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From the Young Ones - "And the grown-ups will say "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say "Haven't you heard? Rik is dead! The People's Poet is dead!" RIP Legend
[Post edited 9 Jun 2014 23:07]
That is brilliant 76. Great pick. I bet Vivian whacked him round the head with a cricket bat for saying that.
Just simply my favourite comedian of all time. Young Ones, A Fistful of Travellers Cheques, Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, Dangerous Brothers, Bottom. Countless hours spent watching and re-watching those as well as countless time repeating the lines. Sat opposite him once on the Hammersmith & City line. He was reading a paper and I didn't notice him at first. But he saw me notice him, lowered the paper a little bit and pulled a face at me. (pretty much like this expression, the one he pulls when he thinks of something saucy!) I was giggling to myself about this all the way to my stop at Shepherds Bush.
There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing. They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard.
From the Young Ones - "And the grown-ups will say "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say "Haven't you heard? Rik is dead! The People's Poet is dead!" RIP Legend
[Post edited 9 Jun 2014 23:07]
Just found the whole quote.. >>> "I feel sorry for you, you zeros, you nobodies. What's going to live on after you die? Nothing, that's what! This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and all 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!' ... And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, 'Why kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?' <<<< Genius...
My Old Man hated The Young Ones with a passion and would never let me watch 'that shoite' on the colour telly downstairs.I had to struggle with my dodgy bedroom blacknwhite portable complete with snow and rubish verticle hold. It was one of the main reasons I left home at the quite young age of 17.That and him taking my Mum instead of me to the Final in 82. I was back home within 6 months.Twas hard in Thatchers britain...
My Old Man hated The Young Ones with a passion and would never let me watch 'that shoite' on the colour telly downstairs.I had to struggle with my dodgy bedroom blacknwhite portable complete with snow and rubish verticle hold. It was one of the main reasons I left home at the quite young age of 17.That and him taking my Mum instead of me to the Final in 82. I was back home within 6 months.Twas hard in Thatchers britain...
Neil - the bathroom's free.....unlike the country under the Thatcherite junta!
Sad news, always liked amongst other things Drop Dead Fred, thought he was sensational in that to be honest
Thats the one TGRRRSSS (no AB's thread over weekend?! - very shabby - thats the AB's not you!)
Was a preview week in Richmond before going to West End. Think his ability to ad-lib (& crack up mid performance) probably scared Fry to Belguim
So many quotes and scenes - was trying to find his B'stard one when they televised parliament - his suit was all logo'd up like a tennis player and did a great "Ladies and Gentlemen I have a dream.......but more on that later" speech.
Thats the one TGRRRSSS (no AB's thread over weekend?! - very shabby - thats the AB's not you!)
Was a preview week in Richmond before going to West End. Think his ability to ad-lib (& crack up mid performance) probably scared Fry to Belguim
So many quotes and scenes - was trying to find his B'stard one when they televised parliament - his suit was all logo'd up like a tennis player and did a great "Ladies and Gentlemen I have a dream.......but more on that later" speech.
[Post edited 10 Jun 2014 3:08]
gentlemen if you ever get the chance see mr jolly lives next door with rik and ade in dangerous brothers mode.... me and brixtonr think its genius.
my favourite character of his was colin the bank clerk /terrible poser bass player .
the warriors of genghis khan video is one of the funniest things ive ever seen, brave to take on the spinal tap rockumentry style , but passed it with flying colours..
in one scene 'colin' is on the phone to his mum(whom he still lives with at 35) about his ironing and his pet budgie or something when an annie nightingale type figure comes up behind him with tv camera he immediatly pretends he's on the phone to nme or rolling stone ...."quo, saxon, uriah heap...errrrr, errrrrr, errrrrr and loads of bands, and yah you can quote me on that!"
then telling annie he 'sent fire to the curtains with some chick watching the whistle test last night'.
i was thinking of my strapping 22 year old son a, soon to become a pe teacher, who loved drop dead fred when he was 4/5 and we wouild watch it together over and over laughing like drains and having a cuddle.
remember the first time we saw the' young ones', probably by accident on a tuesday night iirc, whilr itv had 'duty free' with keith barron on .
couldnt believe at 14 what i was watching. seismic.
you felt special, elite as if you were in a special club, with other like minded kids, a knowing smile or nod, if you heard a quote, 'echo and the bunnymen' 'little white dot', piss off postie'
fuk me, im even sadder this morning, realising that you, rik, made me the man i am today.
[Post edited 10 Jun 2014 8:46]
" I guess in four or five years, the new generation's music will be .. electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision .. maybe one person .. with a lot of machines, tapes, and electronics setups, singin or speaking .. and using machines " James Douglas Morrison | 1969
the summer school beat generation eddie monsoon (please watch if you get a chance, you' ll love it )eddie monsoon is biblical. an alcoholic, dug addict , sexual deviant south african nazi empresarrio who has daily rectal prolapse's. bad news one and two fun seekers fistfull of traverllers cheques four men in a plane and car as mentioned mr jolly
ah fu ck it...
[Post edited 10 Jun 2014 10:19]
" I guess in four or five years, the new generation's music will be .. electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision .. maybe one person .. with a lot of machines, tapes, and electronics setups, singin or speaking .. and using machines " James Douglas Morrison | 1969
Just found the whole quote.. >>> "I feel sorry for you, you zeros, you nobodies. What's going to live on after you die? Nothing, that's what! This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and all 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!' ... And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, 'Why kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?' <<<< Genius...
...And then another kid will say... [loud fart]
I was absolutely devastated when I heard this yesterday. Rik Mayall could literally do nothing wrong. Every thing he did was comedy gold. Even Guest House Paradiso had me in stitches even though it bombed at the box office. I remember me and a mate went to watch it at the Odeon Leicester Square when it came out and there were only 3 other people in the whole auditorium! All 5 of us had a great bloody laugh though.
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