I think the underlying issue was the way it really p****d off Bruce Forsyth and especially Jimmy Tarbuck who, to this day is quite angry about it. The entire series was only ever shown once on the BBC. Fortunately I videoed them all. It followed The Young Ones which was too difficult to beat. Filthy, Rich & Catflap wasn’t that good but it’s worth a watch.
EPISODES 1. Dead Milkmen 0:00 2. Game Show 34:55 3. Dinner Party 1:09:52 4. A Death in the Family 1:44:08 5. Breakfast Television 2:18:45 6. Smear Campaign 2:57:38
I’m 100% convinced that everything from The Young One to Bottom is a single storyline. I refuse to explain further, but trust me when I say the idea isn’t crazy at all!!
I came up with a theory that Vyvyan changed his name because he got sick of it being called a girl's name. And Rick changed his to Richie because he was sick of being called PRick. Eddie changed his surname from Basterd to Hitler because he wanted "a less problematic surname"...😂
I actually totally agree! Richie tried to be famous and failed so they moved into the house in Bottom and eventually admitted defeat so just kicked the s*** out of each other forever more 😂
rik ade and nigel along with ben elton paul jackson and ed bye were a dynamic humor force.... what a pity there was no series two...! thanks for this upload
I know it’s been 2 years, but I just wanted to 2nd your comment about Paul Jackson. He was partly responsible for some of my favourite comedies, but his name doesn’t really get mentioned a lot! 👍
I'm glad that there wasn't .... If this had continued wed never had gotten "bottom", which is probably my favourite, the dangerous brothers was pretty funny too, but this was awful, after the third doorbell fart gag it becomes impossible to even raise a smile let alone get a laugh... I think everyone tried to hard and went to far. As for Ben Elton comedy... Never liked it, wealthy people toilet humour, doing and saying everything that mummy wouldn't approv of, it's why he was tak n off screen early on in his career because he's the least funny person around. RIP Rik ❤
Grew up watching bottom when i was a kid . Loved the hilarious violent chaos. Had absolutely no idea they did a previos series called filthy rich & flatcap. Absolutely buzzing to stumble over these episodes!!!
I;d say you didn't. That all based on war mongering. You didn't learn or grow up.? retort in your own spine.Alias the jester is clearer.Ignorant shut down.
I watched this when it came out and thought it was genius straight away. It's a dull thing to say but me and three mates would go down the pub all weekend and quote this to each other. I can't look at Eddie Catflap without thinking of my old mate Kev, who had all the facial mannerisms down to a T. So much of it made it into our daily language. Don't get me wrong - Young Ones & Bottom are brilliant but this beats them hands down. I still have a great urge to walk through my front door, hurl a pint glass into the air and jump up to headbutt it as it falls to the ground. Maybe one day...
This came out a few years after The Young Ones. I was so so disappointed by this effort back in the day. Finally decided to give it another go, after allowing a few decades to brew. Three minutes in and I'm already pissing myself laughing, this is awesome!
I’m so glad that this was uploaded, never heard or seen this. 1982 I watched The Young Ones, and most of what they delivered. But this?? Never. Thanks again ❤❤ RIP R M…
So happy to have discovered this. As groundbreaking as the Young Ones was, and as riotious as Bottom was, this was always my favourite Mayall/Edmonson sitcom. And one of Ben Elton’s most underrated works too.
From the young ones and the dangerous brothers to bottom, practically the exact same characters and humour.... Funny how this wasn't very funny and was what many of us would've thought would've been the end of this kind of silly comedy as it had certain oy worn a bit tiresome, but with bottom it's like it all came full circle and it never worked better. Bottom was perfect, such a shame that Rik had developed issues and wasn't going to able to continue before he sadly passed away. Rest in peace Mr Mayall, a true legend of British comedy and one who will always be fondly remembered by us all. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@JamesMooreMarketing Although the slapstick elements were much the same, FR&C was more topical than Bottom and was a direct stab at the tedious light entertainment industry that dominated mainstream TV for decades. I still think it’s woefully underrated to this day.
😢pity there weren't more episodes of this,Bottom,Fawlty Towers,Yes Prime Minister & The Young Ones 😮British comedy is the absolute bestThanks for the upload😂❤
This is without a shadow of doubt my favourite Comedy Duo of all time everything they done was successful and a great laugh to watch. Thank you for uploading this.
