Talking Bottom
@talkingbottom.bsky.social
The Bottom Podcast - discussing the greatest sitcom from Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson. From @paultanter Mat Brooks & Angela Pearson - the book TALKING BOTTOM: A GUIDE TO THE CULT SITCOM out 3rd July 2025 https://amzn.eu/d/fVnjXEk
They say you can’t hear a picture.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
They say you can’t hear a picture.
We know the perfect way to avoid getting this look on Christmas Day.
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We know the perfect way to avoid getting this look on Christmas Day.
Rumour has it they flop open at the lingerie pages… DM us or email [email protected] to buy one - we’ll even sign it. “This sort of squiggle is you?”
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Rumour has it they flop open at the lingerie pages… DM us or email [email protected] to buy one - we’ll even sign it. “This sort of squiggle is you?”
Build your “A Squad!”
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Build your “A Squad!”
Come on, it’s time; lets get our big ones out! Looking for Xmas pressies for a Bottom fan? Look no further! DM us or email [email protected] - Come on, chivvy chivvy chivvy!
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Come on, it’s time; lets get our big ones out! Looking for Xmas pressies for a Bottom fan? Look no further! DM us or email [email protected] - Come on, chivvy chivvy chivvy!
Forget Bodie and Doyle… Richie and Eddie are the real Professionals.
December 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Forget Bodie and Doyle… Richie and Eddie are the real Professionals.
Come on, we all know the answer. And the pint would be in a half-pint glass.
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Come on, we all know the answer. And the pint would be in a half-pint glass.
NEW EP OUT NOW! We chat in-depth with @maxkinnings.bsky.social , ghostwriter of “Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ” and who currently researching and writing the only official Rik Mayall biography, due for publication in 2028. This is one not to miss! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NEW EP OUT NOW! We chat in-depth with @maxkinnings.bsky.social , ghostwriter of “Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ” and who currently researching and writing the only official Rik Mayall biography, due for publication in 2028. This is one not to miss! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Merry Christmas Eddie! I thought I heard sleigh bells… had he been? Ooh, he has! DM us now to get your orders in in time - the Bumper Bottom Xmas bundle gets you a signed book, 2 bookmarks and 2 tea towels for £50 inc p&p, or pick yourself up two tea towels for £30 plus p&p!
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Merry Christmas Eddie! I thought I heard sleigh bells… had he been? Ooh, he has! DM us now to get your orders in in time - the Bumper Bottom Xmas bundle gets you a signed book, 2 bookmarks and 2 tea towels for £50 inc p&p, or pick yourself up two tea towels for £30 plus p&p!
People forget that Samuel Beckett didn’t just write Waiting for Godot, which influenced Bottom, but he was also a time traveller in Quantum Leap, which influenced these fantastic alternative Bottom opening titles!
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
People forget that Samuel Beckett didn’t just write Waiting for Godot, which influenced Bottom, but he was also a time traveller in Quantum Leap, which influenced these fantastic alternative Bottom opening titles!
1/2 NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW! This man literally wrote the book(s) on Rik Mayall - he ghost-wrote “Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ” and is currently writing the only official Rik Mayall biography, due for publication in 2028. It’s Max Kinnings!
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
1/2 NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW! This man literally wrote the book(s) on Rik Mayall - he ghost-wrote “Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ” and is currently writing the only official Rik Mayall biography, due for publication in 2028. It’s Max Kinnings!
1/2 “Bottom is the kind of thing that gives lavatorial humour a bad name.”
Try not to imagine what it’s like inside Mayall and Edmondson’s head”
“Bottom has no socially redeeming features.”
“Witless tosh.”
Find out what else the critics said when Bottom debuted in 1991…
Try not to imagine what it’s like inside Mayall and Edmondson’s head”
“Bottom has no socially redeeming features.”
“Witless tosh.”
Find out what else the critics said when Bottom debuted in 1991…
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
1/2 “Bottom is the kind of thing that gives lavatorial humour a bad name.”
Try not to imagine what it’s like inside Mayall and Edmondson’s head”
“Bottom has no socially redeeming features.”
“Witless tosh.”
