more watching Bottom for 5 minutes that I've laughed watching all American comedy in my entire life combined.

[@mixdup0016]

I followed everything they did with obsession from the dangerous brothers to filthy rich and catflap I can remember watching the first episode of bottom I was like a kid at Christmas I waiting I was 19

[@DJFREDHEAD2010]

lovely weather haha

[@Sujad]

The most realistic thing here was the effectiveness of the British police.

[@mourneswanderer1767]

Awesome comedy!

[@poddington]

I am the duke of kidderminster!

[@docbrown6550]

Great one