Wich jolly gap toothed scouser comedian who now presents Winner Takes All ,first rose to fame on Sunday Night At The London Palladium ,he also enjoys the odd round of golf and his initials are J.T? 😂😂😂
Hasnt seen this since i was 16. At the time i found it hard to reconcile nigel as a deviant old bastard rather than neil, but he was brilliant. Thanks for posting, daughter
This is some funny shit, just like Bottom was. I have the complete series DVD of that. I guess Abe decided to shave his head and wear glasses for that role. He's funny either way!
Yes, massively so. Think they called the 2nd series Bottom :))) Sadly, before Riks' untimely and very sad death, they were planning to do another series of Bottom, based with them in a retirement home I think.
ah yes, i heard ade talking about that in an interview once. "we'll be twatting eachother with colostomy bags". i laughed out loud just from him saying that!
This is absolute genius television 😂😂😂😂 massively underrated it’s ace! But it went under the radar for a lot of people, unless your of a certain age like me😂
Don't like to see people get this wrong and assume it's some lazy fart comedy with a few lefty references. It pales in comparison to their other work but this is still a classic skewering of "light entertainment". Nigel Planer as Ralph Filthy is particularly underrated!
Loved young ones and bottom but for some reason I didn't watch this when it released and heard it wasn't as good as young ones/bottom but just watched this and it is really good! Can now see where Richard Richard and Edward Elizabeth Hitler came from!
It's had a very mixed responses from fans. I love it, but do need to be in a certain mind frame to watch it. Whereas I find I can watch Bottom anytime.
@@lastboyscoutuk good move ditching Ben elton too, although he was a great writer for blackadder and young ones it didn't work here, I loved planers character, wish he'd of gone to bottom with them instead of christopher Ryan who's about as funny as an undertaker with toothache, the way they nuanced the eddie and Richie characters for bottom was genius, edmonsons "bodyguard" to a narcissist with delusions of grandeur was weak and just filled with perpetual toilet humor, much better when they were both just hapless degenerate incels lol
I think a lot of people missed out on this classic, and it is classic….because it wasn’t well received at the time and there was only the one series… and of course their age….whilst both the young ones & bottom we’re both more publicised and seen as more “classic comedies”
Been watching Bottom and Young ones for 28 years and never heard of this before. Top bit of comedy from the legends.
Me to. Luckily a friend mentioned it too me, otherwise I would have missed it.
Also never heard of it til now
It’s brilliant, I had it in VHS back in the day. It might be the funniest of them all
Same here
Jesus, you missed out. Nigel planer is superb, daughter.
I honestly think that this was so good. People weren’t ready for it. That game show scene is some other shit. I love it.
Just amazes me how many people have never watched this!
"Sit on him! Sack him, sack his people, bankrupt his company!"
Juliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
I think the underlying issue was the way it really p****d off Bruce Forsyth and especially Jimmy Tarbuck who, to this day is quite angry about it.
The entire series was only ever shown once on the BBC. Fortunately I videoed them all.
It followed The Young Ones which was too difficult to beat. Filthy, Rich & Catflap wasn’t that good but it’s worth a watch.
These three are so awesome and so hilarious in this, couldnt stop laughing when Eddie hit Richie in the bollocks with an axe lol
EPISODES
1. Dead Milkmen 0:00
2. Game Show 34:55
3. Dinner Party 1:09:52
4. A Death in the Family 1:44:08
5. Breakfast Television 2:18:45
6. Smear Campaign 2:57:38
Thank you for doing this 😊
@@otherchan02 You're welcome 🙂
Comedic legends!!!! Rip rik! You were a healer in comedy and made us all laugh!
The real Jim Carrey
I’m 100% convinced that everything from The Young One to Bottom is a single storyline.
I refuse to explain further, but trust me when I say the idea isn’t crazy at all!!
I came up with a theory that Vyvyan changed his name because he got sick of it being called a girl's name. And Rick changed his to Richie because he was sick of being called PRick. Eddie changed his surname from Basterd to Hitler because he wanted "a less problematic surname"...😂
I actually totally agree! Richie tried to be famous and failed so they moved into the house in Bottom and eventually admitted defeat so just kicked the s*** out of each other forever more 😂
Where does the New Statesman fit into it?