Find out what else the critics said when Bottom debuted in 1991…
Try not to imagine what it’s like inside Mayall and Edmondson’s head”
“Bottom has no socially redeeming features.”
“Witless tosh.”
Find out what else the critics said when Bottom debuted in 1991…
For many, Bottom is a natural follow-on to The Young Ones. Enjoy the opening credits to “The Older Ones!”
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For many, Bottom is a natural follow-on to The Young Ones. Enjoy the opening credits to “The Older Ones!”
“You can’t identify someone just from their testicles.”
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“You can’t identify someone just from their testicles.”
“You can’t identify someone just from their eyes.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“You can’t identify someone just from their eyes.”
Rather a bumper crop of Christmas presents we’re parcelling up for some Bottom fans who must have been good little boys and girls! We’ve got loads of both types of tea towel and copies of the book available so DM us or email at [email protected] to beat the Christmas rush. Come on, come on!
December 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Rather a bumper crop of Christmas presents we’re parcelling up for some Bottom fans who must have been good little boys and girls! We’ve got loads of both types of tea towel and copies of the book available so DM us or email at [email protected] to beat the Christmas rush. Come on, come on!
Ever the master of his craft, Rik Mayall switches effortlessly and hilariously from Alan B’Stard to Rick/Richie in this Comic Relief sketch. Brilliant.
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ever the master of his craft, Rik Mayall switches effortlessly and hilariously from Alan B’Stard to Rick/Richie in this Comic Relief sketch. Brilliant.
NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW! We chat with comedy writer Dave Cohen, who saw Rik and Ade’s 1979 Edinburgh Fringe show “Death on the Toilet.”
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1OC7lCW...
Podbean: talkingbottom.podbean.com
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1OC7lCW...
Podbean: talkingbottom.podbean.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW! We chat with comedy writer Dave Cohen, who saw Rik and Ade’s 1979 Edinburgh Fringe show “Death on the Toilet.”
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1OC7lCW...
Podbean: talkingbottom.podbean.com
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1OC7lCW...
Podbean: talkingbottom.podbean.com
We’ve got copies of the book available as well as the tea towels, for those after bumper Bottom bundles. You know the time to get Christmas pressies is going to disappear faster than the emergency fiver!
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We’ve got copies of the book available as well as the tea towels, for those after bumper Bottom bundles. You know the time to get Christmas pressies is going to disappear faster than the emergency fiver!
And I’m a virgin!
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And I’m a virgin!
Reposted by Talking Bottom
Only found the Talking Bottom podcast (@talkingbottom.bsky.social) couple of months ago so still working through it but have become v fond of hearing about that funny, bizarre show I used to watch. Some great interviews plus a *lot* of wider related content. (So obviously had to buy the book.)
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Only found the Talking Bottom podcast (@talkingbottom.bsky.social) couple of months ago so still working through it but have become v fond of hearing about that funny, bizarre show I used to watch. Some great interviews plus a *lot* of wider related content. (So obviously had to buy the book.)
One things for sure; Richie and Eddie are the best of F.R.I.E.N.D.S in these alternative Bottom opening credits.
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One things for sure; Richie and Eddie are the best of F.R.I.E.N.D.S in these alternative Bottom opening credits.
Excuse me, I didn’t get my paper this morning.
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excuse me, I didn’t get my paper this morning.
BLACK FRIDAY is an excuse for us to post about our faaaaaantastic tea towels - there’s the Hammermsmith Bugle classified ads and the Lamb and Flag pub menu. As it’s BLACK FRIDAY we’ll accept just cash, no sweets.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
BLACK FRIDAY is an excuse for us to post about our faaaaaantastic tea towels - there’s the Hammermsmith Bugle classified ads and the Lamb and Flag pub menu. As it’s BLACK FRIDAY we’ll accept just cash, no sweets.
This Chortle article about Rik nearly reuniting with Ben Elton on a sitcom is well worth a read in its entirety via this link. Pictured below is a snippet, culminating in a classic Rik line. www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This Chortle article about Rik nearly reuniting with Ben Elton on a sitcom is well worth a read in its entirety via this link. Pictured below is a snippet, culminating in a classic Rik line. www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...