Hands up who likes ME

@@everydaysounds3015 yep, exactly what I thought. Not many people, thankfully. What a horrible thing to try and collect "likes" on.

I agree watched The Lord Of Misrule on BBC 4 xmas day few years ago and I bawled my eyes out.course I'd had a few drinks and spliffs but still.an amazing man awesome talent legend.i love Rick and I miss him.rest in peace you magnificent bastard.thanks for the laughs.

@@noelosullivan197 I forgive you Noel ,as this was someone deffo worth crying for , used to love him as Alan b`stard in the new statesmen ,plus so many other things he did , what a tragedy for all true brits left or right .

Same here. I never understood why people mourned celebrities until then. Took far far too soon x

This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas 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? Rik is dead! The People's Poet is dead!" 😢😢😢

I was at work when he died and had to tell a bunch of younger colleagues I'd had a death in the family. I'd like to think he lives on in all of us with childish humour and manic energy. I'm part Rik. I miss him so much rest in peace you minky musky stoaty stoaty stoat.

No, I disagree; Wogan knew exactly what to expect. He'd been in the business long enough to recognise the difference between actor and character. Part of the interview was Wogan asking Rik whether people in the street confuse him with his characters, which pretty much disproves your theory that he would do exactly that. In fact, Wogan seemed to thoroughly enjoy the stand up routine and the interview. Well done Terry, I say! And of course, very insightful answers from Rik; the guy was a genius.

Whatever he expected he got unfunny schoolboy shyte.

​@@wanderer1955 your entitled to your opinion if course. But your in the minority. Man was a genius. Cheers Mate!

@@ToddWaid1 You're clearly a silly school🧑 too. Nevermind lad, I hope one day you will mature and see the error of You're ways. If that happens you can get back to me if you want. Up to you son. You have a great day, education is a wonderful thing. I envy you.

@@richardathome65 I think you’re missing the point there; not sure if Wogan was expecting the actor Rik Mayall, who he may have expected to be a provocative punk, or the character Rik, a geeky loser. Of course Wogan can tell the difference between a person and a character.

I was lucky in many ways but not in others. I saw Bottom, touring the UK, at the Winter Gardens in Margate. The downside is that I lived in Margate, so Bottom seemed like a Ken Loach documentary.

I loved the dangerous brothers and filthy rich and catflap.

The continuation was " Filthy Rich and Catflap"..."Bottom" wasn't on screen until the 90s.

Murdered by the Establishment

@@wellmike3369 how and why from your perspective ?

Way too young, what a sad loss, but what a great legacy, he will always be remembered and loved

@@wellmike3369 No it was a quad bike accident he had a few years before, he never fully recovered from it.

@@danw1374 lol

Erm...didn't you realise that his comedic characters were the result of his intellectual and sensitive side? And 'May he rest in peace'? You pretentious tw*t. (Exclamation mark omitted for emphasis.)

PS I had to insert an aste*isk to avoid YT's c*nsorsh*p. What the ****!

@@michaelwarwick9930 you are either trolling me or you’re naturally a total knobhead! I really don’t understand where you’re coming from?? Perhaps you could find an argument in an empty house you silly Tw#t .

Rik helped write the Young Ones. I was too young to appreciate that. I recently saw an interview with Ben Elton, he said Rik basically ran the show. It takes a lot of brains to write a show that consistently excellent. I really appreciate a woman writer was included, Lisa Meyer, that's rare.

Same !!!

well ,he still lived another 30 years after this. Gone too soon nevertheless.

You never die untill the ripples of your life no longer effect the world

yeah that was a real stab in the chest to hear. :(

@@scrubsrc4084 So I guess Rik will never die...

Never dead.

Never met the man

I did and he was moderately funny in a spotty closeted Tory sort of way.

@@modestadventurers And he changed the world for so many people. so eat cake you fascist.

I met Rik. Growing up he was the single biggest influence on what being funny meant and meeting him at the age he was in this video it’s quite profound how articulate he was with so much foresight of the future. I’ve been a lucky bastard and met every one of my heroes but Rik will always be the best memory. He was exactly how we all wanted him to be of course, but also incredibly humble and charming and charismatic. For me it’s always going to be the biggest loss that affected me when I didn’t really know him, I think we all felt like we did.