True that
@@SamuelBlack84 A double life?
rik ade and nigel along with ben elton paul jackson and ed bye were a dynamic humor force.... what a pity there was no series two...! thanks for this upload
I know it’s been 2 years, but I just wanted to 2nd your comment about Paul Jackson. He was partly responsible for some of my favourite comedies, but his name doesn’t really get mentioned a lot! 👍
I'm glad that there wasn't .... If this had continued wed never had gotten "bottom", which is probably my favourite, the dangerous brothers was pretty funny too, but this was awful, after the third doorbell fart gag it becomes impossible to even raise a smile let alone get a laugh...
I think everyone tried to hard and went to far.
As for Ben Elton comedy... Never liked it, wealthy people toilet humour, doing and saying everything that mummy wouldn't approv of, it's why he was tak n off screen early on in his career because he's the least funny person around.
RIP Rik ❤
Loved it in the 80s...loved it in the 90s.......00s....10s......20s
Grow up already then? It was trash 'comedy' then and so still is today. 🙄
Ade Edmondson destroying the ENTIRE set right at the end might be the biggest mood
😂Kinda like my toddlers chucking a tantrum😮❤
Can't believe I nevery knew about this. Thank you so much for posting. You are a legend 😀
Its like a younger version of Bottom sort of, even the same names.
Rik Mayall pissing off Chris Barrie is something I wasn't even aware I needed
It is beauty in its essential form...
And I thought Endgame was an ambitious crossover.
Chris Barrie’s character was based on the director. Also worked on TYO.
Angry Chris Barrie just cured my depression
@@jonnynihil8121JONNYYYYYY! NO UNSCRIPTED SPONTANEITY!!!!!!
Grew up watching bottom when i was a kid . Loved the hilarious violent chaos. Had absolutely no idea they did a previos series called filthy rich & flatcap. Absolutely buzzing to stumble over these episodes!!!
Pleased you discovered it. One of those hidden gems 😁
I;d say you didn't. That all based on war mongering. You didn't learn or grow up.? retort in your own spine.Alias the jester is clearer.Ignorant shut down.
“Even germs have standards”
Lolllol
I read this at the precise moment Eddie said it 👍 🤯
@@champ10ns08 odds 4000/1 - next buy Lotto ticket.
"He can't be a journalist Ritchie, he hasn't got a stiffy!"
I watched this when it came out and thought it was genius straight away. It's a dull thing to say but me and three mates would go down the pub all weekend and quote this to each other. I can't look at Eddie Catflap without thinking of my old mate Kev, who had all the facial mannerisms down to a T. So much of it made it into our daily language.
Don't get me wrong - Young Ones & Bottom are brilliant but this beats them hands down.
I still have a great urge to walk through my front door, hurl a pint glass into the air and jump up to headbutt it as it falls to the ground. Maybe one day...
I used to do the same, reciting the script and dumbfounded members of the public 😂👍
This came out a few years after The Young Ones. I was so so disappointed by this effort back in the day. Finally decided to give it another go, after allowing a few decades to brew. Three minutes in and I'm already pissing myself laughing, this is awesome!
Classic, hilarious, anarchic stuff! Rest in Peace, Rik. 😁😭
"And after briefly dipping his toe in the waters of reason, the man with no brain happily retreats to frolic on insanity beach..."
'The Noles!'
😂❤Ha bloody ha!!😅😅
2:02:02 I've always thought... that Corn Flakes... look a bit like people.
These three are incapable of playing sane characters.
Best ever performers
Such a shame he left us so early!
Ade's actually done quite a bit of straight acting. It's weird seeing him not shove a pencil up someone else's nose 😂
@@savelesssavemore7434 jjipgjvijjjjjjbjjjjjvihjjjjjjjjjuujji
That's why they are so good. Years of practice :)
Going to watch Bottom (again) after this. They were fantastic. England, November, 2023.
I’m so glad that this was uploaded, never heard or seen this. 1982 I watched The Young Ones, and most of what they delivered. But this?? Never. Thanks again ❤❤ RIP R M…
It's one of those not often heard of, hidden gems.
As a big fan of The Young Ones and Bottom for decades I don't know how I missed even knowing about this show until now.
It's surprising how many people missed this.
So happy to have discovered this. As groundbreaking as the Young Ones was, and as riotious as Bottom was, this was always my favourite Mayall/Edmonson sitcom. And one of Ben Elton’s most underrated works too.
I think Nigel is the best actor here .Especially in this.
