Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

The two loser's on the stain on underwear of life Richie and Eddie return with their un-orthadox, crazy, and disgusting knob gags, in this sellout UK tour that left audiences laughing, me included, as I went to see it LIVE and got it on DVD.

After spending 15 days in the lavatory, Eddie has invented some of the most....useless contraptions in the history of man, based on ideas conceived by Richie's uncle. A giant toaster, painful tattoo remover, and weapons grade alcohol. But his most brilliant idea, and time machine made out of the toilet, which Eddie has dubbed....'The Turdis'. Together they travel through time and space trying to get to the bar before the audience does, but with bad consequences.

The story, though sounding extremely, EXTREMELY far-fetched, is another great comedy classic made by the slapstic kings Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, and the fight scenes, though obviously fake, still pack in the laughs.

Another definate great from the duo, and I would love it if they returned in two years with another show, because an after 13 years, from their first episode in 1991, to their first Live show, their debut film, to the present, I feel they still have what it takes, to make great comedy.

It was the best possible final show. It's an homage to everything these two have done not just in 'Bottom', but in their entire careers. This is the sublimation of these characters and the themes that underpin the 'Bottom' show. It operates on a meta level that true fans will no doubt find most enjoyable. The show virtually dispenses with a plot, and comes across as an indulgent orgy of excess, as well as beautiful, laconic summary of the protagonists' character traits and the very essence of what makes them so funny and tragic at the same time. Of course, this applies mostly to the character of Richie, who is at the core of the entire show, with Eddie just being around to animate Richie's personality. Thus, the show is a mix of this beautiful laying bare of the very essence of what 'Bottom' is about, and of gratuitous indulgence in violence and depravity on a level suitable for a grand finale. It's everything a fan of the show would want. My only complaint is that it ends on a sort of anticlimax. I expected a treat at the end that never came to pass. Hence nine stars instead of ten.

I have watched every Bottom Live show and own copies of three of them. This is the least good of the lot. I say least good instead of worst because it is still extremely funny. I do think it could have done with a better ending though. Overall I think it was very funny and I can watch it over and over just as I have done with the others. It falls short of the others by only getting 7 out of 10 to the 9 and aboves but still a very worthy effort.

I had the pleasure of seeing this show in Manchester, it was on a Friday after Rik and Ade had done 4 consecutive nights all over the UK, and yet they still had the energy to make the show great for us!

The DVD is also brilliant, let's hope they do another show together... long live Rik and Ade :)

I found out purely by coincidence on imdb that this was out, didn't know...ordered it from amazon.co.uk and had it three days later..

This is yet another masterpiece of a show...personally I think they started to focus a little TOO much on butt-jokes, but it's ok.. It's no news ofcourse, but it's gotten a little too anal focused now...but it's no problem, it's still one hell of a joyride, and I still give it 10/10 although I still prefer the older stuff a little bit more..

Rik and Ade is still empowered like hell, you can see they're not totally young anymore, but atleast they have not sold out like to many genious geezers before them once they start to fear not being able to each the cash they need...these guys are still going strong, and all I wish could for, was that they would take their live shows around the world, and not JUST in the UK....I would literally kill to see these guys live!