Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondsonis an English comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and was part of the alternative comedy boom. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Onesand Bottom, for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaborative partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson also appeared in The Comic Strip Presents... series of films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. For one episode of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth24 January 1957
You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.
We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.
We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.
On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.
I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.
From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
Most modern comedy is crap.
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.
No one else would have Richie or Eddie. That's representative of a lot of people's existences. Bottom is not as far-fetched as people might think.
People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh.
It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous.