There’s so many to chose when you think of it, from his Jackanory reading george’s marvelous medicine to Mr Jolly, and so on.
For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, one of his best characters and definitely worth checking out is Colin Grigson on the Bad News soundtrack album- way funnier than the film….
I grew up watching countless episodes of Bottom. I don’t know why but the one that always sticks in my memory is the Xmas episode. Where Eddie makes Vodka margerine and they find the baby Jesus and offer Terrys All Gold, a Frankinstein mask and the aftershave, Grrrr.
Many years ago, I worked with another member of the Blackadder cast. He told me that Mayall, in Flash mode was bordering on impossible to work with. Partly because much of it was ad libbed, but mainly because it was so bloody funny!
I don’t normally touch alcohol on a Monday night but this evening I’ll be having a few in tribute to one of the great comic actors of our age. I was at school when The Young Ones came out. It was complete cult viewing for all in my class. We would spend the next day quoting lines. And the University Challenge episode is still one of the single greatest sit com episodes every made
I also loved Filthy, Rich and Catflap which I reckon is always overlooked for some reason.
