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Heritage, Stuart (10 June 2014). "Rik Mayall's funniest TV moments – in clips". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 June 2014. This article was amended on 10 June 2014. The original gave the production date of The Government Inspector as 1989. This has been corrected. BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Jennifer Saunders - Bonkers: My Life in Laughs - '11 May 1985. Wedded.' ". BBC. 25 October 2013 . Retrieved 15 January 2023. 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). The latter won Best Video at the MTV awards. Consists of The Lorax, Dr. Seuss's ABC, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

In 1991, Edmondson formed the Bum Notes, who were a jazz instrumental band and conceived exclusively to perform theme music for Bottom. It's hard to explain the difference between a good laugh and a diminishing laugh. The audience will not be aware of it, but all comedians will occasionally come off stage saying: 'What a shit audience.' But once you start thinking the audience are shit every night, you're in trouble. Out to Lunch With Ade Edmondson launches on 3 October on all podcast platforms. His new play, It’s Headed Straight Towards Us, is at Park theatre, London N4 You once turned down the chance to write a Police Academy movie. What other offers have you rejected over the years? Edmondson published his autobiography, Berserker!, in September 2023. [36] Filmography [ edit ] Film [ edit ] YearFurther issues lay ahead on the tour itself, when Edmondson perceived Mayall thinking that the crowd were laughing, not because his character Richie is funny, but because he "is a comic god". So he began to "cut huge sections of carefully written jokes" and started playing up to his "sex god" status on stage. I don’t refer directly to #MeToo because I’m very period-specific. I get cross when I watch Downton Abbey and suddenly Lady Snooty says, “What part of the Great Depression are you not understanding?”. Don’t use modern idioms! If ever I meet Julian Fellowes, I’ll have a word. My wife and kids all say “Stop being boring. You can reflect modern language into the past.” But I feel strongly so we don’t use the term but some parallels are clear in retrospect. A fan of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Edmondson performed vocals with them as part of their 2006 reformation and countrywide tour. He also contributed vocals and writing for their 2007 album Pour l'Amour des Chiens. [30] Edmondson with the Bad Shepherds at the 2009 Cropredy Festival

Adrian Edmondson: 'I've won more prizes for vegetables than I have for comedy' ". The Observer. 24 September 2023 . Retrieved 10 November 2023. Television, and its audiences, was just ready for this sort of onslaught and Mayall and Edmondson – the two met at Manchester and remained longterm writing and performing partners – scored a major popular success, too, with Filthy Rich and Catflap (1987), written by Elton, alongside Planer; and again in Bottom (1991-95), which ran for three series but also became a fixture of the touring circuit in the live show version. As the youngest of the 1975 intake – Rik was only 56 years old when he died – his passing not only uncomfortably reminds us all of our own mortality but has invoked the glorious memories of an age of creative experiment and glorious mayhem.Rik Mayall would have turned 65 this year. Do you still miss him and does that make memories of The Young Ones bittersweet? Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (10 June 2014). "Rik Mayall: 'the funniest man of his generation' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 June 2014.