No Richie they’re a protected species. Hahahahaha
Not good, daughter. Tres tres bollocks.
I was thinking the same, nigels character is the best one, I think he steals the show. Wasn't really a fan of his before.
From the young ones and the dangerous brothers to bottom, practically the exact same characters and humour....
Funny how this wasn't very funny and was what many of us would've thought would've been the end of this kind of silly comedy as it had certain oy worn a bit tiresome, but with bottom it's like it all came full circle and it never worked better.
Bottom was perfect, such a shame that Rik had developed issues and wasn't going to able to continue before he sadly passed away.
Rest in peace Mr Mayall, a true legend of British comedy and one who will always be fondly remembered by us all. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Loved this as much as The Young Ones!🏴
Thanks for uploading!! Such a shame it never came back for season 2 😞
Think they just morphed it into bottom
Yeah it was the blueprint for bottom.
Botton was definitely better ❤
@@JamesMooreMarketing
Although the slapstick elements were much the same, FR&C was more topical than Bottom and was a direct stab at the tedious light entertainment industry that dominated mainstream TV for decades.
I still think it’s woefully underrated to this day.
Have this on DVD but, having stumbled across it, can't resist watching here :) So good.
'thatchers 79 promise to cut unemployment' yeh that was a good one
😢pity there weren't more episodes of this,Bottom,Fawlty Towers,Yes Prime Minister & The Young Ones
😮British comedy is the absolute bestThanks for the upload😂❤
chris barrie, harry enfield and rik mayall going at it...perfect...
Ooh, er
That is tres tres kinko
This is without a shadow of doubt my favourite Comedy Duo of all time everything they done was successful and a great laugh to watch. Thank you for uploading this.
"Even germs have standards" so funny
Wich jolly gap toothed scouser comedian who now presents Winner Takes All ,first rose to fame on Sunday Night At The London Palladium ,he also enjoys the odd round of golf and his initials are J.T? 😂😂😂
………………….🤨…….JT …………
Effing marvellous
Nigel Planer is criminally exceptional in this role!
Tres bona, daughter
cant believe nva herd of this cos i loved youngones , keep xpectin mike coming in.
ARNOLD RIMMER MAKES AN APPEARENCE LLOVE ITTTTT
Get a new keyboard.
@@johndolan5600 why
I watch this at least once a day at work. Keeps me sane.
Hasnt seen this since i was 16. At the time i found it hard to reconcile nigel as a deviant old bastard rather than neil, but he was brilliant. Thanks for posting, daughter
Thanks for posting this! Awesome!
Riks hair is hilarious.
Victoria Beckham copied it!
Richie Rich and Posh Spice both had zero talent 😂
Man, I want one of those posters of Terry Wogan with a battered face and two black eyes lol
Richie in the Nolans dressing room at the Beeb was probably based on a true story.
Absolutely brilliant never see anything like these comic genius again 😂😂
This was the hubris for Bottom. I love it.
42:20 Mrs. Slocombe to a tee 🥰
All the copyright cuts made by the BBC make the programme choppy and jumpy.
Wow the wealth of brilliant comics here!!
To this day, I can't say Reykjavik with adding "comma, Iceland full stop".
That stupid slag scene makes me howl everytime
Updated version of the young ones.
Only came out a few years after the young ones
I think it gets better with each episode.
Mad, Harry Enfield, Chris Barrie, Gareth Hale, and more!
filthy played the best part lol :)
The 80s was the decade of fart jokes. Mostly all writen by Ben Elton!
Gratest tv show evvvah
Love this show!
@5:08
"He's right you know, Ritchie! He hasn't got a stiffie!"
This guys are gold bars all day.
Had no f'n idea this existed. 😂
Can't stop watching these
Highly addictive and a great precursor to Bottom!
Great to see these again, but sadly, still cut...
"They're in the mood for Ritchie who's not Titchy, but particularly well endowed!"
Just brilliant 👏 👌 😀
Just amazing , god has his new jester ❤️
Pity episode 6 has had cuts in it. one of them being the Oliver consider yourself scene.
Subbed. Legendary upload brother 🤟
Absolute class. Thank you
Thanks so much for posting
Eddie: morning, Richie.
Richie: morning, Eddie! What are you doing in my bed?
Eddie: well, I was sleeping. But now I’m talking to a git.
