Rik Mayall dead at 56

[bilby]

A great loss to the world of comedy.

I feel sorry for you, you zeros, you nobodies.

What's going to live on after you die? Nothing, that's what!

This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and all hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader! And all the grown-ups will say, 'But why are the kids crying?' And the kids will say, 'Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!'

And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, 'Why kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?'

There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing. They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard!

 

[gmbteach]

R.I.P. Drop Dead Fred.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgh27gCgiQw[/YOUTUBE]

 

[bilby]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfbSHW9uGA[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Dutch_labrat]

[YOUTUBE]http://youtu.be/Shk8HawnCTs[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Hickdive]