The Late British Comedy Legend Rik Mayall In Rare Uncovered Interview From 1991
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- Опубликовано: 9 авг 2012
- Just discovered rare interview with Legendary British actor and comedian great Rik Mayall and Barry Roskin Blake from the early 90's.
Star of famed series 'The Young Ones' and 'Black Adder' talks 'Drop Dead Fred'. 
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Mr. Mayall was one of the few interviews years ago that I was the most excited about doing. As a American fan of 'The Young Ones', he was comedy gold.
During the interview, he was so gracious and I am so proud to have him sitting in front of the Twin Towers.
I hope everyone enjoys his work and this interview for many years to come.
He will be missed but never forgotten.
Thank you for uploading. Great interview.
Honestly you were 10x better than Letterman because you obviously not only knew about Mayall but showed a genuine interest in his work. Rik did comment that the whole 'Drop Dead Fred' experience proved to him that making shows in Britain and exporting them to the interested folk in the US was a better idea than trying to make it there as his previous work was what many American interviewers were more interested in.
Cheers for this Interview 😃one and only Rik & great interview style mate 🙄
Just stumbled upon this and what a great interview. Like previous comments touch on you have a genuine interest in his work and it really comes through. Rik Mayall was, is and always will be a total legend, naturally funny and a warm genuine guy. So sadly missed and his work will live forever
this is great stuff - well worked interview and Rik acknowledged this pretty quick that your where a good guy trying to make it good just like him - this is the thing about Rik Mayall - he was a rocknroller - a real leapord messiah,and when all said and done a reall good and honourable nice man- loved by loads and missed even more by most. Very rarely can someone in his field of comedy catch a real loving grace and temparet sense of companionship with his audience - RocknRoll Rik - what a blast you had and us with you
Man he was so handsome!
I was just thinking that
a younger him in a music video ruclips.net/video/tK-vUY6erQU/видео.html
He was and so charismatic omg!!!! ❤️
He was my first cush 🥰
Yessss he's been my crush since Drop Dead Fred but seing him here, now as an adult, life is unfair... he should still be here and I bet still sooo handsome.
Drop Dead Fred was a MASTERPIECE and did not get the recognition it deserved.
At least that movie got released, nobody is brave enough to air his last movie.
One by one
@@davidthomas9190 I mean, you could just buy the DVD...
@@xxnoxx-xp5bl nah 😏
@H eBay (£11.99 - more than 10 available if you're worried about it being surprised or some such nonsense), dvdplsnetstore, other online retailers that are just a search bar away...
WE RECOGNIZED IT
He was so self assured which gives an aura of sexiness.
Rik Mayall is probably the celebrity whose death shook me the most. Such an important figure in my childhood, watching the Young Ones. An absolute genius. RIP
his smile is weirdly contagious. its makes me sad when i read the reviews for drop dead fred because its probably my favorite comedy film and im almost sure there are deeper meaning in the film. it seems really sweet and symbolic. really amazing story!
The end of an era. The Young Ones and Bottom got me thru a very very difficult youth and made me laugh. Thank you Rik for being the comic madman that you were. We will always miss and love you mate. Why do people have to leave us so soon?
Bob Dobalina . Well if he hadnt gone out in the rain in the 90s at went riding around on a quad bike & fell off it in a ditch &then was taken to derriford hospital in plymouth in coma , he wouldntve have had epilepsi & then sufferd a massive heart attack after going logging. Then hed be still with us now just having his 60th birthday.
He has the most amazing smile. Gorgeous man.x
He was gorgeous
FlowerWind25 he was
FlowerWind25 . Yeah better looking than alot of actors. Popstars & comedians in the pass & today.
Yesssss someone who agrees!!
So handsome..He had a gorgeous smile.x
I find it kind of saddening that America by and large didn't get Rik. Nice to hear the interviewer did.
Don't be saddend by it mate, he was on another level, and it can't be topped, that is the reason they don't get him.
