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The Bum Notes
''Bottom'' is a British sitcom created by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson that ran for three series on BBC2 from 1991 to 1995. It focuses on Richard "Richie" Richard (Mayall) and Edward Elizabeth "Eddie" Hitler (Edmondson), two unemployed, crude, and perverted flatmates living in Hammersmith, London, who aspire to better themselves. ''Bottom'' became known for its chaotic, nihilistic humour and violent slapstick comedy. In 2004, ''Bottom'' was ranked 45th in a BBC poll for ''Britain's Best Sitcom''. Mayall and Edmondson had worked together since the mid-1970s, and developed ''Bottom'' as an extension of their own relationship and their on-screen characters in '' The Young Ones'' and ''Filthy Rich & Catflap'', their earlier BBC sitcoms. In addition to the series, the pair completed five stage show tours between 1993 and 2003, and adapted the sitcom into a feature-length film, '' Guest House Paradiso'', released in 1999. A proposed spin-off series featuring various ''Bottom'' charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britain's Best Sitcom
''Britain's Best Sitcom'' is a 12-episode documentary series that BBC Two transmitted from 10 January to 27 March 2004. It was part of a nationwide media campaign and opinion poll conducted by the BBC in 2003 and 2004. The BBC asked television viewers to select their favourite British situation comedies from a list of 100, with the option to supply one write-in candidate. In the first poll, conducted in August 2003, viewers could vote via telephone or the BBC's website; the second, conducted January–March 2004, added the option of voting by text message. This second poll coincided with the television programme, which celebrated the top 50 sitcoms from the first poll, and urged viewers to vote their preference from the top 10. In the three-hour premiere episode, Jonathan Ross summarised the progress of the poll, and presented video clips from the bottom 40 of the 50 sitcoms that received the most votes. Each of the next ten weekly episodes, one hour in length, focused on o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound. Career Early success with "Last Night" (1961) The group began as the Royal Spades while its members were in high school. They tried to get a record made for the local Satellite Records (the forerunner of Stax), unsuccessfully, even though the label was owned by the mother and uncle of the group's tenor sax player, Charles "Packy" Axton. When the band eventually made a record, Axton's mother, Estelle Axton, convinced them to change their name, and they became "The Mar-Keys". However, the live lineup of the Mar-Keys was not always the same as the band heard on the recordings. Their first and most famous recording was the organ- and saxophone-driven single " Last Night", a number three hit nationally in the US in 1961. It sold over one million c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexually Frustrated
Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. Sex, SEX or sexual may also refer to: *Sexual intercourse, a sexual activity Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Sex'' (1920 film), an American silent drama * ''Sex'' (2024 film), a Norwegian drama * ''Sex'' (TV series), an Australian series * "Sex", a 1997 TV episode of ''Brass Eye'' * "Sex", an episode of ''Kath & Kim'', 2002 * '' Sex: The Annabel Chong Story'', a 1999 documentary film Literature * ''Sex'' (book), by Madonna and Steven Meisel, 1992 * ''Sex'' (manga), a Japanese manga series by Atsushi Kamijo * ''Sex'' (play), by Mae West, 1926 *''Sexes'', an MDPI academic journal Music *SEX, pseudonym of American rapper Young Thug Albums * ''Sex'' (Elli Kokkinou album), 2005 * ''Sex'' (Telex album), 1981 * ''Sex'' (The Necks album), 1989 * ''Sex'' (The 1975 EP), 2012 * ''Sex'' (Tila Tequila EP), 2007 * ''Sex'' (Vintage album), 2009 Songs * "Sex" (The 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-esteem
Self-esteem is confidence in one's own worth, abilities, or morals. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs about oneself (for example, "I am loved", "I am worthy") as well as emotional states, such as triumph, despair, pride, and shame. Smith and Mackie define it by saying "The self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in how we feel about it (see self)." The construct of self-esteem has been shown to be a desirable one in psychology, as it is associated with a variety of positive outcomes, such as academic achievement, relationship satisfaction, happiness, and lower rates of criminal behavior. The benefits of high self-esteem are thought to include improved mental and physical health, and less anti-social behavior while drawbacks of low self-esteem have been found to be anxiety, loneliness, and increased vulnerability to substance abuse. Self-esteem can apply to a specific attribute or globally. Psychologists usu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin
