Ade Edmondson says it is "unlikely" he will work with his comedy partner Rik Mayall again.
The duo enjoyed a working relationship which spanned across three decades beginning in the 1980s and produced acclaimed comedy TV shows ‘The Young Ones’, ‘Filthy Rich & Catflap’ and ‘Bottom’.
Ade and Rik haven’t collaborated together since the early 2000s and the 57-year-old funnyman doesn’t see a reunion on the cards.
The ‘Ade at Sea’ star told BANG Showbiz: "I think it’s very unlikely, just because we worked together for nearly 30 years and I kind of called a stop to it because I just wanted to do other stuff. I love everything we did together – I’m really proud of it – it’s just that I want to experience lots of things in my life and I felt I’d experienced that to its fullest really and we’d done pretty well."
Current ‘Celebrity Masterchef’ winner Ade – who has has partnered with Merrydown cider to cook up three brand new recipes made from the alcoholic drink (Facebook.com/merrydown.cider) – also ruled out a Monty Python-style reunion show with Rik, 56, because most of their jokes were based around slapstick and physical comedy.
He said: "It would be quite hard to do a greatest hits tour with our show because it was always just the two of us swearing at each other and hitting each other."
When asked if a ‘Young Ones’ reunion stage show could happen with him, Rik, Nigel Planner and Christopher Ryan, he quipped: "That would be appalling, wouldn’t it? Just imagine how bad that would be. You could come but it would be a shit show."
Ade Edmondson: It’s unlikely I’ll work with Rik Mayall again