@@COXSPARRA You taste in comedy sucks

Yeah, its very eye opening how good terry is about bringing ric out.. and boy does he bring it out....

@@davefb It was one of the hallmark's of his show, he did that with all of his interviewees.

Terry Wogan was self-deprecating enough to make his guests laugh and make them comfortable, then he let them talk. He respected his guests. That was a lovely little chat to listen in to.

I was born in 87 and grew up watching young ones n bottom had them all on vhs watched on repeat lol

I was born 1975, my mum and I used to watch the Young Ones and I’m still watching it now. I was in love with Rik and was devastated when he died

Indeed, I miss him dearly.

Where did you hear that from,?! Id heard he was a very friendly and happy guy?!

@@obiwanshinobi5098 ; Yes, I always had the impression that Rik was a very happy, balanced kind of guy. But whatever, he was responsible for some of the best comedy and characters ever ! 👍☀️☮️

Aw really? I didn't know that.

Are you sure, you didn't hear that about a different comedian? While it's true, that many comedians are rather tragic insecure people, from all I ever heard, Rik was the exception to the rule. Happy childhood, could work with the people he got along with, great creative liberty, wholesome family life ... I'd say aside from his accident that almost killed him in 1998, there were no demons haunting him. He just learned very early on to protect himself and his privacy from nosy journalists. He could be very candid in interviews at times, but he didn't chose this too often.

​@@acsaudiodramasWell put, exactly what I heard & read. There were times after becoming famous at a young age / 22/ when he struggled to keep his private life & not governed too much by bosses/ producers/ TV, but he learnt quite well how to handle this & I think he was happy in his life with family, friends & neverending work - the quadbike thing & consequences was the one big obstacle of course.

I was at Kings with Rik in 73/4. He was a great friend to me when I first came back to England. He was good enough to invite me to stay at his home when I left Kings, as I was in a very dark place at the time. Believe me, he wasn't shy at school. He was destined for stardom even at 16....

@onmy computer2020gal he was a really nice guy....and dangerously off-the-wall with his humour. I still have the tickets to his first performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at Kings....25p!

I think comedians are the most courageous people ever. They are often, if the best imo, so incredibly sensitive and compassionate. And shyness I have no doubt most of them have. I don't understand how these beautiful people get up there simply to help entertain others and possibly get them to laugh. The hours are shit, it's uncertain, and you have to be yourself very much as a comedian, even if it might just be a persona. He was so beautiful. Jfc, from the little I've seen of Wogan (in a kiwi) he's no bloody Parkinson is he. I find him extremely grating.

That should have been “botty” (bloody autocorrect! Xx

well said

@AMANDA WOOD He nearly ruined those episodes of Black Adder, singlehandedly for me, with his completely over the top acting.

@AMANDA WOOD Totally agree with your sentiments and im the other way round completely with R.Atkinson ,Mr bean just annoys me yet I like blackadder quite a lot and think it got better as the series went on. Like you said its all in the eye of the beholder ❤

Totally agree. I think in every other interview after this he had become so successful that he got through it solely being in character that he wasn't this open and honest again. A shame, because he clearly had a deep knowledge and comedic vision that was obfuscated by the crowd wanting him to be "Rik". If you'll forgive me dragging the Simpsons in, it's a touch of the Bart "I didn't do it" story.

We really need this guy back

Watch a film on here (KZfaq ) one by one

Me. Two years later

I've decided that Rik is my spirit animal ;)

@@patorr69 There's always the pet cemetery. Absolute tragedy had so many laughs to offer that would be as funny now as before. Some of them Bottom scenes never lose there originality Gas Man & Chess game in particular.

Pollution all around Sometimes up and sometimes down But always around Pollution are you coming to my town Or am I coming to yours We're on different busses But were both using petrol Bombs Haa

The young ones were real life. If you showed a student that today, they wouldn't believe it. You got a YTS. Or college. The poor college kids where l lived. They smelt bad, scruffy, so poor, starving. But really clever. You had to be good to go to college. You also had to live like a vagrant. In my case. Family needed my wages. Gave it all up. No college or university for me. Missed my way. Wanted to work in advertising. That was never going to happen. Used to baby sit for a kid that was a real problem for his parents, could not get a baby sitter due to his behaviour. I taught him how to draw over a 3 year period and the rules of pencil art. He now owns a massive advertising agency. Is that a coincidence. I don't know. He doesn't seem to remember. But l don't mind.

