Bottom: Vulgar, Violent, and Completely Stupid. But we love it

This is my sixth post under the randomizer format and it has been interesting so far it has selected two Gerry Anderson shows, Dad's Army, Being Human, and Steptoe and Son. Today's show the randomizer selected holds a special meaning for me. While I was into shows like Doctor Who and Red Dwarf I was not into much else British. In fact, I even hated shows like Are You Being Served and more maybe because my dad liked that show. One night I was out with a bunch of friends and when we got done eating out we came back to Greg's parents house to watch British TV. He pulled out a VHS copy of a show called Bottom and we watched the episode Gas which guest starred Brian Glover. I was hooked within minutes, here was a show that really threw out all the rules television had and made its own. I had never seen anything like it before. At the same time it was the first British comedy/shows outside of scifi that I really loved. Bottom allowed me to put down the fences I had up before and try other shows I wouldn't of tried before. Really outside of Doctor Who it is my biggest reason why I watch a lot of other British television. I guess you call Bottom my gateway drug. The show starred comedy legends Rik Mayall as Richie Richard and Adrian Edmonson as Eddie Hitler. The two men live together in one of the most disgusting flats you could ever imagine. The show typically follows Richie and Eddie around as they try to find a way to make a quick buck, get laid, or just get drunk. Along the way anything that can go bad for them usually goes bad for them especially if it is Richie. Their two personalities causes them to clash quite a bit. Their clashes are stuff of legends its like seeing the Three Stooges on steroids. Along with Eddie and Richie you'll see regular appearances from Spudgun and Hedgehog, Eddie's friends, who koins the guys for the fun. Bottom was so popular and violent that Mayall and Edmonson decided to make a live show to show the stuff to violent for tv and words too raunchy. The show was so popular that they even made a movie as well called Guest House Paradiso. The only reason they stopped doing the act was because they needed a break, but it has been announced another series is in the works with Richie and Eddie to be old men living in a retirement home. I guess we will have to wait and see what comes.

Episodic Overview: We find ourselves in a police station in which Eddie and Richie have been paid to stand in a suspect line. The police chief walks in and Richie starts making fun of him thinking that he is the suspect. Like usual Richie makes an ass of himself because a few moments later the real suspects are brought in Spudgun and Hedgehog. The four guys talk with each other when the witness is brought in to identify the suspect. The witness is Spudgun's mom and she accuses him of steeling her purse, but in the end it was a clever decoy to get all the men in the suspect line 8 pounds since they all go to the same bar. The police has Spudgun's mom taken out back and beaten why we break away to the bar where Richie, Eddie, and everyone else in the suspect line went to. The usual bartender is not there instead in his place is hot young woman, Julia Sawala, serving everyone. Richie decides to make his move giving her the story that he served in the Falkland War to try to get her to shag him, but he gets interrupted by a war veteran, Robert Llewellan, who does not quite believe Richie's story. The war veteran and Richie argue back and forth with each other for quite awhile when out of no where bookie Tight Larry walks in so drunk that he is falling all over the place hitting his head on the bar and more. The exchange of words start back up and the war veteran shows Richie his carved wooden leg to prove he was in the war and Richie showed his appendix scar and his small penis to prove he was in the war and tries to drag the rest of the men in the bar on his side. When Eddie says your full of Bullocks. The conversation ends with the war veteran beating up Richie. The bartender stops them and gives Richie a free beer. The fight starts again and this time Tight Larry accidentally breaks up the fight saying Sad Ken is a sure winner at a 100-1. Everyone leaves the bar except the veteran, bartender, Richie, and Eddie, Richie pulls Eddie into the bathroom where the come up with the scheme to steal the veteran's wooden leg pawn it, place the bet, and when they win get the leg from pawn put it back on the veteran. They successfully steal the leg from the veteran despite Eddie extremely damaging his other leg and Richie stays there to keep the veteran occupied. Eddie pawns the leg for 500 and places the bet on Sad Ken. The race starts Sad Ken runs in the wrong direction and they put him down for being a three legged horse. Eddie makes his way back to the bar where he explains to Richie they lost and from the backroom comes the regular bartender and Tight Larry they are laughing at them because they tricked Richie and Eddie. Richie and Eddie now afraid that they can't get the leg back go back into the bathroom to where they plan to beat up the next person who walks in. The person walks in and they start pounding away including hitting him with the condom dispenser. It turns out to be the chief from the police station earlier. We find ourselves now back in the police station with the same situation as earlier the police chief walks in points out Richie and Eddie and the entire police force start to beat them down. Credits Roll

Episode Review: This episode just says classic Bottom all over it. The fights are there. Richie makes an ass of himself. Richie can't get a woman to save his life. Everything goes bad from Richie's scheme. Julia Sawala puts in a nice performance. Robert LLewellyn puts in a great performance especially with facial expressions. This is a top five episode in my book and would recommend it for any fan of Bottom to watch or to introduce a person to Bottom.

Tonight's Episode : Ashes to Ashes Episode 2 It was not the show I hoped the randomizer would pick, but that is okay I love Alex Drake.