Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

I have only high praises for this show. 110% pure entertainment with top of the line punch lines. I only regret not being there to see it live. If you love'em two goofballs, buy this show and watch it 253 times. If you hate'em, go down to your local Blockbuster outlet and rent it. When returning the show, pick up one copy on your way back!

Ghydda

When I first saw this show years ago, I didn't really like it. I thought the toilet jokes, fart jokes, penis jokes and innuendos were tiresome. Also most of it was Rik and Ade ad-libbing and going off script. Also we have to look at Richie's poo covered back throughout the whole first act.

All that stuff was probably hysterical back in 97, today not so much.

But when years passed, I thought "Maybe I've been too hard on this show." So, I decided to give it another chance and bought it on DVD. I liked it a lot more this time.

I liked the scene where Richie eats the bad fish and vomits. And the vomit is just steam. The more faker it looks, the more funnier it is. And you can see the hose Rik is holding onto when he is going to vomit on the cannibals. (They later used the bad fish plot in Guest House Paradiso, which I disliked. Despite the movie having a few funny moments though.)

My favourite scene is when they're talking about how they got on the island in the first place. I thought Richie's Ecstasy dance was funny. Also, I liked how you picture the incident in your head when they're talking about it.

I loved the set. In the credits, it said Rik and Ade designed it. They probably designed it when they were writing the script to see what scenes they could create. Out of the sets in the live shows, this is my favourite.

It may have it's flaws mentioned above, it's still enjoyable.

Richard Richard & Edward Elizabeth Hitler (Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson) find themselves stranded on a desert-island, after stowing away upon a ferry to escape the ol'bill. However, things are slightly marred by the fact that they hate each other and that there's a nuclear bomb to keep them company. And as this 'Bottom', they will fight, squabble, kick and fart through the funniest 90 minutes of your life. And that's official. The two stars work their socks off to produce a rib-tickling, side-splitting, groin-clutching play, that happens to be their third stage performance of these characters. If you've ever watched the BBC TV sitcom, set in a muck-ridden flat, then you'll know what's coming - swearing, fighting, farting, more knob-gags than a Carry on. But, if you haven't then this an absolute must! Although more sensitive viewers beware: They is extreme swearing and agonising violence. But it's all in a good nature . . .

I've been a fan of BOTTOM and YOUNG ONES for years, since I was 11 to be exact (Im 20 now!!) and I hadnt seen nothing until I saw the BOTTOM LIVE videos!!!!

For this one, we go far far away from the lovely flat in Hammersmith and to a desert island where Rik and Ade are making the most of being stranded!!! This one tops both the first and second one.

The seagull- "Watch it circle, watch it loop de loop, watch it get the prop man sacked!!" cracks me up EVERYTIME. The Disney impersonations, the "bird" the "Nuclear Bombe" (s**t its all in French!!)- these guys pull it off gracefully and get through the mistakes and rik's constant giggling!!!!

We get the audience shouting "Have a w**k!!) but unlike the first two videos, the reply is brought on more gracefully. Watch out for the story on how Rik and Ade came to be on the island, like their rubbish magic trick tales, Rik's ecstasy dance........ it all brings a smile to my face

And people wonder why I'm insane!

Go.....see....now!!!!

H xxxxxx

Let me say first: I am a big fan of Ade and Rik, from Kevin Turvey through the Young Ones through Bottom. But this particular video is not a good example of their superb sense of humour.

Bottom, for the uninitiated, is all about slapstick, fart jokes and the tragic sadness of two complete losers. Think the Young Ones but more so. At its best, it is hilarious. This is not its best.

It's hard to explain why not, it just isn't. Not all bum jokes are equal, shall we say. They can be clever, unexpected and almost Wilde-esque, or they can be dreadfully obvious and overdone. More to the point, this video relies so much on them, as opposed to the witty repartee, random violence and sexual innuendo of the rest of the Bottom works.

If you want to see Bottom at its best, avoid this one and hire the Bottom Live 1 or watch the tv series.