BooNube . Thats cos theyre miserable gits like the ones who are british & buggar off over there like curt smith of tears for fears did & huge laurie cos they dont apprieate their own country like rik did. If he didnt he wouldve gone to america & turned american.
BooNube not all true!! Some of us in the states LOVED him and the Young Ones. I grew up watching the Young Ones, but I had cool punk parents. Have shared this show with everyone I know. You get it or you don't. Drop Dead Fred is still one of my fav movies...
Americans find it hard to GET anything.
By and large, yeah. Most Americans have a different sense of humor, which is fine. I'll always love American comedy/comics as well. But, he made plenty of us laugh 😁. My introduction to him was Kevin Turvey, years ago... After that I started watching everything else he'd done.
R.I.P
I loved him in Drop Dead Fred
And The Young ones
And I just love him overall
Warning required for that high pitched noise at the start. Rik was a genius and his energy lives on..
I can honestly say I cried when I heard rik died R.I.P you were brilliant 💖
You misspelled bwilliant
Rik Mayall, the genuine comedy Legend. R.I.P Taken from us way too soon, made so many Brits laugh for years, and he didn't let it go to his head, was just another guy in his eyes, miss you buddy
I totally fell in love with Rik in his role as Drop Dead Fred... This movie was so powerful for me watching as a young girl, I loved all the acting and the story, the dynamic between Phoebe and Rik, Phoebe and her mother, etc. wonderful wonderful movie, I am so sad to know that he passed away :-(
My favorite childhood movie, just recently started watching it again
He's soo handsome. Lucky lady, his wife.
Rik Mayall could had been The Riddler in Batman Forever.
if only, he would have been great
That would of been amazing. Great shout
Could have been anyone :)
@Al feedonatreefrog Really? How so?
He would have made an excellent Riddler or even a Joker!
Ah you really impressed Rik there with your knowledge of Bad News... he became even more animated talking about something that is obviously a joy to him. What a great interview, you were so patient and didn't do the usual interrupting. Thanks for sharing this... I was 20 when The Young Ones aired in the UK and I've loved and had tiny little crush on Rik ever since. a sad loss to the world when he passed. RIP Rik Mayall
Thank you so much for the very kind and gracious comments. It means so much to me and makes that day so much more. Rick was a personal favorite and a terrific performer.
@@HollywoodRequest Thank you, he truly was one of the good guys 🙏
i cant stop watching this, he has the most beautiful smile in the world :-D
Drop Dead Fred done well in the UK. It's everyone's favorite childhood film, I always wished he was my imaginary friend :) .. RIP Rik
A brilliant interview! I love how animated he gets when he knows the guy's a proper fan and asking about Bad News.
Genuis. Absolute genius. His speech at exeter University where he got his honoury degree encapculates the great character the man was. Would have loved to see "the middle aged paunchy ones"
love him, he deserves so much more love in the US.
It would be so great if more people like you felt the same way.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
He's dead now..........RIP
@@trashcity8019 it defo wasn’t 😀
share his movie one by one. this man is a unsung hero.
Such a loss, very handsome as well as a great talent x
Rik was the embodiment of comedy, his Drop Dead Fred character was another reminder of Tim Burton's classic Beetlejuice.
He will be truly missed as the UK has lost one of it's great gems, his work and antics will live on always to the many who cherished all that he gave and did!
His last film "one by one" is worth a watch, very covidian.
I watched drop dead fred on
A plane to St lucia. Everynody
On board was in stitches lol.
As it was a 17 hour flight the cabin
Crew, played it again later.
It was one hell of a holiday
Thanks dad ❤
Lovely post Zoid
@@timwilkinson2797 thanks tim 👍
His last film "One by One" worth checking out considering recent events.
Yeah it make it weirder seeing those things on the left. Utopia UK TV show, goes with the same narrative.
he's such a cutie pie
yummy!
