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Bub&Bob
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by Bub&Bob » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:58 am
The dry fart for Barry MacDermot and all the cancer patients in the Glamorgan testicle ward
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Sel Feena
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by Sel Feena » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:09 am
Aw, hell. Was having a genuinely good day until I saw that.
RIP Lord Flashheart

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psj3809
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by psj3809 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:10 am
Damn ! Very sad news.
Very very funny bloke, obviously the highlight was the Young Ones (and later Bottom). Very sad
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shiftytigger
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by shiftytigger » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:14 am
Sad day for comedy in general - always the good ones , yet John Culshaw still walks the earth.
RIP Rick , you made my youth that much funnier.
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Roo
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by Roo » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:17 am
Really saddened to hear about the death of Rik Mayall. Through The Young Ones, The New Statesman and Bottom, he was just brilliant. We can't not pay tribute to his vocal performance in Hogs of War as well - it was impeccable.
R.I.P.
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psj3809
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by psj3809 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:26 am
When was the Young ones originally on tv ? Was it 1982/3 ?
I remember as a kid being 'allowed' to watch that as i was very young and there was obviously a lot of adult jokes in it, but it was funny as anything and my parents let me watch it. Good times back then
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markopoloman
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by markopoloman » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:30 am
That has made my day become a complete bottom burp. There are loads of famous people I'd prefer to pop their cloggs before him. Sad day indeed
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Sputryk
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by Sputryk » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:04 pm
What the...? Bolt from the blue, this. No specific reason given yet for his untimely passing, but quad bike incident is referenced.
He had many, many more years ahead of him as a genuine, raucous comedy talent. Never saw much of him after Statesman, though. The Young Ones is my fave - cried with laughter many times. (That's the end of my hope of a follow-up called The Old Ones.) He was always over-the-top, sly, caustic, on edge - so funny.
RIP
"I think Special Patrol Group is a stupid name for a hamster"
"OK, I'll change it, then. Hello Cliff Richard!"
"B'stard!"
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ArchaicKoala
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by ArchaicKoala » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:17 pm
What the...?!?!
I just saw this one the front page of a news website and literally shouted that out loud, I just couldn't believe it
I used to watch reruns of 'The Young Ones' when I was a kid (probably around the mid-late 90's) and thought it was bloody hilarious.
Yet another legend lost this year

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Matt_B
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by Matt_B » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:25 pm
That's sad news indeed. I can't imagine it had anything to do with the quad incident as that was well over a decade ago.
I think The Young Ones, Bottom and maybe The New Statesman would go down has his greatest performances, but I've also got fond memories of him as Kevin Turvey from a Kick Up The Eighties. The last thing I saw him in was Man Down, which wasn't great, although he was pretty much its saving grace.
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Montytom
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by Montytom » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:39 pm
Genuinly gutted loved him in Bottom
very sad day indeed
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aztecca
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by aztecca » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:46 pm
Very sad news a really funny bloke

Going to go on youtube and watch him reading Georges marvellous medicine on jackanory.Wish i had a ps1 to play Hogs of war on too.My thought are with his loved ones.
SH1T HAPPENS
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DPrinny
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by DPrinny » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:52 pm
Ahhh bloody helll
Lost anthoer person I give a toss about
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mlucifersam
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by mlucifersam » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:55 pm
Very sad

I had the good fortune to meet him in 2005. And only 56

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