Bottom

TV Series
1991–1995
TV-MA
30m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

15K

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POPULARITY

3,874

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Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall in Bottom (1991)

Sitcom Slapstick Comedy

Two perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.Two perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.Two perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.

Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

15K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,874

342

Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Episodes18

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Trivia
Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall originally planned to call the series 'Your Bottom' - so that viewers would be heard to say such things as, "I saw Your Bottom on television last night".

Goofs
The status of duo's tenancy in the flat changes from one episode to the next. In some, it is Richie who charges Eddie rent to live with him, but in others, the flat is owned by Mr. Harrison who runs the downstairs shop.

Quotes
Eddie: This is a sex shop isn't it?
Shop Assistant: Yes.
Eddie: [slaps money down] I'll have five quid's worth then!
Shop Assistant: Very droll sir, I've never heard that one before.
Eddie: Haven't you? Shall I tell it again?
Shop Assistant: No thank you sir, I'd rather have a pineapple inserted violently into my rectum.
Eddie: You've been working here too long mate.

Crazy credits
During the closing credits of the Series 3 opening show 'Hole' Eddie is heard shouting "Woo Hoo!" and Richie is heard screaming which confirms Richie and Eddie both survived falling from the Ferris wheel.

Connections
Edited into Auntie's Bloomers: Auntie's New Bloomers 1 (1994)

Soundtracks
B.B.'s Blues
Written by B.B. King
Performed by The Bum Notes

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Review

Featured review

9/10

It may be puerile and crude but it is also utterly hilarious

This crude comedy series is centred on Richie Richard and Edward Hitler; a couple of unemployed losers living in Hammersmith. Over the course of eighteen episodes they get into a number of situations where things inevitably turn out for the worse or their feeble plans fail miserably. Their frequent arguments inevitably end up with violence.

If you object to puerile humour you won't like this but if crudity and slapstick violence amuse you then you should find this hilarious... more than once I laughed till I cried I found it so funny. Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson are great as Rich and Eddie; in many episodes the only characters to feature. The violence is so over the top, in the manner of a 'Tom and Jerry' cartoon, that it is no longer disturbing. Characters recover from serious injuries, including having legs removed with a chainsaw, by the next episode. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of lowbrow humour.