Virginity is a social construct that denotes the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. As it is not an objective term with an operational definition, social definitions of what constitutes virginity, or the lack thereof, vary. Heterosexuals may or may not consider loss of virginity to occur only through penile–vaginal penetration, while people of other sexual orientations often include oral sex, anal sex, or manual sex in their definitions of virginity loss. The term "virgin" encompasses a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern, and ethical concepts. Religious rituals for regaining virginity exist in many cultures. Some men and women who practice celibacy after losing their virginity consider themselves born-again virgins. There are cultural and religious traditions that place special value and significance on this state, predominantly towards unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honour, and worth. Like cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Jerry
''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the enmity between the titular characters of a cat named Tom Cat, Tom and a mouse named Jerry Mouse, Jerry. Many shorts also feature several List of Tom and Jerry characters#Recurring characters, recurring characters. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts for MGM from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's ''Silly Symphonies'' with the most awards in the category. After the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957, MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts for Rembrandt Films i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Sloman
Roger Sloman (born 19 May 1946) is an English actor known for his work in theatre, film and television. Early life and education He grew up and was educated in South East London. He trained to be a teacher and then went to East 15 acting school between 1967 and 1970. Career He started work at the '' Everyman Theatre'' in Liverpool, followed by theatre work in Nottingham, Birmingham and Sheffield. He toured England and Scotland with the '' 7:84'' theatre company and the ''Royal Shakespeare Company''. On television, Sloman is best known as Keith in Mike Leigh's ''Nuts in May'', as well as Baldy Davitt in ''Ripping Yarns,'' Three-Fingered Pete in ''The Black Adder'' and Right Bleedin' Bastard in ''The Young Ones''. He was Rocky Wesson in the return series of the ITV soap opera ''Crossroads'', and the funeral director Les Coker in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He played the abrasive games teacher Mr Dan 'Frosty' Foster in the first series of ''Grange Hill'' (1978) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Cornes
Lee Cornes is an English television actor and writer born in Worcester. A stand up comedian since 1980, he was a regular compere at London's Comedy Store throughout the 1980s and won best Stand Up Comedian at the Charrington London Fringe Awards in 1987. Cornes appeared in three series of ''Blackadder'', in two episodes of '' The Young Ones'' and as barman 'Dick Head' in the TV show '' Bottom''. He made an appearance in the first episode of '' Filthy, Rich & Catflap'' as a binman. Appeared in the ''Comic Strip'' episode "Slags". Appearances on ''Saturday Night Live''. Cornes also starred in children's drama ''Grange Hill'' as Mr. Jeff Hankin (1990–2002); provided voices for characters in the children's television series '' TUGS'', and featured in the ''Doctor Who'' story "Kinda" as the Trickster (1982). He appeared in ''Red Dwarf'' as Paranoia in the series one episode " Confidence and Paranoia". He also appeared several times in the BBC Scotland sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichfield
Lichfield () is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated south-east of the county town of Stafford, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth, south-west of Burton upon Trent and 14 miles (22.5 km) north of Birmingham. At the time of the 2021 Census, the population was 34,738 and the population of the wider Lichfield District was 106,400. Notable for its three-spired medieval Lichfield Cathedral, cathedral, Lichfield was the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the writer of the first authoritative ''A Dictionary of the English Language, Dictionary of the English Language''. The city's recorded history began when Chad of Mercia arrived to establish his Diocese of Lichfield, bishopric in 669 AD and the settlement grew as the ecclesiastical centre of Mercia. In 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon gold and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooligan's Island
''Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island'' is a live stage show that was recorded at the Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, in 1997, written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. This is the third installment of five live shows based on the television show ''Bottom''. Plot Act One Richard "Richie" Richard ( Mayall) and Edward Elizabeth "Eddie" Hitler ( Edmondson) have been stranded on the titular uncharted island for three years. The show begins with Richie stuck in the island's latrine and struggling to free himself. Eddie enters and tells Richie that he rescued an unconscious "bird" from the beach and placed her in his hammock. Richie eagerly attempts to administer the "Shag of Life," only to discover that the "bird" is actually an albatross. After a fight with Eddie (which Richie loses, as usual), Richie prepares breakfast consisting of brambles and a dying fish he found in the latrine. Richie suffers food poisoning, leading to involuntary vomiting, burping, and flatulenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
