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Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ (Hardcover)

by Rik Mayall (Author)
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment (5 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007207271
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007207275
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 14.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
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In this electrifying autobiography, Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans and disciples and invites them to take communion with the blood he has spilled for them during his thirty year war on show business. He invented alternative comedy with "The Young Ones", he brought down the Thatcher administration with "The New Statesman" and he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece "Bottom." Not only was his number one single "Living Doll" the saviour of rock 'n' roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie "Drop Dead Fred". In 1998, he survived an assassination attempt and spent five days in a coma before he literally came back from the dead. Having completed countless phenomenal feature films, TV series, live extravaganzas and radio voice-overs since then, Rik Mayall is now poised on the brink of a whole new epoch-shattering revolution. For the first time ever, Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment - the mental hospitals he has broken out of, the television executives he has assaulted, the drugs he has definitely not taken, the charities he has bankrupted, the countless pregnancies he has engendered, and so much more.


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Rik Mayall is one of Britain's most prolific and outrageous comedians and has been creating masterpieces for the large and small screen for over twenty years. Although his private and public life may have made the headlines on numerous occasions, Rik has remained relatively allusive!until now!well, sort of. Rik Mayall: A Sort of Autobiography does exactly what it says on the slightly misleading tin, telling us the whole story with a few red herrings thrown in for a tasty measure.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Crazy Read, 29 Sep 2006
This review is from: Bigger Than Hitler: Better Than Christ (Paperback)
Well this is certainly no follow the formula biography - it is as zany and `out there' as the man himself. I really enjoyed the book being a big Mayall fan but can understand that it could drive others mad trying to stick with it. Best read in bite size chunks and you will be laughing out loud.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Filthy, Rich and Codswallop, 5 April 2006
By J. Mead - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bigger Than Hitler: Better Than Christ (Paperback)
I assume that if you're interested in reading about Rik Mayall then you would be familiar with his work. I think the best comparison I can draw to sum up this book is the film "Guesthouse Paradiso".

Remember how excited you were at the thought of sitting down to a feature length version of "Bottom", only for it to fall flat on it's backside when you realised it somehow seemed tedious and a joke that had been stretched out too far? That's the exact feeling you get when trawling through this book.

The first few pages will make you laugh, it seems fresh and fun. After 50, then 100, then 150 pages the joke is starting to wear very thin, leaving you with such a bad taste you will not want to read it to it's conclusion.

For a man that seems to pride himself on his self confessed comedic writing genius it is a sad state of affairs that he seems incapable of actually stringing together the story of his own life in a sensible and interesting format.

It is such a crying shame because, like "Guesthouse Paradiso" this book COULD have been the funniest thing since sliced bread, but alas it misses the target by such a wide berth it ends up being an embarrassment.

I give this book 2 stars for two reasons. The cover art made me smile and i thought it was a clever eye catching design with a title that drew me into believing this was a book I HAD to read (as it is supposed to do) and for the reason that at least Mr Mayall wrote this himself (even though a dyslexic 12 year old would possibly have made a better stab at telling a coherent tale).

To summarise - avoid like the plague. it might seem like a good idea but in truth you'll regret parting with your cash.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars For VERY big fans of Rik Mayall only, 23 Nov 2006
By R. Searle (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bigger Than Hitler: Better Than Christ (Paperback)
I love Bottom and just about everything else Rik has done and that sort of devotion to the cause is a pre-requisite if you plan to read this book.

If you are not a serious Mayall fan you will hate it. If you like Mayall's work a lot you will enjoy it as it is like having a mad conversation with Rick from the Young Ones, Richard Richard from Bottom and other sundry charaters all mixed together.

It is also hysterically funny - one of the funniest books I have ever read. I snorted with laughter on the toilet, in bed, on the bus, on trains etc as I read it. The laugh quotient is very high - at least one every few pages with some absolute gems. But again, it depends on whether or not you think the sort of wordplay Rik indulges in in Bottom is funny or not.

The book certainly has its faults and at times they threaten to overwhelm the reader. The constant mis-spellings, inane footnotes, snippets that go nowhere and are abandoned, made up letters etc become very annoying - especially the spelling mistakes and silly letters which just grated.

But overall a very good laugh and therefore worth a read (but for fans only).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly Odd
I have been a big fan of Rik Mayall since the early 80's. I was very much looking forward to this book to find out about him and his early life. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Clark

2.0 out of 5 stars Nonsense
I was rather looking forward to reading this but in all honesty it's really rather boring. The same unfunny "jokes" are repeated over and over again. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Paul Crisp

5.0 out of 5 stars Is he full of himself or what?
Absolutely not! We're talking The Rik "no BS" Mayall. He proves his points thoroughly and perfectly, and you are left in no doubt that The Rik Mayall is in fact both bigger than... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Steen Lykke Laursen

2.0 out of 5 stars Shorter Than War and Peace: More Words Than Spot's First Christmas
`Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ' is Rik Mayall's provocatively titled autobiography. In it Rik takes us from his childhood of blackmailing teachers, to his student years,... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 ...

5.0 out of 5 stars It's like watching him live
He writes the way he acts and it's glorious. A mixture of truth and complete bollocks, don't expect to find out too much about his personal life. Read more
Published 20 months ago by S. Ferguson

1.0 out of 5 stars Could the Real Rik Mayall please write a book!
I'm a big fan of Rik Mayall, from the Young Ones, to guest appearances in Blackadder, and on to The New Statesman and Bottom.

But this is utter tripe. Read more
Published 22 months ago by M. Adil-smith

1.0 out of 5 stars Worse than Mao
I adore Rik Mayalls and Ade Edmondson's sitcoms. The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Bottom, in my opinion they're all masterpieces. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2007 by Rien Post

3.0 out of 5 stars Hmm.
I love Rik and I love The Young Ones, Bottom, even Filthy, Rich and Catflap. I was kind of hoping that this was a funny autobiography. I am not really sure what it is. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2007 by Nicolette Laurence

3.0 out of 5 stars Good read - but could have been great!!
WARNING!! If you are expecting this book to be a 'behind the curtains/flaps/quad hog crash induced coma' insight into the life, so far, of Rik Mayall then I advise you to steer... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2007 by A. Hill

3.0 out of 5 stars You WILL laugh out loud, but not that much. Still worth it.
At the time of writing,Rik Mayall remains unaware that he is the person on this planet to have made me laugh the most. Everything he's done has been hilarious, esp. Bottom. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2006 by Greg Moriarty

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