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The [[Britcom]], stripped down to its absolute minimum requirements: two [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|idiots]], sharing living space, passing the [[Idiot Ball]] back and forth so fast that you can't distinguish between the two.
 
Richie Richard -- aRichard—a sex-starved, sadistic, physically repugnant loser with delusions of sophistication -- takessophistication—takes out his frustrations at life upon Eddie Hitler, his boozy, slightly more intelligent, equally sadistic flatmate. Frequently, this involves [[Comedic Sociopathy|over-the-top violence]] that would make ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Itchy and Scratchy]]'' wince. Eddie, for his part, is quite willing to respond in kind.
 
The [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[The Young Ones]]'' and ''[[Filthy Rich & Catflap]]'', inspired loosely by ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''. It ran to three series on [[The BBC]] before transferring to [[Theatre]] as a series of two-man shows.
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* [[Hideous Hangover Cure]]: Made from 7 raw eggs, washing up liquid, Domestos and ant spray, and apparently intended to be ingested through the nose.
* [[Horrible Camping Trip]]: On Wimbledon Common, no less.
* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine|I Want You To Meet An Old Housemate Of Mine]] -- Christopher—Christopher Ryan, who starred alongside Edmondson and Mayall as the suave Mike in ''[[The Young Ones]]'', turns up every so often as Eddie's decidedly-less-suave mate Dave Hedgehog. If they'd just gotten Nigel Planer to play Spudgun we'd have had a whole cast reunion.
* [[Immune to Drugs]]: Or alcohol, in Eddie's case. Technically, he's only been drunk once -- foronce—for about 17 years and counting.
** Then again, Eddie does imply he [[Cloudcuckoolander|might already be dead]], and thus, unable to get drunk.
* [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?]]: There's a joke like this in practically every episode.
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: [[Running Gag|Constantly.]]
* [[Oh My Gods]]: "What in the name of Satan's ''[[Unusual Euphemism|portion]]''..."
* [[Once an Episode]]: Planned, but not carried out. The original plan was for every episode of the third series to end with Richie and/or Eddie loudly exclaiming "SHIT!!" -- for—for whatever reason this only ended up being done in two out of the six episodes, but the setups for the gag are still there in the remaining episodes (Richie standing next right next to a box of highly explosive carrots as it detonates; Richie and Eddie being confronted by "Skullcrusher" Henderson and unable to pay him; Richie and Eddie being knocked out by the crazy Welsh cricketer whose honeymoon they've stolen).
* [[Only Sane Man]]: In as much as this show can be said to have one, it's Spudgun, oddly enough; he's an idiot, but he's also often the only one who ever points out that some of the insane things that Richie has them do (such as drinking gravy instead of sherry for Christmas and wearing inside-out dressing gowns when [[It Makes Sense in Context|summoning the Devil]]) are, in fact, quite stupid.
* [[Ontological Mystery]]: The second half of one ''Bottom'' live show involves the characters suddenly finding themselves inside a mostly featureless steel dome. Neither of them can quite recall how they got there.
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