It gets weirder mate . Just be confident that we all go through it and it surprises everyone someway

The Fruitcake Munchers Club wasn’t princess Ann with a strap on

I watched one by one yesterday 👍 never knew it existed till the other day .

@The Fruitcake Munchers Club 🙄

I will look it up. Thanks!

And "Behind The Green Door" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aK-Xf5uaqNHLZoU.html

🤣🤣🤣

We laugh as if to say we're not the sort of people who slip on banana skins. ♥

Absolutely.👍

5 year old me watching bottom and barely able to breathe due to laughing so much while my mother was shouting "turn that filth off"

@@gkm2928 great days . Remember that episode where they all have the flu. Vivian nails a bin liner on to neil to stop him from sneezing everywhere 🤣🤣🤣.

@MichaelKingsfordGray And so does Wick

They said that mostly good people die. RIP.

Wogan was quite nasty to him

@@sarahclifford2442 as he was to many others...being on the BBC payroll turns a decent bloke into a right twat ;-)

@@sarahclifford2442 What, in this interview?! He seems to think that Rik Mayall is a character he plays though!

hedgehog1965uk I had that!!! It had Neil's Underpants Garden in it yes?

Albatross76 ...but that doesn't mean you are shocking!!! ..no!!!. ..you are soft and sweet like a proper girly ought to be !!!

I had a young ones book but I can't remember it being called that,but it does ring a bell

Walked into a charity shop a while back and found the new statesman vhs box set series 12 and 3 brilliant.i passed it on to a collector

I got into a lot of trouble in my first year high school English class. We were. tasked with reading an excerpt from a book in front of the class, so I chose the “Let’s Swear” part of Bachelor Boys. I got in trouble because I was crying laughing over it so much, I let slip that I ‘can’t fucking breathe’ and my teacher made me go to the headmasters office for swearing.

That was funny then....only now we know Britain was really free under her and is now locked down by a leftist junta bent on destroying the nation. People should be careful for what they stupidly wish for... especially when it's socialism.

@@56squadron Yeah right, Johnson's leftist junta

@@56squadron Yer arse. The left have had no power in 11 years. The corruption & stupidity from BoJo’s government would have made Thatcher blush.

@@56squadron "Socialism" under Comrade Boris Johnson - Commander of the British Revolutionary Guard of Tories, you mean? What drugs are you on? Or is it Covid 19 that has fried any intellect you might once have had?

@@56squadron Don't worry about the silly people that haven't worked out that the Tories are left now.

Intelligent, premature.

Mrs Ghandi yop yop!

Great fun 😂😂😂

The internet happened

Money. The Darkness. The Deep state. The culture of eternal selfism. You can tell from this interview he would not do something just for money if he was against it or did not care for it. He did what he did out of love of it. Now everything is driven by greed. You cannot have enough, get enough, own enough... even if you have everything, it's not enough. We have rejected sense, morals, God and decency all for personal gain. Everyone wants fame for doing nothing. It is a literal cultural black hole, because the culture is a rotten one.

You couldn't make the young ones nowadays,so many idiots would be"offended" crazy times alright mate!!

@@56squadron Bravo, I think you summed that up perfectly and I highly concur, wealth and image what a way to live a life. I feel that for those people as they get older depression will pay a big part in their later years.

We died sometime in the 1990s and haven’t been able to reassurect anything

[the two gunslingers stare at each other] "What football team do you support?" "Watford." "Watford?!? They can't play to save their lives!" "I know..." "Well I think they can play. They just need a new manager. Anyway, you're going to DIE!!!!" [BANG! BANG! BANG!]

@@carlmarks8170 "European Rover old man"

I think there's a pc version on Steam.

When I re-watched some episodes, around 10 years ago, I came to the conclusion that it was embarrassingly unfunny.