Sarahw1971
such a beautiful boy
+Sarahw1971 such a sweet one
So attractive...
I adore you you beautiful man, 💜he was a very important and I'd say life changing part of my life, I suffered childhood trauma and I first seen him from my dad watching bottom(no pun intended😂)and he is literally the first and only person to make me laugh consistently in hysterics 🤣🤣💯I was very withdrawn as a child due to abuse i suffered, and the moment I watched him I fell in love with him, and from that moment on I knew I would always search for that fix to laugh because as the saying goes if u don't laugh you cry💯well in my situation it was anyway, I base my humour on him, rik mayall r.i.p you beautiful man thank you for helping me to find my smile💜💜thank you to the interviewer also for sharing this with us x
Pure class. RIP Rik, you bastard.
This interview is so much better than the Letterman one. Respect Rick. You will be missed
Probably because Letterman seems more interested in being a smug comedian than being a good interviewer.
That smile!
Even though us Americans can't claim you as our own at least our fellow brothers in England can. Lots of love from America we mourn such a great loss. I'll always have so much love for this guy he brought me so much laughter.RIP
Rik Mayall I know your up there making our Lord Jesus laugh👍
You got to watch New Statesman.itd hilarious.
@@logicalnetwork1611 I'm definitely gonna check that out thanks for the info bro👍
@@bnferguson9827 you should also try to watch Bottom tv series. Its hilarious.
I ADORE the fact that Eddie Hitler's name gives him so much glee, even though it was his a Ade's gag 😂😂😂
Whos here its 2024 There's a lot of Rick Mayall on the web at the moment the guy was a genius growing up in Britain we only had 3 📺 stations watching the young ones not the 9 o'clock news bottom Black Adder those were excellent times we had a group of comics that went to university together & was very impactful it was comedy for us they understood there audiance. ....
A genius I miss him so much it makes me sad
I want Rik Mayall to haunt me as my very own Drop Dead Fred. Miss him so much x
The irony of the twin towers behind him in the background and then to think of the 9/11 scene in One by One where he explained how the towers should have fallen over and not down. Quite foretelling. I loved Drop Dead Fred and it will always be a favorite or mine and my daughter’s.
I only found out about One by One recently. Utopia UK TV show was telling us the same thing. Both were made were 2014.
He just seemed like such a lovely, generous man.
The background is painfully ironic. He finished filming 'One by One' and mysteriously died. He was and always will be a great man.
I never knew that will have to look it up x
Isn't it? 😭
He didn't mysteriously die. Rik Mayall died of a heart attack after his regular morning jog. Do some research.
Rik was my first crush. Still love em to this day. Rest easy.
I rarely leave likes on videos but I couldn't not leave a like for this gem.
Man, I can't believe he's dead. :(
I was so shocked that I could not even post till this morning.
Barry Roskin Blake Just horrifying. I am shredded. As part of my generation, he was like a soul mate.
Barry Roskin Blake NO!!! I hadn't seen this movie in years. that's really sad. I hadn't the slightest idea he was dead. R.I.P. Drop Dead Fred was one of my favorite movies as a kid.
@Kim Bird I'm asking the same question.. And not getting any answers.
@@reacey ...because of his last film?
isn't he just lovely
really sweet
so cute!!!
Gosh, I love this man. Thank you so much for interviewing and for posting. It was just wonderful!
Drop Dead Fred got panned...unjustly so, I feel. After the release he went on Letterman and got a really raw deal - regardless, Rik shone like a diamond and was the coolest dude in the world.
i miss you Rik, you are a legend xxx
his movie ONE BY ONE is what people need right now.
Yes I have the dvvd 🙈watched few times .😏
He knew the truth. Funny how he has the twin towers here behind him which is what he was exposing in that movie
Love Rik Mayall! He makes me laugh so much! He really was such a gorgeous man! 🤗🌟
He's so cute!!.. RIP snot face!! 😘
Its in my collection.
