Rik Mayall dead

[Garibaldi Red]

Heard the news about this on the way in to work this morning. Loved watching The Young Ones with Rik (with a silent P). I had the good fortune to meet Rik, albeit briefly, when he did an ad for SA Tourism in the mid 80's, I was working for the Tourism Commission at the time.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/06/10/05/42/british-comic-actor-rik-mayall-dies

The British comic actor's portrayal of a puerile anarchist in the BBC sitcom endeared him to a generation of viewers in the 1980s.
He also appeared in Blackadder alongside Rowan Atkinson, as a cynical Conservative politician in The New Statesman and was reunited with his Young Ones co-star Ade Edmondson in Bottom.

Read more at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/06/10/05/42/british-comic-actor-rik-mayall-dies#Fk85JBOYJzaMwKBV.99

 

[Forzaport]

Will be missed. Funny, funny man. RIP.

 

[MrMeaner]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Sad news, I was big Young Ones fan back in the day. And 56 is too young (no pun intended).

 

[mic59]

Loved "The Young Ones" and Rik's obsession with Cliff Richard.

To Suggs : "Do you know 'Summer Holiday?'"
Suggs : "You whistle it, and I'll punch your face in."




To Cliff Richard during the video : "Hi, Cliff. It's me!"
Cliff : "Who are you?"
Rik : "Uuuh, great joke, your majesty."

 

[Seanybruz]

Sad news his acting was great in Drop Dead Fred & Guest House Paradiso, RIP.

 

[GETSOMENUTS]

I never rally watched Young Ones, but liked him in Bottom.
And yep 56 is far too young to croak.

 

[bomberclifford]

Eric Blair will be in mourning.

Sad news. played a huge part in the development of my own warped sense of humour.

Wooof!

 

[Jim Dixon]

Stunned!

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Rick: The World's Stupidest Bottom-Burp: Vyvyan, Britain!
Neil: It says "Rick" here.

 

[Eric Blair]

Eric Blair will be in mourning.

Sad news. played a huge part in the development of my own warped sense of humour.

Wooof!

Very very sad when I heard the news this morning.

RIP Alan B'stard/Lord Flashheart.

"Mind if I use your phone? If word gets out I'm missing, five hundred girls will kill themselves. And I wouldn't want them on my conscience, not when they ought to be on my *face*! Hello? Cancel the state funeral, tell the king to stop blubbing, Flash is not dead! I simply ran out of juice! And before five hundred girls all go 'oh, what's the point in living any more?' I'm talking about petrol! Woof! Send someone along to pick me up. General Melchett's driver will do, she hangs round with a big knob so she'll be used to a fellow like me. Woof!"

 

[I Dont Care]

Comedy gold...RIP Rik

 

[rumoursofwinter]

I miss you Rik. Long live the people's poet.

 

[raptalia]

I enjoyed Rik Mayall as a serious actor as well as a comic.

Liked good friend Adrian Edmonson's comment. '..and now he has died without me- the selfish bastard'.
Straight out of the Young One's laugh book that one.

 

[Power Raid]

and my fav

haha, you missed both my legs