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He and Adrian as the Dangerous Brothers was just about the best slap-stick comedy I've ever seen.
I first saw him as an uptight poet on some regional program reciting a poem for Vanessa Redgrave and at the time it was stunningly original and hilarious, I'd never seen anyone inhabit a tortured comedic character like he could.
i feel myself quite touched by this, laughter is a deep emotion and i feel as though a little part of me and my childhood has died too
I was hoping that him and Ade would do one more last hoorah stage wise or even a new sitcom, bugger.
As someone said Fistful of Travellers Cheques was ace and he was excellent in it. Alan B'stard was funny as fook.
I wonder what did for him and I remember he had a close call in 98 with that quad bike accident.
Bottom, The Young Ones, Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, Bad News and Lord Flasheart in Blackadder are some of the greatest moments in comedy
I remember in the 80s, when all we had was Les Dawson, Morecombe and Wise, Cannon and Ball, Little and Large and other such Butlins trained comics. (plus Bernard Manning, Jim Davison ect). Then the Young Ones came on TV, and comedy was never the same again. Watching that as a kid, alongside Kenny Everret and Not The Nine O´clock News just blew all of the naff crap out of the water. Basically like dropping Led Zep one through a 400 watt stereo after years of only being able to listen to Justine Bieber. Rik Mayall was a comedy genius. Young One rick and Alan B´Astard were two of the all time best comic characters ever.