My daughter loved it growing up
I got to know him from MTV and the young ones when I was a teen. I loved all of them, but didn't realize just how HOT Rik really was!. I saw Drop Dead Fred when it came out also because of Rik. I wish he had had more recognition in the US at the time! We were so freaking conservative then! RIP Rik!!!! What a talent!
It's a shame you didn't stay conservative , look at the state of the world due to liberalism
Great video. He is greatly missed and am sure that this interview and all he has done will be watched over and over again for many yrs. Definitely never forgotten.
Thanks for posting this, really wonderful.
I'm in Canada and am so happy to have found this. Great to see an American journalist who was "in the know" and excited to interview him (although I sensed some nervousness from Rik, the same nervousness I felt when I watched his '91 clip on Letterman. I think that this was a big deal for him). And respect to you for talking to him about Bad News! RIP Rik. Still can't believe he's gone. What a loss.
he's quite shy and introverted in real life
Bless him! He never really liked interviews as he was afraid of showing his real self and afraid people would find him boring!
such a beautiful sweet man
Wonderful wonderful interview. Thank you for posting this. He's so lovely and talented, and my heart breaks for him this week, but personable interviews like this make it a joy to indulge and remember, not only for fans for all his amazing UK work, but Drop Dead Fred as well
Thanks for sharing Barry I really loved this interview. What a privilege for you to interview such a talented, hilarious and charismatic man! Take care 🤗
He was so damn sexy, especially in the New Statesman... He looked so freaking good with that hair style. I discovered him in a RUclips video 6 years, and found myself attracted to him. But forgot about it. And when I returned to the same video two years later, all I chould see was alot of RIP comments. I was heartbroken, and chould not get my mind around the fact he had died. I so wished I had found his twitter and became a fan, when he was still alive.
Quite fitting, as in his last film his character explains how the twin towers collapsed. Weird! Love Rik!!
Thank you so much for posting this. A truly talented, kind and funny man, such a sad loss :-(
This is a cool clip thanks for sharing
just wanted to see this interview again. After hearing the news it's been so hard, but rewatching this sort of stuff helps. He was such an amazing person. Will miss him always. Thanks for your great interview with him.
Drop Dead Fred is my fave film EVER. I love it so much. I've seen it THOUSANDS of times and it never gets old for me X X
You have to watch New Statesman.
Twin Towers in the background. Drop Dead Fred was Rik's first and last star role in film and it absolutely bombed in the UK and the USA. His star role on TV was Alan B'Stard in the 'New Statesman'. Rarely shown due to being too near the political bone in the UK even now in 2022. That shows how good it was/is.
Excellent interview. Gold.
Amazing interview, amazing man. Incredible movie, I still have to watch it three times a day because of my little ones. I miss you Rik. I hope you no how much the entire world is missing you . No celebrity death gets me more choked up and emotional as yours. You were taken from us all too soon. 💕❤️💕
Loved him, still do, and miss him so much :(
It's sad they never got to make that Young Ones episode.
HES SO HANDSOME 🥰
he is si stunning and attractive...omg i miss him so much x
RIP.Such a beautiful man.From RepDom.
America has one of the most screwed up box office. The rule is if it's not a remake, sequel or 3D Comic Book Adventure, then there's no reason to make it. Even if the movie's brilliant, it's not about quality anymore. Very sad. If I could live in Britain and make films or TV out there, I would be a much happier person.
Maybe agree with it.
I'm American and Bottom is possibly my favorite comedy show. Also, not only was Bad News great, but so was A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques and Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door
Great Interview. Thanks for posting.
Not seen this previously. Rik at his charming best. I also have BAD NEWS dvd, one of my faves.
Missing you Rik. RIP 💔
He was an absolute National Treasure.. RIP Rick (with a silent "P") - line from Viv in the young ones..
amazing 'oh yeah I'm writing with him at the moment, a show called Bottom'...
