10 Craziest Christmas Moments In TV History

5. Bottom - Richie's Surprise

Bottom Xmas
BBC

Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's Nineties sitcom made teenage boys and those who should know better bust a gut with their catalogue of vicious, frequently scatological acts. A Halloween episode saw Mayall's Richie soil his devil costume after getting jabbed with a cattleprod.

But Christmas got the Bottom treatment also, when he decided to pay his pal Eddie (Edmondson) a visit dressed as Santa. The scene is an absolute classic, but fundamentally cuckoo. Richie is trying to create a magical experience, thinking Eddie will believe him to be the genuine article. But Eddie has other ideas.

He's not only anticipated Richie's arrival, he's put in place a booby trap that would make the Marquis De Sade sit up and take notice. It isn't long before Richie has a long bloody streak running down his beard before being trussed up and suspended in the air, much to his mate's amusement.

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I am a journalist and comedian who enjoys American movies of the 70s, Amicus horror compendiums, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Naomi Watts and sitting down. My short fiction has been published as part of the Iris Wildthyme range from Obverse Books.