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News Entry Date -- November 29, 1998:
A new audio
tape of Rik and Adrian Edmondson live at the Comic Strip in the early 80s has
recently been released in the UK. More details on this to appear in the
Projects section of this site soon! Also recently
released in the UK is a videotape titled The Very Best of Bottom,
which includes the unedited version of Holy and a scratch and
sniff box set of all three live Bottom shows.
News Entry Date -- November 29, 1998:
Rik is
scheduled to appear as Merlin in the upcoming film Merlin: The
Return. More information on the film can be found at the
Adrian Paul Fan
Club site.
News Entry Date -- November 29, 1998:
Rik is
scheduled to appear in the upcoming Jonathan Creek Christmas Special in the UK
on December 24, 1998. Rik will also grace television screens in the UK on
December 25 when his film Remember Me? is screened at 9:00pm on
channel 4.
News Entry Date -- September 20, 1998:
Starting
Saturday, September 19, The Daily Mirror
will be begin a week long feature of interviews with Rik and his wife Barbara
concerning his recent accident. This feature is a must read for any Rik fan!
News Entry Date -- July 28, 1998:
There will be a
Rik Mayall fan chat on IRC on Monday, August 3 at 10pm EST. The server will be
Dalnet, and the channel name will be #Rik. This chat is being set up by fellow
fan Molly. For information on Dalnet and for a list of servers, please visit
http://www.dalnet.com/.
News Entry Date -- July 28, 1998:
A Young Ones
mailing list was recently set up. For information on it, and to join, go to
http://www.onelist.com/ and do a find
list search for "Young Ones".
News Entry Date -- July 26, 1998:
From the July 14
Telegraph:
Angels in the underworld
RISK-takers might like a flutter on Out of Depth, a film about
the 'orrible Sarf London underworld. Steon Films needs £620,000 and is
hoping to raise the money through an Enterprise Investment Scheme. Investors
get to visit the set and appear as a thug, sorry extra. Among the cast is the
not so young one Rik Mayall, who is recovering well after his recent accident.
"New films are always a risky venture," admits producer Stephen Cranny, "but we
have a lot going for us." Don't hold your breath.
News Entry Date -- June 2, 1998:
Rik Mayall
Presents is now being shown in the UK each Sunday night at 10:15pm on
ITV.
News Entry Date -- May 21, 1998:
Rik's appearance
on The Full Wax will be shown in Denmark on May 26 on TV3.
News Entry Date -- May 21, 1998:
US cable channel
BBC America will include
Bottom on their Monday night schedule starting June 22 at 11:20pm.
BBC America also currently runs Blackadder, which Rik made three
appearances on.
News Entry Date -- May 16, 1998:
A BBC show titled
In the Red starring Rik, Stephen Fry, Warren Clarke and Richard
Wilson, will be broadcast on May 26.
News Entry Date -- May 8, 1998:
The
Canterville Ghost has just been released on home video in the UK
News Entry Date -- May 8, 1998:
The South
Lincolnshire (UK) newspaper, The Herald and Post, recently ran a
nice blurb about this webpage. Writer Ruth Livingstone wrote:
Rick Mayall has given us plenty to laugh about, and this website chronicles much of his work http://www.wesjen.simplenet.com/rik/. Included are press clippings following his recent tragic accident. This site was created by a keen American fan, who says she is used to hearing "Rik Mayall? Who's that?",
In the UK on First on Four on Wednesday April 8, a show about the Comic Strip will be broadcast. On April 12, the new Comic Strip film Four Men in a Car will be shown.
In the UK on April 1, a program about Saturday Night Live will be broadcast on First on Four. Rik will be shown in it, and there may possibly be an interview with him as well.
The film Guest House Paradiso, which Rik is working on with Ade Edmondson, is now going to be called Hotel Paradiso.
There's a Rocky Horror Picture Show/Shock Treatment convention planned for April 4 in New York City. Yes, Shock Treatment will be performed with a live cast! For complete information on the event, please visit the Conventions and Live Show Information section of the Official Shock Treatment Fan Club Homepage.
Rik is rumored to be one of the leads in an upcoming remake of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. He, or alternately, Adrian Edmondson, is also rumored to be a lead in another film similar to the American movie, Falling Down.
Rik appeared on Radio 1 in the UK the week of January 12th, 1998 to promote Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis.
Upcoming Rik Mayall projects include a Comic Strip "reunion" special titledThree Men in a Car as well as a film with partner Adrian Edmondson titled Guest House Paradiso. It's rumored that Guest House Paradiso will either be similar to the characters in Bottom, or that it will be about Richie and Eddie running a hotel.
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis opened in the UK on January 16, 1998. A review and ad for the film appeared in Time Out (issue #1430).
The January 14 edition of British newspaper The Independent contained a short interview with Rik.
Rik appeared on the Des O'Conner show on January 14, and the Richard and Judy show recently to promote Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis.