On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:41 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rik Mayall was perhaps best known in the U.S. for his role in the cult > film "Drop Dead Fred," but became first noted in the UK as Rick, the > obnoxious anarchist in "The Young Ones," the BBC sitcom that became the > first non-music series on MTV in the mid-80s (after which MTV aired "The > Comic Strip Presents," the sketchcom that was his first series). Although > his other series "Bottom" and "The New Statesman" were never aired here, > some Americans may know him from his role as Lord Flashheart in the > "Blackadder" series. In the UK, he was considered a trend-setter in > bringing a new kind of comedy into the mainstream and most British comics > today considered him an inspiration (BBCA blogger Fraser McAlpine calls > "The Young Ones" the Sex Pistols of sitcoms and Mr. Mayall the Johnny > Rotten): > > http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27770266 > > Here's the McAlpine post, with lots of clips from Mr. Mayall: > > http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/06/rip-rik-mayall/ > Along with an obituary notice, someone tweeted a link to a YT video of a young Mayall doing a standup bit he called Angry Poetry. I was surprised at how many of his mannerisms have made their way into Craig Ferguson's monologue persona. I watched the first couple of segments of the Late Late Show last night to see if Craig would acknowledge Mayall and he did not. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
