Plot

The first act involves Eddie and Richie once again on the tropical island from Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island is a live stage show that was viewed at Bristol in 1997, written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson. This is the third installment of five live Bottom shows, and one spin-off movie named Guest House Paradiso....

. However, this is effectively a "play within a play": after the first act, the pair are on their way to the bar when they fall down chutes into a grey dome ("like the Millennium Dome

Millennium Dome

The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...

, only fuller") in which they become trapped. Eddie eventually finds a bar and gets out, and both Richie and Eddie escape to perform the rest of the show.

Trivia

Richie says "That tosser who fell off the quad bike." This is a reference to a true event where Rik Mayall fell off a quad bike and nearly died.

This is their first live show where their characters do not die at the end.

See also

• Bottom (TV series)
  Bottom (TV series)
  Bottom was a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It was written by comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson who star as Richie and Eddie, two flatmates living on the dole in Hammersmith, London...
  
  
• Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour
  Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour
  Bottom Live: The Big Number Two is a live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom that was filmed in Oxford.-Act one:After a strange, half-mentioned turn of events, Richie and Eddie are about to meet the queen. Richie is very excited over it while Eddie keeps forgetting it, because he 's...