DwarfCast 173 – Bottom Parade – Commentary

About this episode

The episode features a commentary on Bottom Series 2, Episode 4, Parade, discussing its connections to Red Dwarf and various spin-offs.

U&UKTVPlayG2U&Dave&Knuckles Righty dokey matey bloke flap old salty seadog amigo skip-jack jockstrap piano tuners, we're back with another in our occasional series of Dwarf- adjacent commentaries, this time covering Bottom Series 2, Episode 4, Parade . Not only is the series produced and directed by Ed Bye, this particular episode guest stars both Robert Llewellyn and Lee Cornes, which is as good an excuse as any to rabbit on over this episode and tackle your Bottom -shaped waffles. We cover pretty much all the affiliated spin-offs - the live shows, the Fluff video, Guest House Paradiso - as well as discussing what happens when TV schedules are affected by real life events, how Rik and Ade could have fitted in to Red Dwarf and trying to figure out if there's any modern equivalents to this madness. Show notes Our recent Hammersmith bench-based pilgrimage . The opening theme is a cover of BB's Blues (as opposed to BB's Theme) Here's a full rip of Bottom Fluff , just because.

People in this episode

Guests: Robert Llewellyn, Lee Cornes

Topics covered

• commentary
• Bottom
• Red Dwarf
• TV schedules
• spin-offs
• madness

Keywords

• DwarfCasts
• Bottom
• commentary
• Red Dwarf
• Ed Bye
• Robert Llewellyn
• Lee Cornes
• TV schedules
• spin-offs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ed Bye

Books & works: Bottom, Guest House Paradiso, Bottom Fluff

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