Liked and subscribed 👑
Same, couldn't beat the young ones ❤🎉
Added the cut Oliver Twist scene as a separate video
This show is like taking a run up to becoming Bottom :-)
From back in the day when we had a sense of humour
It was canceled after Series 1 and there never was a 2nd Series. So maybe the "humor back in the day" wasn't quite as great as you seem to think.
It wasn't cancelled at all. They just didn't want to do any more.
well ive seen the young ones and bottom but never even heard of this until its came up on auto play.
@@stephenkelly9633 it's these undiscovered hidden gems.....
Great upload, great series which often flies under the radar. Aesthetically, Filthy must have been modelled on Dennis Waterman.
Why?
@@billywhizz1984 He 100% reminds me of post-Sweeney Waterman. The seediness, I think.
Don't you just love The Nolans catching Richie.
Ooh err sounds a bit rude!
This is some funny shit, just like Bottom was. I have the complete series DVD of that. I guess Abe decided to shave his head and wear glasses for that role. He's funny either way!
Their finest hour IMHO.
What you are looking at is the prototype for the series bottom.
You know, you might actually be right there. Interestingly, it's supposedly not, but I agree with you. 👍 A case of evolution, not revolution.
this show was always underrated. even at the time... no 2nd series blargh!
Yes, massively so. Think they called the 2nd series Bottom :))) Sadly, before Riks' untimely and very sad death, they were planning to do another series of Bottom, based with them in a retirement home I think.
ah yes, i heard ade talking about that in an interview once. "we'll be twatting eachother with colostomy bags". i laughed out loud just from him saying that!
@@lastboyscoutuk
Nope. It was meant to have been based on Hooligan’s Island.
Ade pitched it on the expectation the Beeb would turn it down.
This is absolute genius television 😂😂😂😂 massively underrated it’s ace! But it went under the radar for a lot of people, unless your of a certain age like me😂
Is this Richie and Eddie before they moved in at Richies aunts flat
No. X
Yes🙂
Exactly
They must have had so much fun making these!!
I recorded this whole series on VHS and watched it over and over.
Don't like to see people get this wrong and assume it's some lazy fart comedy with a few lefty references.
It pales in comparison to their other work but this is still a classic skewering of "light entertainment".
Nigel Planer as Ralph Filthy is particularly underrated!
Tres bona, daughter.
@@flkfnd Yeah it is quite dirty, but it's not tacky!
How fit was Anne Diamond.....
2:23:00 - that sequence is just ohmygod funny!
I have a delicate medical condition known as a hangover
Forgot how good it was...l need to get out more........
Lovin it :D cheers man!
1:43:05 Explode Edward Catflap Says Dinner Is Served.
Love this 😂😂😂
Right that’s it Eddie no seriously this is it…. But when they do me on this is your life………😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
1987!
The Oliver bit is cut. When Richie is singing,"Whereererererer is love".
Loved young ones and bottom but for some reason I didn't watch this when it released and heard it wasn't as good as young ones/bottom but just watched this and it is really good! Can now see where Richard Richard and Edward Elizabeth Hitler came from!
It's had a very mixed responses from fans. I love it, but do need to be in a certain mind frame to watch it. Whereas I find I can watch Bottom anytime.
Harry Enfield in the Ooeer Sounds a bit rude part. The one in the red top.
lmao how he has his pajama pants way up while walking around like that. but it shoulda had the mike guy from young ones show up too
I used to love this when it came out when I was a kid, looking back it's pretty poor tbh , bottom was a million times better
They honed their skills on this one. I still love it, but Bottom is a million times better.
@@lastboyscoutuk good move ditching Ben elton too, although he was a great writer for blackadder and young ones it didn't work here, I loved planers character, wish he'd of gone to bottom with them instead of christopher Ryan who's about as funny as an undertaker with toothache, the way they nuanced the eddie and Richie characters for bottom was genius, edmonsons "bodyguard" to a narcissist with delusions of grandeur was weak and just filled with perpetual toilet humor, much better when they were both just hapless degenerate incels lol
@@zekeedwards7904 I think Christopher Ryan worked very well on Bottom, he fit right in. I'm not sure how Nigel would fit there.
I think a lot of people missed out on this classic, and it is classic….because it wasn’t well received at the time and there was only the one series… and of course their age….whilst both the young ones & bottom we’re both more publicised and seen as more “classic comedies”