Terrible terrible news...this afternoon I was totally shocked to learn that the peoples poet as passed away at only 56.

 

My very own user name is from the ground breaking 'The Young Ones' and feel it's my duty to start this thread.

 

Lord Flashheart, Alan B'stard, Drop Dead Fred, the list goes on and on, I adored everything you did Rik x.

Edited June 9, 201411 yr by phutumsch

I am absolutely gutted! Loved everything he ever did. RIP.

 

Andy is your username when Rik is reading the paper & that little devil turns up cus Neil said his name?

Heard this on the news on the way home, couldnt believe it, very sad :thumbdown:

Andy is your username when Rik is reading the paper & that little devil turns up cus Neil said his name?

 

That is correct, reading a typo, the devil gets a few minutes to cause mischief because his name is mentioned 3 times, twice by Rik and once by Neil, I spell it differently to as Rik, Ben Elton and Lise Mayer penned it - they spell it Ftumch.

Edited June 9, 201411 yr by phutumsch

Really sad this, he wasn't even old. I remember my letting me watch bottom and the young ones, didn't get half if it but it was so well written even now.

how did he die guys:(

that's sad no way loved him when he was in bottom what a shame that is

how did he die guys:(

 

Not been released Brian as yet :sad:.

Not been released Brian as yet :sad:.

 

gotcha

heard this aswel loved him in the young ones and drop dead Fred such an amazing actor/comedian R.I.P

Very sad RIP Rik :sad:

RIP Rik.........Grew up with him and the Young ones..........

Wow shocking news, been off the media radar all day, and first thing I do is come on here to find this sad news.

 

A real shame, a brilliant modern iconic comedian of our time, almost died several years ago in a quad bike crash but recovered to still produce some brilliant characters on TV.

 

The last of the Great Hussars!! will miss the old Bombardier!! RIP Rik Mayall.

Edited June 9, 201411 yr by SteveE
incompetent spelling!!

It was a shock when I heard the news earlier too - RIP Rik; you made me laugh from the time I first saw The Young Ones way back in 1982 or thereabouts....

 

.......And again in Bottom, The New Statesman and who can forget your role as Flash-Heart in Blackadder!!!

 

A sad loss to comedy indeed:cry:

 

Richard:sad:

Really shocked to hear this news,Bottom was prob my favorite ever comedy,A real British comedy genius has gone

A big shock and such a shame, I watched all the young ones and have every episode of bottom, my fave programme whilst I was growing up through teenage years and beyond.

 

RIP Rik :(

And punks and skins and rasta's will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"

 

RIP

Sad news. I loved the young ones

It wasn't just "the scripts" that were funny.

 

 

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Very funny man RIP Rik