Another extra from the R1 Young Ones boxset. He performs the Poetry gag (different venue) and portrays an early rendition of the Rick character, naturally!
first time i saw family guy i tought *holly mollesting priest its rik mayall*...but i was wrong so terribly wrong...may god have mercy on our souls..a cha cha cha
I actually never liked him that much, probably because of his anti-European pro-Tory stances I couldn't really stand, moreover after his impersonation of mr. Alan B'stard, it made me think he was backing what he was satirising, and I couldn't stand it... I had never really liked him that much also because he was always shouting like that, it was too much for me, really. After all this wee rant of mine, R.I.P. Rik Mayall, whoever you were, you were entirely entitled to be that way. :-(
I know, I know I'll sound completely out of tune commenting Rik Mayall's death, he's always been adored by the many, he's now on his way to become a myth, an untouchable 'holy figure', but I think this is exactly what he didn't want US to be... if ever there was one thing he taught me as a kid, that was being CRITICAL. I'll never treat him as an untouchable 'holy figure', and since there were things I didn't appreciate about him, I'll keep having my say on that. All the rest is just due celebration to an (apparently) free man.
Good question. It makes me think quite a lot about myself. This is what I've come up with: there must be some kind of 'masochism' inside of me, in fact when I know there's something I don't like I often get back to it and get that strange feeling of curiosity, as if I needed to review my opinions all the time. That's what I suppose I'm doing.
