From news@news.enterprise.net Sun Aug 18 18:57:17 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id SAA13980; Sun, 18 Aug 1996 18:57:16 -0400 Received: from jazz.ncren.net by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA00250; Sun, 18 Aug 96 18:51:12 EDT Received: from news.enterprise.net (news.enterprise.net [194.72.192.4]) by jazz.ncren.net (8.7.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA04508 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 1996 18:50:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from news@localhost) by news.enterprise.net (8.7.4/8.7.3) id XAA27646; Sun, 18 Aug 1996 23:52:21 +0100 (BST) To: rec-answers@ncren.net Path: usenet From: achwong@enterprise.net (Andrew Wong) Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk.comedy,alt.comedy.british,rec.answers,alt.answers,news.answers Subject: British Comedy: The Rik Mayall FAQ v1.37 Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 22:46:53 GMT Organization: Iridium Q-36 explosive Space Modulator Lines: 319 Sender: Andrew.Wong@news.enterprise.net Expires: 1 October 1996 Message-Id: <32179b66.6460944@news.enterprise.net> Reply-To: achwong@pobox.com Nntp-Posting-Host: max04-218.enterprise.net Summary: An information file on the British comedic actor Rik Mayall X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Archive-name: tv/british-comedy/rik-mayall Posting-Frequency: monthly Version: 1.38 Last updated: 11 May 1996 URL: http://pobox.com/~brit-com/Comedy/Mayall.html RIK MAYALL F.A.Q. (v1.37) ------------------------- 1. Who is Rik Mayall? 2. Personal info 3. What's he done? 3a. TELEVISION 3b. Film 3c. Video 3d. Theatre 3e. Live - 'Stand Up' 4. His agent 5. Contributions and thanks 1. Who is Rik Mayall? ===================== He is one of the best British comedic actors in the U.K., known especially for his brand of physical, violent portrayals. He said himself once that he preferred to play characters that the audience hated. He's best known for his roles in The Young Ones, Bottom, The New Statesman and Rik Mayall Presents... 2. Personal info ================ Born in 1959 in a village called Matching Tye, he went to public school but only managed DDN at A-level. He got to Manchester University anyway for a Drama degree via Clearing, where he met Adrian Edmondson and went around shouting [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]