Still loved. Still missed.
What a clever man made sence of the world he lived in
Rik was and always will be an English Gentlemen... And bad news rules!
(never new spider was meant to play mike in the young ones) great interview 👍
Yes, Peter Richardson. He didn't see eye-to-eye with the producers and went over to ITV to produce The Comic Strip Presents. The BBC had done The Young Ones pilot episode but didn't think it would go over and were sitting on it. The Comic Strip Presents aired and they recognised the cast and saw how well it did and suddenly realised they had get The Young Ones on the air.
How long was this before the towers fell?? Have you seen his film 'one by one', it's about conspiracies, he talks about the towers being an 'inside job' , shortly after the film was released he had a 'unexpected heart attack' whilst out jogging. Just though I'd mention it.
10 years prior, this was 1991
Don't forget his quad bike accident in 1998. I reckon that was his warning. He didn't heed it, as we know, so they took him out in 2014. Edit sorry the numbers of the occult are all over this. The quad bike accident was on 9/4/1998 He was kept sedated for 96 hours after the quad bike "accident" and he died on 9/6/2014 his funeral was on 19/6/2014 It's all 6's and 9's same with biological Paul McCartney and Billy Shears.
@@grannyweatherwax4917 it's unbelievable that these things stay hidden from the masses. He was a good guy. God bless him 🙏❤️
@@colspiracy8326 He was wonderful. I was slightly obsessed with Lord Flashheart when I was a sprog, I watched that series of Blackadder on vhs too often lol I was born in the 70's. The sad thing is most people don't want to know the truth of the world we live in, once you know things that we do it can be a very lonely place. They would just rather be programmed through tell a vision and believe that the MSM is telling the truth and that our governments really care about us. Much love xxx
@@grannyweatherwax4917 I feel ya. It's a frustrating world right now. God bless you. ❤️🙏
Happy Birthday Rick Mayall
Fun fact, he comes out on American Werewolf in London, as a bar patron in the beginning.
man i almost cried when he asked if he'd be interested in a part 2 :,c rest in peace, 'The People's Poet' x
Rik was actually quite good looking back in the day...
Have you seen “Bambi”…the Young Ones episode……. A high point in comedy time bending…35 mins…💎
Of course , grew up on the young ones and bottom
Great interview! I think The Young Ones was more widely accepted in the US than anyone might have expected -check out Rik’s interview on Tonight With Jonathan Ross for comparison.
Not a lot of people know it but Rick was a 9-11 truther.
He knew that 9-11 was an inside job.
See his movie "One by One".
Ah-ha ! Iv mentioned that today above, I was scrolling down amazed that no-one had mentioned it! Good man.
Believe N othing ..classic
If you have an open mind for predictive programming, you should re-watch the " Young Ones" episode "Demolition" ;-)
@@r.k.2322 it's really strange the young ones, this video of Rik in front of the towers, and one by one, there are no coincidence's it's all written in the stars for us.
Id give up the rest of my life to bring him back.
This was a sweet interview :0)
Love you and miss you Rik.....
An Underrated comic genius.. get brilliant timing and his facial expressions are incredible
God he i amazing, and i love him
Such a wonderful man he was, I miss him dearly.
met him in 2003 - really sweet
His laugh in the beginning!
Now go and watch his last movie
One by one..... 5 months after he made this movie he was dead.
Watched it the other day and have to say a big coincidence that should happen.
Watched it yesterday and its playing out right now wow just wow. So sad “they” killed him for making that film one by one 🙏🏻💓
Yes I know what a flagon of cider is, a true English gem our Rik, sadly missed.
I miss Donington in the old days
He was so good in The Dangerous Bothers, The Young Ones, Bottom and Drop Dead Fred. It's so sad to hear him say how he wants to make another Young Ones but he's dead and it never happened, I miss seeing him and Ade together. You will forever be missed R.I.P