Bottom: Not Another Half-Arsed DVD Set (DVD)

Isn't it about time this boxed set came out! Amazingly it is being released in the US (that should say something in itself).Remember The Young Ones, next came Filthy Rich and Catflap (which you probably won't remember), and then came Bottom. Each step (in my opinion) has been an improvement on the previous. If you haven't seen FRC then definitely give it a go (classic scenes such as the axe, the bottle on the head, trivial pursuits should not be missed - it could save your life!). But back to Bottom, the boxed set includes their dangerous brothers segments - "incredibly dangerous I am sure you will agree". The outtakes - e.g., the fish finger and the donkey are also classic moments.I point out that The Young Ones ran 2 series and Bottom ran 3 series. Bottom also gave rise to some of the best Live performances from the pair (also available on DVD). I would suggest then that you buy Bottom and find out for yourself why so many are screaming praises for Rik and Adrian.The ultimate evolution of Richie and Eddie is a must see for anyone who likes physical comedy taken to it's ultimate finest. This physicality is refreshingly washed with an immense subtlety of depth that Rik and Adrian bring to their performances. There is a tremendous history between the two by the time they reach Bottom that their acting appears spontaneous despite the brilliant scripting. Rik adds pathos and Adrian adds the uncomplicated brutality of someone who can't stand too much pathos. It is brilliant stuff carefully honed across the series.Want to find out how they developed the subtlety? Already seen The Young Ones and Filthy Rich and Catflap? Looking for more? The Comic Strip Presents (a box set is available for this too) is the next step for you! There is an absolutely brilliant feature with Peter Cook called Mr Jolly Lives Next Door. This is worth the set alone and is classic Rik and Adrian. Both have books out Adrian's is particularly good.What about after Bottom? Rik also elaborates on the pathos in a far more developed way in "Believe Nothing" but it would have worked so much better had Adrian's character still been included. Rik Mayall also ran some features via Rik Mayall's playhouse - good acting (not comedy) but good stories and great depth.Rik and Adrian also had a film venture "Guest House Paradiso" which has much of the pathos/brutality (a brilliant intro sequence with Adrian) but is detracted by the format in my eyes. To me it seems to draw too much from the Faulty Towers (disfunctional hotel) genre. I was fortunate to see it in the cinema's and some old ladies were sitting in front of my friend and I and they left in the first 10 minutes. It was just brilliant. I do like Faulty Towers though.For other good UK comedy (not Rik and Adrian) try Father Ted, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Spaced, etc. In no particular order -R

Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson do another great show together, although their roles and the premise doesn't stray far from The Young Ones. In fact, it's almost like a sequel...but not quite. Rick plays Rich Richard, and Adrian plays Eddie Hitler, two geeks that are very similar to their characters in The Young Ones. Eddie seems to be the only one with a job or a major drinking problem. Rich is a useless waste of space who just wants to "have it off with some bird" which in American translates to "have sex with a girl". But with his character being so identical to Rick in The Young Ones, no girl will go near him, even when he douses himself with pharamones that he bought in an adult toy shop. Their constant struggle to co-exist and exist in the real world lands them in constant chaos, and at odds with everyone they encounter. Another TYO friend, Chris Ryan occasionally joins them in the role of Dave Hedgehog, who is another socally inept loser. Cowritten by Rik and Ade, the humor is often similar to TYO, but since they stick with the designated plot, this show's appeal is more widespread and easy to grasp. Good British humor. Loads of laughs. Often very silly. They still like to beat each other up, throw each other down stairs or drop refrigerators on each other...and basically just commit random acts of violence. And just about every episode ends up with either Rik or Ade getting punched, hit, kicked, electrocuted or shot....often by each other, but sometimes someone else gets the pleasure. If you like Rik and Ade in The Young Ones, you'll like them in this next-step-natural-extension called Bottom. Go try to "have it off with a bird", and whether you succeed or not, you will feel better with the few laughs that Bottom delivers.

I hadn't actually managed to see Bottom until, like so many others, I checked out the first episode, which was included as a bonus on The Young Ones DVD set. On this alone, I picked up the Full Bottom set, and was not disappointed. Matter of fact, I'd have to say I prefer this to The Young Ones...no stupid pop bands or bad extraneous filler material creeping into the works here! This is brutish, stupid, violent, schoolboy behavior as executed by two grown men. There's something marvelously childish about it all. There's a certain degree of phoniness to all the blows to the groin. This is probably one of the few instances where sexist behavior is actually genuinely funny. Yes, it's base, but the characterizations of these foul, disgusting human beings as executed by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson are nothing short of hilarious. Fact is, the Richie and Eddie characters don't know any better than to not have jobs, get drunk, try to scheme cash (or, as in one episode, natural gas), and fail miserably with women, and that's exactly what's so smart about it all. When all you other kiddies get over Will Ferrel and the like, get on to the genuine living cartoon that is Bottom and bask in the brilliance that is Rik and Ade!

I absolutely found it hilarious!

Ok, this should be review number 28. If you don't believe these other people when they say it's funny, your only kidding yourself.Bottom is the hilarious setting of two losers always trying to find sex or ending up beating the crap out of each other when they disagree with each other. They are confused with sexuality and nothing EVER goes in their favor.If your going to buy a Britcom, this a MUST!!! Rik Mayall's facial expressions alone will knock you down to the floor in stomach hurling laughter. I have never seen anything like this show. It's Rude! It's discusting, It's perverted and full of Double Entandres. In my book, that means it's a class act trip to wetting your knickers.And DAMN IT! I pray to the BBC Comedy Gods, that they release another series set of Bottom in the U.S. I would buy every show ever made. It is totally worth the money!Now I'll let you make up your mind on what to buy. I gotta go scrub my sprouts and make everything look all christmasy!

Always loved this show, rik mayall and Ade Edmondson are two great actors who deserve to still be making great comedies.The series follows two guys in a flat who just go after women, single or taken. The series includes some great comedy fight scenes between the two who do this type of comedy the best.Grab this series and also check out The Young Ones, Dangerous Brothers and Filthy Rich And Catflap

i have waited for this for a very long time! i am a big fan and they are hilarious. never got to see them live but i have seen the live video and i wasn't as impressed as i was for the series. can't wait for them to do the same with ben elton and release some of his stuff on dvd!! come on!!!!

This comedy series is so off-the-wall demented. It made me laugh through 10 years of severe illness. I'm just fine now, other than my sense of humour having been terminally warped thanks to Bottom.

arrived early and in great condition!

If you love english comedy and slapstick with many laughs, you cannot beat "Bottom", Ade Edmondson and the late great Rik Mayall at their best, as Eddie and Richie, the worlds most sad and screamingly funny loosers.We lost Rik Mayall in 2014, but we can relieve some of his crazy zaniness in this great series.