Bottom

TV Show • 1991  

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Bottom is a British anarchic sitcom written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as socially awkward, sexually inexperienced Richie Richard, and carefree alcoholic Eddie Hitler, two social outcasts living on the dole, trapped together in a daily grind in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London. Perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated, they spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other. The show ran for three series, originally airing on BBC Two from 1991 - 1995, and was followed by five stage show tours across the United Kingdom between 1993 and 2003, and a feature film Guest House Paradiso. The show is noted for its chaotic, nihilistic humour and violent comedy slapstick. In 2008, Bottom came in at number 45 in a poll to determine "Britain's Best Sitcom" by the BBC. The show continues to be shown in the UK on Gold and Dave, and has been dubbed in other languages. In Spain the show is known as La pareja basura which aired on Canal+. The theme music was provided by The Bum Notes, a band that once featured Edmondson, and is a cover of "Last Night" by The Mar-Keys. Plans were made in 2012 for a BBC spin-off series, Hooligan's Island, featuring the Richie and Eddie characters from Bottom. However, that project was cancelled that October prior to production as Edmondson explained that he wished to pursue other interests.
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Does the dog die?
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Not on screen, but in the second episode, there is mention of a pet Alsatian getting hit by a car, and proceeding to be used as Kebab Meat
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is a child abused?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Does a horse die?
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 E4
Characters bet on a horse and watch the race on television. The horse is never shown onscreen, but the commentator says that he has been shot.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there bestiality?
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Abuse
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Richie and Eddie often end up violently beating each other up.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Eddie is an alcoholic.
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Edward 'elizabeth' Hitler is an alcoholic
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recurring joke when they throw something out of a window it will hit the alley dog, offscreen
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Is there amputation?
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Another episode has Eddie get his legs cut off
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S2
 E2
Not squashed, but Eddie slams Richie's head in a refrigerator door multiple times and he's shown to be bloody and bruised afterward. As usual it's played for laughs.
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Is there a hanging?
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Christmas episode has Richie being hung by ed, played for laughs as no actual harm is caused and it's said that that kinda thing has happened before
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Characters are very frequently injured in the genital area in a slapstick way
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Characters get hit in the face and spit out teeth
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Christmas episode and maybe more
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Does someone vomit?
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S1
 E1
Eddie drunkenly vomits on Richie's shoulder at the end of the first scene.
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S3
 E2
every time Richie is stricken by the cattle prod, he shits himself.
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Prejudice
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many characters speak about and too Richie as if he is mentally handicapped, to be fair it's not an invalid point as he genuinely does seem to require some help, it's normally just stuff like "is there someone who looks after you?" and "I thought (s)he was being put away?" all played for laughs
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Richie is often shamed and made fun of for being fat, despite the fact that he was not fat at all.
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timeanplace
main plot driver is they wanna shag some nice birds
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