Rik Mayall is one of the top British actor/comedians in the entertainment world. Known for his wild, loud, brash and often violent characterizations, Rik's comedic style has never been duplicated. He invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, he brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman and he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece Bottom. Not only was his number one single Living Doll the saviour of rock 'n' roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1998, he survived...Read more
Rik Mayall is one of the top British actor/comedians in the entertainment world. Known for his wild, loud, brash and often violent characterizations, Rik's comedic style has never been duplicated. He invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, he brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman and he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece Bottom. Not only was his number one single Living Doll the saviour of rock 'n' roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1998, he survived an assassination attempt and spent five days in a coma before he literally came back from the dead. Having completed countless phenomenal feature films, TV series, live extravaganzas and radio voice-overs since then, Rik Mayall is now poised on the brink of a whole new epoch-shattering revolution. In this electrifying book, Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans and disciples and invites them to take communion with the blood he has spilled for them during his thirty year war on showbusiness.
For the first time ever, Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment - the mental hospitals he has broken out of, the television executives he has assaulted, the drugs he has definitely not taken, the charities he has bankrupted, the countless pregnancies he has engendered, and so much more ! This is the greatest book ever written by the greatest man that ever lived.
For the first time ever, Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment - the mental hospitals he has broken out of, the television executives he has assaulted, the drugs he has definitely not taken, the charities he has bankrupted, the countless pregnancies he has engendered, and so much more ! This is the greatest book ever written by the greatest man that ever lived.
- ISBN10 0007211260
- ISBN13 9780007211265
- Publish Date 15 October 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 February 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint HarperCollins Audio
- Edition Abridged edition
- Format Audiobook
- Language English